Frodo Baggins inherits a seemingly innocent ring from his Uncle Bilbo, and is bequethed with the ominous task of leaving the Shire to undertake a jouney that will take him across Middle-earth. Frodo's quest is to destroy the One Ring before it is found by it's creator, Sauron, the Dark Lord. If the One Ring and it's creator are reunited, Middle-earth will forever be enslaved.