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Originally Posted by Morwen
determining what things take Mandos by surprise/seem outside his knowledge
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It seems that the limits of their foreknowledge is their memory of Ainulindale:
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Originally Posted by Letter #200
Knowledge of the Story as it was when composed, before realization, gave them their measure of fore-knowledge; the amount varied very much, from the fairly complete knowledge of the mind of the Creator in this matter possessed by Manwe, the 'Elder King', to that of lesser spirits who might have been interested only in some subsidiary matter (such as trees or birds).
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"May the wicked become good. May the good obtain peace. May the peaceful be freed from bonds. May the freed set others free."
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