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[[File:The Shire.jpg|600px|center|The Shire]]

'''The Shire''' is a region found within the land of <noinclude>[[</noinclude>Eriador<noinclude>]]</noinclude>.

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The country of the Shire is a land of peace and pastoral beauty, where [[hobbit]]s 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 Utter West.

Dark things seldom threatened the hills and meadows of the Shire. Largely this has been because [[hobbit]]s 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|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.
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* '''Level:''' 1 - 13
* '''Factions:''' [[The Mathom Society]], [[The Inn League (Reputation)|The Inn League]] and [[The Yonder-watch]]
* '''Crafting:''' Apprentice, Journeyman
* '''Neighbouring:''' [[Bree-land]], [[Ered Luin]], [[Evendim]], [[Cardolan]]
* '''Introduced:''' [[File:Shadows of Angmar logo.png|64px]] [[The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar]], April 24th, 2007
<includeonly>: ''See [[The Shire]] for more details''</includeonly></onlyinclude>
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== [[Locations]] ==
[[File:Bindbole Wood.jpg|300px|thumb|Bindbole Wood]]
[[File:The Delving Fields.jpg|300px|thumb|The Delving Fields]]
[[File:Green Hill Country.jpg|300px|thumb|Green Hill Country]]
[[File:Hobbiton-Bywater.jpg|300px|thumb|Hobbiton-Bywater]]
[[File:The Marish.jpg|300px|thumb|The Marish]]
[[File:Rushock Bog.jpg|300px|thumb|Rushock Bog]]
[[File:Yondershire.jpg|300px|thumb|The Yondershire]]
=== [[File:Areas-icon.png|32px]] [[Area]]s ===
''(Ordered by main quest-level)''<br>
'''[[The Delving Fields]]'''
{{:The Delving Fields}}
'''[[Hobbiton-Bywater]]'''
{{:Hobbiton-Bywater}}
'''[[Tookland]]'''
{{:Tookland}}
'''[[Rushock Bog]]'''
{{:Rushock Bog}}
'''[[Bindbole Wood]]'''
{{:Bindbole Wood}}
'''[[The Hill]]'''
{{:The Hill}}
'''[[The Marish]]'''
{{:The Marish}}
'''[[Bridgefields]]'''
{{:Bridgefields}}
'''[[Green Hill Country]]'''
{{:Green Hill Country}}
'''[[North Bridgefields]]'''
{{:North Bridgefields}}
'''[[Greenfields]]'''
{{:Greenfields}}
'''[[The Yondershire]]'''
{{:The Yondershire}}
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{| style="display:inline-block"
| <h3> [[File:Settlements-icon.png|32px]] [[Settlements]] </h3>
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| <categorytree depth="0" hideprefix="always">The Shire Settlements</categorytree>
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| <div><ul><li style="display: inline-block;"> [[File:Hobbiton.jpg|thumb|none|[[Hobbiton]]]]</li></ul></div>
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{| style="display:inline-block"
| <h3> [[File:Point of Interest-icon.png|32px]] [[Landmark]]s </h3>
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| <categorytree depth="0" hideprefix="always">The Shire Landmarks</categorytree>
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| <div><ul><li style="display: inline-block;">[[File:The Party Tree.jpg|thumb|none|[[The Party Tree]]]]</li></ul></div>
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{| style="display:inline-block"
| <h3> [[File:Interiors-icon.png|32px]] [[Interiors]] </h3>
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| <categorytree depth="0" hideprefix="always">The Shire Interiors</categorytree>
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| <div><ul><li style="display: inline-block;">[[File:Bag End Inside 02.jpg|thumb|none|[[Bag End]]]]</li></ul></div>
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{| style="display:inline-block"
| <h3> [[File:Dungeons-icon.png|32px]] [[Dungeons]] </h3>
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| <categorytree depth="0" hideprefix="always">The Shire Dungeons</categorytree>
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| <div><ul><li style="display: inline-block;">[[File:Greenfields Warren.jpg|thumb|none|[[Greenfields Warren]]]]</li></ul></div>
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{| style="display:inline-block"
| <h3> [[File:Level Scaling-icon.png|32px]] [[Instance]]s </h3>
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| <categorytree depth="0" hideprefix="always">The Shire Instances</categorytree>
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| <div><ul><li style="display: inline-block;">[[File:The Perfect Picnic.jpg|thumb|none|[[The Perfect Picnic (Instance)|The Perfect Picnic]]]]</li></ul></div>
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{| style="display:inline-block"
| <h3> [[File:Facepaint (skill)-icon.png|32px]] [[Player Housing]] </h3> 
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| [[Shire Homesteads|The Shire Homesteads]] {{Tooltip Coords|The Shire|36.5S|73.2W}}
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| <div><ul><li style="display: inline-block;">[[File:The Shire Homesteads.jpg|thumb|none|Shire Homesteads|[[The Shire Homesteads]]]]</li></ul></div>
|}

{| style="display:inline-block"
| <h3> [[File:Reputation-icon.png|32px]] [[Reputation]] </h3>
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| <categorytree depth="0" hideprefix="always">The Shire Reputation Factions</categorytree>
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| <div><ul><li style="display: inline-block;"> [[File:Shire Mathom House.jpg|thumb|none|[[The Mathom House]] - [[The Mathom Society]]]]</li></ul></div>
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== [[File:Quest-icon.png|32px]] [[Quests]] ==
For more detail, see [[The Shire Quests]]
<categorytree depth="0" hideprefix="always" showcount="on">The Shire Quests</categorytree>

