My dear Sauron,
As you just confirmed, the hobbit’s name is Frodo. Frodo was told by Gandalf to have pity for Sméagol, and this pity will serve him at the end, especially as since your Ring is too strong for him or anyone to willfully destroy it. Gandalf has convinced him that few can make it, and Frodo was one of the few. Frodo tried in the beginning to let it go and still put that thing in his pocket! He is out with Sam Gamgee, his loyal and trusted companion.
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See, Sam is more of a representative hobbit than all the others, even Merry and Pippin. In the beginning, it was revealed Frodo’s closest friends were actually Merry and Pippin, but later, Sam came into the mix. This is because Merry and Pippin came from the same wealth Frodo has. Sam did not. Sam worked for Frodo and Bilbo, his gardener. However, since Frodo is the one with the Ring, it is much easier to get to Frodo than it is to get to Sam. We also know much more about Frodo than we would about Sam, considering that Frodo would be the main Ringbearer. Dream! See, Frodo without the Ring – is just like any other Hobbit. As we have discussed, Hobbits aren’t exactly scheme-able, so to speak, when compared to the Elves and Men, for example. However, Frodo with the Ring – voila! We could even continue stopping Frodo from taking the Ring to Mordor, all the way until the very end.
Right before the Fellowship departed, Frodo and Gandalf had a conversation about your Ring, and this is where they discussed the pity of Sméagol. Since his older cousin, his “uncle” Bilbo, would have pity for Sméagol, Frodo should too. This is why Sméagol is still around. There is a strange element in the world that is called Pity or Mercy, which Frodo is now experiencing. “Pity” of wanting to put on the Ring and disappear! These are some of the greatest virtues defined by our Enemy.
While Frodo is the “chosen one” in the sense that no one else would’ve done the deed – the truth is, he volunteered to take the thing to Mordor out of a thing what our Enemies would call “love.” Love for his home and for Middle-earth. Little would he know, this is what makes Frodo the most vulnerable, as our mission is to keep him from nurturing this love for Middle-earth: to make the Ring (and Frodo) one of us! As we can see now, Frodo’s stakes are unbearably high as the Ringbearer. He is carrying your Ring and trying to fight against you when your forces are actively working. When Bilbo had the Ring, you really slacked off, which was why he was able to merely enjoy it as a ring of invisibility.
This happened at Weathertop – as Frodo wore the Ring despite being warned by Gandalf (possibly at the prompting of some of our Enemies) not to. After wearing the Ring, he was stabbed by a Morgul blade, as they could see him clearly. And so would I! This is why Frodo is the most vulnerable character to mess with – as the Ringbearer, the one who would be taking the Ring to Mordor – this would grant him the most vulnerability to our schemes – one that gets closer and closer until he gets to Mordor, if he ever gets there. Dream!
Gollum was originally named Sméagol before he got corrupted by the One Ring. However, under the Misty Mountains, he would find himself to still acquire both characters: Sméagol (his good side) and Gollum (his prevailing one, the one that lusts for the Ring). While squabbling, he lost his Ring and wanted to look for it, and Bilbo came. Bilbo asked a question, and Gollum started a riddle, which was promising for having Bilbo corrupted by the Ring. However, that would nearly happen much later, before the cruel wizard Gandalf asked him to give it up. But Bilbo didn’t want to kill Gollum and have the Ring to himself, and Gandalf has now instructed Frodo to do the same. So right when they finally see him, Frodo now has pity for Sméagol. Sam would not have this pity, as he does not know about it yet. His main motive is to protect and stand by Frodo. That leaves Sam to contemplate killing Gollum. That way, Gollum will never be their guide!
Sam doesn’t consider himself to be heroic or even brave. However, this causes him to be vulnerable as well, as it also “had an ingredient of pride and possessiveness,” that of thinking he knows what is best for Frodo. This is what we want, and what we see in Boromir but in a different way. See, Boromir thought he knew better than Frodo what to do with the Ring. Sam, however, wants to leave the task to Frodo, but he is seeing Frodo and his pity for Sméagol and could learn from that. Never let him. If he learns from Frodo, that would make destroying the Ring much easier. We don’t want that! We want it to be harder for them. In other words, let Sam lean on this “pride and possessiveness.” Make sure he never sees and forgets any pity Frodo has shown for Sméagol. Now that Frodo sees Gollum, he pities him because they both have experience with the One Ring while Sam hasn’t. See, when Frodo leaves Amon Hen, he says he’s going to Mordor alone. But Sam says, “Of course you are, and I’m coming with you!” and Frodo accepts. This is because Sam (and Frodo) knew they wouldn’t be able to make it out alone. We must stop them! Despite having convinced Frodo he must go alone, Sam still comes running.
