Timeline for How did Samwise/Gimli/Bilbo/Frodo/Galadriel know they were allowed into Valinor?
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| Apr 22 at 4:00 | vote | accept | Allure | ||
| Apr 19 at 6:04 | comment | added | alexg | Gandalf had authority himself, per Tolkien. He surely explained things to the other voyagers because it would be absurd for them to get on the ship if they didn't know where they were going or why. As to Gimli, I have nothing beyond Tolkien's "More cannot be said of this matter". | |
| Apr 19 at 2:49 | comment | added | Allure | Also even if Galadriel got permission for Gimli to go, how did she communicate that to Gimli? | |
| Apr 19 at 2:48 | comment | added | Allure | Do you mean that Gandalf is the person who authorizes who gets to go? Or did the Valar tell Gandalf (how?) and Gandalf relay it to Frodo/Bilbo/Galadriel? | |
| Apr 18 at 18:45 | comment | added | Daniel Hatton | Also, by this time, Gandalf was more than just an emissary of the Valar: after Zirak-Zigil, he had an additional mandate directly from Eru. | |
| Apr 18 at 18:23 | history | answered | alexg | CC BY-SA 4.0 |