Smeagol
Gollum
Aliases: Gollum, Trahald, Slinker, Stinker
Date of Birth: 2430 T.A.
Date of Death: 3019 T.A
Race: Hobbit of the Stoor strain
Height: about 3 1/2 feet, when not hunched over,
Physical description:
Drastically changed from his original hobbit form by
the power of the One Ring. Slimy skin, thin wispy hair. He had large
pale green eyes which shone like lamps in the dark and apparently aided
him in keen night vision. He was withered down to a lean frame of skin
and bones, but very strong. He was extremely quick, and could hear the
slightest sound from a great distance.
Biography:
Sméagol's original name was Trahald, he was
born
in a fairly prominent family of hobbits of the Stoor strain near the
Gladden
Fields. In the year 2463, the day of Sméagol's coming of age, he
went fishing with his cousin and best friend Déagol. While
fishing,
Déagol saw something glittering under the surface of the water,
dove
in after it, and came up with a glittering gold ring. Before even
knowing
the qualities of the beautiful ring, Sméagol desired to own it
and
it overtook him, and he murdered his best friend for it.
Sméagol soon developed many undesirable
qualities,
like stealing, eavesdropping, and being sneaky whenever he had the
opportunity.
It was these qualities that got him banished from his household.
Cursing his bad luck and his family, he eventually
made
his way to a gloomy den underneath the Misty Mountains. Living in
darkness,
he grew to hate the light of the sun and moon, but the moon he would
tolerate. Sméagol stayed there for many years, at least that was
until he had
a surprise visit from Bilbo Baggins, who found Sméagol's ring in
a dark corner where he had dropped it. After the "theft" of his
"birthday
present", Sméagol found the strength to venture out and pursue
the
Ring.
He wandered far and wide until the year 3017, when
Sauron
captured him. This is how Sauron found out about the name of Baggins.
Soon
after, Aragorn captured him. Aragorn turned him over to Gandalf, but
Gollum
managed to escape during an orc raid and immediately set off in search
of
the Ring.
After following Frodo and Sam through Moria,
Sméagol
was captured at Emyn Muil by Frodo, after which he faithfully led the
pair
to Cirith Ungol, and seemed to be changing his ways. In Cirith Ungol,
though
he revealed his true nature: he betrayed Frodo and Sam by luring them
into
the trap of Shelob, descendent of Ungoliant, with the intention
of
finding the Ring in their discarded clothing. His plan did not work out
as intended, and he had to set out after the Ring once more.
Frodo was eventually overcome by the power of the
Ring
at the edge of the Cracks of Doom, where Sméagol, wrestling for
the
Ring, accosted him. In the struggle he managed to bite off Frodo's ring
finger and recovered the One Ring. In a dance of mirth and excitement,
he
lost himself and fell into the Cracks of Doom, thus fulfilling the
quest
of the Ring.
Reference: Lord of the Rings.
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