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78-867: Frodo Baggins ( Westron : Maura Labingi ) is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien 's writings and one of the protagonists in The Lord of the Rings . Frodo is a hobbit of the Shire who inherits the One Ring from his cousin Bilbo Baggins , described familiarly as "uncle", and undertakes the quest to destroy it in the fires of Mount Doom in Mordor . He is mentioned in Tolkien's posthumously published works, The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales . Frodo

156-566: A Morgul blade, the wound threatening to turn him into a wraith under the Nazgûl's control. Reaching Rivendell, he is healed by Elrond . The Council of Elrond resolves to destroy the Ring by casting it into Mount Doom in Mordor , Sauron's realm. Frodo, realizing that he is destined for this task, steps forward to be the Ring-bearer . A Fellowship of nine companions is formed to assist him:

234-602: A Ring-bearer. He lacks Sam's simple sturdiness, Merry and Pippin's clowning, and the psychopathology of Gollum, writes Stanton, bearing out the saying that good is less exciting than evil; but Frodo grows through his quest, becoming "ennobled" by it, to the extent that returning to the Shire feels in Frodo's words "like falling asleep again". Tolkien was a devout Catholic, and wrote in his private letters that his Middle-earth stories were Christian . Scholars including Peter Kreeft , Paul E. Kerry, and Joseph Pearce state that there

312-551: A good character, he seems unexciting but grows through his quest, an unheroic person who reaches heroic stature . Frodo is introduced in The Lord of the Rings as Bilbo Baggins 's cousin and adoptive heir. Frodo's parents, Drogo Baggins and Primula Brandybuck, had been killed in a boating accident when Frodo was twelve; Frodo spends the next nine years living with his maternal family, the Brandybucks, in Brandy Hall. At

390-589: A guide or wisdom figure, a wise person able to provide useful counsel to the protagonists. It has been noted that just as Elrond prevented his daughter Arwen from marrying until conditions were met, so Tolkien's guardian, Father Francis Xavier Morgan , prevented Tolkien from becoming engaged or marrying until he came of age. Elrond was born in the First Age at the refuge of the Mouths of Sirion in Beleriand ,

468-524: A key figure later in the chapter. Cyril Ritchard voiced Elrond in the 1977 Rankin/Bass animated film adaptation of The Hobbit . In Ralph Bakshi 's 1978 animated adaptation of The Lord of the Rings , Elrond was voiced by André Morell . When Rankin/Bass attempted to finish the story (left incomplete by Bakshi and his financial backers) with The Return of the King in 1980, actor Paul Frees voiced Elrond, Ritchard having died shortly after voicing

546-463: A man calling himself Strider, a Ranger ; his real name is Aragorn . The One Ring slips onto Frodo's finger in the inn's common room, turning him invisible. This attracts the Nazgûl, who ransack the hobbits' empty rooms in the night. Strider leads the group through the marshes. While encamped on Weathertop , they are attacked by five Nazgûl. The leader, the Witch-king of Angmar , stabs Frodo with

624-773: A permanent guest some 60 years later. Now at this last we must take a hard road, a road unforeseen. There lies our hope, if hope it be. To walk into peril--to Mordor. We must send the Ring to the Fire. – Elrond J. R. R. Tolkien , The Fellowship of the Ring Elrond headed the Council of Elrond , at which it was decided that the One Ring should be destroyed where it was forged, in Mount Doom in Mordor. He agreed that Frodo Baggins , Bilbo's nephew and heir, should bear

702-608: A quest romance . Chance writes that Frodo grows from seeing the threat as external, such as from the Black Riders, to internal, whether within the Fellowship, as shown by Boromir's attempt on the Ring, or within himself, as he struggles against the controlling power of the Ring. Verlyn Flieger , a scholar of literature and of Tolkien's works, summarizes Frodo's role in Lord of the Rings : "The greatest hero of all, Frodo Baggins,

