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Cirashala
Doriath
Oct 27 2020, 5:49pm
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Due to his self-sacrifice in the escape from Gondolin, he was not only allowed to depart to Mandos despite the Ban of the Valar, BUT he was also re-embodied and granted powers by Manwe to make him almost a Maia in terms of spiritual capabilities.
Then he was sent back to Middle-earth after 1,000 years as an emissary with some "great purpose/mission" to fulfill.
Why??? We know he was instrumental in the wars against Angmar, and that he helped Frodo and Aragorn, et al, to Rivendell, and was one of the few who could openly ride against the Nine.
But when you factor in everything that was actually IN the books, Glorfindel really didn't appear all that much...and yet, Tolkien specifically allowed him to be reincarnated for some "great mission in Middle-earth". THEN...he gave his job on the Fellowship to this random weirdo from Mirkwood that he made up halfway through the Council of Elrond! I actually feel bad for our poor, jilted Glorfindel LOL 
At any rate, the timeline of the Second Age tells us that Glorfindel was by no means idle when he returned to ME. He wasn't solely regulated to be Elrond's search and rescue team for a certain hobbit sporting jewelry that its owner was rather cranky about losing.
My only conclusion is that Tolkien intended to flesh out the Second Age, just like he had the first and the Third (mainly LOTR story/quest). He just simply ran out of time before his death.
Thoughts? Both on Tolkien's intentions, and what all Glorfindel actually did that aligned with the very rare exception/honor he earned from the Valar?
In other words, did the Valar's special dispensation to Glorfindel actually accomplish much of anything? Or was it rather pointless?
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(This post was edited by Cirashala on Oct 27 2020, 5:51pm)
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