Bywater

Bywater
Region:	The Shire
Area:	Hobbiton-Bywater
Location:	[31.9S, 69.7W]

Bywater is a settlement located within the area of Hobbiton-Bywater, in the Shire. ^{[31.9S, 69.7W]}

It resides on the southern banks of the Bywater Pool, a widening of The Water. Bywater is known far and wide for its renowned tavern, the Green Dragon. Its owner, Gerd Whitfoot, may be found outside its entrance where she also is the grocer of Bywater.

Bywater offers adventurers the opportunity to advance their crafting skills and create goods at an oven, forge, and workbench. During the Farmers Faire this otherwise sleepy village is suddenly crowded by cheerful visitors from far and near.

Interiors

The Green Dragon

Services

Mailbox ^{[31.8S, 69.5W]}

Crafting

Quests

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

[6] Spoiled Pie from Bywater
[9] Inspire Postman Oddfoot

Farmers Faire Quests

[...] A Tour of the Farmers Faire
[...] Bounder Rounds
[...] Fat Mayor
[...] Manning the Market
[...] A Market List
[...] A Nosey Request
[...] A Shopping List
[...] A Vendor List
[...] Apple-shopping
[...] Fresh Savoury Mushroom Stew
[...] Restocking the Market
[...] Revenge of the Drunkards
[...] To the Appledores: Restocking the Apple stall
[...] To Bamfurlong: Restocking the Mushroom Tent
[...] To the Beehives: Restocking the Honey
[...] To Budgeford: Restocking the Bacon
[...] To Cotton's Farm: Restocking Cabbages
[...] To Longo Burrow's Farm: Restocking the Pipeweed
[...] To Northcotton Farm: Restocking the Wine
[...] To Sandson's Farm: Restocking the Eggs

Involving:

NPCs

See "list of NPCs" within the area

Bywater NPCs

NPC	Function	Coords
Supplies
Drogo Boffin	Provisioner	^{[31.9S, 69.6W]}
Daisy Boffin	Supplier	^{[31.9S, 69.4W]}
Gerd Whitfoot	Grocer	^{[31.8S, 69.7W]}
Equipment
Neldo Oaklane	Bowyer	^{[31.9S, 69.3W]}
Holba Blackiron	Light Armour Trader	^{[31.8S, 69.4W]}
Aldo Topleaf	Medium Armour Trader	^{[31.8S, 69.4W]}
Filimer Took	One-handed Weapon Trader	^{[31.8S, 69.7W]}
Hardo Thorney	Two-handed Weapon Trader	^{[31.9S, 69.4W]}
Crafting
Bodo Boffin	Master of Crafting Guilds	^{[31.8S, 69.4W]}
Jaspera Noakes	Novice Cook	^{[31.9S, 69.7W]}
Briffo Burrows	Novice Jeweller	^{[31.9S, 69.4W]}
Uffo Bracegirdle	Novice Metalsmith	^{[31.8S, 69.4W]}
Glory Hornblower	Novice Scholar	^{[31.9S, 69.6W]}
Garnet Grubb	Novice Tailor	^{[31.9S, 69.4W]}
Fuchsia Proodfoot	Novice Weaponcrafter	^{[31.8S, 69.3W]}
Porto Chubb	Novice Woodworker	^{[31.9S, 69.4W]}
Others
Postman Cotton	Postman - Quest	^{[31.8S, 69.5W]}
Caltha Tunnelly	Town Crier - Farmers Faire	^{[31.8S, 69.8W]}
Bounder Boffin	Quest - Farmers Faire	^{[31.9S, 69.8W]}
Daisy Sandyman	Quest - Farmers Faire	^{[31.8S, 69.7W]}
Drunkard	Quest - Farmers Faire	^{[31.8S, 69.6W]}
Sperling Took	Quest - Farmers Faire	^{[31.9S, 69.7W]}
Will Whitfoot - Mayor	Quest - Farmers Faire	^{[31.9S, 69.7W]}
Hungry Hobbits
Nosey Hobbits
Party-goers

Lore

On SR 1 November 1419 (TA 3019), after returning to the Shire, Frodo Baggins, Samwise Gamgee, Meriadoc "Merry" Brandybuck, and Peregrin "Pippin" Took were arrested by the First Eastfarthing Troop in Frogmorton. Saruman, who had taken control of the Shire and was known as the Chief, ordered that they be taken to Bywater. On the morning of TA November 2, 3019, Frodo and his companions were escorted toward Bywater by several Shirriffs. At the Green Dragon, Merry, Pippin, and Sam fought off several ruffians who then fled to Hobbiton for reinforcements from the Chief's Men. The Hobbits also rallied reinforcements: Merry rallied Hobbits from around Bywater, Sam went to Tom Cotton's Farm, Pippin rode to Tookland. On the morning of 3 November the Battle of Bywater was fought on the Bywater Road.

Gallery

Cook & Oven in Bywater
Marketplace of Bywater
Brightly lit Bywater at Midnight
Scholar's corner in Bywater

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 • Michel Delving's Craft-fair • 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 • Norbourn • 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 • Greenfields Warren • Scary Quarry	Dungeons:
Instances:	Skirmish: The Perfect Picnic • Trouble in Tuckborough	Instances: