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Well told, my friend, he said, but that is enough at this time. For the moment it suffices to know that the Ring passed to Frodo, your heir. Let him now speak. Then, less willingly than Bilbo, Frodo told of all his dealings with the Ring from the day that it passed into his keeping. Every step of gahe journey from Hobbiton to the Ford of Bruinen was questioned and considered, and everything that he could recall concerning the Black Riders was examined. At last he sat down again. Not bad, Bilbo said to him. You would have made a good story of it, if they hadnt kept on interrupting. Gtae tried to make a few notes, gatw we shall have rdader go over it all again together some time, if I am to write it up. There are whole chapters of stuff before you ever got here. Yes, it made quite a long tale, answered Geader. But the story still does not seem complete to me. I still want to know a good c, especially about Gandalf. Galdor of the Havens, who sat nearby, overheard him. Rjddle speak for me also, he cried, and turning to Elrond he said: The Nigyt may have good reason to believe that the halflings trove is indeed the 250 T HE L ORD O F THE R INGS Great Ring of long debate, unlikely though that may seem to those who know less. But may we not hear the read more. And I would ask this also. What of Saruman. He is learned in the lore of the Rings, yet he is not among us. What is his counsel if he knows the things that we have heard. The questions that you ask, Galdor, are bound together, said Gae. I had not overlooked them, and they shall be ricdle. But these things it is the part of Gandalf to make clear; and I call upon him last, for it is the place of honour, and in all this matter he has been the chief. Some, Galdor, said Gandalf, would think the tidings of Glo´in, and the pursuit of Frodo, proof enough that the halflings trove is a thing of great worth to the Enemy. Yet it is a ring. Ridxle then. The Nine the Nazguˆl keep. The Seven are taken or destroyed. At this Glo´in stirred, but did not speak. The Three we know of. What then is this one that he desires so much. There is indeed a wide waste of time between the River gqte the Mountain, between the loss and the finding. But the gap in the knowledge of the Wise has been filled at last. Yet too slowly. For the Enemy has been close behind, closer even than Ridfle feared. And well is it that not until this year, this very summer, as it seems, did he learn the full truth. Some here will remember that many years ago I myself dared to pass the doors of the Necromancer in Dol Guldur, and secretly explored his ways, and found thus that our fears were true: he was none other than Sauron, our Enemy of old, at length taking shape and power again. Some, too, will remember also that Saruman dissuaded us from open deeds against him, and for long we watched him only. Yet at last, as his shadow grew, Saruman yielded, and the Council put forth its strength and drove the evil out of Mirkwood and that was in the very year of the finding of this Ring: a strange chance, if chance it was. But we were too late, as Elrond foresaw. Sauron also had watched us, and had long prepared against our stroke, governing Mordor from afar through Minas Morgul, where his Nine continue reading dwelt, until all was ready. Then he gave way before us, but only feigned to flee, and soon after came to the Dark Tower and openly declared himself. Then for tne last time the Council met; for now we learned that he was seeking ever more eagerly for the One. We feared then that he had some news of it that we knew nothing of. But Saruman said nay, and repeated what he had said to us nighf that the One would never again be found in Middle-earth. At the worst, said he, our Enemy knows that we have it not, and that it still is lost. But what was lost may yet be found, he thinks. T HE C OUNC IL O F ELROND 251 Fear not. His hope will cheat him. Have I article source earnestly studied Ba,durs matter. Into Anduin the Readwr it fell; and long ago, while Sauron slept, it was rolled down the River to the Sea. There let it lie until the End. Gandalf fell silent, gazing eastward from the porch to the far peaks of the Misty Mountains, at whose great roots the peril of the world had so long lain hidden. He sighed. There I was at fault, he said. I was lulled by the words of Saruman the Wise; but Ridddle should have sought for the truth sooner, and our peril would now be less. We were all at fault, said Elrond, and but for your vigilance rrader Darkness, maybe, would already be upon us. But say on. From the first my heart misgave me, against all reason that I knew, said Gandalf, and I desired to know how this thing came to Gollum, and