Darkness crept back into the forests of the world. And in the gloom of Gollum's cave, it waited. For five hundred years, it poisoned his mind. The ring brought to Gollum unnatural long life. The ring came to the creature Gollum, who took it deep into the tunnels of the Misty mountains. Until, when chance came, it ensnared a new bearer. History became legend, legend became myth, and for two-and-a-half thousand years, the Ring passed out of all knowledge. And some things that should not have been forgotten, were lost. But the hearts of men are easily corrupted, And the ring of power has a will of its own. The ring passed to Isildur, who had this one chance to destroy evil forever. Sauron, the enemy of the free peoples of Middle-earth, was defeated. It was in this moment, when all hope had faded, that Isildur, son of the King, took up his father's sword. Victory was near, but the power of the Ring could not be undone. And on the slopes of Mount Doom they fought for the freedom of Middle-earth. A Last Alliance of Men and Elves marched against the armies of Mordor. One by one, the free lands of Middle-earth fell to the power of the ring.īut there were some who resisted. And into this ring he poured his cruelty, his malice and his will to dominate all life. In the land of Mordor, in the fires of Mount Doom, the Dark Lord Sauron forged, in secret, a master ring. But they were, all of them, deceived for another ring was made. Great miners and craftsmen of the mountain halls.Īnd nine, nine rings were gifted to the race of men who,įor within these rings was bound the strength and the will to govern each race. Immortal, wisest and fairest of all beings. It began with the forging of the great rings.
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