Ring-bearer

It is true again that "off the page," in an appendix, Tolkien later conceded that Sam would in widowered old age exercise his option as temporary Ring-bearer and like Frodo take the road to the Grey Havens and pass over sea.

'The Wrong Sow' Shippey, Tom 2006

Yet even so, as Ring-bearer and as one that has borne it on finger and seen that which is hidden, your sight is grown keener.

The Fellowship of the Ring Tolkien, J. R. R. 1965

'She held you long in her gaze, Ring-bearer,' he said.

The Fellowship of the Ring Tolkien, J. R. R. 1965

Do you still hold to your word, Frodo, that you will be the Ring-bearer? '

The Fellowship of the Ring Tolkien, J. R. R. 1965

An account to the Ring-bearer of so strange an event was required, I think.

The Fellowship of the Ring Tolkien, J. R. R. 1965

'The Ring-bearer is setting out on the Quest of Mount Doom.

The Fellowship of the Ring Tolkien, J. R. R. 1965

But it cannot be hidden from the Ring-bearer, and one who has seen the Eye.

The Fellowship of the Ring Tolkien, J. R. R. 1965

But it cannot be hidden from the Ring-bearer, and one who has seen the Eye.

The Lord of the Rings Tolkien, J. R. R. 1954

But in my stead you shall go, Ring-bearer, when the time comes, and if you then desire it.

The Lord of the Rings Tolkien, J. R. R. 1954

It was then ten days since the Ring-bearer went east from Rauros, and the Eye of Sauron, I thought, should be drawn out from his own land.

The Lord of the Rings Tolkien, J. R. R. 1954