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  Bill Ferny
Bill Ferny was a nasty character in The Lord of the Rings who spied on Frodo in Bree.
Bill Ferny jeered at Strider, who merely nodded in response.
When the four hobbits returned to the Shire in The Return of the King, Bill Ferny was among the men guarding the locked gate.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/bi/Bill_Ferny.html   (90 words)

  
 Bill Ferny - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bill Ferny is a fictional character in J.
Bill's pony - whom Sam afterwards also named Bill - was the only mount left available for sale in the town, so Strider and the hobbits had no choice but to buy this mistreated, miserable looking creature for 12 silver pennies (apparently a most unfair price).
When the four hobbits returned to the Shire in The Return of the King, Bill Ferny was the man guarding the locked gate at the Brandywine.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bill_Ferny   (258 words)

  
 GW Online : The Lord of The Rings : Hobbits : Pursued by Wolves
Bill the Pony was released into the wilderness with the howling of wolves all around but somehow made it safely to Bree.
Bill carries a great deal of baggage, which offers him a small amount of protection but is of no use whatsoever in a fight.
Bill the Pony is carrying all the food and supplies for The Fellowship, and there is some truth in the expression that an army (especially one containing Hobbits) marches on its stomach.
uk.games-workshop.com /hobbits/pursuedbywolves/1   (2268 words)

  
 Horse - The Lord of the Rings Wiki - A Wikia wiki
Bill is bought by Frodo Baggins and his companions in Bree, as they fled the Shire on their way to Rivendell.
Bill was purchased from Bill Ferny, who was in league with the spies who stole the other ponies.
Ferny was a cruel man who tormented Bill, but after being purchased by the hobbits Bill became a much happier pony.
lotr.wikia.com /wiki/Horse   (1460 words)

  
 Other Groups of Men of Middle-earth
Bill Ferny gave news of the Hobbits' activities in the Prancing Pony to the Black Riders and later became one of the leaders of the ruffians who occupied the Shire.
Bill Ferny and Harry Goatleaf, the gatekeeper, sided with the Southerners and may have let them into the town.
Bill Ferny went to the Shire, where he became known as the Chief's Big Man. He was at the gate on the Brandywine Bridge on October 30, 3019, when the four Hobbits returned home.
www.tuckborough.net /othermen.html   (4870 words)

  
 Horses of Middle-earth
The pony originally belonged to Bill Ferny, an unsavory character in Bree, who mistreated the animal and did not feed him properly.
Bill's health and spirit improved under Sam's care, and the stay at Rivendell worked wonders.
Sam rode Bill to the Grey Havens to say farewell to Frodo, so the pony that had served the Fellowship was present at the end of the Fellowship in Middle-earth.
www.tuckborough.net /horses.html   (4199 words)

  
 Lord of the Rings Horses - Bill the Pony
Sam's horse, brought from and named after Bill Ferny, though Ferny abused the horse and sold it for several times its value.
Bill was freed before the Fellowship entered the Mines of Moria.
In the mountain scenes, he was played as a panta-pony, with two men inside a horse costume because the terrain was too difficult to navigate.
www.ironymanifest.com /lotrhorses/internet/bill2   (78 words)

  
 Bill the Pony   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Bill the Pony was as much a member of the Fellowship as any other up to Moria.
On Bill's lone journey away from Moria, he was under a spell of protection placed on him by Gandalf.
Bill rejoined his Sam when the hobbits and Gandalf came back home through Bree, where the pony had taken himself back to Butterbur's stables at the Prancing Pony Inn.
valarguild.org /varda/Tolkien/encyc/articles/b/Billpony.htm   (76 words)

  
 The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum - Resistance Discussion Thread
Under the regime of Sharkû and Bill Ferny the Longbottom Leaf is taken away to be sold, and the Tooks are guarded in Tookland.
Ferny was a clever man, but Olo knew that he was smarter than the sallow faced man that crowed in early pride before him.
Bill Ferny laughed scornfully and said, “That’s not the tune you were dancing to when he first came.
forum.barrowdowns.com /showthread.php?t=5689   (6381 words)

  
 Estel Baggin's fanfiction page
Ferny was straightening, but as he moved forward again, his vision still blurred with tears of pain, Aragorn caught him in the chest with another vicious kick.
Ferny’s hands shook, and Aragorn, his body again working seemingly of its own accord against his mind, which was numb with horror and shame, pulled away from the deadly blade, striking Ferny’s hand with a closed fist.
Bill Ferny was standing in the doorway to Butterbur’s office, his thumbs hooked into his belt.
www.freewebs.com /estelxff/stickatnaughtstrider.htm   (6475 words)

