Chapter Summaries

Andrew and the Fellowship rested in the Golden Forest after clashing with Galadriel, and Andrew frightened everyone by pretending the One Ring had corrupted him. The chapter ended with Boromir privately asking Andrew how he could gain powers like Éowyn.

• Andrew mocked Galadriel, then read her memories after she tried to read his mind, prompting Galadriel to apologize and leave with Celeborn.
• Ganahta roasted a giant octopus during the elves’ plant-based dinner, while Gloin complained about the music and the elves’ hospitality.
• Andrew took the One Ring and staged a fiery performance in which he claimed he would rule the world, then revealed it was a joke and returned the Ring to Ganahta.
• Galadriel discovered Andrew could hear her thoughts and moved away from him, while the Fellowship resumed dinner and later retired for the night.
• Andrew stayed to listen to an elven harpist, and Boromir came to ask how he could gain powerful abilities like Éowyn.

Andrew negotiated for Boromir, Aragorn, and Sam to trade their souls after death for special abilities, then tested Galadriel with the One Ring. Galadriel resisted its temptation and decided to leave for the Undying Lands, while remaining curious about Andrew’s identity.

• Andrew told Boromir that Aragorn, not the One Ring, could save Gondor, and Boromir agreed to follow Andrew’s orders in the fight against Mordor in exchange for a random ability.
• Andrew injected Boromir with a mixture, and Boromir collapsed unconscious as Aragorn arrived seeking to learn what Arwen had traded for the Life Chain.
• Aragorn offered his soul in exchange for a special ability and Andrew’s modified dragon blood, then collapsed after Andrew injected him.
• Sam asked Andrew for strength to protect Frodo and offered his soul after death in exchange; Andrew injected him, and he also fell unconscious.
• Galadriel arrived, resisted the One Ring’s temptation, and announced she would depart for the Undying Lands before questioning Andrew about his identity and fake ring.

Andrew revealed his origins and plans to Galadriel, recruited the Elves to help fight Shuma-Gorath, and showed her how he had changed Gandalf’s fate. He used a dream to steer Boromir away from the One Ring, while Aragorn discovered his new ability to grow gigantic.

• Andrew showed Galadriel memories of his otherworldly origins, and she agreed to stay and fight Shuma-Gorath before considering travel to another world.
• Andrew showed Galadriel a vision of Gandalf’s battle with the Balrog and explained that he had changed Gandalf’s fate; Galadriel was pleased to learn Gandalf would become White Robe Gandalf.
• Boromir woke with Healing Ability, so Andrew showed Galadriel Boromir’s dream and used simulated futures to convince him that taking the One Ring would doom Gondor.
• Aragorn woke and discovered that his new ability was Gigantification, which greatly increased his size, strength, and defense.
• Andrew said he would use Dragon Blood to transform Aragorn if the ability did not conflict with it, and joked that Aragorn would become an arrow merchant.

Andrew arranged for Aragorn, Sam, the Elves, and the Dwarves to prepare for the coming war, then learned that Saruman was attacking the Ents. He took Pippin and Merry to Fangorn Forest to help Gandalf.

• Aragorn demonstrated his ability to transform parts of his body, and Andrew urged him to learn about Gondor and accept his responsibility to become its king.
• Sam awakened with super speed, and Andrew gave him Goggles so he could practice without crashing into trees.
• Andrew asked Galadriel to summon the Elves and sent Gloin to gather Dwarven reinforcements from Lonely Mountain.
• Galadriel received word that Saruman was attacking the Ents and that Gandalf needed help.
• Andrew took the sleeping Pippin and Merry, transformed into a Fire Dragon, and flew toward Fangorn Forest, where Uruk-hai were hunting Ents controlled by Saruman.

Gandalf and the Ents were ambushed by Saruman’s Uruk-hai in Fangorn Forest, but Andrew arrived as Smaug and helped the Ents escape. Gandalf and Andrew left together while Saruman remained alive, and Andrew continued preparing to prevent Saruman’s soul from escaping when he was eventually killed.

• Gandalf led the Ents away from Saruman’s forces, but Saruman appeared and surrounded them with Uruk-hai and enslaved Ents.
• Gandalf and Saruman began fighting while the Uruk-hai attacked the Ents with flaming arrows.
• Andrew arrived as Smaug, incapacitated the Uruk-hai with Dragon’s Might, and helped the Ents retreat without killing the enslaved ones.
• Andrew used Éomer’s scroll to speed up the fleeing Ents, then flew away with Gandalf after they escaped.

Andrew urged the Ents to join the war against Saruman and explained Éomer’s plan to unite the free peoples against Mordor, while revealing that the One Ring he carried was a fake. Galadriel’s message prompted Elrond to mobilize, while Thranduil and the Dwarves remained reluctant to commit forces.

• Saruman abandoned the pursuit of Gandalf and ordered the Uruk-hai to enslave the Ents and make them cut down trees, then declared himself Saruman of Many Colours.
• Andrew and Gandalf met the Old Ent in Fangorn Forest, and Andrew urged the Ents to fight Saruman despite their insistence on holding a meeting first.
• Andrew sent Pippin, Merry, and Gandalf with the Ents to persuade them to join the war, and told Gandalf that Rohan was preparing to fight Saruman.
• Andrew explained Éomer’s plan to defeat Saruman before uniting Gondor, Rohan, elves, and Dwarves against Mordor, then gave Gandalf a fake One Ring to examine.
• Elrond trusted Galadriel’s message, ordered Rivendell’s army to assemble, and went to check on the reforging of the Holy Sword, while Thranduil sent only an escort company.
• Gloin failed to persuade the Dwarves to leave the Lonely Mountain, but he offered Smaug’s promise to relinquish his claim to its treasure if they sent troops.

Galadriel outfitted the Fellowship and chose to remain in Middle-earth, while Andrew discussed the coming war with her. In Rohan, Ganahta reached the front line and began using Earth Giants to create defenses against Saruman's army.

• Galadriel gave the Fellowship weapons, cloaks, and other supplies, and Ganahta astonished the Elves by eating a large pack of Lembas.
• The Fellowship boarded a ship for Rohan, where Aragorn and Boromir explained that Gloin had gone home and Smaug was speaking with Pippin and Merry.
• Celeborn argued that the Elves should leave for the Undying Lands, but Galadriel insisted they stay and fight Sauron.
• Andrew told Galadriel that Saruman might capture half the Ents, and Galadriel said Elves from Rivendell and the Woodland Realm would soon join the war.
• Ganahta led the Fellowship to Rohan, where Prince Jed said Théoden was retreating toward Hornburg and he was tasked with delaying Saruman's army.
• Ganahta summoned Earth Giants and revealed that they could transform into a Main City and Stone Arrow Towers, beginning with an Earth Giant that became an Arrow Tower.

Ganahta and Aragorn built a fortified river defense as King Théoden prepared Rohan for Saruman’s coming assault. Shuma-Gorath took over Grima Wormtongue’s body and ordered Saruman to gather his forces, leaving both armies poised for battle.

• Ganahta transformed an Earth Giant into an Arrow Tower, and giant-sized Aragorn helped refine it before Ganahta turned it to stone.
• Ganahta told Prince Jed to warn King Théoden that the river crossing and Hornburg could not both be held, and that the army should stay on the front line while civilians moved to Hornburg.
• King Théoden received Prince Jed’s message, continued evacuating civilians, and led the cavalry to the front line as Ganahta’s forces completed the defenses over three days.
• Saruman told Shuma-Gorath that the river walls and Arrow Towers blocked his army, and Shuma-Gorath ordered him to lead the Uruk-hai, Balrog, and her clone into battle.
• Saruman gave Grima Wormtongue to Shuma-Gorath, who possessed him through the Palantír and ordered Saruman to send her nine powerful Uruk-hai to transform into Beasts.
• King Théoden saw the expanded Uruk-hai camp and the Ents across the river, then vowed to make Saruman pay when he arrived.

