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Clan lord of the rings6/3/2023 Took is pronounced like 'Luke', not 'book'. The meaning of the original term Tûk, of Hobbitish Westron, is unknown. It was rumored that one of the Took ancestors had taken a fairy wife in the past, whose blood left the clan not entirely hobbit-like. The wizard Gandalf knew many Took figures personally across the Third Age. ![]() Bilbo Baggins and Meriadoc Brandybuck both had Took mothers. They were also among the richer clans of a very frugal race. They were more ambitious and adventurous than other Hobbits, with a reputation for unusual behavior - qualities valued or respected by few in the Shire. Tooks were mainly of Fallohide Hobbit stock. ![]() Even as many Hobbit families relocated over time, most Tooks still inhabited the Westfarthing, especially the Tookland. The Dwarves of Belegost were the first to forge mail of linked rings, and they also traded weaponry with the Sindar and carved the Thousand Caves of Menegroth. A smaller clan called the North-Tooks would settle Long Cleeve and the Northfarthing these were descendants of the legendary hero Bandobras "Bullroarer" Took. The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game Transformers TCG UniVersus Warhammer 40,000 Conquest Warhammer 40,000 Dice Masters. The Tooks lived in the Great Smials of Tuckborough, ruling Tookland in the Westfarthing of the Shire. The head of the Took clan, usually but not always the Thain, was called 'The Took' and uniquely the title could be held by Hobbit women, including the wife of the previous holder, as was the case with Lalia (Clayhanger) Took. After Isumbras, the Thain position became hereditary in the Took family, and at the end of the Third Age his descendant Peregrin "Pippin" Took became the 19th Thain of the Took line, the 32nd in the Shire. ![]() The first recorded Took was Isumbras I Took, who became the thirteenth Thain of the Shire after Gorhendad Oldbuck crossed into Buckland, becoming Master there.
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