Doom of Mandos

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The '''Doom of [[Mandos]]''', also called the '''Doom of the [[Noldor]]''', the '''Curse of Mandos''', and the '''Prophecy of the North''', was the judgement of the [[Valar]] (believed to have been spoken personally by Mandos) pronounced on the Noldorin [[Elves]] who carried out the [[Kinslaying]] at [[Alqualondë]] in [[Valinor]]. It was given to the Noldor in the lands of [[Araman]] north of Valinor as a warning of the woe that would come upon them if they continued in their rebellion against the Valar and did not repent of their killing of the innocent [[Teleri|Telerin]] Elves. A part of the Doom goes as follows:

:"Tears unnumbered ye shall shed; and the Valar will fence Valinor against you, and shut you out, so that not even the echo of your lamentation shall pass over the mountains. On the House of [[Fëanor]] the wrath of the Valar lieth from the West unto the uttermost East, and upon all that will follow them it shall be laid also. Their [[Oath of Fëanor|Oath]] shall drive them, and yet betray them, and ever snatch away the very treasures that they have sworn to pursue. To evil end shall all things turn that they begin well; and by treason of kin unto kin, and the fear of treason, shall this come to pass. The Dispossessed shall they be for ever. ..."

The pronounciation of this Doom was the immediate cause for the return to Valinor of [[Finarfin]] (already reluctant to proceed) and his followers. There they asked and received the forgiveness of the Valar.

Most of the Noldor, however, continued on their way to [[Beleriand]] to fight [[Morgoth]], and the disastrous [[Wars of Beleriand|wars]] they waged there fulfilled the prophetic Doom.

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Werewolves

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[[Image:The White Council - Werewolf.jpg|thumb|250px|Werewolf sketch from [[The Lord of the Rings: The White Council]] game]]
'''Werewolves''' were servants of [[Morgoth]], bred from [[wolf|wolves]] and inhabited by dreadful spirits (fallen lesser [[Maiar]] or [[fëar]] of [[Orcs]]).

They were thought of by [[Sauron]], who was their master, and took the shape of a great [[wolf]] himself at least once. The Middle-earth werewolves were not shapeshifters like the Werewolves of European mythology — they were always in the form of beasts. The name ''werewolf'' appears to have been chosen because they were in essence sentient (but evil), and thus had a status beyond that of normal wolves.

The first werewolf was [[Draugluin]], and the greatest werewolf was [[Carcharoth]], the guardian of [[Angband]], a descendant of Draugluin as all other werewolves were. [[Huan]] the Hound of [[Valinor]], while also sentient, was not a werewolf.

It is probable that the [[Wargs]] of the [[Third Age]] were descended from the werewolves, as these wolves could speak, suggesting they had fëar. Another possibility is that Sauron attempted to recreate the werewolves after his return to Middle-earth, and that the Wargs were the result.

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