Bree is a fictional town in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, east of the Shire and south of Fornost Erain. Tolkien's Legendarium (ISBN 0-313-30530-7 is a collection of scholarly essays edited by Verlyn Flieger and Carl F A hamlet is (usually&mdashsee below a Rural community — that is a small settlement — which is too small to be considered a Village. In the fictional Legendarium of J R R Tolkien, Arnor, or the Northern Kingdom, was a kingdom of the Dúnedain in the land of Eriador In the fictional Legendarium of J R R Tolkien, Arnor, or the Northern Kingdom, was a kingdom of the Dúnedain in the land of Eriador The Reunited Kingdom of Arnor and Gondor is a Fictional realm from J The Shire is a region of J R R Tolkien 's fictional Middle-earth, described in The Lord of the Rings and other works It is sometimes said to have been inspired by the Buckinghamshire village of Brill, which Tolkien visited regularly in his early years at Oxford (supposedly Tolkien also lived in Brill for a short while). Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. Brill is a Village and Civil parish within Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England, close to the border with ^[1]

Bree was a very ancient settlement of men in Eriador, long established by the time of the Third Age of Middle-earth. The Third Age is a time period from J R R Tolkien 's Middle-earth fantasy writings After the collapse of the kingdom of Arthedain, Bree continued to thrive without any central authority or government for many centuries. As Bree lies at the meeting of two large roadways, the Great East Road and the (now disused) Greenway, it had for centuries been a centre of trade and a stopping place for travellers, though as Arnor in the north waned its prosperity and size declined. This is a list of roads mentioned by name in J R R Tolkien 's stories of Middle-earth. This is a list of roads mentioned by name in J R R Tolkien 's stories of Middle-earth.

Bree was said to have been founded and populated by men who did not reach Beleriand in the first age, remaining east of the mountains in Eriador. In J R R Tolkien 's fictional legendarium, Beleriand was a region in northwestern Middle-earth during the First Age. Eriador (the "Lone Lands" is a large region in J R R Tolkien 's fictional world of Middle-earth. The men of Bree were not closely related to the Edain, stemming instead from the same stock as the Dunlendings. Adan redirects here Adan is also the name of a governorate of Yemen. In the fiction of J R R Tolkien, Dunland was a place in north-west Middle-earth, the land of the Men called Dunlendings ^[2]

Bree was the most westerly settlement of men in all Middle-earth by the time of the War of the Ring, and became one of only three or four inhabited settlements in all of Eriador. In the fictional Fantasy -world of J R R Tolkien, the War of the Ring was fought between Sauron and the free peoples of Middle-earth During the War of the Ring a day's ride east from the village along the road lay The Forsaken Inn, according to Aragorn, although nothing else is known of that place. In J R R Tolkien 's Middle-earth legendarium, there were several Inns run by Hobbits or Men in the Third Age. Aragorn II is a fictional character from J R R Tolkien 's Middle-earth Legendarium.

Gandalf and Thorin Oakenshield met by coincidence in Bree, setting in motion the events recounted in The Hobbit. Concept and creation Humphrey Carpenter in his 1977 biography relates that Tolkien owned a Postcard entitled Der Berggeist ("the mountain Characteristics Thorin is described as being very haughty stern and officious The Hobbit or There and Back Again is an award-winning fantasy Both were interested in the dragon Smaug at the Lonely Mountain, and the Quest of Erebor resulted in the death of Smaug and the finding of the One Ring by Bilbo Baggins. J R R Tolkien 's Middle-earth Legendarium features dragons closely based on those of European legend Smaug is a fictional dragon character in The Hobbit by J R R Tolkien. In J R R Tolkien 's Middle-earth Legendarium, the Lonely Mountain ( Sindarin Erebor) is a Mountain in the northeast Bilbo Baggins is the protagonist of The Hobbit and also makes an appearance in The Lord of the Rings, two of the most well-known of

Location

Directly west of Bree were the Barrow-downs and the Old Forest. In J R R Tolkien 's Legendarium, the Barrow-downs or Tyrn Gorthad were a series of low hills east of the Shire, behind the Old Forest In J R R Tolkien ’s Fictional universe of Middle-earth, the Old Forest is a small forested area which lies east of the Shire in Bree was the chief village of Breeland, a small wooded region near the intersection of the main north-south and east-west routes through Eriador. Eriador (the "Lone Lands" is a large region in J R R Tolkien 's fictional world of Middle-earth. Breeland was the only part of Middle-earth where Men and hobbits dwelt side by side. The race of Men in J R R Tolkien 's Middle-earth books such as The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, refers to In J R R Tolkien 's legendarium, Hobbits are a diminutive race that inhabit the lands of Middle-earth. The hobbit community was older than that of the Shire, which was originally colonized from it.

