Often, when people get invested in the lives of fictional characters, they wonder what happened to those characters after the main story events end. Following the big adventure is certainly interesting, but many are often curious about what came next, and whether or not these characters got their happily ever after. Most of the time, the answers to these questions aren't available because the creator has ended the story at a specific point and doesn't expand beyond it. However, Lord of the Rings fans are in luck in this regard, because Tolkien's worldbuilding went beyond the main story and often tells the tales of what happened to his beloved characters after the main conflict is over.