Post by Móreadhiel on Jan 16, 2007 14:10:01 GMT -5
Squint-eyed Southerner
Agent of Saruman. The squint-eyed Southerner's name is not known. He was a Man of Dunland, but he was rumored to have Orc blood. His mixed blood may have been the result of cross-breeding experiments that Saruman allegedly conducted. The squint-eyed Southerner was an outlaw. He was driven out of Dunland, and he became one of Saruman's most trusted servants.
He travelled to the Shire to conduct business for Saruman. He and other agents bought pipe-weed and other supplies for Saruman from Hobbits of the Bracegirdle and Sackville-Baggins families. Saruman's agents also gathered information from these Hobbits about the Shire which they relayed to Saruman. Saruman was suspicious of Gandalf's interest in Hobbits and he thought that they might have some connection to the One Ring.
In September of 3018, the squint-eyed Southerner was on his way to the Shire with special instructions to learn if any Hobbits had recently left. He was waylaid by the Lord of the Nazgul who was seeking the Shire and a Hobbit named Baggins. The squint-eyed Southerner, fearing for his life, told him the location of the Shire and that a Baggins could be found in Hobbiton.
The Lord of the Nazgul sent the squint-eyed Southerner to Bree to spy for him. The squint-eyed Southerner joined up with a disreputable Man of Bree named Bill Ferny. At the Prancing Pony on September 29, the two of them saw Frodo Baggins vanish into thin air. They reported this information to the Nazgul. That night the inn was attacked, but Frodo and his companions were kept safe by Aragorn. The next morning, the squint-eyed Southerner was at Bill Ferny's house when Aragorn and the Hobbits passed by on their way out of Bree.
In 3019, many of Saruman's agents occupied the Shire and oppressed the Hobbits. It is not known whether the squint-eyed Southerner was among them, but many of the Men resembled him. The Men were driven out of the Shire in the Battle of Bywater on November 3.
Sources:
The Fellowship of the Ring: "At the Sign of the Prancing Pony," p. 168, 172; "Strider," p. 186; "A Knife in the Dark," p. 192-93
The Two Towers: "Flotsam and Jetsam," p. 171
The Return of the King: "The Scouring of the Shire," p. 283
Unfinished Tales: "The Hunt for the Ring," p. 347-48
Agent of Saruman. The squint-eyed Southerner's name is not known. He was a Man of Dunland, but he was rumored to have Orc blood. His mixed blood may have been the result of cross-breeding experiments that Saruman allegedly conducted. The squint-eyed Southerner was an outlaw. He was driven out of Dunland, and he became one of Saruman's most trusted servants.
He travelled to the Shire to conduct business for Saruman. He and other agents bought pipe-weed and other supplies for Saruman from Hobbits of the Bracegirdle and Sackville-Baggins families. Saruman's agents also gathered information from these Hobbits about the Shire which they relayed to Saruman. Saruman was suspicious of Gandalf's interest in Hobbits and he thought that they might have some connection to the One Ring.
In September of 3018, the squint-eyed Southerner was on his way to the Shire with special instructions to learn if any Hobbits had recently left. He was waylaid by the Lord of the Nazgul who was seeking the Shire and a Hobbit named Baggins. The squint-eyed Southerner, fearing for his life, told him the location of the Shire and that a Baggins could be found in Hobbiton.
The Lord of the Nazgul sent the squint-eyed Southerner to Bree to spy for him. The squint-eyed Southerner joined up with a disreputable Man of Bree named Bill Ferny. At the Prancing Pony on September 29, the two of them saw Frodo Baggins vanish into thin air. They reported this information to the Nazgul. That night the inn was attacked, but Frodo and his companions were kept safe by Aragorn. The next morning, the squint-eyed Southerner was at Bill Ferny's house when Aragorn and the Hobbits passed by on their way out of Bree.
In 3019, many of Saruman's agents occupied the Shire and oppressed the Hobbits. It is not known whether the squint-eyed Southerner was among them, but many of the Men resembled him. The Men were driven out of the Shire in the Battle of Bywater on November 3.
Sources:
The Fellowship of the Ring: "At the Sign of the Prancing Pony," p. 168, 172; "Strider," p. 186; "A Knife in the Dark," p. 192-93
The Two Towers: "Flotsam and Jetsam," p. 171
The Return of the King: "The Scouring of the Shire," p. 283
Unfinished Tales: "The Hunt for the Ring," p. 347-48
