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How old is Gollum supposed to be?
Posted on 8/12/13 at 1:13 am
Posted on 8/12/13 at 1:13 am
We know that Bilbo was 111 at the beginning of LotR:FotR, and it is revealed in RotK that once Gollum got the ring it changed him over a long period of time. We would think the same would happen to Bilbo...but maybe Bilbo is too strong a person for it to change easily.
The history of the Ring and it's time in Middle Earth is well documented...so how long did Gollum have the Ring before he lost it to Bilbo, and how old do you think Gollum is?
I remember Frodo recognizing the name, and maybe it was just a legend...be he figured out Smeagle was Gollums real name, and Gollum used to be a hobbit just like him.
My friend said that he thinks the Gollum was like one of the first hobbits...so that means that Gollum is really old, and may rank up there with some elders of Middle Earth!
The history of the Ring and it's time in Middle Earth is well documented...so how long did Gollum have the Ring before he lost it to Bilbo, and how old do you think Gollum is?
I remember Frodo recognizing the name, and maybe it was just a legend...be he figured out Smeagle was Gollums real name, and Gollum used to be a hobbit just like him.
My friend said that he thinks the Gollum was like one of the first hobbits...so that means that Gollum is really old, and may rank up there with some elders of Middle Earth!
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Posted on 8/12/13 at 1:16 am to Pectus
Tree fiddy
Posted on 8/12/13 at 1:19 am to Pectus
Gollum found the ring about 1,500 years after it left Isildor. He's just over 500.
Posted on 8/12/13 at 1:21 am to CGSC Lobotomy
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Gollum found the ring about 1,500 years after it left Isildor. He's just over 500
doesn't look a day over 340
Posted on 8/12/13 at 1:24 am to CGSC Lobotomy
OK, great. Thanks.
Where'd you get your info from, and was he one of the first hobbits?
Where'd you get your info from, and was he one of the first hobbits?
Posted on 8/12/13 at 1:35 am to Kafka
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doesn't look a day over 340
I hear they cgi'd a lot of his wrinkles away
Posted on 8/12/13 at 4:13 am to Pectus
I just assumed he looked the way he did bc he lived in a cave and ate raw fish whole...
Posted on 8/12/13 at 7:08 am to Pectus
He's between 500-600.
Different kind of hobbit than the Baggins
Different kind of hobbit than the Baggins
Posted on 8/12/13 at 7:11 am to TexasTiger1185
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Different kind of hobbit than the Baggins
this. dont recall what the book says but the movie says that he was very much like a hobbit or something to that effect. nerd mode off.
Posted on 8/12/13 at 8:09 am to Pectus
He was mid aged when he found the ring, had it for 500 years then bilbo had it for 60 years. So gollum is right around 600.
Posted on 8/12/13 at 8:20 am to Pectus
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Posted on 8/12/13 at 8:22 am to wildtigercat93
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Tree fiddy
Posted on 8/12/13 at 8:29 am to Pectus
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was he one of the first hobbits?
Nope
Posted on 8/12/13 at 8:31 am to Drew Orleans
OK. Thanks.
So what other creatures in Middle Earth are Gollums age, and what marked events was he alive during?
So what other creatures in Middle Earth are Gollums age, and what marked events was he alive during?
Posted on 8/12/13 at 8:34 am to shelly
They were river hobbits I think. More inclined for adventure and stuff.
Sam can't swim, I don't know if any of the hobbits can swim, but Smeagol and his buddy (forgetting the name) fished on boats and went swimming.
Hobbits in the shire seemingly farmed and did townie stuff all the time. Bilbo was kind of an oddball in that he welcomed adventure.
As far as what other events Gollum was around for, I'm not really sure.
Sam can't swim, I don't know if any of the hobbits can swim, but Smeagol and his buddy (forgetting the name) fished on boats and went swimming.
Hobbits in the shire seemingly farmed and did townie stuff all the time. Bilbo was kind of an oddball in that he welcomed adventure.
As far as what other events Gollum was around for, I'm not really sure.
This post was edited on 8/12/13 at 8:35 am
Posted on 8/12/13 at 8:42 am to Pectus
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So what other creatures in Middle Earth are Gollums age, and what marked events was he alive during?
The only characters who outlived Gollum were Elves and Wizards. Gandalf and Saruman were still around at that time. Dwarves live a long time, like up to 300 years, but I don't think any of them were alive at the time that Gollum found the Ring.
Posted on 8/12/13 at 8:53 am to TexasTiger1185
OK. Thanks to both of you for this insight!
Posted on 8/12/13 at 9:00 am to Pectus
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and what marked events was he alive during?
Sauron became more active in Dol Guldor around the same time Gollum found the ring. The White Council was formed with Saruman as it's leader. Galadriel and Gandalf were also a part of it.
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Just do a search for Smeagol on that page
Posted on 8/12/13 at 9:23 am to Pectus
quote:he wasn't a hobbit. He was a river folk.
Gollum used to be a hobbit just like him.
ETA: Nevermind. He was a "Stoor Hobbit of the River-Folk"
This post was edited on 8/12/13 at 9:26 am
Posted on 8/12/13 at 10:02 am to TexasTiger1185
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As far as what other events Gollum was around for, I'm not really sure.
I think he was at the first Auburn vs. Georgia game.
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