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Barliman Butterbur

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'''Barliman Butterbur''' was a [[Men of Bree|Man from Bree]], the owner of [[The Prancing Pony]].

A short, fat, red-faced [[Men|Man]], he appeared to have had a rather bad memory, "One thing drives out another" he says.

==History==
[[The Prancing Pony]] in [[Bree]] was kept by the [[Butterbur Family]] for many generations and Barliman inherited it before the [[War of the Ring]]. He had two [[Bree-hobbits|hobbit]] employees: [[Bob]], who worked in the stables, and [[Nob]], a servant.

During the War, [[Gandalf]] wrote a [[Gandalf's letter|letter]] to [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]] and told Barliman to send it to [[Hobbiton]]. Barliman could not find anyone for the task, and eventually forgot the letter altogether, leaving Frodo uncertain as to Gandalf's fate and causing him to start his journey much later than the letter indicated.<ref name=strider>{{FR|Strider}}</ref>

He did not remember it until autumn, when Frodo and his companions arrived to stay at the inn, and even then it was long before the connection was made. He did, however, remember to produce [[Aragorn|Strider]]'s credentials.<ref name=strider/>

When Gandalf finally arrived at The Prancing Pony, he was furious with Barliman's forgetfulness, but quickly forgave him when he found out the Hobbits were alive. He even went so far as to put a blessing on his beer.

After the [[War of the Ring]], Barliman was amazed to learn that Strider, a former patron of the Prancing Pony, had become king of [[Gondor]] and [[Arnor]].

==Other Versions of the Legendarium==
In the first version of the events at the Prancing Pony, written in pencil, the name of the innkeeper was "Timothy Titus", a name from an old incomplete story by [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] (in which the character bore no resemblance to Mr. Butterbur). "Timothy Titus" was written over in ink with the name "Barnabas Butterbur" in Tolkien's manuscript and was created as a very fat Hobbit before he was subsequently changed into the man called "Barliman".<ref>{{RS|1VIIIN}}, note 3</ref>

==Etymology==
Barliman means "barley-man", a suitable name for an ale-brewer.<ref name="Nomen">[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], "[[Guide to the Names in The Lord of the Rings|Nomenclature of The Lord of the Rings]]" in [[Wayne G. Hammond]] and [[Christina Scull]] (eds), ''[[The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion]]'', pp. 754-5</ref>

==Portrayal in adaptations==
<gallery>
File:The Lord of the Rings (1978 film) - Barliman Butterbur.jpg|[[The Lord of the Rings (1978 film)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (1978 film)]]
File:The Lord of the Rings - The Motion Picture Trilogy - Barliman Butterbur.jpg|''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]''
File:The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring (video game) - Barliman Butterbur.JPG|[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (video game)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (video game)]]
File:Barliman Butterbur lotro.jpg|''[[The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar]]''
File:The Lord of the Rings War in the North - Barliman Butterbur.jpg|''[[The Lord of the Rings: War in the North]]''
</gallery>

'''1978: [[The Lord of the Rings (1978 film)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (1978 film)]]:'''
:Barliman was voiced by [[Alan Tilvern]].

'''1981: ''[[The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series)|BBC Radio's The Lord of the Ring]]'':'''
:[[James Grout]] provided the voice of Butterbur. Grout played what is a fairly minor character with great panache, and much of his garrulous dialogue from the book is intact, especially in the longer 1982 episodes. Butterbur also appears in the penultimate instalment when the returning company stop off at Bree.

'''2001: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'':'''
:He is played by [[David Weatherley]], although the character is not named and most of his scenes from the book (including the reference to Gandalf's letter) are not in the film.

'''2007: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'':'''
:Barliman is a non-playable character that can be found at [[the Prancing Pony]]. The player meets with him during Volume I ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar|Shadows of Angmar]]'', Book I: ''[[Stirrings in the Darkness]]'', Foreword: "An Unwanted Guest".

