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<div>{{gondorian infobox<br />
| name=Eärnur<br />
| image=[[Image:Earnur RotWK.png|250px]]<br />
| caption=Eärnur from ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II: The Rise of the Witch-king]]''<br />
| pronun=<br />
| othernames=<br />
| titles=[[Kings of Gondor|King of Gondor]]<br />
| position=<br />
| location=[[Gondor]]<br />
| affiliation=<br />
| language=[[Westron]]<br />
| birth={{TA|1928}}<br />
| birthlocation=<br />
| rule={{TA|2043}} - {{TA|2050|n}} (7 years)<br />
| death={{TA|2050}}<br />
| deathlocation=[[Minas Morgul]]<br />
| age=122<br />
| notablefor=<br />
| house=[[House of Anárion]]<br />
| parentage=[[Eärnil II]]<br />
| siblings=<br />
| spouse=<br />
| children=<br />
| gender=Male<br />
| height=<br />
| hair=<br />
| eyes=<br />
| clothing=<br />
| weapons=<br />
| steed=<br />
}}<br />
{{quote|Eärnur was a man like his father in valour, but not in wisdom. He was a man of strong body and hot mood; but he would take no wife, for his only pleasure was in fighting, or in the exercise of arms.|''[[Appendix A]]'', Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion.}}<br />
'''Eärnur''' ([[Quenya|Q]]: contraction of [[Eärendur (disambiguation)|Eärendur]], pron. {{IPA|[eˈarnur]}}; [[Third Age]] {{TA|1928|n}} – {{TA|2050|n}}) was the thirty-third and last [[Kings of Gondor|King of Gondor]]. He took the throne upon the death of his father [[Eärnil II]] in {{TA|2043}}, and after his disappearance, the [[Stewards of Gondor]] ruled in his name for many generations.<br />
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==History==<br />
===Angmar===<br />
During the [[Angmar War]], what was left of the ancient realm of [[Arnor]] was under attack. While not ignoring the North-Kingdom, King [[Eärnil II]] had trouble of his own, and could not spare any of his troops to send North. Upon learning that the Witch-king was preparing for the final blow in {{TA|1973}}, he sent his son Eärnur north. Though his fleet sailed rapidly, he was not in time to save [[Arthedain]] or [[Arvedui]], its last king. His massive fleet - it filled [[Grey Havens|Mithlond]], [[Harlond (Lindon)|Harlond]] and [[Forlond]] - was hailed by the Men that had survived the last defeat, and the Elves also. To Gondor's standards, the expeditionary force was mediocre in size. It did, however, include cavalry from [[Rhovanion]], which would prove useful on the wide lands of the North.<br />
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With [[Círdan]], Eärnur travelled East, and cleansed the lands of Orcs and other servants of Angmar. All fled before the might of the Gondorian cavalry, with Eärnur at its head. At the same time, [[Glorfindel]] came west from [[Rivendell]]. When finally the Witch-king, clad in black, came forth near [[Fornost Erain|Fornost]], many of the horses fled in terror. So did Eärnur's steed, and it took some time before the Captain of Gondor could regain control. The Witch-king laughed at this seeming retreat, but his victory would not last long. The Elves of Rivendell entered the battlefield, and the Witch-king fled before the [[Light of Valinor|might]] of [[Glorfindel]]. Fleeing in despair, Eärnur wanted to pursue him, but Glorfindel spoke against it: <br />
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{{quote|Do not pursue him! He will not return to this land. Far off yet is his doom, and not by the hand of man will he fall.|Glorfindel<ref name="AA">{{HM|AA}}, "Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion"</ref>}}<br />
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But nonetheless, Eärnur bore a grudge against the wraith that disgraced him.<br />
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===Kingship===<br />
It was soon found out that the Witch-king escaped to [[Mordor]], and set up abode in Minas Ithil, which in consequence was renamed [[Minas Morgul]]. After the death of Eärnil and the coronation of Eärnur, the Witch-king challenged him to single combat, reminding him of the disgrace in the North. The [[Stewards of Gondor|Steward]], [[Mardil|Mardil Voronwë]], persuaded him not to go.<br />
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Seven years later, the Witch-king renewed his challenge, and this time, Eärnur could not be held back. Before leaving, however, Eärnur left [[Crown of Gondor|his crown]] on the lap of his father in the [[Hallows|Houses of the Dead]].<ref name="AA"/> There it was picked up again by [[Faramir]], the last Ruling Steward, for the coronation of [[Aragorn|Elessar]] almost a millennium later.<ref>{{RK|Steward}}</ref> With a small escort of knights, he rode past the gates of Minas Morgul. None were ever seen again. <br />
