The Fellowship of the Ring

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Darkness crept back into the forests of the world.
Rumor grew of a shadow in the East, whispers of a nameless fear...
And the Ring of power perceived:  its time had now come.


 

It abandoned Gollum.
   
 
   
But something happened then, the ring did not intend.

It was picked up by the most unlikely creature imaginable:

   

What's this?   A Ring?
   
A hobbit, Bilbo Baggins of the Shire.
 


Bilbo hears Gollum's cries...
   
For the time would soon come when hobbits will shape the fortunes of all...

   
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The Fellowship of the Ring
Book One, Chapter I
A Long-expected Party
Scene 1 - The Shire, 60 years later

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Scene 1:  The Shire, 60 years later   

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The road goes ever on and on
    Down from the door where it began.
    Now far ahead the Road has gone,
    And I must follow, if I can,
    Pursuing it with eager feet,
    Until it joins some larger way
    Where many paths and errands meet.
    And whither then? I cannot say.

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You're late...