The Lord of the Rings The Lord of the Rings is a licensed theme that was released in May 2012 . It ' s based on the movies by Peter Jackson , which are in turn based on the books of the same name by J . R . R . Tolkien . The theme ' s first wave was released in May and consists of seven sets , based on the whole trilogy of films , " " , " " , and " . " Between the first and the second wave of sets , " " was released in November 2012 . A second wave of sets were released in the summer of 2013 , introducing 5 new sets . Three fun packs were released in 2015 as part of LEGO Dimensions . Description . The Lord of the Rings currently consists of one main theme , simply branded " The Lord of the Rings " , although it has three unofficial subthemes , each based on the film after which it is named . Currently , six of the twelve sets ( 9469 Gandalf Arrives , 9472 Attack on Weathertop , 9473 The Mines of Moria , 9474 The Battle of Helm ' s Deep , 79006 The Council of Elrond , and 79008 Pirate Ship Ambush ) focus on the heroes of the theme . The other six are 9476 The Orc Forge , which focuses exclusively on the orcs , 9471 Uruk - hai Army , in which heroes and villains are approximately evenly matched , 9470 Shelob Attacks , in which the evil spider Shelob is the primary focus , 79005 The Wizard Battle , where the focus is Saruman ' s Palantír and the battle between the two wizards , 79007 Battle at the Black Gate , which is mainly focused on Mouth of Sauron which the fiends of Mordor hide behind , and 10237 The Tower of Orthanc , where the primary focus is the tower of Orthanc , owned by the evil wizard Saruman . Almost all of the sets are location - based , with " Gandalf Arrives " and " Pirate Ship Ambush " being the only exceptions . Most of the sets feature a base color of light grey , with dark grey added as an accent in the more naturalistic areas ( Weathertop , The Mines of Moria and " Shelob Attacks " ) , and sand green being added to the architecture Rohan . " Gandalf Arrives " is made up of tan parts for the cart , with a dark grey saddle , reddish - brown wheels and a horse . " The Orc Forge " is mostly reddish - brown , with a base made of tan plates , and grey bricks of both shades . A large amount of minifigures are introduced in the theme , almost all of which are coloured in naturalistic shades . Gollum is almost entirely tan , Legolas Greenleaf is sand blue , olive green , and reddish brown , all the hobbits wear simple colors , and the orcs are all printed in various shades of brown and green . Background . The Fellowship of the Ring . The theme is based on the film trilogy by Peter Jackson , which is in turn based on the books by J . R . R . Tolkien . < br > The Fellowship of the Ring begins with Bilbo Baggins ' 111th birthday . The celebration gives Bilbo the opportunity to give his old ring to his favorite nephew , a young hobbit named Frodo Baggins . This ring , which Bilbo took from Gollum on a previous adventure seems to have strange qualities , however . After Bilbo leaves to live with the Elves in Rivendell , the wizard , Gandalf explains that the ring is actually the One Ring , the most powerful ring of all the Rings of Power made , belonging to the Dark Lord Sauron , and used to dominate all the people of Middle - Earth . Now that Sauron is attempting to take Middle - earth once again , it must be destroyed to prevent him from using its great power . Frodo left his home of the Shire with Sam , his gardener , upon a quest to reach Rivendell , and seek the Elves ' advice in the matter . < br > The two were shortly joined by Merry and Pippin , two young friends of theirs , as they were running from a farmer they had stolen food from . The four were then pursued out of the Shire by three Black riders , and only escaped from them after crossing the Brandywine river . The travelers sheltered at an inn called " The Prancing Pony " . Under an assumed name , Frodo asked the bartender where Gandalf is ; however , the bartender explained he had not seen Gandalf in months . The hobbits did not know what to do , and after Pippin accidentally revealed Frodo ' s true identity — he had been going under the alias " Underhill " — Frodo fell . The Ring landed on his finger , and the Nazgul , drawn to its power , drew to attack Bree . Aragorn took Frodo upstairs , while the other three hobbits mistook him as a villain . Aragorn then explained them about the Nazgul , and the five left Bree . Gandalf went so far as to meet with Saruman in Orthanc . However , upon arriving , it was revealed that Saruman had betrayed him . After a fierce battle , Gandalf had to choose between death and the transition to the other side . He jumped