J.R.R. Tolkien

After healing their grief over the loss of Gandalf at Lothlorien, the group rowed down the mighty river Anduin and finally came to a parting of the ways. Boromir learns of Frodo's decision to abandon the ring and tries to take it from him. Frodo flees. Boromir, repentant, falls in battle with the orcs, and Merry and Pippin are kidnapped. Here the companions of the journey are scattered...