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Bandobras "Bullroarer" Took

Bandobras Took

Biographical information

Other names

Bullroarer

Titles

Date of birth

TA 2704 (SR 1104)

Year ascended to the throne

Date of death

TA 2806 (SR 1206)

Realms ruled

Spouse

Unnamed wife ?

Weapon

Club

Physical description

Race

Hobbit

Culture

Shire-hobbit (Took family)

Gender

Male

Height

4'5"

Hair color

Eye color

Peter Jackson's Film Trilogy

Actor

Voice

Character

Bandobras "Bullroarer" Took was a Hobbit of the Shire and the Hero of the Battle of Greenfields.

BiographyEdit

Bandobras Took was the second son^[1] of Thain Isumbras III, and the Great-Grand-Uncle of Bilbo Baggins. He was born in TA 2704. Bandobras is noteworthy among Hobbits for his exceptionally large stature, being four feet, five inches tall and able to ride a horse. He was the tallest Hobbit on record until the Ent-draughts taken by Meriadoc Brandybuck and Peregrin Took made them the tallest Hobbits in the history of the Shire.^[2]

Bandobras also gained fame for leading the Hobbits at the Battle of Greenfields in TA 2747 when goblins from Mount Gram in the Misty Mountains invaded the Northfarthing. At this battle, Bandobras charged at the goblin leader Golfimbul and knocked off his head with a club. The goblin's head flew through the air for 100 yards and went down a rabbit hole; it is said that this was how the game of golf was invented.

Bandobras was given the nickname "Bullroarer". From him were descended the North-tooks of Long Cleeve, where Peregrin Took's wife Diamond of Long Cleeve came from. Bandobras died in TA 2806.

Portrayal in adaptationsEdit

Peter Jackson's The HobbitEdit

In Peter Jackson's film adaptation The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Bilbo Baggins has a portrait of him in Bag End. Gandalf speaks briefly about him and how he invented golf.

ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ His older brother Ferumbras succeeded to the Thainship.
2. ↑ The Lord of the Rings, Prologue, p. 2.

External linkEdit

• Bandobras Took at Tolkien Gateway