Déagol

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Character from Tolkien's Legendarium Name Déagol Other names Nahald Race Hobbit Culture Stoor-hobbit Date of birth ca. 2430 T.A. Date of death 2463 T.A. Realm Anduin Book(s) The Fellowship of the Ring

Déagol is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's universe of Middle-earth.

He was first introduced in The Fellowship of the Ring as a Stoor Hobbit who became the third bearer of the One Ring, after Sauron and Isildur. He found the Ring while diving in the Gladden river (a tributary to the Anduin) with his relative^[1] Sméagol (later known as Gollum) who demanded the ring and murdered him when he refused to give it up.

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

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

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Carpenter, Humphrey and Tolkien, Christopher (eds.) (1981). The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, #214. ISBN 0-395-31555-7.

[edit] External links

• Thomas Robins at the Internet Movie Database

Preceded by Isildur

Bearer of the Great Ring 2463 TA

Succeeded by Sméagol