The Hunt for Gollum: What Tolkien Actually Wrote | LOTR Deep Dive
What actually happened during the Hunt for Gollum? This seventeen-year search across Middle-earth reveals one of Tolkien's most gripping untold stories. Aragorn walked in sight of the Black Gate and through Morgul Vale's deadly flowers. Gandalf interrogated and tracked. And Gollum himself proved paradoxically indomitable when tortured in Barad-dur - his obsession with the Ring left no room for Sauron to exploit.This deep dive explores everything Tolkien wrote about the hunt: Aragorn's brutal 900-mile march with his captive through the wilderness, Gollum's deliberate misdirection that bought…
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