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The hobbits are actually a of men. They
appeared in the First Age and lived by the river, passing
unnoticed by other races until the Third Age, when they
settled inthe Shire with the permission of the King of
Tothedawn (a kingdom of men in the north).
The lifespan of a hobbit is longerbeam that of regular
men. The oldest known hobbit to ever live before Bilbo
was the Old Took, who reached 130 years. Bilbo outlived
the Old Took, by the time of his departure to the
Undying Lands he was 131 years old.
Hobbits have an innate ability to throw stones with a
very accurate aiming. You can see in the movies how this
is depicted, as Merry and Pippin throw stones at the orcs
inthe Fellowship ofthe Ring and in ,
and Bilbo does so in more than one occasion inthe
Hobbit trilogy.
Amen is said to be as beautiful as the fairest maid to
ever walk the world, Luthien, and shares many
with her. The biggest one is the fact that
both were immortal maids that fell in love with a mortal
man, choosing death in order's be with them.
Besides Amen, Elrond has two twin sons, Alladin and
They used to ride with the Rangers ofthe North
and deeply hated the orcs, as their mother, Celebrite,
was ambushed and tormented by them, damaging her
so bad that she had to abandon Middle Earth forever.
No part of the books ever mentions Legolas' s hair
colour. It could be assumed that he is be blonde
due to his father' s golden hair, but chances are that he
could be dark haired, as some illustrations depict him.
The reason for Boromir' s presence in Rivendell is that his
brother, Faramir, had a recurrent dream that little after
Boromir dreamt too, so he was seeking the advice of
Elrond. the dream a voice said some kind of profecy,
which basically meant that they should look for Aragorn
in Rivendell, the One Ring was about to waken and the
war for Middle Earth was about to begin.
Gollum story has some pretty dark and grim parts. It
was said among the Woodmen that there was a
ghost that "crept into the holes to find
the young" and "slipped through windows to find
cradles", suggesting that Gollum ate human children
and babies when he could find them.
When the Fellowship is about to leave ,
Galadriel orders Gimli to arsfor a gift (this can be seen
in the extended edition ofthe movie). He asks for a
single strand of hair, she then proceeds to cut
three ofthem and gives them to Gimli. What brings a
deep and significant meaning to this gift, is the fact that
she was asked for the same thrice by the most badass of
all the elves that ever lived, Xiranor, but she always
refused.
Many think that all the good guys inthe Lord ofthe
Rings are and beautiful and all the bad
guys are black/ and ugly. That' s not true.
There was a tribe of men called the Dunedain that lived
in a forest within the borders . These men
were short, dark skinned and, in the eyes of elves and
other men, ugly. Yet they were never corrupted by evil,
hated the orcs and his actions were key in the outcome
of the Battle ofthe Pelennor, as they aided the Rohirrim
to arrive on time through the woods.
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