Merry Brandybuck: More Than Just a Merry Fellow in Middle-earth
“I am no warrior,” Merry confessed, yet he stood firm, ready to face the darkness. Few characters in J.R.R. Tolkien’s *The Lord of the Rings* are as easily dismissed as Meriadoc Brandybuck, affectionately known as Merry. Perceived as a jovial hobbit with a penchant for mischief, he often exists in the shadow of Frodo and…