780-543: A sequel to The Hobbit (1937), Tolkien came up with the literary device of using real languages to "translate" fictional languages. He pretended that he had not composed the book himself but translated it from Westron (named Adûni in Westron) or Common Speech ( Sôval Phârë , in Westron) into English. The purpose of this was to provide an explanation for why the Common Speech is almost entirely rendered as English in

858-611: A surrogate father to him. Aware of his daughter Arwen 's feelings for Aragorn, Elrond would permit their marriage only if Aragorn could unite Arnor and Gondor as High King. In The Hobbit , Elrond gave shelter to Thorin Oakenshield and his company during their quest to retake Erebor from the Dragon Smaug . Elrond befriended the Hobbit Bilbo Baggins , the company's "burglar", and received him as

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936-485: Is also the most tragic. He comes to the end of his story bereft of the Ring, denied in his home Shire the recognition he deserves, and unable to continue his life as it was before his terrible adventure." Both medical and Tolkien scholars have suggested that Frodo, returning "irreparably wounded" from his quest , could be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder , making him one of several characters in The Lord of

1014-401: Is as follows: Frodo 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, 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

1092-480: Is introduced in The Hobbit , where he plays a supporting role, as he does in The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion . Scholars have commented on Elrond's archaic style of speech, noting that this uses genuinely archaic grammar, not just a sprinkling of old words. The effect is to make his speech distinctive, befitting his age and status, while remaining clear, and avoiding quaintness. He has been called

1170-483: Is no one complete, concrete, visible Christ figure in The Lord of the Rings , but Frodo serves as the priestly aspect of Christ, alongside Gandalf as prophet and Aragorn as King, together making up the threefold office of the Messiah . The Tolkien scholar Jane Chance quotes Randel Helms 's view that in both The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings , "a most unheroic hobbit [Bilbo, Frodo] achieves heroic stature" in

1248-533: Is one of several mentions of Frodo in the book. The Tolkien scholar Jason Fisher notes that Tolkien stated that hobbits were extremely "clannish" and had a strong "predilections for genealogy ". Accordingly, Tolkien's decision to include Frodo's family tree in Lord of the Rings gives the book, in Fisher's view, a strongly "hobbitish perspective". The tree also, he notes, serves to show Frodo's and Bilbo's connections and familial characteristics . Frodo's family tree

1326-608: Is repeatedly wounded during the quest and becomes increasingly burdened by the Ring as it nears Mordor. He changes, too, growing in understanding and compassion, and avoiding violence. On his return to the Shire, he is unable to settle back into ordinary life; two years after the Ring's destruction, he is allowed to take ship to the earthly paradise of Valinor . Frodo's name comes from the Old English name Fróda , meaning "wise by experience". Commentators have written that he combines courage, selflessness, and fidelity and that as

1404-583: Is the bearer of the elven-ring Vilya , the Ring of Air, and master of Rivendell , where he has lived for thousands of years through the Second and Third Ages of Middle-earth. He was the Elf-king Gil-galad 's herald at the end of the Second Age, saw Gil-galad and king Elendil fight the dark lord Sauron for the One Ring , and saw Elendil's son Isildur take it rather than destroy it. He

1482-609: The Journal of Tolkien Research , analysed why Tolkien wrote "Master" Elrond, only once calling him "Lord of Rivendell" and never writing "Lord Elrond", in contrast for instance to "Lady Galadriel", "Lord Celeborn ", and "the Elven-king Gil-galad". She notes that Elrond is certainly important, being "the thread that ties together all three of the great tales of the legendarium: Beren and Lúthien , The Fall of Gondolin , and The Children of Húrin ." She notes too that

1560-740: The Dwarves are described as "masters of stone", as the Rohirrim are "masters of horses" and the Wizard Radagast is a "master of shapes and changes of hue". Applied to Elrond, he is a "master of healing", but more centrally he is the "greatest of lore-masters", a master of ancient wisdom and knowledge. She notes that among the Elves, the lore-masters were the Noldor: indeed that was the meaning of their name. 'Alas, no', said Elrond. 'We cannot use

