Treebeard the Ent

“Treebeard was the oldest of the Ents – the great shepherds of the forests who resembled the trees they guarded. He once roamed far and wide through the woods of Middle-earth, but by the end of the Third Age he and the other Ents dwelled in Fangorn Forest, isolated from the outside world. The arrival of Merry Brandybuck and Pippin Took moved Treebeard to take action in the affairs of Middle-earth, and he led the Ents to war against Saruman, who threatened Fangorn’s trees. It is not entirely clear whether Ents were immortal or simply very long-lived. It is possible that Treebeard eventually became more treeish, as others of his kind had done. In time, Treebeard and the Ents passed out of the recorded history of Men, and their ultimate fate is unknown.”