Michel Delving

Michel Delving
Region:	The Shire
Area:	The Delving Fields
Location:	[33.9S, 75.0W]

Michel Delving is a settlement located within the area of the Delving Fields, in the Shire. ^{[33.9S, 75.0W]}

This is the chief township of the Shire, hosting the Mayoral Seat and several offices of the Mayor and the bounders; indeed by many hobbits considered to be the 'capital' of the Shire. For locals and strangers it provides an auction house, a training hall, vendors, and south of town a craft-fair coming second to none. Finally, Michel Delving is the proud host of the Mathom House which is the museum and mathom-store of the world.

Michel Delving has been the chief city for hundreds of years, embracing the Great East Road as it entered the Shire from the desolate western Far Downs, the city has indeed seen its fair share of strangers and queer folks coming and going. However, with the Downs Gate safely shut the hobbits seem to have forgotten all about the outside world and now spend their time gossiping and planning for the next breakfast, or remembering the one they just ate, unless shopping groceries.

Hence, this is a great place to explore for those who are new to the Middle-earth, whether hobbit or not. In Michel Delving the scariest that happens is somebody playing you a prank, or if you cannot find the others while playing hide and seek.

Interiors

See also Civic Structures and Facilities below

Services

Auction House ^{[34.2S, 74.8W]}
Barber - Tulip Chubb ^{[33.4S, 75.7W]}
Bard - Gammer Took ^{[33.8S, 74.7W]}
Clerk of Kinships - Peaseblossom Tunnely ^{[33.3S, 75.0W]}
Forge-master ^{[33.4S, 75.2W]}
Notary - Wistan Whitfoot ^{[33.2S, 75.1W]}
Outfitter - Buttercup Grubb ^{[34.2S, 75.0W]}
Shire Reflecting Pool ^{[33.4S, 75.8W]}
Vault-keeper - Osbert Fallohide ^{[33.3S, 75.0W]}

Mailboxes

Mailbox ^{[33.4S, 75.0W]}
Mailbox ^{[34.2S, 74.8W]}

Crafting

Michel Delving's Craft-fair ^{[34.6S, 75.5W]}
- Cook's Guild
- Forge, Oven, Workbench
The Mathom House ^{[33.4S, 75.6W]}
- Study, Workbench
South Fields
- Farmlands ^{[34.4S, 74.4W]}

Travelling

Milestone ^{[33.5S, 75.2W]}
Stable-master - Andfast Tunnelly ^{[34.2S, 75.5W]}

Destination		Region	Cost	Prerequisites
Anórien (After Battle)
Minas Tirith (Midsummer)	(Swift)	Anórien (After Battle)	1
Bree-land
Buckland	(Swift)	Bree-land	5	Min. Level: 35
Combe	(Swift)	Bree-land	1	Not available to F2P
West Bree	(Swift)	Bree-land	1
Cardolan
Andrath	(Swift)	Cardolan	25	Min. level 10
Andrath		Cardolan	15	Min. level 10
Herne	(Swift)	Cardolan	25	Min. level 10
Herne		Cardolan	15	Min. level 10
Ered Luin
Celondim	(Swift)	Ered Luin	1
Duillond	(Swift)	Ered Luin	5	Min. Level: 20
Duillond		Ered Luin	1	Min. Level: 20
Thorin's Gate	(Swift)	Ered Luin	1
Evendim
Oatbarton	(Swift)	Evendim	5	Min. Level: 20
Tinnudir	(Swift)	Evendim	35
Swanfleet
Mossward	(Swift)	Swanfleet	5
The Ettenmoors
Ettenmoors	(Swift)	Ettenmoors	1	Min. Level: 20, and VIP or travel pass
The Shire
Brockenborings	(Swift)	The Shire	5	Min. Level: 20
Bullroarer's Way	(Swift)	The Shire	5	Min. Level: 20
Bullroarer's Way		The Shire	1	Min. Level: 20
Foxden Road	(Swift)	The Shire	5	Min. Level: 20
Foxden Road		The Shire	1	Min. Level: 20
Gamwich	(Swift)	The Shire	5	Min. Level: 20
Gamwich		The Shire	1	Min. Level: 20
Hobbiton	(Swift)	The Shire	5	Min. Level: 20
Hobbiton		The Shire	1
Long Cleeve	(Swift)	The Shire	5	Min. Level: 20
Long Cleeve		The Shire	1	Min. Level: 20
Needlehole	(Swift)	The Shire	5	Min. Level: 20
Nobottle	(Swift)	The Shire	5	Min. Level: 20
Nobottle		The Shire	1	Min. Level: 20
Shire Homesteads	(Swift)	The Shire	5
Shire Homesteads		The Shire	1
Stock	(Swift)	The Shire	5	Min. Level: 20
Tighfield	(Swift)	The Shire	5	Min. Level: 20
Tighfield		The Shire	1	Min. Level: 20