1638-743: The Dúnedain . When the Grey Company found Aragorn and the Rohirrim during their journey to Gondor, Elrond's son Elrohir told Aragorn, "I bring word to you from my father: The days are short. If thou art in haste, remember the Paths of the Dead ." Aragorn took Elrond's advice, using the Paths of the Dead to reach Gondor in time to come to its aid. Elrond remained in Rivendell until the destruction of both

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1716-752: The Elves when the choice of kindreds was given to him. When Beleriand was destroyed at the end of the First Age, Elrond went to Lindon with the household of Gil-galad , the last High King of the Noldor . During the War of the Elves and the dark lord Sauron in the Second Age , the king Gil-galad sent Elrond to the defence of Eregion against the Dark Lord. Sauron destroyed Eregion and surrounded Elrond's army, but

1794-614: The Old Forest . They are waylaid by the magic of Old Man Willow , but rescued by Tom Bombadil , who gives them shelter and guidance. They are caught in fog on the Barrow Downs by a barrow-wight and put under a spell. Frodo breaks free, attacks the barrow-wight, and summons Bombadil, who again rescues the hobbits and sets them on their way. At the Prancing Pony inn, Frodo receives a delayed letter from Gandalf and meets

1872-677: The Old Norse name Fróði is mentioned in Beowulf as the minor character Fróda . Fróði was, he writes, said by Saxo Grammaticus and Snorri Sturluson to be a peaceful ruler at the time of Christ, his time being named the Fróða-frið , the peace of Fróði . This was created by his magic mill, worked by two female giants, that could churn out peace and gold. He makes the giants work all day long at this task, until they rebel and grind out an army instead, which kills him and takes over, making

1950-463: The dead marshes to the Black Gate . They find the gate impassable; Gollum tells them of "another way" into Mordor, and Frodo, over Sam's objections, lets him lead them south into Ithilien . There they meet Faramir , younger brother of Boromir, who takes them to a hidden cave . Frodo allows Gollum to be captured by Faramir, saving Gollum's life but leaving him feeling betrayed. Faramir provisions

2028-528: The Eldar lost their virtue. Then Elrond prepared at last to depart from Middle-earth and follow Celebrían." Elrond and Celebrían were thus finally reunited, but separated forever from their daughter Arwen. The Tolkien scholar Richard C. West writes that there is a familiar trope in stories for a harsh, disapproving father to set difficult and possibly fatal obstacles in the path of his daughter's unwelcome suitors. He gives as example King Thingol 's demand that

2106-570: The Fantastic in the Arts , describes Elrond as a guide or wisdom figure, a wise person able to provide useful counsel to the protagonists. He is seen in The Hobbit as one with knowledge of the ancient runes and the ability to read moon letters, as well as giving advice on the best route. In The Lord of the Rings , he is seen to have extensive knowledge of the history of Middle-earth, including of

2184-472: The Fellowship; the company is scattered by invading Orcs. Frodo chooses to continue the quest alone, but Sam follows him. Frodo and Sam make their way through the wilds, followed by the monster Gollum , who has been tracking them, seeking to reclaim the Ring, which he had lost to Bilbo (as portrayed in The Hobbit ). Gollum attacks the hobbits, but Frodo subdues him with Sting. He takes pity on Gollum and spares his life, making him promise to guide them through

2262-660: The Great Ring of Power" into the fire. In the poem Bilbo's Last Song , Frodo is at the Grey Havens at the farthest west of Middle-earth, about to leave the mortal world on an elven-ship to Valinor. "The Hunt for the Ring" in Unfinished Tales describes how the Black Riders travelled to Isengard and the Shire in search of the One Ring, purportedly "according to the account that Gandalf gave to Frodo". It

2340-822: The Grey Havens and over the Sea to Valinor in the following year. Elrond was an ally of the North-Kingdom of Arnor. Following its fall, Elrond harboured the Chieftains of the Dúnedain (the descendants of the Kings of Arnor) and the Sceptre of Annúminas, Arnor's symbol of royal authority. When Aragorn 's father Arathorn was killed a few years after Aragorn's birth, Elrond raised Aragorn in his own household and became

