Later in the book, the dwarves had a hard time letting the Lord of Riverdale, Lord Elrond, see the map of the mountain to interpret it in fear of having the elves reject their quest or worse, have the elves join the race to riches.
While in the goblin tunnels, Bilbo Baggins finds Gollum (a.k.a. Sméagol), a Stoorish hobbit, that has been consumed so much by greed from the “One ring to rule them” all, that he calls it, “my precious.” Gollum is so corrupt that the ring is the only thing keeping him alive.
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