How old is gollum

There are some older Elves then Galadriel, but as we said in beginning we are putting here only the more famous, and you can find out more about them in our article about who is the oldest Elf in Lord of the Rings. The question is essentially unanswerable. In The Silmarillion, all the Ainur are roughly the same age as Gandalf.

In a very real way, Gandalf is older than time itself. Eru was transcendent, completely outside of and beyond the world. If you use this image please credit us. Table of Contents show. How Old are the Characters in Lord of the Rings. Gollum Age. Arwen Age. Legolas Age. Elrond Age. Galadriel Age. Eru Age. So, what happened? At that moment, time continued to pass normally for the bearer and they would not actually feel the weight of the time already passed, but just the time passing at that moment.

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Load More. There like old bones all bare of meat! In later years, he found Hobbit and Elven food repulsive. Years later, Samwise Gamgee would name the good personality "Slinker" for his fawning, eager-to-please demeanor , and the bad personality "Stinker". Gollum living in the Misty Mountains. Gollum had lost the Ring while squabbling with an imp goblin in the network of caves leading to the lake, though in fact it is more proper to say that the Ring abandoned Gollum, for it was known to have a will of its own.

As Gandalf says later, it looks after itself, trying to get back to Sauron. After the infamous Riddle Game , during which Gollum was unaware of his loss, Gollum refused to show Bilbo the promised way out and plotted to murder him. When he went to get his "birthday present," however, he found that it was gone. He suddenly realized the true answer to Bilbo's last riddle— "What have I got in my pocket?

Bilbo inadvertently stumbled across the Ring's power of invisibility as he ran, allowing him to follow Gollum to the back entrance of the cave. There, Bilbo at first thought to kill Gollum, but was overcome with pity, so he jumped over him to escape.

As Bilbo ran, Gollum cried out, "Thief! Thief, Baggins! Curse it and crush it! We hates it forever! Gollum eventually left the Mountains and pursued Bilbo a few years later, but the trail was cold.

He made his way south to Mordor where all evil was being drawn at the time, discovering the secret Stairs of Cirith Ungol located near Minas Morgul and surviving an encounter with Shelob.

Gollum was then freed, as Sauron had learned all he needed from him and sensed he might draw out the Ring. He was then subsequently caught by Aragorn , then interrogated by Gandalf , who placed him in the care of the Silvan Elves living in Thranduil 's kingdom in Mirkwood. Assisted by Orcs he escaped them, and set off looking for the Shire.

He passed through Moria , but could not make it out of the Doors of Durin. Seemingly he then just waited there until he got lucky when the Fellowship passed through. However, as Frodo was a ring-bearer he might have foreseen the passing of the ring. Alternatively, some of Saruman 's or Sauron's spies may have revealed to him the Fellowship was heading towards Moria. Gollum met and started following the Fellowship of the Ring in Moria, and was spotted and heard by Frodo on several occasions.

On January 15 , , the Fellowship was divided when Gandalf disappeared while fighting a Balrog though he later returned. Gollum continued trailing the remaining members. Gollum followed their boats down Anduin floating on a log to Nen Hithoel and pursued Frodo and Sam across the Emyn Muil when they struck out on their own towards Mordor. Gollum followed them, but after a confrontation in which he bit and nearly strangled Sam for the Ring Frodo subdued him and threatened to kill him with Sting , the Elvish blade that Gollum had apparently recognized by its former owner - Bilbo.

Sam tied an Elven Rope around Gollum's neck for a leash, which inflicted great pain on Gollum. Taking pity, Frodo made Gollum swear to help them. Agreeing to the oath, Gollum swore by the "Precious" itself as the ring was treacherous and would hold Gollum to his word, so Frodo released him to show them the way to Mordor.

The unlikely company, guided by Gollum, made its way to the Black Gate of Mordor. Along the way, it was revealed that Gollum, having lived in a cave for hundreds of years, feared both the Sun and the Moon , calling them the 'Yellow Face' and the 'White Face' respectively. The two had a strange sort of bond from both having been Ring-bearers; in Gollum, Frodo saw his possible future, and so wanted to save him so he could save himself.

Apart from Gandalf and Bilbo, Frodo is the only person known to have shown kindness towards Gollum, who is hated instantly by everyone he meets, being perceived as filthy, slimy, sneaky and suspect by groups as different as the Orcs of Cirith Ungol and the Rangers of Ithilien.