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Andwise Roper
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A rope-maker of Tighfield born in TA 2923, Andwise Roper was the eldest of Hobson Gamgee's children and uncle to Samwise.
Andwise Roper, called Andy, was a hobbit of the Shire and a rope-maker in the village of Tighfield. He was born in TA 2923, the eldest of Hobson Gamgee's four children, and his youngest brother Hamfast was the father of Samwise Gamgee. Andwise had a son of his own, Anson, born in TA 2961. He worked the family rope-walk beside his father and took it over when Hobson died in TA 2984. Some of what he knew about ropes he passed on to his nephew Sam.
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