Harry Goatleaf
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In J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Harry Goatleaf was the gatekeeper at the West-gate of Bree. On Monday, September 27, 3018, Harry Goatleaf was approached by two Black Riders, who spoke to Harry and left him shaking with fear. On September 29, Harry was at the West-gate when Frodo Baggins and his companions arrived in Bree. Harry was interested to learn that the Hobbits came from the Shire and he asked them their names and business, but Merry Brandybuck evaded his questions. Later Harry was in the Common Room of the Prancing Pony and he witnessed Frodo's disappearance when the Ring slipped onto his finger. Harry left the Common Room after Bill Ferny and a squint-eyed Southerner. Aragorn later told Frodo that he suspected that the Black Riders might use Bill Ferny and Harry Goatleaf and others for evil work. Later that night the inn was attacked and the Hobbits' empty room was ransacked.
Early in the New Year of 3019, fighting broke out between the Southerners and the Bree-folk. Harry Goatleaf and Bill Ferny sided with the Southerners and may have let them into the town. Harry went with the Southerners when they were expelled from Bree. His ultimate fate was not explored.
[edit] Adaptations
In Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Harry Goatleaf is played by Martyn Sanderson. He is apparently crushed when the Ringwraiths knock down the Bree gate with him still on watch.
[edit] Sources
- The Fellowship of the Ring: "At the Sign of the Prancing Pony," p. 163-64, 172; "Strider," p. 186
- The Return of the King: "Homeward Bound," p. 269, 271
- Guide to the Names in The Lord of the Rings, p. 166-67
