Samwise Gamgee

Samwise Gamgee
Tolkien's legendarium character
Aliases	Samwise Gardner, Sam, Samwise the Brave, Banazîr Galbasi, Mayor of the Shire
Race	Hobbits
Book(s)	The Fellowship of the Ring (1954) The Two Towers (1954) The Return of the King (1955)

Samwise "Sam" Gamgee /ˈsæmˌwaɪz ˈɡæmˌdʒiː/ (later known as Samwise Gardner) is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. Samwise is one of the main characters of The Lord of the Rings, in which he fills an archetypical role as the sidekick of the primary protagonist, Frodo Baggins. Sam is a member of the Fellowship of the Ring.

Samwise Gamgee is first introduced in The Fellowship of the Ring. Sam is Frodo Baggins' gardener, having inherited the position as Baggins' gardener from his father, Hamfast "Gaffer" Gamgee. At the time of the War of the Ring, Sam was living in Number 3, Bagshot Row with his father.

As "punishment" for eavesdropping on Gandalf's conversation with Frodo regarding the One Ring, Sam was made Frodo's first companion on his journey to Rivendell. They were joined by Meriadoc Brandybuck and Peregrin Took, Frodo's cousins, and journeyed together to Rivendell, where the Council of Elrond took place and Sam joined the Fellowship of the Ring.