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Boromir: "Is it not a strange fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt for so small a thing? So small a thing!"
- J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring II:10

For "The Lord of the Rings" (a title of Sauron), see Sauron.

The Lord of the Rings, also called "The Downfall of the Lord of the Rings and the Return of the King", by J. R. R. Tolkien, is one of our primary sources, is set in Middle-earth, and is an English translation of material from The Red Book of Westmarch. It was published in three volumes: The Fellowship of the Ring (29 July 1954), The Two Towers (11 November 1954), and The Return of the King (20 October 1955). The setting is Middle-earth in the years Third Age 3018-3019.

Characters[]

Primary Characters[]


Supporting Characters[]

The Fellowship of the Ring[]

Other Supporting Characters[]

Other Villains[]

  • The nine Nazgul or Ring-wraiths, undead men, the primary minions of Sauron
  • Saruman the White, Chief of the Wizards, now a black traitor to the Free Peoples
  • Gollum, a Hobbit, once keeper of The One Ring and a slave to it's power
  • the Balrog, a demon of Morgoth
  • Shelob, a demon in the form of a giant spider

Plot[]

The Quest of Mount Doom and the War of the Ring. Read the book.

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