The Fellowship of the Ring

The Fellowship of the Ring
Symbol	R1
Based on	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Game	LEGO The Lord of the Rings
Universe	The Lord of the Rings
Starting Level	Prologue
Ending Level	Amon Hen
Number of levels	6
How to unlock	Starter

Elrond: "Nine companions... You shall be the Fellowship of the Ring!"

The Pass of Caradhras

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is the first episode in LEGO The Lord of the Rings.

Story

In the Second Age of Middle-earth, the lords of Elves, Dwarves and Men are given Rings of Power. Unbeknownst to them, the Dark Lord Sauron forges the One Ring at Mount Doom, instilling much of his power in it, to dominate the other Rings and conquer Middle-earth. A final alliance of Men and Elves fights Sauron's forces in Mordor. Isildur of Gondor cuts off Sauron's finger and the Ring with it, thus defeating Sauron and returning him to his spiritual form. With Sauron's first defeat, the Third Age of Middle-earth begins. The Ring's influence corrupts Isildur, who takes it for himself and is then killed by the Orcs. The Ring is lost in a river for 2,500 years until it is found by Gollum, who possesses it for over four and a half centuries. The Ring abandons Gollum and is later found by a hobbit named Bilbo Baggins, who is unaware of its history.

Sixty years later, Bilbo is reunited with his old friend, the wizard Gandalf the Grey. Bilbo leaves the Shire to embark on one last adventure and leaves his inheritance, including the Ring, to his nephew Frodo. Gandalf investigates the Ring, discovers its true nature, and discovers that Gollum was captured and tortured by Sauron's Orcs, revealing two words during his interrogation: "Shire" and "Baggins." Gandalf returns and warns Frodo to leave the Shire. When Frodo departs with his friend, the gardener Samwise Gamgee, Gandalf travels to Isengard to meet the wizard Saruman, but discovers his betrayal and alliance with Sauron, who has sent his nine undead Nazgûl servants to search for Frodo.

Frodo and Sam are joined by their fellow hobbits Merry and Pippin, and evade the Nazgûl before reaching Bree, where they must meet Gandalf at the Inn of The Prancing Pony. However, Gandalf never arrives, as Saruman took him prisoner. The hobbits are then aided by a ranger named Strider, who promises to escort them to Rivendell; However, they are ambushed by the Nazgûl at Weathertop, and their leader, the Witch-king, stabs Frodo with a Morgul blade. Arwen, an Elf and Strider's beloved, locates Strider and rescues Frodo, summoning flood-waters that wipe the Nazgûl away. She takes him to Rivendell, where the elves heal him. Frodo meets Gandalf, who escaped from Isengard on a Great Eagle. That night, Strider reunites with Arwen and they affirm their love for each other.

Learning of Saruman's betrayal by Gandalf and now realizing that they face threats from both Sauron and Saruman, Arwen's father, Lord Elrond, decides not to keep the Ring in Rivendell. He holds a council of Elves, Men, and Dwarves, also attended by Frodo and Gandalf, who decide that the Ring must be destroyed in the fires of Mount Doom. Frodo volunteers to take the Ring, accompanied by Gandalf, Sam, Merry, Pippin, Elf Legolas, Dwarf Gimli, Boromir of Gondor, and Strider—who is actually Aragorn, Isildur's heir and the rightful King of Gondor. Bilbo, now living in Rivendell, gives Frodo his sword Sting and a chainmail shirt made of mithril.

The Fellowship of the Ring heads to the Gap of Rohan, but discovers that it is being watched by Saruman's spies. They instead set off over the mountain pass of Caradhras, but Saruman summons a storm that forces them to travel through the Mines of Moria, where a tentacled water beast blocks off the entrance with the Fellowship inside, giving them no choice but to journey to the exit on the other end. After finding the Dwarves of Moria dead, the Fellowship is attacked by Orcs and a cave troll. They hold them off, but face Durin's Bane: a Balrog that resides within the mines. As the others escape, Gandalf defends the Balrog and throws it into a great chasm, but the Balrog drags Gandalf into the darkness with it. The devastated Fellowship arrives Lothlórien, ruled by the Elf-queen Galadriel, who privately informs Frodo that only he can complete the quest and that one of the Fellowship will attempt to take the Ring. She also shows him a vision of the future in which Sauron manages to enslave Middle-earth, including the Shire. Meanwhile, Saruman gathers an army of Uruk-hai in Isengard to find and kill the Fellowship.

The Fellowship travels by river to Parth Galen. Frodo walks away and confronts Boromir, who, as Lady Galadriel had warned, attempts to take the Ring. The Uruk-hai scouts then ambush the Fellowship, attempting to kidnap the Hobbits. Boromir breaks free of the Ring's magic and protects Merry and Pippin, but the Uruk-hai leader, Lurtz, mortally wounds Boromir while they kidnap the Hobbits. Aragorn arrives and kills Lurtz before comforting Boromir as he dies, promising to aid the people of Gondor in the coming conflict. Fearing that the Ring will corrupt his friends, Frodo decides to travel alone to Mordor, but allows Sam to accompany him, remembering his promise to Gandalf to take care of him. While Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli set out to rescue Merry and Pippin, Frodo and Sam descend the Emyn Muil Pass, traveling towards Mordor.

