Of the Ring's bearers, Déagol carried it for the shortest collective time, possessing it only for no more than a few minutes. This deed haunted Gollum for the rest of his life. When his cousin refused, Sméagol became enraged and strangled Déagol to death, hiding the body, which was never found. When Sméagol saw the Ring, he stared at it with great desire, and then asked to keep it for his birthday. It was then that he discovered the One Ring, half-buried in the river-bed. On Sméagol's birthday in TA 2463 they went fishing (or rather Déagol fished while Sméagol dug in the earth), and a big fish pulled Déagol underwater. He became the third bearer of the One Ring, after Isildur, when he found it in the Gladden river (a tributary to the Anduin) with his cousin Sméagol. Déagol and Sméagol apparently lived in an extended family under a Matriarch. Déagol was born some time between TA 2400 and TA 2430.
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