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There at the last they looked upon death and defeat, and all their valour was in vain; for Sauron was too strong. Yet in that hour was put to the proof that which Mithrandir had spoken, and help came from the hands of the weak when the Wise faltered. For, as many songs have since sung, it was the Periannath, the Little People, dwellers in hillsides and meadows, that brought them deliverance.

For Frodo the Halfling, it is said, at the bidding of Mithrandir took on himself the burden, and alone with his servant he passed through peril and darkness and came at last in Sauron’s despite even to Mount Doom; and there into the Fire where it was wrought he cast the Great Ring of Power, and so at last it was unmade and its evil consumed. Then Sauron failed, and he was utterly vanquished and passed away like a shadow of malice; and the towers of Barad-dûr crumbled in ruin, and at the rumour of their fall many lands trembled.

Tolkien, J.R.R.. The Silmarillion. (New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004.) 313. (Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age)

yourlaranikaisakova:

Frodo and Gandalf by BohemianWeasel

‘I wish it need not have happened in my time,’ said Frodo.
‘So do I,’ said Gandalf, ‘and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide.
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.’

From The Fellowship of the Ring (chapter ‘Shadow of the Past’) by JRR Tolkien.

The famous words of comfort and wisdom spoken by Gandalf to Frodo (book version).

Pencil and acrylics on painted paper, 21×30 cms

Prints available here: www.redbubble.com/people/bohem…

maura-labingi:

transjiimhawkins:

Suddenly the foremost Rider spurred his horse forward. It checked at the water and reared up. With a great effort Frodo sat upright and brandished his sword.

‘Go back!’ he cried. ‘Go back to the Land of Mordor, and follow me no more!’ His voice sounded thin and shrill in his own ears. The Riders halted, but Frodo had not the power of Bombadil. His enemies laughed at him with a harsh and chilling laughter.

‘Come back! Come back!’ they called. ‘To Mordor we will take you!’

‘Go back!’ he whispered.

‘The Ring! The Ring!’ they cried with deadly voices; and immediately their leader urged his horse forward into the water, followed closely by two others.

‘By Elbereth and Lúthien the fair,’ said Frodo with a last effort, lifting up his sword, ‘you shall have neither the Ring nor me!’

i’m nearly two weeks late but i couldn’t not touch this scene

transjiimhawkins:

my second aoaa piece! it was originally supposed to be a hobbit-centric pic but i got too upset @ myself for not drawing smth frodo&sam-centric.. it ended up being both – v- ..the whole grey havens issue always kills me too so here’s a representation of frodo being drawn to the end of the ringbearers’ path and all that relates to that

hedonistbyheart:

Lotr: Flight to the ford by Hedonistbyheart

“Glorfindel caught Frodo as he sank to the ground, and taking him gently in his arms he looked in his face with grave anxiety.

(…)

He searched the wound on Frodo’s shoulder with his fingers, and his face grew graver, as if what he learned disquieted him. But Frodo felt the chill lessen in his side and arm; a little
warmth crept down from his shoulder to his hand, and the pain grew easier.
The dusk of evening seemed to grow lighter about him, as if a cloud had been withdrawn. He saw his friends’ faces more clearly again, and a measure of new hope and strength returned.”
– the Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

I need to go back to the books again now for a while.