:01:00
Three for the tall Elf-kings.
:01:05
But then, the Dark Lordlearned
the craf of ring-making...
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...andmade the Master Ring.
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The One Ring to rule them all.
:01:16
With the One Ring, Middle-earth is his
andhe cannot be overcome.
:01:22
As the last alliance ofMen and Elves
fell beneath his power...
:01:26
...he didnot notice the heroic shadow
who slippedin.
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It was Prince Isildur...
:01:36
...of the mighty kings from across the sea...
:01:39
...who took the Ring.
:01:45
But because he didnot destroy it,
the spirit of the Dark Lordlived on...
:01:52
...andbegan to take shape andgrow again.
:01:56
But the Ring hada will ofits own,
anda way ofslipping from one hand...
:02:00
...to be foundby another, so that it
might at last get back to its master.
:02:07
And there the Ring lay,
at the bottom of the Great RiverAnduin...
:02:11
...for thousands ofyears.
:02:16
During those years...
:02:18
...the Dark Lord captured the nine Rings
that were made for Men...
:02:22
...and turned their owners
into the Ringwraiths.;
:02:26
Terrible shadows under his great shadow...
:02:31
...who roamed the world,
searching for the One Ring.
:02:37
ln time, the Ring was found.
:02:40
Two friends were fishing
in the Great River one day.
:02:55
-Give us that, Deagol, my love.
-Why, Smeagol?
:02:58
Because it's my birthday,
my love, and I wants it.