Bilbo and frodo differences12/5/2023 It's explicitly stated that the shard of the Morgul Knife was in the process of turning him into a wraith and so it seems logical that this might well increase the hold that the ring had.It is certainly mentioned at several points that this injury has a lingering effect.Īlso Frodo comes much closer, physically to the influence of Sauron. It is fairly strongly implied that the Ring began to 'wake up' in some sense as Sauron began to return to power.īilbo never really understood the full significance of the ring while it was in his possession and it's entirely possible that that knowledge, just in itself was a factor.Īnother important factor is the would he received on Weathertop. When Bilbo had the Ring Sauron was relatively inactive and geographically distant. It is when he is attacked by the Nazgul on Weathertop that he first starts to see things - and even then it is primarily the nearby Nazgul that can sense and see him - not Sauron yet from his tower hundreds of miles away.Īlso Bilbo stays in the Shire with the ring whereas Frodo brings the ring ever closer to Sauron in the attempt to destroy it, so its possible the closer he comes to Mordor the more powerful and corruptive a hold it gains on Frodo. Frodo obeys Gandalf's recommendations and does not use the ring in this period, and breaks this for the first time 'accidentally' in the Prancing Pony very briefly, and does not seem to suffer particularly from the experience. So it is well after Bilbo is no longer the owner and active user of the ring that Sauron starts to seek him. Since Gollum is released only a year before the Nazgul actively start seeking for "Baggins" one can guess that it is likely that this happens towards the end of this time period. It is not until some time between 14 that Gollum (venturing into Mordor seeking the ring himself) is captured by Sauron. In Tolkien's writings, Bilbo's party is in S.R. So at the time that Bilbo owns the ring, Sauron is not as powerful, and he believes the ring is lost and is searching for it in the wrong area. Sauron does not even openly declare himself until about 10 years after Bilbo finds the ring, and he believes the ring has been lost in the area he was defeated by Isildur. In the distant past, Sauron was defeated by Isildur and thought to be destroyed, however he is slowly rebuilding his power for literally hundreds of years under the guise of being The Necromancer of Dol Guldur. A further 18 years elapses before Frodo starts to bear the ring towards Mordor to destroy it. That Bilbo never receives the attention of Sauron in quite the same way that Frodo does.īilbo's 111th birthday party which starts the story of the Lord of the Rings, and where Bilbo gives the ring to Frodo, takes place about 60 years after the events of The Hobbit. That Sauron is slowly increasing his powers over the whole timeline of the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings - the stories of which take place over an 80 year period. I think the two main reasons behind this are:
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