Character Bios
Esmeralda Took
Other Names: Esmeralda Brandybuck
Location(s):
Great Smials
Brandy Hall
Race/Species: Hobbit
Dates:
born: III 2936
Parents:
father: Adalgrim Took
Siblings:
Paladin Took II, Thain of the Shire
3 unnamed sisters
Spouse:
Saradoc Brandybuck, Master of Buckland
Children:
Meriadoc (Merry) Brandybuck, Master of Buckland and Counsellor of the North Kingdom
Description:
Esmeralda 1 Took Brandybuck is the daughter of Adalgrim Took, the sister of Paladin Took II, Thain of the Shire, and 3 unnamed sisters, the wife of Saradoc Brandybuck, Master of Buckland, and the mother of Meriadoc (Merry) Brandybuck, member of the Fellowship of the Ring and later Master of Buckland and Counsellor of the North-kingdom.
The Lord of the Rings, Appendix C, Family Trees
Neither age nor an enormous dinner had clouded [Rory Brandybuck's] wits, and he said to his daughter-in-law, Esmeralda: '... I believe that mad Baggins is off again. Silly old fool. But why worry? He hasn't taken the vittles with him.'
The Fellowship of the Ring, LoTR Book 1, Ch 1, A Long-expected Party
Notes
1 Esmeralda, a genus of orchid, though not native to Britain may be one of the many flower-names used by Tolkien for female hobbits:
It's obvious that Tolkien, like Bilbo, loved flowers, and it seems he wished to portray the spirit of Shire women through that sweet, occasionally thorny, timeless imagery....
The Plants of Middle-earth: Botany and Sub-creation, by Dinah Hazell, Ch 1, Hobbit Names
Esmeralda is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae.
"Esmeralda (orchid)". Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 18 Jan. 2013.
<Wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esmeralda_(orchid)>.
Contributors:
Elena Tiriel 13Jan13