![]() He continued honouring Bilbo every year along with his birthday. He then left back into the wide world, curiosity nagging his mind about the ring.įrodo, meanwhile, was quite well off. The Baggins' old friend Gandalf the Wizard, who had come for the festivities, warned Frodo not to use the magic ring, and to keep it secret and safe. He was greeted there by Gandalf, who informed him that, among other things, Frodo had inherited Bilbo's magic ring.įrodo took charge of distributing the presents Bilbo had left for the other hobbits, a long and tiring task. ![]() Frodo returned home as the new Master of Bag End, per Bilbo's will. Frodo, who had been informed beforehand of the "joke", as Bilbo called it, was spared the shock that afflicted the other assembled Hobbits. At this party Bilbo gave his farewell speech, and made his long planned "disappearance" and withdrawal from the Shire. ![]() At this time, Bilbo threw an enormous party to celebrate his 111th birthday, and Frodo's 33rd, the date of Frodo's coming of age. įrodo and Bilbo were comfortable and well off until T.A. When they returned home Bilbo often told Frodo that the Road is like a big dangerous river and all porches are its "springs" and all paths are its "tributaries". The two went often out for long walks along the lanes of the Water-valley and talked about adventure they were often seen by Wandering Companies of Elves, though the hobbits did not see them. Bilbo made Frodo his heir, frustrating the attempts of the disagreeable Sackville-Bagginses, who coveted the estate of Bag End. He enjoyed life with his "queer" uncle Bilbo, with whom he shared the same birthday Bilbo taught him to read, and told him stories of the past, even giving him some instruction in the elvish tongue.Frodo was the only one Bilbo allowed to read his memoirs he was writing. įrodo stayed in Buckland until his "uncle" Bilbo adopted him and took him in to live at Bag End, Bilbo's house in Hobbiton. Frodo became terrified of them ever since. Frodo was caught several times stealing mushrooms from Farmer Maggot, who, on the last incident, thrashed Frodo and set his three dogs to chase Frodo from Bamfurlong to Bucklebury Ferry. He grew up under the guardianship of the Master of Buckland Rorimac "Goldfather" Brandybuck, who was his uncle. After his parents died in a boating accident, Frodo went to live in Brandy Hall with his mother’s relatives, the Brandybucks. History Childhood and youth įrodo, the child of the respectable Drogo Baggins and Primula Brandybuck, was born on 22 September of S.R. He is also peculiar for being, as a Ring-bearer, one of the three Hobbits who sailed from Middle-earth to Aman, there to die in peace. ![]() During this epic quest, he bore the One Ring to Mount Doom and there destroyed it, giving him renown like no other Halfling throughout Middle-earth. " And though all the mighty elf-friends of old, Hador, and Húrin, and Túrin, and Beren himself were assembled together, your seat should be among them." ― Elrond to Frodo Baggins in The Fellowship of the Ring, " The Council of Elrond"įrodo Baggins was a hobbit of the Third Age, the most famous of all Hobbits in the histories for his leading role in the Quest of the Ring. For the the son of Samwise Gamgee, see Frodo Gardner.īearing the One Ring to the land of Mordor, and bringing it to the Cracks of Doom This article or section needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of article quality. " I shan't call it the end, till we've cleared up the mess." - Sam ![]()
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