Later, Gandalf tells Pippin that he senses Sauron has gathered forces from many places for the attack and tells the Hobbit about the Witchking, who is Sauron's strongest commander. When told of the impending attack, Denethor dementedly suspects that Aragorn, the heir to the throne, seeks to supplant him and refuses to act on Gandalf's warning. Upon arriving in Minas Tirith, Gandalf finds Lord Denethor, the city's steward, mad with grief over the death of his favorite son Boromir. Riding his white horse Shadowfax, Gandalf takes Pippin to the city because he believes the Hobbit will be safer under his care. Afterward, Pippin tells Gandalf the visions he saw in the stone¿a white tree and a burning city¿and from this, Gandalf realizes that Sauron will soon attack Minas Tirith, the ancient City of Kings, and that Sauron now believes that Pippin is the ringbearer. While examining the stone, Pippin becomes entranced by the eye of Sauron that suddenly appears in the stone and must be rescued by Gandalf. There, Pippin becomes curious about the "seeing stone" confiscated by Gandalf from the defeated, corrupt wizard Saruman, who used it to communicate with Sauron.
Although separated prior to the battles, the remaining six reunite and then join their allies in King Theoden's land of Rohan to mourn their dead and celebrate their victory. The ninth member of their group, the Human Boromir, was killed battling Sauron's evil warriors, called Uraks. Their compatriots are the Human Aragorn, Legolas the Elf, Gimli the Dwarf, the White Wizard Gandalf and Hobbits Peregrin "Pippin" Took and Meriadoc "Merry" Brandybuck. Frodo and Sam are former members of a fellowship of nine who volunteered to destroy the ring. Although Sam is suspicious of Gollum, Frodo is blinded to the creature's deception. Guiding them to their destination is Gollum, a former ringbearer who has been twisted by his obsession to repossess it and who is secretly planning to kill them. Frodo grows weaker from the burden of carrying the ring, whose dark magic physically and mentally weakens its bearer, and so must increasingly rely on the strength of his loyal and caring friend, Hobbit Samwise Gamgee.
Still undiscovered by Sauron is the present bearer of the ring, the little Hobbit Frodo Baggins, who is journeying to the Sauron-held land of Mordor with the ring, planning to destroy it in the only way possible, by tossing it into the fires of Mount Doom. However, the benevolent beings of Middle-earth are still in danger from the power-hungry Sauron, who searches for the ring of power that will insure his dominion over the world. In Middle-earth, an alliance of Humans, Elves, the tree-like Ents and others has defeated the armies of Orcs, Urak-Hais and other evil creatures ruled by the Dark Lord Sauron in two great battles.
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