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Pearl, Pimpernel and Pervinca Took

**Pippin's sisters** respectfully were **Pimpernel, Pervinca and Pearl**. They were the daughters of Eglantine Banks and Paladin Took, aunts of Faramir Took, sisters-in-law of Diamond of Long-cleeve, and granddaughters of Adalgrim Took.

It is also rumored that, like most Took family members, the girls had elf-like appearances due to being part fairy.

For their separate pages:

* Pearl Took
* Pervinca Took
* Pimpernel Took
Hamfast Gardner

**Hamfast Gardner**  (also known as **Hamfast Gamgee II**) was one of the many children of Samwise Gamgee and Rose Cotton.

## Biography

Hamfast Gardner was born Fourth Age 11 as the Seventh child and fourth son of Samwise Gamgee and Rose Cotton. He had twelve other siblings: Elanor, Frodo, Rose, Merry, Pippin, Goldilocks, Daisy, Primrose, Bilbo, Ruby, Robin and Tolman.

His parents named him after Sam's father, Hamfast "The Gaffer" Gamgee
Rhudaur

**Rhudaur** was the smallest of the kingdoms that originated from the break-up of Arnor in TA 861. The other kingdoms were Arthedain and Cardolan. The Dúnedain were never numerous in Rhudaur; a large part of the population was comprised of native Hill-men.

## History

Rhudaur formed the eastern part of Arnor, and stretched from the Weather Hills with Weathertop to the river Loudwater. It shared a long border with Cardolan along the Great East Road, and with Arthedain along the line of the Weather Hills.

The land between the rivers Hoarwell and Loudwater was also considered part of Rhudaur. It was called The Angle, and it is here that the first Stoor Hobbits came into Eriador around TA 1150. However, due to the increasing hostility of Angmar these Stoors fled the region around TA 1356, with some of them moving west, and others moving back to Wilderland.

From the start of its existence, Rhudaur was unfriendly towards the two other successor states, and took part in a bitter conflict with Arthedain over the Tower of Amon Sûl and the Palantír associated with the tower.

The line of Isildur failed first in Rhudaur and the last Kings were not of Númenórean blood, but were descended of Men in service of Angmar. Under their rule the land became a vassal of Angmar (after TA 1349) and thus enemies of Cardolan and Arthedain.

Angmar annexed and terminated the kingdom in TA 1409. The last Dúnedain fled around this time and the remaining population of Hill-men died out at some point after this.
There is evidence that after the fall of Angmar at the Battle of Fornost, the Angle became home to the remainder of the Dúnedain, and the Rangers of the North established several villages there, where their people lived until the resurrection of the northern Kingdom under King Aragorn II Elessar at the end of the Third Age.
Sam Gamgee/Relationships

## Family

* Hamfast of Gamwich (great-great-great-grandfather)
* Wiseman Gamgee (great-great-grandfather)
* Hob Gammidge (great-grandfather)
* Rowan Greenhand (great-grandmother)
* Hob Gammidge the Roper (grandfather)
* Hobson Gamgee (paternal grandfather)
* Hamfast Gamgee (Father)
* Bell Gamgee (nee Goodchild) (mother)
* Hamson Gamgee (older brother)
* Halfred Gamgee (older brother)
* Daisy Gamgee (older sister)
* May Gamgee (older sister)
* Marigold Gamgee (younger sister)
* Tolman Cotton (brother-in-law)

### Rosie Cotton

Sam and Rosie have known each other since they were children. Rosie's brother was also married to Sam's sister, making them in-laws by marriage. Sam was in love with Rosie, and Rosie harbored feelings for him too. They eventually married and had more children than the Old Took. Rosie died around after the series, and Sam was so broken hearted, he left for the Grey Havens to be reunited with Frodo and his other friends from the past.

## Friends

### Frodo Baggins

Frodo was Sam's best friend growing up. He later became Frodo's gardener but they still maintained a healthy friendship. Later in their adulthood years, Frodo seems to be aware of Sam's feelings for Rose Cotton, seeing he pushed Sam to dance with her. Sam became Frodo's first companion because Gandalf had him go on the journey with Frodo in the first place.Sam later joins the company of the Ring, claiming Frodo is not going anywhere without him, showing his undying loyalty towards his friend. Sam is also the only member of the Fellowship who sticks with Frodo at the end of the film.
Frodo's and Sam's friendship is one of the main plot line in the series.

### Merry Brandybuck and Pippin Took

The three of them hardly ever interact with each other, but they are proven to have a good relationship. The three of them were the Conspirators, who discussed on keeping the ring a secret and watch over Frodo so he doesn't disappear like Bilbo did. They are all companions in the Fellowship of the Ring. Sometimes, Sam does not like it when they are both in danger or whenever they are causing the trouble. He once snaps, "Trust a Brandybuck and a Took". Merry reflects on Sam's friendship with him and they all wish to see each other again when the Quest is over. Despite being at odds with Merry and Pippin, Sam still considered them to be good friends.

### Gandalf

Sam though not appearing to be close like Bilbo, Frodo, and Pippin were to Gandalf, still cared for Gandalf as a friend.
Photokinesis

Photokinesis is the mental and/or physical ability to control light.

## Role

Gandalf uses the ability in *The Fellowship of the Ring* when fighting off the balrog and when he is guiding the Fellowship through Moria. In *An Unexpected Journey*, which serves as a prequel to the Return of the King, he uses the light to defeat the goblins that nearly killed Thorin Oakenshield and his companions He also uses it when battling the Necromancer in Moria.

