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How Sauron Returns ___________________ The return of Sauron started with the death of Gollum. As Gollum was falling, He heard Sauron's voice promising to give him the One Ring in exchange for Gollum's life essence which would bring Sauron back. Gollum agreed, but Sauron double-crossed Gollum and kept the ring for himself and got Gollum's life essence. It was now time for Sauron to rule Middle Earth once again. It took 5-6 days for Sauron to regain all of his Orc warriors, but he soon re-gathered his army and now aimed his sights towards Gondor.

How each country was effeted by Sauron's return _______________________________________________

Gondor ______

When King Aragorn heard of Sauron's return he fled Minas Tirith and headed towards the mountains where he would exile himself. The Orc army advances on Minas Tirith and Gondor

makes a last minute decision for new king of Gondor. Gandalf is chosen to be King of 

Gondor and under Gandalf's leadership Minas Tirith survives the Orc attack and drive them back across the river Anduin. Gondor is safe for now, but for how long?

Rohan _____

The news of Sauron's return spreads to Rohan and civil war breaks out and the citizens and warriors of Rohan must choose sides. The first is lead by Eomer, King of Rohan. The other by former prince of Gondor, Faramir. Faramir and his supporters are soon corrupted by the ring and drive Eomer and his followers out of Rohan with aid from the Wildmen of Dunland. Eomer and his followers head North and build a settlement at Weathertop where they plan to retake Rohan from Faramir and his army. Faramir is then declared King of Rohan.

Rivendell _________

The elves of Rivendell now send aid to Gondor and Weathertop. Elrond heads to Mirkwood where he seeks aid from the elven queen, Galadriel. Three days after Elrond's arrival in Mirkwood, the elven settlement is attacked and both Elrond and Galadriel are killed by the revived Uruk-Hai leader,Lurtz. Legolas escapes Mirkwood with some Elven citizens and warriors, but he is unable to reach Rivendell because of Orc search parties, so he is forced to take the survivors and settle in the now abandoned city of Erebor where he decides the Elves will rally any other Elven survivors and the Elves will make their finally stand there. The elves of Rivendell flee from the city and a messenger is sent from Erebor telling them the survivors from the attack on Mirkwood are rallying for a final stand there. The Rivendell elves led by Arwen head for Erebor.

Isengard ________

Treebeard and the Ents had already started fortifing the outer defenses of Isengard, but when they heard about Sauron's return they doubled their efforts. They soon started to send some of their Ent warriors to Weathertop, Erebor, Gondor, and other places arming for their upcoming battles with Sauron's forces. The Ents decide it is'nt safe for Treebeard to stay in Isengard, so Treebeard decides to take some of his Ent Warriors and head to the Shire where they hope they can evacuate the Hobbits before the war against Sauron reaches the Shire. While Treebeard heads to the Shire, the Ents of Isengard call for more Ents to coming and aid them in their defense of Isengard. More Ents arrive along with some Dwarven warriors led by Gimli. Sauron then sends Bill Ferny with over 10,000 Orc soldiers to go and retake Isengard from the Ents. The Ents and the Dwarves drive them back the Mines of Moria where Sauron decides he will bring back the Balrog to help exterminate the Ents once and for all.

The Shire _________

The hobbits had not found out about the return of Sauron, so everything was back to the way it was before Frodo left the Shire to destroy the One Ring. Merry, Sam, and Pippin are now leaders in the Hobbit community and Frodo is mayor or Hobbiton. Treebeard finally reaches the Shire where he tells the Hobbits of Sauron's return. Frodo calls on the warriors of Dunedain for aid. The Dunedain arrive and the evacuation of the Shire begins. Frodo decides that the Hobbits will be evacuated to Weathertop where they will stay until they can find a new place for the Hobbits to settle where Sauron won't find them. Sauron then sends the resurrected Witch King of Angmar and his Nazgul to go find and kill Frodo so that the forces of Good won't have any way to defeat Sauron. The Nazgul reach the Shire to find Frodo gone, so Sauron commands them to kill anyone left in the Shire. Treebeard, the Ents, the Dunedain, and some Hobbit warriors defeat the 8 Nazgul, but the Witch King escapes. The Hobbits reach Weathertop. Treebeard, the Ents, the Dunedain, and the remaining Hobbits instead of going to Weathertop, head to Osgiliath where they hope they can help Gondor hold off the advancing Orc armies and keep them from reaching the other places arming themselves for the war that is falling upon Middle-Earth.

Leadership on both sides ________________________

Good                                          
         

Gandalf(King of Gondor) Eomer(Former King of Rohan,Head of Rohan Survivors at Weathertop) Treebeard(In charge of Isengard, currently evacuating Hobbits from the Shire) Frodo(Mayor of Hobbiton, heading for Weathertop with Hobbit civilians) Gimli(King of the Dwarves, helping the Ents fortify Isengard) Legolas(New King of the Elves, currently in Erebor, settling it for Elven survivors

      from Rivendell and Mirkwood)

Elrond(Former King of the Elves, deceased) Galadriel(Queen of Mirkwood,deceased) Aragorn(Former King of Gondor,in exile)

Evil
          

Sauron(Lord of Evil) Balrog(In charge of Orc forces in the Mines of Moria) Bill Ferny(General of the Orc armies, going to retake Isengard for Sauron) The Witch King of Angmar(Head of the Nazgul, Former Lord of Minas Morgul, currently

                       escaping the Shire)

Saruman(Soon to be resurrected by Sauron, former leader of Isengard) Lurtz(Head of Sauron's Uruk-Hai armies,first to be resurrected by Sauron) Faramir(Former Prince of Gondor,New King of Rohan, under the influence of the One Ring) Gollum(once a holder of the One Ring, deceased)