For [the One Ring] had been taken from Anduin long ere they sought for it, being found by one of the

For [the One Ring] had been taken from Anduin long ere they sought for it, being found by one of the small fisher-folk that dwelt by the River, ere the Kings failed in Gondor… ~ The Silmarillion, Of the Rings of Power (Art: “Smeagol and the Ring of Power” by drkay85 on deviantART)