G Ua lilo ia ollum i kahi hana i kapa ʻia ʻo Smegol. Hele mai ia mai kekahi ʻohana o ka hamona e noho ana ma ka ʻaoʻao o Misty Mountains e kokoke ana i ka muliwai Anduin. Ua ʻike ʻia ka inoa ʻo Gollum nona ma muli o kāna kōkō weliweli, e like ana me ia. Ma muli o ka hopena o ka Ring Single, ua noho ʻo ia i kahi lōʻihi loa - 589 mau makahiki.
Noho lōʻihi ʻo Gollum i kahi mauna Misty ma hope o ka lawe ʻana i ke apo, a pepehi i kona hoahānau ʻo Degol, ka mea ʻike i ke apo i ka wai. Ma ke ana, ua ʻai ʻo Gollum i nā iʻa a me nā ʻohi.
Ma muli o ka hopena o ke apo, ua make ʻo ia e kekahi ʻano ʻokoʻa. ʻO ka smegol kāna kūlana maikaʻi, ka mea e hoʻomanaʻo mau i ke aloha a me ke aloha, a me Gollum - ka mea hewa, ka mea kānalua i ka poʻe āpau a me nā mea a pau, a makemake ʻo ia e pepehi i ka mea nāna i hoʻopuni i ke kani. ʻElua mau mea pilikino i kamaʻilio a kamaʻilio ma waena o lākou iho.
Ua aʻo ʻo Gollum i ola maikaʻi i ka hihiu. Loaʻa iā ia kahi ʻano wikiwiki, ua lilo ʻo ia i lawaiʻa maikaʻi a hiki ke hopu i ka iʻa me ka ʻole o nā ʻano hoʻohālikelike i nā wai āpau ma nā pae o ke kukui. Hiki iā ia ke ʻai i kekahi meaʻai maka. Eia kekahi, swam ʻo ia a nani a hiki iā ia ke peʻe a paleke maikaʻi. Hele nui ʻo ia a e like paha me ka mea huakaʻi huakaʻi hele like me Aragorn a me Gandalf. Ua hana maʻalahi ʻo ia i kona ala ma nā ʻāina ʻino a me nā kamaʻilio. No laila, iā ia iho, ua hiki iā ia ke loaʻa i kāna ala i nā Dead Marshes, a ua ʻike ʻo ia iā ia i kahi ʻōlelo pilikino iā Mordor ma o nā kuahiwi. Hiki iā ia iā ia ke hele ma nā Moria āpau mai ka hikina a hiki i nā ʻīpuka komohana, a paʻakikī ʻo Gandalf iā ia iho.
Ma hope o ka make ʻana o Gollum, e kala maoli ʻo Frodo iā ia, no ka mea ʻaʻole i manaʻo ʻo Frodo iā ia he mea hewa loa e pono ke make. Inā ʻaʻole no Gollum, inā ua hoʻolohe mua ʻo Frodo i ka makemake o Sauron ma Orodruin a ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke luku i ke kani. Eia kekahi, inā hoʻokau ʻo Frodo i ke kani, a laila i loko o nā makahiki he nui e lilo ʻo ia me ka Gollum.