... Gandalf. That night, while hiding in Striders room, the hobbits room is attacked. Next day they leave Bree, venturing into the Wilderland. Their target is Rivendell. They travel with Strider through woods, mountains and marches untill they reach the Weathertop (Amon Sul). There, they are attacked by the Black Riders, who appear to be the Nazgûl, the Ringwraiths; nine Men, enslaved by their Rings. ... Frodo is stabbed by a Morgul sword, but the words "Elbereth Gilthoniel" and the brave Strider save him. They ... receives a new sheath for his blade Anduril (Flame of the West), which is th...

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... long outside the gates of Moria. He laments the loss of Gandalf. Mountains dominate the landscape. They follow the broken roadway and Aragorn thinks. Gimil shows them the beautiful lake that graces the eastern entrance to Moria. It reflects all of the mountains around it. They turn and begin to travel quickly. They follow a river that runs into a valley where the woods of Lothlorien lie ... Frodo, and Sam another, and the last is filled by Boromir, Merry, and Pippin. Sam is clearly the least comfortable of the entire group. They begin to move down the river and through the last remnants...

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