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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, beginning the [[Third Age (Middle-earth)|Third Age]].  

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 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 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.