Frodo broke free, attacked the barrow-wight and summoned Bombadil, who again rescued the hobbits and set them on their way. They were caught in fog on the Barrow Downs by a barrow-wight and put under a spell. They were waylaid by the magic of Old Man Willow, but rescued by Tom Bombadil, who gave them shelter and guidance. They followed Frodo's trail, nearly intercepting him. They were just in time, for Sauron's most powerful servants, the Nine Nazgûl, had entered the Shire as Black Riders, looking for the Ring. He left with three companions: his gardener Samwise Gamgee and his cousins Merry Brandybuck and Pippin Took. Realizing that he was a danger to the Shire as long as he remained there, Frodo decided to take the Ring to Rivendell, home of Elrond, a mighty Elf-lord. Gandalf returned to tell him that it was the One Ring of the Dark Lord Sauron, who was seeking to recover and use it to conquer Middle-earth. Frodo kept it hidden for the next seventeen years, and it gave him the same longevity it had given Bilbo. Gandalf, uncertain about the origin of the ring, warned Frodo to avoid using it and to keep it secret. Frodo inherited Bag End and Bilbo's ring. The Fellowship of the Ring įrodo came of age as Bilbo left the Shire. Bilbo introduced Frodo to the Elvish languages, and they often went on long walking trips together. He and Bilbo shared the same birthday, the 22nd of September. At the age of twenty-one he was adopted by Bilbo, who brought him to live at his home, Bag End. Frodo's parents Drogo Baggins and Primula Brandybuck had been killed in a boating accident when Frodo was twelve Frodo spent the next nine years living with his maternal family, the Brandybucks in Brandy Hall. Background įrodo is introduced in The Lord of the Rings as Bilbo Baggins's cousin and adoptive heir. Frodo lived at Bag End, in Hobbiton, near the centre of the map. Internal history Sketch map of the Shire. Commentators have written that he combines courage, selflessness, and fidelity, and that as a good character, he seems unexciting but grows through his quest, an unheroic person who reaches heroic stature. 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.įrodo's name comes from the Old English name Fróda, meaning "wise by experience". He changes, too, growing in understanding and compassion, and avoiding violence. He is mentioned in Tolkien's posthumously published works, The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales.įrodo is repeatedly wounded during the quest, and becomes increasingly burdened by the Ring as it nears Mordor. 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. Tolkien's writings, and one of the protagonists in The Lord of the Rings. Frodo Baggins is a fictional character in J.
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