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No new king was elected and the rule of Gondor passed to the [[Ruling Stewards]], beginning with Mardil Voronwë. The Stewards were to rule "until the King returns", because it was uncertain at first whether Eärnur had been killed or not. In addition, Eärnur left without a heir, and while many others in Gondor could lay some sort of claim to the kingship, those claims generally had some sort of doubt, and no one wanted to risk another civil war like the [[Kin-strife]].<ref>{{S|V}}</ref><br />
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==Etymology==<br />
''Eärnur'' is a shortened form of [[Eärendur (disambiguation)|Eärendur]]. It means "Servant of the [[Belegaer|Sea]]" in [[Quenya]], from ''[[Eär|ëar]]'' "sea" and ''[[-ndur]]'' "servant".<ref>{{S|Appendix}}</ref><br />
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==Genealogy==<br />
Eärnur was a member of the "fifth line" of Kings of Gondor, which started with his father after the death [[Ondoher]] and his sons in {{TA|1944}}, and ended with himself a little over a century later. <br />
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== Portrayal in adaptations ==<br />
'''2003: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'':'''<br />
:While explaining the origin of the [[Oathbreakers|Dead Men]] to [[Gimli]] (and by extension, the audience), [[Legolas]] refers to [[Isildur]] as the "Last King".<ref>''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'', "[[Dwimorberg - The Haunted Mountain]]"</ref> Whether Eärnur was omitted on purpose (so not to introduce another name) or simply overlooked is unknown.<br />
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'''2006: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II]]'':''' <br />
:Eärnur appeared in the expansion pack, ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II: The Rise of the Witch-king|The Rise of the Witch-king]]''. He came to Rivendell to aid the Elves and Men of Arnor.<br />
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'''2007: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':'''<br />
:Near the end of [[The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar|Epic Volume I: Shadows of Angmar]] the primary antagonist [[Mordirith]], the Steward of [[Angmar]], was revealed to have once been King Eärnur.<ref>{{VGC|SAXIV}}, Chapter 15 "The Doom of the North" [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=271j-zRuZ6Q cut scene] (youtube)</ref> He was captured by the [[Witch-king]] upon entering [[Minas Morgul]] and turned into a [[Wraiths|wraith]] under the [[Nazgûl]]'s command. Under Mordirith, Angmar recovered enough to pose a threat to Eriador during the [[War of the Ring]]. Mordirith was long believed slain at the end of Epic Volume I, but returned as [[Gothmog]] months later in the game's storyline in an update that was released years later in real time. As the Battle of Pelennor Fields drew to a close,Aragorn banished Mordirith/Earnur from the world.<br />
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<div>{{hobbit infobox<br />
| name=Bandobras Took<br />
| image=[[File:The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey - Bandobras Took.jpg|250px]]<br />
| caption=Bandobras Took from ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]''<br />
| pronun=<br />
| othernames=Bullroarer<br />
| titles=<br />
| position=<br />
| location=[[The Shire]]<br />
| affiliation=<br />
| language=<br />
| birth={{TA|2704}}<br />
| birthlocation=<br />
| rule=<br />
| death={{TA|2806}}<br />
| deathlocation=<br />
| age=102<br />
| notablefor=<br />
| family=[[Took Family|Took]]<br />
| parentage=[[Isumbras Took III|Isumbras III]]<br />
| siblings=[[Ferumbras Took II|Ferumbras II]]<br />
| spouse=<br />
| children=<br />
| gender=Male<br />
| height=4'5<nowiki>''</nowiki> (135cm)<ref name="Hobbits"/><br />
| hair=<br />
| eyes=<br />
| clothing=<br />
| weapons=<br />
| steed=<br />
}}<br />
'''Bandobras "the Bullroarer" Took''' was the son of [[Thain]] [[Isumbras Took III|Isumbras III]] of the [[Took Family|Took]] line.<ref name="Took">{{App|Took}}</ref> He was distinguished by his great height (for a [[Hobbits|Hobbit]]), being four foot five and thus able to ride a horse.<ref name="Hobbits">{{FR|Hobbits}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
