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Frodo Baggins inherits the One Ring and sets out from the Shire with a Fellowship of nine companions.
The Fellowship is broken. Frodo and Sam journey toward Mordor guided by Gollum, while war breaks out at Helm's Deep.
The final chapter — the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, the siege of Minas Tirith, and the fires of Mount Doom.
Bilbo Baggins joins Thorin Oakenshield and a company of dwarves on a quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain.
The company enters Mirkwood, visits Laketown, and faces the dragon Smaug beneath the Lonely Mountain.
The quest reaches its climax as five armies converge on the Lonely Mountain.