In *The Desolation of Smaug,* Gandalf uses light to blind Azog so he and Thrain can escape.

Frodo, with the use of the light from Earendil, uses the light to ward off that of Shelob.

## Known practitioners

* Gandalf
* Frodo Baggins (with use of the star Earendil)
* Galadriel
High Pass

The **High Pass**, also named ***Cirith Forn en Andrath*** (S. "Northern Pass of the Long-climb"), was an important pass over the Misty Mountains.

On its western end was the refuge of Rivendell, and from there the Great East Road climbed into the mountains until it reached the mountain under which lay Goblin-town, and from thence down eastward into the Vales of Anduin.

## History

### First Age

The High Pass was first created before the First Age by Oromë the Vala, in order to allow for a crossing of the mountains by the Eldar. Later in the First Age the High Pass was used by the Dwarves, who connected their roads (the Great East Road and the **Men-i-Naugrim** through Mirkwood) with it.

### Second Age

In the later days of the Second Age, the High Pass was used by the armies of the Last Alliance of Elves and Men led by Gil-galad and Elendil when they marched through it on their way to confront the armies of Sauron in Mordor.

### Third Age

During the later Third Age the Pass became dangerous again because of the Orcs increasing in the mountains. Only with the advent of the War of the Dwarves and Orcs, which nearly eliminated these Orcs, did the pass become safe again. Afterwards, the pass was considered safe for about one-hundred and forty years until TA 2940, just before the Quest of Erebor when goblins of Goblin-town had delved an entrance to their underground tunnels on the pass. Thorin and Company were captured there in TA 2941 when they intended to pass through the mountains on their way to the Lonely Mountain.

After the Battle of Five Armies, the pass was once again free from danger and was maintained by the Beornings, and for many years afterwards it became important for trade between Eriador and Rhovanion. During the War of the Ring, the Fellowship of the Ring bypassed the High Pass because the eastern side of the Misty Mountains had become too dangerous due to a winter snow storm. It was also the most obvious route they could have taken from Rivendell.
Ori

## Physical appearance

### Age:

76 (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey-The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies)

## Family information

### Extended Family:

* Unnamed mother
* Unknown father
* Dori (brother)
* Nori (brother)
* Thorin Oakenshield (relative)
* Fíli (relative)
* Kíli (relative)
* Line of Durin (relatives)

## Affiliation

### Loyalty:

* Erebor
	+ Line of Durin
		- House of Ri
	+ Thorin and Company
		- Thorin Oakenshield
		- Bilbo Baggins
* Dwarves of the Northern Blue Mountains
* Dwarves of the Lonely Mountain

## Production information

### Last seen:

*The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies* (alive appearance)
The Lord of the RIngs trilogy (last appearance)

**Ori** was the brother of Dori and Nori and one of the twelve companions of Bilbo Baggins and Thorin Oakenshield.

After the Quest of Erebor, Ori followed his distant relative Balin on a quest to reclaim Moria. However the colony was short lived and Ori and several other dwarves were killed by the Orcs that lived in Moria. His death presumably was reported and heart-broke his brothers.

## Biography

### Early life and Quest of Erebor

Ori lived in Thorin's Halls in the northern Blue Mountains for many years. In the year TA 2941, Ori became a member of Thorin's Company and travelled with Thorin, Gandalf, Bilbo Baggins, and the other dwarves on the quest for the Lonely Mountain, culminating in the death of Smaug. Finally, he and the other dwarves of Thorin's Company fought in the Battle of Five Armies, which he survived.

### Final days

Ori was one of the several Dwarves that accompanied Balin to Moria in TA 2989 to begin a colony there. Though it saw initial success, the colony was destroyed in TA 2994 when the Balrog ( Durin's Bane) and Orcs began to press back from the initial fight. After Balin died, Ori and others lived just long enough to bury him properly in a stone tomb before dying themselves in the last stand in the Chamber of Mazarbul. Ori recalls his last moments in *The Book of Mazarbul* which Gandalf reads from when the Fellowship passes by Balin's Tomb some twenty-four years later. His body is left clutching the scarred, bloodied, and shredded book; a warrior-scribe to the last breath.

## Official description

*Younger brother to Nori and Dori, Ori is a talented artist, and can often be found drawing and writing in his journal. It is Ori who chronicles much of the journey through The Wild to the shores of the Long Lake and the slopes of The Lonely Mountain. Polite and well-bred, he is used to being bossed around by his older brother Dori and is usually biddable, although occasionally he can surprise his fellow companions with his courage and determination. Ori is said to be the youngest in the company.*

## Appearances

* The Hobbit film trilogy
	+ *The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey*
	+ *The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug*
	+ *The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies*
Mordor Orcs

**Mordor Orcs** were the Orcs bred by the Dark Lord Sauron in the Land of Shadow. They formed Sauron's main military host during the Second Age and Third Age.

## In *The Lord of the Rings*

During the War of the Ring, Sauron and his ally Saruman sent a band of Uruk-hai, Mordor Orcs and Moria Orcs to capture two hobbits of the Fellowship. They were at one time led by Grishnákh, a captain tasked with taking the hobbits back to Mordor. These Orcs managed to kill the warrior Boromir and to capture Merry and Pippin, whom they had mistaken for Frodo and Sam. However, as they left Amon Hen they began to quarrel over where to take them. The Mordor Orcs had received orders to take them to their master Sauron while the Uruk-hai were to deliver them to Saruman in Isengard. Since the Orcs of Isengard were more numerous than those of Mordor, Grishnákh's band was forced to follow the Uruks. The Orc captain secretly planned his next move and left the group to call reinforcements. At night near Fangorn Forest, however, the Orcs were all killed by the Riders of Rohan.

