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What happened to Frodo when he left with the Elves?
Where did Frodo go at the end? Frodo goes to the Undying Lands with the elves. While the mortal human, hobbit, and dwarf characters discuss death and dying (and do plenty of it) in Lord of the Rings, the immortal elves don’t talk about their end in the same manner at all.
What happens to the Elves at the end of Lord of the Rings?
The Undying Lands, which until that time had been part of the World, were removed forever from the reach of mortal Men, though the Elves could still sail West and come there, if they would. It is to the Undying Lands that the White Ship sails at the end of The Lord of the Rings.
Do the Elves live forever in the undying lands?
Elves also live alongside the Valar in the mystical Undying Lands, but unlike their human, hobbit, and dwarf friends, they never die. Both the Valar and the Elves are immortal beings, hence the name, The Undying Lands.
What is Valinor LOTR?
Valinor (Quenya: Land of the Valar) or the Blessed Realms is a fictional location in J. R. R. Tolkien’s legendarium, the home of the immortal Valar on the continent of Aman, far to the west of Middle-earth; he used the name Aman mainly to mean Valinor.
Did Sam go to Valinor?
By special permission of the Valar, the Hobbits Frodo Baggins, Bilbo Baggins, and Samwise Gamgee were also permitted to go to Valinor, as they had once borne the One Ring of Sauron.
Why was Frodo allowed to go to Valinor?
Frodo and Sam were both allowed to go to Valinor when the painful side effects of carrying the One Ring became too much to enjoy life in Middle Earth any longer. In Frodo’s case it was also a way to heal the pain from his old wound from the nazgul.
Why does Frodo go to the Undying Lands?
Frodo is specifically given leave to travel to Valinor because of the unhealable wound from the Morgul knife. It is a grace of the Vala to permit them to come to the Undying Lands. Gimli , by the intercession of Galadriel , is also given leave to come to Valinor.
Does Frodo live with Bilbo?
Where was Frodo raised, and how did he come to live with Bilbo Baggins? He was raised in Buckland, but he was a favorite of Bilbo, and they had the same birthday, so Bilbo invited Frodo to live with him. What do the hobbits mean by “filling up the corners”?
Why did Frodo volunteer to take the ring?
Frodo Volunteered Because of The Ring: Finally, it’s entirely possible that Frodo volunteered to take the Ring because he couldn’t bear to be parted from it. By this point we’d already seen the Ring’s affects on Frodo’s behavior (most important to this discussion, his mild panic when Gandalf threw the Ring into his fireplace.)