Test The Lord of the Rings
What would the Ring whisper to you?
A rainy night in Bree: a box to guard, a broken footbridge and an immense promise. Nine scenes about protection, imagined power and the moment to ask for help.
PICTURE THE SCENE
In this alternative adventure, you are at an inn in Bree. Before stepping into the rain, a messenger leaves a small box with you until dawn; its lid slips open to reveal a little gold ring. Elva, the innkeeper, prepares bread for those who must leave again. Outside, the stream has torn planks from the footbridge. A longer path crosses the orchard, but nobody has walked it tonight. The gold does not change what you can see. Your imagination begins to find immense means of putting the night right. You will not meet Tolkien’s characters: your decisions will be set beside seven of their different relationships with the Ring.
Tap to make each choice. Your result is free.
An original, unofficial fan story outside Tolkien’s continuity. The results are canonical characters; questions, scenes and affinities are editorial interpretations, neither a verdict on your moral worth nor a prediction that you would yield to the Ring. Some characters refuse it while others endure its power: they are not levels of goodness. References: the complete Lord of the Rings novel, and The Hobbit for Bilbo and Gollum. A possible Gandalf as Lord of the Ring is a hypothesis Tolkien discussed in his 1963 letter to Eileen Elgar, rather than an event in the story. Contains spoilers about their relationships with the Ring.
The world behind the story
The Lord of the Rings — Tolkien Estate ↗Tolkien on Sam, Bilbo, Gollum, Galadriel and a hypothetical Gandalf as Lord of the Ring — letter to Eileen Elgar (1963) ↗The Hobbit — Tolkien Estate ↗How this quiz works
9 choices or questions, taking about 9 minutes to read and answer. Reading your result takes additional time, at your own pace.
Your choices shape an original journey and lead to a narrative portrait. There are no right answers: you can go back and change your mind.
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