Thither, eastward, unwilling his eye was drawn. But against Minas Tirith was set another fortress, greater and more strong. Far away it seemed, and beautiful: white-walled, many towered, proud and fair upon its mountain-seat its battlements glittered with steel, and its turrets were bright with many banners. Then turning south again he beheld Minas Tirith. All the power of the Dark Lord was in motion. From the havens of Harad ships of war put out to sea and out of the East Men were moving endlessly: swordsmen, spearmen, bowmen upon horses, chariots of chieftains and laden wains. Horsemen were galloping on the grass of Rohan wolves poured from Isengard. The land of the Beornings was aflame a cloud was over Moria smoke rose on the borders of Lórien. Under the boughs of Mirkwood there was deadly strife of Elves and Men and fell bests. The Misty Mountains were crawling like anthills: orcs were issuing out of a thousand holes. The insight he has developed through the adventures of The Fellowship results in his wise yet difficult decision to break the Company of the Ring and travel to Mordor on his own. By the end of The Fellowship of the Ring, Frodo has accepted his responsibility in bearing the Ring to Mordor, despite the likely cost of his life. Despite lacking skills in fighting or magic, Frodo proves himself a worthy candidate to bear the Ring due to his humility and his genuine lack of desire to wield the weapon for its power. The Ring has a corrupting influence on all creatures (apart from the exceptional Tom Bombadil), especially on those individuals that bear it. Frodo is an unassuming hobbit who, like his uncle, surprises his peers with his resilience and quiet heroism. He is accompanied by his loyal friends Sam, Merry, and Pippin, and the four hobbits become members of the Company of the Ring that sets out from Rivendell to destroy the Ring in Mordor. Although frightened, Frodo gamely agrees to Gandalf’s plan for him to deliver the Ring to the elf-haven Rivendell. Once he repossesses the Ring, Sauron will have total power over the Free Peoples of Middle-earth. Sauron has recently learned of the Ring’s whereabouts and has sent his servants, the Black Riders, to the Shire to find it. ![]() ![]() However, he is propelled beyond the Shire’s borders when his friend and mentor Gandalf the Grey advises him that the magic ring Bilbo recently gifted him is in fact the Dark Lord Sauron’s One Ring. The favored nephew of the famous Bilbo Baggins, Frodo is a hobbit who loves his home in the Shire too much to give in to itching feelings for adventure in the wider world.
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