The Shire
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The Shire features:
COLOR MAPS - vivid renditions of the Shire in T.A. 1640 and T.A. 3018.
THE GLENNEN - the mountain slopes and river vales where the Hobbits first lifted their faces to the sun¸ paddled their cockle-boats¸ and shrank from the Shadow that gathered in the East.
SIRAGALË - the rolling hills¸ that would one day become the Shire¸ but first were roamed by the Sirannar¸ a reclusive branch of the Nando Elves.
THE SHIRE GRANT - an account of the unique political tangle that culminated in the gift of the Shire to the Hobbits from Arthadan King Argeleb II.
THE SHIRE OF BILBOS DAY - that pocket of tranquility guarded secretly by the Rangers of the North.
THE TOOK-THAINS - the chieftains of that adventuresome family of Hobbits from whose lineage sprang Bilbo and Frodo.
HOBBITS - the renowned heroes Merry¸ Pippin¸ and Sam¸ as well as more anonymous personalities with an equal measure of bravery¸ Kocho Kurl¸ Molly Boffin¸ Gresham Shaper¸ and others.
SITES - smials and hamlets of the Hobbits¸ tree-garths of the dwindling Sirannar¸ and manors of the Dúnedain.
ADVENTURES - join the Periwott Halflings in their struggle with unexpected guests: an Orc ambush camped on their doorstep; discover the malevolent aims of the Nackers¸ bogies with sharp fangs and claws who haunt the nights in the Marish; learn the origins of the great wolf that witnesses riots and stonings¸ proof that the passions of the Eldar Days still breath their peril into the tame lands of even the Shire.