Quem herdou o final do saco?

Frodo deixa tudo para Sam quando ele navega sobre o mar. De "Os Portos Cinzentos", Capítulo 9 do Livro Seis:

"But you are my heir: all that I had and might have I leave to you."

O Conto dos Anos, o Apêndice B descreve como Sam foi eleito prefeito por sete vezes e, em seguida, em 1482:

Death of Mistress Rose, wife of Master Samwise, on Mid-year's Day. On September 22 Master Samwise rides out from Bag End. He comes to the Tower Hills, and is last seen by Elanor, to whom he gives the Red Book afterwards kept by the Fairbairns. Among them the tradition is handed down from Elanor that Samwise passed the Towers, and went to the Grey Havens, and passed over Sea, last of the Ring-bearers.

E embora não seja explicitado, as árvores genealógicas no Apêndice C mostram o bisneto de Sam, Harding, descrito como "Harding of the Hill", presumivelmente referindo-se a Hobbiton Hill e, portanto, sugerindo que a família ainda vive em Bag End, que estava sob aquela colina. (Harding era descendente do segundo filho de Sam, Frodo: seu primeiro, Elanor, casou-se com Fastred de Greenholm e juntos começaram um novo assentamento no Westmarch, do qual eles se tornaram os Vigilantes.)

Then there was Lobelia. Poor thing, she looked very old and thin when they rescued her from a dark and narrow cell. She insisted on hobbling out on her own feet, and she had such a welcome, and there was such clapping and cheering when she appeared, leaning on Frodo's arm but still clutching her umbrella, that she was quite touched, and drove away in tears. She had never in her life been popular before. But she was crushed by the news of Lotho's murder, and would not return to Bag End. She gave it back to Frodo, and went to her own people, the Bracegirdles of Harbottle.

When the poor creature died next spring - she was after all more than a hundred years old - Frood was surprised and much moved: she had left all that remained of her money and of Lotho's for him to use in helping hobbits made homeless by the troubles. So that feud was ended.

Se você ainda não leu o The Scouring of the Shire, eu recomendo: para mim, está entre as melhores partes do livro.

Frodo resumes living in Bag End and is joined by Sam, upon his marriage to Rosie Cotton. However, with wounds too deep to heal, in TA 3021 he names Sam his heir, and leaves across the sea. Bag End remains in the Gamgee family (later known as the Gardners) for at least three generations following Sam.

Eu atualizarei as citações relevantes do livro mais tarde, se puder encontrar minha cópia.

Não é explicitamente mencionado, mas é bastante claro a partir do apêndice do SDA que Sam e, assim, sua (numerosa) família herda Bag End:

3021, S.R 1421

March 13 Frodo is again ill. 25. Birth of Elanor the Fair, daughter of Samwise. On this day the Fourth Age began in the reckoning of Gondor. September 21. Frodo and Samwise set out from Hobbiton. 22. They meet the Last Riding of the Keepers of the Rings in the Woody End. 29. The come to the Grey Havens, Frodo and Bilbo departs over Sea with the Three Keepers. The end of the Third Age. October 6. Samwise returns to Bag End.

1482

Death of Mistress Rose, wife of Master Samwise, on Mid-year's Day. On September 22 Master Samwise rides out from Bag End. He comes to the Tower Hills, and is last seen by Elanor, to whom he gives the Red Book afterwards kept by the Fairbairns. Among them the tradition is handed down from Elanor that Samwise passed the Towers, and went to the Grey Havens, and passed over Sea, last of the Ring-bearers.

Em suma, Frodo dá quase tudo para Sam, que cria sua família em Bag End

Comunhão do anel, capítulo 3. Frodo vende Bag End para os Sackville-Baggins 'antes de partir em sua própria aventura.

Parentes desprezados de Bilbo e Frodo, os Sackville-Baggins recebem o Bag-End End. Frodo vende a casa para eles antes de deixar o Condado com o único anel. Sua história de capa é que ele está se mudando de volta para Buckland para estar perto de sua casa ancestral e ele compra uma casa naquela área, na qual ele nunca mora, exceto por uma noite, quando está a caminho de Bree.

No final do livro, Frodo parte da Terra Média e deixa tudo para Sam. No entanto, como Frodo já vendia Bag End para os Sackville-Baggins, Sam não teria herdado isso. No entanto, acredito que Sam teria herdado a nova casa.

Eu pensei que no livro Frodo vende bagend para as bagginses de sackville antes de ele deixar o condado e comprar uma casa perto de merry.