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[Lord of the Rings] If Bilbo had not found and taken the Ring, what would have happened to Gollum (and the rest of Middle-earth)?

I've always wondered :)
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The Ring was going to leave Gollum eventually: it wanted to be found by someone who wasn't just going to hide deep underneath a mountain for the next several hundred years. If not Bilbo, this would probably mean the Ring would find an orc of the Misty Mountains. The orc would undoubtedly use the Ring, but could not master it. It's only a matter of time before the spies of Saruman and Sauron heard of the Ring being wielded by an orc of the mountains. Of the two, Sauron has vastly more resources, spies, and knowledge of Ring-lore, so he's much more likely to be the one who figures things out first. The Nazgul pay a visit to the Misty Mountains, kill the orc (who would certainly refuse to give up the Ring), and return the One Ring to Sauron. Sauron wins.