It began with the forgings of the great rings. Three were given to the Elves, immortal, wisest and fairest of all beings. Seven to the Dwarf lords, great miners and craftsmen of the mountain halls. And nine, nine rings were gifted to the race of Men, who above else, desire power. For within these rings was bound the strength and will to govern each race. But they were all of them deceived, for another rings was made. In the land of Mordor, in the fires of Mount Doom, the Dark Lord Sauron forged in secret a master ring, to control all others. And into this Ring, he poured his cruelty, his malice, and his will to dominate all life. “One Ring to rule them all”
(Source: aryanymeria)
The lord of the rings: the fellowship of the ring (2001)
The quest stands upon the edge of a knife. Stray but a little, and it will fail, to the ruin of all.
(Source: stannisbaratheon)
The lord of the rings: the two towers (2002)
The battle of helm’s deep is over; the battle for middle earth is about to begin.
(Source: stannisbaratheon)
“Those were the stories that stayed with you, that meant something, even if you were too small to understand why.”
(Source: lskywalkers)

The remarkable bond between Legolas and Gimli was unique among Elves and Dwarves during the whole of the Third Age, and it earned Gimli, at the end of his days, the previously unheard-of gift of being allowed to sail west across the sea to the Undying Lands, to dwell in eternal peace with his friend.