Frodo and Sam encountered varying Mordor Orcs when traversing Shelob's lair, and in the Tower of Cirith Ungol.

Thousands of Orcs were led by the Witch-king against the forces of Gondor at the battle near Pelennor Fields, after their defeat of the defenders of Osgiliath, and their siege of Minas Tirith. The rest of the Mordor Orcs perished at the Battle of the Black Gate, or in the destruction of the Dark Tower.
Huor

**Huor** was the youngest son of Galdor, Lord of Dor-lómin, and grandson of Hador Lórindol. Huor was in his turn the father of Tuor and grandfather of Eärendil. Huor had the fair hair and blue eyes of his grandfather's house, and was accounted one of the tallest of the Edain, second only to his own son Tuor.
Primula Brandybuck

Primula Brandybuck Baggins was the mother of Frodo Baggins and wife of Drogo Baggins. Primula was also a descendant (granddaughter) of the Old Took. She was also Merry's great-aunt and cousin She and her husband died in the Brandywine river and Frodo was orphaned under the care of his "uncle", Primula's cousin Bilbo Baggins.
Rosie Cotton

## Rose "Rosie" Cotton

**Rose"Rosie" Gamgee** (nee **Cotton**) is a fictional character and a minor protagonist in The Lord of the Rings.

She is the wife of and chldhood friend of Samwise "Sam" Gamgee and mother of Frodo and Elanor Gamgee

## History/Early life

Rose "Rosie" Cotton was

born in T.A. 2984. She was a childhood friend and wife of Sam Gamgee and was sisters-in-law with Sam's sister, Marigold. Sam grew to have a crush on her, but he thought she didn't havethe same feelings toward him. Though he didn't know it, Rose also felt the same way, but she hid it as well.

## The Fellowship of the Ring

### Bilbo's Farewell Party

**Frodo**: "*Go on Sam. Ask Rosie fora dance.* "
**Sam Gamgee**: "*I think I'll have anotherale.*"
**Frodo**: "*Oh no you don't*"
— Frodo and Sam [src]

Rosie goes to Bilbo's 111th birthday party as one of the invited guests. She is dancing alone at the festivities, with Sam watching her sadly. When Frodo tells him to ask Rosie fo ra dance, the hobbit refuses and goes to get another ale. However, Frodo stops him and pushes him in Rosie's direction, where bothof them dance together for some time.

### Green dragon

"*Don't worry Sam, Rosie knows an idiot when she sees one!*"
—Frodo to Sam

###

During an evening at the Green Dragon, Rosie is working late as Sam watches her from a distance. She seems to give him a smile, buthe quickly looks away from her. As he and Frodo both leave the Green Dragon, Sam glances and sees her saying goodbye to another hobbit man. Frodo assures his best friend that Rosie knows an idiot when she sees one.

## *In between appearances*

While everyone in the shire forgot about Sam, Rosie waited for them to be reunited.

## *Return of the King*

Sam later returns to the Shire, with Rosie very happy to see him, but it is evident that she always had a crush on Sam. Finally, Sam has the courage to ask Rose out with Pippin, Merry and Frodo laughing on as he goes to ask her a question.

### Marriage to Samwise Gamgee

Some unknown time passes, and Rose andSam's relationship continues in a healthy rate. Later, Sam proposesto Rosie, and she says yes. They are  later married in front of their friends and families. After sharing a kiss, Rosie took her flowers and threw them in the Hobbits' direction, only for the flowers to be caught by Pippin. .

### Epilogue

Later on, have two children, named Elanor and Frodo.

## Personality and traits

Rosie is a kind individual who has been regarded as one of the most prettiest girls in all of the Shire. She has curly blond hair and is fairly beautiful. Like all the Hobbit women Rosa has worn dresses, even the best ones made in all the Shire. She was a good wife and mother.

At Bilbo's birthday party, she wore a white dress under her blue-green over-dress. As a barmaid, she wore an apron with a dress

## Appearances

* The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition as well)
* The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (extended edition as well)
Paladin Took

**Paladin Took** is the father of Pippin, Pearl, Pervinca, and Pimpernel, husband of Eglantine Banks, older brother of Esmeralda Brandybuck, nee Took.

Paladin was born TA 2933 to Adalgrim Took and an unnamed hobbit woman. Paladin was also the  thirty-first Thain of the Shire. His son was famous for being a member in teh Fellowship of the Ring and one of the reasons why Sauron was destroyed.

#### *The Return of the King*

Paladin is briefly mentioned when Denethor tells Pippin that he releases him from his vows,

Paladin had a grandson named Faramir born in FO 10. He later passed away in FO 13. He was later succeeded by Peregrin.

## Appearances

* *The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King* (mentioned only)
Olog-hai

The **Olog-hai** were an advanced breed of troll that appeared in the last days of the War of the Ring in Sauron's service in Middle-earth.

Sauron's chief orc lieutenant Azog commands a few dozen armored Olog-Hai of Dol Guldur along with thousands of war-bred Moria Orcs. In this film the Ologs appear much like they did in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, however there are some key differences.

