In the aftermath of the battle of Black
Gate and the destruction of the One Ring, Aragorn was returning to Gondor to be duly crowned
as King Elessar having been given the name by Galadriel on May First TA 3109. The ceremony was
vast in nature with people from all over Middle Earth coming to witness the events. Faramir met
with the soon-to-be King outside the walls of the city before announcing the Return of the King
to his people: “Here is Aragorn, son of Arathorn, chieftain of the Dúnedain of Arnor, Captain of the
Host of the West, bearer of the Star of the North, wielder of the Sword Reforged, victorious in
battle, whose hands bring healing, the Elfstone, Elessar of the line of Valandil, Isildur's
son, Elendil's son of Numenor. Shall he be king and enter into the City and dwell there?"
And all those gathered cried approval aloud in one voice, allowing Aragorn to once more enter the
city he had saved not long before, this time not only as a healer but also as King. Frodo was given
the honour of carrying the Crown and Gandalf then placed the wings of pearl and silver which formed
the likeness of a seabird upon Aragorn’s head. Faramir, who was now the Steward of Gondor cried
aloud, “Behold the King” a cry which was taken up once more by the populace of the city in one
voice. With this, King Elessar entered the city to the ringing of silver trumpets as the royal banner
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Elrond came to the city. He handed over to Aragorn the symbol of royalty in Arnor, the Sceptre of
Annúminas, confirming his status as King of Arnor. Shortly afterward Aragorn and Arwen were married,
with the new Queen of Gondor and Arnor renouncing her immortality for the love she bore the
greatest of the line of Isildur. Aragorn became the twenty-sixth King of Arnor, the thirty-fifth
King of Gondor, and the first High King of the Reunited Kingdom. He would found the House of
Telcontar and rule until the year 120 of the Fourth Age. Soon after this, a great host led by
Aragorn went north and while the king and the rest of the Fellowship stopped in Rivendell, Gandalf
and the hobbits continued onwards to the Shire. Dark events transpired in the region in the
dying days of the war of the Ring, while the Fellowship was in the south. Using the money
earned from selling the pipe-weed to the wizard Saruman, a relative of Bilbo and Frodo Lotho
Sackville-Baggins initiated a massive land grab, allowing him to take the place of Chief of the
Shire. The former White Wizard sent Dunlendings and Goblin-Men - who the locals started calling
Ruffians, to assist in this process providing the necessary support to maintain rule over the
Hobbits, who were left without protection when the Dunedain went South to support Aragorn.
Following the defeat of Sauron, Saruman used the power of his voice, which was one of the
last elements of magic he could yet control, to convince Treebeard to allow him
to leave the tower of Isengard. Then Saruman under the guise of Sharkey came
to the Shire accompanied by Grima Wormtongue, quickly deposing and imprisoning the former Chief
and taking direct control over his new dominion. He had begun to turn the once content and peaceful
region into an industrialized area similar to what he had achieved in Isengard. However, Frodo,
Sam, Merry, and Pippin arrived just in time to thwart his plans to despoil the region in what
came to be known as the Scouring of the Shire. Before entering the Shire, Gandalf, Frodo, and
company stayed the night in the Prancing Pony in Bree and were informed by Barliman Butterbur that
the situation had changed. Strange and harsh men from the South had begun to settle around Bree,
much to the discomfort of the men and hobbits who had previously lived in the area. This culminated
in a fight on the streets of Bree, where Saruman’s forces led by Bill Ferny were driven out
by the men of Bree led by Mat Heathertoes. Gandalf then took the Hobbits to the edge of the
Shire before leaving to meet with Tom Bombadil, assuring his companions that their training
and experiences during the War of the Ring would mean they could meet the challenge
with which they were about to be posed. The four Hobbits upon arriving in the Shire were
shocked to see what had become of the home they had fought for so long to protect during
the prior events of the War of the Ring. Having grown much in terms of courage and strength
throughout their travels, the returning Hobbits soon took up a leadership role rousing all
who wished to put an end to Sharkey’s cruelty. Prior to this mustering, the leader of Saruman’s
Ruffians challenged Frodo’s authority, but when challenged by the blades of the Hobbits, fled,
allowing Merry to make use of the Horn of Rohan given to him by Théoden to great effect. Moving
swiftly a force of Shire-folk was assembled in short order and made what preparations they could
to meet the forces of the disgraced former wizard. In total there were two hundred
Bucklanders, one hundred Tooks, and a number of locals supplementing this company,
which had to face one hundred and fifty Ruffians. What came next would be known as the Battle of
Bywater and it occurred on November third TA 3019. As Pippin was still a Knight of Gondor and
wasn’t released from his oath by Aragorn, this could also be seen as the first
battle in the restoration of Arnor. At this point the Shire was still a part of
the realm of Arnor, allowing the Hobbits to engage in combat with the will of the
High King of the Dunedain behind them. After being initially rebuked the leader of
the Ruffians returned with a larger force; however, they were promptly surrounded and when he
attempted to assault Merry, he was struck down by four arrows from the ever-effective archers of the
Shire. As they displayed the same strength which had allowed them to aid the King of Gondor as far
back as the Battle of Fornost. The rest of the Ruffians were then arrested and imprisoned. More
men were dispatched by Sharkey however the Hobbit forward scouts gave the members of the Fellowship
sufficient time to prepare a defence of Bywater. Merry and Pippin took charge utilizing everything
they had learned during their service in the employ of the King of Rohan and Steward of Gondor.
