The Tales of Middle-earth is a chronicle of the Great War of the Ring, which lasted for more than a thousand years. Whoever possessed the Ring gained unlimited power, but was obliged to serve evil.
A quiet village where hobbits live. Coming to visit his old friend Bilbo Baggins on his 111th birthday, the wizard Gandalf begins to strike up a conversation about a ring that Bilbo found many years ago. This ring once belonged to Sauron, the dark ruler of Middle-earth, and it gives great power to its wearer. Now Sauron wants to regain his power over Middle-earth. Bilbo gives the Ring to his nephew Frodo to take it to the Fatal Mountain and destroy it.