The Yondershire
 The Yondershire
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| Region: | The Shire |
| Landmark(s): | Bâr Faroth Bullroarer's Way Foxden Road Lhúngobel Ost Lagorath Taerhad Tham Amothir Wood-bears' Den |
| Settlement(s): | Gamwich Long Cleeve Nobottle Tighfield |
| Connecting Area(s): |
Rushock Bog The Delving Fields Falathlorn - Ered Luin Haudh Lin - Ered Luin Bullroarer's Sward - Evendim |
| Levels: | Mainly 20 - 23 |
| Resource tier: | Expert |
The Yondershire is an area within the Shire, in the north-western region.
This is a sparsely populated region of moor, thicket, and fen that has long been home to Hobbit recluses and troublemakers. Since the time of Bullroarer Took, the Yondershire has squabbled with the more comfortable parts of the Shire. The upstart Lotho Sackville-Baggins aims to bully the local Hobbits, but they’re none too keen on his designs.
This area is located between Rushock Bog and Falathlorn in Ered Luin, with Evendim to the far east. It provides quite a few services spread over its settlements. The Yondershire also hosts the Yonder-watch reputation faction which most quests support.
The Yondershire sees the origin of the Water, falling down from the northern mountains at Bâr Faroth and flowing through the region and the rest of the Shire before emptying into the Brandywine river.
Access to the Yondershire requires the Yondershire quest pack, or VIP account.
- Levels: 20 - 23
- Factions: The Yonder-watch
- Introduced:
Update 33 - The Yondershire, April 2022 - Quest Pack:
Yondershire
Services
Locations
| Settlements | Landmarks | Interiors |
NPCs
See "list of NPCs" within the area
Quests
See "starting quests" and the landmarks for more quests
Starting:
- [20] A Looming Threat
- [20] A Deal Gone Wrong
- [20] A Visit to Yondershire
- [20] The Bounty-hunter of Lhúngobel
- [20] Diamond's Grand Plan
- [20] Tying the Knots
- [20] Apple Yonderboar Pie
- [20] A Steed Like No Other
Involving:
- [20] Boffins on the Loose
- [20] Canvas of Defiance
- [20] Diamond Hunting
- [20] Do Me a Flavour
- [20] Gamwich Game Hunter
- [20] Patrolling the Yondershire Wall
- [20] Shrews' Clues
- [23] The Unlucky Adventurer
- [23] Lost and Found
Creatures
The following creatures are found within this area:
- Biting Neekerbreeker
- Biting Shrew
- Black-bear Cub
- Black-bear Mother
- Cowardly Boggart
- Deadly Boggart
- Demolishing Ruffian
- Demolishing Thief
- Gramsfoot Slasher
- Goblin Clubber
- Goblin Sportsman
- Half-orc Bruiser
- Half-orc Sentry
- Harvest-fly
- Irate Wolf
- Keenshear
- Neekerbreeker Burrower
- Neekerbreeker Queen
- Nightfell
- Scuttlechirr
- Sharpsnout
- Southern Ruffian Boss
- Southern Ruffian Outlaw
- Southern Ruffian Poacher
- Snarling Wolf
- Thieving Shrew
- Wolf Leader
- Yellowfang
- Yonderboar
- Young Black-bear
Lore
- The Yondershire is traditionally considered the 'wild' part of the Shire. The last part to be occupied by the Hobbits centuries after the original settlement of the rest of the region. Originally covered in woods that served as hunting grounds for Gil-Galad and, later, Elendil, it became part of the province of Arthedain when Arnor was settled but preserved as wilderness by writ of the King. Later kings, however, razed the old forests for farmland: some woods later grew back but much of it remains open country, heather-covered moors and fields of rich tilth that support such crops as barley, hemp and cotton. — Yondershire Announcement, March 2022
Maps
Gallery
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Farmstead in southern Yondershire -
Bridge leading to Evendim -
Bounders' guardhouse by the western wall -
Flower meadows in the Old Links -
River running through the northern wilds -
Flooded goblin camp in the North Moors -
Neekerbreeker mounds in the marshes near Ered Luin -
Scrublands make up Foxden Heath in the south
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| Settlements and Landmarks of the Yondershire (Requires the Quest Pack: Yondershire)
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| Settlements: | Gamwich • Long Cleeve • Nobottle • Tighfield | |
| Landmarks: | Bâr Faroth • Bullroarer's Way • Foxden Road • Lhúngobel • Ost Lagorath • Taerhad • Tham Amothir • Wood-bears' Den | |
| Interiors: | 8 Honeymead Lane • 9 Honeymead Lane • The Brimful Quiver • The Elbow's Bend • The Fox and Fiddle • Hubo Clayhanger's House • Hunters' Hall • Nobottle Post Office • The Roaring Bull • Secret Hideout | |