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Lord of The Rings - Prologue

1) The One Ring was forged by the dark lord Sauron to rule over the other rings of power and dominate all life. 2) A last alliance of men and elves defeated Sauron in a battle at Mount Doom, but Isildur claimed the ring for himself instead of destroying it. 3) The ring betrayed Isildur and passed out of knowledge for thousands of years, corrupting Gollum for five centuries before being found by the hobbit Bilbo Baggins.

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Lord of The Rings - Prologue

1) The One Ring was forged by the dark lord Sauron to rule over the other rings of power and dominate all life. 2) A last alliance of men and elves defeated Sauron in a battle at Mount Doom, but Isildur claimed the ring for himself instead of destroying it. 3) The ring betrayed Isildur and passed out of knowledge for thousands of years, corrupting Gollum for five centuries before being found by the hobbit Bilbo Baggins.

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Film & Lit. Mr. Corbo


The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
(Directed by Peter Jackson)

Prologue:
“It began with the forging of the Great Rings. Three were given to the Elves; immortal,
wisest and fairest of all beings. Seven, to the Dwarf Lords, great miners and craftsmen
of the mountain halls. And nine, nine rings were gifted to the race of Men, who above all
else desire power. For within these rings was bound the strength and the will to govern
over each race. But they were all of them deceived, for a new ring was made. In the land
of Mordor, in the fires of Mount Doom, the Dark Lord Sauron forged in secret, a
master ring, to control all others. And into this ring he poured all his cruelty, his malice
and his will to dominate all life. One ring to rule them all. One by one, the free peoples
of Middle Earth fell to the power of the Ring. But there were some who resisted. A last
alliance of men and elves marched against the armies of Mordor, and on the very slopes
of Mount Doom, they fought for the freedom of Middle-Earth. Victory was near, but the
power of the ring could not be undone. It was in this moment, when all hope had faded,
that Isildur, son of the king, took up his father's sword. And Sauron, enemy of the free
peoples of Middle-Earth, was defeated. The Ring passed to Isildur, who had this one
chance to destroy evil forever, but the hearts of men are easily corrupted. And the ring of
power has a will of its own. It betrayed Isildur, to his death. And some things that should
not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend. Legend became myth. And for
two and a half thousand years, the ring passed out of all knowledge. Until, when chance
came, the ring ensnared another bearer. The ring came to the creature Gollum, who took
it deep into the tunnels under the Misty Mountains, and there it consumed him. The ring
gave to Gollum unnatural long life. For five hundred years it poisoned his mind; and in
the gloom of Gollum's cave, it waited. Darkness crept back into the forests of the world.
Rumor grew of a shadow in the East, whispers of a nameless fear, and the Ring of Power
perceived. Its time had now come. It abandoned Gollum. But then something happened
that the Ring did not intend. It was picked up by the most unlikely creature imaginable. A
hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, of the Shire. For the time will soon come when hobbits will
shape the fortunes of all...”

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