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| - The New Shadow refers to an abandoned manuscript. J.R.R.Tolkien wrote about the coming of the "Dark Tree" which was an abstract that described how deep evil's roots were in the planet and middle earth. The New Shadow itself could possibly be seen as Herumor--but this may be unlikely as the manuscript seems to talk about Herumor as being the leader of a cult and the manuscript seems to denote someone else as the "New Shadow." Who this is or was intended to be...we may never know as possibly Tolkien himself was unsure and abandoned the concept.
- I'm kinda new to this Wiki, so if you think this page could do better, contact me. This is sorta based on Battle for Middle Earth III, and is about the abandoned sequel to LOTR that Tolkien thought about.
- The New Shadow was an incomplete sequel (approximately 13 pages) to The Lord of the Rings that J.R.R. Tolkien quickly abandoned. It is set in the time of Eldarion, Aragorn's son, approximately 105 years after the Fall of the Dark Tower. In it is mentioned the Dark Tree, and two new characters: Saelon and Borlas. The only published versions of the story make up the sixteenth chapter of Christopher Tolkien's The Peoples of Middle-earth, in Part Four. The following chapter is "Tal-Elmar", another unfinished story of his father's. In May of 1964, Tolkien commented this on The New Shadow:
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| - The New Shadow was an incomplete sequel (approximately 13 pages) to The Lord of the Rings that J.R.R. Tolkien quickly abandoned. It is set in the time of Eldarion, Aragorn's son, approximately 105 years after the Fall of the Dark Tower. In it is mentioned the Dark Tree, and two new characters: Saelon and Borlas. The only published versions of the story make up the sixteenth chapter of Christopher Tolkien's The Peoples of Middle-earth, in Part Four. The following chapter is "Tal-Elmar", another unfinished story of his father's. In May of 1964, Tolkien commented this on The New Shadow: "I did begin a story placed about 100 years after the Downfall, but it proved both sinister and depressing. Since we are dealing with Men, it is inevitable that we should be concerned with the most regrettable feature of their nature: their quick satiety with good. So that the people of Gondor in times of peace, justice and prosperity, would become discontented and restless — while the dynasts descended from Aragorn would become just kings and governors — like Denethor or worse. I found that even so early there was an outcrop of revolutionary plots, about a centre of secret Satanistic religion; while Gondorian boys were playing at being Orcs and going around doing damage. I could have written a 'thriller' about the plot and its discovery and overthrow — but it would have been just that. Not worth doing." ―from The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter to Colin Bailey
- The New Shadow refers to an abandoned manuscript. J.R.R.Tolkien wrote about the coming of the "Dark Tree" which was an abstract that described how deep evil's roots were in the planet and middle earth. The New Shadow itself could possibly be seen as Herumor--but this may be unlikely as the manuscript seems to talk about Herumor as being the leader of a cult and the manuscript seems to denote someone else as the "New Shadow." Who this is or was intended to be...we may never know as possibly Tolkien himself was unsure and abandoned the concept.
- I'm kinda new to this Wiki, so if you think this page could do better, contact me. This is sorta based on Battle for Middle Earth III, and is about the abandoned sequel to LOTR that Tolkien thought about.
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