Fellowship of the Ring/Summary

Summary

Book 1

Chapter 1: A Long-Expected Party

• Shire
• Bilbo's 111th birthday party
• Gandalf arrives
• Party preparations
• Bilbo says farewell
• Gandalf meets Bilbo back at Bag End
• Discussion about Bilbo's plans
• Bilbo tries to leave with the ring
• Bilbo departs
• Frodo arrives
• Gandalf doesn't say much about the ring
• People coming to get things from Bag End
• Gandalf and Frodo have a discussion in the evening
• True story of how Bilbo obtained the ring
• Gandalf begins to wonder about the ring
• Tells Frodo not to use it
• Gandalf departs, Frodo does not see him again for a long time

Quotes: https://charlesreid1.com/wiki/Fellowship_of_the_Ring/Quotes#Chapter_1:_A_Long-Expected_Party

Chapter 2: The Shadow of the Past

• Shire
• This chapter covers a lot of time between the birthday party and the beginning of Frodo's quest
• Rumors of strange things, strangers passing through the Shire, elves going west
• Gandalf does not appear for several years
• Sam introduced as Frodo's gardner
• Gandalf first appears 3 years after the birthday party
• Shows up frequently for 1-2 years
• Disappears for nine years
• Gandalf appears one day
• Gandalf tells Frodo about the rings of power
• Mortals do not die/do not grow/merely continues
• The ring will change shape/size
• Gandalf recounts the White Council discussing how to drive Sauron from Mirkwood (just before the Battle of Five Armies)
• Bilbo lying about the ring to claim it (parallels Smeagol behavior)
• Gandalf raises prospect of Sauron invading the Shire
• Ring is thrown into the fire, ancient Elvish characters but language of Mordor
• Gandalf reveals that it is the One Ring
• Sauron discovered the ring was not lost, gathering strength in Mordor, looking for the ring
• Some history on the ring
• Isildur (Elendil's son) cut the One Ring from Sauron's hand
• Sauron retreated, eventually fled to Mirkwood
• Isildur attacked by Orcs, ring fell into the Great River
• Deagol/Smeagol story
• Smeagol wanders, begins obsessing, stealing, takes name Gollum
• Retreated into the Misty Mountains, Sauron knew nothing of the ring
• Similarities between river folk (Smeagol) and hobbits (love of riddles)
• Gollumn growing to hate the dark, hate the light, hate the ring
• Ring of power looks after itself
• Gandalf reveals he has talked with Gollum, found him, interrogated him
• Precious (peculiar way of talking)
• Gollum had discovered where Bilbo came from (Shire)
• Gollum did not go to the Shire, but tried to
• Mirkwood Wood-elves helped track Gollum
• Gollum's trail went cold, Gandalf let him go and let him be
• Trail was cold after he took it up again on Bilbo's 111th birthday
• Gandalf got help from Aragorn
• Tracked Gollum down entire length of Wilderland
• Gandalf discovers Gollum went to Mordor
• Gollum lurked around Morodr, was finally caught and interrogated
• Sauron learned that the One Ring was found again
• He heard "hobbits" and "Shire"
• Pity and mercy, deserving death/life
• Frodo asks why the Ring hasn't been destroyed
• Gandalf instructs him to throw it in the fire, Frodo is reluctant
• Must be destroyed in the Cracks of Doom in the depths of Orodruin, the Fire-mountain
• Frodo offers the ring to Gandalf
• Realizes he must leave the Shire
• Frodo torn between the call to adventure and the desire to stay in the Shire
• Mr. Underhill
• Sam eavesdropping
• Gandalf orders Sam to go with Frodo

Quotes: https://charlesreid1.com/wiki/Fellowship_of_the_Ring/Quotes#Chapter_2:_The_Shadow_of_the_Past

