Tolkien's Abandoned Lord of the Rings Epilogue

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Watercolor shire - Painted Dragon Studios
misty twilight in the shire - kuliszu
Sam & Rosie Cotton – Ted Nasmith
Well, I'm back - Miriam Ellis
The Shire - Painted Dragon Studios
Sam in the garden - Tolman Cotton
Grey Havens - Alan Lee
Misty Mountains - Felix Englund
Osgiliath - Abe Papakhian
Felix Englund - Stranger in city
Open Book - Bryan Bitter
Sam - Tolman Cotton
The Shire - Šárka Škorpíková
Old Sam - Ralph Damiani
bilbo's tales - Tolman Cotton
Red Book - Shannon Moe
Elanor the Fair - Jenny Dolfen
Sam Gamgee - Anna Kulisz
Hobbits - Lída Holubová
Samwise - Matt_Stewart
Spring in the shire - Painted Dragon Studios
Lorien - Ralph Damiani
Old Bilbo Baggins - Elrodimus Flash
Saruman - LOTRO
Merry & Pippin - Šárka Škorpíková
children of rohan - aegeri
Pippin - Catherine Karina Chmiel
Frodo - Anna Kulisz
Old Bilbo - John Howe
The Forest of Lothlorien in Spring - J.R.R. Tolkien
The Grey Swan Ship - Alan Lee
Celeborn - Soni Alcorn-Hender
Celeborn - Tolman Cotton
celeborn in lothlorien - anotherstranger_me
the power of the three - mellorianj
Dark valley - Felix Englund
Celeborn and Arwen - Ralph Damiani
Celeborn - Jenny Dolfen
Legolas and Gimli at Helms Deep - John Howe
Gimli2 - Elrodimus Flash
Gimli - Jerry Vanderstelt
Gimli in Minas Tirith - Ralph Damiani
The Glittering Caves – Ted Nasmith
The Glittering Caves of Aglarond – Ted Nasmith
legolas and gimli visit fangorn - alystraea
Ancient Knowledge - Ralph Damiani
Treebeard - Anke Eissmann
Ancient Garden - Ralph Damiani
Ent - Turner Mohan
King Aragorn - Janka Latečková
The King Journeys North - Ralph Damiani
The Shire – Ted Nasmith
Arwen and Aragorn - Catherine Chmiel
Annuminas - Lída Holubová
Galadriel & Celeborn at Lake Evendim – Ted Nasmith
summer in the shire - kuliszu
Fireworks - Lída Holubová
Hobbits - Lída Holubová
winter in middle earth - aegeri
Fantasy landscape - Felix Englund
JRR Tolkien - skullb*st*rd
evening in the shire - kuliszu
Hobbit pony ride - Catherine Karina Chmiel
Bilbo at his desk - Abe Papakhian
Three Books of Lore - Miriam Ellis
frodo in bag end - anotherstranger_me
Parchment & Coins - Bryan Bitter
Hollin gate - Ralph Damiani
balin, lord of moria - tulikoura
Dol Guldur - Felix Englund
Legolas in Ithilien - Ralph Damiani
Departure at the Grey Havens – Ted Nasmith
The Riders of Rohan – Ted Nasmith
Merry & Stybba - Catherine Chmiel
entwife – Soni Alcorn-Hender
The Forest of Fangorn - Alan Lee
Frodo & Haldir in Lothlorien – Ted Nasmith
Gildor, Sam, Pippin, Frodo, and Elves - Steamey
Frodo Departs - Ralph Damiani
Eavesdropping - Francesco Amadio
Three is Company - Peter Xavier Price
The Shadow of Sauron – Ted Nasmith
King Aragorn - Steve Airola
Elladan and Elrohir - MellorianJ
bilbo in rivendell - Matej Cadil
sam & rosie - Tolman Cotton
Professor Tolkien - Kinko White
Sam & Rosie - Francesco Amadio
Summer in the shire - Painted Dragon Studios
Autumn in the Shire - Painted Dragon Studios
bag end - Kinko White
evening in the shire - kuliszu
I will not say the day is done - Matt Stewart
Rose Cotton - Tolman Cotton
the hall at bag end - Matej Cadil
Frodos Dream of Earendil - Anke Eissmann
A Hobbit's Garden - Emily Austin

