#hobbit lore

I'm working on making stories and oneshots about Middle-Earth and here are my headcanons about Hobbits to go with them. I'll add a link to/from this post whenever I actually post the first one. (fyi the headcanon of Hobbits with tails will be included, and explained.)

Here's something curious:

We just had a whole chapter that discussed how hobbits give other people presents on their birthdays.

But Sméagol asks Déagol to give *him* the ring because it's *his* birthday and he wants it as a present.

Gandalf does say that they are of a hobbit-kind, and perhaps this implies they are not true hobbits, or perhaps also their culture of hobbit does not practices this birthday tradition.

(Or maybe in the years after this event it became seen as unlucky to give the birthday person a present and the reverse started happening from there on out...)

Ok so hear me out. So I’ve been rewatching the movies because I love them, and a question came to mind and I need answers 😭 Azog the pale orc rides a white Warg right? And it is directly stated that Sauron does not have the power to create, only corrupt what is already there. And where did the wargs come from? My guess is that they used to be the great wolfhounds, the hunting dogs of the huntsman valar, but were corrupted into what we now know. But my question is, where did Azog’s warg come from? In the canon, his warg is the only one to ever be white. Who else had a white wolfhound? Celegorm the 3rd son of Feanor, who, was favored by Oromë the huntsman of the Valar. Soooo my theory is that Azog’s warg is either none other than Huan (Celegorm’s hound since Huan is immortal and can speak) OR a descendant of his. Do you think this is a good theory? Did I think a smart thing?? Someone please tell me if I’m close 🙏😅 I actually would really love to know! {Azog’s warg in the left image, and Huan in the right image}

Frodo is a Fallohide, Sam is a Harfoot, and Smeagol is a Stoor!

Fallohides are fair, adventurous, friends to elves, and they like to concern themselves with languages and songs (classic Frodo & Bilbo, but Merry & Pippin are also Fallohides)

Harfoots are brown of skin and Sam is memorably described resting his brown hand on Frodo's white face once. Harfoots are friends of men, of a smaller stature, and they prefer living on hillsides.

*Disclaimer: The following is personal headcanons treated as hobbit history for this blog.

The Mullcans

At the birth of the dwarves, Mahal, their creator, dropped the seven fathers into the world. Durin, father of the Longbeards, was dropped in the Misty Mountains at Gundabad. The fathers of the Firebeards and the Broadbeams were dropped in Ered Luin, and the other four fathers were dropped in the Sea of Rhun. The Ironfists and the Stiffbeards left to go east from there to the Red Mountains. The Blacklocks and Stonefoots traveled south to Ered Lithui. 

The Blacklocks and Stonefoots lived in harmony, but some of the Stonefoots found the environment of Ered Lithui to be barren and rough. A caravan, led by King Thrambek, traveled south seeking warmer climates and greener mountains. Little is known about their travels during this time period, but somewhere in their travels, they befriended a small tribe of Men. For a couple of centuries, they traveled together. As interracial pairings became more common between the two, a new breed began to emerge. A strange cross breed of dwarven sized beings with large mannish feet. They were given the name “Mullcan” which was (as best as could be determined) a butchered Mannish interpretation of the khuzdul word “malkân” or Halfling.

Eventually the Mullcans were all that were left of the group, and once they reached Sutherland, they were left with a choice. Sail west along the coast to the Blue Mountains, or head north to the Misty Mountains. Unable to come to a general consensus, the group split in half. The first group made it all the way to the blue mountain range of Ered Luin. They took to the wilderness, eventually stumbling upon a group of dwarves in exile for various crimes. While initially weary of each other, they eventually settled down together, and the first “petty dwarves” were born. 

*Disclaimer: The following is personal headcanons treated as hobbit history for this blog.

Magnolia “Maggie” Scriber

Born as Magnolia Lightfoot, Maggie was described by her teacher as always being a curious sort. She went through books faster than most hobbits could go through a meal, and still she wanted to know more. After hearing the great adventures of very important hobbits like Samwise Gardner, Frodo Baggins, Meriadoc Brandybuck, and Peregrin Took, even Bilbo Baggins, she wanted to write down and preserve a history of the hobbits. The only problem was no such history existed. 

Hobbits were the sort to share their histories by word of mouth. It was how they came to be gossipy sorts. While direct interviews were perfect for her current family histories, it did little to satisfy her question of where hobbits came from. She knew there had been three clans: the Harfoots, the Fallohides, and the Stoors, but any information on where they came from before existing in the Shire was lost to time. Or so she thought.

An acquaintance of hers in Ered Luin had found something curious when digging through their history books. Something to do with the petty dwarves, an extinct species of dwarf-kin from the First Age. It seemed they had been born from another species of smaller folk. The kind of which the First Age clans had never seen before. It seemed like a promising start, so steeling her courage and packing a bag, Maggie Lightfoot did something only a handful of hobbits had before her: she decided to adventure.

Welcome! Tales from the Shire was originally going to be a series of one-shots that I was going to write about hobbits. However, after doing all the family history, I realized I had SO MUCH to share that I didn’t feel like could be contained in a few one-shots. Therefore, I made this blog as a dedication to the history of hobbits, headcanons I developed from that history, and any “tales” my fellow hobbit lovers would like to share!

Disclaimers:

Everything that I provide is based off canonical information, but I have invented my own twists that I will pass off as hobbit lore. I’m not saying my way is the “only way”, but I will treat it as fact on this blog since that was it’s purpose. You don’t have to accept it. That’s the beauty of fandom, everyone has different headcanons. If you are curious about what part of my posts are strictly canon, feel free to send me a message and I would be happy to pass that information along!

Call for OCs!

One thing that I have noticed is there are several places where names and information about certain hobbits are lacking (i.e. Paladin and Esmeralda’s older sisters or Sadoc Brandybuck’s partner). If you want to submit your hobbit OC to be a part of the “Tales from the Shire”, please click this form. If your OC is accepted, you will get a Character Profile and a commissioned art piece done for your hobbit. Please make sure to read the form closely, especially with regards to use of your OC. 

AO3 Collection

And finally, since this idea began as a collection of one-shots, it only seems fair to make a public collection for viewing and submitting. You can find the collection link here, and please bear in mind the following criteria before you submit:

Your story/comic/art/creation must fit to the “fanon” of this blog.

Your story/comic/art/creation must take place in the Shire (but outside characters are more than welcome).

If you use an OC featured in this blog, please please credit the creator. It will be on the Character Profile so there shouldn’t be an excuse here.

There is no word count limit.

Tags are up to writer discretion. Readers be advised to check before you click.

All stories will be promoted on this blog so if you make your own posts, please tag me! Otherwise, I will share directly from AO3.

That’s it for now! If I need to, I’ll add to this post which will be the pinned post for this blog. Feel free to reach out to me if you have any other questions, comments, or concerns. Asks or DMs are both fine.