They were led by Gandalf, until he fell in Moria battling a Balrog, and then by Aragorn to Lothlórien. In Moria Frodo is stabbed by an Orc-spear, but his coat of mail saves his life.
The company, seeking a way over the Misty Mountains, first tried the Pass of Caradhras, but abandoned it in favour of the mines of Moria.
Frodo was armed with Sting, Bilbo's Elvish knife, and wore Bilbo's coat of Dwarven mail made of mithril. A Fellowship of nine companions was formed to guide and protect him: the hobbits, Gandalf, Aragorn, the dwarf Gimli, the elf Legolas of Mirkwood, and Boromir, a man of Gondor. Frodo, realizing that he was destined for this task, stepped forward to be the Ring-bearer. In Rivendell, the Council of Elrond met and resolved to destroy the Ring by casting it into Mount Doom in Mordor, the realm of Sauron. Although almost overcome by his wound, once there he was healed over time by Elrond it was said and later seen that the wound would never completely heal, however, as it was as much spiritual as physical. With the help of his companions and Glorfindel, Frodo was able to evade the remaining Ringwraiths and reach Rivendell. A piece of this blade remained in Frodo's shoulder and, working its way towards his heart, threatened to turn him into a wraith under the control of the Witch-king. The chief of the Nazgûl, known as the Witch-king of Angmar, stabbed Frodo with a Morgul-blade, before Aragorn routed all five of them. While encamped at Amon Sûl, they were found and attacked by five Nazgûl. The group, under Aragorn's guidance, quickly fled through the Midgewater Marshes and again escaped the Black Riders.
This attracted the attention of Sauron's agents, who ransacked the hobbits' rooms in the night. The One Ring slipped onto Frodo's finger inadvertently in the Prancing Pony's common room, turning Frodo invisible. Frodo breaks loose from the spell, attacks the barrow-wight and summons Tom Bombadil who again rescues the hobbits and sets them on their way to Bree.Īt the Inn of the Prancing Pony in the village of Bree, Frodo met Aragorn, also called Strider, a Ranger of the North, who became the hobbits' guide while journeying through the wilderness towards Rivendell. After leaving Bombadil, they are caught in fog on the Barrow Downs by Barrow-wights and are entranced under a spell. They followed Frodo's trail across the Shire and nearly intercepted him.įrodo and his companions escape the Black Riders by travelling through the Old Forest, but they get misled by the magic of Old Man Willow until they are rescued by Tom Bombadil who gives them shelter and guides them on their way. They escaped just in time, for Sauron's most powerful servants, the Nine Nazgûl, had entered the Shire as Black Riders, looking for Bilbo and the Ring. He left the Shire with three companions: his gardener Samwise Gamgee and his cousins Meriadoc Brandybuck and Peregrin Took. Realizing that he was a danger to the Shire as long as he remained there with the Ring, Frodo decided to leave his home and take the Ring to Rivendell, home of Elrond, a mighty Elf lord. Frodo kept the Ring hidden for 17 years, until Gandalf returned to tell him that it was the One Ring of the Dark Lord Sauron, who desired to use it to conquer Middle-earth. Gandalf, at this time, was not certain about the origin of the Ring, so he warned Frodo to avoid using it and to keep it secret. Frodo inherited Bag End and Bilbo's ring that was introduced in The Hobbit.
The Fellowship of the Ring opens as Frodo came of age (at 33 years old) and Bilbo left the Shire for good on his one hundred and eleventh birthday. It was Bilbo who introduced the Elvish languages to Frodo, and they often shared long walking trips together. By coincidence he and Bilbo shared the same birthday, the 22nd of September. At the age of 21 he was adopted by his cousin, Bilbo, who brought him to live at Bag End. The chapter "A Long-expected Party" relates that Frodo's parents Drogo Baggins and Primula Brandybuck had been killed in a boating accident when Frodo was 12 Frodo subsequently spent the next 9 years living with his maternal family, the Brandybucks in Brandy Hall. Frodo is introduced in The Fellowship of the Ring as the adoptive heir of Bilbo Baggins.
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