Entwives

One of Middle-earth's great mysteries is, simply put: what became of the Entwives? Treebeard recounted their "strange and sad" history to Merry and Pippin, longing apparent in his ancient, powerful voice. While Ents cherished trees and mountainsides and the deep woods, Ent-maidens loved and tended the lowland grasses and meadows, and especially the gardens and fields they planted and tilled. When the Darkness fell, Entwives fled across the Anduin and were rarely visited by their slow-moving mates. After the Darkness receeded, Men came to learn the ways of the Ent-wives, and the fields stood golden with corn. Forgotten were the Ents who lived in the mountains and distant vales. With the coming of Sauron, the scorched fields lay in waste, and the fleeing Ent-wives disappeared. Surviving Ents like Treebeard searched relentlessly for their rosy-cheeked, golden-haired mates, but no Ent-wife was ever found. Some believe that Fimbrethil and at least one other Entmaiden survived the wars and ravages of the Second and Third Ages, interpreting Trrebeard's wistful remembrance of Wandlimb as an oblique reference not to Fimbrethil but to a second and fleeter Entwife.