Old Noakes
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Old Noakes | |
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Hobbit | |
Old Noakes from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (video game) | |
Biographical Information | |
Location | Bywater |
Birth | late Third Age |
Physical Description | |
Gender | Male |
Gallery | Images of Old Noakes |
Old Noakes was a Hobbit from Bywater.
History[edit | edit source]
Noakes was a regular at the Ivy Bush, and a friend of the Gaffer's. He was present at his drink just before Bilbo's Farewell Party. Asking the Gaffer about Frodo Baggins, he thought that he must be more than a half a Brandybuck, openly wondering why anyone should look for a wife in Buckland.[1]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
Noake(s) or Noke(s) is a real-life English surname, derived probably from the place-name No(a)ke, etymologized as atten oke "at the oak".[2]
Portrayal in adaptations[edit | edit source]
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1992: Der Herr der Ringe (1992 German radio series):
- Old Noakes is played by Wolfgang Laugwitz.
2001: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Extended Edition)
- Old Noakes is present at the Gaffer's conversation, though the setting is moved from the Ivy Bush to the Green Dragon. He is played by William Johnson.
2001-2007: The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game:
- Contrary to the film, Decipher identifies a different Hobbit from Bilbo's Party as Old Noakes.
2002: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (video game):
- Old Noakes sits on a bench just beyond Bywater. Sancho Proudfoot stole his medicinal herbs; retrieving them is a side mission.