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Theoric Windcaller The Grey Havens 12-11-2003, 10:58 PM
Alatariel The Grey Havens are along the... 12-11-2003, 11:14 PM
Theoric Windcaller You tell me to try the search... 12-12-2003, 10:54 PM
Finwe Frodo felt he had to leave... 12-14-2003, 01:10 PM
Tar-Alcarin Im with Finwe. Still making... 12-14-2003, 03:17 PM
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Haunting Spirit
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The Grey Havens
Ok, in the end of the RotK: Frodo and Gandalf sail into the west to the Grey Havens, leaving Sam behind in the Shire.
Now, we all know that beyond the Grey Havens is Valinor, where the immortals dwell. In my mind, I picture the Grey Havens as a very celestial, ethereal place, yet it seems to me that the Grey Havens are only the gate or so, or more like a boundry to mortals, saying, you can't go any further. Frodo felt more at home in the Shire than in Rivendell, Bree, Lòrien, etc. Why didn't he stay in the Shire? What was the big deal about the Grey Havens, what was so great about it? Now, when I think of Valinor, I think of Heaven, its almost like a physical Heaven on Middle-Earth, but why was the Grey Havens so drawing? What happened here? What was this place like?
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