Our favorite cave-dwelling, ring-obsessed character from J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy is getting his very own game. The Lord of the Rings: Gollum is a new, narrative ...

Sméagol's name has some interesting origins. In Tolkien's invented language Westron, his name is Trahald, which literally means "burrowing". His name is also related to the great dragon Smaug, where ...

Born with Autism (formerly classified as Asperger syndrome), Tyler B. Searle has been obsessed with storytelling since he was old enough to speak. He gravitated towards fairy tales, mythology, the ...

Lord of the Rings: Gollum promises to tell players the story of Gollum, one of Middle-earth's most tragic characters, from a new perspective. Although most know this character from his dealings with ...

LOS ANGELES — The Return of the King, like its predecessor The Two Towers, opens with a flashback. The halflings Deagol and Smeagol are fishing when Deagol's line hooks a fish, pulling him into the ...

In the opening scene of Return of the King, we see a hobbit called Deagol discover the One Ring in a lake. Overcome by its corrupt power, Deagol is killed by his friend, Smeagol, who then claims the ...