Déagol is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. His story is related in The Fellowship of the Ring, the first of three volumes comprising Tolkien's most famous novel, The Lord of the Rings, in the chapter "The Shadow of the Past".
Déagol was a Stoor Hobbit who lived in a small community bound by kinship ties - akin to a clan. He had a friend named Sméagol, whose grandmother was the matriarch of the community.
In 2463 of the Thi...
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Déagol is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. His story is related in The Fellowship of the Ring, the first of three volumes comprising Tolkien's most famous novel, The Lord of the Rings, in the chapter "The Shadow of the Past".
Déagol was a Stoor Hobbit who lived in a small community bound by kinship ties - akin to a clan. He had a friend named Sméagol, whose grandmother was the matriarch of the community.
In 2463 of the Third Age, Déagol became the third bearer of the One Ring, after Sauron and Isildur. He found the Ring — which had been lost for thousands of years — while fishing with Sméagol in the Gladden river.
Ensnared by its beauty, Sméagol demanded the Ring as his "birthday-present". When Déagol refused to give it up, Sméagol strangled him. Sméagol hid his body, which was never found; nevertheless, the murderer (nicknamed Gollum after the swallowing noises he made) was eventually driven from his home.
The name "Déagol" is from Old English dēagol (more...
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