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"Húrin wasn't the only person the Lord sent his Holy Spirit to. Haleth, the Leader of the Second House of the Edain, was the first," Salar said.
General Brennan told them the story of Haleth."The Lord told the devil He was going to send a mortal woman to crush him with her heel, and He sent Haleth to do that on Arda. That was a warning shot to his fallen son," she told them."Haleth also complained bitterly to Finrod how Thingol treated her and her kin, and from that day forward she never had anything to do with the elves again."
"Morgoth was always focused on the elves because he thought they were greater and men are of little worth, but his Father knew otherwise and used that against him. In fact, he used all his evil against him, like he did with the devil," Salar said.
"The second person the Lord sent his Holy Spirit to was Beren. He too crossed the Nan Dungortheb years later; and with the Lord's Holy Spirit surrounding him he broke the Girdle of Melían," Brennan told them. "You may continue Colonel."
"Thank you ma'am," she said. "Another part of the Doom of the Angels are the Ancients and the gifts the Lord bestowed on them. After He took everything away from the angels, the Ancients took their place. That's why they were in place when men awoke in the Milky Way and Pegasus galaxies, long before the angels came here."
"The Ancients Colonel?" Thos turned and asked Salar with a raised eyebrow.
"Who better to watch over men than men sir. We all know the Ancients aren't suppose to interfere, but the Lord knows one of them will always stick their nose in our business," Salar answered.
"Like Morgan saving the remaining few men on Arda," Thos said.
"Exactly General, we're the Ancient's darlings, whereas the elves in Aman are the Valar's darlings," Dima replied.
"The Easterlings now live in the Milky Way galaxy and the remaining men on Arda will live in the Pegasus galaxy under our protection. We separated them General," Brennan told Thos.
"How did the Easterlings get to the Milky Way galaxy General Brennan?" Eönwë asked.
"We took them there after they were found guilty in a Court of Law on our world. They were tried in absentia by a jury of their peers, who found them guilty of Crimes against Humanity. The verdict handed down by the jury for the Easterling leaders was death, and the rest, exile. When Her Honorable Judge Christine Taylor signed the Execution and Exile Orders for all the Easterlings, we were ordered to carry out those Orders," she answered. "We also tried your brother in absentia and he too was found guilty of Crimes against Humanity, and that's on the record. We have the evidence of his guilt which was presented at his trial, and it was irrefutable."
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"Continue Colonel," Brennan said.
"The silmarils are another part of the doom. Men were the guardians of the silmarils on Arda; and it was a man who took a silmaril from their brother and the Lord sent a man to Aman with said silmaril, because of the doom the angels are under. Men have always had the light, beginning with the Alterans. We still have the light, but we use it as a power source and share it with many others. In doing so we've lifted them to great heights, the same way the Asgards and Ancients lifted us to great heights with the light. They had the light for a short while, however, it never belonged to them, but to everyone on Arda and not just the so-called privileged few in Aman," Salar answered.
"The sun and moon," Brennan said to Salar.
"Yes ma'am and everyone in Aman was chasing the light after the light of the Two Trees went out. The Valar chased the light when they asked Fëanor for the silmarils to relight the Trees; Fëanor and the Noldor chased the light over a lot of dead bodies in Aman, and his sons chased the light by killing men and elves on Arda. Everyone in Aman became addicted to the light, which blinded them to everything around them. It was only after the lights went out that they could finally see the train wreck that was occurring on Arda. God told us: do not love what you make, I can always take it away.
Everyone in Aman found out what it was like to have pure evil in their mist; they also found out that they were never going to get a free pass from the troubles in the outer lands. I'm glad it happened to them and they rudely got knocked out of the bliss they were sitting in when their brother put his boot up their behinds. Pitiful things they became when they all fell down and cried like babies when real life intruded on them and landed at their doorstep. They got a bloody nose, so what, that's life; but they didn't know how to cope and go with the flow and just shrug it off – and some lessons have to be learned the hard way. That told me they're hopelessly out of their depth here and they'll never understand the people or the place where they now live; that change is a constant of the universe and everything here is temporary and nothing lasts forever. We're all use to losing everything, but we simply shrug it off and start over.
The Darkening of Valinor was a sign for all of Arda to be lit so their Father could awake men. Men awoke just South of where the elves awoke so the Valar could protect both of his children when they went to war with their brother the first time. The Valar thought they were only protecting the elves, but they didn't know they were protecting men as well. It's also no coincidence that the Lord awoke both of his children in the East, and that had nothing to do with the elves, but men," Salar told them.
