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'''Bilbo Baggins''' is a character in [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]'s [[Middle-earth]] world, appearing as main character in ''[[The Hobbit]]'' and in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. Bilbo was a [[Hobbit]], and the finder of the [[One Ring (Middle-earth)|One Ring]].  

'''Bilbo Baggins''' was the main character in ''[[The Hobbit]]'', and along with his kinsman [[Frodo Baggins]] was one of the two most famous hobbits of [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]'s [[Middle-earth]] world. Of all the creatures that ever wielded the [[One Ring (Middle-earth)|One Ring]], he was the first ever to give it up voluntarily.

== Biography ==

== Biography ==

Bilbo was a [[Hobbit]] from the [[Shire (Middle-earth)|Shire]]. He was born in [[Middle-earth chronology|T.A.]] 2890 as the only child of Bungo Baggins and Belladonna Took. Bilbo lived in the ''smial'' Bag End, which had been built by his father, in the village Hobbiton in the Shire.  

Bilbo was a [[Hobbit]] from the [[Shire (Middle-earth)|Shire]]. He was born in [[Middle-earth chronology|T.A.]] 2890 as the only child of Bungo Baggins and Belladonna Took. Bilbo lived in the ''smial'' Bag End, which had been built by his father, in the village Hobbiton in the Shire.  

Through much of the beginning of his life, he lived a quiet life. Indeed, Tolkien initially portrays him as timid and businesslike, but he draws upon deep resources of courage and fortune to emerge an unlikely hero.

Through much of the beginning of his life, he lived a quiet life. Indeed, Tolkien initially portrays him as timid and businesslike, but he draws upon deep resources of courage and fortune to emerge a splendid hero.

In the year T.A. 2941, as told in ''The Hobbit'', Bilbo went on an adventure with a group of thirteen [[Dwarves (Middle-earth)|dwarves]] and the [[wizard (fiction)|wizard]] Gandalf to the [[Erebor|Lonely Mountain]]. During the adventure, Bilbo found a [[One Ring (Middle-earth)|magic ring]] that made its wearer invisible, which proved very helpful in his further adventures. He also received the sword [[Sting (Middle-earth)|Sting]] and a [[mithril-shirt|mail-shirt]]. After his adventure, Bilbo returned to the Shire, and lived an uneventful life for the next decades, writing down his adventures which he considered calling ''[[Red Book of Westmarch|There and Back Again]]''. Bilbo never married, but adopted his relative [[Frodo Baggins]] as his heir, who came to live with him at Bag End.  

In the year T.A. 2941, as told in ''The Hobbit'', Bilbo went on an adventure with a group of thirteen [[Dwarves (Middle-earth)|dwarves]] and the [[wizard (fiction)|wizard]] Gandalf to the [[Erebor|Lonely Mountain]]. During the adventure, Bilbo found a [[One Ring (Middle-earth)|magic ring]] that made its wearer invisible, which proved very helpful in his further adventures. He also received the sword [[Sting (Middle-earth)|Sting]] and a [[mithril-shirt|mail-shirt]]. After his adventure, Bilbo returned to the Shire, and lived an uneventful life for the next decades, writing down his adventures which he considered calling ''[[Red Book of Westmarch|There and Back Again]]''. Bilbo never married, but adopted his relative [[Frodo Baggins]] as his heir, who came to live with him at Bag End.