One could say that Frodo was not made to be in this world; he was made to be in Aman – which is evident by his Ring bearing. However, this applies to all the characters that they are meant to be in other realms, or life outside of Middle-earth in many ways, Aman or not Aman. Our job is to convince him that there is nothing else to come after Middle-earth and Aman. Should you fall, Sauron, Frodo would get all the honor and glory and be invited to go to Aman.
With the Ring, he can be invisible, live longer, and many more! Gollum has the same idea. He “loved when no one could see him when he wore the Ring.” Gollum is already a wretched creature. He is in his 500s now, while Bilbo would be nearing 130. Most hobbits live to be 100. Sure, the Old Took (whom Bilbo’s trying to outlive) lived to be 130 without the Ring, and Bilbo knows it, but we don’t want that to give him any hope.
We must keep Sam from reaching the point of pity for Gollum. However, it seems that this disagreement that Frodo and Sam have, unfortunately, will not be big enough to separate their bond. But we still have Sam and Gollum. But you will need to find another way. See, the point is not to side Frodo with Gollum. It’s to pit Frodo and Sam AND Gollum. All need to be pitted against each other. You need to pit all of them against each other, even Merry, Pippin – they will be separated soon – Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, Gandalf – for the sake of your Ring. With your Ring, that should be easy. As a result, they’ll all want the Ring so much that they’ll risk their friendship to do so. That happened to Boromir. We convinced Boromir that he knew better than Frodo what to do with the Ring. Unfortunately, due to Frodo’s conversation with Gandalf, Frodo stuck to his guns, and he is now well off on his way to Mordor with Sam. Boromir died after defending Merry and Pippin, which we tried to stop. Our Enemy would say that he died defending those he loved.
See, as I may have mentioned before – our Enemy has this idea that the hobbits’ different characters are supposed to work with each other, not against. Let me explain: Frodo is the Ringbearer, while Sam would be by his side, he saves Frodo more and more as Frodo gets weaker, all because he’s not carrying your Ring. That way, when there may come a time when Sam must help Frodo carry the Ring, we can convince Sam to keep it forever like we always do with all the other Ringbearers. Remind Sam of the large garden he would have, and it is not merely a large garden. It’s Samwise the Strong, Hero of the Age. Remind him of all the powers he would get and all the wild fantasies. Armies will flock to him as he would march to the overthrow of Barad-dûr. Since Sam is a gardener, his vision of great power would be a large “garden of flowers and trees that brought forth fruit.” Much like Bilbo, his Ring of invisibility, and his 111th birthday joke. The Ring promises to give more of what they like.
Alas, Frodo and Sam will go through Shelob’s Lair, and Frodo would get caught by Shelob with the Ring. That way, he’ll be one of us now! He’ll have the Ring forever. But Sam will do all that he can to save Frodo, all the while figuring he would go to Mordor himself, throw it into the fire, and then come back to Shelob’s Lair to die with Frodo. Good plan! That way, we can claim both Frodo and Sam. Both will become one of us! Sam would never throw the Ring into the fire no matter what he says, thanks to your power.
Since separating their bond doesn’t seem to work, we will try other motives. Then, make sure Sam offers to “share the load,” once he sees Frodo worn out and exhausted from carrying your Ring, as he starts to be around it for longer. That will really trip Frodo up and separate the two, as Frodo has had the Ring for so long and would be too weary and exhausted to see beyond your motives. This is the perfect moment! No you won’t you thief!
Frodo doesn’t want Sam to be burdened with the Ring. Make sure he knows that, so he would insist on doing it all by himself. The One Ring is not meant to be taken to Mordor alone. Sure, a single hobbit can be a Ringbearer, as Frodo would be a majority of the time, but he would need to be helped by the other characters. The key is that Sam can help Frodo so much because he was not carrying the Ring for nearly as long as he was. We convinced Frodo otherwise in the beginning. Frodo offered the Ring to Gandalf, Aragorn, and Galadriel. However, they all knew that it wouldn’t work out, so we were busted.
And lastly, the thing about Frodo is that he’s so complex to the human eye. He cannot be put into a box. All the characters we’ve fooled…Fëanor, Ar-Pharazôn, even some of the other members of the Fellowship, Boromir…they all were easy to fool by the human eye because they already had their desire for power. Sure, Frodo wanted to save Middle-earth, though his task was a bit eccentric, the whole taking the Ring to Mordor thing. Frodo might have been a challenge without him being the Ringbearer, but by virtue of being a Ringbearer, he would be much easier to fool. Mwahahahaha. Maybe Frodo should think twice before accepting the task of taking the Ring to Mordor.
Your precious comrade,
Melkor Morgoth
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