In HoME 12, Christopher Tolkien gives a long explanation of the evolution of Turin's role after his death from the Dagor Dagorath to the War of Wrath [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]
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... unless the prophecy of Andreth the Wise-woman should prove true, that Túrin in the Last Battle should return from the Dead, and before he left the Circles of the World for ever should challenge the Great Dragon of Morgoth, Ancalagon the Black and deal him the death-stroke.
Note 17; The Problem of Ros; HoME 12 The Peoples of Middle Earth
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From this point on, Christopher explains the different versions of the earlier story, which I summarize here:
- Tale of Turambar (Lost Tales II): Túrin is 'Valarized' and dwells with the Valar, until the Last Battle, in which he will fight beside Fionwë and against Morgoth
- Earlier Silmarillion, Sketch of the Mythology 1920s.(HoMe 4): In the Last Battle, Fionwë fights with Morgoth and the spirit of Túrin is beside him. And it is Túrin who will kill Morgoth with his sword.
- Quenta (HoME 4): Tulkas, with Fionwë at his right and Túrin at his left, will fight with Morgoth. And it is Túrin who will kill Morgoth with his sword. And Túrin is named among the Gods
- Quenta Silmarillion (HoME 5): There are two differences with respect to the previous text: Túrin comes from the Halls of Mandos, and he is named among the sons of the Valar.
- Quenta Silmarillion (HoME 11): The differences are that Túrin returns from the Doom of Men (not from the Halls of Mandos), and the sentence saying that he is named among the sons of the Valar is marked with a large X.
- HoME 12: the prophecy of Andreth that I quoted before; in which Turin returns from the Dead and figths against Ancalagon, in the War of Wrath (the Last Battle of the Elder Days).