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• "May It Be a Light to You in Dark Places, When All Other Lights Go Out." Galadriel Gives a Phial of Light to Frodo.
• "What Gift Would a Dwarf Ask of The Elves?" Galadriel Gives Three of Her Golden Hairs to Gimli.
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• "Fealty With Love, Valour With Honour, Oath-breaking With Vengeance." Pippin Enters the Service of Denethor of Gondor.
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