Monday 2 September 2024 In the northern areas of the Vales of Anduin, Beorn, his son Grimbeorn, and their people, the Beornings, have made it their task to keep the various paths that run from the Misty Mountains in the west to Mirkwood in the east free from unsavoury beings that seek to harm those …
Please note: I lost most of the images that were in the original article, so this is now a mostly text-based report. Friday 22 October 2021 – Bilbo Baggins, Hobbiton’s best-known eccentric has disappeared in the midst of his eleventy-first birthday party – right before the eyes of one hundred and forty-five Hobbits, no less. …
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Tuesday 08 June 2021 – It is on a bright spring day that Odovacar Bolger and some friends make the ill-advised decision to take a picnic under the branches of the Old Forest. All of Odovacar’s companions are Brandybucks and, though they have heard tell of the dangers of the forest, are scornful of the …
Read more “Scouring of the Shire (2004) – Appendix – Scenario 11: Odovacar Bolger’s Promenade”
Friday 14 May 2021 – In the year 2911, a great cold descended upon Eriador. It was not only streams that froze in the chill embrace of the winter winds, but also the mighty rivers that bordered the Shire to the north and west. Even the Baranduin (or Brandywine) was locked solid. In this window …
Read more “Scouring of the Shire (2004) – Appendix – Scenario 10: The Wolves of Winter”
Saturday 8 May 2021 – Preceding the Battle of Bywater, only one conflict of any scale is recorded in the Shire, that of Greenfields. The bold and overconfident Orc chieftain Golfimbul led a large party of Warg Riders through the patrolling Rangers and into the green lands beyond. Though he lost many of his followers …
Read more “Scouring of the Shire (2004) – Appendix – Scenario 9: The Battle of Greenfields”
Thursday 25 March 2021 – 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 …
Read more “Scouring of the Shire (2004) – Appendix – Scenario 8: Whatever happened to Halfast?”
Please note: I lost most of the images that were in the original article, so this is now a mostly text-based report. Monday 15 March 2021 – 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 …
Read more “Scouring of the Shire (2004) – Appendix – Scenario 7: Founding of the Shire”
Sunday 1 November 2020 – A small group of Riders of Rohan chase the remains of a Warg Riders raiding force northwards, to Fangorn forest. The Orcs come to a halt on the outskirts of the wood and the Rohirrim, seeing their chance, spur forward to run down the foul creatures. As they draw close …
Friday 16 October 2020 – Having defeated an Orc raid on Rivendell, an Elf force led by Glorfindel is pursuing the survivors towards the Ettenmoors. Unfortunately, as night comes down, the Orcs recover their courage and turn to face their pursuers. To make matters worse, Glorfindel’s scouts warn him that a Goblin war party has …
Read more “Shadow & Flame – Appendix – Scenario 6: Surrounded!”