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Quest
The fellowship of the ring is a group of people set out on a quest to destroy evil. This epic journey takes us through the lands of middle earth from the deepest valley of Rivendell where Elrond the elf lord dwells to the fortress of orthanc where Saruman the white (also a traitor) lives. This quest in not a small task and there never is much hope, only a fools hope. Gandalf you could say is a demi god has come back to life. He is blessed from the gods (valar) with new life. This is because it is his task to fight Saroun in the war of the ring. If he fails the world as they know it will end. Frodo has the most important task of them all. He alone must destroy the ring of power. The ring that Saroun the dark lord forged himself from the fires of mount doom. "this task is appointed to you, Frodo of the sire. If you can not do it no one can" From the words of the lady of lorien Galadriel herself. This makes Frodo find the strength to continue. This is not the only thing that gives him strength. Sam gamwise Frodo’s loyal friend, gardener and companion walk beside him every step of the way towards the goal Mordor. The one place in middle earth they do not want to see and the one place they are trying to get to. Aragon, Legolas and Gimili is meets Gandalf in the forest of Fangorn and there they set out to edoras to talk to the King. This is because Rohan is ready to fall and without Rohan good can never defeat evil. Mary and pippin stays with the shepherd of Fangorn "tree beard" They are the small stones in an avalanche. In this way all people of the fellowship even if they are divided moves to the same goal and still have the same quest.

Odds
The odds are against them all the time. For instance Saruman has betrayed the free folk of middle earth and they don't have the power to stand against both Mordor and Isengard. The evil force presses their advantage and Rohan is the first target. There is one thing they don't know. The ring stays hidden and that they seek to destroy it is not in their wildest dreams. The quest stands on top of a knife. Stray but a little and it will fall for the ruin of all. When the people of Rohan flees to helms deep Gandalf rides of o find more Rohirim and when the battle of helms deep is almost lost Gandalf arrives with aid and saves the day. Frodo and Sam Find a strange creature "gollum or smegol" depending which one of his personality he is. Gollum is the evil one and Smegol the nice one. Gollum is obsessed with the ring and he lives on his lies and tricks. Frodo and Sam know this but they have no guide and of course Smegol know they way. So they have no choice but to trust him. Fortunally gollum mad a promise on the "precious" (the ring) that he would not harm them and show the way. Against all odds he leads them where they want but can they really trust him or is this one of his tricks?

Creation
Gandalf is over three thousand years old and he was around when Arda (middle earth) was created by the "Ainur". Ainur is the correct term of the gods (Valar) they could choose between elf form and god from. They all had different forms depending on their powers. They "master god" is called Iluvatar and he created the Ainur in his thoughts. There are 14 valar but now only 13 because Melkor (later referred as Morgoth) is not accounted one of the valar because of his betrayal. He tried to rule Arda himself and kill the other valar. The most powerful of them all is Melkor and after him is Manwë who is the king of the valar. Melkor created powerful companions known as "Maiar" among them is all the Balrogs and dragons, but most powerful of them all is Sauron. Manwë then created the eagles because he wanted to see what Melkor was doing. And so Melkor created darkness. The darkness would be impenetrable by all eyes from above. He built Barad dur (the black fortress of Mordor) and lived there. Melkor grew in power and so the valar had to make Maiar of their own. Manwë created Olorin "Gandalf" and like the valar the Maiar could choose from but ones they have chosen physical form they could not change back. Olorin was not the only good Maiar. All the wizard of the Istari is valar. Some more powerful than others. The Maiar could feel the power of other Maiar and identify their powers. No one was able to see what power Olorin had but they felt that is was great. Olorin still in his invisible form wonder to the halls of grief where Nienna lived (the valar of grief) there he learned much about grief and pity. All of the 5 wizards were send to Arda to defeat Saroun. The wizard then chose to get in their human forms. The two blue wizards failed their quest and likely died or joined Sauron. Little is known of them. Radagast the brown, Saruman the white and Gandalf the grey fought evil for many hundred years. Radagast was the least powerful of the three but still very powerful nonetheless. He lived in Mirkwood "an elven forest" And did not contribute very much or even at all in the war of the ring. Saruman betrayed they people on joined Sauron. Gandalf alone was the one wizard left to fight evil. Gandalf is called many different names some are Olorin, Mithrandir, The white rider and Gandalf. Gandalf falls in battle with one of the Balrogs, the last one probably. And so there are none left to fight Sauron. Hope is almost lost. Then Gandalf is blessed by the valar to relive his life as a new person. "Gandalf the white" He is now the most powerful Maiar ever existed but not more powerful than Sauron. Now hope is back and no time can be spared for middle earth doom is about to be decided. Gandalf is the only wizard to return to Valinor. (The land west of middle earth) This is the undying lands and there Gandalf stayed forever because when the ring of power was lost his quest was done and he could return.

Why i choose these words.
Quest
this is because the whole series of books are moving toward this quest and it is these 8 people that will make middle earth to peace or doom. They fate of all lies in the hands of one small hobbit. Like I said before though the Fellowship is divided, they still have the same quest.

Odds
The odds is against them all the time in the book and them manage to survive every peril somehow and that is what makes them thrilling. I think that J.R.R Tolkien was crazy. I really do because the world that he created is too big to imagine. There are so many different story s and names of people and things. Almost every character has at least 3 names take Aragorn for example. Ellesar, flame of the west, Wingfoot and Strider. These are only a few. To have to written this down you have to be a little crazy.


Creation
Gandalf is so important an there is so much history about him so I had to explain (briefly) about the creation of the world and Gandalf. I should add that Gandalf has one of the three elven rings of power. That means that Eldron, Gandalf and Galadriel have a direct contact to each other’s thoughts. I really hope you understand the last word. I have read the simarillion (the book where the valar is created) and I have read facts on wiki hundreds of times but I still don't understand everything. I know it's kind of blurry but I think you can manage the get something out of it.  The World is actually created by music from the valar. I have no idea what was going on in Tolkien’s head but I can assure you he was insane.

olorin

Olorin

The two hobbits frodo and sam are lost in the mountains between rohan and gondor. They are feeling that they are beeing watched by someone and they can smell it from miles away. It t´turnes out that it is gollum and he tries to attack them in their sleep. He fails and the capture him. after a while gollum promises to show they way to teh hobbits and so he does. After many days of walking they come to the dead marshes. There frodo almost dies from drowning. Now there is nothing between them and mordor. When they arrive to can se that the black gate of mordor is inpenetreble and then they ask gollom if there is another way. First he doesen't want to answer but after some time he says that there is a way. This way however is past Minas murgul. (onece a great fortress of the elves, then called minas ithil but the witchking of agmar made it his own a long time ago) Frodo and sam has no idea what dangers now laies ahed of them but they will soon find out. After a while gollum wants to get rid of sam because he always keeps one eye on frodo and the other on gollum. All gollum wants is the ring and he will stop at nothing to get it. You have to remember that bilbo, Frodos cousin stole the ring from gollum. (Frodo often refers him to his uncle but he is in fact his cousin) Gollum takes out the last lembasbread and ripps it apart, leaving some breadcrums on sam shoulders. When they wake up in the moring and are going to eat breakfeast the food is gone and sam has some crums on his coat. A big fight starts and it end with gollum saying he dosen't eat elvish food. (wich is true) And then Frodo says to sam that his part in the story goes on and sam turns back and returns home. After a while though he finds the bread and decides to go back and help Frodo.
  First of all im sorry this post was so short , but i really despice talking about Frodo. He is so boring and most of the time they just talk nonsens. This part is really important though so I think that is the reson why every part in theese chapters are just the same in the movies. You know when you see one of the three films every week at least you get tired of Frodo and sam always nagging. I wont deny that I cried at the last movie a few times and that Frodos scens are very powerfull but they sort of loose their charm after 20 times. Just joking I would never in my whole life get tierd of anything that has with Tolkien to do. I do however like the other scens better.

The White Rider

Theoden, Gandalf, Legolas Aragon and Gimili meets merry and pippin at the gates of Isengard and find them somking and drinking ale. They become very uppset for finding them drinking and smoking and above all they look very healthy. It is not that they do not want them to feel good it's just that all they have all risked their lives for them at sevaral occasions. After a while marry and pippin gives each and everyone a pipe and they star a fire along with their pipes and talk about everything that had happend after they parted at the end of the first book. They also meet Gandlaf whom they thought where dead and that gave them joy within their souls. After a long talk about alot of things that had already been said the dawn peeks trough the clouds and mist of Isengard. After a while Gandalf says that it is time to talk to Saruman but he says that "even in defeat Saruman is dangerous, like a corned wild bear Saruman will react. He will try to Decive us into the last. Watch out for his voice." The company moves towards Orthanc (the Ctadel of Isengard) And there they meet treebeard. Gandalf and treeberd excange a few quick words and then everybody goes to the doors of Orthanc. From the shhadows an old man appers and a white pale man. The old man is ofcoure Saruman but the pale man is Grimma wormtoung he is a traitor from rohan who helped Saruman poison the Kings mind. Gandalf and Saruman talks for a while and Saruman Speeks to Gandalf as if he is his superior. (wich he is, he thinks) Saruman oders Gandalf to leve Isengard and never come back. (A big part of Sarumans magic laies within his voice) Saruman turns his back and leaves but just as he disepears Gandalf speaks. He said "come back Saruman, I have not given you permission to leave. You are no longer the head of the Istari.  You are no longer Saruman the white. I am Gandalf the white and I have taken your place. Saruman, your staff is broken" Sarumans staff explodes and he is thrown back. Meenwhile grimma tries to hit Gandalf witch a big crystal orb. Gandalf is not paying attention to pippin that goes to the orb. The second he touches it the orb seeams to burn on the inside for a blink of an eye. Pippins mind is now fixed on this starnge orb and when Gandalf is asleep he takes the orb from him and hold it and looks. When Gandalf wakes up a few seconds later he takes the orb and asks pippin what he saw. Pippin first lie and says ha only saw stars. Then he tells Gandalf everything and describes a white city in flames. And a white tree burning. Just as Gandlaf understand that pippin talks about Minas tirith a nazgul shows up on a fellbeast. ( a nazgul is a ringwraith who has been poisend by Sauron im not goning to explain everything about them because then I would sit here the whole night.) Gandalf comands everyone to flee back to edoras and says that he and pippin is going to Minas tirith.
  I Find this bit very disturbing because Saruman does not die in the book. I knew this alredy but I do not like it. I feel a little diespointed at Peter jacksson for killing Saruman in the moovies but what are you goning to to huh.. Saruman will aventually flee from Isengard to the east and he will not have a part in the book after this. His staff did brooke and that means the wizards power is gone if he does not get a new one. I cant really say if the book is better or not, I can say however that I find it very interesting to learn something new about Lotr.

Mithrandir

The grey pilgrim

Aragon, legolas and Gimili are tracking the hobbits into Fangorn. They feel that they are being watched by someone or something. As it turnes out it is an old man. But he is stalking them from a distance so they are not sure who it is. They think that it is Saruman, (one of the 5 wizards) but they are not sure. It most certanily is not Gandalf however, He died in moria by Durins Bane. He was killed by both shadow and flame, A demon from ancient times. He was killed by a Balrog of Morgoth. Later the same day, Aragon, Legolas and Gimili sees the old man approtching. They naturaly tries to kill him. Because theese are dangeroues times and Fagorn is not a place for the comon traveler and if it is a Wizard it most be Saruman. The Three most ferce warriors are defeted in a split second by the mysterius man. This is no ordinary Man thats for cirtan. Finaly you find out who he is. It is Gandalf but he is white. He has been sent back to complete the quest. Because it is his destiny to fight The Dark Lord for Middle earth.
Gandalf is blessed by the valar (the gods) and is gifted a second life. He is now more powerfull then before and has plans for the three kinreds (races)
  First of they travel to edoras the golden hall. For there dwelves Theoden King of Rohan. Saruman seeks to destroy the world of men and will begin in Rohan. Thodens mind is poisoned by Saruman so Theodens mind is not his own. The four companions ride with haste to edoras to warn the king of Saruman. When they arive Gandalf heals Theoden and he comes to his sensses. They decide to ride to Helms Deep The great fortress of Rohan. They flee to Helms deep and empty edoras of all people several hundreds civilians and atleast 300 Rohirims Fleeto Helms deep. But on the way however Legolas sees a great darkness coming from the West (elves has great eyesight) Gandlaf rides with al haste to westfold The get help. (Westfold is a part of Rohan with many Rohirims) When they finaly arrives to Helms Deep all hell brakes lose. The uru-khai is a new sort of orc. They are bigger stronger and can fight just as well in light as in darkness. First it seems to be going well. The defences of the hornberg is strong and can hold of the armies of Isengard. suddenley the walls explode by some sorcery of Saruman. The Uru-khai burst inside the keep and advance trough the fortress. Just when all heroes ride out and want to die with honour a light comes from the north-east. A white rider ontop of a big hill. it is Gandlaf and he has come with help from Westfold. When they have won Gandalf, Theoden, Aragon, Legolas, Gimili and 20 of the kings men ride to Isengard to talk to Saruman. When they arrive Isengard is in ruins. They have been destoryed by the ents. The sheperds of the forest of Fangorn. Big trees that moves and talks.
  First of all the Battle of Helms deep is in the 7th Chapter in the book. In the movie however it happens in the end. This is a huge difference but i like that alot. If the movies and the books where al alike I would not want to read them. I think it is exciting when you learn something new about The Lord of the Rings and this is one thing. The Fighting chapters are quitely brilliant is I may say so. I am looking forward to read moore and can not wait.  

