Treebeard

Treebeard, also known as Fangorn, was the oldest of the Ents left in Middle-earth, an ancient tree-like being who was a "shepherd of trees". He had a very tall and stiff-limbed appearance, with bark-like skin and leafy hair.
In Chapter Five of The Two Towers, Gandalf calls Treebeard "...the oldest living thing that still walks beneath the Sun upon this Middle-earth." Later, Celeborn would address him as "Eldest."The Lord of the Rings , The Return of the King, Book Six, Ch. VI: "Many Partings"
== History ==
=== Before the Third Age ===
Treebeard was believed to be the oldest Ent to ever live. He could remember the time the Elves first taught the trees to speak, recalling how they wanted to talk to everything. In the time that Middle-earth was mainly a giant, unpopulated forest, Treebeard roamed the land, presumably with his love, Fimbrethil. But after the loss of the Entwives, he and the remaining Ents dwelt in the Forest of Fangorn, isolating themselves from the outside world and communing with Huorns there.
=== Third Age and War of the Ring ===
With the arrival of the Istari in the year TA 1000 of the Third Age, Saruman came to Fangorn and befriended Treebeard, and would often visit him. The two would talk, discussing various subjects, with Saruman gathering information about the forest itself, and in particular its intertwining paths.The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, Book Three, Ch. IV: "Treebeard"As the years passed and with no Entings, due to the loss of the Entwives, the number of Ents decreased. Some in their old age became still and silent, almost tree-like as they slumbered. Treebeard, Finglas, Fladrif, Quickbeam, and around fifty others remained, of varying ages. When Sauron's shadow began to spread across the land again, Treebeard and the Ents remained in Fangorn, continuing to tend the trees, and taking no part in the affairs of Men, Elves and Wizards. However, they were brought into the war when Meriadoc Brandybuck and Peregrin Took escaped from Saruman's Orcs, became lost in Fangorn Forest and befriended Treebeard. Upon learning that Saruman was cutting down the forest to power his war effort, an angry Treebeard called all the Ents together for an Entmoot. After three days of deliberation, they decided to attack Isengard, in an event known as the Last March of the Ents.
Leading the attack, Treebeard helped to bring down Isengard's walls and utterly destroy them, save the tower of Orthanc and Saruman himself who sat in his tower. The Ents also broke the dam wall which had starved the once green and beautiful Wizards Vale of all its water, flooding Saruman's pits, mines, and machines of war.The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, Book Three, Ch. IX: "Flotsam and Jetsam" Once Isengard was cleansed, Treebeard remained to guard Saruman, but was ultimately unable to keep him, due to the power of Saruman's voice and the fact that Treebeard could not bear to imprison any living thing.The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Six, Ch. VI: "Many Partings"
=== After the War of the Ring ===
After Aragorn was crowned king, he promised Treebeard that the Ents could prosper again and spread to new lands with the threat of Mordor gone, and renew their search for the Entwives.  However, Treebeard lamented that forests may spread once more, but the Ents would not, predicting that the few remaining Ents would remain in Fangorn Forest until they slowly dwindled in number.  However, he still held some hope for finding the Entwives, as he asked Merry and Pippin to watch for them near the Shire, and to bring word if they were to find them.Treebeard's ultimate fate is not known. While he aged very slowly and was extremely long-lived, he was not immortal.He most likely underwent the same fate of all the Ents: eventually settling down in one place, growing roots and leaves, and essentially becoming a tree himself, ceasing conscious thought.
In her final words to Treebeard during their parting at Isengard, Galadriel said she would "Not [see him] in Middle-earth, nor until the lands that lie under the wave are lifted up again. Then in the willow-meads of Nan-tathren we may meet in the spring. Farewell!" This suggests that in the future, perhaps after the Dagor Dagorath, when the lands of Beleriand will be recovered again, Treebeard and, possibly all the other Ents, will awaken again and that he will meet her again in Nan-Tathren.
== In adaptations ==
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=== Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings ===
John Westbrook voiced Treebeard in Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings (1978 film).
=== Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy ===
In Peter Jackson's films The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), Treebeard is a combination of a large animatronic model and a CGI construct; his voice is performed by John Rhys-Davies, who also plays Gimli.In the movie The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002), the Ents at the Entmoot initially decline Merry and Pippin's request for help. Treebeard is carrying the hobbits through the forest, when Pippin gets an idea. He asks Treebeard to carry them towards Isengard, because that is the last place Saruman would look for them. When Treebeard gets close to the forest's edge, he sees the devastation wrought by Saruman's Orcs. The trees have all been chopped down to serve as fuel for Saruman's war machine. This saddens Treebeard, as many of these trees had been his friends. Treebeard then makes a momentous decision, and calls for the other Ents.
They attack Isengard and manage to flood it. In the book, Treebeard and the Ents decide to attack Saruman without any such coercion. They were already most likely aware of this situation.  When Gandalf arrives at Isengard in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), Treebeard refers to Gandalf as "young master Gandalf".
=== Video games ===
* Treebeard is featured in The Lord of the Rings: Conquest in both the good and evil campaigns. In the first he appears in the Battle of Isengard level, where the player must deliver Gríma Wormtongue's key to Orthanc to him. In the second, an alternate timeline in which Frodo took the One Ring for himself sees Treebeard killed by the Balrog known as Durin's Bane.
* He also appears in LEGO The Lord of the Rings: The Video Game, in which he is a playable character when one of the Hobbits is riding on his shoulder.
* In The Lord of the Rings Online, Treebeard's encounter with Merry and Pippin, the Entmoot, and the Breaking of Isengard are told in a series of flashbacks, narrated either by Gandalf, the Hobbits, or Treebeard himself. The player themselves does not meet Treebeard until after the confrontation between Gandalf and Saruman. Afterwards, Treebeard remains at the Ring of Isengard to watch over the Wizard.
