The Bird and Baby Inn

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Bird and Baby Inn
Region: The Shire
Area: The Delving Fields
Settlement: Michel Delving
Location: [33.4S, 75.3W]


The Bird and Baby Inn is a lively tavern in Michel Delving, in the Shire. [33.4S, 75.3W]

The Bird and Baby is Michel Delving's major hub of social activity, and the largest tavern in the Shire. Weary travellers can indulge in food and drink, and share stories of adventures by the fire. 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.

In a back-room are some members of "The Inklings literary discussion group". See Lore below.

Deeds

The Bird and Baby Inn Exterior

NPCs

Name Function
Services
Carlo Blagrove Tavern-keep
Estmar Bolger Hobby Master
Gardenia Bracegirdle Healer
Tulip Chubb Barber
Alric Banks Inn League Taxidermist - Festivals
Frago Sandheaver Inn League Trader - Festivals
Ivy Tunnelly Inn League Barmaid - Festivals
Forge-master Forge-master - Outside
Others
Lorgo Boffin Bar hand
Carlo Williams Author
Jack Lewisdown Author
Owen Farfield Author
Rabbit Rodent
Esmerelda Burrows Quest
Ioco Underhill Inn League Member - Festivals
Townsperson

Quests

The Bird and Baby Inn's Sign

Starting:

Involving:

Festival quests:

Lore

Sign of the Eagle and Child Pub
Real Life Inspiration
The Bird and Baby Inn did not appear in the trilogy of Tolkien. The inclusion of a tavern named "Bird and Baby" is a reference to the real-world tavern "Eagle and Child" in Oxford, England, which was frequented by the members of The Inklings literary discussion group which included J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien, and other well-known professors and authors.
Students of Oxford University who frequent the "Eagle and Child" often refer to the tavern as the "Bird and Baby" (among other colourful names).
From 1939 to 1962, the Inklings members regularly met in a back room of the pub which is now known as the Rabbit Room. Several members of the Inklings are represented in the game: C.S. "Jack" Lewis (NPC Jack Lewisdown), Owen Barfield (NPC Owen Farfield), Charles Williams (NPC Carlo Williams), and a Rabbit. These NPCs refer to a fellow member of the Writing Club named Ronald Dwale, which is a reference to J.R.R. Tolkien.

Gallery

  • Outdoor eatery

    Outdoor eatery

  • Fireplace & barber

    Fireplace & barber

  • The Inklings

    The Inklings

  • Keg storage in the basement

    Keg storage in the basement

External References


Taverns of Middle-earth

Eriador: The Bird and Baby Inn • The Boat and Basket • The Brimful Quiver • The Comb and Wattle Inn • Crossway House • The Elbow's Bend • The Floating Log Inn • The Forsaken Inn • The Fox and Fiddle • The Golden Perch • The Green Dragon • The Ivy Bush • The Mad Badger Inn • The Plough and Stars • The Prancing Pony • The Roaring Bull • The Stony Leap • Thorin's Hall Inn

Gondor: The Brick and Mortar • The Cresting Wave • The Eagle and Sickle • Ethring Tavern • Forlong's Hall • The Hammer and Tongs • The Haven • The Laughing Halfling • The Lone Beacon • Lothgobel Tavern • The Merry Swan • The Mûmak and Keep • Scholar's Tavern • The Splintered Shield • The Thirsty Seer • The Wainrider's Head • The Wheel and Cask

Haradwaith: The Black Anchor Tavern • The Bloody Eagle Tavern • The Bower Inn • The Broken Pillar Tavern • The Cat's Grin Tavern • The Crab and Cutlass Tavern • The Dampstone Inn • The Din of Arms • The Drowned Prince • The Dusty Cloak Tavern • The Fleet-watch Tavern • The Full Belly • The House of Twisted Vines Inn • The Hungry Deep Tavern • The Leeward House Tavern • The Old Bastion Inn • The Pot and Quill • The Raven and Albatross • The Teeming Net Tavern • The Vagabond's Rest Inn • The Whelk and Cockle Tavern

Mordor: The Eagle and Star • The Haven

Rhovanion: Burnwater House • The Dragonbone Inn • The Haunted Inn • The Jolly Bell • The Quenching Trough

Rohan: Aldburg Tavern • Beaconwatch Tavern • Edoras Tavern • Elthengels Inn • The Great Tavern • Harwick Tavern • The Mud • Snowbourn Tavern • Stangard Tavern • Stoke Inn • Tavern of Floodwend • Woodhurst Tavern

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 • The Haunted Burrow • Scary Quarry Dungeons:
Instances: Skirmish: The Perfect Picnic • Trouble in Tuckborough Instances:
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