Most of the trolls are much larger than any other variety seen thus far. (standing about 25 - 30 feet tall) rather than the standard 10-15 feet height for most other Ologs. The trolls are mostly dark grey and tan in color. Some have large tusks protruding from their lower jaws. Unlike their Mordor cousins they wear armor similar to that of the orcs living in Moria.

Olog-hai were depicted as large trolls clad in dark armor and wielding the war hammers alluded to in the appendices. In the Siege of Gondor they were primarily used as shock troops after the gates of Minas Tirith were broken, although later an Olog-hai duels Aragorn at the Black Gate and nearly kills him.

They differ from the other trolls depicted in the movies in that they have more forward-facing eyes as well as hair on their bodies. They are usually grey, dark green, reddish-brown, or black in color. They have twenty-four teeth and have an average height of about ten to fifteen feet, compared to regular Trolls who were eight to ten feet.

Their eyes are also bright orange, showing their evil connection with Sauron. Attack Olog-hai wear breastplates, vambraces, pauldrons, and helmets, and carry maces, hammers, or huge swords. Despite their size they were exceptionally fast and were skilled enough to parry and engage in swordplay, as was the case with one that duelled Aragorn outside the Black Gate.
Goblin King

The **Great Goblin** was a large goblin leader of the Misty Mountains in Middle-earth during the Third Age.

## Biography

The Great Goblin was a goblin chieftain of the Misty Mountains. He was a very large creature with a huge head. He was the chief of a group of goblins who lived in Goblin-town near the High Pass. They preyed on travellers who used another, easier pass near the main gate of Goblin-town until people started avoiding that route over the mountains. The goblins then made another gate opening into a cave they called the "Front Porch", at the top of the High Pass. The Great Goblin sometimes ordered his goblins to catch fish for him in Gollum's Lake, and these goblins were sometimes killed by Gollum.

In the summer of TA 2941, the Dwarves of Thorin and Company, along with Bilbo Baggins, were captured on the Front Porch and were brought before the Great Goblin in his great cave, where he was seated on a flat stone and surrounded by armed guards. The Great Goblin demanded to know what the Dwarves were doing in the mountains. (He seems less hostile in this passage than the Orcs are during the later War of the Ring, as his questioning seems to imply that he has not decided beforehand whether he will order the party killed, make them slaves, or even let them go, but that he will decide according to their answers. It is also possible he was just toying with the group and would kill them afterwards.)
When it was revealed that Thorin carried the Elvish sword Orcrist - which the Orcs fear and which they called "Biter" - the Great Goblin was enraged and at once leapt to attack Thorin. Immediately, all the torches in the cave were extinguished and a glowing sword "bright as blue flame" appeared. It was Glamdring, called "Beater" by the goblins, and now wielded by Gandalf. As the Dwarves were escaping, He is knocked off a cliff by Thorin when Gandalf saves the company, and is killed after the fight through Goblin-town when Gandalf slashes his abdomen and cuts his throat.
High Fells of Rhudaur

The **High Fells of Rhudaur** was the location of the tombs made for the Nazgûl, created following their defeat at the hands of the Men of Arnor.

Described more as a prison of the dead than as a grave, the tombs were located north of the Trollshaws within the boundaries of the old kingdom of Rhudaur; near the source of the river Hoarwell and south of the Coldfells.

## History

When Gandalf was on the edge of Mirkwood, he was telepathically contacted by Galadriel, who told him to search the High Fells to confirm the truth of Radagast's story to see if the Enemy had returned. He left Thorin and Company to venture into the forest alone and went to investigate the tombs of the fallen Kings who became the Nazgul. He contacted Radagast to meet him there, and what they found was the tombs were empty. Gandalf surmised that the Necromancer was no mere sorcerer.
King of the Reunited Kingdom

The **Kings of the Reunited Kingdom**, also known as the **High Kings of Gondor and Arnor**, were the rulers of the Reunited Kingdom after the War of the Ring. They came to be called the House of Telcontar.

## Before the War of the Ring

In the north, the realm of Arnor had fallen into troubled times. It broke into three separate kingdoms, and in time these fell, so that the Dúnedain of the North-kingdom of Elendil were reduced to a wandering people led by a Chieftain. Nonetheless, they were able to maintain Isildur's line in unbroken descent. However the House of Anárion failed in Gondor, when Eärnur was lost, without heirs, in TA 2050. Gondor's rule was taken up by the Stewards.

There were two attempts to reunite the kingdoms. The first of these occurred when Arvedui of Arthedain claimed the High Kingship of the Two Kingdoms. His claim was rejected by Steward Pelendur and the Council of Gondor, who elected to maintain their independence.

## Reunification

More than a thousand years later, after the War of the Ring, Arvedui's direct descendant Aragorn II came forward to make the same claim. This time, the people of Gondor accepted a High King, and the Two Kingdoms were reunited at last.

Taking the name King Elessar, Aragorn ruled from Minas Tirith, which became even greater and more beautiful than it was in the first days after its construction, but he travelled throughout his wide lands, and rebuilt Annuminas. When he went north he would rule from there. The Shire was an exception to this, and though it lay within the Reunited Kingdom, Aragorn made a law that Men should not enter it, a law that he observed himself.

After Aragorn's death, his son Eldarion took up the High Kingship, and the Reunited Kingdom endured for many years under the new King and his descendants.
Skirmish in the Trollshaws

The **Skirmish in the Trollshaws** was the first conflict in the Quest of Erebor.

