The Encyclopedia of Arda - Birthday Party (original) (raw)

Date Location Race Cultures Family Celebrated the birthday of both Bilbo and Frodo Baggins Other names Indexes: Alphabetical: B Events About this entry: Updated 18 January 2012 This entry is complete Bilbo’s farewell to the Shire The great celebration held at Hobbiton on 22 September III 3001, in honour of Frodo's 33rd birthday and, especially, Bilbo's 111th. In honour of their combined ages, Bilbo invited a total of 144 Hobbits to the Party's feast. The Party was held in a field below Bag End, beneath a tent so large that it covered the tree that grew there. The magnificence of the event was so memorable that the field and tree became known simply as the Party Field and Party Tree. Most spectacular of all, the Wizard Gandalf entertained the guests with a display of his remarkable fireworks. The celebrations were made unforgettable by Bilbo's sudden announcement that he was leaving the Shire and passing on his fortune to his adopted heir Frodo. With that, he vanished in a flash, through the trickery of Gandalf and the use of his Magic Ring. Through Gandalf's persuasion, he also left the Ring for Frodo, and passed out of the Shire into the east. Because of Bilbo's farewell speech and his disappearance, his Birthday Party is often called the Farewell Party. It was later learned that Bilbo travelled widely in Middle-earth after the Party, visiting Dale and Erebor in the far east before settling for a long time in Rivendell. He returned to the Shire in III 3021, twenty years after the famous Party, as he passed through it on the way to the Grey Havens with the Keepers of the Three Rings. See also... Adalbert Bolger, Amaranth Brandybuck, Angelica Baggins, Baggins Family, Bruno Bracegirdle, Burrows Family, Bywater Pool, Chubb Family, Dora Baggins, Eleventy, Esmeralda Took, Everard Took, Farewell Speech, Ferdinand Took, Ferumbras Took III, [See the full list...]Flambard Took, Folco Boffin, Frodo Baggins, Gaffer Gamgee, Gerda Boffin, Gilly Brownlock, Goodbody Family, Green Dragon, Griffo Boffin, Heribald Bolger, Lalia Clayhanger, Lobelia Sackville-Baggins (née Bracegirdle), Mad Baggins, Marmadas Brandybuck, Master of Buckland, Melilot Brandybuck, Mentha Brandybuck, Merimac Brandybuck, Milo Burrows, Minto Burrows, Myrtle Burrows, Nora Bolger, Odo Proudfoot, Old Rory Brandybuck, Party Field, Party Tree, Ponto Baggins, Porto Baggins, Posco Baggins, Postmaster, Rorimac ‘Goldfather’ Brandybuck, Sancho Proudfoot, Sandyman, Saradas Brandybuck, Seredic Brandybuck, Shire-reckoning, Snapdragons, Springle-ring, Thain of the Shire Indexes: Alphabetical: B Events About this entry: Updated 18 January 2012 This entry is complete For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page. Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 1998, 2001, 2008, 2012. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ. Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.Organising and managing DISC profiling has never been easier: Discus handles it all for you over the Web.