Thread: Can the Valar Sentence People to Death?
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Old 02-18-2011, 04:58 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by Elmo View Post
This, a lot of children included.

Also I think they separated Melkor's spirit from his body which is a definition of killing him isn't it?
Again, it wasn't the Valar who passed judgement on Númenor: they lacked the authority to do so.

Also, Melkor was forced into the Void, but it is not said that his consciousness was affected, and the Valar were not by nature corporal beings in the first place. I don't think you can infer that Melkor was "killed".

EDIT- Also had the thought that Melkor was not one of the Children, but was a peer of the Valar. Their bringing him to heel was much different than the prospect of their judging Elves, Men, or Dwarves.
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