The Shire

A view of The Shire.

The Shire is located south-east of Ered Luin and west of Bree-land, across the Brandywine River. The country of the Shire is a land of peace and pastoral beauty, where hobbits dwell in seclusion from the world at large.

In former times, Men were seldom seen there, though Dwarves often passed through the Shire as they travelled to the Blue Mountains from their lands in the East. More rarely still, Elves could sometimes be seen in the woods as they journeyed to Mithlond, the Grey Havens beyond the borders of the Shire, where they cross the Sea into the West.

Dark things seldom threatened the hills and meadows of the Shire. Largely this has been because hobbits are very good at keeping to their own business and not being noticed by others. But Little Folk would be aghast and unbelieving if they only knew the lengths to which Gandalf the Grey and the Rangers of the North have gone to ensure the country's peace. Now, though, even the Shire cannot escape the notice of the Shadow in the East.

• Levels: 5 - 15
• Capital town: Michel Delving — Vault, Auction House, Class Trainers, Craft-fair, Superior Oven, Superior Study, Cook's Guild
• Factions: The Mathom Society and The Inn League

History

In the year 1601 of the Third Age, the Fallohide brothers Marcho and Blanco lead a group of Hobbits west from Bree and crossed the Bridge of Stonebows (later known as the Brandywine Bridge) and settled in the empty land they found. King Argeleb II, the tenth King of Arthedain and a direct ancestor of Aragorn, granted the Hobbits this unused land and thus it became The Shire.

Locations

Towns

• Michel Delving, the mayoral seat of The Shire, home to the chief offices of the Shirriffs, Quick Post, and Bounders.
• Budgeford, supplies and craft-fair
• Brockenborings, skirmish camp, supplies and craft-fair
• Bywater, supplies and craft-fair

Villages

• Frogmorton
• Hobbiton
• Little Delving
• Needlehole
• Overhill
• Scary
• Stock
• Tuckborough
• Waymeet
• Woodhall

Housing

Player housing in the Shire is located in the South-farthing, south of Waymeet.

See Shire Homesteads

Ruins

• Bridgefields Wall ^{[30.5S, 64.1W]}
• Stocktower ^{[33.0S, 63.6W]}
• The Yale-height ^{[33.1S, 65.0W]}

Points of Interest

• Abandoned Elf-camp ^{[33.4S, 66.1W]}
• Bag End ^{[29.4S, 71.4W]}
• Bamfurlong ^{[34.3S, 64.4W]}
• The Brandywine Bridge ^{[31.4S, 63.0W]}
• Bucklebury Ferry ^{[33.6S, 63.2W]}
• Bywater Bridge ^{[30.9S, 71.2W]}
• Golfimbul's Hole ^{[24.7S, 69.5W]}
• Old Odo's Leaf-farm ^{[33.8S, 68.0W]}
• The Party Tree ^{[29.9S, 71.5W]}
• The Quarry ^{[27.9S, 65.7W]}
• Three Farthing Stone ^{[32.2S, 69.6W]}

Areas

Bindbole Wood

• Village: Overhill: Grocer, Expert Woodworker, Workbench
• Quests: mainly 9 - 10

Bridgefields

• Town: Budgeford: Services and craft-fair
• Quests: mainly 10 - 11

The Delving Fields

• Capital of the Shire: Michel Delving
  • Complete service centre, large craft-fair and Superior Oven
  • Vault, Auction House, Bard, Class Trainers, Reflecting Pool, etc.
• Quests: mainly 5 - 10

Green Hill Country

• Village: Woodhall: Minor services
• Quests: mainly 9 - 12

Greenfields

• Town: Brockenborings: Services and craft-fair
• Quests: mainly 11 - 13

The Hill

• The Party Tree: Basic services and oven
• Quests: mainly 7 - 11
• POI: Bag End, The Party Tree
• Centre of festivals

Hobbiton-Bywater

• Villages:
  • Bywater: Services and craft-fair
  • Frogmorton and Hobbiton: Basic services
• Superior Farmlands
• POI: Bywater, Frogmorton, Hobbiton
• Quests: mainly 7 - 10

The Marish

• Village: Stock: Basic services
• POI: Bamfurlong, Bucklebury Ferry
• Quests: mainly 9 - 11

Rushock Bog

• Quests: mainly 7 - 10

Tookland

• Village: Tuckborough: Basic services
• POI: Great Smials
• Quests: mainly 8 - 12

Crafting

Craft-fairs: Michel Delving's Craft-fair, Brockenborings, Budgeford, and Bywater

• Cook's Guild - Michel Delving's Craft-fair
• Superior Oven - Michel Delving's Craft-fair
• Superior Study - Mathom-house in Michel Delving
• Superior Farmlands - Hobbiton-Bywater

Maps

The Shire

With Landmarks

Related Topics

• Quests in the Shire
• The Shire Deeds
• The Shire Categories

External Links

• Enc. of Arda