2418-547: The Lord of Mordor, using his own arts, he would set himself on Sauron's throne, and yet another Dark Lord would appear. And that is another reason why the Ring should be destroyed: as long as it is in the world it will be a danger even to the Wise. For nothing is evil in the beginning. Even Sauron was not so. I fear to take the Ring to hide it. I will not take the Ring to wield it.' – Elrond J. R. R. Tolkien , The Fellowship of

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2496-787: The Men of the West and the courtship of his daughter. As shown in the flashback scene in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers , he forces Aragorn to end his engagement to Arwen so that she can leave to the Undying Lands, although she eventually makes the decision to stay with Aragorn in Middle-Earth. Later, he sends a "surprisingly well-drilled army" to the Battle of Helm's Deep , an act the Tolkien scholar Tom Shippey writes

2574-607: The Númenóreans had maintained ... havens upon the western coasts of Middle-earth for the help of their ships; and one of the chief of these was at Pelargir near the Mouths of Anduin. There Adûnaic was spoken, and mingled with many words of the languages of lesser men it became a Common Speech that spread thence along the coasts among all that had dealings with Westernesse. Tolkien gives a few names in Westron, saying that Karningul

2652-542: The One Ring, and provides wise assistance on planning the necessary action to destroy the Ring. That said, he also shows that he knows the limits of his knowledge, as the capabilities of Hobbits, in his words "the Shire-folk", are outside his experience. Such, Nelson concludes, is the function of a guide, and Elrond fulfils it "admirably" and to the best of his ability, just as in their different ways do Aragorn, Galadriel, Faramir , and Tom Bombadil . Christine Larsen, in

2730-460: The Phial of Galadriel. Believing that Frodo is dead, Sam takes the Ring and continues the quest. Soon, however, he overhears Orcs taking Frodo for questioning, saying that he is still alive. Sam rescues Frodo and returns the Ring. Dressed in scavenged Orc-armour, they set off, trailed by Gollum. At Mount Doom, Frodo enters the chasm where Sauron had forged the Ring. Here Frodo loses the will to destroy

2808-670: The Ring Thomas Kullmann, in the Nordic Journal of English Studies , describes Elrond's language as "archaic and stilted", marked out by formal speeches with the tripartite structure of rhetoric : "proposition, argumentation, and conclusion". Elrond, he writes, uses archaic conjunctions like "save" (meaning "except"), and literary phrases like "to wield at will", along with old-fashioned inversions of word order, like "That we now know too well". He notes however that Elrond uses simple short sentences, like "We cannot use

2886-650: The Ring and Sauron in the War of the Ring . He then travelled to Minas Tirith for the marriage of Arwen and Aragorn, now King of the Reunited Kingdom of Arnor and Gondor. Three years later, at the approximate age of 6,520, Elrond left Middle-earth to go over the Sea with Gandalf, Galadriel, Frodo, and Bilbo, never to return . Tolkien said that "after the destruction of the Ruling Ring the Three Rings of

2964-403: The Ring during the journey, aided by eight others, reasoning that a company of nine in the service of Middle-earth would counteract the nine Nazgûl , Sauron's most fearsome servants, who sought to help their master conquer it. When Arwen chose mortality in order to be with Aragorn, Elrond reluctantly accepted her decision as the greater good, as she would help to renew the declining lineage of

3042-510: The Ring to Rivendell , home of Elrond , a mighty Elf -lord. He leaves with three companions: his gardener Samwise Gamgee and his cousins Merry Brandybuck and Pippin Took . They are just in time, for Sauron's most powerful servants, the Nine Nazgûl , have entered the Shire as Black Riders, looking for the Ring. They follow Frodo's trail, nearly intercepting him. The hobbits escape into

