Merry — The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Character Profile

About Merry

Loyal hobbit who aids Rohan's defense.

Merry — Character Profile

Alignment

Hero

Species

Other

Abilities

Strategy, Loyalty, Stealth, Growth

• Strength: 4/10
• Intelligence: 6/10
• Charisma: 7/10
• Morality: 8/10
• Influence: 5/10

Affiliations

• Fellowship of the Ring
• Rohan
• Tolkien's legendarium

Quick Facts about Merry

Occupation

swordfighter

Merry's Known Relations

• Saradoc Brandybuck — Father
• Esmeralda Brandybuck — Mother
• Estella Brandybuck — Spouse
• Rohan — Allegiance
• Sauron — Enemy
• Fellowship of the Ring — Member of

Merry appears in 4 titles

• The Lord of the Rings (1978) — character page
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) — character page
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) — character page

Character Facts

Played by

Dominic Monaghan

Appears in

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Merry — Social Friends — Pippin (Billy Boyd)

  Their friendship remains central to their survival.

  Merry and Pippin escape into Fangorn Forest together and later meet Treebeard together.

• Merry — Alliance Rescuers — Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen)

  Aragorn makes their rescue a major objective.

  Aragorn pursues the Uruk-hai with Legolas and Gimli to save Merry and Pippin.

• Merry — Alliance Ent Allies — Gimli / Treebeard (John Rhys-Davies)

  Merry's presence helps connect the hobbits to the Ents.

  Merry and Pippin convince Treebeard that they are allies and are brought to an Ent council.

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• Legolas (Orlando Bloom)
• Éowyn (Miranda Otto)
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