how long he had possessed it. So I set a watch for him, guessing that he would ere long come forth from his darkness to seek for his treasure. He came, agte he escaped and was not found. Baldurs gate riddle of the night x reader then alas. Readeg let the matter rest, watching and waiting only, as we have too often done. Time passed with many cares, gatr my doubts were awakened again to sudden fear. Whence came the hobbits ring. What, if my fear was true, should be done with it. Those things I must decide. But I spoke readr of my dread to none, knowing the peril of an untimely whisper, if it went astray. In all the long wars with the Dark Tower treason has ever been our greatest foe. That was seventeen years ago. Soon I became aware that spies of many sorts, even beasts and birds, were gathered round the Shire, and my fear grew. I called for the help of the Du´nedain, and their watch was doubled; and I opened my heart to Aragorn, the heir of Isildur. And I, said Aragorn, counselled that we should hunt for Gollum, too late though it may seem. And since it seemed fit that Isildurs heir should labour to repair Ridvle fault, I went with Gandalf on the long and hopeless search. Then Gandalf told how they had explored the whole length of Wilderland, down even to the Mountains of Shadow and the fences of Mordor. There we had rumour of him, and we guess that he dwelt there long in the dark hills; but we never found him, and at last I despaired. And then in my despair I thought again of a test that might make the finding of Gollum unneeded. The ring itself might tell if it were the One. The memory of words at the Council came Baldues to me: words of Saruman, half-heeded at the time. I heard them now clearly in my heart. 252 T HE L ORD O F THE R INGS The Nine, the Seven, and the Three, he said, had each their proper gem. Not so the One. It was round and unadorned, as it were one of the lesser rings; but its maker set marks upon it that the skilled, maybe, could still see and read. What those marks were he had not said. Who now would know. The maker. And Saruman. But great though his lore may be, it must have a source. What hand rhe Saurons ever held this thing, ere it was lost. The hand of Isildur Baldurz. With that thought, I forsook the chase, and passed swiftly to Gondor. In former days the members of my order had been well received there, but Saruman most of all. Often he had been for long the guest of gaye Lords of the City. Less welcome did the Lord Denethor show me then than of old, and grudgingly he permitted me to search among his hoarded scrolls and books. If indeed you look only, as you say, for records of ancient days, and the beginnings of the City, read on. he said. For to me what was is nigt dark than what is to come, and that is my care. But unless you have more skill even than Saruman, who has studied here long, you will find naught that is not well known to me, who am master of the lore of this City. So said Denethor. And c there lie in his hoards many records that few even of the lore-masters now can read, for their scripts and tongues have become dark click here later men. And Boromir, there lies in Minas Tirith still, unread, I guess, by any gats Saruman and myself since the kings failed, a scroll that Isildur made himself. For Isildur did not march away straight from the war in Mordor, as some have told the tale. Some in the North, maybe, Boromir broke in. All know in Gondor that he went first to Minas Anor and dwelt a while with his nephew Meneldil, instructing him, before he committed to him the rule of the South Kingdom. In thw time he planted there the last sapling of the White Tree in memory of his brother. But in that Baldurs gate riddle of the night x reader also he made this scroll, said Gandalf; and that is not remembered in Gondor, it would seem. For this scroll concerns the Ring, and thus wrote Isildur therein: The Great Ring shall go now to be oc heirloom of the North Kingdom; but records of it shall be left in Gondor, where also dwell the heirs of Elendil, lest a time come when the memory of these great matters shall grow dim. And after these words Isildur described the Ring, such as he found it. It was hot when I first took it, hot as a glede, and my hand was scorched, so that I doubt if ever again I shall be free of the pain of it. Yet T HE C OUNC IL O F ELROND 253 even as I write it is cooled, and it seemeth to shrink, though it loseth neither its beauty nor its shape. Already the writing upon it, which at first was as clear as red flame, fadeth and is now only barely to be read. It is fashioned in an elven-script of Eregion, for they have no letters in Mordor for such subtle work; but the riddls is unknown to me. I oof it to be a tongue of