"Pippin"

Name: Peregrin "Pippin" Took
Titles: Thain of Shire, Guard of the Citadel, Knight of Gondor
Birth: Spring TA 2990
Death: After FO 63/SR 1484 (aged 94+)
Land: Shire
Wife: Diamond of Long Cleeve
Race: Hobbit
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Golden, curly
Father: Paladin II Took
Mother: Eglantine Banks

“That's what I meant,' said Pippin. 'We hobbits ought to stick together, and we will. I shall go, unless they chain me up. There must be someone with intelligence in the party.”

Peregrin Took, better known as Pippin, was a Hobbit of the Shire, one of Frodo Baggins' youngest and closest friends. Pippin had three sisters, Pearl, Pimpernel, and Pervinca. His parents were Paladin Took II, Thain of Shire, and Eglantine Banks. Pippin's closest friend, Meriadoc Brandybuck, was the son of Paladin's sister, Esmeralda, which made them cousins. At the beginning of his journey, he was the smallest of the Hobbits because of his age, but after drinking the ents' water, he became one of the tallest Hobbits in history, measuring four and a half feet.

In The Fellowship of the Ring, he was Merry's companion and complement, but his age came to the fore, sometimes at inappropriate times - he was distracted and joyful and acted before he thought. Pippin was eight years younger than Merry and much younger than Frodo. He was almost rejected by Elrond when he volunteered to participate in the further expedition. However, at Gandalf's request, the half-elf agreed to allow the young Hobbit to join the Fellowship.

As the Fellowship passed through Moria, Pippin dropped the stone into the well - it was possibly an inflammatory effect of subsequent clashes with the orcs. However, he fought bravely with the mountain troll, giving Legolas the opportunity to kill him. Pippin made his way to Lothlorien with the rest of the Fellowship. Queen Galadriel gave him an elven girdle and cloak. At Amon Hen, Pippin and Merry were attacked by the Uruks and the orcs, and as a result, despite the brave attitude Boromir, they were kidnapped by them.

On the way to Orthanc, Pippin dropped the elven brooch he had been given at Lorien as a sign to Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli. During a skirmish between the kidnappers, Merry and Pippin managed to escape, and later met the Treebeard, belonging to a tribe of ancient tree shepherds, the Ents. It was in his house that they drank the Ent's water that made them the tallest Hobbits in history. They also managed to get Ents to attack Saruman while the Rohirrim defended Helm's Deep. When Aragorn, Gandalf, Legolas, Gimli, and Éomer reached the wrecked Orthanc, Pippin and Merry sat on the wreckage guarding the entrance. It was Pippin who had problems with the Saruman Palantir and was touching him irresponsibly, almost revealing Frodo and Sam's mission to Sauron. Gandalf took him to Minas Tirith, where the Hobbit dedicated himself to the service of Denethor, ruler of Gondor. It was Pippin who also alerted Gandalf of Denethor's intention to burn Faramir, driven to despair by Palantir and Sauron. So the young Hobbit saved Faramir this way.

Pippin was in the army that was led by Aragorn to the Black Gate, to give Frodo time to destroy the One. During the final battle, Pippin managed to kill one of the Olog-hai, a special race of trolls bred by Sauron. However, he fell unconscious after that and it was only thanks to Gimli, that he managed to get out of the battle alive. After Aragorn's victory and coronation, the new king made him a knight, allowing him to either return to the Shire forever or to visit Gondor as often as he wished. Later, Frodo, along with Pippin, Merry, and Sam defeated Saruman, who had established his own destructive plan in the Shire.

Pippin had one son, Faramir, who later married Sam Gamgee's daughter. In the year 13 of the Fourth Age, Pippin became the Thain of Shire, a position he managed to keep for the next 50 years, then resigned, going with Merry to Gondor. He stayed there for the rest of his life. Pippin probably died in the year 64 of the Fourth Age and was buried with Merry in Gondor. After Aragorn's death, Pippin and Merry were reburied - this time with the king.