The wizard later returned it to Frodo after the destruction of the Ring. In his wrath Gandalf retrieved the shirt. The shirt eventually ended up in the possession of the Mouth of Sauron at Barad-dûr, who presented it to Gandalf at the Black Gate as false evidence that Frodo had failed in his quest. One of the two Orc leaders, Shagrat, survived the fight and seized the shirt, escaping the tower with it. The two groups of Orcs that captured Frodo fought over the valuable shirt, and most were killed during the conflict. The shirt was confiscated from Frodo in the Tower of Cirith Ungol. The shirt prevented what would have been a lethal wound, leaving Frodo badly bruised but otherwise uninjured. It was discovered when, during a skirmish in the mines of Moria, an Orc chieftain stabbed Frodo with a spear. Frodo wore the chain shirt under his tunic, unknown to the rest of the Fellowship. Many years later it was given by Bilbo to his nephew Frodo Baggins as Frodo set out on his quest to Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring. Before departing the Shire for Rivendell, Bilbo reclaimed the shirt and wore it on that journey. After returning to the Shire, Bilbo loaned the shirt to the Mathom-house. Here, it was given by Thorin II Oakenshield to the hobbit Bilbo Baggins, who wore it during the Battle of Five Armies. It was found by the dragon Smaug and added to his treasure heap.

It eventually came to be part of the Dwarven treasure hoard of the Lonely Mountain. The origins of the shirt are largely unknown, though it was said to have been made for a young Elf prince long ago.

Gandalf seized it from him and later returned it to Frodo.īilbo receiving the Mithril shirt from Thorin in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies It was taken by the Orcs of Cirith Ungol from Frodo, but was later shown by the Mouth of Sauron to Gandalf, Aragorn, and the other leaders outside the Morannon. It changed owners several times during the Third Age, from Smaug's hoard to Bilbo Baggins then to Frodo.

Bilbo's Mithril shirt was a shirt of chain mail, alternately described as a vest and a coat, made from mithril.

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