The Second Music: How Middle-earth Actually Ends | Tolkien Lore Explained
What happens after The Lord of the Rings? Tolkien's mythology contains a hidden ending most readers never discover. The Second Music of the Ainur is the prophesied moment when the world will be unmade and sung into being again, greater than the original creation. Before time began, the Ainur sang Middle-earth into existence, but Melkor's discord fractured the Great Music and poisoned Arda itself.The Second Prophecy of Mandos foretells the Dagor Dagorath, where Turin Turambar will return from death to slay Morgoth with the black sword Gurthang. Feanor will willingly surrender the Silmarils…
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