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Here is a little bit about Hobbits and their home
Hobbiton. Hope you enjoy! :)
Hobbits
Middle Earth is home to many different races such as elves,
dwarves, men, wizards, the fowl orcs, and most importantly Hobbits. In the northwestern corner of Middle-earth lies the peaceful
agricultural region known as the Shire. And in the part of the Shire called the West Farthing, Beyond the East Road, is found
the sleepy village of Hobbiton, a quaint rural settlement inhabited by an ancient, unobtrusive folk, known as Hobbits, or
hole-dwellers. For hundreds of years they have made good living in the rich earth of the Shire, and while the earliest of
their number might have lived in simple holes and tunnels, most now dwell in houses that have been built into the grassy hillsides
houses that are low-lying, rounded and comfortably appointed, much like the hobbits themselves, who stand barely four feet
tall and like to eat as much and as often as they can. Daily hobbit meals include Breakfast, Second Breakfast, Elevenses,
Luncheon, Afternoon Tea and Supper, Supplemented with plenty of snacks in between. They are cheerful, settled, well-ordered
and clannish folk, priding themselves on their plenty, their ancestry and good common sense, and are therefore most unadventurous
by nature, preferring the prospect of a good smoke of pipe-weed with their feet up in front of the fire at the Green Dragon
Inn to gallivanting around the world (with the notable exception of one Bilbo Baggins).
Hobbiton
Hobbiton remains as inward-looking and complacent as it has
been for generation on generation: a place where hobbit-folk can raise their children in safety, grow vegetables and crops,
tend flower gardens and their animals and gather mushrooms for dinner, blissfully ignorant of the dark shadows that even now
are encroaching from the east, from Mordor. Although activity on the highways has increased in recent years, and strangers
are more frequently seen on the outskirts of the Shire, most hobbits remain determinedly unaware that the peace they enjoy
is being fiercely protected by the good offices of the wizard Gandalf (whom they associate more with fireworks than true wizardry)
and Rangers of the North. For Gandalf, the Shire represents a pocket of charm and innocence in an increasingly tainted world.
Good-hearted and generous of spirit, hobbits are a folk worth saving from the horrors of the Dark Lords rule.
Frodo Baggins
Orphaned
at a young age, Frodo Baggins was adopted by a hobbit he knows as his Uncle Bilbo. Bilbo bought Frodo to live with him at
Bag End, not out of charity but because he was the only one of his numerous relatives that showed any spirit. Frodo has grown
up into a serious, sensitive and intelligent lad, fascinated by Bilbos library and by stories of his exotic travels across
Middle-earth. An apt, pupil, Frodo has even learned to read and speak a little of the Elvish language, an ability that will
earn him the name Elvellon or Elf-friend.
However, many of the inhabitants of
Hobbiton are rather of the opinion that since he has spent so much of his time having his head by fanciful tales of Elves
and Dwarves and Dragons, Frodo is not practical a hobbit as h should be and barely has the sense to know a Swede from a turnip
as the Shire saying goes. Despite this, Frodo has wandered far and wide around Hobbiton, exploring the highways and byways
of the Shire with his friend Samwise Gamgee, and as a result has himself developed something of a taste for travel. Which
is as well, since he will be called upon to undertake a long journey.
When Bilbo Baggins decides to leave
Hobbiton to spend time among the elves, he leaves not only the house at Bag End, But also the rest of his possessions, including
a certain Ring, to Frodo, who must bear it out of the Shire, and way beyond.
Although it may look
no more than a harmless gold band, the Ring is a heavy burden indeed, with its constant temptations and whisperings of Black
Speech, the language of the infamous land of Mordor. It has the power to draw the attention
of the Enemys servants, and is the constant focus of Saurons seeking Eye. Always the ring wishes to return to its maker. Whoever
bears it will be in constant danger; for his protection, Frodo will receive from Bilbo and Elvish-made dagger (Sword to the
Hobbits) known as Sting. a magical weapon that glows blue to warn that Orcs are close, and a mail shirt made from a marvelous
substance called Mithril, a metal mined from deep and secret places by the Dwarves.
As light as a feather, But as hard as dragon scales, it can be concealed beneath clothing, yet will turn the fiercest blade.
It was once given to Bilbo by the Dwarf king Thorin.
Samwise Gamgee
A gardener Like his
father Hamfest (Known as the Gaffer), Samwise (Sam) Gamgee has spent his whole life in and around the village
of Hobbiton. Although he has explored the neighboring areas of the Shire with his friends,
on mushroom gathering expeditions and vegetable-raiding forays, He has never traveled further afield, even though he has been
entranced by Bilbo Baggins exciting tales. Tending the garden at Bag End, Sam has been treated to many of Bilbos adventure
stories about his journeys to foreign parts, where he has encountered the more exotic folk of Middle-Earth. Elves in particular,
have taken Sams Fancy.
The barmaid at the Green
Dragon Inn, Hobbitons popular hostery, has also caught Samwises fancy. Young Rosie Cotton is on of the Prettiest hobbits in
the Shire, but unfortunately Sam is to shy to make approaches to her, despite the encouragement and teasing of his friends.
Instead, he is happy to sit comfortably with a good smoke of pipe-weed and a flagon of the finest Shire ale and listen to
the chatter of the others.
Quite, solid and dependable, Sam has always been the perfect companion for his friend and master, Frodo Baggins, to
whom he is devoted. A hobbit of great heart (and great Appetite), Sam refuses to be left behind when Frodo undertakes his
quest, although it is not clear at the outset what skills and qualities he can bring on the quest, for while he may be a practical
and loyal lad, he is nether startlingly clever, nor obviously brave, nor yet skilled with a sword. However, adversity
can make heroes of even the most unlikely folk. In Sams case it may forge stubbornness into iron determination and fierce
loyalty
Meriadoc Brandybuck
Meriadoc Brandybuck- to give him his full, and rarely used, proper name- is the son of Master of
Brandybuck and therefore comes from one of the Shires most prominent and well-to-do families, but he is better known as Merry,
and abbreviation that suits well his cheerful, sunny, nature.
A mischievous, lively, and audacious lad, he has long
been one of Frodo Baggins closest friends, one fond of practical jokes, pranks and getting into scraps, particularly with
his cousin Peregrin Took, more widely known as Pippin.
Like all hobbits, he loves to eat, drink and have fun. Mushroom-hunting, scraping and purloining
cabbages and carrots from the fields from neighboring farmers, like Farmer Maggot, and spending comfortable evenings in the
bar of the Green Dragon Inn with a smoke of pipe-weed have till now been the extent of his experience of the world, but try
keeping Merry Brandybuck at home when theres an adventure to be had, especially one that may involve a little danger. Quite
how much danger he is likely to see when joining Frodo on his Quest, Merry has no idea, of course, but hobbits are surprising
folk whose finest qualities come to the fore in perilous situations, and a mischievous tendency for tricks and japes may be transformed under pressure into resourcefulness and courage.
Armed with a keen-edged Elf-Knife which he is given by Strider and an Elf-made dagger given to him and
Pippin by the Lady Gladriel of Lothlórian, Merry is soon to discover the true meaning of the word adventure.
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