Frodo at the end of ROTK

Hobbit heaven

He was going to Valinor, the land of the Valar, and then further from there to the place where elves go when they die (I can't remember the exact name, it's been a while since I read the Silmarillion), where he can spend eternity recovering from the burden of bearing the One Ring. Men and Elves go different places after death in Tolkien's mythology. Knowing this adds another layer of depth to the story of Arwen, Aragorn, and Elrond. As half-elves, Elrond and his children could choose to live as elves or as men, with all of the consequences of that choice. Elrond chose to live as an elf, obviously, and expected Arwen to do the same. But when she fell in love with Aragorn, she made the choice to live as a human. This meant that she would be separated from Elrond both in life and in death, which is why Elrond hated Aragorn so much and was so loath to help him in any way.

If you enjoy LOTR and haven't read the Silmarillion, you need to do so. Don't expect it to be a single epic story like LOTR, because it isn't. It's something totally unique. Take it for what it is, let it create an entire world in which LOTR not only takes place but makes sense given the events that led up to it, and you will learn to appreciate it as the greatest of Tolkien's works.

Another question regarding ROTK, since I don't feel like starting a whole other thread about it:

The tower where frodo is taken by orcs after shelob is defeated, cirith ungol.... there are two types of orcs there. The normal runt ones that sauron deploys, and it looks like uruk hai from isengard are there as well. Are the uruk-hai at cirith ungol the remnants of the siege army that fled helms deep?

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Wait... so let me get this straight, Elrond is half-elf?

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Elrond, along with his brother Elros, were born half elf/man because their father was mortal and mother was an elf. Elrond chose to become a full Elf and became lord of Rivendale, while Elros chose to become a mortal man and the first king of the Numenoreans......

Cool thing is most mortals are all descendants of the Numenorians, i.e. The Dunedain, Gondorians, Corsairs of Umbar, etc...

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Frodo at the end of ROTK

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This is a little off-topic but Sam should have shoved Frodo into the lava, when he hesitated. You don't go through all that hell just to change your mind at the end. I don't care of the ring had screwed his mind up or not, I'm pushing him in.

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You try shoving your "confirmed bachelor companion" into a pit of lava and then come tell us how easy it is.

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Basically the end of the world or push Frodo. Not to mention, Sam had to be tired of putting up with Frodo's shite. It wouldn't have been a terribly difficult decision for me.

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First off, these "runts" are goblins not orcs.

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While the books may be different this wasn't that clear in the movies. After all, in the first film there are goblins in Moria and they look nothing like the runts at the end of ROTK.

I just always assumed they were two types of orcs. Like different ethnic groups or something.

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He was going to Valinor, the land of the Valar,

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IIRC, this was also the home of Valarian steel.

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Perhaps s/he is extrapolating something from the LotR and Hobbit movies?

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Not upset at all. And I've read the Silmarillion in depth, so why extrapolate from the movies? They are a flawed medium.

It's been said that orcs come from a corruption of elves by Melkor in the earliest of days. After a bit of research, I will admit my mistake on the place of goblins and "tracker" orcs, though. For some reason I was thinking of orcs and goblins as separate corruptions of elves and men, and thus similarly separate. This does not seem to be the case, though. My sincerest apologies.