Treebeard has become one of my favorite characters in The Lord of the Rings. He has a way of speaking that I just enjoy. I don’t know if it’s the inflection I imagine in his voice, if it’s the way he acts once he makes a decision, or if it’s his seemingly limitless knowledge and sense of humor about that knowledge. Everyone knows that Treebeard is ancient, but they can’t quite pinpoint how ancient he is. They only know that his memory far surpasses that of Gandalf, and Gandalf seems relatively old during his days in Middle-earth.