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Re: Valar forsake MiddleEarth?
The Istari were emmisaries from the Valar. When Gandalf's body was killed, he, being a Maiar, returned to Aman. There, after resting for a time, he was allowed to return. Since his inhabitation of the body was done by the Valar in the first place, Iluvatar didn't have to step in to allow him to inhabit it again. (Or have I missed some text say that this was a deed of Iluvatar?)
And I never understood Gandalf the White to be an enhanced version of Gandalf the Grey... he was the same Maiar but with less constraints.... as the White he was allowed to use his power more (since he had to do the job of 5 wizards instead of one...if you consider the other 4 either on the side of evil or missing).
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