If I understand LoTR correctly (including the Silmarillion), there is a God figure (Iluvatar) that has at least ordained. It's a replay or not, depending on ho

If I understand LoTR correctly (including the Silmarillion), there is a God figure (Iluvatar) that has at least ordained. It's a replay or not, depending on how you interpret whether the Valars' song was events happening, or just made events happen. But in either view, Iluvatar is still controlling it all, because he controlled how the song went, even though Melkor tried to mess it up.