a cᴏᴍpʀᴇhᴇnsɪᴠᴇ guɪdᴇ: whʏ dɪd fʀᴏdᴏ lᴇaᴠᴇ ᴍɪddlᴇ-ᴇaʀth ɪn 'lᴏʀd ᴏf thᴇ ʀɪngs'?
fʀᴏdᴏ’s fatᴇful dᴇpaʀtuʀᴇ: a dᴇcɪsɪᴏn ᴏf ʙuʀdᴇn and hᴏpᴇ aftᴇʀ wɪtnᴇssɪng thᴇ dᴇstʀuctɪᴏn ᴏf hɪs hᴏᴍᴇ, hᴏʙʙɪtᴏn, and lᴇaʀnɪng ᴏf thᴇ ɪᴍpᴇndɪng thʀᴇat ᴏf sauʀᴏn’s fᴏʀcᴇs, fʀᴏdᴏ ʙaggɪns ᴇᴍʙaʀᴋᴇd ᴏn a pᴇʀɪlᴏus quᴇst tᴏ dᴇstʀᴏʏ thᴇ ᴏnᴇ ʀɪng ɪn ᴍᴏunt dᴏᴏᴍ. thᴇ wᴇɪght ᴏf thᴇ ʀɪng’s ɪnfluᴇncᴇ ʙᴏʀᴇ hᴇaᴠɪlʏ ᴏn hɪs ᴍɪnd and ʙᴏdʏ, ʏᴇt hᴇ pʀᴇssᴇd ᴏn, dʀɪᴠᴇn ʙʏ a pʀᴏfᴏund sᴇnsᴇ ᴏf ʀᴇspᴏnsɪʙɪlɪtʏ and thᴇ ʙᴇlɪᴇf that hᴇ cᴏuld saᴠᴇ ᴍɪddlᴇ-ᴇaʀth fʀᴏᴍ daʀᴋnᴇss....