## History

### Prelude

Once, a farmer and his family lived peacefully on their farm. However, there are trolls that destroy the house and eat all of the farmer's members. One day, a dwarf named Thorin Oakenshield and his company settled down near the house. Gandalf looks to inspect and realizes that there is something evil afoot, and tries ☀to convince Thorin to move on for something bad could happen to them. Thorin refuses to leave and then causes him and Gandalf to let out a fracas. Gandalf storms out on them, leaving Thorin and Company to fend for themselves. (*The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey*)

## Appearances

* *The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey* (first appearance)
* *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (mentioend only)*
Great Goblin

The Great Goblin was a goblin chieftain of the Misty Mountains. He was a very large creature with a huge head. He was the chief of a group of goblins who lived in Goblin-town near the High Pass. They preyed on travellers who used another, easier pass near the main gate of Goblin-town until people started avoiding that route over the mountains. The goblins then made another gate opening into a cave they called the "Front Porch", at the top of the High Pass. The Great Goblin sometimes ordered his goblins to catch fish for him in Gollum's Lake, and these goblins were sometimes killed by Gollum.

In the summer of TA 2941, the Dwarves of Thorin and Company, along with Bilbo Baggins, were captured on the Front Porch and were brought before the Great Goblin in his great cave, where he was seated on a flat stone and surrounded by armed guards. The Great Goblin demanded to know what the Dwarves were doing in the mountains. (He seems less hostile in this passage than the Orcs are during the later War of the Ring, as his questioning seems to imply that he has not decided beforehand whether he will order the party killed, make them slaves, or even let them go, but that he will decide according to their answers. It is also possible he was just toying with the group and would kill them afterwards.)

When it was revealed that Thorin carried the Elvish sword Orcrist - which the Orcs fear and which they called "Biter" - the Great Goblin was enraged and at once leapt to attack Thorin. Immediately, all the torches in the cave were extinguished and a glowing sword "bright as blue flame" appeared. It was Glamdring, called "Beater" by the goblins, and now wielded by Gandalf. As the Dwarves were escaping, the Great Goblin leapt down in front of them, and attacked Gandalf who was at the head of the party.

He is knocked off a cliff by Thorin when Gandalf saves the company, and is killed after the fight through Goblin-town when Gandalf slashes his abdomen and cuts his throat.
Sea

**Belegaer**, the **Great Sea**, the **Sundering Seas**, or the **Western Sea**, was the sea of Arda that was west of Middle-earth.

## History

Before the Second Age, Belegaer stretched from the Gap of Ilmen in the far north, where a bridge made of ice known as the Helcaraxë connected Middle-earth and Aman, to the far south, where it also connected with Ilmen and froze, although no strait was formed there. Belegaer was narrower in the north than in the south, with its widest part near the equator of Arda.

The full extent of Belegaer after the Downfall of Númenor is never made clear, but it reached far enough to the north to be ice-covered, and far to the south.

Before the end of the Second Age, the continent of Aman, home of the Valar, formed the western edge of Belegaer. Before the ruin of Beleriand at the end of the First Age, the sea was narrow and ice-filled in the north, forming the strait of Helcaraxë, the Grinding Ice. It was thus possible to cross from Aman to Middle-earth on foot, though with difficulty, as did Fingolfin and his people of the Noldor when fleeing Valinor.

After the War of Wrath, Belegaer was widened by the drowning of a large part of Middle-earth, (and possibly parts of Aman). The bridge of ice in the north was removed, removing land access to the western continent. During the Akallabêth in the Second Age, the seas were bent and the world was made round. Aman was removed from the world, Belegaer washed "new lands", and only the chosen could find the Straight Road to Valinor. The new western end of Belegaer is never described in the narrative, although there are indications that Númenórean refugees reached them in search for Valinor.

### Islands

Belegaer had several islands and island chains:

* Tol Eressëa, the Lonely Isle close to the shore of Aman
* the Twilit Isles or Enchanted Isles seaward of Tol Eressëa
* Númenor (Second Age only)
* the Western Isles (after the First Age)
	+ Tol Morwen
	+ Tol Fuin
	+ Himling
* Balar, in the Bay of Balar (First Age only)
* Tolfalas, in the Bay of Belfalas
* Ened, in the Firth of Drengist

### Bays and inlets

Other features of Belegaer:

* Bay of Eldamar
* Bay of Balar (First Age only)
* the Great Gulf (First Age only)
* Firth of Drengist (First Age only)
* Ice Bay of Forochel (after First Age)
* Gulf of Lune (after First Age)
* Bay of Belfalas (after First Age)
Merry Brandybuck/Relationships

## Love Interests

### Estella Bolger

It is possible that Merry was well-aquainted with Estella Bolger, the sister of Merry's friend Fredegar "Fatty" Bolger. It can be safe to assume that Estella and Merry married out of love and not out of arrangement. They probably loved each other, since Merry didn't leave the Shire until after her death.

Estella was not only his wife in their lifetime, but also his distant cousin through Bilbo's aunt and uncle.