== Gallery ==
File:Pippin-and-treebeard.jpg|Pippin mistakenly grabs treebeards nose in The Two Towers film
File:Treebearda.jpg|Treebeard as seen in The Battle for Middle-earth II
File:Treebeard - LOTR The Card Game (ally).JPG|Treebeard in The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game, The Antlered Crown Adventure Pack
File:Treebeard - LOTR The Card Game (Hero).JPG|Treebeard in The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game, The Treason of Saruman Expansion
The Lord of the Rings Online - Treebeard.jpg|Treebeard in The Lord of the Rings Online
== Voice dubbing actors ==
Foreign Language 	Voice dubbing artist
Spanish (Latin America) 	Maynardo Zavala
Spanish (Spain) 	José Antequera
Portuguese (Brazil) (Television/DVD)	Guilherme Lopes
German 	Wolfgang Hess
French (France) 	Vincent Grass
Czech 	Jiří Zavřel
Slovak 	Emanuel Romančík
Italian (Italy) 	Carlo Baccarini
== Trivia ==
*It's believed that many of Treebeard's mannerisms were based on Tolkien's friend C.S. Lewis, a loud, bombastic man known for his powerful stride and overwhelming presence.
*The Top Trumps card game lists Treebeard as being 17,051 years old.
*in both adaptions , both of Treebeard's voices are named John.
== Appearances ==
=== Books ===
* The Two Towers
* The Return of the King
=== Adaptations ===
*The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
*The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Boombaard
Albanian 	Pemëmjekër
Arabic 	لحية الشجرة
Armenian 	Ծառմորուս
Azerbaijani 	Ağac saqqal
Belarusian Cyrillic 	Древобород
Bengali 	ট্রিবিয়ার্ড (Treebeard)
ফ্যানগর্ন (Fangorn)
Bosnian 	Drvobradi
Breton 	Barvgwez ?
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Дървобрад (Treebeard)
Фангорн (Fangorn)
Cambodian 	ពុកចង្កាដើមឈើ ?
Catalan 	Barbarbrat (Treebeard)
Fàngorn (Fangorn)
Cebuano 	Kahoy bungot
Chichewa 	Mtengondevu
Chinese (Hong Kong) 	樹鬍
Corsican 	Arburu barba
Croatian 	Drvobradaš
Czech 	Stromovous
Danish 	Træskæg
Dutch 	Boombaard
Esperanto 	Arbobarbon
Estonian 	Puuhabe
Finnish 	Puuparta
French 	Sylvebarbe / Barbebois (New translation)
Frisian 	Beamburd (Western)
Galician 	Bárbore
Georgian 	თრეებეარდ
German 	Baumbart
Greek 	Δεντρογένης
Gujarati 	વૃક્ષ દાઢી
Hebrew 	(Treebeard) זקן עץ
(Fangorn) פאנגורן
Hindi 	ट्री दाढ़ी
Hungarian 	Szilszakáll
Icelandic 	Tréskegg
Indonesian 	Jenggot pohon
Irish Gaelic 	Féasógcrann
Italian 	Barbalbero
Japanese 	木の髭 (Treebeard) 
ファンゴルン (Fangorn)
Javanese 	Wit jenggot
Kannada 	ಟ್ರೀ ಗಡ್ಡ
Kazakh 	Ағаш сақал (Cyrillic) Ağaş saqal (Latin)
Korean 	나무수염 (Treebeard)
판고른 (Fangorn)
Kurdish 	Darrî (Kurmanji Kurdish)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Дарак сакал
Laotian 	ເປັນໄມ້ຢືນຕົ້ນຈັບຫນວດ
Latin 	Arborbarbam
Latvian 	Koksbārda
Lithuanian 	Medisbarzda
Malaysian 	Pokokjanggut
Marathi 	वृक्ष दाढी
Macedonian Cyrillic 	дрвобрада
Manx 	Faasaagbilley ?
Mongolian Cyrillic 	мод сахал
Nepalese 	वृक्ष दाढी
Norwegian 	Treskjegg
Persian 	چوب ریش
Polish 	Drzewiec
Portuguese 	Barbárvore (Brazil)
Barba de Árvore (Portugal)
Punjabi 	ਟ੍ਰੀਿ ਬੀਅਰਡ
Romanian 	Arborebărbos
Russian 	Древень (Treebeard)
Фангорн (Fangorn)
Scottish Gaelic 	Feusagcraobh ?
Serbian 	Дрвобради (Cyrillic) Drvobradi (Latin)
Sinhalese 	රුක් රැවුල
Slovak 	Stromobrad
Slovenian 	Drevobrada
Somali 	Geedgadhka
Spanish (Spain and Latin America)	Bárbol
Sundanese 	Tangkal Janggot
Swahili 	Mtindevu
Swedish 	Lavskägge
Tamil 	மரம் தாடி
Telugu 	చెట్టు గడ్డం
Thai 	ทรีเบียร์ด (Treebeard) 
ฟังกอร์น (Fangorn)
Turkish 	Ağaçsakal
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Дре́влен (Treebeard)
Фанґорн (Fangorn)
Uzbek 	Дарахт соқол (Cyrillic) Daraxt soqol (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Câyrâu
Xhosa 	Umthi ndevu
Yiddish 	טרעעבעאַרד
== References ==
Category:Ents
Category:The Lord of the Rings characters
Category:Characters in The History of Middle-earth
Category:The Two Towers (film) characters
Category:The Return of the King (film) characters
Category:Major characters (The Lord of the Rings)
ca:Barbarbrat
de:Baumbart
es:Bárbol
fr:Sylvebarbe
it:Barbalbero
pl:Drzewiec
ru:Древень
uk:Древлен