The Ring was found by Déagol, friend of Sméagol, a friend, that is, until the moment in which Sméagol murdered him because the Ring “looked so bright and beautiful”.
He tells Frodo how the Ring remained hidden for long years there until it was found by hobbit like creatures near their ancestral home. He speaks of how Isildur, son of Elendil, cut the Ring from Sauron’s hand but how he failed to destroy it, eventually losing it in an orc ambush in the Gladden Fields in which he lost his life. The Ring has come to him and its maker is searching for it.Īnd so Gandalf gives him a brief overview of the history of the Second and Third Ages, of the evil desire of Sauron and the brave resistance of Elendil of Gondor and Arnor and Gil-galad, the High King of the Elves. To go on an adventure would have been a conscious and carefully considered choice, although when Bilbo made that choice it had to be done in haste before the possibility passed him by for ever. If Gandalf had invited him to be a part of an adventure he might have responded with more enthusiasm. He has already protested against the apparent injustice of his fate.
In a few short minutes Frodo has journeyed from being a hobbit enjoying a comfortable if rather a dull life to one at the very centre of the great events of his age. Gandalf is answering a question that Frodo asked him fearfully and desperately.įrodo is speaking of the Ring of Power forged by Sauron so that he might become lord of all the earth. The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R Tolkien (Harper Collins 1991) pp.
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