Fangorn

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the LotR 'verse, nor can I claim to own Treebeard. The first verse written here belongs to J.R.R.Tolkien, not to me.


Ere iron was forged, or tree was hewn,
When young was mountain under moon;
Ere ring was made, or wrought was woe,
It walked the forest long ago.

'Neath the sun it made its way,
Through dark of night and light of day;
It gathered wisdom ere birth of man
Ages past, and yet still stands.

It wanders mountains, traverses plains
O'er the trees and forests reigns:
Oldest of the earth-born is the Valar-sent,
The shepherd, the tree herder, Fangorn the Ent.


----- This poem was begun in the Two Towers, with Gandalf speaking the first verse as a riddle to Theoden-King of Rohan. I simply added the two verses and finished the riddle.
Fangorn, or Treebeard in Tengwar, named himself as The Ent, and he also named the ents in the list of races as 'the earth-born'. Fangorn, evidently, is the oldest created being on Arda, older even than the elves, so giving the explanation for Treebeard calling Gandalf 'young master'. Of course, then Treebeard goes and says, "Bless my bark!", making me go hysterical, and does away with the whole ancient and wise aura. I love Treebeard!