Chapter 3: Three is Company

• Gandalf encourages Frodo to leave Bag End and leave the Shire
• Frodo reluctant to leave, but makes his mind up to leave on his 50th birthday (17 years after Bilbo's 111th birthday)
• Gandalf recommends Frodo go to Rivendell
• Frodo sells Bag End to the Sackville-Bagginses
• Gandalf stays in the Shire for two months (May and June)
• Gandalf then leaves to get news
• He promises to come back for the farewell birthday party
• Frodo does not hear from Gandalf
• Merry and Fatty go to the house in Crickhollow
• Stranger (dark rider) talking to Gaffer (Sam's father)
• Frodo, Pippin, and Sam leave Bag End
• After lunch, a black rider comes along the road
• Sniffs around
• Frodo has desire to use ring
• Black rider leaves
• They continue on
• As they are preparing to sleep for the night, another Black Rider comes along the road
• Gets off horse, begins crawling toward them
• Distracted by Elves (in the Woody End, from beyond the Tower Hills)
• Gildor Inglorion (House of Finrod)
• Hobbits mention black riders, Elves escort them
• March to woods on the hills above Woodhall* Sam sleeps curled up at Frodo's feet
• Frodo and Gildor have one on one time, talking about goings on outside the Shire
• Gildor knows Frodo is leaving the Shire, and is pursued by the Enemy
• Gildor learns that Gandalf has told Frodo nothing about the Black Riders, so he doesn't tell Frodo anything either

Quotes: https://charlesreid1.com/wiki/Fellowship_of_the_Ring/Quotes#Chapter_3:_Three_is_Company

Chapter 4: A Shortcut to Mushrooms

• Sam agrees to go with Frodo, leave the Shire
• They agree to head for Bucklebury Ferry
• The group sets off through a shortcut through the forest
• They spot a black rider across a bank
• Continue on for several hours
• Hear screeching of black riders
• Farmer Maggot's farm
• Pippin good friends with Maggot, Frodo scared of his dogs
• Attacked by his dogs
• He invites them in
• Tells them about dark rider asking about Baggins
• He agrees to help them get to Bucklebury Ferry
• They leave after supper
• Carriage gets stopped, it's Merry
• Maggot drops them off at the Ferry

Quotes: Fellowship of the Ring/Quotes#Chapter 4

Chapter 5: A Conspiracy Unmasked

• The four hobbits reach the other side of the river
• They look back and see someone that looks like a dark bundle crawling or searching on the ground
• Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin stop in to see Fatty at Crickhollow before departing
• They have a bath and dinner
• Frodo tells them he has to leave the Shire
• Merry and Pippin agree to join
• Merry reveals he knew about the ring
• Frodo makes plans to stay the night and leave the next day
• Going through the Old Forest

Quotes: Fellowship of the Ring/Quotes#Chapter 5

Chapter 6: The Old Forest

• Four hobbits set out with five ponies
• Merry leads the way through the forest
• Bonfire Glade
• They reach a hill and can see East Road and the Barrow-downs
• River Withywindle
• Merry explores
• Everyone feels sleepy
• Merry and Pippin caught inside a tree
• They start a fire, put it out
• Tom Bombadil
• They follow him to his house

Quotes: Fellowship of the Ring/Quotes#Chapter 6

Chapter 7: In the House of Tom Bombadil

• Goldberry, Tom's daughter
• Hobbits wash and refresh
• They go to sleep
• Each dreams of a bad situation, wakes up, feels relaxed, goes back to sleep
• The next morning Tom tells them about the lore of the Old Forest
• He tells them about the Barrow-downs
• Goldberry's washing day - she comes in later and says "the rain has ended"
• They stay for supper
• Goldberry sings them songs
• Tom asks to see the ring
• He puts it on, and is immune to its power
• During the ensuing conversation, Frodo slips on the ring
• Tom can still see him
• He advises them on which direction to go
• They go to bead

Quotes: Fellowship of the Ring/Quotes#Chapter 7

Chapter 8: Fog on the Barrow-Downs

• Breakfast and farewell to Tom
• Farewell to Goldberry
• Heading for the Barrow-Downs
• Stop for lunch
• Frodo gets lost
• Gets caught in a barrow
• They call on Tom to save them
• He leaves them without clothes
• Tom comes back with their ponies
• Everyone has spare change of clothes
• He escorts them to the edge of his land
• Tom tells them to go to The Prancing Pony
• Tells them about Barliman Butterbur
• The hobbits set out for the Prancing Pony

Quotes: Fellowship of the Ring/Quotes#Chapter 8

Chapter 9: At the Sign of the Prancing Pony

• Background of Bree
• They enter through the city gate
• Strange folk about
• Go to the Pony, ask Butterbur for a room and a place to store their ponies
• Served dinner, asked if they will join the company after dinner
• Everyone but Pippin goes to the bar after
• They spot Strider, ask Butterbur about him
• Strider introduces himself to Frodo, says his friends should not talk so much
• Pippin telling a story of Bilbo's farewell party
• Frodo jumps on the table and sings
• Frodo drinks, sings another verse, leaps in the air, falls, ring falls on his finger
• Confronted by Strider after
• He says he will mee Frodo in his room
• Frodo plays it off, but several people take note
• Butterbur says he has something to tell Frdo

