He is eventually released in 3017 and is captured by Aragorn in the Dead Marshes. Some time between 30 Gollum is captured by Sauron and tortured. He returned to visit Frodo in 4 year intervals until 3008. To give some context to the time, Bilbo's birthday at the start of the Fellowship of the Ring was in 3001 (48 years later).įurthermore, to delve into the lore of the books a little more, Gandalf started searching for Gollum when he left the Shire in 3001 (with the help of Aragorn). The One Ring was lost forever in the Belegaer.Īs Saruman was at the time a wise and trusted leader, none of the wizards like Gandalf had reason to doubt him. Saruman quieted the Council claiming to have the knowledge that 2953, the Wise gathered once more to debate about the Rings of It's also worth pointing out that Gandalf's suspicions were low before this event, as Saruman had led him and all the wizards to believe the ring had been lost (from Tolkien Gateway): Ring to find them, One ring to bring them all, and in the darkness Gandalf: In the common tongue it says, 'One ring to rule them all, One Gandalf: There are few who can.the language is that of Mordor, which As Frodo starts to notice the Elvish lettering though, Gandalf's fears are confirmed:įrodo: It's some form of Elvish.I can't read it.

At first it seems the situation may not be as feared, as the ring remains plain. Gandalf rushes back to Frodo and has him cast the ring in the fire, as a final test. Was as clear as red flame, has all but disappeared.a secret now that The marking upon the band begin to fade.the writing which at first Kingdom.all those who follow in my bloodline shall be bound to itsįate, for I will risk no hurt to the is precious to me, It has come to me.the ring of power! It shall be an heirloom of my You may remember in the movies he finds an account of Isildur, buried deep within a library (at Minas Tirith, in Gondor). Whilst in the movies this departure is a fairly short one, in the books Gandalf is gone for 17 years, searching for answers. If you remember, he left the Shire immediately to learn more information. He suspected it could be the One Ring, but he needed proof and to know for sure. He realised Smeagol had called it that in the past and understood then there was an even deeper magical power behind this than he realised. Gandalf did not know then that it was the One Ring.

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