Andrew taught Gandalf Acceleration Technique so the Ents could reach the coming battle faster, while he and Galadriel prepared their forces in the Golden Forest. Andrew said victory was certain but identified intercepting Shuma-Gorath’s avatar as one of three uncertainties, leaving the other two unrevealed.

• Ganahta told King Théoden she would help kill Saruman and revealed that Smaug was courting the Elf Queen in the Golden Forest.
• Andrew and Galadriel reviewed the armies positioned near the ford as Gandalf struggled to hurry the Ents toward the battlefield.
• Andrew taught Gandalf Scientific Magic’s Acceleration Technique and gave him a Ring as the medium needed to cast it.
• Gandalf quickly mastered the spell, accelerated the Ents, and worried that Andrew would win Galadriel’s affection.
• Andrew told Galadriel that their victory was certain, but said intercepting Shuma-Gorath’s avatar was one of three remaining uncertainties.

Andrew explained his plan to capture and seal Saruman and the Balrog, then gave Galadriel a fake One Ring. At the ferry crossing, Rohan’s army fought Saruman’s forces while Ganahta faced Saruman, the Balrog, and Shuma-Gorath; after Saruman was badly injured, Shuma-Gorath began removing his seal to restore his full strength.

• Andrew told Galadriel he hoped to capture and seal Saruman and the Balrog, then gave her a fake One Ring to let their enemies steal.
• Saruman summoned pontoon bridges across the river and sent the Uruk-hai and Wildmen against Rohan’s army, while Prince Jed and King Théoden organized the defense.
• Ganahta confronted Saruman and Shuma-Gorath’s avatar, who trapped her in Chaos Space alongside Saruman and the Balrog.
• Andrew, controlling Ganahta, absorbed their attacks with a Black Hole and struck Saruman, but Shuma-Gorath’s portal redirected Saruman into her fist.
• Shuma-Gorath dissolved Saruman’s human body and began removing the seal on his power so he could regain his original strength.

Saruman regained his Maiar strength as Ganahta summoned Gandalf and Galadriel to fight him, a Balrog, and Shuma-Gorath’s Sauron clone. While the battles raged, Ents helped turn the tide of the siege at Rohan, and the Uruk-hai leader realized unexpected Ent reinforcements had arrived.

• Saruman emerged restored to his youthful Maiar strength, and Ganahta brought Gandalf and Galadriel into Chaos Space to join the fight.
• Gandalf used the Ring of Fire to battle Saruman at close range while Galadriel’s Ring of Water held off the Balrog.
• Ganahta exchanged space-warping attacks and volleys of lasers with Shuma-Gorath as they competed for the souls of their opposing armies.
• Ents hurled Saruman’s gunpowder barrels at Rohan’s arrow towers, and Legolas destroyed one barrel with a fire arrow.
• Uruk-hai crossed the river, blew apart the castle gate, and fought Rohan’s defenders while Wildmen clashed with Rohan’s cavalry.
• Gandalf’s Ent reinforcements arrived and routed the Wildmen, leaving the Uruk-hai leader stunned that the Ents had reached the battlefield.

The Uruk-hai Leader’s magic turned the Ents against one another, but Andrew sent Sam to lure them away by transforming him into an Ent-wife. The Ents chased Sam toward the Uruk-hai camp, where their gunpowder barrels devastated the enemy forces.

• The Ents rushed to the front lines, where Legolas’s gunpowder arrow enraged them, and the Old Ent led them against the Uruk-hai.
• The Uruk-hai Leader activated Shuma-Gorath’s magic, which spread controlling eyes among the Ents and left Pippin and Merry surrounded.
• Sam used his speed to rescue Pippin and Merry, then Andrew told him to use a magic scroll to lure the Ents into the Uruk-hai camp.
• The scroll transformed Sam into a Female Ent, and the Ents broke through the control magic to pursue him.
• The Ents attacked Uruk-hai who tried to stop Sam, throwing gunpowder barrels into their camp and causing widespread destruction.

