Thinking about the beings that get sent to the Void. Thereâs more to it than just imprisonment or banishment.
They are no longer part of Arda. And so, though the mark they left upon it remains, they themselves are forgotten by those who belong to it.
They are forgotten by all but the Ainur, who come from without.
As time passes, Morgoth is forgotten by Elves and Men. There always remains a vague memory, an empty space, a sense of something missing. Sauron rises as the new Dark Lordâ and he takes Morgothâs place, both in the present and the past. It must have been Sauron, who raised Thangorodrim and ruled Angband, who darkened Valinor, who gave rise to evil itself.
But Morgoth was not the only one who was dealt this fate.
Maedhros had forsworn the Oath and his spirit was pulled to the Void.
Maglor forgot him in the middle of a songâ and changed âotsoâ to âenquĂ«.â There were only six of them, werenât there? He didnât know why he had said otherwise. It hurts to think too hard about it. So Maglor doesnât.
Elrond tries to remember his foster-parents, but can recall only one. Wasnât there another? He must have been mistaken. One is lost upon the shores, and the other⊠no, there was only one.
Nerdanel doesnât recognise the seventh figure among the statues of her sons. It hurts her head. She cannot even look at the face. One day, the statue is gone. She canât recall removing it.
In the Halls of Mandos, FĂ«anor stares at the tapestries that depict his familyâ he and his sons standing with swords raised, swearing their terrible Oath. There is a gap on FĂ«anorâs left-hand side where the threads of the tapestry are faded and dull. If he focuses, he can almost see a face. But he cannot do so for long before he nearly loses consciousness.
They cannot help but feel they have forgotten something important. But none of them know what it is they have forgotten, so it must not have been that important after all.
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