Though Déagol finds it first, they both become instantly infatuated with the ring, and Sméagol asks to have the ring for his birthday. In this scene, the two companions are fishing in a river and accidentally find the One Ring in the muddy bank. His name was originally Sméagol, and he bore a gentle human form and was close to his best friend, Déagol. We learn in the opening scene of The Return of the King that Gollum once lived a far different life before the hollow existence he succumbed to. Most lore refers to hobbits as being shy, joyful, and surprisingly skilled at whatever they put their minds to. Other common features among hobbits are big, hairy feet and pointed ears. They are considered a jovial people, preferring peace and camaraderie with each other rather than the company of men. Most hobbits are between two and four feet long, and Aragorn suggests that they would be, “…children to eyes,” to Éomer in The Two Towers.

One of the most defining features of a hobbit is short stature. One’s hobbit type depends on their preferred dwelling Harfoots are highland dwellers, Stoors live in flatlands near water and Fallohides are forest-dwellers. There are three types of hobbit in the Lord of the Rings: Harfoots, Stoors and Fallohides. Some time later, the hobbits migrated and founded the Shire, which nearly all of them call home. According to the novels, hobbits (also known as halflings) are an ancient race of mortals that came from the valley of Anduin.

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