Talk:Blessed Resurrection/@comment-4632123-20150705210534/@comment-26517627-20170324083758

It wasn't  Iluvatar as much as it was the Valar.

The Valar are his divine brothers and sisters who essentially told their little brother that he wasn't to return until the ring had been destroyed and sauron had been defeated.

You could argue that his restrictions were lifted and or that gandalf made the choice to get serious. Since he is after all a divine being who predated middle earth sent to defeat a wayward brother of his.