Board Thread:General Mod Discussion/@comment-27482422-20170704172908/@comment-29773086-20170704201004

Although, O sons of Ilúvatar, you have promised more firmly than ever to keep the peace among yourselves and to preserve the rights of the Valar, there remains still an important work for you to do. Freshly quickened by the divine correction, you must apply the strength of your righteousness to another matter which concerns you as well as Eru. For your brethren who live in the east are in urgent need of your help, and you must hasten to give them the aid which has often been promised them. For, as the most of you have heard, the Orcs and Balrogs of Morgoth have attacked them and have conquered the territory of Beleriand as far west as Arvernien and the Haven of Sirion. They have occupied more and more of the lands of those Elves, and have overcome them in seven battles. They have killed and captured many, and have destroyed the faithful men and devastated the noble houses. If you permit them to continue thus for awhile with impurity, the faithful of Eru will be much more widely attacked by them. On this account I, or rather the Lord, beseech you as Manwë's heralds to publish this everywhere and to persuade all people of whatever rank, foot-soldiers and knights, poor and rich, to carry aid promptly to those in Middle-earth and to destroy that vile race from the lands of our friends. I say this to those who are present, it meant also for those who are absent. Moreover, Eru commands it.

"All who die by the way, whether by land or by sea, or in battle against the pagans, shall have immediate remission of sins. This I grant them through the power of Eru with which I am invested. O what a disgrace if such a despised and base race, which worships demons and Morgoth, should conquer a people which has the faith of omnipotent Eru and is made glorious with the name of Manwë! With what reproaches will the Lord overwhelm us if you do not aid those who, with us, profess the true religion! Let those who have been accustomed unjustly to wage private warfare against the faithful now go against the infidels and end with victory this war which should have been begun long ago. Let those who for a long time, have been robbers, now become knights. Let those who have been fighting against their brothers and relatives now fight in a proper way against the barbarians. Let those who have been serving as mercenaries for small pay now obtain the eternal reward. Let those who have been wearing themselves out in both body and soul now work for a double honor. Behold! on this side will be the sorrowful and poor, on that, the rich; on this side, the enemies of the Lord, on that, his friends. Let those who go not put off the journey, but rent their lands and collect money for their expenses; and as soon as winter is over and spring comes, let hem eagerly set out on the way with Ilúvatar as their guide.

~Eonwë, herald of Manwë