"In a hole in the ground, there lived a Hobbit..."
And what is a Hobbit?
Hobbits and little people, smaller
than dwarves.
They love peace and quiet and
good tilled earth.
They dislike machines, but they
are handy with
tools. They are nimble but don't
like to hurry.
They have sharp ears and eyes.
They are inclined
to be fat. They wear bright colors
but seldom wear
shoes. They like to laugh and eat
(six meals a day)
and drink. They like parties and
they like to give
and receive presents. They inhabit
a land they
call The Shire, a place between
the River Brandy-
wine and the Far Downs.
-J.R.R. Tolkein
An excerpt from The Hobbit
Hobbit of the Shire and Ring-bearer.
Frodo was born in 2968 of the Third Age, the son of Drogo Baggins and Primula
Brandybuck. Orphanded in childhood, he was adopted by his cousin, Bilbo
Baggins of Bag End. Frodo was extremely adventurous for a Hobbit, and remarkably
learned, being a song-writer and something of a scholar of Elvish lore
and language. In 3001, when Bilbo mysteriously left the Shire, Frodo inherited
Bag End and the One Ring. In 3018, Gandalf the Wizard reappeared and set
Frodo on the Quest of the Ring to Rivendell where the Fellowship of the
Ring was formed. Frodo just survived the many adventures and perils of
the journey, but succeded in delivering the One Ring to the fires of Mount
Doom. Thus, Frodo brought about the end of the War of the Ring. After the
war, he returned to Bag End, but the poisen wounds and the mental trauma
he experienced during the Quest began to tell. In 3021, Frodo embarked
on the Last Riding of the Keepers of the Rings, he gives Bag End
to Sam and aboared an Elven ship and sailed to the
Undying Lands with Bilbo.
To sum it all up:
Born: Sept. 22, 2968 T.A.
Death: Unknown
Parents: Primula Brandybuck, and Drogo Baggins
Wife: None
Children: None
Sam was Frodo's gardener,
and the youngest son of the Gamgee's. He eavesdropped on Gandalf and Frodo
talking about the One Ring and Elves, He was made to accompany Frodo to
take the One Ring to Rivendell. At Rivendell Sam was joined the Fellowship
with Frodo and the other hobbits; Merry and Pippin.
When the Fellowship broke,
Frodo and Sam were left alone to finish the task of taking the One Ring
to Mount Doom. When all was done, Sam and Frodo returned home, were Sam
married his long-time love Rose Cotton.
Then Frodo traveled to the
Undying Lands, and Sam because the Master of Bag End along with Rose, and
his children. He lived there for many years, untill all his childres were
grown up, and his beloved Rose had died. It was then, he left Hobbiton
for theUndying Lands. to be with Frodo as the last of the ring-bearers.
To sum it all up:
Birth: 2980 T.A.
Death: Unkown
Parents: Bell Goodchild,
and Hamfast Gamgee
Wife: Rose Cotton
Children: Elanor (Became
Handmaiden of Queen Arwen Evenstar), Frodo, Pippin, Bilbo, Goldilocks,
Hamfast, Merry, Tolman, Robin, Rose, Daisy, Primrose and Ruby
Frodo, and Merry's good friend,
Pippin traveled with his friends to Rivendell, were he too joined the Fellowship.
At Parth Galen, along with
Merry he was captured by Orcs. They then escaped, and met Treedbread, an
Ent. They became friends, and Together, along with other Ents, took down
Isengard. Upon riding across the plains, after destroying Isengard, Pippin
looked into the Palantir Gandalf took from Saruman. Gandalf then took himto
Gondor, were he met Denethor, Boromir and Faramir's father, and Steward
of Gondor. Pippin then offered him his sword. After he battled with Gondor
in the War of the Ring, Pippin returned home and also helped save Hobbiton.
To Sum it all up:
Birth: 2990 T.A.
Parents: Eglantine Banks,
and Paladin Took,
Death: 4th Age
Wife: Diamond, of Long Cleeve
Children: Faramir the First
(Who marries Elanor, Sam's daughter.)
Merry was one of the four
Hobbits in the Fellowship. At Parth Galen, Merry and Pippin were captured
by Orcs, after setting a diversion for Frodo to get away. They escaped,
and met Treebeard in Fangorn forest. They joined him, and after much discussing,
they, along with other Ents distroyed Isengard in the last march of the
Ents. After destroying Isengard, and much inbetween, he met King Theoden,
and offered him his service. He rode with Theoden and his army to Gondor,
were he battled in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields. It was there, that
after the Witch-king had slain King Theoden, with the help of the fair
maiden, Eowyn, they avenged Theoden's death, and killed the Witch-king.
He was nearly killed by the "Black Breath". Aragorn saved Merry's
life, by healing him, and when the War of the Ring was over he became a
Knight of Rohan. He returned home, and helped save Hobbiton from evil and
later became the Master of Buckland.
To sum it all up:
Birth: 2982 T.A.
Parents: Esmerelda Took,
and Saradoc Brandybuck
Death: 4th Age
Wife: Estella Bolger
Children: none
