The Lord Of The Rings
...which themselves are divided in to two books each. The story is very vast and obviously very thoroughly. In order to make the book amusing to read this was probably necessary, because the story takes place in a world which is itself completely made up.
The story
The story itself is the story of a great war between good and evil, a war in which evil controls the biggest armies, but lacks the very foundation of its power; the One Ring. This ring is the master of all magic rings (which are 20 in total), and if put on the finger of the Dark Lord, Sauron, will lead to the victory of evil for ages to come. But fortunately for the good side, they are in possession of this ring. Under the administration of Gandalf the Grey (an immortal wizard) a party is set up which are going to go to Mordor (the evil kingdom) in order to destroy the ring in the fires from which it was created; the fires of Mount Doom.
The original party consists of three hobbits (a small people with furry feet and a 'popular' - or that's probably what Tolkien meant it to be - way of thinking), of which one, Frodo, is the Ring Bearer, one elf, Legolas, who comes from the forest of Mirkwood and is a splendid assassin, the dwarf Gimli, son of Glóin (a dwarf who has a part in Tolkiens "The Hobbit"), Gandalf himself, the humans Aragorn and Boromir, both originally from Gondor, the last stronghold of man on the very outskirts of Mordor.
During a fight with orcs (an engineered race, created by the evil side "in mockery of the elves") on the banks of the river Anduin the party is shattered, and Frodo together with Sam (one of the other three hobbits, Frodos greatest friend and servant) leave the others in order to go to Mordor alone. At the same time, the other two hobbits (Merry and Pippin) get kidnapped by the orcs. The remaining three, Gimli, Legolas and Aragorn (they had lost Gandalf and...
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