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Originally posted by GokuZool:
I've just finished reading The Return of the King and I have to say it's a great book, and a great trilogy overall. I read through the last book thouroughly and enjoyed it very much, but I have no idea what happened in the last few pages of the last chapter, The Grey Havens. For a start, what are the Grey Havens and why does Frodo, Gandalf, Galadriel etc. sail away to them? Also, why do all the characters, save Frodo, have their Rings on? Is there any mention of the Grey Havens throughout the book which I may have missed?
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The Gray Havens are where the elves take off from to go to the west (to the Undying Land). It is the area they launch their boats from for the journey. The reason everyone is leaving is because they are leaving Middle Earth, along with the rest of the elves. Frodo is invited to come as well, since he was the bearer of the One Ring; he of course does not have a ring because the one he bore is destroyed now. The other 3 (Elrond, Gandalf, and Galadriel) were the bearers of the elvish rings; he is just showing that the ring bearers are now leaving Middle Earth as magic dies and the age of men approaches.