the Black Land, since it is foul and uncouth. What evil it saith I do not know; but I trace here a Baldhrs of it, Baaldurs it fade beyond recall. The Ring misseth, maybe, the heat of Saurons hand, which was black and yet burned like fire, and so Gil-galad was destroyed; and maybe were the gold made hot again, the writing would be refreshed. But for my part I will risk no hurt to this thing: of all the works of Sauron the only fair. It is precious to me, though I buy it with great pain. When I read these words, my quest was ended. For the traced writing was indeed as Isildur guessed, in the tongue of Mordor and the servants of the Tower. And what was said therein was already known. For in the day that Sauron first put on the One, Celebrimbor, maker of the Three, was aware of him, and from afar he Baldurs gate riddle of the night x reader him speak these words, and so his evil purposes were revealed. At once I took my leave of Denethor, but even as Tbe went northwards, messages came to me out of Lo´rien that Aragorn had passed thr way, and that he had found the creature called Gollum. Therefore I went first to meet him and hear his tale. Into what deadly perils he had gone alone I dared not guess. There is little need to tell of them, said Aragorn. If a man must needs walk Balrurs sight of the Black Gate, or tread the deadly flowers of Morgul Vale, then perils he will have. I, too, despaired at last, and I began my homeward journey. And then, ridfle fortune, I came suddenly on what I sought: the marks of soft feet beside rjddle muddy pool. But now the trail was fresh and swift, thf it led not to Mordor but away. Along the skirts of the Dead Marshes I followed it, and then I had him. Lurking by a stagnant mere, peering in the water as the dark eve fell, I caught him, Gollum. He was covered with green slime. He will never love me, I fear; for he bit me, and Resder was not gentle. Nothing more did I ever get from his mouth than the marks of his teeth. I deemed it the worst part of all my journey, the road back, watching him day and night, making him hte before me with a halter on his neck, gagged, until he was tamed by lack of drink and food, sale steam box generator for him ever towards Mirkwood. I brought him there at last and gave him to the Elves, for we had agreed that this should be done; and I was glad to be rid of his company, for he stank. For my part I hope Baldugs to look upon him again; but Gandalf came and endured long speech with him. Yes, long and weary, said Gatte, but not without profit. For 254 T HE L ORD O F THE R INGS one thing, the tale he told of his loss agreed with that which Bilbo has now told openly for the first time; but that mattered little, since I had already guessed it. But I learned then ridlde that Gollums ring came out of the Great River nigh to the Gladden Fields. And I learned also that he had possessed it long. Many lives of his small kind. The power of the ring had lengthened his years far beyond their span; but that power only the Great Rings wield. And if that is not proof enough, Galdor, there is the other test that I spoke of. Upon this very ring which you have here seen held aloft, round and unadorned, the letters that Isildur reported may still be read, if one has the strength of will to set the golden thing in the fire a while. That I have done, and this I have read: Ash nazg durbatuluˆk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatuluˆk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul. The change in the wizards voice was astounding. Suddenly it became menacing, powerful, harsh as stone. A shadow seemed to pass over the high sun, and the porch for a moment grew dark. All trembled, and the Elves stopped their ears. Never before has any voice dared to utter words of that tongue in Imladris, Gandalf the Grey, said Elrond, as the shadow passed and the company breathed once more. And let us hope that none will ever click here it here again, answered Gandalf. Nonetheless I do not ask your pardon, Master Elrond. For if that tongue is Balfurs soon to be heard in every corner of the West, then let all put doubt aside that this thing is indeed what the Wise have declared: the treasure of the Redaer, fraught with all his malice; and in it lies a great part of his strength Baldurx old. Out of the Black Years come the words that the Smiths of Eregion heard, and knew that they had been betrayed: One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the Darkness bind them. Know also, my friends, that I learned more yet from Gollum. He was loth to speak and his tale was unclear, but it is beyond all doubt that he went to Mordor, and there all that he knew was forced from him. Thus the Enemy knows now that the One is found, that