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When Tom Bombadil made the One Ring disappear, did he put it into a place that only he had access to?
I have often wondered when Tom Bombadil made the One Ring disappear after Frodo gave it to him, did Tom send it into a magical realm/another dimension that only he had access to?
Let's say that in a ...
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If Frodo had put on the One Ring in Moria, would he have been invisible to the Balrog?
I am wondering if a Balrog would have been able to see someone who was wearing the One Ring.
Smaug was unable to see Bilbo when he was wearing the One Ring, so it makes me think that if Frodo had put ...
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Why didn't Frodo tell the others that Boromir would try to take the One Ring?
In the movie LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring, I am wondering why Frodo didn't tell Aragorn, or one of the others in the fellowship, that Galadriel had told him that Boromir would try to take the One ...
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Why was Gandalf unsure if Bilbo's ring was the One Ring if he had seen an image of Sauron's Eye when he was about to pick it up?
In the movie LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring, Bilbo drops the One Ring on the floor and then leaves his house. Gandalf then goes to pick it up but just before he touches it, he sees an image of ...
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In the movies why does Frodo try to give the One Ring to Aragorn?
In the movie, Frodo tries to give the One Ring to Aragorn in Parth Galen. Aragorn deftly refuses the offer. Why does Frodo do this? Hadn't the council told him not to offer it to anyone else?
Boromir '...
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Why did Gandalf seal the One Ring inside an envelope?
In this scene after Bilbo leaves, Gandalf seals the One Ring inside an envelope.
He seems to fear touching it. He very briefly touched it when it lay on the floor ...
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Was the mission of the Fellowship of the Ring a 'secret' mission?
And I will choose you companions to go with you, as far as they will or fortune allows. The number must be few, since your hope is in speed and secrecy.
[emphasis mine]
Does the use of the word ...
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Who had hung the ring about Frodo's neck on a new chain?
'Have you got it here?' Bilbo asked in a whisper. 'I can't help feeling curious, you know, after all I've heard. I should very much like just to peep at it again.'
(...)
When he had dressed, Frodo ...
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Why did the One Ring not slip off Frodo's hand?
Clearly the One Ring slipped off the hands of Isildur and Gollum to further its own work to return to its master.
So why did it not then slip off Frodo at any of the opportune moments in which a ...
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Why didn't Gandalf take Frodo with him to Isengard?
In The Fellowship of the Ring, why didn’t Gandalf take Frodo (and the Ring of Power) with him to Isengard?
Since Gandalf was unaware that Saruman had joined forces with Sauron, why wouldn’t he want ...
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How does Gandalf know that the Ring had previously been called precious?
In The Fellowship of the Ring, Gandalf says:
It [the ring] has been called that [precious] before, but not by you.
But we know that, at that time, Gandalf didn’t know whether that ring was the One ...
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Since Boromir wanted the One ring so badly, why didn't he volunteer to take it during the Council of Elrond?
So I'm currently reading through the Lord of the Rings trilogy for the first time and this question has popped into my head. Boromir clearly desperately wanted the ring, as evidenced by him trying to ...
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Why could Sauron not sense the ring? [duplicate]
If like 99% of Saurons' lifeforce was in the ring then why could Sauron not sense the ring wherever it were even if no one did wear it? Or how could he not sense it when Frodo was right in front of ...
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How could Gimli strike the Ring
I was wondering why Frodo was unable to cast the One Ring into the fire but Gimli struck it with his axe during the Council of Elrond?
Wouldn't any dwarf be attracted to the jewel, amplifying the ...
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Was Gandalf ignorant of the effects of Frodo having the ring for 17 years?
In an answer of mine for the question 'Who are all the characters to have touched The One Ring?', someone astutely asked 'how come?'
Was Gandalf aware of the Rings' effects on a holder before ...
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