Tuesday, January 26, 2010
The Mouth of Sauron
The Mouth of Sauron is not very well known to the Lord of the Rings fans that haven't read the books because the scene is only in the Extended Version of the Return of the King and in the book. He is the Messenger of Sauron, for since Sauron lost the Ring he cannot take form in the real world. The Mouth comes out of Mordor when Aragorn asks the "Lord of the Black land come forth and may justice be done upon him." He is described as "A tall and evil shape, mounted upon a black horse… The rider was robed all in black, and black was his lofty helm; yet this was no Ringwraith but a living man." He was very quickly beheaded after he had taunted Aragorn and Gandalf.
Monday, January 25, 2010
Gandalf
Gandalf is a wizard, of the order Istari. He was an important factor in the victory of the War of the Ring, but during that conflict his body was destroyed by a Balrog, a demon of fire and shadow, and his spirit fled back into the West. He was reborn in a much more powerful form as Gandalf the White. He was gifted with an outstandin foresight, a very helpful factor in the War of the Ring. Gandalf finally left Middle-Earth when he sailed over the sea with Bilbo and Frodo.
Sauron
Sauron was know as many names, The Dark Lord, The Enemy, The Eye, The Necromancer, The Lord of Mordor... He began as the lieutenant to an even greater enemy but that threat was eliminated. He fled and did not take part in the war where his master fell. In the end of the Second Age he was defeated in a one on one battle with Isildur, but his Ring lived on. If he gets the Ring back he can again rise to power and cover all of Middle Earth in a Second Darkness. That is the reason Frodo needs to destroy the One Ring.
Frodo
The Fellowship of the Ring begins with Frodo's Birthday. Gandalf, at this time, was not certain about the whole story of the One Ring, so he warned Frodo to avoid using it and to keep it secret. Frodo kept the Ring hidden in his trunk, until Gandalf returned. He did in fact find out what the Ring was. When he throws it into the fire it reveals its true form when the writing appears. It reads: One ring to rule them all,
One ring to find them,
One ring to bring them all,
And in the darkness bind them.
The One Ring
Aragorn
In The Fellowship of the Ring, Aragorn joined Frodo, and three of his friends at the Prancing Pony in Bree. The four had set out on a quest to destroy the One Ring, by bringing it to Rivendell. , he was 87 when he met the hobbits in Bree. With Aragorn's help the Hobbits escaped the pursuing Ringwraiths and reached Rivendell. There Aragorn was chosen as member of the Fellowship of the Ring that was to accompany Frodo to Mount Doom. This Fellowship also included Gandalf, the hobbits Pippin and Merry along with Frodo's old gardener Sam, Legolas, Gimli, and Boromir of Gondor. His sword was called Anduril, the Flame of the West, which was the Sword that cut the Ring from Sauron's hand. Aragorn
Thursday, January 21, 2010
The Return of the King
The last movie in the Lord of the Rings series is the Return of the King. This is when Frodo is trying to get the ring to Mt. Doom from the inside. The rest of the Fellowship is using a war (the War of the Ring) to help cover Frodos mission. The good side wins the War. Frodo destroys the ring, and everyone is safe. Lord of the Rings site
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