If the right people use the power of these objects at the right time, the story will move forward and the day will be saved. Such items tend to be very old and come to our main characters with long and mythic backstories. One particular trend that The Lord of the Rings help codify is the fantasy story that revolves around magical items- items with special properties, great significance, or magical powers that both a protagonist and antagonist have great interest in. Thanks to The Lord of the Rings, and also Peter Jackson’s academy award winning movie adaptations, Elves, Orcs, Dwarves, Hobbits, and Rings of Power are all household names. They set up tropes and precedents that countless subsequent works have either emulated or departed from. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings and the accompanying stories of Middle-earth are some of the most influential fantasy works ever.
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