At the end of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Frodo goes to the Undying Lands with the elves. The elves offer him a reward for his bravery as ring bearer, and Frodo explains his choice to Sam in the book The Return of the King: “But I have been too deeply hurt, Sam. I tried to save the Shire, and it has been saved, but not for me. It must often be so, Sam, when things are in danger: some one has to give them up, lose them, so that others may keep them.” Frodo was so wounded by the terrible burden of the Ring, being wounded by the Witch Kings cursed blade, and poisoned by Shelob, that he could not live a "normal" life in the Shire anymore. He was allowed to go to the Undying Lands to find peace and healing. It is not clear whether Frodo became immortal in the Undying Lands, but he was able to choose his dying peacefully rather than dying of pain and sickness as he would have done if he had stayed. Many years after Frodo arrives in the Undying Lands, his fellow ringbearer and best friend Sam is also granted a place in the guarded realm and is allowed to join Frodo in what must have been a very happy reunion.