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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/sting.jpg" align=absmiddle> The Valar made my brother find me?
I answered another question likewise when questioning the role of Galadriel in the War of the Ring. The Valar were more tied in with the elves the first chidlren of Iluvatar. Elves were sent to Valinor if they died, but men, not tied to Middle Earth went somewhere (I believe) that even Manwe did not know about. As said in the descriptions of the Valar in Valenquenta (I don't think that's spelled right.) no Valar knew all of the history of the Middle Earth, but I believe that some must have foreseen the inheritance of the Middle Earth becasue many elves and wizards refer to it.
It was not the Valar's war to fight. If the men began their inheritance of the Middle Earth by winning a war dependant on the elves or the Valar they would have less confidence in their ability to stay stable than if they won it (seemingly) on their own. Even the help that was sent (isatri) was sent in the form of men. And the pivtol figures were Numenoreans and other men and women of high breeding such as: Aragon, Eomer, Eowyn, Theoden, Beregrond, and Faramir.
I think the seeming reluctance of the Valar to assit men in their troubles was also because they did not understand men as well as elves. Men died of old age, were not very magical, turned easier to darkness, and when they died left the world. Valinor as created but immortal beings themsleves probably had tougher time relating to these men.
I am by no means a Tolkien scholar so correct me on any misconceptions I may have.
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