Bandobras was famous for averting a [[Orcs|goblin]] invasion of [[the Shire]] at the [[Battle of Greenfields]] of {{TA|2747}},<ref>{{App|TA}}</ref> and personally slaying the goblins' leader, [[Golfimbul]]. He took the Golfimbul's head off with a club. The goblin's head flew through the air for 100 yards and went down a rabbit hole; it is said that this is how the game of golf was invented.<ref name="Party">{{H|Party}}</ref><br />
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Nothing is known about Bandobras' family, other than he had "many descendants", some of whom were the [[North-took Family|North Tooks]] of [[Long Cleeve]].<ref name="Took"/><br />
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==Genealogy==<br />
{{familytree/start}}<br />
{{familytree | | | ISG | | |ISG=[[Isengrim Took II|Isengrim II]]}}<br />
{{familytree | | | |!| | | |}}<br />
{{familytree | | | ISB | | |ISB=[[Isumbras Took III|Isumbras III]]}}<br />
{{familytree | |,|-|^|-|.| |}}<br />
{{familytree | FRB | | BDB |FRB=[[Ferumbras Took II|Ferumbras II]]|BDB='''BANDOBRAS'''}}<br />
{{familytree | |!| | | |!| |}}<br />
{{familytree | FTB | | MDS |FTB=[[Fortinbras Took I|Fortinbras I]]|MDS=Many descendants,<br/>Including the<br/>[[North-took Family|North-tooks]]<br/>of [[Long Cleeve]]}}<br />
{{familytree/end}}<br />
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==Etymology==<br />
Bandobras is a Germanic name meaning "arm-band".{{fact}}<br />
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[[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] noted that the alliteration between Bandobras and Bullroarer was significant and that translators should attempt to keep it.<br />
<br />
Tolkien believed while writing ''[[The Hobbit]]'' that "bullroarer" was an instrument of primitive peoples that made a roaring sound, as named by anthropologists, though he could not find it in any dictionaries,<ref name="Nomen">{{HM|N}}, p. 764</ref> <br />
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==Other versions of the legendarium==<br />
In editions prior to the [[The Lord of the Rings (50th Anniversary Edition)|50th Anniversary Edition]] of ''The Lord of the Rings'', the Prologue gave Bandobras' father as [[Isengrim Took II|Isengrim II]]. This was based on an earlier version of the Took family tree,<ref>{{RS|3XIXc}}</ref> but was never corrected.<ref>{{HM|RC}}, p. 6</ref><br />
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==Inspirations==<br />
It is possible [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] was inspired by one George von Hohenzollern, who, like the Bullroarer to Bilbo, held the image of the bold ancestor to Tolkien:<br />
{{Blockquote|He [the Bullroarer] charged the ranks of the goblins of Mount Gram in the Battle of the Green Fields, and knocked their king Golfimbul's head clean off with a wooden club.|"[[An Unexpected Party]]"<ref name="Party"/>}}<br />
{{Blockquote|She [Tolkien's aunt Grace] alleged that the family name ["Tolkien"] had originally been "von Hohenzollern", for they had emanated from the Hohenzollern district of the Holy Roman Empire. A certain George von Hohenzollern had, she said, fought on the side of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria at the Siege of Vienna in 1529. He had shown great daring in leading an unofficial raid against the Turks and capturing the Sultan’s standard. This (said Aunt Grace) was why he was given the nickname Tollkühn, "foolhardy"; and the name stuck.|[[Humphrey Carpenter]]<ref>{{HM|Bio}}</ref>}}<br />
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==Portrayals in adaptations==<br />
{{Gallery<br />
|title=Bandobras Took in adaptations<br />
|width=240<br />
|height=180<br />
|lines=2<br />
|File:The Lord of the Rings Online - Bullroarer's statue.jpg|Bullroarer's statue in ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]''<br />
|File:The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey - Bandobras Took.jpg|Portrait of Bandobras Took in ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]''<br />
}}<br />
===Films===<br />
'''1966: ''[[The Hobbit]]'':'''<br />
:Bandobras is briefly mentioned as Bilbo's "great-great-grandhobbit". In Bag End Bilbo has a drawing of Bandobras,sword upraised,standing triumphantly over the corpse of a wolf.<br />
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'''2012: ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]'':'''<br />
:In trying to convince [[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]] of his [[Tooks|Tookishness]], [[Gandalf]] talks about the story of Bandobras Took and his victory at the [[Battle of Greenfields]]. He also says that Bandobras invented the game of golf in his killing of [[Golfimbul]] but qualifies this by suggesting that it is an embellishment. The portrait was based on [[Dan Hennah]], the production designer for the films.<br />
