Peregrin Took as Merry, was his cousin; another good friend was Frodo Baggins. 'Peregrin' means 'traveller in strange countries'. Pippin indeed saw much more of Middle-earth than most Hobbits: he journeyed with Frodo and the Fellowship of the Ring, and fought in the War of the Ring. Late in life he travelled again to the kingdoms of Rohan and Gondor. Pippin's hair colour is mentioned as "almost golden" in "The History of Middle-earth", vol. IX, "Sauron Defeated", through the eyes of Pippin Gamgee. In the later drafts of this same section Tolkien omitted this statement, leaving the reader to envisage Pippin's appearance.
Middle-earth roads the Stewards' mausoleum, which was then destroyed by the conflagration. Three members of the Fellowship of the Ring were interred next to each other in Rath Dínen: Meriadoc Brandybuck, Peregrin Took and Aragorn. The South Road was a major road of Gondor. It ran south from the capital (Minas Tirith) to the kingdom's southern fiefs. In addition to the Great East Road that passed through the Shire, meeting a branch of the Old South Road at Waymeet, the Shire was also known for its English-style country lanes. At least some of the Shire's numerous local roads had been originally built