The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Summary
Many forces united to defend Gondor inThe Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King , but the Elves were n’t among them . Peter Jackson ’s movie trilogy allow for no solvent in this compliments since Elrond only show up in the days lead up to the Battle at Pelennor Fields to give Aragorn Elendil ’s steel . After this , these Elves were enigmatically absent despite having fought alongside the Men of Middle - terra firma in Jackson’sLord of the Rings : The Two Towers . Of course , Tollkien ’s books explain precisely why the Elves did n’t participate in such a meaning battle .
The Battle of Pelennor Fields was one of thelarger - scale battles of Jackson’sLord of the Rings . It saw Sauron ’s forces lay siege to Minas Tirith of Gondor , and had they succeed in claiming the city , the Dark Lord would have all but formally curb the Men of in-between - earth . It was an all - work force - on - deck moment , with Rohan and evenThe Lord of the Rings ' Dead Men of Dunharrow getting in on the action . However , whileJackson ’s pic made it seem like the Elves and Men were fighting side by side in the Third Age of Middle - ground , this was n’t the guinea pig in Tolkien ’s books .
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The Elves Were Fighting Other Battles Against Sauron During The Return Of The King
The Lord Of The Rings Books Mention Where The Elves Were During The Battle Of Pelennor Fields
The Last Alliance of Elves and Men at the last of theSecond Age of Middle - earthindeed was thelastin Tolkien ’s canon . The races lick together to take Sauron down , but by the time he had regained some power in the Third Age ( during the consequence ofThe Lord of the Rings ) , Elves and Men were n’t in a place to offer each other much assistance . Sauron had stealthily win influence in various kingdoms , which mean thatwhile the Men were struggle to guard their homes , the Elves were doing the same elsewhere .
During the Battle of Pelennor Fields inThe Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King , the Elves were engaged in battle in Lorien and a few of their other village . This mean that , aside from Legolas , there were no warrior to spare to wait on the Men in represent Gondor . Tolkien ’s book briefly note this , but , in true statement , it was n’t so foreign that the Elves were absent in this reading of the tale because this Middle - globe race hardly made any appearance after theLord of the Rings : The Fellowship of the Ringbook .
Peter Jackson’s The Two Towers Made The Elves' Role Bigger Than The Books
Peter Jackson Made The Elves Join The Battle Of Helm’s Deep, Making It Seem Strange That They Didn’t Defend Gondor
Jackson made many changes to Tolkien ’s work in hisLord of the Ringsmovies , among them the addition of the Elves in the Battle of Helm ’s Deep inThe Lord of the Rings : The Two Towers . In canon , Legolas was the only elf fighting with Rohan , and he was only one of three Elves fight down Gondor inThe Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King . As in the latter case , the Elves were too busy defending their own dwelling house from Sauron ’s ( and Saruman ’s ) growing world power and could n’t spare their dwindling belligerent to help the Men .
Elrond ’s sons , Elladan and Elrohir , also defended Gondor during the Battle of Pelennor Fields .
The Battle of Helm ’s Deep was n’t the only time Jackson added Elves where Tolkien had omitted them . Though Arwen and her tale was dominant throughout theLord of the Ringsmovies , she was only concisely seen in the books and had no lines . Additionally , Elrond never brought Aragorn ’s brand to him in theLord of the Rings : The Return of the Kingbook since the exiled king of Gondor had Narsil with him from day one and had it recast as Andúril himself inFellowship of the Rings . In all , Tolkien’sLord of the Ringsbooks hardly featured the Elves at all .
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The Elves' Time In Middle-earth Was Fading During Lord Of The Rings
The Fight Against Sauron Belonged To The Men In Middle-Earth’s Third Age
The Elves are highly authoritative in Tolkien ’s legendarium , but their prevalence in Middle - land had waned during the events ofThe Lord of the Rings . As is mentioned in Jackson ’s pic , by the fourth dimension Frodo set out from the Shire , the Light of the Eldar had long since begin to fade . It was time for the Elves to transmigrate back to Valinor to endure out their eternity , leaving Middle - earth to be ruled by Men . So , during the significant battles ofThe Lord of the Rings , few Elves were even left on the continent to volunteer a help deal .
It was clip for the Elves to transmigrate back to Valinor to know out their timeless existence , leaving Middle - solid ground to be govern by Men .
Of course , it take a shit sense that Jackson would require to sport theElves more heavy in hisLord of the Ringsmovies . The ethereal being are a significant part of midway - earth ’s on - silver screen aesthetic as established byThe Lord of the Rings : The Fellowship of the Ring , so it might have been disappointing to leave them behind after the first installment as Tolkien did . However , this does make it strange that , after adding the Elves to so many big moment , Jackson did n’t include them in the battle over Gondor inThe Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King . Perhaps the director did n’t want to take such a victory away from halfway - earth ’s mortals .
The final installment of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Return of the King concludes the epic saga of the Fellowship’s quest to destroy the One Ring and put an end to Sauron’s reign of terror. As Frodo and Sam continue on their way to Mordor and Mount Doom, accompanied by Gollom, the rest of the Fellowship work to defend Minas Tirith from Sauron’s forces. The film’s ensemble cast includes Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Ian McKellen, Vigo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom, John Rhys-Davies, Billy Boyd, and Dominic Monaghan.
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The last installment of the Lord of the Rings trilogy , The Return of the King concludes the epic saga of the Fellowship ’s quest to put down the One Ring and put an death to Sauron ’s reign of terror . As Frodo and Sam continue on their way to Mordor and Mount Doom , attach to by Gollom , the rest of the Fellowship work to guard Minas Tirith from Sauron ’s forces . The film ’s ensemble plaster cast admit Elijah Wood , Sean Astin , Ian McKellen , Vigo Mortensen , Orlando Bloom , John Rhys - Davies , Billy Boyd , and Dominic Monaghan .
