| | The hobbits were separated when Merry went with King Théoden and Pippin went with [[Gandalf]] to [[Minas Tirith]], capital of Gondor. At Minas Tirith, Pippin met the Steward [[Denethor]], and entered into the service of the city as member of the ''Guards of the Citadel''. Later he witnessed Denethor being driven to despair and madness, finally moving to burn himself and his feverish son [[Faramir]] at the Tombs of the Stewards in Rath Dínen. Pippin ran to get Gandalf, who was able to save Faramir but not his father. Pippin was present at the ''Battle of the [[Morannon]]'', where he was able to slay a troll to save the life of his friend Beregond, before being knocked unconscious. | | The hobbits were separated when Merry went with King Théoden and Pippin went with [[Gandalf]] to [[Minas Tirith]], capital of Gondor. At Minas Tirith, Pippin met the Steward [[Denethor]], and entered into the service of the city as member of the ''Guards of the Citadel''. Later he witnessed Denethor being driven to despair and madness, finally moving to burn himself and his feverish son [[Faramir]] at the Tombs of the Stewards in Rath Dínen. Pippin ran to get Gandalf, who was able to save Faramir but not his father. Pippin was present at the ''Battle of the [[Morannon]]'', where he was able to slay a troll to save the life of his friend Beregond, before being knocked unconscious. |
| − | After the war he was made a ''Knight of Gondor'' by King Elessar. After his return home, he played a leading role in the ''Scouring of the Shire''. Pippin married Diamond of Long Cleeve, with whom he had at least one son, Faramir Took, who later married [[Samwise Gamgee]]'s daughter Goldilocks. Pippin later succeded his father as ''Thain of the Shire''. In his old age he and Merry went back to Rohan and Gondor, were they died a short time after the year F.A. 64, upon which they were laid to rest among the Kings of Gondor in Rath Dínen.<ref name = "death">"1484 [...] Then he and Thain Peregrin went to Gondor and passed what short years were left to them in that realm, until they died and were laid in Rath Dínen among the great of Gondor. [...] 1541 [...] It is said that the beds of Meriadoc and Peregrin were set beside the bed of the great king." - J. R. R. Tolkien, ''The Lord of the Rings'', Appendix B The Tale of Years</ref> | + | After the war he was made a ''Knight of Gondor'' by King Elessar. After his return home, he played a leading role in the ''Scouring of the Shire''. Pippin married Diamond of Long Cleeve, with whom he had at least one son, Faramir Took, who later married [[Samwise Gamgee]]'s daughter Goldilocks. Pippin later succeeded his father as ''Thain of the Shire''. In his old age he and Merry went back to Rohan and Gondor, were they died a short time after the year F.A. 64, upon which they were laid to rest among the Kings of Gondor in Rath Dínen.<ref name = "death">"1484 [...] Then he and Thain Peregrin went to Gondor and passed what short years were left to them in that realm, until they died and were laid in Rath Dínen among the great of Gondor. [...] 1541 [...] It is said that the beds of Meriadoc and Peregrin were set beside the bed of the great king." - J. R. R. Tolkien, ''The Lord of the Rings'', Appendix B The Tale of Years</ref> |