Lord Of The Rings Film 1 Guide

In the peaceful green hills of the Shire, where hobbits thought of nothing more than second breakfasts and the blooming of the mallorn tree, a quiet darkness was stirring. For sixty years, the hobbit Bilbo Baggins had kept a secret in his pocket—a golden ring that made its wearer invisible. On the eve of his eleventy-first birthday, he vanished during his own grand speech, using the ring to slip away from his startled guests.

Frodo, who had never ventured farther than the edge of his own field, was given a burden heavier than any hobbit had ever carried. “You must leave,” Gandalf said. “And you cannot take the road you know.” lord of the rings film 1

And so, under cover of night, Frodo slipped out of Hobbiton with his loyal gardener, Samwise Gamgee. They were soon joined by two unlikely companions: the mischievous Meriadoc “Merry” Brandybuck and the stout-hearted Peregrin “Pippin” Took. Together, the four hobbits fled east, dodging the terrifying cries of the Black Riders and the prying eyes of spies. In the peaceful green hills of the Shire,

The Shire was no longer safe.

Finally, Frodo stood before them all, small and wounded, and spoke the words that decided the fate of the world: “I will take it. I will take the Ring to Mordor. Though I do not know the way.” Frodo, who had never ventured farther than the

The Fellowship fled, weeping, into the golden woods of Lothlórien. There, the Lady Galadriel revealed her great power: she showed Frodo a vision of the future—of the Shire burning, of Samwise weeping, of a world enslaved—unless the Ring was destroyed. And she gave him a phial: the Light of Eärendil’s star, to be a light in dark places.