Meriadoc Brandybuck

The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of the Lord of the Rings

Merry Brandybuck is a young hobbit with a sturdy, compact build and a round, good-natured face framed by curly brown hair. He has warm hazel eyes and a ruddy complexion typical of the Shire-folk. Practical and perceptive, he carries himself with a quiet confidence. He wears warm hobbit garments, later supplemented with an elven cloak of shifting grey-green-brown fastened with a green leaf brooch veined with silver, plus a small silver belt with a golden flower clasp.

• Joins the conspiracy with Pippin, Sam, and Fatty to aid Frodo's departure from the Shire.
• Provides supplies and arranges the decoy at Crickhollow.
• Joins the Fellowship of the Ring at Rivendell.
• Receives an elven cloak and brooch from the Elves of Lothlórien.

The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of the Lord of the Rings

A young hobbit appearing much like a man yet not much more than half a man's height with a vigorous build. His head bears thick brown curling hair left uncovered above a pale face marked by a brown scar across the forehead that he will carry forever. Clad in a travel-stained grey cloak of elven make, he moves with grim defiance, often resting easily against stones with legs crossed and arms behind his head while sending long wisps and rings of thin blue smoke from his pipe after his labours and healing.

• Captured by orcs after the Fellowship's breaking at Amon Hen.
• Escapes with Pippin and encounters Treebeard in Fangorn Forest.
• Convinces Treebeard and the Ents to attack Isengard.
• Sustains a forehead scar from his ordeals, smokes pipe-weed post-labors.

The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings

Merry is a young hobbit who stands three inches taller than typical for his race, with brown curly hair and a large, strong build that makes him appear magnificent and tough in the fibre. He is most often seen wearing the battle gear of Rohan including a grey cloak, stout leather jerkin, small helm and round shield with the white horse device, or later in bright mail under a cloak with white and green attire and splendid finery. He is tough and resilient though he shows weariness after battle.

• Sworn as esquire to King Théoden of Rohan.
• Fights in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields wearing Rohan's battle gear.
• Stabs the Witch-king's fell beast, aiding Éowyn's killing blow.
• Recovers from battle weariness and participates in the victory celebrations.