'''2010: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest]]'':'''
: Butterbur appears briefly at the start of the Bree mission, where he informs Aragorn that he might learn the location of the Hobbits by asking around town.

'''2011: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: War in the North]]'':'''
:Barliman Butterbur is the inn-keeper, and can be found behind the bar in the Prancing Pony. He tells the player news about troubles in the south, and [[Southerners]] who have come lately to Bree, and information about the Prancing Pony, that it almost exists as long as Bree.<ref>[[The Lord of the Rings: War in the North]], ''Prologue''</ref>

[[File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Butterbur, Sr.jpg|"Butterbur, Sr." in ''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug]]''|right|thumb|150px]]
'''2013: ''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug]]'':'''
:Though he does not appear in the film, a character credited as "Butterbur, Sr." appears in its prologue running the bar at the Prancing Pony -- apparently meant to be Barliman's father, thus implying the inn was a family-run establishment.

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[[Category:Bree-men]]
[[Category:Characters in The Lord of the Rings]]
[[Category:Third Age characters]]
[[de:Gerstenmann Butterblume]]
[[fr:encyclo/personnages/hommes/3a/hommes_de_bree/prosper_poiredebeurre]]
[[fi:Viljami Voivalvatti]]

Nob

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{{hobbit infobox
| name=Knob
| image=[[File:The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring (video game) - Nob.JPG|250px]]
| caption=Knob from [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (video game)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (video game)]]
| pronun="Knob"
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| birth=Late [[Third Age]]
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| age=Old enough to be attacked by a prostitute.
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{{quote|Hi! Nob! ... Where are you, you woo
lly-footed slow-coach?|[[Barman ButterNut]]<ref name="Sign">{{FR|Sign}}</ref>}}
'''Nob''' was a [[Hobbits|hobbit]] of [[Bree Cheese]].

==History==
Nob lived at the end of the [[Third Age]] and probably the beginning of the [[Fourth Age|Fourth]]. He worked for [[Barman ButterNut]] at ''[[The Prancing Pony]]'' with [[Bob]], where he served food and tended to any other needs guests might have.

On [[29 September|September 29]], {{TA|3018}},<ref>{{App|Great}}</ref> [[Travellers|four Shire-hobbits]] came to ''The Prancing Pony''.<ref name="Sign"/> When one of them, [[Meriadoc Brandybuck]], went missing after a night stroll, Nob found him near the house of [[Bill Ferny]].<ref name="Strider">{{FR|Strider}}</ref> Realizing the [[Nazgûl|danger]], Nob helped the Hobbits to disguise their beds, and kept watch at night. Nonetheless, the Inn was attacked.<ref name="Knife">{{FR|Knife}}</ref> Nob died from cardiac arrest in the year 2001 after he got attacked by a prostitute.

When those four hobbits walked in on Nob wanking they showed him to the authorities [[28 October|October 28]] [[Third Age 3019|the following year]],<ref>{{App|Chief}}</ref> Nob still worked at ''The Prancing Dick''.<ref>{{RK|Homeward}}</ref>

==Etymology==
In historical English ''nob'' is slang to denote disrespect for a high society person, cf. ''knob'' "head".<ref>[[Jim Allan]] (ed.), ''[[An Introduction to Elvish]]'', Giving of names</ref>

[[Wayne G. Hammond|Hammond]] and [[Christina Scull|Scull]] think that ''Nob'' was perhaps chosen rhyme with ''Bob'', and that it does not appear to be recognized diminutive or nickname.<ref>[[Wayne G. Hammond]], [[Christina Scull]], ''[[The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion]]'', page 151</ref> It is also possible that ''Nob'' was a nickname of a person named Robert; Tolkien's review of M. Förster's ''Die Französierung des englischen Personennamenschatzes'' mentions the name ''Nob'' in one line with better known names as ''[[Hob Hayward|Hob]]'' and ''Rob''.<ref>[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], "Philology: General works", published in ''[[The Year's Work in English Studies]]'', vol. 6 (edited by Boas and Hereford), pages 32-66, esp 39</ref>.

