What is in the West in Lord of the Rings?
Valinor lies in Aman, a continent on the west of Belegaer, the ocean to the west of Middle-earth. Tolkien wrote that the name “Aman” was “chiefly used as the name of the land in which the Valar dwelt” [i.e. Valinor].
Why are the Elves sailing west?
Just as Men feared death Elves feared fading. A large portion of those Elves lost all joy in Middle-earth and sailed over Sea. They did so mostly to escape from Sauron but also because they felt immense regret for the harm they had done to Middle-earth and its peoples.
Why did Gandalf sail west?
Gandalf was simply returning to the Undying lands, since he had originally been sent from there about 2000 years earlier to Middle Earth, to help in the war against Sauron; and now that job was finished, so he was just going home.
Why do Bilbo and Frodo sail off into the West?
Frodo, Bilbo and even Sam have been altered by their contact with the One Ring. They have also performed great deeds. 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.
Why do the Elves cross the sea?
To prevent the king’s invasion, Ilúvatar destroyed Númenor beneath the ocean and set the Undying Lands forever beyond the reach of mortal Men. Elves were still permitted to sail across the sea to the Undying Lands, if they chose to (which most did).
Where do the Elves sail off to?
The Undying Lands
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.
Why do the elves cross the sea?
What happens to Middle Earth after LOTR?
Originally Answered: What happens to middle earth after the Ring is destroyed? In addition to Kavinay’s answer Aragorn retakes the Northern Kingdom, after his death, Gimli and Legolas sail West, Aragorn’s son, Eldarion takes over the kingdom, the Red Book is copied and published, and there the story kind of drops off.
Where do the elves go at the end of LOTR?
Is Frodo immortal in Undying Lands?
“Frodo was sent or allowed to pass over Sea to heal him – if that could be done before he died. So there we have it, definitive proof from Tolkein himself that Frodo, and his other mortal counterparts, did eventually perish in The Undying Lands.