The Misty Mountains stretch from north to south, from Mount Gangdaba in the north to Masidras and Medras in the south, with a total distance of 1,367 kilometers, and are one of the most important geographical indications of Middle-earth.

To the east of the Misty Mountains, to the east of the Great Anduin River, there is a very large forest called the Green Forest.

The forest occupies most of the eastern part of the country, with the Lonely Mountain, the town of Long Lake, and the Jungle Elves occupying only a small part of the upper right corner of the forest.

In the middle of the green forest and the Anduin River, above the great wilderness along the river, there is an oak forest surrounded by thorns, and in the middle of the forest, there is a huge wooden house.

The owner of the cabin is a human who can turn into a giant bear, and his name is Beorn.

No one knows where Beorn came from, he is a vegetarian, has a kind heart, cares for animals, and raises animals with high intelligence, but he is very wary of strangers, and hates the orcs of the Misty Mountains.

Even in human form, he has the strength of an ordinary bear, strong, brave, and terrifying, and neither orcs nor wolves dare to enter his territory easily.

Gandalf knew about Beorn's existence, but the other party didn't know him at all, and he wouldn't have ventured into such a powerful human territory if he had been in normal times.

But on this day, twelve months after the adventure, he still arrived here with Thorin and thirteen other dwarves, as well as Bilbo.

Twelve months had been a rough ride for them, and shortly after leaving the Charr, the Orc Wolves, who had gotten the news out of nowhere, appeared near them and hunted them down.

They also encountered trolls, and the dwarves almost became each other's dinner, after which Thorin and his opinion were at odds, Thorne left behind a map written in the ancient dwarven language, and hid something that can now be deciphered by only a handful of remnants of ancient elves in Middle-earth.

However, the stubborn dwarves of Turin remembered the hatred of the elven king of the woodland, Serandui, who had not rescued Irub, and therefore did not like the elves of Rivendell and refused to ask for help.

Gandalf managed to bring the dwarves to Rivendell with some tricks, and in order to restore the country, Thorin took out the map and gave it to Elrond to read, despite the dissuasion of the other dwarves.

After getting the clues, they were originally going to continue on their way, but Elrond learned the purpose of the dwarves by reading the map, and then notified the other guardians of Middle-earth, Queen Galadriel and the white-robed wizard Saruman, to come to Rivendell and convene a meeting of the Holy White Council.

At the meeting, in response to Saruman's rebuke, Gandalf voiced his fears that Smaug would form an alliance with the "enemy".

Saruman, however, insisted that Sauron had been eliminated long ago, and in desperation, Gandalf told the bad news he had received from the brown-robed wizard Redagast:

Evil forces have appeared in the green forest, and the descendants of the spider Ongolion are rampant, weaving webs and spreading darkness in the forest, and now the original green forest has been renamed the Dark Forest by the inhabitants.

Tracking down the spiders, Rydagast travels to Dolgodo, where he discovers a never-before-seen dark energy that summons the undead and a hidden necromancer.

Saruman still doesn't believe it due to Ridagaste's unreliable personality, but Gandalf takes out a sword that Radagast brought from Dolgodo at the signal of Galadriel.

The sword was a relic of Mordor, forged by the Witch King of Angmar and buried in the Tomb of Rudol, sealed with a powerful spell in the depths of the graveyard that would never see the light of day.

Saruman was dumbfounded by the unlikely object, but he still disapproved of the dwarves' venture, but while they were in a meeting, the dwarves who had already discovered that something was wrong quietly left Rivendell.

Thorin led the dwarves and Bilbo into the Misty Mountains, where they were nearly killed by the Cliff in a rainy night when they were met by a battle of the giant mountain giants, and then while they were asleep in the cave, they were captured alive by the goblins in the underground caverns, and only Bilbo escaped.

From the mouth of the goblin leader, Thorin and the others finally knew the truth about the orcs chasing them, and they had thought that the dead mutated pale orc Asog was still alive, and issued a bounty order for Thorin.

With their lives hanging by a thread, Gandalf finally caught up, rescued all the dwarves, and fled with them to the east of the Misty Mountains.

Bilbo is nowhere to be found, and Thorin loses his temper, believing that Gandalf has found an unreliable snitch and has slipped away.

However, Bilbo stealth to the sidelines, overhears their conversation, and decides to show up, regaining everyone's trust.

Unbeknownst to anyone, he had fallen near the underground lake at the bottom of the Goblin Cavern while fleeing, and had encountered a small, ugly monster.

He got a ring from the other party, this is a ring with strange magical powers, the person who wears it can be invisible, it has its own will, and it actively discarded the original holder and chose Bilbo.

The team was back on their way, and they were then overtaken by the orcs, and Assog himself appeared, forcing them up the cliff.

At the critical moment, Gandalf found the descendants of the Eagle King Zorondo through the moths, and the eagles flew across the Anduin River with the people to the east bank.

But the orcs rode the wolf and continued to chase after him, and with no choice, Gandalf led everyone into Beorn's territory.

They took advantage of Beorn's transformation into a giant bear and roamed the wild, broke into each other's homes and locked the door.

Sure enough, the orcs didn't chase after them, and they spent the night safely.

After daybreak, Beorn, who had returned to his human form, was chopping wood outside the house, and Gandalf was going to negotiate with him, repeatedly warning the dwarf not to go out and wait for him to act.

However, he apparently overestimated the dwarves' IQ, and in the end, his good plans were messed up.

Fortunately, Beorn was kind-hearted, and although he hated the dwarves and their greed and blindness, he hated the orcs even more, and after hearing that they were fighting the orcs, he offered to help them and told Gandalf everything he knew.

Taking advantage of the daytime, when the orcs were afraid of the sun and did not dare to come out to move, Gandalf and the others continued on the road, riding the horses provided by Beorn, and came to the edge of the dark forest before the night came.

At this point, Gandalf finally saw the forest change, and the trees that were green and vibrant died in large numbers, and darkness almost enveloped the entire forest.

The suspicion in his heart grew deeper and deeper, after Beorn had told him that the orcs hidden everywhere were gathering towards Dolgodo, and that all the depraved things were attracted to the evil there, gathering more and more, including the Rudol Wasteland, where the undead appeared.

Gandalf sensed the gravity of the matter, which had only occurred during the dark days of Morgoth and Sauron's reign.

And I also know that the one buried in the Rudol Desert is Angmar, who once held one of the nine precepts of mankind, is the spirit of the ring, and combined with the news of the brown-robed Ruida Gast, if everything is true, then Angmar has obviously gone to Dolgodo.

Gandalf took a breath, if it was as he suspected, it could only mean one thing - Sauron was back, and it was likely to be hidden in Dolgodo, and only Sauron could summon the Ringwraith.

He made a judgment in his heart, but he couldn't believe it, and while he was afraid, he resolutely decided to confirm his suspicion, so he bid farewell to the adventuring party and prepared to go to the Rudol Desert Tomb first.

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