Festival Announcer ^{[34.2S, 75.5W]}

Destination		Region	Cost	Festival
Treasure Camp	(Swift)	Ered Luin	Free	Treasure Hunt
Winter-home	(Swift)	Frostbluff	Free	Yule Festival

Quests

See "starting quests" and the locations for more quests
Starting:

[5] Worries From Waymeet
[6] Bundle for Waymeet
[6] Hiders and Seekers
[6] The Top Hiding-Place
[7] Join the Bounders
[7] Close Up Their Burrows
[7] Spoiled Pie from Michel Delving
[8] Bundle for Tuckborough
[8] Refurbishing the Town Hole
[8] Prologue (Hobbit): Flourdumpling's Stand
[10] Crafting: Michel Delving's Youngest Seamstress - Scholar
[10] Crafting: The Great Pie Crust Robbery - Cook
[10] Crafting: Ned in a Pickle - Cook
[12] Prologue (Hobbit): Bullroarer's Club
[20] Past the Post
[20] A Route Over Yonder
[1] The Book of Festival-law - Yuletide
[1] Yule Be Sorry - Yuletide

Involving:

[5] A Hobbit's Home from Home - River Hobbit
[12] Prologue (Hobbit): The Quarry In Scary
[20] Notice to the Postmaster
[20] An Unthreadable Needle
[50] Volume I, Book 14, Chapter 1: Many Provisions
[93] Bingo Returns Home
[...] Quest:Year 1 Travels: Towering Monuments - Anniversary

Reflecting Pool:

Shire Reflecting Pool Instances

NPCs

See "list of all NPCs" within Michel Delving and its locations

NPC	Function	Coords
Services
Andfast Tunnelly	Stable-master	^{[34.2S, 75.5W]}
Bert Bartleby	Bingo Badge Barterer	^{[34.3S, 75.5W]}
Gammer Took	Bard	^{[33.8S, 74.7W]}
Iris Goodbody	Town Crier	^{[34.1S, 75.0W]}
Wenda Cranesbill	VIP Rewards	^{[34.1S, 75.0W]}
Drogo Whitfoot	Keeper of Gifts - Anniversaries	^{[34.1S, 75.0W]}
Ingwaldur	Games-master - Anniversaries	^{[34.1S, 75.0W]}
Festival Announcer	Stable-master - Events	^{[34.2S, 75.5W]}
Festival Horse to ...	Taste of Hobbiton - Festival	^{[34.2S, 75.5W]}
Others
Bingo Boffin	Quest	^{[33.0S, 75.1W]}
Daisy Brockhouse	Hidee	^{[34.2S, 74.7W]}
Graland Whitfoot	Quest	^{[34.0S, 74.8W]}
Haerel	Quest	Roaming
Hugo Broadbelt	Quest	^{[34.1S, 75.1W]}
Marigold Twospade	Quest	^{[33.7S, 75.5W]}
Merrimac Fairbairn	Quest	^{[33.0S, 75.0W]}
Myrtle Boggs	Quest	^{[33.0S, 75.0W]}
Ned Diggins	Quest	^{[33.8S, 74.5W]}
Odo Pipes	Quest	^{[33.3S, 75.4W]}
Peony Grubb	Quest	^{[34.2S, 74.7W]}
Polo Brockhouse	Hidee	^{[33.8S, 75.0W]}
Poppy Bracegirdle	Quest	^{[33.1S, 75.1W]}
Ruby Primstone	Quest	^{[34.2S, 74.6W]}
Bounder
Farmer
Hungry Hobbit
Meg Proudfoot
Nosey Hobbit
Townsperson

Civic Structures and Facilities

Notice: Each location within this section individually lists quests, NPCs, and more, pertaining to it.

Town Hole

The Town Hole is the office of Mayor Will Whitfoot. ^{[33.4S, 75.0W]}

Here are the offices for the chief Shirriff, the Bounders, and the Quick Post mail service.

NPC	Function
Mayor Will Whitfoot	Mayor
Clem Underhill	Escrow Broker
Osbert Fallohide	Vault-keeper
Peaseblossom Tunnely	Clerk of Kinships
Postmaster Proudfoot	Postmaster
Second Shirriff Bodo Bunce	Bounder Recruiter
Wistan Whitfoot	Notary
Assistant Fallohide	Quest
Rollo Newbuck	Quest

Auction Hall

The Shire Auction Hall is found at ^{[34.2S, 74.8W]}

The hall is located in the south-eastern part of the town, behind the outdoor market stalls. There visitors can buy and sell goods and equipment.

Auctioneer, Mailbox

The Bird and Baby Inn

The Bird and Baby Inn is a lively tavern found at ^{[33.4S, 75.3W]}

The Bird and Baby is Michel Delving's major hub of social activity, and the largest tavern in the Shire. It also offers the services of a barber and healer. This is also the home of the Inn League and Friends of the league have access to a room where they may barter for faction items. And in a back-room are some members of "The Inklings literary discussion group".

