Tour 1: The People of Middle-Earth
Merry & Pippin
detail of Merry, by Ted Nasmith
detail of Merry, by Inger Edelfeldt
'My dear and most beloved hobbits!' said Frodo, deeply moved. 'But I could not allow it....I am flying from deadly peril into deadly peril.'
'Of course we understand,' said Merry firmly. 'That is why we have decided to come. We know the Ring is no laughing matter; but we are going to do our best to help you against the Enemy.' --FotR, "A Conspiracy Unmasked"
detail of Merry and Pippin captured by orcs, by Alan Lee
detail of Merry and Pippin captured by orcs, by Inger Edelfeldt
detail of Pippin, by Ted Nasmith
detail of Pippin, by Inger Edelfeldt
There they saw close beside them a great rubble-heap; and suddenly they were aware of two small figures lying on it at their ease....One seemed asleep; the other, with crossed legs and arms behind his head, leaned back against a broken rock and sent from his mouth long wisps and little rings of thin blue smoke.
For a moment Théoden and Éomer and all his men stared at them in wonder. Amid all the wreck of Isengard this seemed to them the strangest sight. But before the king could speak, the small smoke-breathing figure became aware of them....He sprang to his feet [and] bowed very low, putting his hand upon his breast.
...'Welcome, my lords, to Isengard,' he said. 'We are the door-wardens. Meriadoc, son of Saradoc is my name; and my companion, who, alas! is overcome with weariness' -- here he gave the other a dig with his foot -- 'is Peregrin, son of Paladin, of the house of Took." --TTT, "The Road to Isengard"
Well in Moria, by Tim Kirk
image from the official site
Merry and Pippin in an Elven boat, from the Cannes film book on the official movie site
image from a Decipher trading card
'I don't think much of this,' said Merry. 'I feel nearly done in. Don't think I could crawl away far, even if I was free.'
'Lembas! whispered Pippin. 'Lembas: I've got some. Have you? I don't think they've taken anything but our swords.'
'Yes, I had a packet in my pocket,' answered Merry, 'but it must be battered to crumbs. Anyway I can't put my mouth in my pocket!'
'You won't have to. I've--'; but just then a savage kick arned Pippin that the noise had died down, and the guards were watchful. --TTT, "The Uruk-Hai"
'Gladly will I take it,' said the king; and laying his long old hands upon the brown hair of the hobbit, he blessed him. 'Rise now, Meriadoc, esquire of Rohan of the household of Meduseld!' he said. 'Take your sword and bear it unto good fortune!'
'As a father you shall be to me,' said Merry.
'For a little while,' said Théoden.--RotK, "The Passing of the Grey Company"
Then Pippin looked the old man in the eye, for pride stirred strangely within him, still stung by the scorn and suspicion in that cold voice. 'Little service, no doubt, will so great a lord of Men think to find in a hobbit, a halfling from the northern Shire; yet such as it is, I will offer it, in payment of my debt.' Twitching aside his grey cloak, Pippin drew forth his small sword and laid it at Denethor's feet.
A pale smile, like a gleam of cold sun on a winter's evening, passed over the old man's face; but he bent his head and held out his hand, laying the shards of the horn aside. 'Give me the weapon!' he said.--RotK, "Minas Tirith"
image from a trailer on the official movie site
image from theonering.net
image from theonering.net