Old Toby

Rating: 10/10 (19 July 2012)

Unless one is blind, it is obvious that all the Hobbits, including Gandalf the wizard, have a hankering for evil substances..namely, the tobacco plant. Also, brew, which as we all know has a merry concept. And so it all begins. Frodo's uncle is celebrating a birthday. He is very old, and hardly looks it. But why? He possesses a special ring, with properties the old hobbit hardly knows. He can disappear, but what else? The ring Bilbao owns has an otherworldly power, yet Gandalf knows the ring is evil. Not evil, exactly, but Gandalf knows that some entity desires the ring. An entity that would wield terrible power if the entity could claim it.
The birthday party for Bilbao is a blast. Fireworks, Old Toby, the two brothers Peregine and Merry getting in the most trouble. Frodo is enjoying himself so much until he sees Bilbao..and then doesn't see him.
They were once kings, and now are dark horsemen. They have found Frodo and his new companions who are not exactly welcome..but what can he do?
The stage is set for the Fellowship of The Rings when Frodo has gotten far enough into an adventure that there is no turning back. He and his companions meet a strange horseman in an alehouse. And Peregrine, true to his nature has discovered that "it comes in pints".
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