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== [[File:Admin-title-icon.png]] [[Deeds]] ==
For more detail, see [[The Shire Deeds]] <categorytree depth="0" hideprefix="always" showcount="on">The Shire Deeds</categorytree>
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== [[File:Explorer-title-icon.png]] [[Title]]s ==
For more detail, see [[The Shire Titles]] <categorytree depth="0" hideprefix="always" showcount="on">The Shire Titles</categorytree>
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== [[Creature]]s ==
For rare, signature, unique and named creatures, see [[the Shire Quest Creatures]].
<categorytree depth="0" hideprefix="always" showcount="on">The Shire Creatures</categorytree>

== [[File:Crafting-quest-icon.png|32px]] [[Crafting]] ==
[[File:Michel Delving's Craft-fair.jpg|300px|thumb|Michel Delving's Craft-fair]]
'''[[Crafting Tier]](s):'''
: Apprentice: [[Copper Deposit]], [[Rowan Branches]], [[Shattered Pitcher]]
: Journeyman: [[Barrow-iron Deposit]], [[Silver Deposit]], [[Ash Branches]], [[Broken Urn]]
'''Resource Locations:'''
* Apprentice: All areas except the two for Journeyman
* Journeyman: [[Greenfields]] and [[North Bridgefields]]
'''[[Crafting Facility|Crafting Facilities]]:'''
: Primarily: [[Michel Delving's Craft-fair]]
* [[Farmland]] - [[Hobbiton-Bywater]], [[South Fields]] ''(near the craft fair)''
* [[Forge]] - [[Brockenborings]], [[Budgeford]], [[Bywater]], [[Michel Delving's Craft-fair]]
* [[Oven]] - [[Brockenborings]], [[Budgeford]], [[Bywater]], [[Michel Delving's Craft-fair]], [[The Party Tree]]
* [[Workbench]] - [[Brockenborings]], [[Budgeford]], [[Bywater]], [[Hobbiton-Bywater]], [[Michel Delving's Craft-fair]], [[Overhill]]
* [[Study]] - [[The Mathom House]] ''(requires [[Acquaintance]] with [[the Mathom Society]])''

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== [[File:Icon lore.png|32px]] [[Lore]] ==
[[File:Hobbit-icon.png|right]]<blockquote>
''In the year 1601 of the [[Third Age]], the [[Fallohide]] brothers Marcho and Blanco led 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. This became year 1 of the [[Shire-reckoning]]. 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.

''In III 2340 Hobbits expanded the Shire to include also [[Buckland]], and [[Brandy Hall]] was founded, though Buckland was never considered part of "the four farthings of the Shire". Little is told about the history of the Shire, except for genealogical details about [https://lorebook.lotro.com/wiki/Category:Families families], such as the Baggins, Brandybucks, Tooks, and many more. However...

''On 22 September TA2890 [[Bilbo Baggins]] was born, and a few decades later his adventures would bring focus on the Shire. A fateful morning in TA2941 an [[Gandalf|old bearded man]] with a blue pointed hat approached Bilbo and soon [[The Hobbit|the Quest of Erebor]] began, chiefly taking place in the East. Eventually Bilbo brought back to [[Bag End]] treasures that greatly enriched hobbits all of the Shire, but one of the smaller items, a [[One Ring|modest ring]], would also prove extremely hazardous, though not at once. In TA3001 Bilbo leaves the Shire and settles down in [[Rivendell]], after giving the One Ring to [[Frodo]].

''In TA3017 [[Gollum]] (the former bearer of the One Ring) was released from [[Mordor]], probably shortly after he had revealed "Baggins" and "Shire" to [[Sauron]]. The Shire was still innocently unaware that the Dark Lord soon would begin the [[War of the Ring]] and their farthings were at stake. In middle April TA3018 Gandalf tells Frodo about the One Ring and its powers and hazards, urging him to leave the Shire promptly, though Frodo hesitated, he was slow and it took him more than five months to set out. On September 23, the day after his fiftieth birthday, Frodo set out from Bag End with [[Sam]] and [[Pippin]] towards [[Crickhollow]] in Buckland (where [[Merry]] would join them on the quest). Already that night they found themselves pursued by the [[Black Riders]], and in LOTRO that is the night a new hobbit character sets foot upon the Shire.
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== Maps ==
[[File:Shire map.jpg|400px|Map of the Shire]]

'''The Shire maps'''<br>
[[File:The Shire Yondershire map.jpg|400px|Map of The Shire including the Yondershire]]
[[File:Farthings of the Shire.jpg|330px|Farthings of the Shire]]

'''The Shire Detailed maps'''<br>
[[File:Shire-points of interest.jpg|350px|Map of The Shire POIs]]
[[File:Shire Named Creatures.jpg|350px|Map of Shire Named Creatures]]
[[File:The Shire Artifacts map.jpg|350px|Map of The Shire Artifacts]]

'''Regional maps'''<br>
[[File:Eriador by Varghedin.png|360px|Eriador by Varghedin]]

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode="packed" heights="150px">
File:Bridgefields.jpg| [[Bridgefields]]
File:Brockenborings.jpg| [[Brockenborings]]
File:Greenfields.jpg| [[Greenfields]]
File:The Hill.jpg| [[The Hill]]
File:MichelDelving.jpg| [[Michel Delving]]
File:Needlehole.jpg| [[Needlehole]]
File:Scary.jpg| [[Scary]]
File:Tookland.jpg| [[Tookland]]
</gallery>
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