This pathetic, weak, disgusting creature is obsessed with the rings of power. They are the reason he roams endlessly at night, they are the reason he has been alive for nearly a thousand years now, they are the reason he is the way he is. The Orcs call him Gollum, after his horrible, choking cough. Sméagol was his original name, but that's long forgotten. The rings, evil influence turned him from a healthy man, to the twisted, pale being you see today.