down from the top of Orthanc make it look like he died but the Great Eagles rescued him and brought him safely down . With Aragorn ' s help , the hobbits narrowly escaped the Riders again , and continued to Rivendell . They are attacked once more by the riders at Weathertop , and although Aragorn battled them off with flaming torches , it was not before the Witch King stabbed Frodo . With Frodo mortally wounded by the rider ' s enchanted blade , the five fled to Rivendell , and , before they reached there , they encountered the Elf Arwen , Aragorn ' s childhood friend and lover who sped Frodo ahead to Rivendell , attempting to outrace the riders . Arwen and Frodo finally escaped when she summoned a flood of water that swept their pursuers away . After waking up in Rivendell , re - encountering Gandalf , and realizing that Bilbo is still living there , Frodo , along with his comrades , attended the council of Elrond . There they meet Boromir the man , Legolas the Elf , and Gimli the dwarf . The council discussed the ring , and , Gandalf and Elrond reveal that the Ring can only be destroyed by the fires at the heart of the volcano Mount Doom , where it was forged . The council decides that a fellowship shall go out together in an attempt to reach Mount Doom and destroy the Ring . The full Fellowship of the Ring , consisting of Frodo , Sam , Merry , Pippin , Aragorn , Gandalf , Legolas , Gimli , and Boromir , set off . They are stopped by the magic of the wizard Saruman , and are forced to journey through the dwarven Mines of Moria . Unbeknownst to the Fellowship , the Dwarven company led by Gimli ' s cousin Balin were no longer living in the mines and the dwarves were long since dead as accounted by the last page in the book of Mazarbul . Pippin the hobbit , being careless , knocked a skeleton into a well which was attached to a shackle of chains that made a huge rattling throughout the mines , alerting the inhabitants to the Fellowship ' s presence . Enraged by the sad tale , Gimli , along with the rest of the Fellowship , took a stand against the now approaching Goblins and did combat with them and a Cave Troll . After being chased by a gigantic creature known as the Balrog , the party attempted to escape the mines . Gandalf seemingly defeated the Balrog by forcing it into an extremely deep crevasse , but was pulled in with it . After the remaining Fellowship escaped the mines , the eight were separated by another battle . Merry and Pippin were captured by a band of Uruk - Hai , Boromir was killed by Lurtz , and Frodo and Sam decided to continue with the ring on their own , so as not to endanger their friends . Aragorn , Legolas and Gimli pursued the Uruk - Hai that had taken Merry and Pippin . The Two Towers . In the beginning of the second film , Frodo and Sam encountered Gollum , a corrupted hobbit - like creature who had craved the Ring ever since he had lost it . After capturing him , he grudgingly became their guide after Frodo threatened him with his sword , Sting . After this Gollum always called Frodo " Master " . Gollum led Frodo and Sam through the Dead Marshes , to the very door of Mordor even , but then having turned back , the party was captured by Faramir . However , on hearing news of his brother Boromir ' s corruption at the hands of the Ring , Faramir lets them go , to accomplish their task . < br > Gimli , Legolas , and Aragorn continued their chase of the Uruk - hai that had taken Merry and Pippin . Shortly thereafter , they met the Riders of Rohan and their leader , Éomer , who told them that King Théoden of Rohan was possessed by Saruman , and had exiled him . The Riders had also , apparently , encountered a band of Uruk - hai , and killed them and supposedly the hobbits as well . The pursuers then set off , and , after some searching , Aragorn found the hobbit ' s trail again , leading into Fangorn Forest . They did not find the hobbits , but encountered Gandalf , who had defeated the Balrog , and became the new white wizard , replacing the corrupt Saruman . < br > After the party rode to Edoras , Gandalf freed Théoden from Saruman ' s control , and Gríma Wormtongue , the king ' s former ally , and a spy of Saruman living in Edoras , is thrown out . Wormtongue then fled back to Saruman and Isengard . The Uruk - hai then proceeded to launch an attack on Rohan , and the company , along with Théoden , his army , and his whole people , fled to Helm ' s Deep , and were there attacked by Saruman ' s army of ten thousand Uruk - hai , which , with aid from Éomer and the Riders of Rohan , they defeated . Merry and Pippin turned out to have escaped from the Uruk - hai and met Treebeard , an Ent who saved them