Tookland

Tookland
Region:	The Shire
Instance(s):	Trouble in Tuckborough
Landmark(s):	Bear Dens The Great Willow Longo Burrow's Farm Methel-stage
Settlement(s):	Tuckborough
Connecting Area(s):	The Delving Fields Green Hill Country Hobbiton-Bywater
Levels:	Mainly 8 - 12
Resource tier:	Apprentice

Tookland is an area within the Shire in the southern region.

Tookland is a wide region of the Westfarthing of the Shire that was the historical province of the Took clan, and so of the hereditary Thains of the Shire, Thain Paladin Took II being the current holder of the title. This area lies to the east of the Delving Fields, south of the Great East Road and Hobbiton-Bywater, and to the west of Green Hill Country.

Tookland is famous and with an ancient history. The area contains several extraordinary landmarks, for example the Great Smials and the Methel-stage, and many characters well known (or implied) from Tolkien's fictional world are found here.

Tuckborough is the central township but affords meagre services. Here meet the northbound road to Hobbiton as well as the eastbound Stock Road.

Locations

Tuckborough

Methel-stage

Longo Burrow's Farm

The Great Willow

Settlements

• Tuckborough

Landmarks

• Bear Dens
• The Great Willow
• Longo Burrow's Farm
• Methel-stage

Interiors

• Esilia's House
• Gerebert Took's Home
• Great Smials

Instances

• Trouble in Tuckborough - Skirmish

NPCs

See "list of NPCs" within Tookland

Polo Proudfoot ^{[33.5S, 69.8W]}

Old Sally ^{[34.0S, 70.0W]}

Quests

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

• [9] Honey-bears
• [10] A Salve for Stings

Involving

• [1] Instance: Flying the Coop - Session play
• [9] Old Sally
• [9] The Old Took's Favourite
• [9] Shore Up the Fence
• [10] Long Live the Queen

Creatures

The following creatures are found within the area:

• Angry Tusker
• Biting Shrew
• Foraging Shrew
• Hill Tusker
• Hostile Hill-bear
• Mature Hill-bear
• Small Hill-bear
• Stinging Gnat Swarm
• Wild Hill-toad

Critters

• Rabbit
• Shire White-tail Buck
• Shire White-tail Doe

Lore

"After some time they crossed The Water, west of Hobbiton, by a narrow plank-bridge. The stream was there no more than a winding black ribbon, bordered with leaning alder-trees. A mile or two further south they hastily crossed the great road from the Brandywine Bridge; they were now in the Tookland and bending south-eastwards they made for the Green Hill Country." — The Fellowship of the Ring, by Tolkien

In tales after the Lotro era: "After breakfast a messenger from the Tookland rode in. He was in high spirits. 'The Thain has raised all our country,' he said, 'and the news is going like fire all ways." — The Return of the King, by Tolkien

Maps

Gallery

• 
  Canopied road in Tookland
• 
  Beehives in Tookland
• 
  Bridge in Tuckborough
• 
  Forest valley behind Tuckborough
• 
  Border with Green Hill Country