Barber, Hobby Master, Tavern-keep, Healer, and quests

Craft-fair

Michel Delving's Craft-fair is found at ^{[34.6S, 75.5W]}

The craft-fair is located in the south-western part of the town, elevated above the market. Characters seeking a crafting vocation should speak with Blossom Proudfoot. East of the fair farmers will find the fertile soil of the South Fields. This is also the location of the Cook's Guild Hall.

Oven, Forge, Workbench, Expert Cook, Vault-keeper
Supplier, trainers, vocation and guild managers, quests

Cook's Guild Hall

Cook's Guild Hall is found at the Craft-fair. ^{[34.6S, 75.6W]}

This is the home for the Cook's Guild where it is possible for Cooks to gain reputation and obtain exclusive recipes and items not possible to obtain by other means.

Reputation vendors

The Mathom House

The Mathom House is an interior and a landmark . ^{[33.4S, 75.6W]}

This is the Shire's museum of mathoms; anything that Hobbits had no immediate use for, but were unwilling to throw away, they called a mathom and often handed over to this house. This is also the home of the Mathom Society.

Study, Workbench, Expert Scholar
Reputation barterers, quests

Training Hall

The Michel Delving Training Hall is found at ^{[34.1S, 75.1W]}

The hall is located in the south-western part of the town. Here skilled trainers from across Middle-earth offer and sell class specific quests and certain goods, recipes, and they repair worn equipment.

Class specific trainers, vendors and quests

Vendor Hall

The Michel Delving Vendor Hall is found at ^{[34.2S, 75.0W]}

The vendor hall is found in the southern part of the town. Here customers can purchase a wide variety of cosmetic items, weapons and armour.

Outfitter, armour and weapon vendors

Lore

'Indeed, even in the hilly regions and the older villages, such as Hobbiton or Tuckborough, or in the chief township of the Shire, Michel Delving on the White Downs, there were now many houses of wood, brick, or stone...' — The Fellowship of the Ring, Prologue

The name means "large excavation" denoting the many hobbit holes dug into the surrounding hills. 'Michel' being adjusted to English from 'micel' meaning 'large'.

External References

tolkiengateway.net

Maps

Gallery

Garden by the Bounder's Bounty Leaderboard
Smials under the Mathom House
Michel Delving Marketplace
Hobbit Smials
Night sky over Michel Delving
Northern Approach to Michel Delving
Approach from the East

Settlements, Areas and Landmarks of The Shire
Areas:	Bindbole Wood • Bridgefields • The Delving Fields • Green Hill Country • Greenfields • The Hill • Hobbiton-Bywater • The Marish • North Bridgefields • Rushock Bog • Shire Homesteads • Tookland • The Yondershire* * Requires Quest Pack: Yondershire	Areas:
Settlements:	Brockenborings • Budgeford • Bywater • Frogmorton • Hobbiton • Little Delving • Michel Delving • Needlehole • Overhill • Scary • Stock • Tuckborough • Waymeet • Woodhall	Settlements:
Landmarks:	Abandoned Elf-camp • Appledores • Bag End • Bamfurlong • Bear Dens • Bolestones • Brandywine Bridge • Bridgefields Wall • Bucklebury Ferry • Bullroarer • Bywater Bridge • Bywater Pool • Dora Brownlock's Farm • Downs Gate • The Frogmoors • Golfimbul's Hole • The Grange • The Great Willow • Lob's Grove • Longo Burrow's Farm • The Mathom House • Methel-stage • Narrowcleeve • Old Odo's Leaf-farm • Overhill Yards • The Party Tree • Pinglade • Puddifoot's Fields • The Quarry • The Rushock Gate • Sandson's Farm • Sandyman's Mill • The Scrag-dells • The Shire Race-track • Skirmish Camp • South Fields • Southfarthing Gate • Stocktower • Three Farthing Stone • Tom Cotton's Farm • Troll's Knoll • The Water • Wellbridge • Wolf Den • The Yale-height Baranduin • Shirebourn	Landmarks:
Interiors:	Bag End • The Bird and Baby Inn • Boffin Manor • Brockenborings Watch Office • Cook's Guild Hall • Esilia's House • The Floating Log Inn • The Golden Perch • Great Smials • The Green Dragon • The Ivy Bush • The Mathom House • The Michel Delving Training Hall • The Michel Delving Vendor Hall • The Plough and Stars • The Quick Post • The Shire Auction Hall	Interiors:
Dungeons:	Gerebert Took's Home • Scary Quarry	Dungeons:
Instances:	Skirmish: The Perfect Picnic • Trouble in Tuckborough / Quest: Greenfields Warren	Instances: