Staddle

Staddle
Region:	Bree-land
Location:	[31.1S, 49.4W]

Location

Staddle is a settlement and an area in Bree-land. ^{[31.1S, 49.4W]}

On the far side of Bree-hill from the town of Bree itself, travellers will find the small town of Staddle tucked against the rolling hillocks that stretch east toward the marshes. It is said that the oldest settlements of hobbits in Middle-earth can be found in Staddle, though whether or not this is true is a matter which has been well debated over many a meal, mug, or pipe - and, often, all three.

The village named Staddle is located south of Combe and very close to Bree. At the centre square lies Staddle Arms, also named Weapons and Armour Shop. Also at the centre is a craft-fair with crafting facilities but all trainers are found in Combe Crafting Hall. Staddle also hosts one of the Middle-earth's very few Fishing Suppliers.

The greater Staddle stretches peacefully eastwards all the way to the Midgewater Marshes, cutting the wilder Chetwood in two disconnected sections. Here lives the Novice Farmhand named Ponto Underhill, just by all sorts of farmlands. At the village and within the greater Staddle adventurers will find and do quests of all sorts, eventually leading into the wilder marshes with its goblins and other more aggressive creatures.

Services

Eldo Swatmidge's Farm

Gammy Boggs' Farm

Grobo Dogwort's House

Little Staddlemere

Staddle Gate

Widow Froghorn's Farm

Mailboxes

• Mailbox ^{[31.0S, 49.4W]}

Crafting

• Forge ^{[30.9S, 49.3W]}
• Oven ^{[31.1S, 49.3W]}
• Workbench ^{[31.0S, 49.3W]}
• Farmland ^{[31.4S, 48.8W]}, ^{[31.0S, 48.2W]} and ^{[31.0S, 48.7W]}
• Workbench ^{[31.0S, 48.7W]}

Landmarks

These landmarks are located within Staddle:

• Eldo Swatmidge's Farm
• Gammy Boggs' Farm
• Grobo Dogwort's House
• Little Staddlemere
• Staddle Gate
• Widow Froghorn's Farm

Interiors

• Staddle Arms - vendors

Quests

See "starting quests" and the landmarks for more quests

• [12] Dangerous Boars
• [12] Message for the Constable
• [12] Stolen Pipe-weed
• [12] Gammy Boggs
• [12] The Wise Woman
• [14] Ailing Hound
• [12] Unwell Water
• [14] The Vigil
• [14] Neekers in the Marshes
• [14] Scouting the Marshes
• [14] Two Chieftains
• [14] Report From Staddle
• [15] Building the Bree Homestead
• [...] The Ale Association Challenge: Staddle - Festival

Starting within the greater Staddle:

• [12] The Errant Coinpurse
• [8] Into Bree
• [8] On to Staddle
• [14] Fixing Falco's Folly

Involving

• [5] Teach a Man to Fish
• [12] Friendships Renewed
• [14] Prologue (Beorning/Man): Chasing Amdir
• [15] A Blade of Renown - Champion
• [10] The Ale Association Challenge: The Combe-Gate - Festival

NPCs

See list of all NPCs within the greater Staddle.

NPC	Function	Coords
Ponto Underhill	Novice Farmhand	[31.0S, 48.7W]
Constable Bolger	Quest	[32.0S, 47.9W]
Falco Greenhand	Quest	[31.4S, 48.6W]
Lily Underhill	Quest	[31.0S, 47.8W]
Lolo Wendingway	Quest	[30.2S, 49.7W]
Ultan Foebane	Quest - Champion	[30.3S, 49.9W]
Guard	Free Peoples
Farmer
Merchant
Townsperson

Staddle the Village

NPC	Function	Coords
Services & Vendors
Himloc Grouse	Grocer	[31.0S, 49.3W]
Joy Bloomer	Fishing Supplier	[31.2S, 49.4W]
Ronald Evergreen	Master of Crafting Guilds	[31.0S, 49.3W]
Others
Constable Tanglerush	Quest	[31.1S, 49.5W]
Gar	Quest	[31.0S, 49.4W]
Longo Daegmund	Quest	[31.0S, 49.4W]
Sarabeth Lowbanks	Quest	[31.1S, 49.4W]
Watcher Redweed	Quest	[31.1S, 49.4W]
Watcher Reedy	Quest	[31.1S, 49.4W]
Finn	Ale Assoc. Member - Quest	[31.0S, 49.3W]
Ethelinda Burr		[31.1S, 49.4W]
Ferdibrand Took		[31.0S, 49.3W]
Ferumbras Attereeve		[31.0S, 49.3W]
Ham Rushlight		[31.0S, 49.3W]

Civic Structures and Facilities

Staddle Arms

The Weapons and Armour Shop

Staddle Farming Trainer

See Staddle Arms for more details.

Staddle Arms is an armaments shop found at ^{[31.0S, 49.5W]}

Located by the centre of Staddle in Bree-land lies this "Weapons and Armour Shop". Here visitors can equip themselves with armour and weapons in the levels 5 to 12.

• Armour and weapon vendors

Mobs

• Foraging Brown-bear
• Rampaging Bristlehide
• Brown Fox
• Spotted Field Buck
• Spotted Field Doe

Maps

Topographic map of Bree-land

Lore

"There were also many families of hobbits in the Bree-land and they claimed to be the oldest settlement of Hobbits in the world, one that was founded long before even the Brandywine was crossed and the Shire colonized. They lived mostly in Staddle though there were some in Bree itself,..." — The Fellowship of the Ring, by Tolkien

"The small villages of Bree-land are doing their best to deal with a rash of attacks by brigands from distant lands. The citizens of these usually peaceful towns have become much less hospitable to travellers, so adventurers in the Chetwood's hills and valleys may find these townsfolk less welcoming than usual. However, should travellers prove their worth by word and deed, they are likely to be welcomed into these communities, as the need for friends - especially friends with strong swords and swift bows - has grown great.

"It is difficult to say who is organizing the usually disparate groups of brigands that roam these lands and threaten these peaceful towns, but old-timers are certain that the attacks near Staddle in recent days are as unusual in these parts as a hobbit saying no to thirds at mealtime."

Staddle, from Old English staðol, referring to a building's foundation. Founded: apparently founded before III 1300. — lorebook

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