Peregrin Took
Hobbit of the Shire. Peregrin Took was born in 2990 of the Third Age, the son of the Thain of the Shire. As a loyal friend of Frodo Baggins, he undertook the Quest of the Ring in 3019. He survived many adventures with the Fellowship of the Ring until its collapse, when both Pippin and his Hobbit friend, Meriadoc Brandybuck, were captured by Orcs. Luckily, both Hobbits escaped into the Fangorn Forest, where they met Treebeard the Ent, and were instrumental in provoking the Ent attack on Isengard. Gandalf later took Pippin to Gondor where he was made a Guard of the Citadel, and helped save the life of the Steward�s son, Faramir. At the Battle before the Black Gate of Mordor, Pippin distinguished himself by slaying a Troll. Later that year he fought in the Battle of Bywater. Pippin and Merry were the two tallest Hobbits in history measuring nearly four and one half feet due to the drinking of Entdraughts. In the fourteenth year of the Fourth Age, Pippin became the thirty-second Thain of the Shire and ruled until the year 64. He and Merry decided to spend their last years in Rohan and Gondor, where they were buried with honour in the House of Kings.