3120-427: The Ring, and puts it on, claiming it for himself. Gollum attacks the invisible Frodo, biting off his finger and reclaiming the Ring. As he dances in elation, Gollum falls with the Ring into the fiery Cracks of Doom. The Ring is destroyed, and with it Sauron's power. Frodo and Sam are rescued by Great Eagles as Mount Doom erupts, destroying Mordor. After Aragorn's coronation, the four hobbits return home. They find that

3198-407: The Rings film trilogy (2001–2003), Frodo is played by the American actor Elijah Wood . Dan Timmons writes in Janet Brennan Croft 's 2004 Tolkien on Film that the themes and internal logic of the Jackson films are undermined by the portrayal of Frodo, which he considers a weakening of Tolkien's original. The film critic Roger Ebert writes that he missed the depth of characterisation he felt in

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3276-419: The Rings , Frodo is played by Ian Holm , who later played Bilbo in Peter Jackson 's film adaptation of The Lord of the Rings . In Leningrad Television 's two-part 1991 teleplay Khraniteli (Keepers [of the Ring]), Frodo was played by Valery Dyachenko, while in the Finnish broadcaster Yle 's 1993 television miniseries Hobitit , the role is played by Taneli Mäkelä. In Peter Jackson's The Lord of

3354-405: The Rings for radio, cinema, and stage. In Ralph Bakshi 's 1978 animated version , Frodo was voiced by Christopher Guard . In the 1980 Rankin/Bass animated version of The Return of the King , made for television, the character was voiced by Orson Bean , who had previously played Bilbo in the same company's adaptation of The Hobbit . In the "massive" 1981 BBC radio serial of The Lord of

3432-412: The Rings with mental illnesses . The Tolkien critic Paul H. Kocher discusses the role of providence , in the form of the intentions of the angel-like Valar or of the creator Eru Ilúvatar , in Bilbo's finding of the Ring and Frodo's bearing of it; as Gandalf says, Frodo was "meant" to have it, though it remains his choice to co-operate with this purpose. Frodo appears in adaptations of The Lord of

3510-402: The Ruling Ring. That we now know too well. It belongs to Sauron and was made by him alone, and is altogether evil. Its strength, Boromir, is too great for anyone to wield at will, save only those who have already a great power of their own. But for them it holds an even deadlier peril. The very desire of it corrupts the heart. Consider Saruman. If any of the Wise should wield this Ring to overthrow

3588-418: The Ruling Ring." The Tolkien scholar Tom Shippey writes that Tolkien, professionally interested in words and language, reveals character through styles of speech. Elrond is seen to use an archaic but clear style in the Council of Elrond. Shippey states that his use of grammatical inversions is now rare, but still colloquial, as in common phrases like "Down came the rain. Up went the umbrellas." He writes that

3666-419: The Shire, which the narrator supposes was probably a worn form of the word kûd-dûkan , of the same meaning, stating that Merry had heard King Théoden of Rohan use this name for Hobbit. Elrond Elrond Half-elven is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien 's Middle-earth legendarium . Both of his parents, Eärendil and Elwing , were half-elven , having both Men and Elves as ancestors. He

3744-421: The Westron for Sam's surname "Gamgee", Galbasi , are all derived from Gothic , a precursor of Old English , adding yet another layer of linguistic complexity to the pseudotranslation. The word Hobbit , which the narrator admits "is an invention", could, he explains, easily be a much-worn form of the Old English holbytla , "hole-dweller". This corresponds to the Westron dialect form kuduk , used in Bree and

3822-401: The age of twenty-one, he is adopted by Bilbo, who brings him to live at his home, Bag End in the Shire . He and Bilbo share the same birthday, the 22nd of September. Bilbo introduces Frodo to the Elvish languages , and they often go on long walking trips together. Frodo comes of age as Bilbo leaves the Shire. Frodo inherits Bag End and Bilbo's ring . Gandalf , uncertain about the origin of

