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Lost One · 01-01-2004, 06:22 PM

The problem with the Fourth Age, which Tolkien may have found dispiriting when he began to think about another story, is that it's downhill all the way. Aragorn's reign is a sort of pinnacle when much of the old world still survives - but not for long. The High Elves are all soon gone, and how long before men start felling in Fangorn, buying up the Shire a la Saruman, and taxing travelling dwarves?

01-01-2004, 06:22 PM	#7
Lost One Haunting Spirit Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 67	The problem with the Fourth Age, which Tolkien may have found dispiriting when he began to think about another story, is that it's downhill all the way. Aragorn's reign is a sort of pinnacle when much of the old world still survives - but not for long. The High Elves are all soon gone, and how long before men start felling in Fangorn, buying up the Shire a la Saruman, and taxing travelling dwarves?