Quotes: Fellowship of the Ring/Quotes#Chapter 9

Chapter 10: Strider

• Hobbits head back to the room
• Strider is waiting there for them
• Makes a deal to give Frodo information in return for letting him go with
• He reveals that he is a friend of Gandalf, that he is looking for Frodo, and that he knows about the black riders
• Butterbur comes in and gives Frodo a letter from Gandalf
• Letter is three months old
• Butterbur warns them of the black riders
• The letter warns Frodo to leave right away, and to look for Strider
• Strider proposes they head for Weathertop
• All worried that Gandalf has not turned up
• Merry sees black riders
• Passes out asleep, found by Nob
• Strider tells them not to go back to their room
• Hobbits drop off to sleep

Quotes: Fellowship of the Ring/Quotes#Chapter 10

Chapter 11: A Knife in the Dark

• Black riders come to house in Crickhollow
• Fatty flees, warns others
• Brandybucks blow the horn-call of Buckland
• Black riders ride off
• They see the room torn to shreds the next morning
• They find their ponies have been let loose
• Butterbur sends someone out to find a pony (Bill)
• Three days, leave Bree and come to Chetwood
• Leave the road, travel across flat country
• Crossing a bog filled with midges
• Two more days of travel
• A light in the eastern sky that flashes and fades many times (like lightning leaping up from the hilltops)
• Fifth day, they leave the marshes and reach Weathertop
• Head toward the Old Road
• Strider suggests avoiding direct route to Weathertop, going around, seeing what they can see
• Foreshadowing: Frodo says he is getting so thin he might become a wraith, Strider chastises him
• Ranger waystation with firewood, boot tracks
• Sheletered hollow where Sam and Pippin wait, the others go up to the crown of the hill
• Scratches on a rock - a stroke, a dot, and three more strokes
• Maybe a sign left by Gandalf (three days ago)
• A fortnight's journey to Rivendell
• Frodo looks back on the road, sees two black specks, then sees three more
• They return to Sam and Pippin
• They light a fire and prepare a light meal
• Aragorn tells them the tale of Tinúviel
• Moon begins to rise
• They all see something, a large stone or jutting rock, moving in the moonlight
• Two or three moving shapes beyond the hilltops
• Four tall figures appear standing on the slope
• Hissing, venemous breath
• Frodo feels desire to put the ring on his finger
• He puts on the ring
• The black riders become terribly clear, five tall figures, robes and silver crowns and swords
• The largest (the Witch King) springs forward, stabs Frodo

Quotes: https://charlesreid1.com/wiki/Fellowship_of_the_Ring/Quotes#Chapter_11:_A_Knife_in_the_Dark

Chapter 12: Flight to the Ford

• Frodo comes to, they explain what happened
• Frodo growing cold
• Aragorn carries some Athelas, crushed leaves of a healing plant
• They can hear the black riders calling to one another
• Four days pass
• After five days, they have to go back to the road
• Follows the Loudwater, the Bruinen of Rivendell
• They head for the Last Bridge
• Aragorn checks the bridge, finds a pale green beryl elf-stone
• They cross the bridge and leave the road
• After two days it becomes wet
• Frodo riding the pony, others walking
• They come upon three trolls turned to stone (callback to Bilbo's adventures)
• (Movies: Bilbo's birthday party, telling the hobbit children the story of the stone trolls)
• They meet up with Glorfindel
• They reach the Ford of Rivendell
• Black riders come upon them just as they reach the Ford
• Glorfindel takes Frodo, speaks to the horse in elf-tongue to outrun the black riders
• Confrontation at the river crossing
• Roaring and rushing, white fingers of the river, angry foam
• Frodo passes out

