Scouring of the Shire (2004) – Appendix – Scenario 8: Whatever happened to Halfast?

By 1903, the Shire had been established for more than 300 years, and some of the Periannath were starting to grow restless. Though life in the Shire was good, and its people prosperous, for some the chance of finding new lands was too much of a lure. Though Eriador was relatively stable, some areas, such …

Scouring of the Shire (2004) – Appendix – Scenario 7: Founding of the Shire

Please note: I lost most of the images that were in the original article, so this is now a mostly text-based report. In the year 1601, the king of Arnor granted permission to the Periannath to dwell in the land between the Baranduin and the Tower Hills. Few detailed records remain of this time in …