"Why men Colonel?" Jaro asked.
"It was about the sunrise sir," she answered. "The sun rises in the East and when the sun first rose in the East above Arda the Lord blew the breath of life on men and they awoke. The Lord knows the sun has a nutrient our bones need so they can grow strong – that's why He awoke men at the rising of the sun. When men awoke their brother's doom was also finally at hand. We were the attack dogs their Father unleashed to crush him with our heel and to pronounce his doom to him," Salar answered.
"Attack dogs?" Olórin asked.
"We call ourselves the Dogs of War because we're a warrior race and true warriors are needed to take on what's out there," General Brennan answered.
"Men aren't weak and docile the like elves, but a brute force and we'll put our fists in your faces," Salar said. "Your Father made our teeth very sharp to take a big bite out of others, to inflict terrible pain and to reign down destruction on them."
"The least of them in yours and the elves eyes," Santana replied looking at the Maiar. "While the elves were hiding behind your skirts in Aman, we were doing the hard work that needed to be done with regard to the Ori, Wraith, Replicators and many others. We were the ones who put our fist in Adria's face and took her down. The most powerful of all the Ori combined."
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"Why was Húrin sent to pronounce Turgon's and Thingol's dooms Colonel?" Boro asked Salar.
"Thingol disliked men sir, and when his daughter fell in love with a man...," she answered. "Before Húrin went to pronounce Turgon's doom, he pronounced the Easterlings doom when he went to his former home and told them vengeance was coming. He also told a few of the Edain that he was leaving Middle-Earth and never returning. Then he found himself at Gondolin a few days later with a little help. After Turgon turned his back on him, he went and retrieved the Necklace of the Dwarves and then paid Thingol a visit. He told Thingol after he picked up the Necklace of the Dwarves and handed it to him, that his fate was fulfilled. It was Thingol's wife who lifted the veil of darkness from Húrin. When he was leaving Doriath the elves fell back when they saw his face – and what they saw was the perpetual light of the Lord on Húrin's face. Enoch also had the perpetual light of the Lord on his face when he walked up to the fallen angels in the desert. After he pronounced our dooms when he returned home, he too told his sons he was leaving and never returning. Enoch left his home after he settled his affairs and was seen no more. When Húrin left Doriath, he too was seen no more. Enoch and Húrin are the only two men who never died."
"The silmaril was the bride price General and it was that bride price that got Thingol killed. He wanted the silmaril inserted into the Necklace of the Dwarves, and he got his wise," Brennan told Boro.
"Thingol was nothing but a pimp who sold his daughter for a silmaril. Beren told him the elves sell their daughters cheaply – that's how he put his fist in Thingol's face," Dima said.
"The sign of what was to befall Thingol and Doriath came from the dwarves, and the sign of what was to befall Gondolin came from Greek Mythology. Those signs where on Arda long before men came over the mountains," Salar told them.
"What were the signs Colonel?" Jaro asked.
"A crow flew over Gondolin sir and in Greek Mythology that's a bad sign. Crows were also the messengers from the Greek gods and they feast on the bodies of the dead after a battle; they feasted on the elves dead bodies after Gondolin fell," Salar answered. "The reason the Lord put his fist in Turgon's face had to do with Húrin. The Lord always knew Turgon would turn his back on Húrin, and in doing so he turned his back on the Lord, who's Holy Spirit still surrounded him. Húrin didn't know he was the rider on the horse of one of the Divine Seals that the Lord God opened in Heaven after men awoke on Earth. The Necklace of the Dwarves was the sign for Doriath."
"Which Seal Colonel?" Santana asked.
"The Third Seal Colonel," she answered. "We call the Third Seal, the handwriting on the wall, or Count, Count, Weight Divide which says: And I beheld, and lo a black horse: and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hands..., We call those balances the Scales of Justice."
"Húrin, his brother and their men saved Turgon and the elves so they could escape back to Gondolin. They all willingly laid down their lives to save the elves – and that was the thanks Húrin got from Turgon years later," Brennan said.
"Thingol and Turgon learned it's not wise to turn your back on the Lord," Salar replied.
"During the Battle of Gondolin Turgon took off his crown after he realized the battle was lost and ran into his tower while his staff defended it until it was overthrown. When his tower fell, it fell on his head," Brennan told them.
Everyone laughed except the Maiar.
"That wasn't a warriors death," Boro said smiling.
