Character from The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
The youngest and most reckless member of the Fellowship — a Hobbit whose insatiable curiosity gets him into catastrophic trouble and whose unexpected courage gets everyone else out of it.
Pippin does things first and thinks about them second, if at all. He touches the palantír because it is there and glowing. He looks into the well in Moria because it is dark and deep. He swears fealty to Denethor on impulse because the man's son saved his life. This pattern is not stupidity — it is a Took's genetic inability to leave a mystery alone, combined with a twenty-nine-year-old's conviction that consequences happen to other people. What redeems him is that when consequences do arrive — and they always do — he faces them with a startling, almost confused bravery. He does not decide to be brave; he simply discovers that he already is when the moment demands it. His relationship with Merry is his anchor; separated from his cousin, he becomes more serious and more frightened, which paradoxically makes him more effective. He talks too much when nervous, asks inappropriate questions at formal moments, and has an unerring instinct for the worst possible time to be hungry. His service to Denethor teaches him that authority without wisdom is just cruelty wearing a crown.
The youngest-looking of the four Hobbits, with a round, open face and bright curious eyes that are constantly darting around. Curly brown hair, slightly shorter than Merry before the Ent-draught but catches up after. Expressive features that telegraph every emotion. Later wears the silver and black livery of the Tower Guard of Gondor, which looks slightly absurd and oddly dignified on his small frame.
Also known as: Pippin, Peregrin, Peregrin Took, Pip, Guard of the Citadel