Are Harfoots the same as Hobbits? What's the difference?

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What is a Harfoot, anyway? While much of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power will be familiar to fans of Peter Jackson's movies, Harfoots are an all-new edition to the on-screen world of Middle-earth, though they do originate in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, who wrote The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings books. 

The loveable Harfoots are actually a type of Hobbit – that's the likes of Bilbo, Frodo, and Samwise. Here, we explain exactly what a Harfoot is and how they're different (but still very similar) to the Hobbits we all know and love. And, have no fear, there are no Rings of Power spoilers below, so you can dive right in whether you've seen the first two episodes or not. 

Harfoots are one of three types of ancestors to the Hobbits, with the others being Stoors and Fallohides. By the events of the main Lord of the Rings story in the Third Age, the three types had long intermingled. Their descendants were Hobbits like Frodo and Sam. In The Rings of Power – which takes place a few thousand years before Bilbo and Frodo wandered Middle-earth – you will meet Harfoots named Elanor 'Nori' Brandyfoot and her mother Marigold and father Largo, as well as her best friend Poppy Proudfellow. Then there's Sadoc Burrows, a mysterious soothsayer.

According to Tolkien's Prologue to The Lord of the Rings, "the Harfoots were browner of skin, smaller, and shorter, and they were beardless and bootless; their hands and feet were neat and nimble; and they preferred highlands and hillsides." 

Showrunner Patrick McKay explained more about the species in the show to Vanity Fair (opens in new tab). "One of the very specific things the texts say is that Hobbits never did anything historic or noteworthy before the Third Age," he said. "But