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When Frodo was guided by Gollum to the Black Gate, how did he intend to enter Mordor?
In The Lord of the Rings trilogy, in the second half of The Two Towers Frodo asks Gollum to act as a guide, to bring him to the Black Gate of Mordor.
Gollum points out that to enter Mordor is easy (...
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Did Gandalf know Bilbo had the One Ring?
From the movie, you can see that Gandalf knows Bilbo found something special during their adventure, but Bilbo did not tell him the truth in the end, nor did Gandalf pursue it. His final words seem to ...
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Why does the One Ring make the wearer's clothes invisible?
The One Ring turns invisible the person wearing it. Is there an explanation for
how it does this?
It seems that direct contact with the skin activates the Ring's invisibility effects; why would it ...
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What was JRR Tolkien's inspiration for the One Ring?
I was recently reading The Republic, by Plato, and when we came to the section about the ring of Gyges, my teacher claimed that this was the inspiration for the One Ring. I doubt he had any real ...
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The search for the One Ring
Was anyone looking for the One Ring (to destroy it) before Gollum or Bilbo found it?
I know Sauron wasn't particularly prevalent after Isildur took the ring, but I was just curious as to whether ...
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Why didn't the One Ring abandon Bilbo like it abandoned Gollum?
The One Ring abandoned Gollum, expecting to be found by an orc but when Bilbo found it, why didn't it then abandon Bilbo?
It could have easily fallen off when he was squeezing through the gate after ...
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Why was the One Ring so fascinating?
In Lord of the Rings, why was the One Ring so fascinating? I mean, each and every person (or Hobbit) wanted to have it when they saw it. Even Frodo, who had the ultimate task of destroying the ring, ...
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Would the One Ring created by Sauron make a mortal creature immortal?
The One Ring extended Gollum/Sméagol's life and vitality by 478 years and Bilbo's vitality by 60 years. Did it have the power to make them truly immortal if they had kept it, or did it just grossly ...
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Can Smaug melt the One Ring?
From The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "The Shadow of the Past", we know that Gandalf told Frodo:
there is not now any dragon left on earth in which the old fire is hot
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Why was Bilbo not discovered by Sauron during his extended stay with the Wood Elves? [duplicate]
Currently reading The Hobbit to my daughter, and we came to the Barrels out of Bond chapter where the Dwarves are captured and imprisoned by the Wood Elves. Bilbo sneaks in with his magic ring of ...
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Why didn't Sauron find Bilbo when he put on the ring like Frodo?
When Frodo put on the One Ring, both the Nazgûl and Sauron himself found Frodo. However when Bilbo had the ring and possibly used it many times, Sauron sought Gollum to get a hint on where to look for ...
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Why did Sméagol turn into a 'creature' when addicted to the ring, but not Bilbo Baggins?
Why did Sméagol turn into a 'creature', but not Bilbo Baggins?
Déagol found the ring in a river, Sméagol stole it and then turned into a weird creature.
Bilbo did not turn into a creature when he ...
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What happens if someone dies while wearing the One Ring?
In the Hobbit story at the battle of five armies, a stone hit Bilbo in head and he faints away while wearing the One Ring. Since he was wearing the ring all the time during the battle, he remained ...
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Range of invisibility of the One Ring
In The Hobbit, the One Ring turned Bilbo invisible (more or less completely) along with his clothing, armour, etc. However, one passage in chapter 8 suggests that this power did not extend to his ...
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