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A Northern Soul
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Valinor
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Lovely quote/observation, Eol. It's also important to notice it includes Celeborn also.
Mae states Quote:
Because of the nature of Gandalf's incarnation, he actually did die and left the world. His fea was bound to his hroa, and in the exhaustion and death of the latter, the former left. None of the Valar, even Manwe, could've brought Gandalf back. Obviously elves could be rembodied in the Halls of Mandos, but mortal men and Ainur who died left the world entirely. Tolkien explains Eru's intervention in Letter No. 156: Quote:
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