Déagol

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Thomas Robins portrays Déagol in Peter Jackson's The Return of the King

Déagol

Biographical information

Other names

Nahald

Titles

Ring-bearer

Date of birth

Between TA 2400 & TA 2430 ?

Year ascended to the throne

Date of death

TA 2463

Realms ruled

Spouse

None

Weapon

Physical description

Race

Hobbits

Culture

Stoor hobbits of the Gladden Fields, River Folk

Gender

Male

Height

Hair color

Dark ?

Eye color

Peter Jackson's Film Trilogy

Actor

Thomas Robins

Voice

Character

Déagol (TA 2400 & TA 2430 ? - TA 2463) was a cousin of Sméagol. On one of Sméagol's birthdays, they both went fishing, and Déagol was pulled underwater by a big fish, which is presumed to be a pike. It was then that he discovered the Ring, half-buried in the river-bed. When Sméagol saw the Ring, he wanted it, and strangled Déagol to get it.

[edit] History

He became the third bearer of the One Ring, after Sauron and Isildur when he found the One Ring while diving in the Gladden river (a tributary to the Anduin) with his cousin Sméagol. Sméagol (later known as Gollum) demanded the ring and murdered Déagol when he refused to give it to him.

Of the ring's bearers Déagol carried the ring for the shortest collective time; possessing it only for a few minutes. By contrast the next shortest Samwise Gamgee carried it for a full day, and all the other ring bearers held it for at least a year. He was also the only ring bearer never to use the ring (all the others having either used it at least once), though this was not due to lack of the desire to do so, but that he was killed before he had the chance to do so.

[edit] Etymology

Déagol is an Old English translation of the "original" Westron name Nahald. Both names carry the meaning "apt to hide, secretive".

[edit] Portrayal in Adaptations

In Peter Jackson's movie The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Déagol is played by New Zealand actor Thomas Robins.