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Morgoth remains in the Void, watched by [[Eärendil]] and unable to return to Arda as long as the Valar maintain their power over it. However, the lies he put in the hearts of the Children of Ilúvatar still remain and will create their evil results till the end of days.<ref name=Earendil>{{S|24}}</ref> Morgoth's will was suffused into the matter of Arda, so in a sense he is never truly gone. Arda was [[Arda Marred|marred]] by him so deeply that only Eru could fully repair the damage. Those who wished to follow in Morgoth's footsteps, such as Sauron, found that by using his residual influence, they could easily corrupt races they wished to dominate. | Morgoth remains in the Void, watched by [[Eärendil]] and unable to return to Arda as long as the Valar maintain their power over it. However, the lies he put in the hearts of the Children of Ilúvatar still remain and will create their evil results till the end of days.<ref name=Earendil>{{S|24}}</ref> Morgoth's will was suffused into the matter of Arda, so in a sense he is never truly gone. Arda was [[Arda Marred|marred]] by him so deeply that only Eru could fully repair the damage. Those who wished to follow in Morgoth's footsteps, such as Sauron, found that by using his residual influence, they could easily corrupt races they wished to dominate. | ||
About his servant Sauron, "''in after years he rose like a shadow of Morgoth and a ghost of his malice, and walked behind him on the same ruinous path down into the Void''".<ref>{{S|IId}}</ref> Also, during the last days of [[Númenor]], Sauron corrupted the King [[Ar-Pharazôn]] and the [[King's Men]] into the whorship of Melkor, describing his old master as a god of deliberance while denying the existence of [[the One]]. Thus he began a cult in the [[Temple]] in which the Númenóreans made sacrifices to Melkor.<ref name=Akallabeth>{{S|Akallabeth}}</ref> | About his former servant Sauron, "''in after years he rose like a shadow of Morgoth and a ghost of his malice, and walked behind him on the same ruinous path down into the Void''".<ref>{{S|IId}}</ref> Also, during the last days of [[Númenor]], Sauron corrupted the King [[Ar-Pharazôn]] and the [[King's Men]] into the whorship of Melkor, describing his old master as a god of deliberance while denying the existence of [[the One]]. Thus he began a cult in the [[Temple]] in which the Númenóreans made sacrifices to Melkor.<ref name=Akallabeth>{{S|Akallabeth}}</ref> By the late Third Age, Sauron's pride overreached itself and ''he claimed to be Morgoth returned''.<ref name="L155">{{L|155}}</ref> | ||
Nevertheless, according to the [[Second Prophecy of Mandos]], Morgoth will come back and attack Arda. He will fight the [[Last Battle]] against the Valar and their allies, but will ultimately be slain by [[Túrin|Túrin Turambar]], the Man he cursed. By finally defeating Morgoth, Túrin will avenge not only himself, but all members of the race of Men.<ref>{{LR|Quenta}}, p. 333</ref> | Nevertheless, according to the [[Second Prophecy of Mandos]], Morgoth will come back and attack Arda. He will fight the [[Last Battle]] against the Valar and their allies, but will ultimately be slain by [[Túrin|Túrin Turambar]], the Man he cursed. By finally defeating Morgoth, Túrin will avenge not only himself, but all members of the race of Men.<ref>{{LR|Quenta}}, p. 333</ref> | ||