River Folk

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The River Folk were mainly Stoorish Hobbits who dwelt along the Anduin River in the Gladden Fields. The most famous of all River Folk was Sméagol, who later became Gollum. The River folk were not warlike, but made fine boats and fishing rods. Some time in the Third Age the River Folk disappeared, but the reason, or where they went is unknown. They probably joined their kinsmen in the newly-settled Shire.