![]() ![]() If the Ring were sustaining Gollum, literally providing him with life-force, as soon as it left his possession, he would die. To use Occam's Razor: The simplest answer is best. Hobbits are known for a longer lifespan than Humans, so likely after he lost the Ring, his normal lifespan continued until he died at Mount Doom. More than likely his life simply picked up where it left off before he was exposed to the One Ring. We never got to witness this because of his encounter with the interior of Mount Doom instead. When Precious goes we’ll die, yes, die into the dust. Obviously the destruction of the Ring was already having the effect that Gollum also alluded to when he said is ancient in years now,Īccording to his kind and. ![]() Thing which is now destroyed and all that was done by that power is Arwen would have only left Rivendell a few weeks after the Ring was destroyed to travel to Minas Tirith, but when she got there she commentedĭo you wonder at that, Ring-bearer? For you know the power of that The Ring had been destroyed by then so any legacy effect it had on him would have ended. Since neither Gollum nor Bilbo appear to age significantly after losing the Ring, despite their already extended ages, that's a reasonable assumption.īilbo had deteriorated significantly by the time he left Middle Earth, which concurs with this conclusion. Live on for years, quite happily: just stop as he was when he parted It might take a long while for the influence to wear off. Gandalf himself alludes to this when talking about Bilbo: Yes, the Ring continued to extend Bilbo and Gollum's lives after they stopped bearing it up until the destruction of the Ring. ![]()
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