.::Meriadoc Brandybuck::.

Meriadoc ‘Merry’ Brandybuck Companion of the Ring and later Master of Buckland

Dates: III 2982 - c. IV 70 (1382 to c. 1491 by the Shire-reckoning)
Race: Hobbits
Culture: Bucklanders
Family: Brandybuck
Other Names: Holdwine, Kalimac Brandagamba
Titles: The Magnificent, Master of Buckland

Son of Saradoc Brandybuck, called 'The Magnificent', Merry accompanied Frodo on the Quest of Mount Doom. Captured with his friend Peregrin Took by Orcs, they were separated from the rest of the Company of the Ring, but eventually escaped to become the first mortals for many centuries to encounter the Ents of Fangorn Forest. Merry was present at the destruction of Isengard, and rode to the Battle of the Pelennor with the Rohirrim. There, his deeds won great renown, for with Éowyn of Rohan he defeated and slew the Lord of the Nazgûl.