Old Green Beard – Treebeard
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Old_Green_Beard
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treebeard
Old Green Beard is an ancient Treant that guards the path into Weirwood, which has been closed due to the Froudling invasion. He believes his daughter Fallyn Greensleeves has been captured by Logres Knights
After being refused an invitation to his daughter’s wedding, Old Green Beard instructs the wizard to restore the Shrine of Hospitality. This changes the mind of Fallyn’s betrothed, Greenbeard then opens the way for your wizard to enter the Weirwood Wild.
Treebeard, or Fangorn in Sindarin, is a tree-giant character in J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. He is an Ent and is said by Gandalf to be “the oldest living thing that still walks beneath the Sun upon this Middle-earth.” He lives in the ancient Forest of Fangorn, to which he has given his name. It lies at the southern end of the Misty Mountains. He is described as being about 14 feet (4.5 m) in height, and in appearance similar to a beech or an oak.
In The Two Towers, Treebeard meets with Merry Brandybuck and Pippin Took, two Hobbits of the Shire. This meeting proves to have consequences that contribute significantly to the story and enables the events that occur in The Return of the King.
An interesting side-note: Treebeard in the Lord of the Rings movies was voiced by John Rhys-Davies who also played Gimli in the films.
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