Quotes: Fellowship of the Ring/Quotes#Chapter 12

Book 2

Chapter 1: Many Meetings

• Frodo wakes up in Rivendell in the House of Elrond
• Gandalf greets him
• Gandalf explains that he was delayed
• Frodo tells Gandalf about the black riders pursuing them
• Gandalf tells Frodo about Aragorn's heritage ("Rangers are the last remnant of the great people)
• Frodo missing three days
• Morgul knife, healed by Elrond
• Gandalf explains the black riders' horses, bred in Mordor
• Orcs, trolls, wargs, warewolves
• Glorfindel appeared as a white figure while Frodo was wearing the ring
• One of the mighty of the Firstborn
• Gandalf explains that the river was under command of Elrond, with touches from him
• Sam comes in, then Pippin
• Everyone summoned to the hall for a meal before the meeting
• Elrond at head of table, with Gandalf and Glorfindel on either side of him
• Arwen in middle of table
• Three hobbits at a side table
• Gloin the dwarf sitting next to Frodo, they bond over Frodo's adventures, one of the companions of Thorin Oakenshield
• Gloin fills Frodo in on the doings of the dwarf kingdon, of the battle of the five armies, the disappearance of Balin and Ori and Oin
• The meal ends
• They all go to the Hall of Fire
• Frodo and Bilbo reunion
• Fills in Frodo, Gandalf has been visiting him in Rivendell
• Stayed in Rivendell, Gandalf told him not to meddle
• Bilbo asks about the ring, Frodo pulls it out
• A shadow falls between them, he sees Bilbo as a wrinkled creature with a hungry face and bony groping hands
• The music stops, a silence falls, Bilbo apologizes
• Strider shows up, Bilbo calls him Dúnadan
• He and Bilbo go off to finish a song
• Long interlude with the song, Bilbo talking about the song
• Bedtime, council in the morning

Quotes: https://charlesreid1.com/wiki/Fellowship_of_the_Ring/Quotes#Chapter_2:_The_Council_of_Elrond

