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The Fellowship hobbits, Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin, return home to the Shire to find that it is under the brutal control of ruffians and their leader "Sharkey", revealed to be the Wizard Saruman.
Jun 5, 2019 · The Scouring of the Shire took place after Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin returned home after their long adventure to find the Shire raided by a group of thugs. This was the work of dark wizard Saruman, aided by the traitorous Lotho Sackville-Baggins, who was in turn deposed and killed by Wormtongue.
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Mar 12, 2017 · Jackson left this and the triumphant return of Frodo, Sam, and the now burly Merry and Pippin and their battle to reclaim the Shire out of the film. I was hoping to see it added to the extended version of the DVD, but it was not.
In Mordor it is the same: The memory of the Shire urges Sam onward, and he sees that "the way back, if there is one, goes past the Mountain." When they return home, however, the Shire hobbits discover their cherished ideal corrupted.
Dec 23, 2021 · In Tolkien’s Return of the King, Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin arrive back in the Shire to find their home and its people have been conquered, oppressed, and in some cases literally enslaved...
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Sam restored the Shire with Galadriel's gift, to even greater beauty and bounty. Mordor was given to the slaves of Nurnen to heal both land and people. Minas Morgul was hopefully cleansed and restored as Minas Ithil.
I tried to save the Shire, and it has been saved, but not for me. It must often be so, Sam, when things are in danger: some one has to give them up, lose them, so that others may keep them.”. ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King. tags: hurt, salvation. Read more quotes from J.R.R. Tolkien.
