Also known as: Pippin, Guard Of The Citadel, Thain Of The Shire
Peregrin Took, called Pippin, was the youngest of the four hobbits who set out from the Shire, son of the Thain and heir to the chief family of the Tooks. Merry and high-spirited, and often heedless of danger, he was captured with Meriadoc by Saruman's Uruk-hai, and their flight into Fangorn helped rouse Treebeard and the Ents to march upon Isengard. It was Pippin who, drawn by an unwise curiosity, looked into the recovered palantir of Orthanc and was caught in the gaze of Sauron himself -- a near-disaster that nonetheless drew the Enemy's attention away from the truth and led Gandalf to bear him swiftly to Minas Tirith.
In Gondor, partly out of grief and honour for the fallen Boromir, Pippin offered his service to Denethor and was made a Guard of the Citadel. He stood watch through the siege, and at its height it was his quick word to Gandalf that saved Faramir from being burned alive upon his father's pyre. He marched with the host to the Black Gate, where he slew a great troll-chieftain before being crushed beneath its body and dug from the wreck when the Ring was unmade. Returning home, he fought in the Scouring of the Shire and in time became the Thain, a renowned lord of his people; at the last, full of years, he and Merry rode south to Gondor and were laid to rest in honour beside King Elessar.