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}}'''Pearl Took''' was a [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] of [[the Shire]].


'''Pearl Took''' was the eldest child of [[Thain]] [[Paladin Took II]] and [[Eglantine Banks]]. She had three siblings: [[Pimpernel Took|Pimpernel]], [[Pervinca Took|Pervinca]] and [[Peregrin Took I|Pippin]]. 
==History==
Pearl was the eldest child of [[Thain]] [[Paladin Took II]] and [[Eglantine Banks]].<ref name="Took">{{App|Took}}</ref> She was the caretaker of [[Lalia Clayhanger|Lalia the Fat]], the rotund, aged, and immensely annoying (to the Tooks) matriarch of the family. Each morning, Pearl was to push her wheelchair outside so Lalia could experience fresh air.<ref name="L214">{{L|214}}</ref>


Though her name only appears in the family tree of the [[Took family]] in [[Appendix A]], [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] tells an interesting story about Pearl. She was the caretaker of [[Lalia Clayhanger|Lalia the Fat]], the rotund, aged, and immensely annoying (to the Tooks) matriarch of the family. Each morning, Pearl was to push her wheelchair outside so Lalia could experianece fresh air. One morning in [[Third Age 3002|T.A. 3002]], Pearl was a little bit careless, and Lalia flew across the steps to her death. Pearl was excluded from the ascension ceremony of [[Ferumbras Took III|Ferumbras]], who had been waiting on Thainship for quite a while. She was, however, spotted with a necklace of pearls believed to be a Took family heirloom.
In {{SR|1401}} she was a guest at [[Bilbo's Farewell Party]]. <ref name="Took"/>


==References==
One morning in {{SR|1402}}, Pearl was a little bit careless in her custom of tending old Lalia, and the matriarch flew across the steps to her death. Pearl was excluded from the accession ceremony of [[Ferumbras Took III|Ferumbras]], who had been waiting to become head of the clan for quite a while (he had already been Thain since the death of his father). She was, however, afterwards spotted with a necklace of pearls believed to be a Took family heirloom.<ref name="L214"/>
* ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', [[Appendix A]]
* ''[[The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien]]'', [[Letter 214]].


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==Etymology==
[[wikipedia:Pearl|Pearl]]'s name follows the Hobbit custom of high-class women being named after jewels.<ref>[[Jim Allan]] (ed.), ''[[An Introduction to Elvish]]'', "Giving of Names"</ref>
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Revision as of 11:44, 18 September 2015

Pearl Took
Hobbit
Gregor Roffalski - Paladin's Daughters.jpg
"Paladin's Daughters" by Gregor Roffalski
Biographical Information
LocationGreat Smials, Tuckborough
BirthS.R. 1375
Family
FamilyTook
ParentagePaladin Took II and Eglantine Banks
SiblingsPimpernel, Pervinca and Peregrin
Physical Description
GenderFemale
GalleryImages of Pearl Took

Pearl Took was a Hobbit of the Shire.

History

Pearl was the eldest child of Thain Paladin Took II and Eglantine Banks.[1] She was the caretaker of Lalia the Fat, the rotund, aged, and immensely annoying (to the Tooks) matriarch of the family. Each morning, Pearl was to push her wheelchair outside so Lalia could experience fresh air.[2]

In S.R. 1401 she was a guest at Bilbo's Farewell Party. [1]

One morning in S.R. 1402, Pearl was a little bit careless in her custom of tending old Lalia, and the matriarch flew across the steps to her death. Pearl was excluded from the accession ceremony of Ferumbras, who had been waiting to become head of the clan for quite a while (he had already been Thain since the death of his father). She was, however, afterwards spotted with a necklace of pearls believed to be a Took family heirloom.[2]

Etymology

Pearl's name follows the Hobbit custom of high-class women being named after jewels.[3]

References