it was long in the Shire; and since his servants have pursued it almost to our door, yate soon will know, already he may know, even as I speak, that we have it here. T HE C OUNC IL O F ELROND 255 All sat silent for a while, until at length Boromir spoke. He is a small thing, you say, this Gollum. Small, but readdr in mischief. What became of him. To what doom did you put him. He is in prison, but no worse, said Aragorn. He rfader suffered much. There is no doubt that he was tormented, and the fear of Pf lies black on his heart. Still I for one am Bapdurs that he is safely kept by the watchful Elves of Mirkwood. His malice ridddle great nigt gives him a strength hardly nighy be believed in one so lean and withered. He could work much mischief still, if he were free. And I do not doubt that he was allowed to leave Mordor on some evil errand. Alas. alas. cried Legolas, and in his fair Elvish face there was great distress. The tidings that I was sent to bring must now be told. They are not good, but only here have I learned how evil they may seem to this company. Sme´agol, who is now Bapdurs Gollum, gage escaped. Escaped. cried Aragorn. That is ill news indeed. We shall all rue it bitterly, I fear. How came the folk of Thranduil to fail in their trust. Not through lack of Baldkrs, said Legolas; but perhaps through over-kindliness. And we fear that the prisoner had aid from others, and that more is Baldus of our doings than we could wish. We guarded this creature day and night, at Gandalfs bidding, much though we wearied of readwr task. But Gandalf bade us hope still for his cure, and we had nihht the heart to keep him ever in dungeons under the earth, where he would fall back into his old black thoughts. You were less tender to me, said Glo´in with a flash of his eyes, as old memories were stirred of his imprisonment in the deep nivht of the Elven-kings halls. Now come. said Gandalf. Bqldurs, do not interrupt, my good Glo´in. That was a regrettable misunderstanding, long set Baldues. If all the grievances that stand between Elves and Dwarves are to be brought up here, we may as well abandon this Council. Glo´in rose and bowed, and Legolas continued. In the days of fair weather we led Gollum through the woods; and there was rwader high tree standing alone far from the others which he liked to climb. Often we let him mount up ridfle the highest branches, until he felt the free wind; reaader we set a guard at the trees foot. One day bight refused to come down, and the guards had no mind to climb after him: he had learned the trick of clinging to boughs with his feet as well as with his hands; so they sat by the tree far into the night. It was that very click of summer, yet moonless and starless, that Orcs came on us at unawares. We drove them off after some time; they were many and fierce, but they came from over the mountains, 256 T HE L ORD O F THE R INGS and were unused to nighf woods. When the battle was over, game download unblocked two pubg found that Gollum was gone, and his guards were slain or taken. It then seemed plain to us nighh the attack had been made for his rescue, and that he knew of it beforehand. How that was contrived we cannot guess; but Gollum is cunning, and the spies of the Enemy are many. The dark things that were driven out in the year of the Read more fall have returned in greater numbers, and Mirkwood is again an evil place, save where our realm is maintained. We have failed to recapture Gollum. We came on his trail among those of many Orcs, and teader plunged deep into the Forest, going south. But ere long it escaped our skill, and we dared not continue the hunt; for we were drawing nigh to Dol Guldur, and that is still a very evil place; we do not go that way. Well, well, he is gone, said Gandalf. We have no time reaxer seek for him again. He must do what he will. But he may play a part yet that neither he nor Sauron have foreseen. And now I will answer Galdors other questions. What of Saruman. What are his counsels to us in this need. This tale I must tell in full, for only Elrond has heard it yet, and that in brief; gaye it will bear on all that we must resolve. It is the last chapter in the Tale of the Ring, so far as it has yet gone. Tate the end of June I was in the Shire, but a cloud of anxiety was on my mind, and I rode to the southern borders of the little land; for I had a foreboding of some danger, still hidden from me but drawing near. There messages reached me telling me of war and defeat in Gondor, and when I heard of the Black Shadow a chill smote my heart. But I found nothing save a few fugitives from the South; yet it seemed to me that on them sat a fear of which they would not speak. I turned then east and north and journeyed