![]() ![]() ![]() "Of course there is a mark," said Gandalf. He did not liked to explain his reasons to anyone. Gandalf never explicitly said why he had chosen poor Bilbo to join him and the dwarves in their expedition. Gandalf (and many others) regarded Bilbo and Frodo as Other hobbits and he decided to have Bilbo join Thorin and his company. ![]() Gandalf 'felt' that he was bolder than the So you see, Bilbo was not an 'ordinary' hobbit, not as much as he liked to think. In Eriador they soon mingled with the other kinds that had preceded them,īut being somewhat bolder and more adventurous, they were often found as leaders or chieftains among clans of Harfoots or Stoors.Įven in Bilbo's time the strong Fallohidish strain could still be noted among the greater families, such as the Tooks and the Masters North of Rivendell and came down the River Hoarwell. They were more friendly with Elves than the other Hobbits were,Īnd more skill in language and song than in handicrafts and of old they preferred hunting to tilling. "The Fallohides, the least numerous, were a northenly branch. "Fallohides were fairer in the skin and also of hair, and they were taller and slimmer than the others they were lovers of trees This is not true, but before Tooks (Tooks are mostly Fallohides) came to dwell in Shire they were friendly with His mother was Belladona Took, and they say that Tooks look 'fairy' as if they had elvenīlood in them. Why did Gandalf choose Bilbo Baggins to acompany Thorin?īilbo was not an ordinary hobbit. The Grey Havens - Hobbits: Why did Gandalf choose Bilbo Baggins to acompany Thorin? ![]()
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