
His family expelled him from their dwellings, and he made his way into the Misty Mountains, where he lived by a subterranean lake for more than 400 years, until he met Bilbo Baggins. The Ring amplified his evil tendencies and he took to spying and stealing. He is believed to have been in his early twenties when he murdered Déagol (presumably a relative, though this is never stated) to get the Ring, which Déagol had found in the Anduin. He was born near the banks of the Great River, Anduin, and raised by his grandmother. You will lead us to the Black Gate.Gollum lived for nearly 600 years due to the effects of possessing the Ring. He's trying to trick us! If we let him go, he'll throttle us in our sleep! I DON'T BELIEVE YOU! Get down! I said DOWN! We swears to serve the master of the precious. There's no promise you can make that I can trust. Take it off us! We swears to do what you wants! We swears. We be nice to them, if they be nice to us. Quiet, you! It's hopeless! Every Orc in Mordor's gonna hear this racket! Let's just tie him up and leave him. IT BURNS! IT BURNS US! It freezes! Nasty Elves twisted it. On the precious.Sam: I DON'T BELIEVE YOU! Get down! I said DOWN!Frodo: Sam!Sam: He's trying to trick us! If we let him go, he'll throttle us in our sleep!Frodo: You know the way into Mordor?Gollum: Yes.Frodo: You've been there before?Gollum: Yes.Frodo: You will lead us to the Black Gate. It will hold you to your word.Gollum: Yes. on the precious! Gollum, gollum.Frodo: The Ring is treacherous. Take it off us! We swears to do what you wants! We swears.Frodo: There's no promise you can make that I can trust.Gollum: We swears to serve the master of the precious. But now that I see him, I do pity him.Gollum: We be nice to them, if they be nice to us. TAKE IT OFF US!Sam: Quiet, you! It's hopeless! Every Orc in Mordor's gonna hear this racket! Let's just tie him up and leave him.Gollum: NO! That would kill us! Kill us! Sam: It's no more than you deserve!Frodo: Maybe he does deserve to die. Gollum: IT BURNS! IT BURNS US! It freezes! Nasty Elves twisted it.
