The money and fame that Bilbo acquired through his first journey already attracted unwanted attention. It was one of the biggest drawbacks to adventuring.
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groet@feddit.de 5 months agoExactly. Bilbo had the ring for 50+ years and he never used it to get more money fame or power. Because neither interested him. He used it in the end to disappear because he wanted his peace and solitude.
Fermion@mander.xyz 5 months ago
Telodzrum@lemmy.world 5 months ago
It was a marginal increase in both. He was already one of the wealthiest Hobbits on that side of the river and the most famous — being the son of a wealthy Baggins heir and a hot-blooded Took.
Klear@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Not to mention Smeagol. Sure, he got screwed up in the head by the ring thoroughly, but he still just sat with it in a cave.