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He died with the precious in his hand

by Luthien Amandil

...I remeber Smeagol, perched there on the precipice of The Cracks of Doom, the ring was clutched in his hand, and a little trickle of blood was slidding down his chin from my finger. I was hypnotized by that trickle, and no one wiped it away.
I remember when I first met him, perched above my and Sam's heads, hissing and roaring abut thieves, but after that, I'll always remember him as I saw him last. Perched on the precipice of the Crack of Doom, with the ring in his hand, and that little trickle of blood sliding down his chin...