The Reign of 👑King Elessar

[Urambo Tauro]

In The Return of the King, we read about the crowning of King Elessar in the chapter "The Steward and the King". Aragorn is crowned, and Faramir cries out, 'Behold the King!' We also read:

And in that moment all the trumpets were blown, and the King Elessar went forth and came to the barrier, and Húrin of the Keys thrust it back; and amid the music of harp and of viol and of flute and the singing of clear voices the King passed through the flower-laden streets, and came to the Citadel, and entered in; and the banner of the Tree and the Stars was unfurled upon the topmost tower, and the reign of King Elessar began, of which many songs have told.

Did Tolkien write anything concerning Middle-earth taking place after The Return of the King?

 

[Ithrynluin]

Not really, fortunately or not.

However, there exists a rather unfinished piece of text called The New Shadow which can be found in The History of Middle-earth XII: The Peoples of Middle-earth.

It takes place sometime in the Fourth Age, and is more on the philosophical side.

 

[Arvedui]

And just to complete ithy's explanation: The New Shadow was abandoned after some 40 pages...

BTW: Welcome to TTF, Urambo Tauro! I see that you have come up with a number of questions and topics already. I am looking forward to your coming posts. Again, Welcome.

 

[MichaelMartinez]

In The Return of the King, we read about the crowning of King Elessar in the chapter "The Steward and the King". Aragorn is crowned, and Faramir cries out, 'Behold the King!' We also readid Tolkien write anything concerning Middle-earth taking place after The Return of the King?

Yes, he did (besides The New Shadow). The Epilogue (published in Sauron Defeated) takes place some years after the departure of Elrond and company. And there is material written for the appendices which only appears in The Peoples of Middle-earth. A few scattered comments in essays published in various places (including Unfinished Tales) also make reference to events in the Fourth Age.

Just summing from memory, we know from these various sources that Eomer's kingdom somehow included Dunland, and that Thorin III Stonehelm's son was probably Durin VII (that is, in one note, this is actually stipulated). Also, Eldarion's descendants are said to rule for 100 generations of men (perhaps about 2500 years).

And then there is the information provided in both the Prologue and the published Appendices regarding events leading up to Aragorn's death.

 

[Halasían]

Dunland as a part of the Kingdom of Rohan.... I'm sure that goes over really well. Could you see a story in the years ahead that would have an uprising of the Dunlanding descendents, probably in a time of a king that ruled such as Fengel? Just a 'what if' thought.