Dwelling · Rhovanion
Stoors of the Gladden
River-folk · Sméagol’s home
The Stoor settlement by the Gladden where Deagol found the One Ring
- Appears in
- The Lord of the Rings
- Region
- Rhovanion
- Journeys passing through
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The river-folk lived on the western bank of the Anduin close to where the Gladden pours into the Great River, between Lothlorien to the south and the Carrock far to the north. They were Stoors, the broadest and most water-loving of the three hobbit kinds, and had migrated back east across the Misty Mountains rather than settle in Eriador.
They fished from small boats, dug into the banks, and were ruled by a matriarch, Smeagol's grandmother. Gandalf gathered their story from Gollum himself and from long research, and tells it to Frodo in Bag End.
On Smeagol's birthday in TA 2463, Deagol was pulled into the water by a large fish and found a gold ring in the mud. Smeagol demanded it as a birthday present, strangled Deagol when refused, and hid the body. He became a thief and a whisperer until his family drove him out, and he crawled into the roots of the Misty Mountains.
Events at this place
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TA 2463 · The Lord of the Rings
Deagol finds the Ring
Fishing near the Gladden Fields, Deagol was dragged into the river and came up with the One Ring. Smeagol murdered him to take it.
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TA 2463 · The Lord of the Rings
Smeagol is cast out
His grandmother expelled him from the family for thieving and malice, and he fled into the Misty Mountains.
Frequently asked questions
Where did Gollum live before the Misty Mountains?
With a Stoor family on the banks of the Anduin near the Gladden Fields, east of the mountains and north of Lothlorien.
Were Smeagol and Deagol hobbits?
Yes. Gandalf tells Frodo they were of hobbit-kind, of the Stoor branch, though they were never called hobbits by that name in their own country.