Droned: An addendum

 After publishing that last post earlier today, I realized I forgot one additional drone story.

It also occurred to me sometime this morning that 'drone' might be in some way an Elvish word also (similar to how I thought 'hum' might be).  It turns out it is, or at least a form of that.

In looking up 'drone' on Eldamo, nothing with an 'e' came up, but there was 'dron' also spelled 'drond'... I'll take it.  Then I saw the 3rd word down which was "Dronurin".  I had never seen this name before.

Dronurin, it turns out, is the name for the "Messenger of the Gods".  He also goes by the name of Nornore, which means "Herald of the Gods", and if that sounds familiar, then you are right... this Dronurin-Nornore is another name for the character that would become Eonwe, the Herald of Manwe.  The same person I have as being on the other side of the connection with Ilmare-Eowyn, and this then ties very cleanly and clearly with the rest of the story as to the 'Morley Hum Exterminator'.  In other words, the droning (endless droning) of the Deadly Head will be 'droned' by Dronurin.

But the name doesn't just reference Eonwe.  The actual character of Dronurin would not survive Tolkien's drafts, and he would become split between Eonwe (who took on the heralding duties), and Orome (who would be the one to lead the Elves back to Valinor).  This is interesting for a few reasons, and particularly when you look at the definition of the name Dronurin itself

Dron(d) means something like 'path' or 'course', while 'Urin' means 'sun' and/ or 'fire'.  So, something like "Path of the Sun", maybe, or "Path of Fire".  Which is the path that those early Elves took in returning to Valinor, figuratively at least, in traveling from the East and heading West.  This is the very first adventure of these Elves after awakening at Cuivienen, who were then summoned by the Gods to come and live where they are.  This was all done at the beginning of the First Age of this world.

 I propose that as the First Age began, so will the Final Age of this world end. with Elves (Israel) once again being invited to follow messengers - to wake up once again! - and leave this Earth for a period of time.

Both Eonwe and Orome (Elijah-Tolkien) will take part in this, as I think Jesus is alluding to in 3 Nephi 24 and 25.  

The Path of the Sun will be something like a literal thing, perhaps, brought about by the connection between the Anor and Ithil Stones.  The Sun and Moon follow a path in the sky, and perhaps the Stones bearing their names will make a path for us.

Additionally, I have said that it could be that Eonwe is the male Holy Ghost (being the brother of Asenath-Nimloth), and so the establishment of this path seems to connect to the words of Nephi in the Book of Mormon where he taught his 'brethren' (speaking to an unidentified group of people in the future) that once they 'received' the Holy Ghost they would find themselves on a path.  A straight and narrow one that they would need to 'endure to the end' in following.  (See 2 Nephi 31).

In Tolkien's writings there was also a straight road that led one, if they could follow it, to Aman itself.  Not all of those first Eldar endured to the end in following Orome along that road home.  Many tired of the road, or chose to settle at various parts in Middle Earth.  They never became High Elves (a High Priesthood?) or saw Valinor and the Light of the Trees.

This road existed before the creation of Numenor, but it seems that Numenor itself may have become part of that road and a potential path for even more to be brought Home.   After the destruction of Numenor, Aman and Eressea (what was left of it) fled this world, and the straight road was gone.

The Holy Ghost (Eonwe), in work with others, will reestablish this ancient straight road by means of these Stones, the sins of those who are to follow that path will be forgiven, and they will be invited to follow that path back home.  I also think of the quote from the time the couriers were with Tom Bombadil about the paths that Asenath (also the Holy Ghost) wrought, and it must reference these Stones.  I had thought at one point that this simply meant the stories that came from the Stones, but seeing how it may be that others, such as Eowyn, were charged with pulling those stories together, perhaps that phrase rather points to or means that the Stones themselves were wrought or created by Asenath herself.  None of what may happen in the future would have been possible without these Stones. 

Anyway, that is another story that both already existed in my head, as well as expanded as I thought on this Dronurin, and the combined work of Eonwe and Orome in the redemption of both the living and the dead here on Earth.