  
 Lord of The Rings: Fellowship of The Ring Movie Mistake : A Horse?
After that, Sam is seen leading Bill through the hills when they are on their way to Rivendell, before the ringwraiths attack and stab Frodo.
Bill the pony was an important part of the book because of Sam's friendship with him.
Bill, the pony was from the book, they got him from 'The Prancing Pony' inn along with a few other ponies.
www.slipups.com /items/20539.html   (1736 words)

  
 Bill - The Lord of the Rings Wiki - A Wikia wiki
Bill was Sam's pony, which went along with the Fellowship up to Moria.
The Fellowship had thought it had been killed by the creature of the lake, however they found it had returned to Bree on their return journey.
It had a small part in the winning of the Battle of Bywater, by knocking over his former master, Bill Ferny, in the backside, and thereby freeing the Shire from further entanglements from the foul man.
lotr.wikia.com /wiki/Bill   (142 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Bill Ferney's price was twelve silver pennies; three times the pony's value in those parts.
Bill the pony was half-starved, but Sam took care of him and Bill became healthy and happy.
Named after Bill Ferny, his original owner Sam Gamgee's pony, named for its original owner Bill Ferny, that travelled with the Company of the Ring through the leagues of Eriador to the West-gate of Moria.
home.hetnet.nl /~thdefeber/PONIES.doc   (1256 words)

  
 Bill   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Prancing Pony, bought the pony from Bill Ferny in Bree for 12 silver shillings.(in the US translations silver pennies) The pony, named for its former owner, was then given to the four
(30/09 - 20/10) Bill, the four Hobbits; Frodo, Sam, Pippin, Merry and Aragorn II leave Bree and reach Rivendell.
There Bill were released outside the gate, and the pony found its way home to Barliman in Bree.
www.annalsofarda.dk /Annals-of-Arda/others-index-tables/Others/Bill.htm   (98 words)

  
 Horses of Middle-earth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bill is bought, for an exhorbitant price, by Frodo Baggins and his companions in Bree, as they fled the Shire on their way to Rivendell.
Although this is the only time Bill the pony expressly appears in the films, Sam is riding a pony back into Hobbiton at the end of The Return of the King, and it is presumably Bill.
Bumpkin is one of five ponies obtained by Merry and used by the hobbits to ride from The Shire to Bree.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bill_the_Pony   (2399 words)

  
 The Mouth of Sauron - LOTR Humor!
They pass by a hedge where BILL FERNY is staring boldly at the group.
FERNY is a large man with heavy fl brows.
FERNY is stunned and falls unconscious to the ground.
www.angelfire.com /sk/sharkens/script2.html   (1838 words)

  
 Of Bree | Lord of the Rings Fanatics Library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The group now had no means of travel but by foot and not even a pony to bare their baggage.
They do find a pony by one last-ditch effort and a hefty price, which they bought from an ill-looking fellow by the name of Bill Ferny, who clearly had been hired or influenced by the Nazgul, but still was interested in only his own profit.
Bill, as Sam named the pony, became their sixth companion as they set out.
www.lotrlibrary.com /agesofarda/ofbree.asp   (585 words)

  
 Bill Ferny - Tolkien Gateway (via CobWeb/3.1 planet03.csc.ncsu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Bill Ferny from Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings.
He was noticed relaying details of the Hobbits' adventures at the Prancing Pony to one of the Nazgûl, this event witnessed by Meriadoc Brandybuck.
Sam, who took a liking to the pony, later named it Bill the Pony.
tolkiengateway.net.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Bill_Ferny   (251 words)

  
 The Lord of The Rings: Strategy Battle Game   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
When the members of the Fellowship made the fateful decision to enter the long dark of Moria, one of the hard choices that they were forced to make was the fate of Bill, the faithful pony who had served as the Hobbits’; beast of burden.
• If Bill can get within 12"/28 cm of the leading table edge and survives to the end of the Movement Phase, he shakes off the Wargs’ pursuit and can gallop away to safety – a victory for the Good side.
Copyright © Games Workshop Limited 2006 excepting all materials pertaining to the New Line theatrical productions: The Fellowship of the Ring; The Two Towers; and The Return of The King which are © MMVI New Line Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
us.games-workshop.com /games/lotr/gaming/BillthePony/default.htm   (969 words)

