{"id":80723,"date":"2013-10-16T10:37:52","date_gmt":"2013-10-16T15:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=80723"},"modified":"2013-10-16T10:37:52","modified_gmt":"2013-10-16T15:37:52","slug":"bard-the-bowman-his-daughters-and-their-outfits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2013\/10\/16\/80723-bard-the-bowman-his-daughters-and-their-outfits\/","title":{"rendered":"Bard the Bowman, his daughters and their outfits"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Bard Via the Desolation of Smaug 2014 Calendar and the Annual, check out these interesting new images of Bard and his daughters. As the Annual explains<\/a>, in Peter Jackson’s adaptation, Bard at the time of the events of The Hobbit has a son, Bain, and two daughters, Sigrid and Tilda.<\/p>\n

Bard’s history in the Legendarium<\/h4>\n

As many have mentioned already, in the text of The Hobbit Professor Tolkien neither mentions when Bain is born, nor ever speaks of Bard having a pair of daughters. Yet, equally, it’s worth noting that the absence of presence does not mean the presence of absence. <\/p>\n

Additionally, the adaptation re-imagines Bard as a bargeman, rather than the grim soldier we meet in the book. A rather lowly social position, one expects — even lower than a humble soldier.<\/p>\n

Fearless and strong, he is a great hunter and often spends his time in the hills around the river leading from Mirkwood into the Long Lake.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n