Bill Ferny

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[edit] The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

In The Fellowship of the Ring, Bill Ferny was a man from Bree. He is known by others residing in Bree as a very unpleasant person. He was disliked by all at birth, and his reputation did not improve with age. Ferny was a direct supporter of Saruman's mechanization of the Shire. Even though he tried to avoid aiding the Fellowship of the Ring as they passed through, he sold a pony named Bill for twelve silver pennies (three times its value) to the Hobbits and Aragorn, replacing their five, which had thought to have been stolen the previous night but had actually escaped.

[edit] The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Later, towards the end of the War of the Ring, he became a watchman at the Brandywine Bridge. Bill repaid his former master for his mistreatment by kicking him. His later fate is not recorded, but it is written that he was never heard from again.