Gandalf

The Lord of the rings The two towers book blog 1
This is the second book in the series and it starts of with the death of one of the 9 people in the followhip. Frodo and sam are missing and so is marry and pippin. Aragon, Legolas and gimili finds Boromir dead and penetrated with arrows. The make out that the don't have any time to bury him so they decide lay him in one of the elven ships that they got from lady Galadrien and celeborn (the masters of lothlorien) When they are about to push the boat in the to river so it can take Boromir son of denathor on anduin all the way down to the falls of rauros where he will fall down and journey to the sea. Argon notice that one of the hobbits backpacks are missing besides frodo whom had told only Aragon he was leaving. He makes out that the backpack belong to samwise gamgee. That means Sam has gone along with his master on his journey rather then staied with the rest of the fellowship. Aragons mind comes to a sudden clarity and understand that he can not help frodo by following him. He must help him in different ways. For the fate of all lies in frodos hands. Aragon, Legolas and gimili decides to pursue the orcs that kidnapped mariadoc brandybuck marry and Peregrin took (the names of marry and pippin) Aragons heart speaks clearley atlast and feels that this is the right thing to do.  
  On the presuite Aragon, Legolas and gimili are falling behind the orcs and they are losing the trail but suddenly when the have passed in the the kingdom of Rohan and following the orc for several days they see a large group of Rohirim (the soldiers of Rohan who are talented riders and swordsmen. They have along talk and finaly after many agrees and disagrees they part way with blessing on both sides. Aragon, Legolas and gimili even are given 2 horses so they can make haste. The rohirim however tells them that the salyed the orcs last night and they left no survivors.
  In the following two chapters you follow marry and pippin. They are scared and thinks both that they are alone but they find one another eventually. They figure out that there are three different kinds of orcs. The isengarders, the orcs from mordor and the orcs from the misty mountins. they can not understand echothers toungs so they speak in the toung of men. (wich marry and pippin also do)
This is fortunate from them so they understand what they say. The different types of orc argue about what to to with them. The isengarders want to bring them to Saruman as they where comanded by him to do! The other two types of orcs want to kill them or bring them to Sauron directley. atlast they stop fighting and start a fire going and guard the two prisoners. But then the Rohirim show up and marry and pippin takes to moment to their advantedge and flee. They did however flee into Fangorn forest wich celeborn the elf-lord warned the fellowhip about. both of them climb up to a tree and try to figure out where they are. pippin says that he thinks the forest looks beautiful. Then a voice answers him but it is not marry and so they look down and find to their suprise that the "tree" is alive! It is not only alive it can see, walk and talk! They quickly make their minds to be as polite as possible. The tree likes this and gives them his name wich is treebeard. They became friends not to long after they met. Treebeard and the two hobbits ( their kin is called hobbits) talk about everything from the wind to the elderdays wich ofcoure marry and pippin know nothing about. Treebeard tells the hobbits he has to do something about Saruman. Saruman is a wizard who has betrayed the free folk of middle earth and tries to claim power himself. And so he has created an army och orcs. to keep the furaces going he has to cut down trees and Fangorn is right outside his fortress Orthanc, and so he cut down a few acres. This makes treebeard devestated and therefor ha calls a meeting of calld in elvish ent moort. There the ents will decide if they will go to war.
  These books are the best thing  I have ever dicided to do! I LOVE the movies and are a lunatic in this area. First of all the books are extreamly similar to the movies so it is hard form me to see a different picture then the one I alredy have. I feel hoever that tolkien describes it better. Although he makes some thing sound a litte boring. Take treebeard for example he describes him as a man atleast 16 feet and he has a tierd look and a long beard. He also has a brown skin almost like brown bark but they are not sure. In the movie treebeard looks amazing and really cool. I get a very boring picture of him from the book. My conclusion however is that This book is simply great. Tolkien makes you see middle earth in a very clear picture like only he can. over and out.