I amar prestar aen… The world is changed Han mathon ne nen… I feel it in the water Han mathon ne chae… I feel it in the earth A han noston ned gwilith… I smell it in the air Much that once was is lost For none now live who remember it It began with the forging of the Great Rings Three were given to the Elves Immortal, wisest, and fairest of all beings Seven to the Dwarf Lords Great miners and craftsmen of the mountain halls And nine Nine Rings were gifted to the Race of Men Who above all else desire power For within these Rings were bound the strength and will to govern each Race But they were all of them deceived For another Ring was made In the Land of Mordor In the Fires of Mount Doom The Dark Lord Sauron forged in Secret a Last Ring to control all others And into this Ring he poured his cruelty, his malice, and his will to dominate all life One Ring to rule them all One by one Free Lands of Middle Earth fell to the Power of the Ring But there were some who resisted A Last Alliance of Men and Elves marched against the Armies of Mordor And on the slopes of Mount Doom they fought for the freedom of Middle Earth Victory was near But the Power of the Ring could not be undone It was in this moment when all hope had faded That Isildur, Son of the King, took up his father’s sword Sauron, the enemy of the Free Peoples of Middle Earth, was defeated The Ring passed to Isildur Who had his one chance to destroy Evil forever But the hearts of Men are easily corrupted And the Ring of Power has a will of it’s own It betrayed Isildur to his death And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost History became legend Legend became myth And for two and a half thousand years the Ring passed out of all knowledge Until, when chance came, it ensnared a new Bearer The Ring came to the creature Gollum Who took it deep into the tunnels of the Misty Mountains 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 crept back into the Forests of the World Rumor grew of a Shadow east Whispers of a Nameless Fear And the Ring of Power perceived Its time had now come It abandoned Gollum But something happened then the Ring did not intend It was picked up by the most unlikely creature imaginable A hobbit, Bilbo Baggins of the Shire For the time will soon come When hobbits will shape the fortunes of all LOTR Extended Edition marathon. Stop by for whole or part. We'll probably be doing homework and things at the same time. Bring your ring of power.