Elrond's big mistake? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Finwe · 07-15-2003, 01:38 PM

I think Gandalf was their intermediary. Also, they gave their lives for the Quest. Although it doens't seem like that, Bilbo did great things, things that he wasn't compelled to do. He could have just sat at home and refused to go on the expedition with the Dwarves. Sam could have sat at home and not gone with Frodo. After all, Rosie, his beloved, was at home, why did he leave her? He knew that there was a possiblity of failure for the Quest. He knew that he might die. But he still went. That selflessness was rewarded by permission to sail West.

07-15-2003, 01:38 PM	#18
Finwe Deathless Sun Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Royal Suite in the Halls of Mandos Posts: 2,609	I think Gandalf was their intermediary. Also, they gave their lives for the Quest. Although it doens't seem like that, Bilbo did great things, things that he wasn't compelled to do. He could have just sat at home and refused to go on the expedition with the Dwarves. Sam could have sat at home and not gone with Frodo. After all, Rosie, his beloved, was at home, why did he leave her? He knew that there was a possiblity of failure for the Quest. He knew that he might die. But he still went. That selflessness was rewarded by permission to sail West. __________________ But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.