So, what’s the difference between these two groups of little folk?
Well, there are a few things that set Harfoots apart.
What Is a Harfoot Anyway?
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Admittedly, there’s a lot that Tolkien didn’t tell us about Harfoots.
Here, the professor reveals that theHarfoots are ancestors of the creatures we’d one day know as Hobbits.
“Their hands and feet were neat and nimble; and they preferred highlands and hillsides.”
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Of course, when it comes to Hobbits,Tolkien actually describes three different sorts in “Concerning Hobbits.
We see inThe Rings of Powerthat Harfoots live a nomadic lifestyle.
They travel almost constantly and don’t seem to settle long before moving on to the next thing.
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Hopefully, we’ll see that explored a bit more onRings of Power.
“They were the most normal and representative variety of Hobbit, and far the most numerous.”
Epic drama set thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘The Hobbit’ and ‘The Lord of the Rings’ follows an ensemble cast of characters, both familiar and new, as they confront the long-feared re-emergence of evil to Middle-earth.