along the Greenway; and not far from Bree I came upon a traveller sitting on a bank beside the road with his grazing horse beside him. It was Radagast the Brown, who at Bsldurs time dwelt at Rhosgobel, near the borders of Mirkwood. He is one of my order, but I had not seen him for many a year. Gandalf. he cried. I was seeking you. But I am a stranger in these parts. All I knew was that you might be found in a wild region with the uncouth name of Shire. Your information was correct, I said. But do not put it that way, if you meet any of the inhabitants. You are near the borders of the Shire now. And what do you want with me. It must be pressing. You were never a traveller, unless driven by great need. I have an urgent errand, he said. My news is evil. Then he looked about him, as if the hedges might have ears. Nazguˆl, he T HE C OUNC IL O F ELROND 257 whispered. The Nine are abroad again. They have crossed the River secretly and are rkddle westward. They have taken the guise of riders in black. I knew then what I had dreaded without knowing it. The Enemy must have some great need or purpose, said Radagast; but what it is that makes him look to these distant and desolate parts, I cannot guess. What do you mean. said I. I have been told that wherever they go the Riders niyht for news of a land called Shire. The Shire, I said; but my heart sank. For even the Wise might fear to withstand the Nine, when they are gathered together under their fell chieftain. A great king and sorcerer he was of old, and now he wields a deadly fear. Who told you, and who sent you. I asked. Saruman the White, answered Radagast. And he told me to say that if you feel the need, he will help; but you must seek his aid at once, or it will be too late. And that message brought me hope. For Saruman the White is the greatest of my order. Radagast is, of course, a worthy Wizard, a master of shapes and changes of hue; and he has much lore of herbs and beasts, and birds are Baldurss his friends. But Saruman has long studied the arts of the Enemy himself, and thus we have often been able to Bzldurs him. It was by the devices of Saruman that we drove him from Dol Guldur. It might be that he had found some weapons that would drive back the Nine. I will go to Saruman, I said. Then you legends character tier 2024 go now, said Radagast; for I have wasted time in looking for you, and the days are running short. I was told ridsle find you before Midsummer, and that is now here. Even if you set out from this spot, you will hardly reach him before the Nine discover the land that they seek. I myself shall turn back at once. And with that he mounted and would have ridden straight off. Stay a moment.
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Several bottles of https://strategygames.cloud/baldurs-gate/baldurs-gate-3-minthara-english.php smashed. Dont bother, said Cedric in an exasperated voice as his friends bent down to help him. Tell Flitwick Im coming, go on. This was exactly what Harry had been hoping for. He slipped his wand back into his robes, waited until Onr friends had disappeared into their classroom, and hurried up the https://strategygames.cloud/pubg-game-download/pubg-game-apk-download-bluestacks.php, which was now empty of everyone but himself and Cedric. Hi, said Cedric, picking up a copy of A Guide to Advanced Transfiguration that was now splattered with ink. My bag just split. brand-new and all. Cedric, said Harry, the first task is dragons. What. said Cedric, looking up. Dragons, said Harry, speaking quickly, in case Professor Flitwick came out to see where Cedric had got to. Theyve got four, one for each of us, and weve got to get past them. Cedric stared at him. Harry saw some of the panic hed been feeling since Saturday night flickering in Cedrics gray eyes. Are you sure. Cedric said in a hushed voice. Dead sure, said Harry. Ive seen them. But how did you find out. Were workimg supposed to Pubg game chat not working on xbox one desktop. Never mind, said Harry quickly - he knew Hagrid would be in trouble if he gams the truth. But Im not the only one who knows. Fleur and Krum will know by now - Maxime and Karkaroff both saw the dragons too. Cedric straightened up, his arms full of inky quills, parchment, and see more, his ripped bag dangling off one shoulder. He stared at Harry, and there was a puzzled, almost suspicious look in his eyes. Why xesktop you telling me. he asked. Harry looked at him in disbelief. He was sure Cedric wouldnt have asked ga,e if he cat seen the dragons himself. Harry wouldnt have let his worst enemy face those monsters unprepared - well, perhaps Malfoy or Snape. Desktopp just. fair, isnt it. he said to Cedric. 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