## Family

### Frodo Baggins

Frodo is not only a good friend, but family as well. Merry and Frodo are first cousins once removed through their maternal and paternal families respectively. Merry is also Frodo's second cousin once removed

## Friends

### Samwise Gamgee

Sam is one of Merry's close friends. He probably also knew of Sam's secret crush on Rosie (or it probably wasn't much of a secret among the friends. Sam sometimes cannot stand it when Merry and Pippin act mischevious, as they stole Farmer Maggot's crops and immediately chastises his friends. After the war fo the ring, Merry also goes to Sam's wedding. Sam even named his and Rosie's fourth child and second son after Merry

### Aragorn

###
Golfimbul

**Golfimbul** was a goblin chieftain of Mount Gram, the fortress of Goblins in the Ettenmoors, who led his band in an invasion of the Shire. He was defeated and beheaded at the Battle of Greenfields by Bandobras "Bullroarer" Took. The manner of his death at Bullroarer's hands is said to have inspired the game of Golf.

## Biography

In TA 2747, Golfimbul led an army of Goblins from Mount Gram in the Misty Mountains into the Northfarthing of the Shire. This invasion of the northern Shire occurred during the reign of Arassuil as Chieftain of the Dúnedain, and the goblins led by Golfimbul were but the most western pack of goblins which had left the Misty Mountains. The only reason Golfimbul could make it all the way to the Shire was that the Rangers at the time were fighting many battles with goblins, preventing them from settling all of Eriador.
The goblin-host was defeated by a troop of Hobbits led by Bullroarer Took. According to the narrative in *The Hobbit,* during the battle Bullroarer charged the ranks of the goblins of Mount Gram and with a wooden club knocked Golfimbul's head clean off, sending it sailing a hundred yards through the air and down a rabbit-hole, thus winning the battle. Golfimbul would unwittingly give his name to the game of golf, which was invented by Took's actions at the battle.
Hobbits

## Hobbit

**Hobbits** were humainoid creatures who inhabited  west of Middle-earth known as the Shire. They were shorter than the dwarves. Some of them were almost the same height.

## Characteristic Traits

Hobbits are humanoid creatures noted to resemble humans, with notable distinguishing features. They were known to age as half as humans and could live up to even 130 and were notable short, standing between two and three feet. Hobbits were notably smaller than dwarves. However, on rare occasions, hobbits are taller, as Bilbo was four foot eleven. On a notabl eexception, Pippin and Merry reached the heights of 4'0" and 3'8."

Hobbits also had curly hair that varied from brown to red to blond. However, blond was a rare occasion. They also had pointy ears and big feet. They were always barefoot and never wore shoes due to their feet acting like shoes of their own. They also prefer the comforts of home, with the Took clan being the notable exception.

### Abilities

There is also nothing magical about them. However, they were known to be quite elusive and had keen eye sight and hearing. Bilbo proved this when he was able to see the stairs that would get him and his friends to the Lonely Mountain, even Thorin acknowleding Bilbo had keen eyes.

### Society and Culture

Hobbits usually lived in hobbit holes, or smials as they are called. They never believed in having a king and the closest thing they had was the Thain.  They usually ate seven meals: breakfast, second breakfast, elevensies, lunch, afternoon tea, dinner, and supper. They usually farmed the lands and enjoyed growing things. Bilbo was known for having an exotic garden.

They also gave away birthday presents rather than receiving gifts on their actual one. Valuing home above gold, they had no love for treasures. Hobbits developed a love for ale and valued friendships among others.

## Technology

Hobbits usually never specialized in weapons. However, most of them did develop bows and arrows and had farming equipment.

## Types

* Harfoots
* Fallohides
* Stoors

## Known Hobbits

* Bilbo Baggins
* Belladonna Took
* Bungo Baggins
* Frodo Baggins
* Pippin Took
* Sam Gamgee

## Appearances

* The Hobbit film trilogy
	+ *The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey*
	+ *The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug*
	+ *The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies*
* The Lord of the Rings film trilogy
	+ *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring*
	+ *The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers*
	+ *The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King*
Second Age

The **Second Age** was the age when Morgoth was banished into the voids by the Valar. It lasted for 3,441 years. It was characterized as the age of the rise and downfall of the Numenor, the rise of Sauron, and early wars of the Rings between Sauron and the Elves.

## Trivia

* In the original book, it lasted for 3441 years instead of 3434, as the battle of Dagorlad and the battle Sauron was slain was combined for the film.
King of the Woodland Realm

The **King of the Woodland Realm** was an Elven title that referred to the ruler of the Woodland Realm of Wood-elves in the forest of Greenwood the Great. The title was held by Oropher and his son Thranduil, both Sindar Elves. As the Third Age progressed, the shadow of the Necromancer advanced, and the Greenwood grew dark and became known as Mirkwood, and became infested with Orcs and giant Spiders, the Silvan Elves of Mirkwood were reduced in number and retreated to the lands in the north of Mirkwood. By the time of the events of *The Hobbit*, Thranduil's title was **King of the Elves of Northern Mirkwood**.
Lord of Rivendell

**Lord of Rivendell** was the title of Elrond the Half-elven who ruled Rivendell since its foundation as a hidden refuge for those in opposition to the Sauron's tyranny in Middle-earth, during the mid-Second Age and on.

The title possibly passed to the sons of Elrond when he departed for Valinor on September 29, 3021.
Náin (son of Grór)

## Náin

**Náin** was the son of Gror, the father of Dain Ironfoot and grandfather of Thorin Stonehelm.

## Biography

Náin was born in Third Age 2665.

Because his father was too old to fight, Náin took his father's place. He fought in the battle of Azanulbizar, which took place during the War of the Dwarves and Orcs. However, Náin died on the battle field by Azog the Defiler. THorin Oakenshield battled the pale orc, causing him to injure the Orc warlord.

