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Wilcombe "Jolly" Cotton was a Hobbit of the Shire.

Biography[]

Wilcombe was born in TA 2984 (SR 1384), the same year as his sister Rosie. He was the third child and second son of Tolman Cotton Sr. and Lily (née Brown) Cotton. Whether he and Rosie were twins is unknown. He had two older siblings, Tolman Cotton Jr. and Rosie Gamgee (wife of Samwise Gamgee), and two younger brothers, Bowman (Nick) and Carl (Nibs).[1]

He and his brothers fought in the Battle of Bywater during the Scouring of the Shire.[2]

In adaptations[]

In The Lord of the Rings Online, Jolly Cotton can be found on his family farm, working the soil alongside his brother Nick. He plays no role in the game.

Translations[]

Foreign Language Translated name
Amharic ዊልኮምቤ "ጆልልይ" ጮትቶን
Arabic ويلكومب "جولي" كوتن
Bulgarian Cyrillic Уилкъм (Веселан) Памуксън
Chinese 威爾康·卡頓 「喬力」
French Wilcome Casebonne \ Wilcome Jolly Chaumine
German Wilkomm Hüttinger \ Wilkomm Kattun
Greek Γουίλκομπ "Τζολλγι" Κότον
Persian ویلکامب "جولی" کاتن
Russian Уилком "Джолли" Коттон

References[]

  1. The Lord of the Rings, Appendix C, "The Longfather-tree of Master Samwise"
  2. The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Six, Chapter VIII: "The Scouring of the Shire"
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