Sam married Rose Cotton soon after he returned to the Shire, and together they had no fewer than thirteen children. For much of his life, Sam was the elected Mayor of the Shire, and together with Merry and Pippin became one of the northern councillors of the King. His marriage to Rose lasted sixty-two years, but at last she died, and Sam travelled away from the Shire. Though his fate isn't known with certainty, he was thought to have gone to the Grey Havens and passed over the Sea himself, perhaps to be reunited at last with Frodo in the Blessed Realm.
Discos - 😖hifty:
Originally posted by Discos
I did hear of it, but according to the encyclo[edia of arda it says there is no word of him going, perhaps I am mistaking.....i will find the quotes
Well, Tolkien writes -
"On September 22 Master Samwise rides out from Bag End. He comes to the Tower Hills, and is last seen by Elanor, to whom he gives the Red Book afterwards kept by the Fairbairns. Among them the tradition is handed down from Elanor that Samwise passed the Towers, and went to the Grey Havens, and passed over the Sea, last of the Ring-bearers"
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Actually, if you don't find the Straight Path, you come to the New Lands... because Valinor was removed from the circles of the world... and if you somehow miss the New Lands, you go round the whole globe and in the end reach the coasts of the far east... or the Dark Lands?
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However,
I think "Over the Sea" somehow implies reaching Valinor ^^ ^^