Post by Hatholdir on Nov 11, 2021 23:51:57 GMT
Author's Note: This RP's text was taken from a Free RP of mine from the Imladris Forum on the Plaza but what happens in this one is unrelated to events occurring on the Plaza nor does it have ties with the RPing sections of this one. This thread is reserved for myself, Sur, and Feapoldië if they want to write here, too. No one's characters but ours will be mentioned in this thread.
"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.
Lying round Bree-hill and the villages was a small country of fields and tamed woodland only a few miles broad.
"The Men of Bree were cheerful and independent: they belonged to nobody but themselves;
but they were more friendly and familiar with Hobbits, Dwarves, and Elves, and other inhabitants
of the world about them than was (or is) usual with Big People. According to their own tales
they were original inhabitants and were the descendants of the first Men
that ever wandered into the West of the middle-world."
- Narrator, from The Lord of the Rings:
The Fellowship of the Ring - At the Sign of the Prancing Pony
Bree-town: Bree is the largest of the four villages of the Bree-land and mainly home to Men but there are Hobbits, the Little Folk, who they live in perpetual harmony with; the halflings dwell on the higher slopes of the Hill above the some hundred stone houses of the Big Folk. Bree is found at the junction of the Great East Road and the Greenway and so is a popular stopping place for travelers. Ruffians and burglars from the South have wormed their way inside.
Staddle: Staddle is the town on the other side of the gentle slopes of the Hill and is home to a greater Hobbit population. This is a farming community where halflings till the earth outside their Hobbit-holes, producing crops and pipeweed although a different sort than that grown in the Shire.[/center]
Combe: Combe is an agricultural community people by Men and Hobbits working the arable land. It's located in a deep valley nearby the Bree hill to the east between Archet to the north and Staddle to the south. Combe sits on the border of Chetwood, the great forest that lay between Bree-land and the Midgewater Marshes. Farmers, ranchers, vintners, and brewers can be found here. Weary vagabonds can relax at the Comb and Wattle Inn, one of the places Bilbo rested in during his adventure, owned by Lisbeth Honeymeade (Aigronding). There are a few castles of the ancient Cardolan monarchy here either in ruins or wholly intact
Archet: Archet is the most northerly part of Bree-land and lays nestled amidst the eaves of Chetwood.
Here are the homes of the hunters and the woodcutters and the foresters who protect the Chetwood.
Chetwood: The last remnant of the ancient woodland of Eriador which Sauron's minions didn't burn. It takes three days to journey through this paradise of bright leaves and blissful serenity. Foresters can often be seen caring for both the wildlife and the growth of plants; these woodwards are responsible for stopping poachers and searching for outlaws hiding in the woods escaping pursuit from their crimes in the Bree-land. There are some towers here, ruined or intact, which belonged to nobles of the Cardolan royalty in bygone days.