Golfimbul

Golfimbul
Biographical information
Titles	Chieftain of Mount Gram
Birth	Unknown, before TA 2700
Death	TA 2747
Realms	Mount Gram
Spouse	None
Weapon	Sword, club
Physical description
Race	Orc/Goblin
Gender	Male
Culture	Goblins of the Ettenmoors

Golfimbul was the Goblin chieftain of Mount Gram, the fortress of Goblins in the Ettenmoors, who led his band in an invasion of the Shire. He was defeated and beheaded at the Battle of Greenfields by Bandobras "Bullroarer" Took. The manner of his death at Bullroarer's hands is said to have inspired the game of Golf.

Biography

Golfimbul was a goblin chieftain from the Misty Mountains. In TA 2747, Golfimbul led an army of Goblins from Mount Gram in the Misty Mountains into the Northfarthing of the Shire. This Goblin invasion in the northern Shire occurred during the reign of Arassuil as Chieftain of the Dúnedain, and the goblins led by Golfimbul were but the most western pack of goblins which had left the Misty Mountains. The only reason Golfimbul could make it all the way to the Shire was that the Rangers at the time were fighting many battles with goblins, preventing them from settling all of Eriador.

The Goblin-host was defeated by a troop of Hobbits led by Bandobras ("Bullroarer") Took. According to the narrative in the book The Hobbit, during the battle Bullroarer charged the ranks of the goblins of Mount Gram and with a wooden club knocked Golfimbul's head clean off, sending it sailing a hundred yards through the air and down a rabbit-hole, thus winning the battle. Golfimbul would unwittingly give his name to the game of golf, which was invented by Took's actions at the battle.

Golfimbul with his Warg

Portrayal in adaptations

Translations around the World

Foreign Language	Translated name
Chinese (Hong Kong)	高耳夫裘
Norwegian	Golfimbul

See also

• The Great Goblin, in Goblin-town
• Gorkil, the later Goblin-king of the Ettenmoors in the BFME Games
• Fimbul the hunter, an orc serving Azog