## Difference from source material

Náin's death was avenged by Náin's son, Dain Ironfoot.
Harry Goatleaf

**Harry Goatleaf** is a minor character in ''The Fellowship of the Ring''. While travelling through the rain, Frodo Sam, Merry, and Pippin are allowed in the city by the gatekeeper. However, he is ultimately killed by the Ring-wraiths after they trample down the gate.

## Behind the Scenes

* He was portrayed by Martyn Sanderson
* In the novel, his fate is unknown, but presumably joined Saruman's men.
Attack of the Spiders

The **Attack of the Spiders** was a skirmish when the Great Spiders captured Thorin's Company in Mirkwood.

## History

During the Quest of Erebor, Thorin's Company travelled eastward on the Forest Path after leaving Beorn's house. Despite the command of Gandalf not to leave the path, the company followed lights into the forest and found them to be from the feasting of Wood-elves. The elves quickly disappeared, however, leaving the dwarves stranded and unable to return to the path. Not long afterwards, the company was captured by Great Spiders and placed in cocoons with the intent that they would later be eaten. Bilbo Baggins escaped the spiders' notice, however, and with the help of the One Ring distracted the spiders, allowing him to free the dwarves. The spiders returned, however, and after a fierce skirmish were driven off by the dwarves. Shortly afterwards, the dwarves again encountered the Wood-elves and were taken back to the Elven-king as prisoners.
Minhiriath

**Minhiriath** was a region of Eriador in Middle-earth.

Its expanse covered the western half of the lands between the Misty Mountains and the Blue Mountains. Minhiriath had no clear border in the north, but to the south, and east and west it was bounded by river and sea: the Brandywine, the Greyflood and the Belegaer.

## History

The original inhabitants of Minhiriath (Minhiriathrim) were descended from the same Men as the ancestors of the Númenóreans, but because they spoke mutually unintelligible languages, the Númenóreans did not class the Minhiriathrim as Middle Men.

When the large-scale deforestation of their land began under the Númenórean 'Ship Kings' after the 7th century Second Age, the Minhiriathrim became openly hostile, and were persecuted. Only those who "fled from Minhiriath into the dark woods of the great Cape of Eryn Vorn" survived. Most, if not all of these forest-dwellers subsequently "welcomed Sauron and hoped for his victory over the Men of the Sea", but they were to be disappointed - and permanently trapped - by Sauron's burning of much of the rest of the surviving forest, and final defeat, in SA 1701.

From SA 3320, Minhiriath became part of the newly established Kingdom of Arnor, at which time it formed the upper part of *..a land that was far and wide, on either bank a desert, treeless but untilled.*

From TA 861, Minhiriath was inherited by one of Arnor's three successor states, Cardolan, but the "ravaging" of Cardolan by the evil forces of the Witch-king of Angmar in TA 1409 no doubt caused extensive depopulation of the whole country. Even worse was the advent of the Great Plague in TA 1636, after which Minhiriath was "almost entirely deserted". After TA 1975, even though "a few secretive hunter-folk lived in the woods" throughout the Third Age (probably a reference which includes Eryn Vorn), Minhiriath was claimed by no kingdom at all.

Although "still in places well-wooded" by the time of the War of the Ring, the once continuously forested Minhiriath bore the permanent scars of over 5000 years of felling, burning, and war.

The same is not necessarily the case for its human population, however, when talking of Eriador (and particularly the lands south and west of Bree) to an innkeeper at the end of the War of the Ring. For example, Gandalf confidently predicts that *..the waste in time will be waste no longer, and there will be people and fields where once there was wilderness.*
River Running

**Celduin (The River Running)** was a long river that flowed from the Lonely Mountain, through the Long Lake and down to the inland sea of Rhun. It formed the border of Wilderland and Rhun, and was used as a trade route between Erebor, Dale, Lake-town and Dorwinion.

The birthplace of the River, within the bowls of Erebor, also supplied water for the Great Forges of the underground realm, while the river itself, crossing in front of its gate, served as a moat.

During the Siege of Erebor, Thorin had the bridge over the river smashed. The ruins blocked the stream, causing the river to overflow before the cold of the approaching winter made it freeze. The frozen river was used by Fili, Kíli, Balin and Dwalin, riding an Iron-hill war chariot, as a route to get to Azog's command post on Ravenhill during The Battle of the Five Armies, where they were nearly stopped by Trolls and Wargs.
Inn of the Prancing Pony

**The Prancing Pony** (i.e. the **Inn of the Prancing Pony**) was an inn in Bree where Frodo Baggins, Sam, Pippin, and Merry first met Strider.

## History

The Prancing Pony was based inside the central hub of the town, near stables and various merchant stalls. Since Bree was built on the major road of the Greenway, it was a fairly well-traveled inn, and was so accustomed to hobbits that designated hobbit-rooms had been built. Barliman Butterbur was the inkeeper at the time of the War of the Ring. Nob and Bob were two hobbits that worked under him: Nob was a general servant, and Bob was as a ostler, tending to the horses and ponies.

In the years leading up to the fabled Quest of Erebor, Gandalf the Grey met up with Thorin Oakenshield at The Prancing Pony by chance. Thorin wished to slay Smaug the dragon and claim his rightful title of King under the Mountain. Gandalf spoke with him and then would aid him in finding a burglar.

