Guide to The Lord of the Rings/Characters/Frodo Baggins

Character from Tolkien's Legendarium Frodo Baggins Titles The Halfling, Mayor of the Shire, Ring-bearer, Elf-friend Race Hobbits Culture Shire-hobbits Date of birth 22 September 2968, Third Age Date of departure to Aman 29 September 3021, Third Age Realm The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King, The Silmarillion

Frodo Baggins is the primary protagonist in The Lord of the Rings. The novel depends crucially on his decisions and actions. Frodo was the son of Drogo Baggins and Primula Brandybuck, and the heir of Bilbo. Frodo was bearer of the One Ring on his journey to Mount Doom.

Biography

Childhood

Frodo, the child of the respectable Drogo Baggins and Primula Brandybuck, was born on 22 September of S.R. 1368 in the Third Age. Orphaned at an early age, he was adopted by Bilbo Baggins.