Who is Bilbo Baggins

Bilbo Baggins of the Shire is a remarkable hobbit, though few would have guessed his potential. He was a well-to-do, comfortable bachelor of fifty when he somehow found himself roped into an adventure that would involve a wizard, dwarves, elves, trolls, goblins, giant spiders, and a dragon.

A company of thirteen dwarves were setting off to reclaim the Lonely Mountain and its riches from the evil dragon Smaug. Gandalf the wizard tricks Bilbo into hosting a party for the dwarves, then convinces the dwarves to take Bilbo along on the adventure as their "burglar." Bilbo agrees to go, perhaps motivated by his adventurous "Tookish" side. The comfort-loving, timid hobbit slowly becomes an unlikely hero who uses his own wits to rescue the dwarves time and time again. By chance he also picks up a magic ring of invisibility, which would come in handy when he needed to hide from enemies and annoying relatives.

After the dragon was defeated and the dwarves moved back into the Lonely Mountain, Bilbo returned home with bags of gold. Although the adventure cost him his reputation with friends and relations, he lived in Bag End quite comfortably for the next 60 years.

Around his 111 birthday, Bilbo feels restless and decides it's time to leave the Shire for good. After much pressuring from Gandalf, he leaves his magic ring to his adopted heir, Frodo. The magic ring turns out to be the evil Ring of Power forged by the Dark Lord Sauron, and Bilbo became the first person in history to give it up voluntarily.

The Ring had given Bilbo an unnaturally long life, but after he parted with it, his age began catching up with him. Bilbo was unable to go further than Rivendell, where he enjoyed the good food and music of the elves. He also worked on his memoirs, There and Back Again, also more commonly known as The Hobbit.

After the destruction of the One Ring, Bilbo sailed away to the Grey Havens with Frodo, Gandalf, Galadriel, and Elrond. He was a very respectable 131 years old, a record age for a hobbit in Middle Earth.