
Gandalf tells Frodo that the Ring must be destroyed to defeat Sauron's evil, but he also warns him that the Enemy has learned of the Ring's whereabouts from the creature Gollum and will seek to find it and kill its bearer.

Some years later, Gandalf reveals to Frodo that the ring is in fact the One Ring, forged by Sauron the Dark Lord thousands of years before to enable him to dominate and enslave all of Middle-earth. Because of the difficulty Bilbo has in giving the ring away, his friend the wizard Gandalf the Grey suspects that the ring is more than it appears. When the eccentric hobbit Bilbo Baggins leaves his home in the Shire, he gives his greatest treasure to his heir Frodo: a magic ring that makes its wearer invisible.

You should read anything and everything by J. It's a very exciting read and Tolkien has you on the edge of your seat throughout the book as you wait to find out what becomes of the remaining heroes. The Fellowship of the Ring is full of adventure and there are surprises at every corner. The nine companions include Men, Elves, Dwarves, Hobbits, and a Wizard they unite, or they fall. Frodo must leave his home and make a perilous journey, with the help of the Fellowship, across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ring and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose. After many ages it fell into the hands of Bilbo Baggins, as told in The Hobbit. In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. (The first volume of The Lord of the Rings). One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them. Nine companions set out to destroy the One ring. In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, The Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others.

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