Sometimes readers refer to Bilbo as Frodo’s uncle - a reference Tolkien himself used of Bilbo in several passages with respect to all the younger hobbits to whom he was related. Of course, Bilbo was also Frodo’s cousin and it is this blood relationship that is most often referred to between the two Hobbits. The Rings of Power Episode 5 premieres Friday, September 23, on Amazon Prime Video.Q: Did Bilbo Baggins Have Any Children? Did Bilbo Baggins have any children, and if so, how did he come by them? The answer is simple but surprising.ĪNSWER: Yes, Bilbo Baggins formally/legally adopted Frodo Baggins as his son and heir.
It has to be forged at some point, right? Both, at this point in the Amazon prequel series, are tenuous at best.īut while this specific fragment of mithril probably wasn’t used to create Bilbo Baggins’ famous chainmail shirt, we may see the shirt appear at some point throughout The Rings of Power as a fun Easter Egg for fans to spot. Both Elrond and Durin IV considered this particular piece of mithril to be a symbol of their friendship and the relationship between the Elves and Dwarves. The Inverse Analysis- The shard of mithril gifted to Elrond in The Rings of Power was likely never manipulated by Elrond himself. It’s likely, then, that the shirt was just one of many mithril products made by a Dwarf smith whose name has been lost to the annals of fictional time. Years later, Bilbo passed down the chainmail shirt to Frodo, an act that would save Frodo’s life. Thorin III Oakenshield, the Dwarf leader and eventual king, gifted it to Bilbo before the Battle of the Five Armies. The shirt’s origins are ambiguous, but we know it winds up in Smaug’s treasure heap in the Lonely Mountain, where the dwarves migrated after the fall of Khazad-dûm. The most iconic object made of mithril in all of Tolkien’s work is the chainmail shirt worn by Bilbo and Frodo Baggins during their respective adventures. Is Bilbo Baggins’ chainmail shirt forged in Rings of Power?īilbo Baggins wore the iconic mithril chainmail shirt during The Battle of the Five Armies. One existing mithril artifact winds up in the hairy hands of Bilbo Baggins (Ian Holm) and later his nephew, Frodo. Toward the end of the Third Age, the only way to obtain mithril was to melt down existing heirlooms to forge new objects. Most of the mithril produced by the Dwarves before the fall of Moria was paid as a tribute to Sauron by the Orcs. Ultimately, excessive mining released a Balrog aptly named Durin’s Bane, which destroyed the Mines of Moria and forced the Dwarves to leave Khazad-dûm. Presumably, the Dwarves began selling mithril to Elves and humans, going against the wishes of Durin III and Durin IV. The Dwarves were said to have mined greedily, as mithril was worth 10 times its volume in gold. Discoveryīy the Third Age, the once plentiful mithril was an extremely rare treasure only found in Khazad-dûm. This happens sometime during and between the Second Age (when The Rings of Power takes place) and the Third Age (when The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings take place).įrodo is given Bilbo’s chainmail shirt to protect him during his journey to dispose of the One Ring. Furthermore, the Men of Gondor used mithril to create the armor of the Guards of the Citadel. The Dwarf king fears that Elrond was sent by Gil-Galad (Benjamin Walker) and Celebrimbor (Charles Edwards) to steal the mithril.īased on The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, we know that the Elves wind up using mithril for long-lasting and gorgeous jewelry, attire, and, occasionally, armor. They still, however, want to keep mithril a treasure by and for the Dwarves, as showcased by Durin III’s (Peter Mullan) paranoia over Elrond’s presence in Khazad-dûm. Initially, the Dwarves are bewildered by mithril and don’t fully understand its capabilities. The Dwarves discover the lightweight and malleable yet nearly indestructible silvery metal in Khazad-dûm via their dangerous work in the Mines of Moria. Prince Durin IV is set to inherit Khazad-dûm, and by extension the Mines of Moria, from his father King Durin III.
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