Bag End

Bilbo Baggins of Bag End was the respectable Hobbit whom Gandalf sent as burglar with Thorin Oakenshield's company to the Lonely Mountain, and who came home with a golden ring from beneath the Misty Mountains. His finding of the One Ring, his mercy to Gollum and his book set the whole War of the Ring in motion.

Frodo Baggins, Bilbo's heir, was the Ring-bearer who carried the One Ring from the Shire to the fire of Mount Doom. Wounded in body and spirit by the journey, he saved the Shire but could not enjoy it, and sailed into the West with the last of the Elves.

Samwise Gamgee, Frodo's gardener, was the companion who carried the Ring-bearer to Mount Doom and briefly bore the Ring himself. He restored the Shire after the Scouring, was seven times Mayor, and at the last, as the final Ring-bearer, sailed into the West.

Lobelia Sackville-Baggins, born a Bracegirdle of Hardbottle, spent eighty years coveting Bag End and feuding with Bilbo, only to be imprisoned by her own son's ruffians when she attacked them with her umbrella. Released a heroine, she gave Bag End back to Frodo and her fortune to the homeless.

Lotho Sackville-Baggins, the son of Lobelia, bought up half the Southfarthing with Saruman's money, imported Men to enforce his rule and made himself Chief of the Shire, only to become a prisoner in his own hole and to be murdered there by Wormtongue.

Rose Cotton of Bywater, the farmer's daughter whom Samwise Gamgee thought of on the road to Mordor, became his wife, the mistress of Bag End and the mother of thirteen children. Her death after sixty-two years of marriage set Sam on his last journey to the Havens.

Gandalf, called Olórin in Valinor and Mithrandir by the Elves, was the wisest of the Istari, a Maia sent by the Valar to rouse the free peoples against Sauron. Bearer of Narya, the Ring of Fire, he uncovered the Necromancer, set the quest of Erebor in motion, unmasked the One Ring, led the Fellowship, died against the Balrog of Moria and returned as Gandalf the White to guide the West to victory in the War of the Ring, after which he sailed into the West.

Thorin Oakenshield, son of Thráin II and heir of Durin's line, spent most of his life as a king in exile after Smaug took Erebor. In T.A. 2941 he led twelve Dwarves and the hobbit Bilbo Baggins on the quest that ended the dragon and restored the Kingdom under the Mountain, and he died of his wounds in the Battle of Five Armies after reconciling with Bilbo.

Balin son of Fundin was the eldest and wisest of Thorin's companions on the quest of Erebor and the Dwarf who became closest to Bilbo. In T.A. 2989 he led an expedition to refound the kingdom of Khazad-dûm, ruled there as Lord of Moria for five years, and was killed by an Orc arrow at Mirrormere; the Fellowship found his tomb in the Chamber of Mazarbul.

Dwalin, younger brother of Balin, was the first Dwarf to arrive at Bag End and one of Thorin's thirteen companions on the quest of Erebor. He lived on at the Mountain into the Fourth Age and died at the age of three hundred and forty, the longest life recorded of any Dwarf after Durin the Deathless.

Fíli, elder son of Thorin's sister Dís, was with his brother Kíli the youngest of the thirteen Dwarves on the quest of Erebor, and as Thorin's sister-son he was his uncle's heir. He fell in the Battle of Five Armies defending Thorin's body.

Glóin, brother of Óin and father of Gimli, was one of Thorin's companions on the quest of Erebor. Nearly eighty years later Dáin sent him to Rivendell, where he told the Council of Elrond of Sauron's messengers to the Mountain and saw his son chosen for the Fellowship.

Hamfast Gamgee, the Gaffer, was Bilbo's gardener at Bag End for forty years and the father of Samwise. An authority on potatoes and on other people's business, he was turned out of Bagshot Row under the ruffians and lived to see it rebuilt as New Row.

Kíli, younger son of Dís and nephew of Thorin Oakenshield, was the youngest of the thirteen Dwarves on the quest of Erebor. Inseparable from his brother Fíli, he fell beside him in the Battle of Five Armies defending their uncle.

Bifur was one of the thirteen Dwarves who went with Thorin Oakenshield on the quest of Erebor. A cousin of Bofur and Bombur, he came of the Dwarves of Moria rather than of Durin's royal line, and after the quest he lived at the Mountain.

Bofur, brother of Bombur and cousin of Bifur, was one of Thorin Oakenshield's thirteen companions on the quest of Erebor. He came of the Dwarves of Moria rather than of the royal line and lived at the Mountain after the dragon's fall.

Bombur, the fattest of Thorin's thirteen companions, went on the quest of Erebor with his brother Bofur and cousin Bifur. He fell into the enchanted river of Mirkwood and slept for days, and in later life at the Mountain grew so heavy that six young Dwarves were needed to lift him.

Dori, the strongest of Thorin's thirteen companions, was the Dwarf who carried Bilbo on his back through the goblin tunnels and hoisted him into the trees when the Wargs came. Kin of Nori and Ori, he lived at Erebor after the quest.

Nori was one of the thirteen Dwarves of Thorin Oakenshield's company on the quest of Erebor, arriving at Bag End in a purple hood with his kinsmen Dori and Ori. He survived the Battle of Five Armies and lived at the Mountain afterward.

Óin, elder brother of Glóin and uncle of Gimli, was one of Thorin's companions on the quest of Erebor. He later followed Balin to Moria and was taken by the Watcher in the Water at the West-gate when the colony fell.

Ori, kinsman of Dori and Nori, was one of Thorin's thirteen companions on the quest of Erebor. He went with Balin to Moria in T.A. 2989 and wrote the final page of the Book of Mazarbul before dying with the last of the colony beside Balin's tomb.

Saruman the White, Curunír to the Elves, was the chief of the Istari and head of the White Council, a Maia of Aulë whose great knowledge of craft and Ring-lore turned to pride. He seized Isengard, fell under Sauron's sway through the palantír, bred the Uruk-hai and made war on Rohan, was overthrown by the Ents and cast out of the order by Gandalf, and died a beggar's death in the Shire at the hand of his own servant.

Gríma son of Gálmód, called Wormtongue, was the counsellor of King Théoden who secretly served Saruman and poisoned the king's mind and body until Gandalf exposed him. Driven from Edoras, he became Saruman's wretched servant in Orthanc and in the Shire, and at the very end of the War of the Ring he cut his master's throat on the doorstep of Bag End and was shot by hobbit archers.

Lotho Sackville-Baggins, the son of Lobelia, bought up half the Southfarthing with Saruman's money, imported Men to enforce his rule and made himself Chief of the Shire, only to become a prisoner in his own hole and to be murdered there by Wormtongue.

Rose Cotton of Bywater, the farmer's daughter whom Samwise Gamgee thought of on the road to Mordor, became his wife, the mistress of Bag End and the mother of thirteen children. Her death after sixty-two years of marriage set Sam on his last journey to the Havens.

Elanor the Fair, eldest child of Samwise and Rose, was born on the second anniversary of the Ring's destruction and named for the golden flower of Lórien. A maid of honour to Queen Arwen, she married Fastred of Greenholm, settled at the Undertowers, received the Red Book from her father and founded the Fairbairns who kept it.

Lotho Sackville-Baggins, the son of Lobelia, bought up half the Southfarthing with Saruman's money, imported Men to enforce his rule and made himself Chief of the Shire, only to become a prisoner in his own hole and to be murdered there by Wormtongue.