The Fellowship was scattered. Some were bracing hopelessly for war against the ancient evil of Sauron. Some were contending with the treachery of the wizard Saruman. Only Frodo and Sam were left to take the accursed Ring of Power to be destroyed in Mordor, the dark Kingdom where Sauron was supreme. Their guide was Gollum, deceitful and lust-filled, slave to the corruption of the Ring.
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Åke Joel Ohlmarks was a Swedish author, translator, and scholar of religion. His translation of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings was strongly disliked by the author himself. Ohlmarks took significant liberties, shortening parts of the work and inserting his own interpretations. This divergence from the original text prompted Tolkien to compile his own guide to the names within his creation, highlighting Ohlmarks's unique, albeit controversial, approach to translation.