3900-452: The army departed from Imladris to Mordor , led by Elendil and Gil-galad. Sauron killed both of them at the end of the siege of Barad-dûr . Elrond saw Elendil's son Isildur destroy Sauron's physical body and take the One Ring for himself; Elrond and Cirdan urged Isildur to destroy it, but he refused. Elrond served as Gil-galad's herald, and he and Círdan were entrusted with the two Elven Rings that Gil-galad held. Elrond and Círdan were

3978-429: The book, Frodo doing little but watching other characters decide his fate "and occasionally gazing significantly upon the Ring". Peter Travers of Rolling Stone , however, wrote that Wood played the role with "soulful conviction", and that his portrayal matured as the story progressed. Wood reprised the role in a brief appearance in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey . On stage, Frodo was portrayed by James Loye in

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4056-413: The character in the previous film. Carl Hague portrayed Elrond in National Public Radio 's 1979 radio production of The Lord of the Rings . Hugh Dickson portrayed Elrond in BBC Radio 's 1981 serialisation of The Lord of the Rings . In the 1993 Finnish television miniseries Hobitit , Elrond is played by Leif Wager . In the 2006 Toronto musical adaptation of The Lord of the Rings , Elrond

4134-405: The details of Westron grammar or vocabulary in any detail. Tolkien went further, using Gothic names for the early leaders of the Northmen of Rhovanion , ancestors of Rohan, and for the first Kings of Rohan. Gothic was an East Germanic language , and as such is a forerunner of Old English, not a direct ancestor. Christopher Tolkien suggests that his father intended the correspondence between

4212-654: The distant, painful relationship of Denethor , the despairing and ultimately suicidal Steward of Gondor , and his son Faramir . He notes that this was a major theme in Tolkien's legendarium , with father-son pairs like Húrin and Túrin , or the Dark Elf Eöl betrayed by his power-hungry son, Maeglin. Rosebury comments that Elrond's forbidding Arwen to marry has an analogue with Tolkien's own youth, when his guardian Father Francis Morgan took responsibility for Tolkien's moral wellbeing after his mother Mabel 's death, blocking his relationship with Edith Bratt , whom he eventually married. Charles W. Nelson, writing in Journal of

4290-413: The dwarf-king Durin and the elf-king of Lórien, Amroth, attacked Sauron's rearguard. Sauron turned to fight them, and drove them back to Moria . Elrond was able to retreat north to a secluded valley, where he established the refuge of Imladris , later called Rivendell; he lived there through the Second and Third Ages. Near the end of the Second Age, the Last Alliance of Elves and Men was formed, and

4368-428: The fallen wizard Saruman and his agents have taken over the Shire and started to industrialize it. Frodo and his companions lead a rebellion and defeat the intruders. Even after Saruman attempts to stab Frodo, Frodo lets him go, only for Saruman to be killed by his henchman Gríma Wormtongue . The hobbits restore the Shire to its prior state of peace and goodwill. While successful in his quest, Frodo never recovers from

4446-501: The giants grind salt until the sea is full of it. The name Fróði is forgotten. Clearly, Shippey observes, evil is impossible to cure; and Frodo too is a "peacemaker, indeed in the end a pacifist ". And, he writes, as Frodo gains experience through the quest, he also gains wisdom, matching the meaning of his name. Michael Stanton, writing in the J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia , describes Frodo's character as combining "courage, selflessness, and fidelity", attributes that make Frodo ideal as

4524-556: The hero Beren must bring a Silmaril from the iron crown of the Dark Lord Morgoth . But, he writes, Elrond is a caring father with no trace of cruelty. The demand that Arwen "shall not be the bride of any Man less than the King of both Gondor and Arnor" is in his view just "giving his foster son incentive to achieve what it is his hereditary duty to attempt anyway", as well as doing the best for his daughter: "Elrond loves them both". The humanities scholar Brian Rosebury writes that Tolkien contrasts Elrond's paternal love for Arwen with

