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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Serge" data-source="post: 2489122" data-attributes="member: 4049"><img src="http://www.hollywoodjesus.com/movie/lotr_fellowship/48.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />Bio:  The Ringbearer of the War of the Ring of Middle-Earth, Frodo Baggins was charged by fate to carry The One Ring across Middle-Earth into the Land of Mordor and destroy it by casting it into the fires of Mount Doom wherein The Ring was forged.  Aided by the Fellowship of the Ring and ultimately by his friend and confidant, Samwise Gamgee, Frodo was overcome by the weight of The Ring at the last moment.  Fate again played a hand when the former hobbit, Smeagol/Gollum, still lusting after his "precious" bit off Frodo's ring-finger and The Ring and fell into the fires of Mount Doom, destroying The Ring and its master, the Dark Lord Sauron.  Frodo, once gravely wounded by Sauron's chief servant, the Witch-King of Angmar, never healed from his travails and, after three years in his beloved Shire, he was rewarded as one of the few non-Elves to travel into The West in the light of the Ainur.Frodo is essentially a Christ-Figure at the highest calibre.  He undertook something due to faith and responsibility despite the fact that he and his fellow hobbits were not perceived as integral participants of Middle-Earth's conflicts.  He put not just his life, but his soul, on the line in order to save all of Middle-Earth.  Indeed, he carried the burden of the entire world until the moment The Ring was cast into the fire.  His ultimate failure is mitigated by the fact that of all the Ringbearers and those exposed to The Ring, he was the only one (aside from Sam) to overcome its effects long enough to complete the task set before him.  Frodo is a true hero and his sacrifice earned him a place in Tolkien's heaven.</blockquote>

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