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[MorgothsBalrog]

Can't stand when people tell me that they don't like Lord of the Rings because it's a happily ever after story. It just goes to show that either they hadn't read the book or didn't pay attention. The whole book, you believe that if Frodo survives, he will be happy to return and retire to the Shire. But then, when Frodo announces that he plans to travel to Valinor due to his traumatic experiences, it's a punch in the gut.

[RoquenoLiraIluvatarva]

This is one of my favourite videos you've ever done, it's so beautiful. I'm not sure if it was intentional, but it sounded like Elanor had an Elvish accent, particularly the distinctive tapped R sounds. Very appropriate!
As much as I love the humble and simple ending we got, I think this epilogue reminds us what the Fellowship were fighting for this whole time, and helps me feel in a more personal way that all the sacrifice was worth it.

[Enerdhil]

I think Sam's statement, "Well, I'm back" tells us that he is back to stay and will never again leave Rosie or Elanor. He also leaves behind his old life to do so. That is a happy ending.😁👍

[TheYellowshuttle]

The narration & artwork were beautiful, warm and comforting! ❤️

[marjunmarcelocristobal]

The Quest for the Entwives seemed like a metaphor for the quest for Mother Earth's hunger for the Continuity of everything basic, simple and true...Treebeards sighs for the hopeless..and the utter doom of what was once Earthly Magical in the Eyes of the Child...Be it perhaps caused by the rise of the Evil Morgoth..the Entwives will remain forever a mystery.

[fgdj]

6:05 amazing piece of art. I love Tolkien art. It shows how he was both specific, but at the same time left so much up for reader's imagination.

[sourisvoleur]

The mention of the sea at the end is chilling.

[DustinHarrelson]

Gah that excerpt at the end and your words about it really got to me.

[hurly_bird]

This guy's accents are SO GOOD it's unreal. Haven't heard a North American pull off a west country accent before!

[joeyboxrox]

Thank you, Matt. This was very heartwarming.

[michaelwilliams]

Gotta say, I have so much respect for the amount of writing he did. I can only imagine the feast he’d deliver if he had a laptop (I know he wasn’t happy with technology I’m just dreaming).

Also may I pose a theory about the Entwives that only came to me while watching this. As tragic as it sounds what are the odds that they were drowned during the sinking of Beleriand 🤔 just a thought

[philoshaughnessy]

I'm tearing up listening to this.

[ZENmud]

Might not "Well, I'm back" be a [wink] to both his audience, and Tolkien's wife ❤?

Back from twenty years of saga-creation (+/- 10)... 🎉🎉🎉

[Vercingetorix]

Last week I've started reading it again in english (not my original language). It's a mix of emotions and now the songs have more sense that the Spanish translation.
I always read it with music. Does anyone use music too?

[asgo]

I just hope Sam got to meet Frodo again before he died.

[corinnebowyer]

wish all the important & minor characters from all of the lord of the rings stuff in general excluding peregrin took had been told by gandalf the same senences that he told pippin in minas tirith battle that "death is just another path 1 that we all must take the grey rain curtain of this world pulls back & all turns to silver glass then you see white shores & beyond a far green country under a swift sunrise".

[milosstevanovic]

To me this epilogue looks like Game of Throns parallel when king Robert cam to Winterfell to Ned. But in more glorifying Tolkin way😅

[arpitarpit]

He was a very good person. One of the best!

[mingthan]

Yet, How was Elessar's tax policy?

[HammerOn-bugx]

As an epilogue, I wish he hadn't listened.