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littlemanpoet · 01-31-2003, 09:27 AM

I find it interesting how many of us (I include myself) take kindly to the idea that the Halls of Mandos are a place where orcs, gollum, and any other creatures of Middle Earth get a last chance to repent and "make it to the good place". Nowhere does Tolkien suggest this. I would wager that he expected a fate similar to that of Sauron and Saruman for all evildoers.

01-31-2003, 09:27 AM	#17
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,072	I find it interesting how many of us (I include myself) take kindly to the idea that the Halls of Mandos are a place where orcs, gollum, and any other creatures of Middle Earth get a last chance to repent and "make it to the good place". Nowhere does Tolkien suggest this. I would wager that he expected a fate similar to that of Sauron and Saruman for all evildoers.