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Fredegar "Fatty" Bolger is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings. He was one of the small group of hobbits who knew that Frodo had the Ring.
When Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin set out to take the Ring to Rivendell, Fredegar stayed behind in an attempt to keep up appearances and delay news of their departure. He was frightened half out of his wits by the arrival of the Nazgûl but escaped unharmed.
Fatty was born in 2980. He had a younger sister, Estella (2985-?), who married Meriadoc Brandybuck.
During Saruman's rule of the Shire he was imprisoned and starved, so that after his release nobody could call him Fatty any more.
