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Tolkien made his Hobbits live in holes, though these quickly turn out to be comfortable, and in the case of Bag End actually highly desirable. Hobbit-holes range from the simple underground dwellings of the poor, with a door leading into a tunnel and perhaps a window or two, up to the large and elaborate Bag End with its multiple cellars, pantries, kitchen, dining room, parlour, study, and ...
Sauron tortured Gollum and discovered where the Ring was. [T 29] Sauron sent the Nazgûl to pursue Frodo, but he escaped to Rivendell, where Elrond convened a council. It determined that the Ring should be destroyed in Mount Doom by the Company of the Ring. Saruman attempted to capture the Ring, but he was defeated.
Bag End, Hobbiton, the comfortable underground dwelling of Bilbo and later Frodo Baggins, constructed for Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film series. Tolkien's painting The Hill: Hobbiton-across-the-Water, watercolour, 1938 [1] showing its ideal position near the top of the Hill at Hobbiton, with less-favoured Hobbit-holes lower down.
Rather, their hearts and minds are corrupted by power and evil impulses, while they retain the physical appearance of men. Prolonged service to Sauron however, does turn the bearers of the Rings of Power from Men into the wraith-like Nazgûl. Those men who are the servants of Morgoth or Sauron are mostly from the east and south of Middle-earth. [7]
With over 4,000 square feet of living space, this underground sanctuary in Holme, England is the epitome of simple living with modern necessities.
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Secretly, without Sauron's knowledge, Celebrimbor also forged three Rings for the Elves, the greatest and fairest of the Rings of Power. The three Rings were thus free of Sauron's corrupting influence. [T 5] At the same time, Sauron secretly forged a ring: the One Ring which would enable him to rule Middle-earth. Later Sauron reassumed his role ...
The Hobbit trees are introduced with the words "The names given in these Trees are only a selection from many." [T 2] Their development is chronicled in The Peoples of Middle-earth; it records that the Boffin and Bolger family trees were typed up for inclusion in Appendix C but were dropped at the last moment, apparently for reasons of space. [T 3]