4602-481: The hobbits and sends them on their way, warning Frodo to beware of Gollum's treachery. They pass Minas Morgul , where the pull of the Ring becomes overwhelming, and climb the Endless Stair to cross into Mordor. At the top they enter a tunnel, not knowing it is the home of the giant spider Shelob . Gollum hopes to deliver the hobbits to her and retake the Ring after she had killed them. Shelob stings Frodo, rendering him unconscious, but Sam drives her off with Sting and

4680-399: The hobbits, Gandalf, Aragorn, the dwarf Gimli , the elf Legolas , and Boromir , a man of Gondor . Bilbo, living in Rivendell, gives Frodo his sword Sting and a coat of Dwarf mail made of mithril . The company, unable to cross the Misty Mountains by a pass , enters the mines of Moria . Frodo is stabbed by an Orc with a spear, but his mithril mail-shirt saves his life. Gandalf

4758-480: The language families to extend back to the ancestral language of the Northmen. Westron (also called Adûni) supposedly developed from Adûnaic , the ancient language of Númenor . It became the lingua franca for all the peoples of Middle-earth : Tolkien gives some examples of Westron words in Appendix F to The Lord of the Rings , where he summarizes Westron's origin and role as lingua franca in Middle-earth: The language represented in this history by English

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4836-400: 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 Pippin Took. In drafts of the final chapters, published as Sauron Defeated , Gandalf names Frodo Bronwe athan Harthad ("Endurance Beyond Hope"), after the destruction of the Ring. Tolkien states that Frodo's name in Westron

4914-498: The novel. This device of rendering an imaginary language with a real one was carried further by rendering: The whole device of linguistic mapping was essentially a fix for the problems Tolkien had created for himself by using real Norse names for the Dwarves in The Hobbit , rather than inventing new names in Khuzdul. This seemed a clever solution, as it allowed him to explain the book's use of Modern English as representing Westron. Because of this, Tolkien did not need to work out

4992-544: The old rule was that the verb had to come second in the sentence, so if something other than a noun phrase began a sentence, then the noun had to go after the verb. In this way, Shippey writes, Tolkien gives Elrond a consistently archaic style, using not just old words "(the first resort of the amateur medievalist)" but more importantly through grammar. The effect is to make his speech distinctive, suiting his immense age, while remaining clear, and never merely quaint. Importantly, his way of speaking links him with Isildur, who becomes

5070-561: The only ones to stand with Gil-galad when he fell. Elrond married Celebrían, daughter of Celeborn and Galadriel , early in the Third Age . The place and date of Celebrían's birth are not specified. In the version of their history that describes Galadriel and Celeborn as rulers of Eregion in the Second Age , Galadriel and Celebrían left Eregion for Lórinand as Sauron 's influence over Eregion grew. According to one account, Celebrían and her parents later lived for many years in Rivendell ( Imladris ). Celebrían and Elrond had three children:

5148-405: The physical and emotional wounds he suffered on the quest. After two years, Frodo and Bilbo as Ring-bearers are granted passage to Valinor . " The Sea-Bell " was published in Tolkien's 1962 collection of verse The Adventures of Tom Bombadil with the sub-title Frodos Dreme . Tolkien suggests that this enigmatic narrative poem represents the despairing dreams that visited Frodo in the Shire in

5226-411: The ring, warns Frodo to avoid using it and to keep it secret. Frodo keeps it hidden for the next seventeen years, and it gives him the same longevity it had given Bilbo. Gandalf returns to tell him that it is the One Ring of the Dark Lord Sauron , who is seeking to recover and use it to conquer Middle-earth . Realising that he is a danger to the Shire as long as he remains there, Frodo decides to take

5304-420: The son of the half-elven mariner Eärendil and Elwing his wife, and a great-grandson of Beren and Lúthien . Not long afterwards, the havens were destroyed by the sons of Fëanor , who captured Elrond and his brother Elros. Their parents feared that they would be killed; instead, they were befriended by Fëanor's sons Maedhros and Maglor. Like his parents but unlike his brother, Elrond chose to be counted among

