LegolasSo all you had to do was say friend... and enter.
GilmiThose were happier times...
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GandalfOne ring to rule them all; one ring to find them. One ring to keep them all, and in the darkness bind them!
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Aragorn[Aragorn arguing with the innkeeper]There no one else for them take up with except a fat innkeeper who only remembers his name because people shout it at him all day.
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[a crow abruptly caws and takes off into the sky]
Frodo BagginsBecause of Gollum! Oh, Gandalf... what am I to do? What a pity that Bilbo didn't kill that vile creature when he had the chance.
GandalfBecause it is altogether *evil*. It will corrupt and destroy anyone who wears it, until he passes into the world of shadows under the power of Sauron, the Dark Lord of Mordor.
Gandalf[pointing]*You* are the one who has the Ring now.
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Frodo BagginsI don't know Sam, I think one of the Enemy's spies would look fairer and feel fouler.
Aragorn[chuckling]While I look foul and feel fair is that it?
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[first lines]
GandalfLong ago, in the early years of the Second Age, the great Elven-smiths forged rings of power. Nine for mortal men, seven for the Dwarf lords, three for the tall Elf Kings. But then, the dark lord learned the craft of ring making and made the Master Ring, the one ring to rule them all. With the One Ring, Middle-Earth was his, and he could not be overcome. As the last alliance of men and Elves fell beneath his power, he did not notice the heroic shadow who slipped in. It was Prince Isildur, of the mighty kings from across the sea, who took the ring. But because he did not destroy it, the spirit of the dark lord lived on, and began to take shape and grow again. But the ring had a will of its own, and a way of slipping from one hand to be found by another, so that it might at last get back to its master. And there, the ring lay at the bottom of the great river Anduin for thousands of years. During those years, the dark lord captured the nine rings that were made for men and turned their owners into the Ringwraiths. Terrible shadows, under his great Shadow, who roamed the world... searching for the One Ring. In time, the Ring was found. Two friends were fishing in the great river one day.
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GandalfHe used the Ring for thieving, and to find out secrets. His own people began to despise the wretched creature and to call him Gollum. Tortured and driven by the ring, he hid in dark caves... and a deep mountain. But the ring slipped off Gollum's finger, too. And so it was that Bilbo found it during his travels with the Dwarves.
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MerryMind yourself, we're supposed to be escaping in secret!
PippinMind yourself, don't get lost.
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Frodo BagginsI'm tired of looking at my cousins all day.
Frodo Baggins[brightly]I'll give it to you, Gandalf!
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Frodo BagginsYou're wise and powerful! Will you not...
Gandalf[anguished]No! Do not tempt me! I would wish to turn it to good, and it cannot be used so! Meaning to be kind, I would become as terrible as the Dark Lord himself. Do not tempt me!
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GandalfI shall have need of such strength so soon.
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[Gandalf has caught Sam spying]
SamOh, Mr. Frodo, sir! Don't let him hurt me, sir! Don't let him turn me into something unnatural!
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Pippin[after Gandalf has read the dwarves' book in moria]
GandalfI have come for your aid Saruman the White, in troubled times. The Nine are abroad, darkness approaches, the Black Riders!
SarumanIs that all the news you have for me then?
GandalfIs that not enough? Sauron is moving at last!
SarumanWe can deal with Sauron ourselves Gandalf. You, and I. One way or another.
GandalfWhat talk is this? What are you saying Saruman?
SarumanIt is time for us to choose. A new age is upon us, a new power is rising. Nothing that Elves or Men or Wizards can do will avail against it. Its enemies are utterly doomed, but its friends...
GandalfYou are saying that we should join with Mordor? With him?
SarumanDoes that displease you? Where is the Ring Gandalf? Why do the Black riders search for it in the Shire? Have you hidden it there? Would you rather see the Dark Lord have it, or Saruman of Many Colours?
SarumanThere is a third choice. It is to remain here, until you tell me where the One Ring may be found.
GandalfSaruman, if you do this, if you delay me here, Sauron will surely get it then.
SarumanThen he will know his good servants... and his enemies.
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BoromirWhat is this? Why do you speak of hiding and destroying? The Ring could save all Middle Earth!
ElrondThis is Sauron's Ring! To wield it, you would have to become Sauron.
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Saruman[Announcing his army]Our time is at helm, Theoden's hundreds will your ten's of thousands! And when all of Rohan, your ancient oppressor is vanquished, then shall we fly eastward and sweep all of Middle-Earth Beneath our feet. We cannot be defeated!
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Sam[wakes up, notices Gollum eyeing the One Ring] Hey, you! What are you pawing at him for? Where've you been anyway, sneakin' off and sneakin' back?
Gollum[growls, hisses] Sneakin'? Sneakin'! Hobbit's always so polite, yes? Tired, thirsty Sméagol finds a secret way through the mountain, a tunnel with no orcses anywhere and they say "sneak"? SNEAK?
Sam[looks at Gollum as though he is about to start crying] Well, you startled me. I'm sorry.
Frodo Baggins[waking up] Hello, Sméagol. Where have you been?