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===Games===<br />
'''2003: [[The Hobbit (2003 video game)|''The Hobbit'' (2003 video game)]]:'''<br />
:The first Hobbit outside [[Bag End]] recounts the story of Bandobras, followed by the accusations that young hobbits do not know enough about their history.<br />
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'''2007: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':'''<br />
:The public test server is named Bullroarer after Bandobras Took.<br />
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:In [[Brockenborings]] there is a wooden statue depicting Bandobras just after he defeated Golfimbul. Every Spring [[the Shire]] celebrates Bullroarer Took Day when the Hobbits drink tankards of Bullroarer's Brew and also place tankards of the drink under his statue in his honor. Bullroarer's Brew was Bandobras' favorite drink and it was named after him. It is a beer brewed out of clovers.<br />
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:Besides inventing golf, Bandobras also invented fence walking. Every morning Bullroarer would drink his favorite beer and then walk across a fence. It is said that he did this to improve his balance. Hobbits would play fence walking as part of the Bullroarer Took Day celebration.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[:Category:Images of Bandobras Took|Images of Bandobras Took]]<br />
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[[Category:Characters in The Hobbit]]<br />
[[Category:Hobbits]]<br />
[[Category:Took]]<br />
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<div>{{hobbit infobox<br />
| name=Bandobras Took<br />
| image=[[File:The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey - Bandobras Took.jpg|250px]]<br />
| caption=Bandobras Took from ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]''<br />
| pronun=<br />
| othernames=Bullroarer<br />
| titles=<br />
| position=<br />
| location=[[The Shire]]<br />
| affiliation=<br />
| language=<br />
| birth={{TA|2704}}<br />
| birthlocation=<br />
| rule=<br />
| death={{TA|2806}}<br />
| deathlocation=<br />
| age=102<br />
| notablefor=<br />
| family=[[Took Family|Took]]<br />
| parentage=[[Isumbras Took III|Isumbras III]]<br />
| siblings=[[Ferumbras Took II|Ferumbras II]]<br />
| spouse=<br />
| children=<br />
| gender=Male<br />
| height=4'5<nowiki>''</nowiki> (135cm)<ref name="Hobbits"/><br />
| hair=<br />
| eyes=<br />
| clothing=<br />
| weapons=<br />
| steed=<br />
}}<br />
'''Bandobras "the Bullroarer" Took''' was the son of [[Thain]] [[Isumbras Took III|Isumbras III]] of the [[Took Family|Took]] line.<ref name="Took">{{App|Took}}</ref> He was distinguished by his great height (for a [[Hobbits|Hobbit]]), being four foot five and thus able to ride a horse.<ref name="Hobbits">{{FR|Hobbits}}</ref><br />
<br />
==History==<br />
Bandobras was famous for averting a [[Orcs|goblin]] invasion of [[the Shire]] at the [[Battle of Greenfields]] of {{TA|2747}},<ref>{{App|TA}}</ref> and personally slaying the goblins' leader, [[Golfimbul]]. He took the Golfimbul's head off with a club. The goblin's head flew through the air for 100 yards and went down a rabbit hole; it is said that this is how the game of golf was invented.<ref name="Party">{{H|Party}}</ref><br />
<br />
Nothing is known about Bandobras' family, other than he had "many descendants", some of whom were the [[North-took Family|North Tooks]] of [[Long Cleeve]].<ref name="Took"/><br />
<br />
==Genealogy==<br />
{{familytree/start}}<br />
{{familytree | | | ISG | | |ISG=[[Isengrim Took II|Isengrim II]]}}<br />
{{familytree | | | |!| | | |}}<br />
{{familytree | | | ISB | | |ISB=[[Isumbras Took III|Isumbras III]]}}<br />
{{familytree | |,|-|^|-|.| |}}<br />
{{familytree | FRB | | BDB |FRB=[[Ferumbras Took II|Ferumbras II]]|BDB='''BANDOBRAS'''}}<br />
{{familytree | |!| | | |!| |}}<br />
{{familytree | FTB | | MDS |FTB=[[Fortinbras Took I|Fortinbras I]]|MDS=Many descendants,<br/>Including the<br/>[[North-took Family|North-tooks]]<br/>of [[Long Cleeve]]}}<br />
{{familytree/end}}<br />
<br />
==Etymology==<br />
Bandobras is a Germanic name meaning "arm-band".{{fact}}<br />
<br />
[[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] noted that the alliteration between Bandobras and Bullroarer was significant and that translators should attempt to keep it.<br />
<br />
