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Grima Wormtongue, King Theoden’s adviser, was Saruman’s informer at Edoras, the court of Rohan. In the Shire and surrounding lands, Saruman had other informers, such as the Southerner the hobbits saw at Bree, something of a half-orc breed. Also Bill Ferny was in league with Saruman. These ruffians are how Saruman was able to obtain his pipe-weed.
