Esquire of Rohan; Meriadoc Brandybuck, cousin of Frodo Baggins and Peregrine Took

Merry [Meriadoc Brandybuck]

"But, but, lord, I offered you my sword. I do not want to be parted from you like this, Théoden King. And as all my friends have gone to the battle, I should be ashamed to stay behind." —Merry addressing King Théoden Meriadoc "Merry" Brandybuck was a Hobbit of the Shire and one of Frodo Baggins cousins and closest friends. He loved boats and ponies and had a great interest in the maps of Middle-earth. He was also one of the nine companions of the Fellowship of the Ring, and later became the…

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“A great deal of mystery surrounds the origen of this peculiar custom, or 'art' as the Hobbits preferred to call it. All that could be discovered about it in antiquity was put together by Meriadoc Brandybuck (later Master of Buckland), and since he and the tobacco of the Southfarthing play a part in the history that follows, his remarks in the introduction to his Herblore of the Shire may be quoted.” ~ Prologue, Concerning Pipe-weed, The Fellowship of the Ring

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