Paladin II

Paladin II was the thirty-first Thain of the Shire and the father of Peregrin, Pearl, Pimpernel, and Pervinca.

Biography
He was at one time a farmer farming the land around Whitwell near Tuckborough in the Shire. He became the Thain in T.A. 3015 and ruled until his death in T.A 3034.

He married Eglantine Banks and had 4 children, one of which was the hobbit Peregrin. Paladin was the grandson of Gerontius, known as the Old Took. Paladin's father was Adalgrim Took, but his mother is unknown.

During the Battle of Bywater, in T.A. 3019, he was said by a messenger from the Tookland to have raised all their country. It was also said that he went after the escaped ruffians. When Peregrin visited him, he sent him back with all the folk he could spare, and it was at least a hundred armed hobbits.