Is all hope gone for those people who eventually find themselves in actual darkness?
Well, as far as I'm aware, there is no hope. Perhaps if you would like, tomorrow or some other time, to call my attention to some Scripture that seems to you to suggest there is ultimate hope for them, then do by all means. As far as I read holy Scripture, there is no hope. There comes a point when God himself decides, and the decision is, if I may put it a little crudely: 'Have your own way.'