Levels

1. Prologue
2. The Black Rider
3. Weathertop
4. The Pass of Caradhras
5. The Mines of Moria
6. Amon Hen

Characters

• Elendil*
• Isildur*
• Elrond (Second Age)*
• Frodo*
• Sam*
• Frodo (Shire)
• Merry*
• Pippin*
• Gandalf the Grey*
• Aragorn*
• Galadriel*
• Sauron*
• Gil-galad*
• Mordor Orc*
• Gollum*
• Bilbo Baggins*
• Tom Bombadil*
• Rosie*
• Ringwraith*
• Ringwraith (Twilight)
• Barliman Butterbur*
• Saruman the White*
• Merry*
• Elrond (Third Age)
• Gloin*
• Moria Orc
• The Witch-king*
• Arwen Evenstar (Ranger)*
• Boromir*
• Gimli*
• Legolas*
• Celeborn*
• Lurtz*
• Uruk-hai

Differences from the film

• Elrond leading Isildur to Mount Doom and Isildur's refusal to destroy the One Ring occur in the Prologue level, while in the film they appear as a flashback during a conversation between Gandalf and Elrond.
• Bilbo's birthday is omitted.
• Frodo finds the Ring during the birthday party in the film, but in the game he finds it on the day after Bilbo leaves Bag End.
• In the game, Frodo accidentally drops the Ring into a cup which reveals elvish writing. In the film, he sees the script after Gandalf burns the envelope containing the Ring.
• Sam eavesdrops on a fireplace instead of a window.
• Gandalf goes to Saruman after Frodo and Sam leave the Shire in the film. However, in the game, it takes place in the middle of the Hobbits' encounter with the Black Rider.
• The Prancing Pony scene has the Hobbits drinking their cups and eating drumsticks, as well as Aragorn blowing bubbles in his drink.
• In the game, when Pippin asks Merry "what's that?" after seeing several drumsticks in a cup, he responds "something for the road". Merry says that line in The Return of the King.
• In the game, after Frodo puts on the Ring, the Ringwraiths arrive at the Prancing Pony and Butterbur shows them where the Ring is, which turns out to be a trap when Aragorn locks them in the bathroom. In the film, they appear at night and believe they are sleeping in the room where the beds were stabbed while Butterbur, scared, tries not to make a sound.
• In the film, Frodo is about to warn Pippin not to say his name in front of Bree's men when he accidentally hits Frodo, making him stumble backwards. In the game, Pippin hits Frodo when he gets up from the table to go get more drumsticks.
• In the film, Aragorn and the Hobbits arrive at Weathertop before nightfall. In the game, they arrive at nightfall.
• Pippin asks Merry and Sam "what about second breakfast?" which prompts to Sam pull out his frying pan. The second breakfast does not occur at night in either the film or the book. In the film, he asks Aragorn about the second breakfast before arriving at Weathertop.
• After Frodo wakes up to find Sam, Merry, and Pippin cooking while the fire is lit, Merry says tomatoes, sausage and nice crispy bacon. In the game, during the cooking puzzle, he, Sam, and Pippin collect an egg, fish, and a tomato.
• Sam says "we're going to see the elves" when he finds out that Aragorn is taking him and the Hobbits to Rivendell. In the game, he says this when Aragorn says that Frodo, who was stabbed by a Morgul blade, needs Elvish medicine to heal.
• Frodo's eyes do not turn blue in the game after being stabbed by the Witch-king, who stabs him in the armpit instead of the shoulder.
• In the game, Aragorn, Sam, Merry, and Pippin follow Arwen as she takes Frodo to Rivendell while fleeing the Ringwraiths.
• With the exception of Gloin's appearance, some parts of The Council of Elrond scene in the game are omitted, but the line "One does not simply walk into Mordor" appears as an achievement.
• Sam, Merry and Pippin, unlike the game where they appear in their disguises, do not appear at the Council until after hearing Frodo volunteer to take the Ring.
• Bilbo does not see the Ring in the game when he gives the Mithril and Sting shirt to Frodo.
• The fellowship never waits for Frodo to finish going to the bathroom in the Extended Edition, as he is already there when Gandalf says that the fellowship awaits the Ringbearer.
• In the game, the fellowship does not enter Moira's Mines until they save Frodo from the Watcher, but they enter the film before the creature appears.
• Pippin never gets stuck in the hole in the film.
• Boromir says "they have a cave troll" when he hears it. In the game he says it when he sees it.
• Aragorn does not use a bow in Moria. In the film, he uses it in Balin's Tomb by shooting through small cracks in the door and he uses it several times in the Bridge of Khazad-Dûm.
• When Gimli tries to jump, Legolas saves him by grabbing his beard, but in the game Aragorn saves him from falling down the stairs.
• Gandalf's battle with The Balrog from the beginning of The Two Towers is split into two parts, with the falling segment being inserted near the end of The Mines of Moria level.
• Pippin eats an apple while everyone mourns the loss of Gandalf.
• The Mirror of Galadriel is absent from the game.
• Aragorn does not receive his dagger from Celeborn in the game.
• In the game, Frodo is the only one who receives an elven cloak. In the film, each member (except Gandalf) receives one.
• Frodo's Elven cloak also looks exactly the same as his original cloak.
• In Amon Hen, Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli find Frodo but only Aragorn finds him in the film.
• Lurtz shoots Boromir with three arrows and fails to fire the fourth; however, in the game, he shoots it with an arrow, a broomstick, a banana, and then fails to shoot it with a chicken. This is a reference to the 1993 film Hot Shots! Part Deux.
• Aragorn throws a carrot at Lurtz to stop him in the game, but tackles him in the film.
• Although Boromir is mortally wounded, he continues to fight Lurtz alongside Aragorn to make the game more cooperative.
• In the game, Lurtz's head falls on his body after Aragorn decapitates him.
• Gollum never sees Frodo and Sam sail in the film.