The ring had given him power according to his stature.
He became sharp-eyed and keen-eared for all that was hurtful. He was very pleased with his discovery and he concealed it and he used it to find out secrets, and he put his knowledge to crooked and malicious uses. But Sméagol returned alone and he found that none of his family could see him, when he was wearing the ring. ‘No one ever found out what had become of Déagol he was murdered far from home, and his body was cunningly hidden. re-read the chapter again and found this description : Whether or not that makes him a rebel or a trouble-maker is debatable, particularly as Tolkien doesn't go into much detail regarding his backstory.Įdit. Curiosity is generally seen as an undesirable trait, so by that rationale Smeagol may well have been seen as strange or odd by his community. Sure, Hobbits are portrayed as being very provincial, inward-looking and generally suspicious of goings on outside their quiet, rural way of life. I wouldn't call that a strong implication that he was a villain from the outset, although it might imply that he was slightly odd in his behaviour. He was interested in roots and beginnings he dived into deep pools he burrowed under trees and growing plants he tunnelled into green mounds and he ceased to look up at the hill-tops, or the leaves on trees, or the flowers opening in the air: his head and his eyes were downward.
The most inquisitive and curious-minded of that family was called Sméagol. There was among them a family of high repute, for it was large and wealthier than most, and it was ruled by a grandmother of the folk, stern and wise in old lore, such as they had. I guess they were of hobbit-kind akin to the fathers of the fathers of the Stoors, for they loved the River, and often swam in it, or made little boats of reeds. ‘Long after, but still very long ago, there lived by the banks of the Great River on the edge of Wilderland a clever-handed and quiet-footed little people. I'm not sure it would be fair to assume he was a troublemaker or a bad sort, necessarily.
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