Chapter 2: The Council of Elrond

• Frodo, Sam, and Gandalf are joined by Bilbo
• Elron, Glorfindel, Gloin, Strider, Elrond, Frodo son of Drogo
• Gimli, Erestor, Galdor (Grey Havens), Legolas, messenger of Thranduil, king of Mirkwood Elves, father of Legolas
• Boromir
• Gloin voices his concerns, mentions Moria and Khazad-dum
• 30 years since he heard from Dain, Ori, Oinand, who went south
• Messenger from Mordor came to Dain, offering rings for friendship, insquiring about hobbits
• 3 rings of old will be returned if they find the hobbit
• Came twice, will come a third time
• Warning given to Bilbo
• Elrond gives back story on Sauron and Rings of Power, their forging in the Second Age
• Elven-smiths of Eregion, friendship with Moria
• Celebrimor hid three Elven rings
• Numenor, return of Kings of Men to Middle Earth out of the depths of the sea
• ELendil the Tall, Isildur
• The Last Alliance
• The real age of Elrond
• Isildur failing to destroy the ring in Orodruin's fire
• The decline of Gondor
• Minas Anor to Minas Tirith, Osgiliath
• Boromir speaks, gives more background on Gondor
• Questions Aragorn
• Elrond comes to his defense: "He is Aragorn, son of Arathorn"
• Gandalf instructs Frodo to bring out the ring
• The Sword of Elendil
• Aragorn tries to justify himself to Boromir
• Boromir responds by saying Gondor defends everybody's lands
• Boromir questions whether the ring is really the one ring
• Bilbo's tale
• Frodo's tale
• Galdor saks for proof that it is the one ring, asks what happened to Saruman
• Gandalf's story (his delay)
• Callback to the Necromancer in Dol Guldur, discovering it was Sauron
• Council drives Sauron from Mirkwood
• Sauron thinks the ring has fallen into the Sea
• Gandalf desires to know how the ring came to Gollum
• He wonders about whether the hobbit's ring is the one ring, but can't say anything to anyone
• 17 years pass, Gandalf becomes aware of spies gathered around the Shire
• Gandalf finally opened up to Aragorn
• Aragorn saw it fit that Isildur's heir should labor to repair Isildur's fault, accompanied Gandalf to look for Gollum
• Gandalf and Aragorn explored the entire length of hte Wilderland, down to the Mountains of Shadow and the fences of Mordor
• Gandalf thought of one other test: the one ring was unadorned, unlike the nine, the seven, and the three
• The marks were unknown, only Isildur had held it
• Gandalf gave up the chase and went to Gondor, searched among scrolls and books, Denethor unhappy/reluctant
• Mentions that Saruman had studied the scrolls and books a long time too
• Gandalf finds a script only read by himself and Saruman, written by Isildur
• Isildur did not march straight away from the war in Mordor, first he went to Minas Anor and dwelt with his nephew, who was set up as the ruler of the South, planted the last sapling of the white tree, wrote the scroll
• He describes the ring - hot, but cools fast, shrank, red writing that disappears, elven-script writing out something in the tongue of the Black Land
• Mentions "precious"
• Gandalf leaves Minas Tirith and Denethor, heads north, messages out of Lorien that Aragorn had captured Gollum
• Aragorn had come upon tracks beside a muddy pool, leading away from Mordor, along the skirts of the Dead Marshes
• He bit Aragorn, Aragorn captured him, Gollum refused to talk, Aragorn marched Gollum back toward Mirkwood
• Aragorn gave Gollum to the Elves, as per an earlier agreement
• Gandalf arrived and interrogated Gollum
• Gollum's ring came out of the Great River, he had possessed it long, it gave him long life
• Elvish characters for writing in Black Tongue
• Gandalf recites it out loud, change in voice, menacing and powerful and harsh, shadow passes over
• Translation of inscription: "One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the Darkness bind them."
• Boromir asks what came of Gollum
• Legolas brings bad news: Gollum escaped
• It happened through "over-kindliness"
• Gandalf asked the Elves to be hopeful that Gollum could be cured
• Led Gollum through woods, high tree standing alone that he liked to climb, one day he refused to climb down, guards tried to wait him out, Orcs attacked that evening, Gollum disappeared during the attack
• The attack was purposeful, Gollum is cunning, many spies of the Enemy
• They followed the Orcs' trail, it headed to Dol Guldur
• Gandalf says they don't have time to track him again
• Gandalf returns to his tale, filling in what happened with Saruman
• He encounters Radagast the Brown, who tells him the Nazgul are abroad again, looking for the Shire
• Radagast passes on a message from Saruman, asks Gandalf to visit Saruman right away
• Stayed the night in Bree, wrote a message for Frodo at the Prancing Pony
• Rode to Isengard to see Saruman
• Saruman of Many Colors
• Asks Gandalf to join him
• He refuses
• Gandalf held captive on pinnacle of Orthanc
• Radagast had continued to Mirkwood, did not know of Saruman's treachery
• Gwaihir the Windlord, swiftest of Great Eagles, came unlooked-for to Orthanc
• Gwaihir brings him to Rohan
• Gandalf gets Shadowfax
• Bears him from Rohan to the Shire in the time it took Frodo to go from Hobbiton to Barrow-downs
• Black riders had divided their forces
• Got to Bree the day after
• Gandalf chased after five black riders in Bree
• Met them at Weathertop, reason for the lightning that Frodo and Aragorn had seen
• Drove some of the Nine away
• Four riders followed Gandalf, but turned back and went to the Ford
• Gandalf was reason there were five, not nine, when they were attacked
• Gandalf arrived in Rivendell two days before the Ring
• Elrond says he had forgotten about Tom Bombadil
• They discuss the possibility of giving it to Bombadil for safekeeping, but they say he would forget it or throw it away, since it has no hold over him
• They discuss the possibility of throwing it into the sea, but Gandalf dismisses that idea
• Boromir suggests using the Ring as a weapon
• Elrond dismisses that idea, saying that the Ring requires great power to wield, and will tempt whoever wields it to take Sauron's place
• They discuss the Dwarven rings, saying one was lost, but Gandalf reveals it was taken from Thrain in the dungeons of Dol Guldur
• They discuss the three Elven rings, Elrond says they are free of the influence of the enemy (since forged in secret) but shuts down the discussion, "they were not made as weapons of war or conquest: that is not their power"
• They discuss what happens if/when the Ring is destroyed
• They conclude that it must be destroyed
• Bilbo volunteers to finish what he started
• Gandalf sees through his ploy to get the Ring back, tells him he didn't actually start anything, and his time as a Ringbearer is over, and he is now a recorder
• Frodo volunteers to take the Ring
• Elrond confirms
• Sam jumps out from his hiding place

