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Could they not have handled the Númenóreans themselves or why did they feel that they must turn to Eru, especially since they handled the Morgoth situation?
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I guess that they could have handled the situation themselves, but since Manwë has direct resort to Eru, he thought that it was better. Maybe Manwë wouldn't have had the "resolve" to destroy Númenor as Eru did.
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If the elves had just come over the seas and not tallied in ME, therefore not exposing themselves to Morgoth’s evil, would there ever have been a war of wrath?
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I would hope that the Valar had intervened a lot earlier, preventing a lot of damage done by Melkor.
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If Sauron had reclaimed the ring, and the remaining elves had safely made it off ME, would the Valar have done anything about his terrible reign or figured “oh well”?
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Sadly, I think that they would have done nothing. I think that in some letter it states that Sauron was a problem that Men had to deal with.
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Did they grieve for the losses suffered by all races or was it - lose a 100 elves, terrible – lose 10,000 Men, sh*t happens?
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I think that they cared too for the other races, just that they couldn't be involved in the same way that they could of the elves.
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If they did not have a great love for Men, was it bound to jealousy in that Men were not bound to ME, while they must remain in it till the end?
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I think that they had a great love for Men, especially Ulmo.
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If they envied this gift of death, did that play a part in their actions toward the mannish races?
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While even Manwë could envy this gift, he wouldn't do anything to hamper Men.
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Was the inaction of the Valar in the third age purposefully done due to other reasons than just because most elves were already with them safe in Aman? (And would they have reacted differently if many more elves had been at risk?)
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Not really, Men where the ones to inherit ME, so they were the ones who had to deal with Sauron.
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Were they really guardians of ME or just guardians of elf kind?
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Of the world, one would think. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]