LYCOS RETRIEVER
Saruman: Frodo Baggins
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Neither Sauron nor Saruman ever found the Ring in the Gladden Fields. Saruman did find the empty case on a chain that had once held the Ring, as well as the Elendilmir - the token of royalty of the North-kingdom - which Isildur had been wearing when he died. Saruman hid these items away in Orthanc along with many other treasures he had gathered. But the Ring was long gone. Gollum had taken it deep under the Misty Mountains where it was discovered by a Hobbit named Bilbo Baggins.
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Saruman's servants called him "Sharkey" both in Isengard and later in The Shire. This was probably an adaptation of the Black Speech word sharku which meant "old man". Saruman was not aware of this meaning (which is remarkable, since Gandalf knew this language). Perhaps he took it as a distortion of his own name by the Orcs. This indicates that the Orcs took their leader less seriously than they might have given him the impression of (similar to how the Mordor Orcs overheard by Sam and Frodo tended to disrespect their authorities).
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Saruman prepared to leave and ordered Grima to accompany him, and Frodo told Grima he could remain if he wished. Saruman revealed that Grima had killed Lotho, and when Grima replied that he had done so at Saruman's command, Saruman mocked him and kicked him in the face. Grima then leapt at Saruman and slashed his throat. Saruman died and his spirit left his body, never to return to Middle-earth nor to the Undying Lands from whence he came.
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Later, Sauron tells Saruman to build an army. Saruman begins tearing down the trees of Isengard for fuel for his furnaces where he is forging armor and weapons. He ... breeds men with Orcs for his Uruk-hai. He sends some Uruk-hai under Lurtz to bring back Frodo and the Ring.
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Gandalf raised his head to glance at Saruman from under his hat brim, then lowered it again. Stiff from sitting so long, he struggled to his feet and strolled away from Saruman, surveying the distant mountains as the last tinge of the sunset faded from their peaks. This daily reminder of his home in the Uttermost West always brought a longing to his heart, even when he was in the Shire with Frodo. He wondered if Saruman ever thought any more about the West, the Sea—
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