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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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How long did Frodo and Sam take to reach Mount Doom?
Frodo and Sam left Bag End the day after Frodo and Bilbo's birthday, September 23 3018 TA (exactly 17 years after the night of Bilbo's disappearance). The destruction of the Ring at Mt Doom took place …
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Did Gandalf already know Boromir before the Council of Elrond?
Gandalf likely at least knows of him, as the heir apparent to the Stewardship of Gondor. We see much later in RotK that Gandalf knows Denethor, so it stands to reason that he would also at least recog …
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Why was Gandalf so concerned for Gollum's well-being?
In The Lord of the Rings, Gandalf seems to be particularly sensitive to Gollum's wretched state. When explaining his recent activities to Frodo, Gandalf says things like:
'Unless [the evil part of …
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Does Morgoth have a fair form?
Not anymore.
I don't have a quote for Morgoth's original form, or any before his rebellion, but we know that by the time of the First Age he was limited to the form that we usually see portrayed in a …
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The North, South and East Wind
Wind direction generally refers to the direction it blows from, ie facing into the wind.
We can see from the preceding verses that this is also true in Middle-earth:
Aragorn first sings of the West …
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In the inscription of the One Ring, what or who does "them all" refer to?
The full verse is:
Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone,
Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die,
One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne
In the …
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Did the Army of the West know why they were marching on the Black Gate?
After the unexpected victory at Pelennor Fields and the loss of their Steward it seems that the common soldiers would despair to follow Aragorn and Gandalf on what was obviously a suicide mission. On …
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Was there any justification (in-Universe) for the 9-member count of Fellowship of the Ring o...
Elrond addressed this at the council when the Fellowship was being chosen:
And I will choose you companions to go with you, as far as they will
or fortune allows. The number must be few, since y …