bookbashuk Chapter 419 Farewell
Chapter 419 Farewell
Chapter 419 Farewell
After Aragorn became King of Gondor, he also formed a marriage alliance with Rohan by marrying Éowyn, a princess of Rohan.
Éowyn was the niece of King Théoden of Rohan, but he raised her from childhood and treated her as his own daughter.
Aragon's marriage to Éowyn further strengthened the relationship between the two countries.
Aragorn was a wise and ambitious king, and under his rule, Gondor grew stronger, not only recovering lost territories but also expanding outwards.
To the south, Harald was also brought under Gondor's rule, and to the west, large swathes of land were reclaimed, including the region of Enard west of Gondor, and most of Eridor except for the Hogwarts territory.
They even rebuilt Annuminas, the former capital of the Kingdom of Arno, and made it the royal city of the north, inhabited by the northern Dunedan people.
Aragorn also became the High King of the reunited kingdom of Gondor and Arnor, spending half his time in Minas Tirith and the other half in Annuminas.
Furthermore, when reclaiming Elliot and establishing the Kingdom of Arnor, Aragorn personally visited Hogwarts Castle to seek Duy's opinion.
And swore to protect the central region of Elliador, centered on Hogwarts Castle, extending north to North Hill and south to South Hill.
This area, stretching from Gujiagang in the west to the last bridge in the east, will permanently become an independent territory.
Thus, this territory belonging to Hogwarts was surrounded by the Kingdom of Arno, becoming a country within a country.
Although Hogwarts is not officially called a country, it is also known as the Wizarding Kingdom or the Magical World because it is home to a large number of wizards.
Moreover, in the distant future, this region also became a paradise in the hearts of many free people who refused to accept oppression.
Among the members of the Fellowship of the Ring, besides Legolas, Boromir, and Aragorn becoming kings one after another, the dwarf Gimli, who also participated in the expedition, had the idea of starting his own faction after returning to Lonely Mountain in victory.
So Gimli led a group of dwarves south from the Lonely Mountain in the north, all the way to the White Mountains, where they lived in the Crystal Cave. They continued to dig caves in the White Mountains and established a new dwarven kingdom, becoming the first King of the Crystal Cave.
The members of the Fellowship of the Ring achieved their own remarkable accomplishments, while the remaining four hobbits also met different ends.
Frodo and Bilbo, aside from the others, both qualified to travel to Valinor, becoming the first hobbits to ever set foot on Valinor.
As for Merry and Pippin, they were originally direct descendants of the two great families of the Shire, the Brandyde and the Tuk. After completing the Fellowship of the Ring, they returned to the Shire and took over the responsibilities of their fathers.
Merry inherited the position of Lord of the Bucks; Pippin inherited his father's title and became the 32nd Shire Lord.
They were also appointed by Aragorn as advisors to the Northern Kingdoms, while maintaining connections with Hogwarts, Rohan, and...
The connection between Gondor and Andor.
Especially because they were once in the same team as Boromir and went through the war together, their relationship with Boromir in Andor was even closer, and they often exchanged letters.
Sam, originally just a gardener in Bag End, joined Frodo on Mount Doom during the mission to protect the Ring, making an indelible contribution to destroying the One Ring.
In gratitude for Sam's loyalty and support throughout their lives, Frodo gave Sam a portion of the wealth he inherited from Bilbo.
Although it was only a small portion, it instantly made Sam one of the richest people in the Shire.
Before returning to the Shire, Galadriel also gifted him a Mauron seed and a box of fertile soil from her private garden.
After Sam returned to the Shire, he planted the seed near the meeting place next to Bag End.
Nourished by the fertile soil, and imbued with Galadriel's blessings and magic, the seed thrived in the Shire.
Although this Mawron tree is not as thick as Lorien's, it is the only place besides Lorien and Hogwarts where a Mawron tree grows.
With its silver trunk and golden leaves, the Mawlon tree glitters in the sunlight, illuminating the entire Hobbiton and creating a unique and beautiful scene.
Sam not only married the woman he loved, but also became the mayor of the Shire, and served in office until he no longer wanted to be re-elected.
As for Frodo, since the ship bound for Valinor was not leaving immediately, he returned to the Shire before heading to the Grey Harbor to deal with Bag End and his property.
Bilbo, however, refused to return and chose to stay at Hogwarts to spend the rest of his life in Middle-earth.
After Frodo returned to the Shire, he used the vast fortune left to him by Bilbo, after giving a portion to Sam, to build various public infrastructure such as bridges and roads, as well as to establish orphanages, nursing homes, and to support the poor.
Frodo entrusted this vast fortune to Sam, Merry, and Pippin for joint management and oversight, to ensure that it would continue to be used for righteous purposes after he left Middle-earth.
Gandalf and Duy, among others, expressed high praise for Frodo's actions.
Dui even offered to help, giving him a magic contract scroll. As long as the contract was written on it and his name was signed, no one could break it.
After all, Frodo's fortune was simply too enormous, a one-fourteenth of the original treasure of Lonely Mountain, enough to buy the entire Shire. If left unchecked, even the naturally simple-minded hobbits would easily be tempted.
Time flies, and before we knew it, it was September 29, 3021.
At the Grey Harbor, a silver-white cruise ship is docked at the shore.
The cruise ship was enormous, almost blocking out the entire harbor. It was made entirely of mithril fused with steel, with beautiful, flowing lines, exquisite patterns and runes, and a thick chimney that constantly spewed out thick steam.
This is a huge and exquisite steamship, like a sea fortress, capable of holding thousands or even tens of thousands of people.
It was the shipbuilder Cildan, with the help of countless Tyrarian elves, who built a great ship bound for Valinor.
This ship was far more robust and faster than any of the ships Cildan had ever built. It was not afraid of capsizing even on the most turbulent seas, and it greatly reduced the time to reach Valinor by almost half.
At the harbor, elves from the Valley, Lorien, and other places all went up to the deck and boarded the ship.
Meanwhile, Duy and Alwyn, along with their two children, Elses and Elros, were seeing off Elrond, Galadriel, Celeborn, Glorfindel, and Gandalf.
With a heavy heart, Alvin embraced his father Elrond, his grandparents Caleborn and Galadriel one by one to say goodbye.
Dui also embraced Gandalf.
Gandalf was cheerful and showed no reluctance to part. He changed out of his grey robe and into a white one, and even his hair and beard turned white, making him look exactly like Gandalf in white.
Perhaps because he was about to return to Valinor, the power binding Gandalf was gradually weakening, and he began to exude a divine aura.
Dui clearly sensed that Gandalf was emanating an aura no weaker than his own, and this was even before the power restrictions were fully lifted.