The NOUN is changed. I feel it in the NOUN. I feel it in the earth NOUN. I smell it in the air NOUN. Much that once was is lost, for none now live who remember it. It began with the forging of the Great Rings PLURAL NOUN . Three were given to the Elves PLURAL NOUN , immortal, wisest and fairest of all beings. Seven to the Dwarf-Lords PLURAL NOUN , great miners and craftsmen of the mountain halls. And nine, nine rings were gifted to the race of Men PLURAL NOUN , who above all else desire power. For within these rings was bound the strength and the will to govern each race. But they were all of them deceived, for another ring was made. In the land of Mordor PLACE , in the Fires of Mount Doom PLACE , the Dark Lord Sauron PERSONS NAME forged in secret a master ring NOUN to control all others, and into this ring he poured his cruelty, his malice and his will to dominate all life NOUN. One ring NOUN to rule them all. One by one, the free lands of Middle-Earth PLACE fell to the power of the Ring NOUN, but there were some who resisted. A last alliance of Men PLURAL NOUN and Elves PLURAL NOUN marched against the armies of Mordor PLACE , and on the very slopes of Mount Doom PLACE , they fought for the freedom of Middle-Earth NOUN. Victory was near, but the power of the ring NOUN could not be undone. It was in this moment, when all hope had faded, that Isildur, PERSONS NAME son of the king, took up his father’s sword NOUN. Sauron, enemy of the free peoples of Middle-Earth PLACE , was defeated. The Ring NOUN passed to Isildur, who had this one chance to destroy VERB evil forever, but the hearts of men are easily corrupted VERB . And the ring NOUN of power has a will of its own. It betrayed Isildur, to his death. Sauron PERSONS NAME , the enemy of the free peoples of Middle-Earth, was defeated. The Ring NOUNpassed to Isildur, who had this once chance to destroy evil forever. But the hearts NOUN of Men are easily corrupted. And the ring of power has a will of its own. It betrayed VERB Isildur, to his death. And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend NOUN, legend NOUN became myth. And for two and a half thousand years, the ring NOUN passed out of all knowledge. Until, when chance came, it ensnared a new bearer. The Ring NOUN came to the creature Gollum PERSONS NAME , who took it deep into the tunnels of the Misty Mountains. PLACE And there it consumed him. The ring brought to Gollum unnatural long life. For five hundred years it poisoned his mind, and in the gloom of Gollum’s cave, it waited. Darkness NOUN crept back into the forests of the world. Rumor grew of a shadow in the East, whispers of a nameless fear, and the Ring of Power NOUN perceived its time had now come. It abandoned Gollum. But something happened then that the Ring NOUN did not intend. It was picked up by the most unlikely creature imaginable: a Hobbit NOUN, Bilbo Baggins, of the Shire PLACE . For the time will soon come when hobbits NOUN will shape the fortunes of all.