  
 Entering Shire Post Office, postal service, stamps, and coins available here   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Bob came back with the report that no horse or pony was to be got for love or money in the neighbourhood - except one: Bill Ferny had one that he might possibly sell.
Bill Ferny's price was twelve silver pennies; and that was indeed at least three times the pony's value in those pans.
The "silver penny" is in fact an ancient British coin dating from before the advent of the shilling, and the duodecimal ratio of one-silver to twelve-copper seems reasonable for the Hobbits, (given Bilbo's use of the word "gross" during his party speech) and the other denominations were added to fill in the gap.
www.shirepost.com /CoinQuotes.html   (2552 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
He was killed in the fight between Bree-landers and Bill Ferny and his men.
Fern, Ferny, and Fernie are English surnames, but whatever their origin the name is used by JJRT to fit the predominantly botanical names current in Bree.
The gate that looked towards the Shire, the West-gate, was guarded by one Harry Goatleaf during the War of the Ring, though he later joined with Bill Ferny and the followers of Saruman.
home.hetnet.nl /~thdefeber/MBR.doc   (2602 words)

  
 The Lord of the Rings Online TCG: The April 2006 Online WCQ Interview
The third is to use Bill Ferny, Agent of Saruman and Gollum, Dark as Darkness to kill the opponent's Ring-bearer (works well with Gimli!).
I remember winning with Whistling Death and Bill Ferny on an exhausted Ring-bearer once, and even swarming an Ent deck.
Furthermore, I was finding the combo of Bill Ferny and any minion on Wold Battlefield totally overpowered.
lotronline.decipher.com /articles/WCQMay2006B.shtml   (2328 words)

  
 Musings on The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The loss of Farmer Maggot, Bill Ferny, and Tom Bombadil.
Farmer Maggot got at least a throwaway line, but the interplay around Bill Ferny was missed.
The loss of the Barrow Downs sequence, in which the four hobbits received their special swords, enchanted to harm the Witch-King (and which Merry used at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields).
www.seiyuu.com /okamoto/reviews/fellowship.html   (374 words)

  
 Monty Python: The Fellowship of the Ring - Scene 6
Bill Ferny: Oh, I can't take him if he's not.
Bill Ferny: No, I've got to go out to Archet.
Bill Ferny: Well, those hobbits are the only ones being chased by undead ring-wraiths.
www.utterpants.co.uk /parody/mplotr/mpfotr06.htm   (319 words)

  
 The Crumpet Shop | Secret Emails
Pal Bill Ferny said homeys are retracing their steps to see if No.5's ring fell off on way from Isengard.
Horses scattered like you said, Boss, except for Ferny's pony, which is nearly dead anyway.
They also bought Ferny's pony; Bill got hit with apple from one of the hobbits, but lived.
beastybunny.com /lotr/funstuff/secretemails.htm   (1687 words)

  
 Sideshow Collectibles.com - - Manufacturer of movie, film, television and proprietary collectibles, figures and toys.
Named after the infamous Bill Ferny of Bree, Bill the Pony was Samwise Gamgee's faithful companion all the way to the gates of Moria.
While most of his role found its way to the cutting room floor, Bill the Pony still found a special place in our hearts.
This was your opportunity to win the Sideshow/Weta Collectibles 'Sam and Bill the Pony' statue.
www.sideshowtoy.com /cgi-bin/category.cgi?category=022304sam   (289 words)

  
 wethree8
It’s said that Bill finally came to a bad end, and his wandering haint found its way back home, and now it’s trapped in there, alone and miserable.
And there we were, outside Bill Ferny’s old ruin of a house.
“Bill Ferny’s haint is nothing but a mean old hedgehog who doesn’t approve of naughty children who sneak out of their beds at night to come and bother him.”
home.comcast.net /~baylorsr/wethree8.html   (4485 words)

  
 Sung to the tune of...Bill the Pony
Bought from Bill Ferny, he'd a got his fill.
Bill saw the Nazgul, but was brave y'see,
And he said old Bill your job is done.
lotrscrapbook.bookloaf.net /songs/theme/bill.html   (629 words)

  
 Bill Ferny - J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings
Bill Ferny - J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings
The rotoscoped live actors are most apparent in the Pony Inn scene
Although not identified in the video, the foreground character may be Bill Ferny
www.cedmagic.com /featured/tolkien/lotr-1-2222-live-patron.html   (62 words)

  
 Lord of the Rings - Bill the Pony quiz -- free game
Middle Earth Characters : Lord of the Rings - Bill the Pony
Whom did the pony Bill belong to before he came to the hobbits?
When was Bill forced to leave the company?
www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=67745   (98 words)

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