I don't deny that the idea of Dagor Dagorath certainly appears in the later writings of Tolkien--Aiwendil has of course shown two such places. However, these later references are in the forms of small hints of a Dagor Dagorath at the end of the world. A last battle in which Melkor returns. This is as far as they go. The comment in the text of the Valaquenta I think is still indicative that a prophecy of what occurs in Dagor Dagorath has essentially disappeared. It is still known that it will occur, but the form in which it will take place and the outcome is no longer known or prophesized.
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"He was sent by a mere prudent plan of the angelic Valar or governors; but Authority had taken up this plan and enlarged it, at the moment of its failure."
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