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The Hobbit: Chapter 18, The Return Journey - with Casey Winters

That's What I'm Tolkien About

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Is the Ring a Companion of Thoran?

The power of the ring seems a pretty low key compared to compared it later, for sure. But i think even in universe, it makes sense, if you consider that saron's power is less here, and so therefore the ring would have less power. I don't know why i found that amusing, but i did. And it's even funnier too, because there was a moment in the battle where it says like bilbo preferred, like, if he was going to die, he would have preferred to die protecting the elvin king. He hasn't had any kind of relationship with the elvin king at this point? You know, if anything, it should be he,

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