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Samwise Gamgee

Samwise Gamgee - Hobbit of the Shire.

Samwise Gamgee was born in 2980 of the Third Age and became a gardener at Bag End. A faithful servant of first Bilbo, then Frodo Baggins, Sam traveled with the Ringbearer to Rivendell, where he became a member of the Fellowship of the Ring.

Samwise was the only one to remain with the Ringbearer through the entire quest. On numerous occasions Sam saved Frodo's life in many perilous encounters. Most remarkable of all was Sam's fight with Shelob. Using the Phial of Galadriel and the Elf blade, Sting, he blinded and mortally wounded Shelob. He then helped his weakened master to enter Mordor and reach the fires of Mount Doom where the One Ring was finally destroyed.

When Frodo sailed to the Undying Lands, Samwise inherited Bag End, and became a highly famous and respected figure within the Shire, elected Mayor no less than seven times.

He married Rose Cotton and sired thirteen children: Elanor, Frodo, Rose, Merry, Pippin, Goldilocks, Hamfast, Daisy, Primrose, Bilbo, Ruby, Robin and Tolman. After the death of his wife in the eighty-second year of the Fourth Age, Samwise sailed to the Undying Lands to rejoin his friend and master, Frodo Baggins.

Sean Astin plays Sam in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings.