A Nerdy Question on LOTR

[Gregoshi]

I know there is some stuff Tolkien wrote to connect Middle Earth with England and the world we know. I haven't read any yet, just some skimming in the book stores and a section of The Book of Lost Tales 2, which I haven't finished reading yet. It talks of a man named Eriol or AElfwine (the "A" and the "E" are joined together but I don't know how to make that character) who sailed from England to Tol Eressea - the elven island just off the coast of Valinor. However, with the incomplete writings that Tolkien had done on this, men are rarely mentioned. Of the fate of the Men and the Fourth Age, I don't recall seeing, but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist...

...and apparently there is some stuff. I just did a Google search and found this article on the Fourth Age, written by the folks that do the MERP game (Middle Earth Role Playing): Martinez Article From what I gather, Tolkien did write a few pages on a LOTR sequel called The New Shadow but abandoned it as uninteresting to him. There must be enough in the story beginnings and in letters to give some hints at the future of Men in the Fourth Age.

[Sjakihata]

AElfwine (the "A" and the "E" are joined together but I don't know how to make that character)

Ælfwine

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