Samwise Gamgee

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

Samwise Gamgee is a hobbit with curly hair and round brown eyes set in a highly expressive face that readily blushes scarlet to the ears, scowls, or shines with joy and wonder. His skin tone is unspecified. He has an unspecified build and height but appears typical of hobbits and can look dwarf-like in gloom when wearing his tall shapeless felt hat. No distinguishing marks in his canonical state. He wears hobbit garments with pockets and carries a heavy pack on his shoulders. His face can appear thoughtful, bleary upon waking, or half fear and half astonished joy.

• Eavesdrops on the Council of Elrond and vows to accompany Frodo on the quest.
• Joins the Fellowship as Frodo's steadfast companion, carrying heavy packs and providing loyal support.
• Displays expressive emotions from joy to fear during travels through the Old Forest and Moria.

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

A young male hobbit of small stature and sturdy build with a hard round head, brown hands, and ruddy skin that readily turns white or flushes scarlet with emotion. His keen eyes peer out with puckered brows or from under half-closed lids, often scowling or smoldering with anger, set in a face that conveys determination and loyalty. He is clad in a hooded grey elven-cloak that shrouds him from sight, carries a small sword at his side, and moves with wary care, his solid frame allowing him to butt his head into enemies or stand bristling with wrath on short legs.

• Serves as Frodo's protector, distrusting and confronting Gollum throughout their journey.
• Believes Frodo dead after the Shelob encounter but resolves to continue the quest alone.
• Cooks rabbit for Frodo, sparking tension with Gollum, and shares poignant moments of loyalty in Ithilien.

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

Samwise Gamgee appears as a very small brown-skinned hobbit with a plain expressive face that registers pain, weariness, tears, and grim determination. He is often trembling or bloodied from trials but hardens into a resolute figure capable of great deeds, his faithful hands highlighted as they wield important items like the phial. A first-time reader would picture a diminutive yet steadfast hobbit traveler wrapped in a grey cloak from Lorien that he readily shares or rolls away. At times an orc perceives him as a great silent cloaked shape looming with sword and hidden menace when he wears the Ring. His build can seem like stone and steel from sheer will. He wears a grey elven-cloak, tunic, pack, and carries Sting, the phial, and other remnants; later he returns to ordinary hobbit attire with long grey cloaks when needed, sometimes with a mail-shirt.

• Rescues Frodo from Shelob's lair, wielding Sting and the Phial of Galadriel.
• Carries Frodo up Mount Doom after taking the Ring, embodying heroic resolve.
• Fights Gollum at the Sammath Naur and witnesses the Ring's destruction.
• Returns to the Shire, aids in its cleansing, and settles into family life.