Evil in the Fouth Age and Beyond - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

piosenniel · 05-22-2002, 09:01 PM

In The Silmarillion, The Hobbit, & the LOTR there is an underlying story of evil incarnate and its defeat. In the Silmarillion, we have the rise of Morgoth and his subsequent removal by the forces of good to the void. In The Hobbit, there is Smaug as the evil being defeated by the forces of good in the guise of hobbit, bird, and man. Finally, in the LOTR, there is Sauron, his rise to power and his ultimate defeat by the Halfing race of men.

I know also there is also mention of a Final Battle at some point in a distant future when the forces of good will once again face Melkor for a do or die battle.

What I'm wondering about is did the mythology that JRRT created for his Middle Earth allow for the rise of another Dark Lord at some time between the defeat of Sauron as the last Dark Lord and the return of Melkor, the ultimate Dark Lord, for the final decisive battle of good and evil?

[ May 22, 2002: Message edited by: piosenniel ]

05-22-2002, 09:01 PM	#1
piosenniel Desultory Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Pickin' flowers with Bill the Cat..... Posts: 7,779	Evil in the Fouth Age and Beyond In The Silmarillion, The Hobbit, & the LOTR there is an underlying story of evil incarnate and its defeat. In the Silmarillion, we have the rise of Morgoth and his subsequent removal by the forces of good to the void. In The Hobbit, there is Smaug as the evil being defeated by the forces of good in the guise of hobbit, bird, and man. Finally, in the LOTR, there is Sauron, his rise to power and his ultimate defeat by the Halfing race of men. I know also there is also mention of a Final Battle at some point in a distant future when the forces of good will once again face Melkor for a do or die battle. What I'm wondering about is did the mythology that JRRT created for his Middle Earth allow for the rise of another Dark Lord at some time between the defeat of Sauron as the last Dark Lord and the return of Melkor, the ultimate Dark Lord, for the final decisive battle of good and evil? [ May 22, 2002: Message edited by: piosenniel ] __________________ Eldest, that’s what I am . . . I knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless - before the Dark Lord came from Outside.