"He didn't deserve a warrior's death," Jaro replied with a hard look on his face. "He died WITHOUT HONOR AND IN SHAME."
"In the end he proved he was nothing but a coward who ran and hid under a rock, and that rock fell on him," Dima said.
"Vengeance is mine," sayeth the Lord," Salar replied.
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"What does Count, Count, Weight Divide mean Colonel?" Thos turned and asked her.
"God has numbered the days of your Kingdom and brought it to an end. You have been weighed in the balance and found wanting, and your kingdom will be destroyed," she answered. "Count, Count, Weight Divide is God's Judgment which is written in the Book of Daniel on earth sir."
"Why did He send the dwarves after Thingol, Colonel Salar," Boro asked.
"When men awoke on Arda the Third and Fourth Seals came into play sir. Seals Three and Four have to do with all the Lord's children, no matter where they are in the universe, including the angels. The First Four Seals have riders on horses, however, the First Seal was about Greece and that Seal doesn't apply here. One of those Seals have to do with the devil and another has to do with the end times on Earth, which also doesn't apply here. The riders on the Fourth Seal were the dwarves for Thingol and Maeglin for Gondolin. The Fourth Seals says: behold a pale horse: and the rider that sat on him was death, and hell shall follow him. Maeglin is the one who betrayed Gondolin to Morgoth; the elves of Doriath hunted and killed the majority of the Petty-dwarves because they thought they were pests and they didn't like the way they looked – and now you know why the dwarves were the riders for Thingol and Doriath, General," Brennan answered.
"TO AVENGE THEIR BROTHERS," Jaro said emphatically.
I am going to have the small take down the mighty. The Lord had men and the dwarves back on Arda and He avenged them," Brennan replied. "We have a saying on earth: you watch where the crow flies. A crow flew over Gondolin the day Maeglin arrived and a crow flew over Doriath the day Haleth arrived with her kin. Those crows told Turgon and Thingol that the Wrath of God was going to come down on their heads."
"The elves forgot that someone was sitting on His throne on high watching them commit wanton murder of the Petty-dwarves," Dima told them.
"Maeglin always hated men and he's lucky the Lord didn't get his hands on him; but I suspect He will in the end and woe to Maeglin," Salar said.
"A lot of elves hated men Colonel," Dima replied.
"Point taken sir," she replied. "Another sign from the dwarves was a helm one of them made. He made that helm for the elves, but it was to heavy for them to wear and only two men could wear said helm, due to the fact that we're more muscular and physically stronger than the elves, because our body types are very different. It was that helm that saved Túrin when he fought Glaurung the first time. The Lord sent Túrin, Húrin's son, to kill the dragon Glaurung to average his father and his kin. A prophet and harp-player from Brethil made a song saying: that the Stone of the Hapless should not be defiled by Morgoth nor ever thrown down, not though the sea shall drown all the lands," Salar told them.
"What's the Stone of the Hapless?" Olórin asked.
"It's a marker stone with Húrin's wife and children's name written on it, and beneath that stone is where Húrin's family is burned. Haleth is also burned near-by," Brennan answered.
"Húrin's wife told him after he found her again that she'll guard their graves after she died. When she died her face turned young again and was surrounded by a white light, " Salar said.
"None of you understand how important Húrin was to your Father and you never will, but we do. When God chooses you to do His Will it going to be damn hard and unbearable, and we know that from the ones He chose to do His Will on Earth to go after the devil. He sat by Húrin's side the entire time your brother held him prisoner and nourished and took care of him," Dima told the Maiar.
"Húrin's family was the most important family on Arda and in Aman," Salar said. "Your Father knows men can endure what the elves can't, because He made us stronger mentally, emotionally and physically. Men also carry your Father's Banner and we're also his terrible swift sword."
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"Did the devil do what this one did here?" Jaro asked.
"No General, his Father won't allow it. It wasn't the devil who marred men on Earth, but an angel from the Doom Rebellion. He was the only angel his Father gave a warning to before he left heaven. After we sent our plea to heaven he was the first angel his Father went after and He put a big hurt on him. He's still screaming and he'll scream forever."
"The angels on Venus got off light in comparison sir," Salar said.
"I agree Colonel, but they're still bitching about the place and they want out," Dima replied.
"We've always known the angels are nothing but whiners and cry babies and they can't take a punch," Santana said.
Everyone laughed, but the Maiar's expressions never changed.
"What's Venus like?" Thos asked after they finished laughing.