Quotes: Fellowship of the Ring/Quotes#Chapter 2 2

Chapter 3: The Ring Goes South

• Hobbits hold a council of their own, four hobbits plus Bilbo and Gandalf
• Gandalf brings up fact that Nine are still alive, were not destroyed
• Gandalf says he thinks he will come
• Bilbo still talking about finishing his book
• Two months go by in Elrond's house
• No fresh news
• Ringwraiths scattered
• They decide the time to set out is immediately
• Elrond decides that they will set out in a party of nine, to match the Ringwraiths
• Nine walkers decided in order
• Frodo and Gandalf
• Legolas for the Elves, Gimli for the Dwarves
• Aragorn son of Aragorn, who is headed for Minas Tirith with Boromir anyway
• Boromir
• Two more slots, given to Merry and Pippin
• Sword of Elendil forged anew by Elvish smiths
• New name for the sword of Elendil: Andúril, Flame of the West
• Frodo spent as much time with Bilbo as he could
• Bilbo gives Frodo his mithril coat
• Company sets out near end of December
• Minimal gear
• Boromir excitedly blows the horn of Gondor in the middle of Rivendell before they leave
• Elrond warns him not to blow it again until he's in Gondor
• Boromir says, Maybe, but I'm not going to behave like a thief in the night
• Bill the pony continues on with the party instead of staying in Rivendell, and "was the only member of the Company that did not seem depressed"
• Sam realizes he forgot rope
• They leave Rivendell
• Fortnight of travel
• Hollin, Eregion
• Regiments of black crow spies
• Gandalf and Aragorn discuss what route to proceed on
• Snow
• Eerie noises
• Prospect that Saruman is calling down a storm
• Must stop or go back
• They start a fire, get through the night, turn back the net day
• Storm breaks

Quotes: Fellowship of the Ring/Quotes#Chapter 3 2

Chapter 4: A Journey in the Dark

• Gandalf mentions the way through Moria
• Borimir sugests going south past Isengard
• Gandalf warns against it
• Gandalf decides to go through Moria
• The Eagles report that Orcs are gathering, but they hope Moria is still free, there is a chance Dwarves are still there
• They all agree to follow Gandalf into Moria
• 15-20 miles to the entrance
• Wolf attacks that evening, Gandalf defends them
• Wargs attack, company drives them off
• Stair Falls, the Walls of Moria, entrance to Moria
• Gimli and Legolas bickering about Dwarf/Elf history
• Gandalf tells them he needs both their help
• Door has emblems of Durin, Tree of High Elves, Star of the House of Fëanor
• Speak, friend, and enter
• Frodo warns Baromir not to throw rocks
• Mellon (Elvish word for friend)
• As they enter the mine, a tentacle grabs Frodo's foot
• Tentacle arms collapse the door
• They all stop for a meal
• 40 miles through the mine
• 3-4 day journey
• Gandalf's glimmering staff
• Sam laments forgetting rope
• They finally reach the Mines
• Gandalf says he has no memory of the place
• Great arch, stone door into a wide chamber
• Guard room for watching the three passages
• Pippin curiously attracted to the well
• Lets a loose stone drop
• Gandalf gets angry
• Sound of a drum
• Gandalf spends an hour trying to remember his time in the mine and determine which way to go
• Gandalf wakes everyone after six hours
• Decides to go the right-hand passageway because air smells fresher
• 8 hour march
• They advance 15 miles
• They pass through a stone arch doorway that opens to a black empty space
• Gandalf says they chose the right way, raises his light, shows the entire cavern
• The city of Dwarrowdelf
• Gandalf mentions that Orcs have plundered Moria, no jewels or anything else left in upper halls
• No one dares to seek the shafts and treasures in the deep places - they are drowned in water or in a shadow of fear
• Dwarves want to return to Moria because they have mithril there
• Worth 10x gold, now beyond price, because so little of it
• Mithril formed the foundation of the Dwarves' wealth
• They delved too greedily and too dep, and disturbed Durin's Bane (the balrog)
• Gandalf mentions that Bilbo had received a mithril armor coat, and mentions that its value was greater than that of all the Shire
• Frodo doesn't say anything but feels the mithril mail under his shirt
• The next morning Gandalf says they will find the Great Gats and see the waters of the Mirrormere
• Gandalf not sure of the exact route to take
• They pass through a coordior, see a doorway on the right, large square chamber
• Inscription: "Balin Son of Fundin Lord of Moria"
• Tomb

Quotes: Fellowship of the Ring/Quotes#Chapter 4 2

Chapter 5: The Bridge of Khazad-Dum

• The company waits in the tomb of Balin
• Gandalf finds the book
• He begins to read from the account
• "We cannot get out"
• They hear drums sounding in the deep
• Keep the east door open to escape
• They hear Orcs, Uruks, and a cave troll
• The Orcs break through the door
• Cave troll spears Frodo
• They escape through the east door
• Everyone amazed Frodo survived
• Gandalf says he saw something he had never met before
• They have reached the First Deep, the Second Hall of Old Moria, near the eastern end Gates
• They must cross a bridge, go up a broad stair, along a wide road, through the First hall, and out
• They hurry across a great hall, arrows whizz past
• Emerge into a cavern, single stair along the wall
• Hundreds of orcs in pursuit
• Two trolls show up
• Shadow, dark form, power and terror
• Legolas identifies it as a Balrog, Durin's Bane
• Gandalf does his "you shall not pass" thing
• The Balrog falls into the depths, but catches Gandalf by his leg on the way down
• "Fly, you fools!"
• Aragorn leads everyone out, Boromir follows behind
• Great Gates, blazing light
• Guard of orcs
• Aragorn defends them
• Out of the gates, out of Moria
• Dimrill Dale, shadow of the Misty Mountains
• Drumbeats fade

