Return of the King

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The third and final book of the The Lord of the Rings trilogy is called, The Return of the King. Many might be wondering, “Who is this king of which Tolkien speaks?” Aragorn. One of the Dunedain. The King of Gondor.  The story begins with Gandalf riding to Minas Tirith with Pippen. This was after Isengard fell and Pippen looked into the Palantír. When they get into Gondor, into Minas Tirith and meet the Steward of the City, Denethor, who does not like Gandalf at all. Pippen swears himself to the steward and acts as an intermediary between Gandalf and Denethor. The World becomes dark as Mordor leaks darkness over the world, creating gloom and feelings of doom.  Aragorn, who was travelling with the rest of the Riders of Rohan toward Minas Tirith, realized that the riders would not get there in time to help with the upcoming battle at Minas Tirith, and so he rode the Path of the Dead, a feared path. Gimli and Legolas accompany him. With the help of the dead, Aragorn captures some of the enemy’s boats and floats down the river to Minas Tirith, with some of his Brethren, the Dunedain, and men of southern Gondor, to turn the tide of the battle. This was the largest battle in the War of the Ring. After this victory, Aragorn enters the City and heals those who were wounded by the Witch-King (the Head of the Ring-Wraiths) thus fulfilling the prophecy about the return of the king. After the battle, the Captains of the West decide to assault Mordor itself, in order to distract Sauron’s attention from Frodo and Sam. As all of these events are occurring, Frodo is rescued from Cirith Ungol by Samwise Gamgee. They make their way through Mordor as the Ring grows heaver on Frodo. Finally they reach Mount Doom, and the Cracks of Doom. Frodo then claims the Ring, at the very Cracks. However, Gollum appears out of nowhere and tries to wrestles the Ring from Frodo. Finally he bites Frodo finger off that wore the Ring. Then Gollum stumbled and fell into the Cracks of Doom, destroying him, and more importantly, the Ring. Sauron fell, and the Third Age ended.  Back in the Shire, the Hobbits find that a Police state had fallen upon the Shire, and it was being destroyed by the “Police,” Men. They soon learn that the leader of the “Police” is Saruman. However, he is easily overthrown by a rebellion fostered by the Four Hobbits. Saruman is then stabbed in the back by Wormtongue.  A little later, all of the Ringbearers and Gandalf, and an elf or two left Middle Earth for the unknown across the sea.

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