Breeland

There were four villages in Breeland:

• Bree was the largest settlement. In Tolkien's books, it was mostly populated by Men, but Hobbit servants worked at the Prancing Pony Inn and special Hobbit-sized rooms were available there. In J R R Tolkien 's Middle-earth legendarium, there were several Inns run by Hobbits or Men in the Third Age. Bree lay at the confluence of the Great East Road and the Greenway (a path leading south), and had a small amount of commercial traffic as a consequence. Bree had a gate and night watchmen to keep out troublemakers from the wild lands beyond. On rare occasions, adventurous Brandybucks and Tooks from the Shire would venture as far east as Bree. In J R R Tolkien 's Fictional universe of Middle-earth, the Brandybuck clan was a powerful Hobbit family In J R R Tolkien 's Middle-earth Legendarium, the Took clan was one of the most famous Hobbit families

• Staddle was populated primarily by hobbits who made a living from light agriculture, mainly of pipeweed. Staddle was on the south-eastern side of Breehill, sitting south of Combe and Archet. It was the only of the villages (other than Bree itself) visible from the Great East Road.

• Combe was populated primarily by Men, with some hobbits, all of whom made a living from agriculture. Combe was situated on the borders of the Chetwood and on the edge of Breehill, between the villages of Archet and Staddle.

• Archet was the furthest north. Located in the Chetwood, it was populated primarily by Men.

Name origins

The name 'Bree' means 'hill' according to Tolkien, referring to the fact that the village of Bree and surrounding Breeland were clustered around a large hill. The name of the village Brill, which Bree may have been influenced by, means 'hill'. ^[3]. Brill is a modern abbreviation of 'Bre-hyll'. Both syllables of Bre-hyll mean 'hill' – the first is Celtic and the second Anglo-Saxon. The Celtic languages are descended from Proto-Celtic, or "Common Celtic" a branch of the greater Indo-European Language family. "

Appearances

In The Lord of the Rings

In The Fellowship of the Ring, Frodo Baggins met Strider (Aragorn) at the largest and most popular inn in Bree, The Prancing Pony, owned by Barliman Butterbur. The Fellowship of the Ring is the first of three volumes of the epic novel The Lord of the Rings by the English author J Aragorn II is a fictional character from J R R Tolkien 's Middle-earth Legendarium. In J R R Tolkien 's Middle-earth legendarium, there were several Inns run by Hobbits or Men in the Third Age. Barliman Butterbur is a Fictional character from J R R Tolkien 's epic Fantasy The Lord of the Rings. The hobbits also returned to Bree near the end of the story, on their way home. The Return of the King is the third and final volume of J R R The meeting of Gandalf and Thorin is described in "The Quest of Erebor" in Unfinished Tales. Unfinished Tales (full title Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth) is a collection of stories and essays by J

In adaptations

In Peter Jackson's movie The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Frodo and his companions arrive at Bree almost immediately after the scene in which they leave the Shire, giving the impression (perhaps unintentionally) that the two are much closer together than described by Tolkien. Peter Robert Jackson, CNZM (born 31 October 1961 is a three-time Academy Award -winning New Zealand director producer and writer best known for directing The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring is a 2001 Fantasy film directed by Peter Jackson based on the similarly titled first Furthermore, Jackson shows the Ringwraiths attempting to kill the hobbits in their room. Also, Gandalf later said that the Riders actually threw down the gates of the town and rode through it like a fierce wind and that all the Bree folk were left cowering and expecting the end of the world.

Bree, along with all of Breeland, is featured prominently in the PC game Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, which allows the player to explore the town. The Lord of the Rings Online Shadows of Angmar (commonly abbreviated to LOTRO) is a Massively multiplayer online role-playing game

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