Did Frodo have the Ring for 17 years?

Frodo came of age as Bilbo left the Shire. Frodo inherited Bag End and Bilbo's ring. Gandalf, uncertain about the origin of the ring, warned Frodo to avoid using it and to keep it secret. Frodo kept it hidden for the next seventeen years, and it gave him the same longevity it had given Bilbo.

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Did 17 years pass in Lord of the Rings?

The Lord of the Rings roughly spans 20 years. There is a 17-year gap in the first and second chapters where Bilbo leaves the Shire (3001), and Gandalf returns to inform Frodo about the One Ring (3018). The main quest lasts around 16 or 17 months, from the time Frodo leaves and returns to the Shire.

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How long was the Ring in Frodo's possession?

Frodo had the ring for 17 years after Bilbo gifted it to him, and left the Shire. Gandalf was investigating the ring's history during this time, attempting to discover all that he could about it.

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Did Gandalf leave Frodo for 17 years?

In Tolkien's book, Gandalf is gone for 17 years before he returns to the Shire with news of the ring.

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How long was Frodo's journey from start to finish?

Over his entire journey from Bag End to Mt Doom, Frodo travels approximately 1,800 miles in 185 days. That's an eminently achievable average of 9.73 miles each day. However, he does spend a great deal of time recuperating in both Rivendell and Lorien — and that drags that average down.

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Why did Frodo have to leave Middle Earth? and other questions

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Why did Gandalf leave for 17 years?

Gandalf began to suspect the Ring was more than it seemed only on the night of Bilbo's party. Bilbo's behavior that night concerned him. So he didn't stay in the Shire for 17 years, he LEFT the shire for 17 years (after cautioning Frodo not to use the Ring, and to keep it secret and safe).

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How long did Lord of the Rings take?

Considered to be one of the biggest and most ambitious film projects ever undertaken, with an overall budget of $280million the entire project took eight years, with the filming for all three films done simultaneously and entirely in New Zealand.

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Why didn't Gandalf realize Bilbo had the One Ring?

Gandalf knew exactly where the Ring was, and who owned it. At any time he could've stepped in to help Bilbo destroy it if he did indeed confirm it was the One Ring. However, Gandalf would also have known how corrupting an influence the Ring can be. So he wouldn't have taken it himself, even if he had known earlier.

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How old was Bilbo when he died?

He had already celebrated his 131st birthday, becoming the oldest Hobbit in the history of Middle-earth. As a mortal, he died in the West. While sailing west, Bilbo composed a last poem looking back on Middle-earth in farewell.

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Why is Frodo 50 years old?

Frodo Baggins - 50 (Books); 33 (Movies)

In the original story, Frodo waits for a full 17 years in Bag End between Bilbo's departure and the beginning of his own adventure with the One Ring, putting him at a respectable 50 years of age.

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Why was Sam not affected by the Ring?

As for Sam, his resistance likely has to do with his innate goodness and loyalty. His love for Frodo helped him to overcome the pull of the Ring and his inner pureness was never fully pierced by the Ring.

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Who had the Ring the longest?

In total, the One Ring existed for c. 4867 years and was held by nine people, five of whom were hobbits. Sauron was by far the one to carry it for the most time (c. 1850 years), followed by Gollum (478 years), Bilbo (60 years), Frodo (17 years) and Isildur (2 years).

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Who held the Ring the longest in Lord of the Rings?

Fate of the Ring-bearers

Of the Ring-bearers, three were alive after the Ring's destruction, the hobbits Bilbo, Frodo, and Sam. Bilbo, having borne the Ring the longest, had his life much prolonged.

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How is Aragorn so old?

Why did Aragorn live so long? Aragorn is not half Elf, although he is a descendant of Elros, who is half Elf (and the brother of Elrond, the half-Elf who raised him), which explains why Aragorn's life span is unusually long.

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Why is the One Ring so powerful?

While the previous 19 rings were crafted with the help of the Elves, the final ring, the 'One Ring to rule them all,' was crafted by Sauron alone; with the ability to dominate the other rings, the One Ring was made with some of Sauron's own power, in order to make it more powerful.

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How old is Legolas?

Legolas was portrayed by Orlando Bloom. In the "official movie guide" for The Lord of the Rings, a birthdate for Legolas is set to 87 of the Third Age. This would make him 2931 years old at the time of the War of the Ring. This date for Legolas' birth was made up by the movie writers.

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How old was Aragorn when he died?

He died at the age of 210, after 122 years as king. The graves of the hobbits Merry and Pippin (who had died in Gondor 58 years earlier) were set beside his. He was succeeded on the throne by his son, Eldarion.

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How old is Gollum?

The ages of his characters differ wildly; Gollum is almost 600 years old, while Elrond, the elf, is several thousand years old, and Gandalf the Grey – and later the White – is immortal (for display reasons, both are thus not mentioned here).

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Why does the One Ring not corrupt hobbits?

Because of their intense love of the earth, the Ring does not sense hobbits as a threat, which is why they were able to be overlooked and complete the quest.

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Why does Gandalf never touch the Ring?

Though someone could start out with good intentions, the Ring would eventually corrupt them. And that is why Gandalf can't touch it. He is afraid that if he did, it would corrupt him and make him just as bad as Sauron since Sauron put so much of himself and his evil into the One Ring.

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Why did the One Ring not corrupt Frodo?

Frodo had an innocent character. The innocence made him more immune to the ill-effects of the ring. Frodo did not lust for power. Gandalf and others use power, so they can easily be deceived by it.

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How are orcs made in Lord of the Rings?

In The Book of Lost Tales, it is said that Orcs were "bred from the heats and slimes of the earth" through the sorcery of Morgoth. Again, Tolkien later changed this, as Morgoth could not create life on his own. This led to the most popular theory that Orcs were created from corrupted Elves.

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Where does Frodo go at the end of Lord of the Rings?

In Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, Frodo made the fateful decision to leave his ancestral home for the realm known as the Undying Lands.

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