Combe

Combe
Region:	Bree-land
Location:	[28.6S, 49.2W]

Combe is a settlement and an area in central Bree-land. ^{[28.6S, 49.2W]}

This fine town is located at the road from Bree to Archet and a smaller road forks off to Chetwood and Combe's lumberyard. New man characters arrive here on their way to explore the Middle-earth; they will find appropriate services, adventures and mysteries to unwind. The residents are well aware of the tragedy that happened in Archet and welcome any helping hand to resolve problems or prevent the brigands to spread further.

Combe hosts several interiors for crafting, combat training, and quests. Among them is found a bard, a kinship clerk, armour & weapon vendors, a crafting hall with trainers and vendors, class trainers, and more. See the interiors respectively for further details.

Interiors

See also Civic Structures and Facilities below

Services

Mailbox ^{[28.5S, 49.4W]}
Bard of Combe - Janie Sprigleaf ^{[28.7S, 49.4W]}
Clerk of Kinships - Nan Ragwort ^{[28.6S, 49.5W]}

Crafting

Combe Crafting Hall ^{[28.8S, 46.6W]}

Travelling

Milestone ^{[28.5S, 49.5W]}
Stable-master - Jack Cloverdale ^{[28.6S, 49.5W]}

Combe Stable-master destinations

Destination		Region	Cost
Bree-land
South Bree		Bree-land	1
Ered Luin
Celondim	(Swift)	Ered Luin	1
Thorin's Gate	(Swift)	Ered Luin	1
The Shire
Michel Delving	(Swift)	The Shire	1

Quests

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

[5] Earning Trust
[5] Food-trough
[5] Horse-bedding
[5] Water-bucket
[5] Worse for Wear
[5] Proof of Trust
[7] Beneath the Hanging Tree
[8] The Logger's Ledger
[9] Mourning the Dead
[9] Unpaid Debts
[9] Blackwold Valuables
[8] Rurik Fennel, Locksmith
[9] Reconnecting Ties
[10] More Treasure
[10] Blackwold Thieves
[10] Crafting: Geoffrey Fuller Hates Splinters
[12] Friendships Renewed
[...] Gifts -- Delicious Pastries - Anniversary
[...] Gifts -- Wooden Carving - Anniversary

Involving

[5] New Arrival in Combe
[8] Prologue: Finding Amdir
[8] Pickthorn's Treasure
[50] Volume I, Book 9, Chapter 3: Golodir's Request
[10] Gifts -- A Delicate Bracelet - Anniversary

NPCs

See "list of NPCs" within Combe

Combe NPCs

NPC	Function	Coords
Services & Equipment
Jack Cloverdale	Stable-master	^{[28.6S, 49.5W]}
Mag Hardhammer	Light Armoursmith	^{[28.3S, 49.5W]}
Nate Fleetfoot	Medium Armoursmith	^{[28.3S, 49.5W]}
Morgan Darkraven	Bowyer	^{[28.4S, 49.5W]}
Karl Quickfire	One-handed Weaponsmith	^{[28.3S, 49.4W]}
Lowell Wickham	Two-handed Weaponsmith	^{[28.3S, 49.4W]}
Others
Burl Beeman	Quest	^{[28.4S, 49.5W]}
Combe Stable-helper	Quest	^{[28.6S, 49.5W]}
Constable Sageford	Quest	^{[28.6S, 49.2W]}
Gail Catchpole	Quest	^{[28.5S, 49.5W]}
Geoffrey Fuller	Quest	^{[28.5S, 49.1W]}
Horse	Quest	^{[28.6S, 49.5W]}
Leighton Howard	Quest	^{[28.6S, 49.7W]}
Maida Woodwright	Quest	^{[28.6S, 49.4W]}
Rurik Fennel	Quest	^{[28.8S, 49.6W]}
Ted Pickthorn	Quest	^{[28.5S, 49.0W]}
Guard	Free Peoples
Farmer
Townspersons
Woodcutters

Civic Structures and Facilities

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

The Comb and Wattle Inn

The Comb and Wattle Inn can be found on a raised platform in the centre of Combe. ^{[28.7S, 49.3W]}

Though Lizbeth Honeymeade, the Tavern Keep, works hard to provide the best possible service it is in desperate need of renovations and quite empty: Except for some unpleasant ruffians and the rare, rough rangers. However, during festivals this place livens up a bit when members of the Inn League empty the storage of Beakbreaker Ale.