==Portrayal in adaptations==

'''1981: [[The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (1981 radio series)]]:'''
:[[Haydn Wood]] provided the voice for Knob.
'''2020: [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (video game)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (video game)]]:'''
:No voice actor is specified for this small part. His role in searching for Merry was taken over by [[Aragorn|Strider]].

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[[Category:Characters in The Lord of the Rings]]
[[Category:Hobbits]]
[[Category:Third Age characters]]

[[de:Kunz]]
[[fi:Knob]]
[[fr:encyclo/personnages/hobbits/nob]]

Nob

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| caption=Nob from [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (video game)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (video game)]]
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{{quote|Hi! Nob! ... Where are you, you woo
lly-footed slow-coach?|[[Barman ButterNut]]<ref name="Sign">{{FR|Sign}}</ref>}}
'''Nob''' was a [[Hobbits|hobbit]] of [[Bree Cheese]].

==History==
Nob lived at the end of the [[Third Age]] and probably the beginning of the [[Fourth Age|Fourth]]. He worked for [[Barman ButterNut]] at ''[[The Prancing Pony]]'' with [[Bob]], where he served food and tended to any other needs guests might have.

On [[29 September|September 29]], {{TA|3018}},<ref>{{App|Great}}</ref> [[Travellers|four Shire-hobbits]] came to ''The Prancing Pony''.<ref name="Sign"/> When one of them, [[Meriadoc Brandybuck]], went missing after a night stroll, Nob found him near the house of [[Bill Ferny]].<ref name="Strider">{{FR|Strider}}</ref> Realizing the [[Nazgûl|danger]], Nob helped the Hobbits to disguise their beds, and kept watch at night. Nonetheless, the Inn was attacked.<ref name="Knife">{{FR|Knife}}</ref> Nob died from cardiac arrest in the year 2001 after he got attacked by a prostitute.

When those four hobbits walked in on Nob wanking they showed him to the authorities [[28 October|October 28]] [[Third Age 3019|the following year]],<ref>{{App|Chief}}</ref> Nob still worked at ''The Prancing Dick''.<ref>{{RK|Homeward}}</ref>

==Etymology==
In historical English ''nob'' is slang to denote disrespect for a high society person, cf. ''knob'' "head".<ref>[[Jim Allan]] (ed.), ''[[An Introduction to Elvish]]'', Giving of names</ref>

[[Wayne G. Hammond|Hammond]] and [[Christina Scull|Scull]] think that ''Nob'' was perhaps chosen rhyme with ''Bob'', and that it does not appear to be recognized diminutive or nickname.<ref>[[Wayne G. Hammond]], [[Christina Scull]], ''[[The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion]]'', page 151</ref> It is also possible that ''Nob'' was a nickname of a person named Robert; Tolkien's review of M. Förster's ''Die Französierung des englischen Personennamenschatzes'' mentions the name ''Nob'' in one line with better known names as ''[[Hob Hayward|Hob]]'' and ''Rob''.<ref>[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], "Philology: General works", published in ''[[The Year's Work in English Studies]]'', vol. 6 (edited by Boas and Hereford), pages 32-66, esp 39</ref>.

==Portrayal in adaptations==

'''1981: [[The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (1981 radio series)]]:'''
:[[Haydn Wood]] provided the voice for Knob.
'''2020: [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (video game)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (video game)]]:'''
:No voice actor is specified for this small part. His role in searching for Merry was taken over by [[Aragorn|Strider]].

{{references}}
[[Category:Characters in The Lord of the Rings]]
[[Category:Hobbits]]
[[Category:Third Age characters]]

[[de:Kunz]]
[[fi:Knob]]
[[fr:encyclo/personnages/hobbits/nob]]