Quenta Silmarillion, ' Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor' But Ar-Pharazôn the King and the mortal warriors that had set foot upon the land of Aman were buried under falling hills: there it is said that they lie imprisoned in the Caves of the Forgotten, until the Last Battle and the Day of Doom. Many other of the ancient stars she gathered together and set as signs in the heavens of Arda: and Menelmacar with his shining belt, that forebodes the Last Battle that shall be at the end of days.
Quenta Silmarillion, ' Of Aulë and Yavanna'. Then their part shall be to serve Aulë and to aid him in the remaking of Arda after the Last Battle. and that he declared to their Fathers of old that Ilúvatar will hallow them and give them a place among the Children in the end. In the published Silmarillion, the Dagor Dagorath is only mentioned as the Last Battle on three occasions:
