Editing Gríma Wormtongue (section)

===''The Return of the King''===

{{further|The Scouring of the Shire}}

Gríma accompanies Saruman to [[the Shire]], where Saruman seeks revenge for his defeat at Orthanc in petty tyranny over the [[Hobbit]]s. During this time, Saruman shortens Gríma's nickname to "Worm"  in order to demean him. When Saruman is [[The Scouring of the Shire|overthrown by a hobbit rebellion]] and ordered to leave, [[Frodo Baggins]] implores Gríma not to follow him, and even offers him food, shelter, and forgiveness. Saruman counters by revealing to the Hobbits that Gríma had murdered and possibly eaten Lotho Sackville-Baggins, a kinsman of Frodo; whereupon Gríma kills Saruman by splitting his throat, and is in turn shot by Hobbit archers.<ref name="scouring" group=T>{{harvnb|Tolkien|1955|loc=book 6, ch. 7 "[[The Scouring of the Shire]]"}}</ref>