Nine companions set out from Rivendell, sworn to guard the One Ring through perilous lands.
Their strength lay not in numbers alone but in perfect balance: each member distinct, each role irreplaceable.
Frodo bore the Ring.
Gandalf wove wisdom through them all.
Legolas watched with elven eyes.
Gimli stood unbroken as stone.
Aragorn led with quiet resolve.
Sting, keen and bright.
Andúril, flame of the West.
The Elven Bow, swift and true.
Shield of Gondor, stalwart and strong.
Before you lies a 9 × 9 grid—the map of Middle-earth in miniature.
Nine symbols, each echoing a Fellowship member, must find one—and only one—place in every row, every column, every 3 × 3 realm:
Just as the Company could not abide two leaders or lack a scout, no line of the grid can repeat a symbol or be left wanting.
Complete the grid, and you will have done what the Fellowship did:
placed every spirit in its rightful spot, forged a pattern no darkness can break.