Frodo therefore invented a story that he was moving to Buckland and sold Bag End to the Sackville-Baggins. Realizing that Sauron would be looking for the Ring, Gandalf advised Frodo to take it with him and secretly follow Bilbo's journey to Rivendell. Translated into the Common Speech that read, One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them, one ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them. After throwing the ring into a fire and then examining it, he and Frodo were able to read the inscription upon it: Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, Ash nazg thrakatulûk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul. On April 12th, 3018, Gandalf returned to Bag End to confirm his suspicion. After some study, and reading a scroll written by Isildur (the High King of Gondor and Arnor after his father Elendil), he concluded that the ring Bilbo had recovered from Gollum was probably the master ring which Isildur had cut from the hand of Sauron at the conclusion of the War of the Last Alliance. Sometime during the next 17 years, during a trip to Gondor, Gandalf researched what Bilbo's ring might be. Following Gandalf's advice, Frodo hid the ring in a safe place. Frodo thus inherited Bag End along with Bilbo's magic ring. Bilbo Baggins, Frodo's uncle, left the Shire on Septemafter a party marking his 111th birthday (and Frodo's 33rd).
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