5382-400: The three-hour stage production of The Lord of the Rings , which opened in Toronto in 2006, and was brought to London in 2007. Frodo was portrayed by Joe Sofranko in the Cincinnati productions of The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Two Towers (2002), and The Return of the King (2003) for Clear Stage Cincinnati . Westron When writing The Lord of the Rings (1954–55),

5460-402: The twins Elladan and Elrohir, and Arwen Undómiel (Evenstar). On a trip from Rivendell to Lórien, Celebrían was waylaid by Orcs in the Redhorn Pass on Caradhras in the Misty Mountains . She was captured and tormented and received a poisoned wound. She was rescued by her sons and healed by Elrond, but "after fear and torment" she could no longer find joy in Middle-earth , so she passed to

5538-399: The usage was clearly intentional, and that Tolkien was "excruciating[ly]" careful on such matters. She notes that he called Tom Bombadil "Master of wood, water, and hill", but denied that the term implied ownership. Further, "master" is used as a term of respect, as by Barliman Butterbur to the hobbits in Bree. Finally, she writes, mastery implies the skill of an authority or revered artist:

5616-498: The years following the destruction of the Ring. It relates the unnamed speaker's journey to a mysterious land across the sea, where he tries but fails to make contact with the people who dwell there. He descends into despair and near-madness, eventually returning to his own country, to find himself utterly alienated from those he once knew. "Frodo the halfling" is mentioned briefly at the end of The Silmarillion , as "alone with his servant he passed through peril and darkness" and "cast

5694-467: Was Maura Labingi . Frodo is the only prominent hobbit whose name is not explained in Tolkien's Appendices to The Lord of the Rings . In a letter Tolkien states that it is the Old English name Fróda , connected to fród , "wise by experience". The Tolkien scholar Tom Shippey suggests that the choice of name is significant: not, in Tolkien's phrase, one of the many "names that had no meaning at all in [the hobbits'] daily language". Instead, he notes,

5772-574: Was killed battling a Balrog . Aragorn leads them out to Lothlórien . There Galadriel gives Frodo an Elven cloak and a phial , which carries the Light of Eärendil to aid him on his quest. The Fellowship travels by boat down the Anduin River and reaches the lawn of Parth Galen , just above the impassable falls of Rauros . There, Boromir, succumbing to the lure of the Ring , tries to take it by force. Frodo escapes by putting it on. This breaks

5850-599: Was made to fit a 21st century view of political and military expectations. In the 2022 television series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power , a younger Elrond is played by Robert Aramayo . Weaving reprised his role as both Elrond and the narrator in video games The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II (2006) and The Lord of the Rings: Conquest (2009). In

5928-544: Was portrayed by Victor A. Young. In The Lord of the Rings film trilogy and The Hobbit trilogy directed by Peter Jackson , Elrond is portrayed by Hugo Weaving . In The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Elrond holds Men in lesser regard after witnessing Isildur 's failure to destroy the One Ring. Unlike in the book, he is skeptical of Aragorn both in terms of his ability to lead

6006-570: Was the Westron or 'Common Speech' of the West-lands of Middle-earth in the Third Age. In the course of that age it had become the native language of nearly all the speaking-peoples (save the Elves) who dwelt within the bounds of the old kingdoms of Arnor and Gondor ... At the time of the War of the Ring at the end of the age these were still its bounds as a native tongue. He explains further that

6084-685: Was the translation of Elvish Imladris , Rivendell , while Sûza was Westron for the Shire . Hobbit surnames Took and Boffin were "anglicize[d]" from Westron Tûk and Bophîn . The original form of Brandybuck was Zaragamba , "Oldbuck", from Westron zara , "old", and gamba , "buck". He explains, too, that Sam[wise] and Ham[fast] "were really called Ban and Ran ", shortened from Westron Banazîr and Ranugad . Tolkien states that these had been nicknames, meaning "halfwise, simple" and "stay-at-home", which he had chosen to render by English names, from Old English samwís and hámfoest with equivalent meanings. Nick Groom states that Sûza , Banazîr , and

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