What was Gandalf doing between the time that Isildur kept the ring and Bilbo stole it from Gollum? That was like 300 years or something, and Isildur only had it for a short time. So what was Gandalf doing while Isildur was writing his book about how to identify the ring? Was Gandalf around, maybe keeping tabs on the universe’s #1 superweapon? Did he write a letter to Isildur requesting that he destroy the Ring while Mordor was open?
He didn’t even read the fucking book for 300 years, even though he clearly knew where to find it. Why in the fuck didn’t Gandalf know everything there was to know about the One Ring before the books even started? It’s not like the identification is hard, a fucking child could heat it up and see if there are scribbles.
There should have been big fucking billboards up everywhere saying “Found a weird ring? Bring it to Gandalf the Grey for a huge cash prize!” Instead, his stupid friend finds a mysterious ring and immediately lies about it, so he sits around for another 50 years until the old fart leaves and kicks his nephew the ring, THEN he goes and does his fucking homework? This guy is a feckless lazy asshole

>>222791512
Why wasn’t Mordor patrolled regularly to destroy any attempts at rebuilding? How did a world ending orc army just build and build?

>>222791512
ai slop faggot

>>222791559
it was, but then there was a plague, multiple invasions and a civil war

>>222791559
The world is in active collapse during the events of LotR but it's not really mentioned in the movies

>>222791512
Saruman worked out that Sauron was looking for the ring but didn't tell anyone