from Grishnákh , an Orc who followed the Hobbits into Fangorn Forest . After a long Entmoot , the Ents disagreed with Merry and Pippin ' s plan to attack Isengard . Soon after that , when Treebeard was carrying the Hobbits close to Isengard , as they wished , he discovered that the havoc Saruman had wreaked on their beloved forest . Afterwards , he called for the Ents , and they launched a successful attack on Isengard , almost utterly destroying it , and kept Saruman as a prisoner in Orthanc . The Return of the King . Aragorn , Gandalf , and company , then proceeded to Isengard , where they met Merry and Pippin . Pippin found the Palantír of Orthanc and after seeing a vision of Sauron ' s plan in it , he and Gandalf rode to Gondor to warn the people of an impending attack . < br > The steward Denethor refuses because Aragorn rides with Rohan . Pippin lights a War Beacon , and around Gondor more beacons get lighted , until one is close to Edoras . Aragorn sees this , and tells Théoden that Gondor calls for aid . Théoden agrees and calls the Rohirrim . Meanwhile , Faramir retreats from Osgilliath . Madril was left behind and was killed by Gothmog . Faramir and an army of Gondorians are send on a suicide mission to reclaim Osgilliath . Everyone except an unconscious Faramir was killed in battle . Denethor thought Faramir was dead , and tried to burn him alive . Denethor then saw the titanic forces of Mordor destroying Minas Tirith . This drove him mad , and he commanded the Gondorian defenders to flee . Gandalf then subdued the mad steward and successfully rallied the defenders , using trebuchets to destroy the siege towers and trolls . Meanwhile , at the Rohirrim encampment , Elrond gives Aragorn the ancient sword of Andúril , forged from the shards of Narsil ( Sauron ' s Doom ) with which to win the allegiance of the Army of the Dead . < br > Pippin , with the aid of Gandalf , saved Faramir from a funeral pyre , and Denethor set himself on fire in rage and leapt off the pinnacle of Minas Tirith . The Orcs attacked Minas Tirith , and a mighty battle took place , with the assistance of the Rohirrim . But even then , the city was only saved by the timely intervention of Aragorn , Legolas , Gimli , The King of The Dead and the army of The Dead on the ship of the pirates . Théoden was tragically killed by the Witch King , but Éowyn and Merry then killed him . < br > The victorious army then proceeded to the Black Gate , outside Mordor , in the hopes of distracting Sauron , so that Frodo and Sam can complete their mission . Instead of Sauron , someone else came , representing Sauron ( Mouth of Sauron ) . Aragorn , Legolas , Gimli , Merry and Pippin finally managed to attract the attention of Sauron and destroy the Mouth of Sauron . < br > Frodo , Sam , and Gollum reach the Black Gate of Mordor , but cannot enter , as they are too heavily guarded . Gollum leads them up through a secret path into Mordor , but , after Sam grows suspicious of his action , tricks Frodo into abandoning him . Gollum then leads Frodo into the lair of Shelob , a gigantic spider , in the hopes that , once she killed Frodo , he could take the Ring . Sam fended off Shelob , but she still managed to inject Frodo with venom and cocoon him , which put him into a comatose state . Orcs arrived and brought Frodo to their tower , forcing Gollum to flee . Sam arrived at Cirith Ungol , finding most of them dead at their own hands , after arguing over Frodo ' s Mithril shirt . Sam then freed Frodo and together , they finally reached Mount Doom . Frodo was about to destroy the Ring , but , realised that he couldn ' t . The Ring ' s power over him was too strong . It was at that point when Gollum ambushed them . Gollum took back the Ring by biting off Frodo ' s finger , but overbalanced on the edge of the cliff leading into the volcano ' s fiery interior , and perished , along with the Ring . The destruction of the ring also caused Sauron ' s destruction , creating a massive earthquake , that eradicated the enemy forces on the plains of Gorgoroth , with only a few thousand members of Sauron ' s army escaping . Aragorn and the other members of the Fellowship survived this earthquake as well . The remainder of the Fellowship was thus reunited , and the hobbits returned to the Shire . Aragorn was crowned king of Gondor , with Arwen , Elrond ' s daughter and his lover long ago as his wife . Frodo wrote about his adventure in the remaining pages of the book about Bilbo ' s story but eventually set off with Elrond , Galadriel , Celeborn , Gandalf , and Bilbo to the Undying Lands and left Sam to finish the story . Gallery . 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