Tolkien believed while writing ''[[The Hobbit]]'' that "bullroarer" was an instrument of primitive peoples that made a roaring sound, as named by anthropologists, though he could not find it in any dictionaries,<ref name="Nomen">{{HM|N}}, p. 764</ref> <br />
<br />
==Other versions of the legendarium==<br />
In editions prior to the [[The Lord of the Rings (50th Anniversary Edition)|50th Anniversary Edition]] of ''The Lord of the Rings'', the Prologue gave Bandobras' father as [[Isengrim Took II|Isengrim II]]. This was based on an earlier version of the Took family tree,<ref>{{RS|3XIXc}}</ref> but was never corrected.<ref>{{HM|RC}}, p. 6</ref><br />
<br />
==Inspirations==<br />
It is possible [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] was inspired by one George von Hohenzollern, who, like the Bullroarer to Bilbo, held the image of the bold ancestor to Tolkien:<br />
{{Blockquote|He [the Bullroarer] charged the ranks of the goblins of Mount Gram in the Battle of the Green Fields, and knocked their king Golfimbul's head clean off with a wooden club.|"[[An Unexpected Party]]"<ref name="Party"/>}}<br />
{{Blockquote|She [Tolkien's aunt Grace] alleged that the family name ["Tolkien"] had originally been "von Hohenzollern", for they had emanated from the Hohenzollern district of the Holy Roman Empire. A certain George von Hohenzollern had, she said, fought on the side of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria at the Siege of Vienna in 1529. He had shown great daring in leading an unofficial raid against the Turks and capturing the Sultan’s standard. This (said Aunt Grace) was why he was given the nickname Tollkühn, "foolhardy"; and the name stuck.|[[Humphrey Carpenter]]<ref>{{HM|Bio}}</ref>}}<br />
<br />
==Portrayals in adaptations==<br />
{{Gallery<br />
|title=Bandobras Took in adaptations<br />
|width=240<br />
|height=180<br />
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|File:The Lord of the Rings Online - Bullroarer's statue.jpg|Bullroarer's statue in ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]''<br />
|File:The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey - Bandobras Took.jpg|Portrait of Bandobras Took in ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]''<br />
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===Films===<br />
'''1966: ''[[The Hobbit]]'':'''<br />
Bandobras is briefly mentioned as Bilbo's "great-great-grandhobbit". In Bag End Bilbo has a drawing of Bandobras,sword upraised,standing triumphantly over the corpse of a wolf.<br />
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'''2012: ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]'':'''<br />
:In trying to convince [[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]] of his [[Tooks|Tookishness]], [[Gandalf]] talks about the story of Bandobras Took and his victory at the [[Battle of Greenfields]]. He also says that Bandobras invented the game of golf in his killing of [[Golfimbul]] but qualifies this by suggesting that it is an embellishment. The portrait was based on [[Dan Hennah]], the production designer for the films.<br />
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===Games===<br />
'''2003: [[The Hobbit (2003 video game)|''The Hobbit'' (2003 video game)]]:'''<br />
:The first Hobbit outside [[Bag End]] recounts the story of Bandobras, followed by the accusations that young hobbits do not know enough about their history.<br />
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'''2007: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':'''<br />
:The public test server is named Bullroarer after Bandobras Took.<br />
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:In [[Brockenborings]] there is a wooden statue depicting Bandobras just after he defeated Golfimbul. Every Spring [[the Shire]] celebrates Bullroarer Took Day when the Hobbits drink tankards of Bullroarer's Brew and also place tankards of the drink under his statue in his honor. Bullroarer's Brew was Bandobras' favorite drink and it was named after him. It is a beer brewed out of clovers.<br />
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:Besides inventing golf, Bandobras also invented fence walking. Every morning Bullroarer would drink his favorite beer and then walk across a fence. It is said that he did this to improve his balance. Hobbits would play fence walking as part of the Bullroarer Took Day celebration.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[:Category:Images of Bandobras Took|Images of Bandobras Took]]<br />
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