- A hobbit of the Shire, son of Hamfast Gamgee and Bell Goodchild, Samwise Gamgee a.k.a. Sam, born in T.A. 2980, is a friend of the Ring Bearer, Frodo Baggins, as well as his man-servant and side-kick. After the end of the War of the Ring he was made the Master of the Shire seven times.

Sam spent his childhood and adolescence at Bag End, Bilbo Baggins’ estate. Bilbo Baggins, an old and wise hobbit, taught Sam to read and told him stories of his many journeys outside the Shire. Sam took great liking to those stories and dreamt of meeting elves, dwarves and other beings in real life. Like Pippin and Merry, he liked adventure and was very inquisitive. At the beginning of the trilogy when Gandalf was telling Frodo about the Ring, outside Sam happened to be working in the garden. Gandalf, of whom Sam was terribly afraid at first, pulled him out by his ear. As a punishment the wizard gave Sam a special task – to accompany Frodo on his quest to Rivendell. But that only made Sam happy.

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