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The Fellowship of the Ring begins the story of that great war with the discovery of the nature of the Ring, and the flight of Frodo (unwillling heir to the One Ring) from his own land, closely pursued by the Dark Riders of the Enemy. It tells of the great Council at which it was decided that the Ring must be destroyed. Frodo is appointed the Ringbearer, and he and eight companions set forth on a long and perilous journey, beset by terrible dangers, not least of which is the temptation to use the power of the Ring and so be corrupted by it. |
Like The Hobbit before, the story opens the imaginative world of Middle-Earth and all it’s glory. Contiuing some time after the events of The Hobbit Tolkien brings in some familiar characters. Bilbo returns but this time to pass the mysterious ring on to Frodo, and so the ball starts. But with the splender of this fantasy comes great evil and events to shape the Middle-Earth.
The simple adventure story grew into an account of the end of the Third Age of Middle Earth. Bilbo’s magic ring turns out to be none less than the long-lost One Ring, which Sauron created to control all the other magic rings created by the Elvish master smiths.
It was taken from him after his fall at the close of the Second Age, over three thousand years earlier. Now that Sauron’s power is growing again, the part of himself he placed in the One Ring is calling to him. His agents are about, seeking rumors of the Ring.
If the One Ring should fall into Sauron’s hands, he will be able to return in all his former power and crush the free peoples who oppose him. But the One Ring cannot be used against Sauron, because its perfidious nature will inevitably corrupt any who use it, even the strongest of the Wise. The only solution is to put it beyond Sauron’s reach forever at the hidden network.
However, there is no hiding place so obscure, no stronghold so impregnable, that the One Ring can be kept safe from the re-emergant Sauron. The only permanent solution is to destroy it. But there is only one place in all of Middle Earth in which it can be destroyed — the fires in which it was originally created. That is Mount Doom, the volcanic mountain in the heart of Sauron’s stronghold, the land of Mordor.
The task before Frodo and his young hobbit companions seems overwhelming. But they will have powerful companions on their journey. The mysterious Strider reveals himself to be none less than Aragorn, the long-lost heir to the kingdoms of Arnor and Gondor. The wizard Gandalf will lead their band, who include an elf and a dwarf, as well as the son of the Ruling Steward of Gondor. Together they form the fellowship of the Ring, the Nine Walkers to oppose Sauron’s Nine.
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