Bard, Bree-land Housing Broker, Clerk of Kinships, Tavern Keep
Quests, all Epic Quests

Combe Crafting Hall

The Combe Crafting Hall can be found on the road leading east towards Chetwood uphill from the centre of Combe. ^{[28.8S, 48.6W]}

This is the indoor craft-faire of Combe where there are crafting trainers for all professions. Its Mistress of Apprentices, Jill Brushwood, is happy to teach visitors crafting professions.

Forge, Oven, Workbench, Supplier, crafting NPCs

Training Hall

The Training Hall can be found just east of the Comb and Wattle Inn, sharing the same adjoining platform in the centre of Combe. ^{[28.7S, 49.3W]}

This hall is where class trainers offer and sell class specific quests, items and recipes. A library in the back offers those of more studious pursuits a place to hone their abilities.

Class trainers

Creatures

The following creatures are found within the area:

Lore

"Bree was the chief village of the Bree-land, a small inhabited region, like an island in the empty lands round about. Besides Bree itself, there was Staddle on the other side of the hill, Combe in a deep valley a little further eastward, and Archet on the edge of the Chetwood. (...) Most of the inhabitants of Bree and Staddle, and many even from Combe and Archet, were crowded in the road to see the travellers start." — The Fellowship of the Ring, by Tolkien

One of the four settlements that together made up the Bree-land, Combe lay in a deep valley on the eastern side of the Bree-hill. It was somewhat to the north of Staddle, but not so distant from Bree as Archet on the fringes of the Chetwood. Its name comes ultimately from an Old English word cumb meaning a deep valley. Probably founded before TA 1300. — lorebook

Scene 1: If you travel into Combe through the Combe North Gate, you will pass by a broken cart and three townspersons having a discussion:

Person 1: "What are we going to do now, Eric?"

Person 2: "I don't know...I thought you had control of the horse?"

Person 3: "I did...well, as much control as I can have over a 60 stone creature!"

Person 1: "Well, we need to get in to Combe before winter! We've made it all this way, we can't stop at the gate."

Person 2: "Yes, yes, just let me gather up this grain. We'll need it for the planting season."

Scene 2: On the platform outside The Comb and Wattle Inn are two woodcutters sitting on a bench and having a talk:

Woodcutter 1: "...and another thing...that Thorne fellow doesn't know the least bit about cutting trees."

Woodcutter 2: "Oh, you needn't tell me! Did you hear that Will was attacked by a wolf the other day?"

Woodcutter 1: "You don't say!"

Woodcutter 2: "I do say! Right out in the open too, just as natural as you please, charged right up and took a nip out of his leg!"

Woodcutter 1: "What's Thorne doing to set that a-right? Them wolves and spiders are all about the edges of the logging camp."

Woodcutter 2: "Oh, those spiders scare me near to death with them big hairy legs."

Woodcutter 1: "Their legs are near as hairy as old Will's except without the wolf-bite!"

Maps

Gallery

Eastwards to the Northern Chetwood
Southwards to Staddle & Bree
Vendors peddling their goods at the market
Outskirts where Cutleaf lives
Abandoned house outside the southern gate
Quiet evening in Combe

Landmarks and Interiors of Combe
Interiors:	Cartwell's House • The Comb and Wattle Inn • Combe Crafting Hall • Ellie Cutleaf's House • Training Hall	Interiors:

