rexcrk posted...
There is only one Lord of the Ring. Only one. And he does not share power.
So be it. You shall be the Fellowship of the Ring.
Who now has the might to against Sauron and Saruman, and the union of the Two Towers.
Authority is not given to you to deny the return of the king, Steward.
Would "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit" count? If so, he dropped the title in the literal first sentence there.
How about "And Men spoke thereafter not of Elenna, nor of Andor the Gift that was taken away, nor of Nmenr on the confines of the world; but the exiles on the shores of the sea, if they turned towards the West in the desire of their hearts, spoke of Mar-nu-Falmar that was whelmed in the waves, Akallabth the Downfallen, Atalant in the Eldarin tongue."? That one goes for the reveal right at the very end of the story, which you've been reading the whole time having no idea what the hell "Akallabth" even means or what it has to do with Numenor. And then he goes for the double whammy and goes "Oh yeah, it's also Atlantis, suckers."
Tolkien really liked the trope.