Quotes: https://charlesreid1.com/wiki/Fellowship_of_the_Ring/Quotes#Chapter_5%3A_The_Bridge_of_Khazad-Dum

Chapter 6: Lothlorien

• The Company heads to Lothlorien
• Frodo and Sam straggling
• Carried by Aragorn and Boromir
• They stop for lunch
• Aragorn examines Frodo, they discover the mithril armor
• Continue on until nightfall
• Frodo and Gimli hear something
• Sound of feet, saw a light like eyes, Frodo says he noticed something following since they first entered Moria
• Boromir does not want to go through Lothlorien: "it is perilous"
• A mile further, they come upon Nimrodel, a stream that joins the Silverlode
• They cross the stream, stop for a meal, Legolas sings about Nimrodel
• They leave the road and wander deeper into the woods
• Elves show up as they're looking for places to sleep
• They heard rumors of Frodo's ocming
• Eight travelers, but they leave out the Dwarf
• Elves not happy
• Hobbits have second meal and wrap themselves up, but only 3 can sleep because afraid of heights
• Frodo awakes in the night
• Haldir (elf) warns of Orcs
• Sting glowing blue, fades
• Something climbing, hissing breath, two pale eyes gazing upward
• Haldir says it was something he's never seen before, not an orc
• Says a group of Orcs crossed the Nimrodel, stopped near where Company was originally going to stop, picked up a scent
• Orcs were a hundred strong
• "Orophin has now gone in haste back to our dwellings to warn our people. None of the Orcs will ever return out of Lorien."
• Next day, crossing river with a rope bridge
• They enter the Naith of Lorien, or the Gore (lies like a spearhead between the arms of the Silverlode and Anduin the Great
• Gimli must be blindfolded
• Argument ensues
• Aragorn insists everyone wear a blindfold
• After a day of walking , Lord and Lady of Galadhrim allow them all to walk free
• Due to messages from Rivendell
• Great mound, covered with sward of grass, double crown circles of trees, outer with bark of snowy white, leavless and beautiful, inner were mallorn trees of great height arrayed in pale gold
• At the center was a towering tree
• Cerin Amroth
• The heart of hte ancient realm
• The Mound of Amroth
• City of Galadhrim
• Finally, they leave the hill of Cerin Amroth

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Chapter 7: The Mirror of Galadriel

• They enter Caras Galadhon
• Paved road, city, many stairs, high places
• Haldir leads them before Lord and Lady Galadriel
• They inform them of Gandalf's fall
• Balrog of Morgoth
• Celeborn and Galadriel
• The Lady mentions the White Council
• Holds each of their gaze, one by one
• Legolas and Aragorn only ones who can withstand her gaze
• Sam blushes (felt like he had nothing on, asking him what he would do if she gave him the chance of flying back to the Shire)
• The company sleeps on the ground in a pavilion
• Each hobbit felt the same choice, between a shadow of fear and something they desired
• Boromir wold not say what she had offered him
• Boromir expresses suspicion of the Lady Galadriel
• They spend several days there, not seeing the Lord and Lady
• They are saying they want another chance to see her before they leave, when she appears
• She beckons them without a word
• She leads them to a green hollow, with a fountain
• Fills a basin to hte brim from the stream, and says it is the Mirror of Galadriel
• The mirror can show desires, but also things unbidden, things stranger and more profitable than we wish
• Things that were, things that are, things that yet may be
• She offers a look to Frodo, then Sam
• Sam agrees
• She warns them not to touch the water
• Sam sees Frodo in Mordor, the Shire, changes, black cloud
• Sam says he needs to go home, she tells him he cannot go home, and that some of what he sees is what will happen if they fail or turn aside from their path
• She asks Frodo again, he decides to look
• Vision of Gandalf the White, face turned away (Saruman or Gandalf?)
• Bilbo in his study
• Swift scenes, part of a great history he was no winvolved in
• The Sea
• Ship with black sails
• Banner bearing a white tree in the sun
• Mirror goes dark, then the Eye of Sauron appears
• Frodo knows that the Eye cannot see him unless he wills it
• The Ring grows heavy, he slips forward, she warns him not to touch the water
• She knows of the Eye
• She perceives the Dark Lord
• She lifts up her arms, and he sees the rays of Eärendil, the Evening Star, shine on her hand
• She tells him that he can tell it is a special ring because he is a Ringbearer
• Nenya, the Ring of Adamant, one of the Elven rings of power
• Sauron suspects but does not know
• If Frodo fails, they are laid bare to the enemy
• If Frodo succeeds, their power diminishes, Lothlorien fades, they depart to the west
• He offers her the one ring
• "All shall love me and despair!"
• She declines the ring
• He asks why he cannot see the other rings or know the thoughts of the other wearers
• She tells him the ring gives power according to the measure of each possessor
• To use that power, would need to become far stronger, train your will to the domination of others
• But still provides keener sight, more perception, the Eye
• She ends the conversation abruptly

