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Gimly
12-31-2001, 08:13 AM
Who was the bag guy that sold the Hobbits that poor pony. I don't know how is he called originally (I have read only the Russian version), but I don't understood what race he was. (also, please add his English name, so I'll know)
Lightice
12-31-2001, 08:38 AM
Can't remember his surname, but his first name is Bil. He's human. Well, I can say no more then...;)
emplynx
12-31-2001, 12:15 PM
Originally posted by Gimly
Who was the bag guy that sold the Hobbits that poor pony. I don't know how is he called originally (I have read only the Russian version), but I don't understood what race he was. (also, please add his English name, so I'll know)
Bill Ferny, I believe.
andustar
12-31-2001, 02:31 PM
Bill Ferny

Definately a Man.
Sister Golden Hair
12-31-2001, 07:31 PM
That is right. Bill Ferny, that creepy little man. I believe Sam named the pony Bill after him.
emplynx
12-31-2001, 07:45 PM
Originally posted by Sister Golden Hair
That is right. Bill Ferny, that creepy little man. I believe Sam named the pony Bill after him.

True. Sam did name the pony after Bill... To turn evil into good.
Ben
12-31-2001, 09:16 PM
Yes, it was Bill Ferny. I haven't read the books in a long time (gotta do that one of these days ;)), but I seem to recall rumors that Ferny and/or his Bree companions were half-orcs.
andustar
01-01-2002, 08:09 AM
there were... I can't remember where exactly. I don't think it was Ferny himself, though... maybe it was his companions.

((well, there's another quote to find... everyone go to TRIVIA GAME! ahem. sorry.:o )
Lightice
01-01-2002, 09:06 AM
Ferny was man, but he had business with Saruman's half-orcs.
Sister Golden Hair
01-01-2002, 01:35 PM
Wasn't he the guy that Sam nailed with the apple?
Kirinki54
01-01-2002, 05:58 PM
Originally posted by Sister Golden Hair
Wasn't he the guy that Sam nailed with the apple?

Yes... proving how skilled Hobbits are with their movements.
So it is also appropriate Sam named the pony Bill. Horses do like apples... :D
Gimly
01-02-2002, 01:37 AM
I thought he was a Man, but wasn't sure.

Thanks for the name. :D
Ñólendil
01-02-2002, 02:05 AM
The chapters to see for Half-orc references (in relation to Ferny and others of his sort) are Strider (Book I), Flotsam and Jetsam (Book III) and The Scouring of the Shire (Book VI). Bill Ferny was just a Bree-lander, as far as I know. The 'squint-eyed southerner' in Bree was a Dunlending, at least partly. He was outcasted from Dunland because the Men there said he had Orkish blood. Most if not all of Sharky's Men in the last book were part Orc.