"Sam bring up Venus," Brennan said.
"Yes General," he replied and Venus appeared on the star map.
"As you can see General, sulfuric acid surrounds the entire planet. It has a dense carbon dioxide atmosphere of almost 97%; the surface temperature is 462 degrees Celsius; it has no water; tectonic plates nor a magnetic field. Venus has over 167 large volcanos that are over 100 km across. They're also many other volcanos that are pancake shaped and when they erupt all the fire and lava flows downwards into the core of the planet," Brennan said. "Sam will show you an image we captured on Venus."
They saw a pancake shape volcano spewing fire and lava downwards into the ground and taller volcanos in the background.
"Those pancake like volcanos make up the bulk of the volcanos on Venus and they cover 80% of the planet. In other words General, Venus is nothing but a volcanic rock with fire and lava constantly flowing downwards into the core of the planet. They're some impact craters and a few mountains and anything that goes through the sulfuric acid atmosphere will burn up instantly. Because of said sulfuric acid, no sunlight can penetrate Venus – that's why Venus is always dark. The atmosphere on Venus is poisonous to all life and it rotates in the opposite direction of the planets in the Sol System, which Sam will show you," Brennan told him.
"Earth and the other planets in the Sol System rotate this way General and Venus rotates that way," Sam said showing everyone an animation of the planets rotating in the Sol System.
"Planets don't rotate that way General," Thos said.
"We know General," Brennan replied. "Venus is also consistent and never changes."
"It's a fire planet and there's nothing there that can sustain any type of life," Boro said.
"Venus is made to keep everyone and everything out General," Brennan replied. "The Lord calls it the Lake of Fire and the angels that fell with devil are in the core of that planet and they can't move and are in perpetual darkness. Hot lava and fire constantly rains down on their heads and there's fire everywhere and those flames burn dark. They're suffering and in great torment and it's the opposite of heaven."
"Why Venus ma'am?" Thos asked.
"So He can keep an eye on them General," Brennan answered.
"There's no angelic guard standing guard over the angels on Earth," Jaro said with a perplexed look on his face.
"That's our job General," Dima replied. "The Lord separated the leaders of those rebellions from their followers. The devil is on earth and his followers are in the Lake of Fire. The leader of the Doom Rebellion is suspended somewhere between heaven and earth and he too is stuck in place and his Father did a few nasty things to him. His followers are chained in the bowels of the earth. The angel his Father warned is by himself."
"That one is doing what we call hard time," Brennan said. "All punishment is a matter of degree General and he wasn't as fortunate as the others. Even the one up North is going to get off light in comparison."
"All the angels from those rebellions no longer have their light. The ones that fell with the devil are also surrounded by their broken toys that fell with them from heaven," Dima told them.
"I'm sure we don't know all the consequences of the devil's rebellion, but what we do know is that it was very devastating for them and for us. Some of those angels were so enraged at what their brother did that there spirits literally turned pitch black and they now sit in silence in heaven. Heaven got turned upside down and inside out and everything went sideways. Raphael told us that in order for Michael to get to the devil, he had to cut legions of their fallen brothers down that were in his way. Michael did that with one swing of mighty sword that the Lord made for him, before any of them were created. They all fell down screaming in agony and bleeding. When he finally got to the devil, those two did a sword dance, as we like to say, and Michael stuck his sword in his side and the devil cried out in agony and bleed, and his angels took him away, until he got better. The brutality was astonishing and blood was everywhere in heaven. Raphael told us he got hurt, but for us not to worry about him and he was fine. After it was all said and done their Father put his fist in their faces by the changes He made. After the Doom Rebellion their Father put his fist in their faces again – except 8 of them – with other changes He made. They don't bother us anymore," Salar said.
"Why didn't they like humans?' Boro asked.
"They didn't have to General," Dima answered. "However, they didn't know men would become their dooms-men, jailers and protectors one day."
"The fallen angels on Arda were the first angels their Father got rid of, but He came after them last. The devil was always more important than that clown up North who's hiding in his hole in the ground. The devil has his own Divine Seal, but he doesn't," Salar told them. "I find it ironic we're also the first line of defense against any attack on heaven, since we're joined at the hip. When someone attacks Earth they're also attacking heaven and it's up to us to repel that assault."
"What do you mean Colonel?" Thos asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Heaven is above earth sir and in order to get to heaven you have to go through Earth," she answered.
