Sam Gamgee

"*But in the end, it's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something, even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn't. They kept going. Because they were holding on to something.*"
—Samwise Gamgee to Frodo Baggins

**Samwise "Sam' Gamgee i**s the one of the four hobbit protagonists of of the Peter Jackson film series, *The Lord of the Rings*. He is portrayed by Sean Astin.

The hobbit would
become Frodo Baggins' sole companion on the Quest to Mordor, Sam has undying loyalty for his friends and does anything to protect them, including his best friend, Frodo.

Sam is part of the Gamgee family and the Fellowship of the Ring.

## Early life

Sam was born April 6, a
few years after Frodo was born, but before Merry and Pippin  to Hamfast"The Gaffer" Gamgee and
his wife, Bell Goodchild.

As a child, Sam
became best friends with Bilbo Baggins' young "nephew" Frodo Baggins
and their young er cousins, Meriadoc Brandybuck and Peregrin Took. His best
friend's uncle Bilbo, who was one of Sam's idol heroes, asked the gaffer to
teach his son, to which Mr. Gamgee agreed to.
He also was childhood friends with Rosie Cotton, but their friendship
would become something deeper. In reality, Rose and Sam began developing
feelings for each other, but both kept it from the other person. The only
person who seemed to know both Rose and Sam's true feelings for each other was
their friend, Frodo.

Sometime later, Sam
becomes Frodo's and Bilbo's gardener after the Gaffer retired.

## History

### Bilbo's Farewell Party

On September 22, TA 3019, Sam was fixing up one of the
plants. Later that evening, he attended Bilbo's one 111th birthday and Frodo's
coming of age. From afar while drinking ale [1], he watched Rosie dance, but
didn't have the courage to ask her himself. Frodo seeing Sam's distress ran
over to his friend and told him to ask Miss Cotton for a dance. However, Sam
refused and chose to get more ale, but Frodo however refused to let Sam walk
away and pushed him in Rosie's direction. During Bilbo's farewell speech, the
Hobbit disappeared, thus shocking all the party guests including Sam.

### Weathertop

One night when Aragorn went to scout ahead, Sam
participated in cooking with Merry and Pippin. The smell of smoke woke Frodo up
who immediately put the fire out with his foot, calling them "fools"
at the same time. The hobbits are ambushed by the Nazgul, while Sam called them
devils as they began dueling them. However, Frodo ends up being wounded as
Aragorn comes to their rescue. Sam immediately went to his friend's side, and
begged Aragorn to do something to save Frodo. However, it was beyond Strider's
power to help save the poor hobbit. While Frodo and Arwen made their way to Rivendell on a different route,
Aragorn continued leading the Hobbits to the Last Homely House.

### Rivendell

Sam hardly left
Frodo's side as his master recovered in Rivendell. Frodo finally awoke in October
21st at ten o'clock. Frodo was later summoned to a secret council, known as the
Council of Elrond. Secretly, Sam, Merry and Pippin were eavesdropping during
the entire meeting. Sam revealed himself to the council and ran to Frodo's
side. He stated that Frodo wasn't going anywhere without him. Elrond noted the
bond between the two, and stated that it was hard to separate Frodo and Sam
from each other, since the latter of the two was not invited to the secret
council. Following Sam's example, Merry and Pippin also volunteered to travel with Frodo

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