Guide to The Lord of the Rings/Characters/Frodo Baggins

Frodo (Elijah Wood) in the 2001-03 The Lord of the Rings film trilogy Frodo Baggins The Halfling, Mayor of the Shire, Ring-bearer, Elf-friend Hobbits Shire-hobbits 22 September 2968, Third Age 29 September 3021, Third Age The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King, The Silmarillion Frodo Baggins is the primary protagonist in The Lord of the Rings. The novel depends crucially on his decisions and actions. Frodo was the son of Drogo Baggins and Primula Brandybuck, and the heir of Bilbo. Frodo was bearer of the One Ring on his journey to Mount Doom. Biography Childhood Frodo, the child of the respectable Drogo Baggins and Primula Brandybuck, was born on 22 September of S.R. 1368 in the Third Age. Orphaned at an early age, he was adopted by Bilbo Baggins.