Shuma-Gorath’s Chaos Aura drove Rohan’s defenders into fighting one another, but Andrew sent Peggy to counter it with Music Magic. Peggy’s songs restored the defenders and boosted their strength, though Shuma-Gorath and Ganahta’s battle remained undecided.

• Shuma-Gorath unleashed Chaos Auras through the Super Uruk-hai, causing the Human Garrison to attack itself while the Uruk-hai breached the castle defenses.
• Aragorn, Éowyn, Boromir, and Legolas’s Elven Guard fought to hold back the Uruk-hai as King Théoden refused to retreat.
• Andrew sent Peggy, equipped with a magical concert stage, to Ferry Castle to counter the Chaos Aura with her Song of Light.
• Peggy’s song brought back the defenders’ happy memories and restored their senses, while the Uruk-hai remained largely unaffected.
• Peggy sang a battle song that strengthened the defenders, and Ganahta and Shuma-Gorath continued fighting as Shuma-Gorath acknowledged Peggy’s Music Magic.

Gandalf, Galadriel, and Andrew’s allies carried out their plan to draw enemies toward the One Ring while the battle at the castle intensified. Andrew’s Fire Dragon projection protected Peggy, but Shuma-Gorath’s cursed Black Arrows began pursuing it.

• Saruman sensed the One Ring on Gandalf and attacked more fiercely, while Gandalf secretly relied on the ring to trap him; Galadriel lured the Balrog by revealing the ring’s aura.
• Andrew sent King Elrond a route, and Elrond led the Elves across the river to circle behind the Uruk-hai while the Dwarves waited in reserve.
• Six Super Uruk-hai charged toward Peggy’s stage, but Andrew’s flaming dragon tail killed one and revealed the Fire Dragon projection; the surviving Super Uruk-hai grew stronger.
• The Uruk-hai Leader ordered ballistae to fire cursed Black Arrows at the Fire Dragon, but the projection struck the crew with Fireballs and destroyed many Uruk-hai.
• The three Black Arrows launched themselves toward the Fire Dragon under a curse that would make them pursue it until it died.

Peggy helped the Fire Dragon defeat Shuma-Gorath’s Black Arrows and free the Ents from their confusion. Andrew persuaded the Ents to fight by promising to restore their Ent-wives, and the battle turned against the Uruk-hai as reinforcements arrived; Shuma-Gorath fled after leaving a chaotic eye to attack Ganahta, which Andrew suppressed.

• Peggy used Dolphin Note to destroy the Lost Souls in the Black Arrows, then helped the Fire Dragon drive back the Super Uruk-hai.
• The Fire Dragon severed a Super Uruk-hai’s arm, freeing Sam, and Peggy’s love song helped the Ents regain their sanity.
• Andrew promised the Ents he would find a way to create Ent-wives, and they agreed to fight for Smaug in exchange for proof.
• Peggy sped up the Ents, who joined the battle while Aragorn led the Human Garrison in a counterattack against the Uruk-hai.
• King Elrond’s Elves and the Rohan Cavalry arrived, leaving the Uruk-hai Leader convinced that its side would lose without Saruman.
• Shuma-Gorath detonated her avatar and used Chaos Power to attack Ganahta, but Andrew suppressed the chaotic eye with Demon King Power.

Andrew sealed the eye on Ganahta and used the False One Ring to trap Saruman’s soul, while the Balrog escaped and Shuma-Gorath’s avatar remained an indirect success. The battle ended in victory, and Peggy joined the effort to care for the wounded.

• Andrew failed to remove the eye from Ganahta, sealed it, and explained that it could help them scheme against Shuma-Gorath.
• The Balrog fled toward Mordor, while Saruman stole the One Ring from Gandalf and was killed after the False One Ring bound his soul.
• Ganahta kept Saruman’s soul for later use, then led Gandalf and Galadriel out of Chaos Space as it shattered.
• Aragorn, King Elrond, and their allies routed the Uruk-hai, and Gandalf stayed to help while planning to seek Rohan’s aid for Gondor.
• After the battle, Andrew praised Peggy as a true superhero, and she asked to be lowered from the stage so she could help the wounded.