Settlements, Areas and Landmarks of Bree-land
Areas:	Andrath • Archet Dale • Brandy Hills • The Brandywood • Bree-land Homesteads • Buckland • Chetwood • Eastern Bree-fields • Far Chetwood • Hengstacer Farm • The Horsefields • The Midgewater Marshes • Nen Harn • Northern Barrow-downs • Northern Bree-fields • Old Forest • Southern Barrow-downs • Southern Bree-fields • Starmere Lake • Weather Hills • The Wildwood	Areas:
Settlements:	Adso's Camp • Archet • Bree • Combe • Crickhollow • Staddle	Settlements:
Landmarks:	Andrath: Halecatch Lake • Pierson's Farm • South-guard Ruins Archet Dale: Archet Gate • Archet East Gate • Archet Jailyard • Blackwold's Roost • Bronwe's Folly • Combe North Gate • Old East Path • Sprigley's Farm Barrow-downs: The Barrow of Orron • The Dead Man's Perch • Northern Barrows • Northern Barrows Pass • Old Barrows Road • Ost Gorthad • The Dead Spire Brandy Hills: Girdley Island • Ost Barandor • Starmere Lake • Svalfang's Hut Bree: Beggar's Alley • Bill Ferny's House • Boar Fountain • Combe Gate • Dwarrow-ward • High Bridge • High Stair • Inn Gate • Ironmonger's Gate • Jasmine's Garden • Low Gate • Market Gate • Market Square • Mud Gate • North Gate • Oldstone Ruins • Oldstones Gate • Scholar's Stair • Scholar's Walk • Skirmish Camp • South Gate • Staddle Gate • The Stone Quarter • Trader's Gate • West Gate • Windview Estate • Woodsmen's Gate Buckland: Craft-faire • Brandy Hall • Brandywine Bridge • Buckland Faire • Buckland Gate • Buckland's Craft-faire • Bucklebury Ferry • Newbury • Old Forest Tunnel • Toad Marsh Chetwood: Big Staddlemere • Blackwold Headquarters • Crumbled Court • Lumber Camp • Old Bauman's Farm • Ost Baranor • Silverwell • Skunkwood's Farm • Staddle Falls • Stump Field • Torthann's Camp • Wolf Den • Woodsedge Ruins • The Yellow Tree The Horsefields: Festival Grounds • The Hedge Maze • Hengstacer Farm Midgewater Marshes: Bindbale's Rest • Goblinhole Ruins • Marshwater Fort • Midgewater Pass • Ost Alagos • Sunken Stones Northern Bree-fields: The Abandoned Graveyard • Cirith Nûr Encampment • Everclear Lakes • The Old Greenway Fort • The Quince Farmstead • Saeradan's Cabin • Snarling Hollow • Thornley's Work Site Old Forest: Abandoned Cottage • Angerwood • Bald Hill • Bonfire Glade • The Broken Heart • Creaking Vale • Dark-paw Vale • Dire Glade • East Forest Road • The Forlorn Glade • Goldberry's Spring • Old Barrows Road • Old Man Willow • Old Muddyfoot's Hill • The Old Oak's Grave • The Shade Pool • The Shifting Wood Tomnoddy Corner • The Weaver's Den • Weeping Water • Willow Glade • Withywindle Crossing Southern Bree-fields: Brigand's Watch • Dogwood's Farm • Greenway Crossing • Hillshire Ruins • Old Sweetgrass Farm • Outlaw's Haven Staddle: Eldo Swatmidge's Farm • Gammy Boggs' Farm • Little Staddlemere • Widow Froghorn's Farm The Wildwood: Blomley Sward • Cotfast • East-delf • Gnawbone Pit • Helva's Edge • Hunter's Ledge • Marl's Crossing • Norwarden • The Old Bluff-house • Overwine Hall • Sutwarden • West-delf	Landmarks:
Interiors:	Artie Root's House • Bree-town Auction Hall • Bree-town Hall • Bree-town Hunting Lodge • Bree-town Jail • Bree-town Vault • Broker's Office • Cartwell's House • The Cat Lady's House • The Comb and Wattle Inn • Combe Crafting Hall • Ellie Cutleaf's House • Grobo Dogwort's House • Grobo Dogwort's Shed • Hunting Lodge (Archet) • Infiltrators' Headquarters • Lalia's Market • The Lowbanks' Estate • The Mad Badger Inn • Mess Hall • Mustering Cave • The Prancing Pony • The Scholar's Hall • Scholar's Stair Archives • Sig Mandrake's Shop • Staddle Arms • Three-farrow Crafting Hall • Tom Bombadil's House • Training Hall • Training Hall (Bree) • Weapons and Armour Shop (South) • Weapons and Armour Shop (West) • Whitethorn's Taxidermy	Interiors:
Dungeons:	The Barrow of Ringdor • The Barrow of Taradan • Goetham • Gwantham • Haudh Iarchith • Haudh Methernil • Haudh Nogbenn • Haudh Taenthond • Hautham • Sprigley's Cellar • Tomb of Maenadar • Writhenset / Quest: Blackwold Camp • Brigand Cave • Cirith Nûr Cave • Holt Adderson's Grotto • Reniolind's Hideout	Dungeons:
Instances:	World Instances: The Great Barrow‎ • Woe of the Willow / Skirmish: Barrow-downs Survival • Defence of the Prancing Pony • Thievery and Mischief	Instances: