魔戒首部曲:魔戒現身 The Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of The Ring
故事由《魔戒首部曲:魔戒現身》中的魔戒持有者佛羅多展開。他在不知情的狀況下繼承了一枚戒指,卻發現這枚戒指原來是魔王索倫遲遲不能統治世界的關鍵。他也陷入了善惡雙方爭奪的處境中。幾經波折,他才得知必須攜帶魔戒深入魔王索倫的領土,才能在末日火山摧毀這一切邪惡的根源。
於是,在巫師甘道夫的主導下,由精靈、矮人、哈比人、遊俠和人類組成了魔戒遠征隊,試圖護衛佛羅多前往魔王的老巢。但黑暗的勢力亦非省油的燈,魔王索倫派出黑騎士四處搜捕,並且決心發動大軍入侵,不惜一切代價,只為了找到這枚小小的戒指。而擁有無比力量的魔戒也開始腐蝕人心,讓人陷入黑暗的誘惑之中。正當邪惡的力量四出蠢動之際,善良的力量也因魔戒而陷入分崩離析的困境。就這樣,佛羅多一行人在毫無希望的狀況下,踏上了漫長的旅途。
魔戒二部曲:雙城奇謀 The Lord of The Rings: The Two Towers
波羅莫被強獸人殺死,兩個哈比人皮聘和梅里也被強獸人綁架,因為強獸人受到白袍巫師薩魯曼的指示,要找到哈比人奪回魔戒。但是真正擁有魔戒的佛羅多和山姆繼續進行摧毀魔戒的艱鉅任務……皮聘和梅里很幸運地被會說話的樹精救了出來,但他們要如何找到灰袍巫師甘道夫眾人?
同時佛羅多和山姆在路途中被長期受到魔戒影響、身心嚴重扭曲的咕魯跟蹤、帶路,又被具重生的戒靈追殺,腹背受敵,但最可怕的是他要抵抗魔戒愈來愈強的誘惑……
白袍巫師薩魯曼要強獸人傾巢而出圍攻聖盔谷,也就是亞拉岡、金靂和勒苟拉斯所集結的部隊之根據地──洛汗國。
而掉到摩瑞亞礦坑中無底洞的灰袍巫師甘道夫,在礦坑底下與炎魔大戰多時,最後終於戰勝。由於薩魯曼被魔戒之眼誘惑,終於被除去巫師之名,甘道夫重獲新生,蛻變成為巫師的最高領袖──白袍巫師。一場正邪大戰即將展開。
魔戒三部曲:王者再臨 The Lord of The Rings: The Return of The King
《魔戒三部曲:王者再臨》中,聖盔谷大戰雖然告一段落,但中土世界的真正大戰即將到來。這回交戰將會決定未來,魔王索倫會不會得逞,又或者是人類將得到最後勝利?
魔戒遠征隊分成了亞拉岡、勒苟拉斯、金霹、洛汗國的希優頓;梅里、皮聘;而佛羅多、山姆則繼續前往末日火山,咕魯正帶他們前往另一段未知的命運。
《魔戒三部曲:王者再臨》一開始,皮聘因為好奇,把手放在薩魯曼的真知晶球上,讓他和薩魯曼的眼睛直接相通,讓魔王索倫以為皮聘就是保管魔戒的人。為了安全,他們去了剛鐸國展開全新的冒險。
亞拉岡加入了希優頓王的軍隊準備迎接聖戰,金霹、勒苟拉斯也加入其中。亞拉岡從精靈王愛隆手中取得安都瑞爾聖劍後,穿越位於登哈洛上方白色山脈中的亡者之道……
這場最後的聖戰,在剛鐸國首都米那斯提力斯外的帕蘭諾平原展開,聖盔谷陷入一片廝殺,戰場上鹿死誰手,勝負未定。
在同一時間,咕魯帶領佛羅多、山姆,終於來到最終目的地──末日火山,但他們二人完全不曉得更多的陷阱和厄運正在考驗這最後的任務。受到魔戒誘惑而日漸虛弱的佛羅多將要做出抉擇……
哈比人 The Hobbits
托爾金《哈比人》原出版於1937年,為奇幻文學經典《魔戒》三部曲前傳。
托爾金以融合童話與傳奇小說的手法,通過小說呈現出豐富的想像力、華麗而詭譎的壯麗場景,以及神祕迷魅的中土大陸世界。
比爾博.巴金斯就和所有哈比人一樣,沒什麼野心,喜愛舒適的生活,旅行的範圍很少遠過食物儲藏室之外。
但比爾博的安逸日子,隨著巫師甘道夫以及十三個矮人的到來而被打斷,更將他捲入一場意想不到的探險之旅。比爾博被巫師甘道夫選中,激發出冒險的欲望,與13個矮人組成探險隊,前往有一條惡龍守護的孤山,展開了尋寶之旅,要搶回被惡龍藏起的一批寶藏……
途中雖然經歷了各種危險,但也結識了許多不同種族的友人,比爾博更因緣際會地得到了魔戒。
探險隊最後斬殺惡龍,矮人們占據了寶山,並與人類為了寶藏開戰。
In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell into the hands of Bilbo Baggins, as told in The Hobbit. In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. Frodo must leave his home and make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ring and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose.
Frodo and his Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest to prevent the Ruling Ring from falling into the hands of the Dark Lord by destroying it in the Cracks of Doom. They have lost the wizard, Gandalf, in a battle in the Mines of Moria. And Boromir, seduced by the power of the Ring, tried to seize it by force. While Frodo and Sam made their escape, the rest of the company was attacked by Orcs. Now they continue the journey alone down the great River Anduin—alone, that is, save for the mysterious creeping figure that follows wherever they go.
As the Shadow of Mordor grows across the land, the Companions of the Ring have become involved in separate adventures. Aragorn, revealed as the hidden heir of the ancient Kings of the West, has joined with the Riders of Rohan against the forces of Isengard, and takes part in the desperate victory of the Hornburg. Merry and Pippin, captured by Orcs, escape into Fangorn Forest and there encounter the Ents. Gandalf has miraculously returned and defeated the evil wizard, Saruman. Sam has left his master for dead after a battle with the giant spider, Shelob; but Frodo is still alive—now in the foul hands of the Orcs. And all the while the armies of the Dark Lord are massing as the One Ring draws ever nearer to the Cracks of Doom.
Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely traveling any farther than his pantry or cellar. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard Gandalf and a company of dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away on an adventure. They have launched a plot to raid the treasure hoard guarded by Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon. Bilbo reluctantly joins their quest, unaware that on his journey to the Lonely Mountain he will encounter both a magic ring and a frightening creature known as Gollum.