We all know this popular LOTR character. He starts out as Smeagol, one of the Stoors , one of the river folk ancestors of hobbits. On his 33rd birthday, he went fishing with his cousin, Deagol,. Deagol got a bite from a particularly big fish, which pulled him in. His eye caught on a shiny object in the bottom of the river. It was the one ring, which had been lost for centuries. So naturally, he picked it up. Smeagol, who had been a pretty bad Stoor in the first place, saw it and asked Deagol for it since it was his birthday. Deagol said no and Smeagol strangled him,…

I’m Julia, total lotr fan. Regret calling this meow rosie instead of gollum. I’m terrible at drawing anything other than Gollum and Elrond . Like, seriously. You can tell.