He is played by New Zealand actor Thomas Robins. Portrayal in adaptations Films ĭéagol appears in the beginning of Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings, voiced by Anthony Daniels.ĭéagol is fully seen in the third installment of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, The Return of the King. Both names bear the meaning "Apt to hide" or "secretive". Etymology ĭéagol is in fact an Old English translation of the character's Westron name Nahald. It was possible that the Ring had already affected Déagol in a way that made him desire to keep it, explaining his unwillingness to give it to Sméagol. Déagol was also the only Ring-bearer never to use the Ring, all the others making use of its gift of invisibility at least once. By contrast, the next shortest, Samwise Gamgee, carried it for a full day, and all the other Ring-bearers held it for at least a year. Of the Ring's bearers, Déagol carried it for the shortest collective time, possessing it only for no more than a few minutes. This deed haunted Gollum for the rest of his life. When his cousin refused, Sméagol became enraged and strangled Déagol to death, hiding the body, which was never found. When Sméagol saw the Ring, he stared at it with great desire, and then asked to keep it for his birthday. It was then that he discovered the One Ring, half-buried in the river-bed. On Sméagol's birthday in TA 2463 they went fishing (or rather Déagol fished while Sméagol dug in the earth), and a big fish pulled Déagol underwater. He became the third bearer of the One Ring, after Isildur, when he found it in the Gladden river (a tributary to the Anduin) with his cousin Sméagol. Déagol and Sméagol apparently lived in an extended family under a Matriarch. Déagol was born some time between TA 2400 and TA 2430.
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