Lord Of The Rings Virtual Challenge Tasks Fans With Taking The Ring To Mordor

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A new virtual challenge will give The Lord of the Rings fans the chance to try the journey to Mordor for themselves. Although The Fellowship of the Ring celebrated its 20th anniversary last year, the franchise remains as popular today as ever, and fans will soon return to Middle Earth with Amazon's prequel series, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. While interest — and some trepidation — in the series has only elevated since its announcement, a recent The Rings of Power teaser gave fans their first taste of what to expect.

Set thousands of years before The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings movies, the show will tell the story of a Middle Earth tested by the forging of the infamous rings and the corruption they cause. Known as Middle Earth's Second Age, it's a period critical to the story eventually told by Frodo and his Fellowship, with the era marking Dark Lord Sauron's ascent to power. Despite boasting an ensemble cast pulled from J. R. R. Tolkien's expansive The Lord of the Rings lore, the show will feature some familiar faces, with Robert Aramayo and Morfydd Clark appearing as young Elrond and Galadriel, respectively.

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And after teasing a special event over the last week, The Conqueror has revealed their latest virtual challenge — and it's a must for The Lord of the Rings fans. Based on the movie series, the challenge tasks players with completing Sam and Frodo's journey, from The Shire all the way to Mordor, with the mammoth journey split into five separate events. Only entrants that finish each leg are eligible to unlock the next part of the journey, with each leg earning the entrant a real The Lord of the Rings-themedmedal mailed