Frodo Baggins Timeline and Summary

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• Sam rescues Frodo from the orcs at Cirith Ungol.
• Frodo exposes how much he has been affected by the Ring by almost attacking Sam to get it back. 
• As the Ring continues to torture Frodo, he begins to lose his memories of the Shire.
• Frodo and Sam put on orc clothing to try and blend in a bit more with their surroundings.
• A passing slave driver mistakes the two of them for small orcs and forces them to march with his company.
• Eventually, the orc company gets into a squabble with a second orc company and Frodo and Sam escape in the commotion.
• But Frodo is now completely spent: he no longer has the strength to wear orc armor or anything so heavy.
• Frodo and Sam crawl together up the sides of Mount Doom.
• When Frodo can go no further, Sam carries him.
• Suddenly, Gollum attacks Frodo and Sam in a last, desperate effort to get the Ring.
• Frodo fights back with renewed strength to protect the Ring.
• Sam takes over the battle with Gollum, leaving Frodo free to reach Sammath Naur (the cavern at the center of Mount Doom).
• After Sam defeats Gollum, he goes into Sammath Naur to find Frodo standing at the edge of a precipice.
• Frodo claims the Ring for himself. 
• Gollum leaps on Frodo a second time and bites his finger off.
• Gollum falls with the Ring into the volcano, and Frodo's soul is saved.
• Frodo and Sam are rescued from Mount Doom by Gandalf and the Eagles.
• Frodo recovers at the Fields of Cormallen and in Minas Tirith.
• Arwen offers Frodo her place on the elf ship sailing to the West in the next year. 
• Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin return to the Shire.
• Frodo finds Saruman living at Bag End. 
• Even though Saruman tries to stab Frodo, Frodo does not want him to be killed. Frodo's strong sense of mercy persists. 
• Frodo takes back Bag End and helps to reconstruct the Shire.
• But his heart is clearly not in it: he suffers from illness and he can't get over the Ring quest.
• So when the time comes for that ship to sail into the West with Gandalf, Elrond, Galadriel, and even Bilbo, Frodo decides to join them.
• He makes Sam his official heir and leaves Middle-earth.