Fredegar Bolger

Fredegar "Fatty" Bolger was one of the small group of Hobbits who knew that Frodo Baggins had the One Ring. Fatty was a descendant of Hildibrand Took (TA 2849 - TA 2934), one of the many descendants of Gerontius Took. He was the son of Odovacar Bolger and Rosamunda Took.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix C: Family Trees, Took of Great Smials
He had a younger sister, Estella (TA 2985 - ?), who would marry Meriadoc Brandybuck.
==History ==
Fatty went ahead with Merry via the main road bringing the last cart of Frodo’s belongings from Bag End to his new house at Crickhollow. There, he welcomed Frodo, Sam, Pippin, and Merry (who had gone to meet the other three hobbits at the Bucklebury Ferry) when they arrived.
Fredegar could have gone with Frodo and his companions into the Old Forest, but was terrified of the stories about it. Though Merry tried to persuade him that the Old Forest would be nothing compared to meeting the Black Riders, Fatty was adamant, so the other Hobbits went into the forest with only the knowledge of Merry to aid them.
After Frodo and the rest departed Crickhollow, Fredegar stayed behind in an attempt to keep up appearances and delay news of their departure.The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, Book One, Chapter V: "A Conspiracy Unmasked" Then on September 30 the house was attacked by three Nazgûl. Fredegar, scared out of wits, had already run to the nearest house and raised the Horn-call of Buckland and so the Nazgûl left.The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, Book One, Chapter XI: "A Knife in the Dark"
During Saruman's rule of the Shire he led a group of partisans fighting against the Ruffians around the Hills of Scary, before eventually being captured. He and his companions were imprisoned in the Lockholes and starved, meaning that after his release nobody could call him Fatty any more.The Lord of the Rings'", The Return of the King, Book Six, Chapter IX: "The Grey Havens"
==Behind the scenes==
In earlier drafts of The Lord of the Rings Fatty Bolger played a much larger role, but this was later abandoned. His role survives as a minor anomaly in the book. When the Hobbits go into the Old Forest Bolger was originally supposed to go with them.
 
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Arabic 	فريدغر بولجر
Belarusian Cyrillic	Фрэдагар Пузікс
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Фредегар Болгер
Chinese 	佛瑞斯加·博哲
Dutch 	Fredegar Burger
French 	Fredegar Bolgeurre
Georgian 	ფრედეგარ "სქელო" ბოლჯერი
Greek 	Φρέντεγκαρ Μπόλγκαρ
Hebrew 	פרדגאר (פאטי) בולג'ר
Italian 	Fredegario "Grassotto" Bolgeri
Japanese 	フレデガリ・ボルジャー
Persian 	(Fatty Bolger) فتی بوگلر
Polish 	Fredegar "Grubas" Bolger
Russian 	Фредегар Болджер
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Фредегар Бульбер
==References==
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