"No one in heaven sits idly by when Earth is attacked General and they're on full alert. Every invasion of Earth affects heaven and I'm sure when the Replicators, Goa'uld and a few others attacked Earth more guards were added to those access ways," Dima told Thos. "The Powers guard those access ways which are part of heaven and we guard Earth. They can also see and hear what's going on."
"To think we protect the devil," Santana said with a disgusted look on his face.
"Life isn't fair, is it Colonel?" Brennan asked smiling.
"No ma'am," he answered.
"Don't forget Colonel the devil has already been defeated and punished and Earth is his prison," Salar said.
"At least we do a better job at protecting the angels on Earth than the Valar every did at protecting men on Arda," Santana replied.
"Their Father knows we're much more vigilant than the Valar because we know of the threats out there and more will be coming our way one day. He also knows we'll protect them at all cost, because we're protecting ourselves and our home at the same time. The Valar don't consider Arda their home, but Aman. They tend to forget that Aman is on Arda and it's part of Arda. Men are the Ancients responsibility on Arda are not the Valar's. The Ancient's did their job when they lead men away from their brother and told us about the Wraith culling of men on Arda," Brennan said.
"Point taken ma'am," Santana replied.
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"The fall of the devil and his angels was first written in the Book of Origin by the Alterans, ma'am and sirs," Santana told them. "The Book of Origin describes parts of Venus perfectly and how the angels will suffer."
"How did they know that Colonel?" Jaro asked with a raised eyebrow.
"A prophet wrote the Book of Origin sir," Santana answered. "The word Origin means: beginning, and in this case it means, the beginning of man, and the Alterans were the first men."
"But the devil and his rebellion had nothing to do with the Alterans," Boro said to Santana.
"Some of our religious texts on Earth are almost identical to the Book of Origin sir. It was that passage in the Book of Origin that the Ori used to subjugate others Wills and made false promises of ascension. All those people got were lies, enslavement and a miserable and meager existence. I suspect the Ori knew there was a Supreme Being above them, but they inserted themselves in His place because of the gifts He gave them – and that's born out reading the Book of Origin. The Ori's focus on hell and damnation was the cause of the Ancients leaving their home-world. When the Lord lead the Ancients to Earth in the Milky Way galaxy, and then on to the Pegasus galaxy, He was setting the stage for the angels doom; their brother's doom; the Replicators; Goa'uld; Asurans; Ori and the Wraith's dooms. He was also setting the stage for many galaxies to be populated with life."
"The Great Races," Brennan said.
"Yes ma'am, and men were the first Great Race in the universe because of the gifts the Lord bestowed on the Alterans," Santana replied. "The rift between the Alterans also foretold what will happen on Earth, Arda and in Aman. Part of our history on Earth is similar to what happened between the Alterans, but on a much smaller scale. The Ori used the light to enslave others to do their bidding; and the light in Aman also enslaved everyone who lived there. We did the exact same thing their brother did with regard to the light. Their brother is one who cut the cord to the light when he turned out the lights in Aman. We're the ones who cut the cord to Adria and her army when we opened the Arc of Truth. When we did that, her army and the others were no longer controlled by her Will through the light, and they finally saw the truth. When their brother cut the cord to the light, the Valar also finally saw the truth. Which is, they're the custodians of all of Arda and not just Aman, and all of Arda had to be lit."
"Their brother was their Arc of Truth, Colonel," Dima said.
"Yes sir," Santana replied. "When we turned out the lights the reaction was very different from men than it was from the ones in Aman, because of what men did in the name of the Ori while they were connected to the light. They also cursed the light and never want to see it again. When the lights went out in Aman everyone chased the light, as Colonel Salar said, and the elves from Aman did the same thing those men did, which was to kill many others because of the light. That light had a negative affect on men at the other end of the universe and also on the elves in Aman and everyone on Arda. It also had a negative affect on the Valar because they became our equivalent of drug addicts. Everyone in Aman chased the light to get their daily fix; and just like drug addicts they had to withdraw cold turkey when their drugs – in this case the light – weren't available to them anymore."
"Very good analysis Colonel," Brennan said.
"Thank you ma'am," Santana replied.
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General Brennan asked Eönwë is they had any more questions about the Wraith. After they answered their questions she dismissed her staff.
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Húrin didn't die, that's why he never came to my Halls, Námo thought.
Námo doesn't know that Michael was waiting for Húrin and took him to heaven in a magnificent chariot. Nor that Húrin now sits on the left hand of the Lord along with his fellow brother Enoch.