Third Age! I want more!

EllethValatari · 09-25-2009, 10:24 PM

Okay, so everyone who has looked at a hardcover ROTK book knows what it says in the back about the third age. But is there anything else, that either Christopher or John wrote, about the 3rd age? What happens after Aragorn is king?...etc?

***Valandil*** · 09-25-2009, 10:51 PM

After Aragorn becomes King, and the Ringbearers pass into the West along with the Elven Rings... is actually the Fourth Age.

We know a little from the LOTR Appendices. Beyond that, JRRT tried writing a story but abandoned it - and made a few other statements here and there.

09-25-2009, 10:24 PM	#1
EllethValatari Elven Warrior Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: United States Posts: 401	Third Age! I want more! Okay, so everyone who has looked at a hardcover ROTK book knows what it says in the back about the third age. But is there anything else, that either Christopher or John wrote, about the 3rd age? What happens after Aragorn is king?...etc? __________________ Elleth Valatari "We have come from God, and inevitably the myths woven by us, though they contain error, will also reflect a splintered fragment of the true light, the eternal truth that is with God. Our myths may be misguided, but they steer however shakily towards the true harbour, while materialistic 'progress' leads only to a yawning abyss and the Iron Crown of the power of evil." — J.R.R. Tolkien

09-25-2009, 10:51 PM	#2
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