![]() ![]() After leaving Bombadil, they were caught in fog on the Barrow Downsby Barrow-wights and were entranced under a spell. They followed Frodo's trail across the Shire and nearly intercepted him.įrodo and his companions escaped the Black Riders by travelling through the Old Forest, but they were misled by the magic of Old Man Willow until they were rescued by Tom Bombadil, who gave them shelter and guided them on their way. They escaped just in time, for Sauron's most powerful servants, the Nine Nazgûl, had entered the Shire as Black Riders, looking for Bilbo and the Ring. He left the Shire with three companions: his gardener Samwise Gamgee and his cousins Meriadoc Brandybuck and Peregrin Took. Realizing that he was a danger to the Shire as long as he remained there with the Ring, Frodo decided to leave home and take the Ring to Rivendell, home of Elrond, a mighty Elf lord. Frodo kept the Ring hidden for 17 years, resulting in it giving him the same longevity of Bilbo, until Gandalf returned to tell him that it was the One Ring of the Dark Lord Sauron, who desired to use it to conquer Middle-earth. Frodo inherited Bag End and Bilbo's ring, which were both introduced in The Hobbit. Gandalf, at this time, was not certain about the origin of the Ring, so he warned Frodo to avoid using it and to keep it secret. The Fellowship of the Ring opens as Frodo came of age (at 33 years old) and Bilbo left the Shire for good on his one hundred and eleventh birthday. Frodo also shares a close relationship with his gardener Samwise Gamgee although they are not related. Even Fredegar Bolger (through his mother Rosamund Took) is second cousin once removed to Frodo. Frodo is also related to Peregrin Took, being his second and third cousin once removed (Peregrin's father, Paladin Took is, like his sister Esmeralda, second and third cousin to Frodo, as explained above). Frodo is moreover second (through her paternal grandfather Hildigrim Took) and third (through her paternal grandmother Rosa Baggins) cousin to Meriadoc's mother, Esmeralda Took. Their common ancestors are Gorbadoc Brandybuck and Mirabella Took Brandybuck. It was Bilbo who introduced the Elvish languages to Frodo, and they often shared long walking trips together.įrodo and Meriadoc Brandybuck are first cousins once removed, since Frodo is first cousin to Meriadoc's father, Saradoc Brandybuck. He and Bilbo shared the same birthday, the 22nd of 'September'. ![]() ![]() At the age of 21 he was adopted by his cousin, Bilbo, who brought him to live at Bag End. The chapter "A Long-expected Party" relates that Frodo's parents Drogo Baggins and Primula Brandybuck had been killed in a boating accident when Frodo was 12 Frodo subsequently spent the next nine years living with his maternal family, the Brandybucks in Brandy Hall. He is also mentioned in Tolkien's posthumously published works, The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales.įrodo did not appear until the third draft of A Long-Expected Party (the first chapter of The Lord of the Rings), when he was named Bingo (after a family of toy koala owned by Tolkien's children), son of Bilbo Baggins and Primula Brandybuck. In the fourth draft, he was renamed Bingo Bolger-Baggins, son of Rollo Bolger and Primula Brandybuck. Tolkien did not change the name to Frodo until the third phase of writing, when much of the narrative, as far as the hobbits' arrival in Rivendell, had already taken shape. Prior to this, the name "Frodo" had been used for the character who eventually became Peregrin Took.įrodo is introduced in The Fellowship of the Ring as the adoptive heir of Bilbo Baggins. Frodo is a hobbit of the Shire who inherits the One Ringfrom his cousin (referred to as his uncle) Bilbo Baggins and undertakes the quest to destroy it in the fires of Mount Doom. Tolkien's legendarium, and the main protagonist of The Lord of the Rings. Frodo Baggins is a fictional character in J. ![]()
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