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Revision as of 12:17, 28 September 2002 by Andre Engels (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Bilbo Baggins is the central character of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. He is the first person in the history of Middle-earth to give up the One Ring voluntarily (see Ring Bearer (Middle-earth)).
Bilbo found the One Ring during his adventures in The Hobbit, and escaped from Gollum when he won a riddle competition with the question 'what have I got in my pocket?' Bilbo was the Ring Bearer for many decades with no idea of its significance, and it prolonged his life beyond normal limits.
In The Lord of the Rings, Bilbo left the Shire on his eleventy-first (111st) birthday, leaving the Ring and all the rest of his estate to his nephew and heir Frodo. He travelled to Rivendell, accompanied by three dwarves, where he lived a very pleasant life of retirement: eating, sleeping and working on his book: There and Back Again.
- In the German translation he is called Bilbo Beutlin.
- In the French translation he is called Bilbo (or Bilbon) Sacquet.
See also: Middle-earth, Gandalf, the Shire, Hobbits