Gandalf is the protagonist? Ancient MFer 2nd-tier angel showed up to check if a ring was fucked up but just left it there, later sends a letter to GTFO with an unreliable guy that never delivers it, gets captured by Saruman, lets Pippin steal his orb, and all kinds of other shit. While the real protagonists are out here fighting for their lives against shadows that can see into the unseen while they have no powers and max out at around 3 feet.

Next Pope letter better include some Frodo drops. “It must often be so, Sam, when things are in danger: someone has to give them up, lose them, so that others may keep them.”