Frodo Baggins stayed at this inn in TA 3018 while traveling to Rivendell with his three companions, having been told by Gandalf to meet him there. They encountered Aragorn ("Strider"), and allowed him to join their company. On the night of their stay, the hobbits feared the Black Riders who had been searching for them, so they avoided sleeping in their rooms, and stayed with Aragorn. That night, their rooms were indeed searched and ravaged by some of the Ringwraiths. The hobbits and Aragorn made off through the Lowlands the next day.
Mountains of the East

The **Orocarni** (also called the **Red Mountains**) was a mountain range in the far north-east of Middle-earth made by the Valar after Melkor destroyed the Two Lamps.

## Geography

On the western slopes of the Orocarni grew the *Wild Wood*, and near a great waterfall of a river that flowed into the Inland Sea of Helcar lay the bay of Cuiviénen, where the first Elves woke. At their northern edge, the Orocarni came close to the Ered Engrin , similar to Ered Luin in the far north-west.
The locations of the four Dwarven clans who lived in the East are unknown; they might or might not have resided in the Orocarni. Since it is known that the other four Houses awoke in mountains in the East, the only mountain range in the East was, in fact, the Orocarni. This suggests that the other four Houses did indeed awake in these mountains. The distance between their mansions in the East and the Misty Mountains, specifically Gundabad, was said to resemble Gundabad's distance from the Blue Mountains in the West.
Midgewater Marshes

The **Midgewater Marshes** were a swamp to the north-east of Bree in Eriador.

## History

The Midgewater Marshes were where Aragorn and the Hobbits Frodo Baggins, Meriadoc Brandybuck, Peregrin Took, and Sam Gamgee had to cross on their journey to Rivendell. Chetwood was on the western side of the marshes, and the Weather Hills were to the east.

The terrain of the marshes was boggy and unyielding, dotted with pools and reeds. The marshes were home to biting midges, annoying cricket-like insects that Sam Gamgee dubbed "Neekerbreekers" as well as small but hidden birds
Pipeweed

## Usage information

### Created by

Hobbits of Southfarthing (namely Longbottom), people of Bree, people of Lake-town

### Used by

* Gandalf
* Saruman
* Radagast
* Hobbits
* Dwarves
* Men

**Pipe-weed**was a plant of Middle-earth which was dried for use in smoking. This implementation of the plant was a Hobbit invention (attributed to one Tobold Hornblower) but was adopted by several wizards as well as by Dwarves and certain Men.

## The Plant

Pipe-weed is a strain of the herb *nicotiana.*Apparently the plant grew in Numenor and was brought to Middle-earth by Numenoreans during the Second Age. In Gondor it grew as a wild herb, appreciated primarily for its fragrant blossoms known as ***sweet galenas*** or more popularly as ***westmansweed.***

It was not until the Third Age, when it reached Eriador, probably through the Greenway, that the Bree-Hobbits started to use it for smoking. But it was in the Shire where it was first domesticated by Tobold Hornblower of Longbottom in Southfarthing around SR 1070. The cultivation and exportation of this herb became a key industry in the Shire, especially in the south.

From Bree, the habit of smoking pipe-weed spread to other regions, as well as to other races, such as Men, Dwarves and Wizards. Thorin and Company smoked, as did the people of Esgaroth.  The wizard Gandalf learned to smoke pipe-weed from the Hobbits. He introduced this habit to his friend, Radagast, to help ease his mind after he recalled the story of his escape from Dol Guldur. Saruman derided Gandalf for this, but at some point he took up smoking himself, and even had commerce.

After the War of the Ring, Meriadoc Brandybuck wrote a book titled *Herblore of the Shire*, discussing the origins and history of the Hobbits' 'art' of smoking Pipe-weed. After the destruction of Isengard, pipe-weed was found among its stores by Merry and Pippin.

## Variants

* **Longbottom Leaf**: found in the ruins of Isengard and treasured by Merry and Pippin. It was said by Merry to be "The finest pipeweed in the Southfarthing", contesting Bilbo's statement of the same regarding  Old Toby.
* **Old Toby:** Another popular strain, named after its inventor Tobold Hornblower. Old Toby was smoked by Gandalf and Bilbo, who once said it was the finest weed in the Southfarthing.
* **Southern Star.**
* **Southlinch:**a less popular strain, from Bree.
* **Southern Straits**: a Laketown strain.
Ruling Family of Mirkwood

The **Ruling Family of Mirkwood** was an elven family that were the rulers of Mirkwood.

* Solid lines denote blood parent-child relationships
* Dashed lines denote marriage, adoption relationships, and relationships that result in offspring
* † denotes the deceased
* Tauriel was fostered by Thranduil
* Kili and Tauriel were lovers, never married
Stairs of Cirith Ungol

The **Stairs of Cirith Ungol** were the means by which the pass of Cirith Ungol was accessed from the Morgul Vale, near Minas Morgul. The stairs consisted of two sections, named the Straight Stair and the Winding Stair respectively, cut into the western face of the Ephel Dúath. The stairs ran nearly vertically from the valley floor for hundreds of feet, ending in a cleft through which the path led through Shelob's Lair to Cirith Ungol.

## History

The stairs' origins are unknown, but were known to be a treacherous place by at least the late Third Age. During the War of the Ring, in the year TA 3019, Gollum led Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee up the stairs as a means to enter the land of Mordor undetected. Though little used, the Orcs from the Tower of Cirith Ungol were aware of the stairs' existence.