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[[Image:Badgers.jpg|thumb|Badgers in ''[[The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game|LOTRRPG]]'']]  
[[File:Mark Evans - Badgers.jpg|thumb|Badgers in ''[[The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game|LOTRRPG]]'']]  


<small>"''There must have been a mighty crowd of dwarves here at one time and every one of them busier than badgers for five hundred years to make all this, and most in hard rock too!''" ([[Sam Gamgee]])<ref name=FRII4/></small>
{{quote|There must have been a mighty crowd of dwarves here at one time and every one of them busier than badgers for five hundred years to make all this, and most in hard rock too!|[[Samwise Gamgee]]<ref name=FRII4/>}}


'''Badgers''' were known in Northwestern [[Middle-earth]] for being excellent hole-diggers.<ref name=FRII4>{{FR|II4}}</ref> [[Men]] used traps to catch these animals.<ref>{{TT|III7}}</ref>  
'''Badgers''' were known in the [[Westlands]] for being excellent hole-diggers.<ref name=FRII4>{{FR|II4}}</ref> [[Men]] used traps to catch these animals.<ref>{{TT|III7}}</ref>  


A mysterious kind of apparently sentient badgers, only told of in legends, were called the [[Badger-folk]].  
A mysterious kind of apparently sentient badgers, only told of in legends, were called the [[Badger-folk]].<ref>{{AB|1}}</ref> Indeed, [[Tom Bombadil]] told to [[Frodo Baggins]] and his companions some absurd stories about the queer ways of badgers.<ref>{{FR|I7}}</ref>


==Portrayal in adaptations==
==Portrayal in adaptations==
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Badgers in LOTRRPG
"There must have been a mighty crowd of dwarves here at one time and every one of them busier than badgers for five hundred years to make all this, and most in hard rock too!"
Samwise Gamgee[1]

Badgers were known in the Westlands for being excellent hole-diggers.[1] Men used traps to catch these animals.[2]

A mysterious kind of apparently sentient badgers, only told of in legends, were called the Badger-folk.[3] Indeed, Tom Bombadil told to Frodo Baggins and his companions some absurd stories about the queer ways of badgers.[4]

Portrayal in adaptations[edit | edit source]

1982-97: Middle-earth Role Playing:

Badgers (which are given game statistics) are carnivorous animals of the fauna of Rhovanion. They are timid but can be dangerous if cornered.[5]

2002-5: The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game:

Badgers (which are given game statistics) can be find in the Shire and throughout Eriador.[6]

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