Makeshift roadblocks were prepared using carts and wagons and when the Ruffians arrived, they
entered the center of the built-up area only to find they had been entrapped. Their greater
stature and strength compared to an individual Hobbit were eliminated in this way. Attempting
a breakout many were struck down by the deadly volleys of arrows loosed by the Hobbits and
those who successfully broke through their entrapment were promptly surrounded and cut down.
Sam, Merry, and Pippin took an active role in the combat displaying their martial prowess and
inspiring their fellow Shire-folk to hold the line even though they were not comparable in terms
of strength. Frodo meanwhile did not fight but instead ensured that every Ruffian who threw down
their arms and surrendered was not slaughtered but instead imprisoned and treated fairly. The Battle
was a resounding victory for the Shire-folk as only nineteen Hobbits were killed with thirty
wounded, compared to the seventy Ruffians who were killed and twelve captured, while the
remainder of Sharkey’s men fled the Shire. The following day Frodo and the other Hobbits
led their force to Hobbiton to confront Sharkey, discovering it was in fact Saruman. The
wizard was now powerless and Frodo exiled him granting him his life if he was
to leave the Shire and never return. Saruman having been forever tainted by his former
master Sauron, responded with characteristic cruelty decrying the weakness of the Hobbits
before viciously kicking Grima Wormtongue. This was too much for the former man of
Rohan whose patience broke and he lunged for the former despot of the Shire, slitting
his throat. Before Frodo could stop them, the archers of the Shire reacted, piercing Grima with
multiple arrows and ending his life immediately. This was the last military
engagement of the War of the Ring. The War of the Ring had far-ranging ramifications
for every nation in Middle Earth, none more so than that of Gondor. Aragorn went on to rebuild
the Kingdom of Arnor after so many years of decay, fostering close relations with the other realms
of Men, Dwarves, and Elves, among them Dale and Erebor who continued to prosper in the Fourth
Age. He also successfully campaigned alongside his chief commanders Imrahil and Éomer against
the Easterlings and Haradrim forever ending the threat posed by them. The three men led campaigns
beyond the Sea of Rhun enforcing peace with the Easterlings who dwelt there. Campaigns to the
South were also conducted with the dual might of Gondor and Rohan forcing the men of Harad to
give up their possessions in Southern Gondor. Likewise, an assault was made on the city of
Umbar which Aragorn had last entered while serving under Denethor’s father under the guise
of Thorongil. The Corsairs of Umbar were utterly routed and the port city which had been founded
by the Numenoreans so many centuries prior was returned to its holdings, with the remaining Black
Númenoreans who resided there seemingly killed also, bringing to an end their destructive
legacy since the fall of Númenor. The Orcs had also been reduced to insignificant mountain
bands following the destruction of the Dark Lord and the United Kingdom, not that one, reached
its greatest territorial extent since Elendil first arrived in the West, ensuring there were
no longer any true threats to the High Kingship. Aragorn maintained Minas Tirith as his capital,
leading to a quick repopulation of the region, reconstructed Annúminas to serve as his Northern
Capital, and rebuilt Fornost Erain from the ruins of the desolation of the Witch King constructing
a great city in which many men came to reside. The Kingdom of Arnor once more prospered, as
the corruption wrought by the Great War in the North was finally cleansed from the region and
it would once more regain the strength it had once possessed during the at its height. Minas
Morgul was razed to the ground, as its corruption would take many years to ever be fully cleansed
from the former joint fortresses of Gondor with a new holding being built in the Emyn Arnen for
Faramir and Eowyn to dwell within. Osgiliath was once more rebuilt also regaining the splendour
which had initially made it the first capital of the Kingdom, becoming more and more
populous as the reign of Elessar continued. Aragorn named Faramir Prince of Ithilien marrying
Eowyn and the Shire was given independent status from the newly re-established Realm of Arnor under
the Sceptre of Annúminas. The king even added the Westmarch to its territory, decreeing that no man
was ever to enter into the Shire again, himself included. Even after Aragorn’s death following
120 years of wise rule and the accession of his son Eldarion, the descendants of this line would
continue rule wisely and well, maintaining the Golden Age started by their patriarch following
on from the flames of war. Meanwhile, Arwen would die just a year after her husband of a broken
heart and was buried at Cerin Amroth in Lórien. In Rohan, Éomer assumed the throne, marrying his
dear friend Imrahil’s daughter Lothíriel who he had fallen in love with during his stay in Gondor.
