What If Gollum Never Found The Ring?

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What if Gollum didn’t die? …

Gollum’s only alive because

of the will to take the Ring-despite all of Frodo’s hopes, Smeagol never found any other purpose in life. Without the Ring, he would die from a shattered will and broken heart.

What would’ve happened if Bilbo never found the Ring?

Gollum had had the ring for untold years. If Bilbo had not found Gollum there would be no LoT.

The ring called Bilbo to it, so that it could get out of the cave and back into the rest of the world

. This would give the ring more chance of being found by Sauron.

What if the One Ring was never found?

Without the possession of, and destruction of, the One Ring, the West would

have suffered the attacks of Sauron and his minions to extinction

, eventually. However, Saruman might still be in Orthanc, seeking news of the Ring, destroying the trees of Fangorn, and generally making a complete mess of things.

How long would Gollum have lived without the Ring?

Gollum had his life largely extended because he possessed the One Ring. He appeared to be an old, deformed, and twisted creature. According to this list, he had the Ring for 478 years. His loss of the Ring and the events of The Lord of the Rings are separated by

around 77 years

.

How did Gollum react when he couldn’t find the Ring?

He sees Bilbo and, curious and not very hungry (yet), comes to the shore. … When Gollum can’t find his ring, he guesses

(correctly, this time) that Bilbo has it and comes to attack Bilbo

. As Bilbo runs away, he puts his hand in his pocket to figure out what he does have there, and the ring slips on to his finger.

What would happen if Sauron got the Ring back?

Sauron would aquire the Ring,

and create more and more troops and fire and evil schemes and things to bloat up his already enormous army

. He would first overthrow Saruman, as he is no more use to him, and occupy Orthanc with one of his brilliant generals and leave a bit of the great army there.

What would happen if Boromir took the Ring?

He would have kept it,

declared himself King in Gondor and gone to war with Sauron

. But the ring would only have given him power according to his stature, so ambition would have blinded him. Sauron would have destroyed Gondor and taken back the ring.

What does Gollum eat?

4 What did Gollum eat? Gollum’s diet consisted entirely of

raw fish and baby rabbits

, which meant that he had to hunt for his food. He’d grab the fish out of rivers and devour them, or pounce on defenseless baby rabbits as they were passing by. His diet was mostly fish – it was much more fish than rabbit.

What effects does the ring have on Bilbo?

Frodo appeared to suffer hugely when he put the ring on.

Bilbo was able to turn invisible and have no side effects or suffering when

he wore it.

Does the One Ring stop aging?

The exact mechanism behind this is not completely clear, but it seems that

the Ring “stops time”

, i.e., that it stops the ageing process of the bearer. … Bilbo hardly ever put on the Ring himself, but still lived much longer than an average Hobbit and aged much slower.

How old is Smaug?

Certainly dragons live very, very long– Glaurung had been ‘brooding’ for a century, and was still considered to be juvenile. Smaug was

at very least ~180 years old by

the time he was slain.

Who is the oldest character in Lord of the Rings?


Tom Bombadil

is the oldest, as are other Maiar and Varda listed above. The Ents came from the thoughts of Yvanna (a Varda), who is the same age as Tom Bombadil.

Did Gollum ever put the Ring on?

When Frodo and Sam had almost reached their destination, Gollum attacked them, but Frodo threw him down. … Moments later, Frodo stood on the edge of the Crack of Doom, but

claimed the Ring for himself and put it on

. Gollum struck, struggled with the invisible Frodo, bit off Frodo’s finger, and seized the Ring.

Is Gollum good or evil?

He

is not evil

, conniving or malicious – these personality traits belong to Gollum, who should never be confused with Smeagol. “Smeagol would never dream of wielding power over those weaker than himself. He is not a bully. In fact he’s very lovable.

Did Gollum know Frodo was a Baggins?

At last in the next chapter (“The Passage of the Marshes”), it’s confirmed he knew Frodo’s name from his dialogue with his other self: ‘

Make the other hobbit, the nasty suspicious hobbit, make him crawl, yes, gollum!

Who is more powerful Galadriel or Sauron?


Sauron is stronger than Galadriel fella

. He tops her in any way, after all, he is a Maiar and she’s a simple mortal. … Melkor(Morgoth)was left out, Gothmog, Ancalagon the Black, Valars, other Maias, and other beings and creatures like some elves,dwarves,people described in his books.

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