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== Story ==

== Story ==

=== Background story ===

=== Background story ===

In the [[Second Age (Middle-earth)|Second Age]] the Dark Lord [[Sauron]] created the [[One Ring (Middle-earth)|One Ring]] to help him conquer the peoples of Middle-earth. The Elves and Men of Middle-earth, led by High King Gil-galad of the [[Noldor]] and King Elendil of the [[Arnor|Dúnedain]], formed the ''Last Alliance of Elves and Men'' to fight him. Sauron was defeated and the Ring cut from his hand, and the ''War of the Last Alliance'' ended.  

In the [[Second Age (Middle-earth)|Second Age]] the Dark Lord [[Sauron]] created the [[One Ring (Middle-earth)|One Ring]] to help him conquer the peoples of Middle-earth. The Elves and Men of Middle-earth, led by High King Gil-galad of the [[Noldor]] and King Elendil of the [[Arnor|Dúnedain]], formed the ''Last Alliance of Elves and Men'' to fight him. Sauron was defeated and the Ring cut from his hand, and the ''[[War of the Last Alliance]]'' ended, beginning the [[Third Age (Middle-earth)|Third Age]].  

The story takes place at a time when the [[Elf (Middle-earth)|Elves]], immortal and fairest of all beings in the world, are leaving the war-weary world to sail to the blessed realm of [[Valinor]].  With the departure of the Elves, the Age of [[Man (Middle-earth)|Men]] has come, but they are opposed by the Dark Lord, [[Sauron]].  Although Sauron is a formidable foe, most of his powers are bound to a magic [[One Ring (Middle-earth)|One Ring]] which was cut from his finger in a battle thousands of year ago. This Ring fell by chance into the hands of a [[hobbit]], [[Bilbo Baggins]] who in turn left it in the keeping of his nephew and heir, [[Frodo Baggins]]. The ''Lord of the Rings'' follows Frodo's adventures as he journeys to destroy Sauron's Ring.

The story takes place at a time when the [[Elf (Middle-earth)|Elves]], immortal and fairest of all beings in the world, are leaving the war-weary world to sail to the blessed realm of [[Valinor]].  With the departure of the Elves, the Age of [[Man (Middle-earth)|Men]] has come. But the Dark Lord [[Sauron]], not truly killed at the end of the last Age, has been regaining power over the millenia since his defeat. Instrumental in his survival was the [[One Ring (Middle-earth)|One Ring]], which had kept him alive, and for which he now searches. This Ring, which had been lost for millenia, fell by chance into the hands of the [[hobbit]] [[Bilbo Baggins]], the story of which is told in ''[[The Hobbit]]''. At the beginning of ''The Lord of the Rings'', sixty years have passed since Bilbo found the One Ring.

=== The Fellowship of the Ring ===

=== The Fellowship of the Ring ===