After Rohan agreed to aid Gondor, Aragorn accepted Narsil and Boromir’s support, preparing to claim the throne and unite forces against Mordor. Meanwhile, Ganahta’s army captured Isengard, where the Ents flooded the fortress and called on Smaug to keep his promise.

• Peggy used Music Magic to ease the wounded soldiers’ pain, while King Théoden agreed to send Rohan’s riders to Gondor once its signal fires were lit.
• King Elrond presented Aragorn with the reforged Narsil, and Boromir knelt to pledge his support to Aragorn as Gondor’s true king.
• Aragorn accepted Narsil and promised to protect Gondor, as Gandalf and King Elrond celebrated the alliance.
• Ganahta’s army breached Isengard, and the Ents flooded it after killing or capturing the Uruk-hai.
• Ganahta and the Hobbits settled in Saruman’s kitchen to prepare lunch while Éowyn organized the cleanup, and the Ents called on Smaug to fulfill his promise.

Andrew proved he could restore the Ents’ ability to reproduce by transforming Old Ent into an Ent-wife, earning the Ents’ loyalty. He toured Saruman’s Magic Tower with Galadriel, offered to test her magical aptitude, and then discovered the Dwarves had waited for a battle that was already over.

• Andrew used Biological Magic to transform Old Ent into an Ent-wife, and the Ents pledged themselves to him.
• Andrew told the Ents to choose some members to continue with the army while the rest returned to rest until after the war.
• Andrew explained Technology Magic to Galadriel and offered to test whether she had the aptitude to learn it.
• Andrew gave Galadriel a bracelet that let her teleport to and from Saruman’s Magic Tower, and she asked why the Dwarf reinforcements had not arrived.
• Andrew contacted Gloin and told him the Dwarves were no longer needed, provoking the Dwarf King and his people to angrily accuse him of wasting their journey.

Andrew lured the Dwarves into accepting his offer by giving them an advanced mechanical arm, hoping to recruit them with the promise of future knowledge. At the Magic Tower, he took control of the Palantír and planned to reform Saruman through a memory spell before the coming battle against Shuma-Gorath and Sauron.

• Andrew revealed that he had only been joking about burning the Dwarves, then sent them to Gondor for the decisive battle and gave them a mechanical arm.
• The Dwarves became absorbed in studying the arm, while Andrew watched, pleased that they had taken his bait.
• Andrew used Fate Replacement to appear as Éomer and took control of the Palantír after Shuma-Gorath withdrew his consciousness.
• Andrew showed Galadriel the Fake Master Ring containing Saruman and explained his plan to trap Saruman in a memory until he recognized his mistakes.
• Galadriel warned that Saruman's pride and Sauron's corruption would make the spell difficult, but Andrew said he could extend time inside the memory space for millions of years.

Andrew used the False One Ring to break Saruman’s pride and free him from Sauron’s corruption, then restored his body and welcomed him as an ally. Shuma-Gorath prepared a new assault on Gondor, supported by the enhanced Nazgûl and a secret trump card.

• Andrew trapped Saruman in a repeating memory of his defeat and death until Saruman admitted his arrogance and regretted contacting Sauron.
• Andrew released Saruman, who thanked him, vowed to make amends, and agreed to join the fight against Sauron; Andrew restored Saruman’s body.
• Andrew, Saruman, and Galadriel planned to meet Gandalf, King Elrond, and the others because Shuma-Gorath’s army was already mobilizing.
• At Mount Doom, Shuma-Gorath told the Balrog that Saruman was likely sealed or persuaded to surrender and ordered preparations for an attack on Gondor.
• Shuma-Gorath revealed nine Nazgûl growing stronger inside magma cocoons, including the powerful Witch-king of Angmar, and ordered the Orcs, Uruk-hai, Wildmen, and pirates to march.