I am not altogether on anybody's side, because nobody is altogether on my side, if you understand me: nobody cares for the woods as I care for them, not even Elves nowadays.' - Treebeard in The Two Towers Treebeard (right) finding Merry and Pippin, by Ivan Cavini Third Age and War of the Ring ' I do not like worrying about the future.
But after the loss of the Entwives, he and the remaining Ents dwelt in the Forest of Fangorn, isolating themselves from the outside world. In the time when Middle-earth was merely a giant forest, Treebeard roamed the land, presumably with his love, Fimbrethil. He was so old that he remembered the time of Elves teaching the trees to speak, recalling how they wanted to talk to everything.
Treebeard was believed to be the oldest Ent who ever lived. Treebeard will do.' - The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, Book III, Chapter IV: 'Treebeard' Before the Third Age Fangorn is my name according to some, Treebeard others make it.
The Ent, I am, you might say, in your manner of speaking. Treebeard, by Soni Alcorn-Hender ' Hrum, now, well, I am an Ent, or that's what they call me.