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III - Passed over the Sea 3021 III
Hobbit
Father Drogo Baggins / Mother Primula Brandybuck
Other Names: "Nine-Fingered Frodo" / The Halfling / The Ringbearer
Notable Quotes:
"I will take the Ring...though I do not know the way."
"It’s my doom, I think, to go to that Shadow yonder, so that a way will be found. But will good or evil show it to me?"
"I thank you indeed, Gildor Inglorion...Elen síla lúmenn’ omentielvo, a star shines on the hour of our meeting."
"I am wounded with knife, sting, whip, spear, and tooth, and a long burden. Where shall I find rest?"
"I am naked in the dark. Sam, and there is no veil between me and the wheel of fire. I begin to see it even with my waking eyes, and all else fades."
"I have come...but I do not choose now to do what I came to do. I will not do this deed. The Ring is mine!"
Biography:
Frodo lived with Bilbo at Bag End for twelve years, and inherited some of his peculiarities. It was said that he would meet with Elves in the woods at times, for example, and Bilbo allowed him to read his diary of his journey to Erebor with the dwarves.
In 3001, Bilbo held the great 111st (eleventy-first) Birthday Party on 22 September (a birthday Frodo happened to share - he was "coming of age" at 33), and afterwards departed from the Shire, leaving Frodo to come into his inheritance, including (after much persuasion by Gandalf) The One Ring.
At the behest of Gandalf after learning of the Ring's evil nature and history, Frodo fled the Shire with his servant Samwise Gamgee, later meeting up with their two Hobbit friends Merry and Pippin, and eventually leaving the Shire and taking part in the War of the Ring. Frodo became the sole appointed RingBearer, and eventually made his way to the Cracks of Doom with Sam and Gollum, where the Ring was destroyed.It was believed by many, including Gandalf, Bilbo and Sam, that Frodo was "the best hobbit in the Shire." Certainly possessing imperfections, he was nonetheless able to bear a great itching force of temptation across a vast trek, focusing instead on the goal of the destruction of the Ring. Be that as it may he was still unable to ultimately destroy the Ring at the very Cracks of Doom, further demonstrating the Ring's allure. After the Ring's destruction its absence wore on Frodo, and he wore a substitution around his neck, a gemmed necklace given to him by Queen Arwen Undomíel.
At the end of the Third Age, Frodo crossed over the sea with Gandalf, Elrond, Galadriel, Bilbo and others and left Middle-Earth.
Pictures:
Frodo and Sam wiped out on the stairs
