Finished the Silmarillion, things still bother me though.

[Lyra Greenleaf]

Everything that would happen was in the Ainulindale except for men, who alone could escape it. Therfore, everything Morgoth did was meant to be done.

But didn't Melkor's singing change it? Anyway, it was shrouded, if I remember correctly (?) so if Illuvatar knew, he was the only one. (Which doesn't oppose or answer your point. Damn.)

Oh, and Helka that Dutch came straight out of a book. "An introduction to Dutch". I bought it a few years ago for 25p and only know one or two words.