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It is perhaps for this reason that he is often thought of as a boring character: there is little-to-no mystery about him and what we do know is rather plain. We watch him from his youth and coming of age, all the way to his departure Westwards. So Frodo’s entire life, both internal to the story and external to us, is public.

Shortly thereafter Gandalf returns to the Shire (17 years after the Party) and the whole adventure begins. More talk and public opinion on Frodo, again, comes from the pub: Ted Sandyman admits, to a rather irritated Sam, that Mr. We do, however, get the impression that he is quiet and thoughtful, and a little cheeky like Bilbo. What does matter is, as we learn right from the go, is that Frodo was an orphan, taken in by his ‘uncle’, both generous and in need of an heir, and that the Sackville-Bagginses were foiled again.Īctually meeting Frodo in person, at the Party and in the events after where he tidies up Bilbo’s affairs, does not net us very much information about him. There are, evidently, several differing accounts of the poor demise of Frodo’s parents’ drowning: was it an accident? Did the boat sink? Was someone pushed? It doesn’t really matter. It’s no wonder that he just called him ‘uncle’.

Briefly, Frodo was Bilbo’s first and second cousin once removed (as the saying goes, if you follow me). So ensues a discussion about the nature of the death of Frodo’s parents, Drogo Baggins and Primula Brandybuck, and the complicated branches that protrude from the Baggins family tree, especially between Bilbo and Frodo. Hobbit tongues can wag after a few, especially when the subjects in question are liked half as well as they deserve.