Trotter

Trotter
Hobbit
"Tolkien's Notes - Trotter" by Afalstein
Physical Description
Gender	Male
Gallery	Images of Trotter

In the earliest unpublished versions of The Lord of the Rings, the character who became Aragorn was called Trotter instead of Strider and was a Hobbit instead of Man. His name was derived from the fact that he had wooden feet after being tortured in Mordor.

In some drafts Trotter's real name was Peregrin Boffin and was a cousin of Bilbo Baggins. He was present at the Council of Elrond and appointed as a member of the Fellowship of the Ring.^:xxii

Trotter eventually became a Man whose true name was Aragorn. While in Lothlórien, Tolkien rejected Aragorn in favor of Elfstone and briefly Ingold.^:xxiv

The background of Trotter is explained in The History of Middle-earth, volume IX, Sauron Defeated.