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Chapter 8: Farewell to Lorien

• Celebron lord of Lothlorien asks if they are all resolved to continue on the quest
• They all resolve to go
• He asks about their course
• Boromir going straight for Minas Tinith
• He tells them not to forgot the Great River
• He gives them boats
• Rapids of Sarn Gebir, great falls of Rauros
• They leave the next day
• Boromir says he thinks Frodo is a fool to throw it away ("Lives, I mean")
• They get cloaks, brooch of green leaf veined with silver
• Haldir shows up again
• Offers to be their guide south
• March 10 miles to banks of Silverlode
• Elven ropes
• Made of hithlain
• Aragorn, Frodo, Sam in one boat
• Boromir, Merry, Pippin in another
• Legolas, Gimli in third with gear
• Lady of Lothlorien comes up in a boat to bid them farewell
• Lots of descriptions of geography
• Parting gifts
• Aragorn gets a sword sheath and a silver brooch - Elessar, the Elfstone of the House of Elendril
• Boromir gets a belt of gold
• Merry and Pippin get silver belts
• Legolas gets a bow, Sam gets a box of soil for his orchard
• Dwarf gets three hairs from Lady Galadriel
• Frodo gets the light of Eärendil's star
• Everyone heads out down the river

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Chapter 9: The Great River

• Same wakes Frodo
• They continue drifting down the stream, no enemies
• They see black swans
• About sixty leagues south of the latitude of the shire, many hundreds of miles east
• Looking southwest across north plains of Riddermark of Rohan
• Limlight runs from Fagorn down to the Great River, forming north boundary of Rohan
• Between Limlight and White Mountains, everything belongs to Rohirrim
• Increasing feeling of insecurity
• Four days on: caught sight of something moving
• A log with eyes
• Sam wakes Frodo the next night in middle of night
• Aragorn wakes up too
• Frodo says someone or something following them, Aragorn says he has been tracking Gollum for a while
• Continue for a seventh day
• Many birds gathering around the camp, so they wait a day
• They continue, not knowing where the rapids are
• Nighttime, they encounter the rapids
• Orcs shoot arrows
• Dark winged creature, screeching, Legolas fires his bow and scares it off
• They go ashore and wait it out
• Fog
• Enemy holds eastern bank
• Aragorn and Legolas go ashore
• Go ashore
• Carry boats downstream
• They continue down the stream, pass through the Gates of Kings
• Waters spread into Nen Hithoel, a lake fenced in by trees
• They hear the thunder of falls
• Finish the tenth day of the journey

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Chapter 10: The Breaking of the Fellowship

• Aragorn leads them ashore in the shadow of Tol Brandir (mountain)
• Aragorn wakes Frodo up in the middle of the night
• Sting is glowing blue, not near but not far
• They are on the other side of the river
• Next day, Aragorn says they must decide what to do, turn west with Boromir or go to the East
• Frodo asks for an hour, wanders off
• He wanders, Boromir ends up following him, makes his case that the ring should be kept and taken to Gondor
• Pretends not to care about the ring
• He gets angry about Frodo wanting to destroy the ring
• He attacks Frodo, Frodo puts on the ring and runs away, leaving the ring on
• Frodo wanders into some ruins
• Looks out over the map of Middle Earth
• Feels the Eye
• Finally takes it off
• Decides he must go alone
• Everyone waiting for Frodo at the river side
• They are debating about what to do when they notice Boromir is gone
• He appears
• He tells his half-story about Frodo getting angry
• They all scatter to look for Frodo
• Sam realizes Frodo is heading for the boats
• He catches Frodo as he is leaving
• Gets his stuff
• They paddle off and head for Mordor

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