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Hobbits first appeared in the 1937 children's novel The Hobbit, whose titular Hobbit is the protagonist Bilbo Baggins, who is thrown into an unexpected adventure involving a dragon. In its sequel, The Lord of the Rings , the hobbits Frodo Baggins , Sam Gamgee , Pippin Took , and Merry Brandybuck are primary characters who all play key roles in ...
Gollum was a Stoor Hobbit [T 1] [T 2] of the River-folk who lived near the Gladden Fields. In The Lord of the Rings , it is stated that he was originally known as Sméagol , corrupted by the One Ring , and later named Gollum after his habit of making "a horrible swallowing noise in his throat".
Balin: Dwarf companion of Thorin Oakenshield in The Hobbit. Slain during an attempt to retake Moria. Bard the Bowman: Man of Esgaroth who slew Smaug the dragon. Beorn: Skin-changer who resides in the region of Mirkwood and takes the form of a great bear. Bilbo Baggins: Title character of The Hobbit. Discovered the One Ring after its loss by Gollum.
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Stoor may refer to: Stoor worm, or Mester Stoor Worm, was a gigantic evil sea serpent of Orcadian folklore; Stoor (Hobbit), a Middle-earth Hobbit. See Hobbit#Divisions; Fredrik Stoor (born 1984), a Swedish former professional footballer
Stoor (Hobbit) T. Pippin Took; Media in category "Middle-earth Hobbits" The following 15 files are in this category, out of 15 total. B. File:BakshiFrodo.JPG;
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again is a children's fantasy novel by English author J. R. R. Tolkien.It was published in 1937 to wide critical acclaim, being nominated for the Carnegie Medal and awarded a prize from the New York Herald Tribune for best juvenile fiction.
The Hobbit calls him an elf-friend rather than an elf, one "who had both elves and heroes of the North for ancestors." [T 9] The Elvenking, king of the Mirkwood Elves. He held the dwarves captive. They were eventually freed by Bilbo. [T 10] (In The Hobbit he is only called "the Elvenking"; his name "Thranduil" is given in The Lord of the Rings ...