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For questions about the trilogy of movies or books, 'The Fellowship of the Ring', 'The Two Towers' and 'The Return of the King'. Always use in conjunction with the [tolkiens-legendarium] tag and, for movie questions, the relevant movie tag, e.g. [fellowship-of-the-ring].
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Who came to know Gollum had once possessed the One Ring?
Related: Sauron, Gollum, and the Ring
I've always found it interesting that Gollum possessed the One Ring for approximately five hundred years without Sauron sniffing it out; it seems actual talk of …
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Who Inherited Bag End?
When Bilbo and Frodo sail into the west with the Elves they are essentially abandoning their home at Bag End, as they are leaving the Shire permanently. Please tell me that the Sackville-Bagginses do …
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What did Bilbo Baggins do while the Fellowship of the Ring went on their quest?
Bilbo is responsible for leaving the One Ring for Frodo, who subsequently became hunted by the Nazgûl, Saruman, Sauron, and even Boromir in a way. Yet in the Peter Jackson film Fellowship of the Ring, …
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How long did it take for the Black Speech of Mordor to fade from the One Ring?
I'm wondering how long it took for the Black Speech of Mordor inscribed around the One Ring to fade after Isildur took the ring from Sauron?
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How did the Witch King of Angmar get his sword back?
Spoilers for Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey:
The Witch King clearly has his sword in The Fellowship of the Ring. How and when did he get his sword back? Judging by the shape of t …
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What kind of Wraith would Frodo have become?
When Frodo is stabbed by the Witch King of Angmar's Morgul blade at Weathertop, Aragorn explains that Frodo is slowly becoming a wraith himself, the longer he goes untreated. If Frodo had become a wra …
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In Peter Jackson's LOTR trilogy, does Arwen have the gift of foresight like Elrond?
I've been on a Lord of the Rings kick for the past two days and as I was watching, I believe, Peter Jackson's Return of the King film, I took special notice, unlike before, of the scene where Arwen an …
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How did the One Ring abandon Gollum?
I'm sorry I have to mix a little movie line with The Hobbit the novel.
In Peter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring, Lady Galadriel, while narrating the beginning of the movie, mentions that the th …
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Why Did Sauron Believe Pippin Had the One Ring?
When Pippin looked into the Palantir of Orthanc, why did Sauron believe Pippin was the ring bearer?
I'm just a couple of chapters into The Return of the King, and it isn't clear to me from the movie, …
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Do the Palantíri have powers to lure?
Do the Palantíri have powers to lure?
[The Palantíri ], in one direction, could see for leagues, with the farthest places showing the least clarity. Their vision was not based on obstacles, but on …
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Why Did J.R.R. Tolkien Capitalize Certain Words Throughout His Books?
Why did J.R.R. Tolkien randomly capitalize various words throughout his books?
My husband asked me this question today and we were wondering if there's any rhyme or reason to Tolkien's capitalization …
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Was Aragorn's First Language Elvish?
Aragorn was taken to Rivendell by his mother when he was two years old; presumably he lived in Rivendell for some time, as in one of the Peter Jackson movies he mentions to, I believe, Éowyn that he w …
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Did Shelob Die?
In The Two Towers it reads:
Shelob was gone; and whether she lay long in her lair nursing her malice and misery, and in the slow years of darkness healed herself from within, rebuilding her cluste …
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Was Isildur a Coward?
A controversial question, I know, and I'm not asking gratuitously. I have no irons in this fire and haven't formed a conclusive opinion one way or another. I'm asking because I don't quite thoroughly …
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What Happened to Mordor After Sauron's Defeat?
The Lord of the Rings Wikia notes the following about Mordor following Sauron's defeat:
After the ultimate defeat of Sauron, Mordor became mostly empty again as the orcs inside it fled or were kil …
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