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Frodo Baggins
fictional character
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Frodo Baggins, fictional character, a hobbit (one of a race of mythical beings who are characterized as small in stature, good-natured, and inordinately fond of creature comforts) and the hero of the three-part novel The Lord of the Rings (1954–55) by J.R.R. Tolkien. Frodo is the nephew and adoptive heir of Bilbo Baggins, the hero of The Hobbit (1937). In The Lord of the Rings, Frodo and a group of other hobbits, men, an elf, a dwarf, and a wizard attempt to triumph over the powers of darkness.