Skinbark

Ent of Fangorn Forest

Skinbark (also known as Fladrif) was, with Treebeard and Leaflock, one of the three oldest Ents of Fangorn Forest.

History

He lived on the slopes above and to the west of Isengard, and so he and his people suffered the most at the hands of Saruman's despoiling Orcs. After many of his folk and tree-herds had been destroyed and he had been wounded, Skinbark moved high up the slopes to be with the birches he most loved and would not come down.

Etymology

Skinbark is the Common Speech (or English) translation of Fladrif. It appears like Fladrif is intended to be Sindarin; the name is mentioned together with the Sindarin name Nindalf as acquiring the /v/ sound by the final -f. Didier Willis has suggested that Fladrif is composed of the otherwise unattested words *flâd ("skin") and *rîf ("bark").

Portrayal in adaptations
"Skinbark" by Gail McIntosh
"Skinbark" by Gail McIntosh
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game: The Land of Shadow
The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game: The Land of Shadow

1995: Middle-earth Collectible Card Game: The Wizards:

Skinbark is depicted on the Skibark card, illustrated by Gail McIntosh. He has the following effects:

May not be attacked by automatic-attacks or hazards keyed to his site. Discard Skinbark if his company moves to a site that is not in: Fangorn, Rohan, Gap of Isen, Wold &Foothills, Anduin Vales, or Redhorn Gap.

2002: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers:

Cards in Decipher's The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game identify one of the Ents at Derndingle and Isengard as Quickbeam.

2015: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers:

Skinbark is depicted in the 2015 expansion The Land of Shadow on the "Skinbark" card, illustrated by Dimitri Bielak . The card has the following effects:

Cannot have restricted attachments. Enters play exhausted.
While Skinbark is attacking alone against an Orc enemy, that enemy does not count its Defense.

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