He would prove a gallant ally to the Gondorians in the campaigns that followed, ensuring the
Oath of Eorl would continue in perpetuity. Isengard was granted to the Ents, who filled in
Saruman's pits and reforested the area renaming it the Treegarth of Orthanc. While in the
Glittering Caves which Gimli had been forced to take refuge in during the Battle of Helm’s
Deep, permission was given by Éomer for him to set up a Dwarven colony there which prospered for
many years due to the mineral wealth of the caves. The Balrog being now defeated also
allowed the Longbeard Dwarves under Durin VII to retake Khazad-dum after
so many years exiled from their holds. Legolas would go on to found a colony in Ithilien,
while his father Thranduil alongside Celeborn and Galadriel purged Dol Guldur of corruption and
created a land for the Beornings to reside. However, the destruction of the One Ring ensured
the decline of the Elves, as the Three Rings began to fade in power, causing the Kingdoms
which had been preserved by them to fade also. This caused a mass exodus of Elves across
the Sea to Valinor, with all three of the Ring Bearers departing, Lórien was eventually
abandoned with the Elves of Lothloríen who did not depart moving to the Southern part of
Mirkwood founding the realm of East Lórien. The majority of the Elves of Rivendell
also departed, leaving only Elrond’s sons, Celeborn, and a small population of
Elves to inhabit the region. Eventually, Celeborn whose heart yearned for Galadriel took
passage to the Undying Lands with his company, and it was said that "with him went the last
living memory of the Elder Days in Middle-earth." Frodo never truly recovered from his wounds and
upon finishing his version of The Lord of the Rings in the Red Book of Westmarch, in the year
of the Third Age 3021 joined Bilbo and Gandalf, who by now achieved all that was required of him
in the Middle Earth, Elrond and Galadriel aboard an Elven ship. Frodo and Bilbo were allowed
passage to the Undying Lands, as they were ring-bearers, in the hopes of healing the damage
to their spirit that bearing the Ring had caused. Sam married Rosie Cotton having thirteen
children with her and was elected Mayor of the Shire for seven consecutive seven-year
terms before in the year 61 of the Fourth Age leaving to take a ship to the Undying Lands as
a former Ring-Bearer to join Frodo in Valinor. Meanwhile Merry became the Master of Buckland in
the year 11 of the Fourth Age living at Brandy Hall and also Crickhollow and in the year
13 of the Fourth Age, Pippin became the 32nd Thain of the Shire, a position he maintained for
firty years before renouncing it in the year 63 of the Fourth Age, when he revisited Rohan
and Gondor with Merry. Merry was 102 years old at this stage and died in Gondor not long
after arriving, being laid to rest in Gondor. Pippin died not long after and was laid to
rest with Merry in Gondor. After the great King Elessar died in the year 120 of the Fourth
Age Merry and Pippin were entombed next to him. After Aragorn’s death, Legolas and Gimli
left their respective colonies in the hands of their people. The pair that had grown
incomprehensibly close despite initial frictions between them then went West, where
Legolas built one last ship at the Havens to take them across the Sea towards Valinor. In
doing so Gimli became the first and only ever Dwarf to make his way to the Undying Lands.
Neither of them was ever again seen in Middle Earth and lived in Valinor with their old
friends to the very dying days of the World. This video brings us to the end of the War of
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