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The Scouring of the Shire" is the penultimate chapter of J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy The Lord of the Rings. The Fellowship hobbits, Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin, return home to the Shire to find that it is under the brutal control of ruffians and their leader "Sharkey", revealed to be the Wizard Saruman. The ruffians have despoiled the Shire ...
The Scouring of the Shire was an event that took place in the Shire at the end of the War of the Ring, and was the only time the Shire was attacked during the Great Years.
When they return home, however, the Shire hobbits discover their cherished ideal corrupted. A totalitarian state has replaced the carefree rural life, dominated by "the Rules" and suffering from "no beer and very little food." Journeying deeper into the Shire reveals a devastated countryside.
Saruman—who, it turned out, was the mysterious boss Sharkey—pronounced a curse upon the Shire if any hobbit should harm him. Frodo assured his friends that Saruman had no power, but he forbid them to kill the wizard.
Dec 23, 2021 · J.R.R. Tolkien argued the Scouring of the Shire, a battle at Hobbiton with Saruman, was key to his books. But Peter Jackson left the ending out of his movie trilogy.
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Jun 5, 2019 · The Scouring of the Shire took place after Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin returned home after their long adventure to find the Shire raided by a group of thugs. This was the work of dark wizard Saruman, aided by the traitorous Lotho Sackville-Baggins, who was in turn deposed and killed by Wormtongue.
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The Scouring of the Shire is the eighth chapter of the second book of The Return of the King, recounting all the events of the Scouring of the Shire. Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin arrive in the Shire to find that things are not as they once were when they left.
