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On this date in T.A. 3019, Frodo Baggins cast the One Ring into the Cracks of Mount Doom. This act precipitated the ruin of Barad-dûr and the fall of the Dark Lord Sauron, and the world was made brighter thereby.
Isn't Tolkien great?! So many Catholic references in his Rings trilogy, and so much beautiful imagery. But I'm a bit biased, since I'm writing this from Rivendell. Really! :-)
Isn't Tolkien great?! So many Catholic references in his Rings trilogy, and so much beautiful imagery. But I'm a bit biased, since I'm writing this from Rivendell. Really! :-)
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