| So, you�re interested in knowing about the couples and original characters I use in my fanfics! Good, good. The couples all include a description of who the two characters are, what year they married, whether they�re official or not (i.e. whether Tolkien actually decided on them) and what stories they appear in. All OCs have a description of who they are, what year they were born and what stories they appear in. Couples: Berilac Brandybuck/Pimpernel Took Berliac is Merry�s first cousin, the only son of his uncle Merimas. He was born in the year 1380. Pimpernel is Pippin�s second eldest sister, born in the year 1379. Year married: 1417 Stories: �Just to be With You�. (mentioned in �Life is What Happens�, �Magnificent�) Official?: No Everard Took/Pervinca Took Everard is the third cousin of Pippin, the youngest son of Adelard Took, born in 1380 (he�s also the young lad that danced the Springle-ring on a table at Bilbo�s party). Pervinca is Pippin�s third eldest sister, the one closest in age to him, born in 1385. Year married: 1420 Stories: �Life is What Happens�, �Just to Be With You�, �Magnificent� Official?: No Faramir Took/Goldilocks Gamgee Faramir is the only son of Peregrin Took, born in 1430. Goldilocks is the third daughter of Samwise Gamgee born 1431 Year married: 1463 Stories: �Watch the Clouds Go Sailing By�, later chapters of �Life is What Happens� Official?: Yes Fredegar Bolger/Melilot Brandybuck Fredegar is a close friend of Frodo, Pippin and Merry (we all know him as Fatty!) born 1380. Melilot is Merry�s third cousin (the young lass who dances with Everard Took at Bilbo�s party) born in 1385 Year married: 1421 Stories: �Just to be With You�, �Magnificent� Official?: No Meriadoc Brandybuck/Estella Bolger Since we all know who Merry is, lets just talk about Estella. Estella is the younger sister of Fredegar, born in 1385 Year married: 1422 Stories: �Just to be With You�, �Magnificent�, �Watch the Clouds Go Sailing By� (mentioned in �What�s in a Name?� and �To the Bottle I Go�) Official?: Yes (however, the inclusion of this marriage is a more recent one. It is not mentioned in the Tale of Years, while Pippin�s to Diamond is. Thus, the year I have chosen for this marriage is not official) Orlando Burrows/Pearl Took Orlando is a character that is not completely original. He was mentioned in earlier versions of LotR as the hobbit who is given a pen and gold ink by Bilbo. It is Milo Burrows who actually does in the final version of LotR. I resurrected poor Orlando as the young cousin of Milo, born in 1369. Pearl is the eldest sister of Pippin, born 1375 Year married: 1410 Stories: mentioned in �Life is What Happens�, �Just to be With You�, �Magnificent� Official?: No Peregrin Took/Celandine Brandybuck We all know Pip, but Celandine in Merry�s second cousin, born in 1394. Year married: N/A � Pip and Celandine only have a little fling! Stories: �Just to be With You� Official?: No Peregrin Took/Diamond Took (of Long Cleeve) Diamond is a distant cousin of Pippin�s, a North-took of Long Cleeve, descended from Bandobras (Bullroarer) Took. She was born in 1395 Year married: 1427 Stories: �Watch the Clouds Go Sailing By�, �Magnificent� Official?: Yes Peregrin Took/Myrtle Burrows Myrtle is a second cousin of Merry, born in 1396. Year married: N/A � another conquest of Master Peregrin, to make Celandine jealous Stories: �Just to be With You� Official?: No Samwise Gamgee/Pervinca Took We should all know Sam, and Pervinca was introduced earlier. Year married: N/A � just a casual fling at Bilbo�s party. Stories: �Life is What Happens� Official?: No Samwise Gamgee/Rose Cotton The main hobbit couple of LotR! Year married: 1420 Stories: �Life is What Happens�, �Watch the Clouds Go Sailing By� Official?: Yes Tolman Cotton/Marigold Gamgee Tolman, or Tom, is Rosie�s eldest brother, born in 1380. Marigold is Sam�s youngest sister, born in 1383 Year married: 1421 Stories: mentioned in "Just to be With You", "Time to Make a Change" and "Magnificent" Official?: Yes (but the year of marriage is not) Original Characters Abemund, Harold (Harry), Edmund (Ed) and Allysia Maggot The current Maggot family, with Abe being the eldest son of the Farmer Maggot from LotR. They appear in �Watch the Clouds Go Sailing By�. Ellouise Butterbur The niece of Barliman Butterbur and owner of The Prancing Pony in �Watch the Clouds Go Sailing By�. �owyn and Th�odoc Brandybuck The daughter and son of Merry and Estella. �owyn was born in 1440 and Th�odoc in 1442. They appear in �Watch the Clouds Go Sailing By� and �Magnificent�. Obviously, they were named after two of the people closest to Merry (though, in the tradition of the Brandybuck family, the end of Th�oden is changed to Th�odoc) Garnet and Peredoc Brandybuck The daughter and son of Berilac and Pimpernel. Garnet was born in 1421 and Peredoc in 1424. Garnet was named after one of her mother�s aunts, and Peredoc was named after Peregrin and Meriadoc. They are mentioned in �Magnificent� Lily Noakes The �friend� of Goldilocks, Daisy and Primrose Gamgee and walking joke of Bywater. She appears in �Watch the Clouds Go Sailing By�. Her aunt, Hannah, appears in this story too, as well as Auma�s �Holbytla� Peridot, Petunia and Peregrin Burrows The three children of Orlando and Pearl. Peridot was born in 1413 and named after her grandfather�s eldest sister. Petunia was born in 1415 and named after her father�s mother. Peregrin, born in 1419, was obviously named after his uncle. They feature in �Life is What Happens� and �Watch the Clouds Go Sailing By� Pippa and Adella Took The two daughters of Everard and Pervinca. Pippa, named after her uncle�s nickname, was born in 1422. Adella was born in 1426 and named after her grandfather (on her father�s side). They appear in �Watch the Clouds Go Sailing By� and �Magnificent� Poppy Chubb, Inigo Baggins, Rollo Grubb, Mungo Goodbody, Prospero Bunce, Cosimo Boffin Members of Fredegar Bolger's band of rebels (note: Inigo Baggins is another character resurrected from The History of Middle-Earth). They all appear in "Just to be With You". Sam, Lily and Bell Cotton The children of Tolman and Marigold. Sam was born in 1425 and named after his uncle. Lily was born in 1427 and Bell in 1430, and they were named after their grandmothers. Sam and Lily feature in "Time to Make a Change". |