Bree-land

Bree-land

Level	1-20
Faction	Men of Bree
Quests	Bree-land Quests
Deeds	Bree-land Deeds
Resources

Bree-land is a region of Eriador located between the Midgewater Marshes and the Barrow-downs.

Description

Bree-land is a small inhabited region like an island in the midst of empty lands. Travellers of many races pass through the area since it contains the two most important thoroughfares in Eriador. The village of Bree stands at the crossroads of the Great East Road and the North Road, also called the Greenway since it is seldom used and grass-grown. Nearby are the villages of Staddle, Combe, and Archet. To the west lies Buckland, a Hobbit colony just outside the proper borders of the Shire which sits on a narrow strip of land along Brandywine River. Between the Shire and Bree is the dark, dangerous Old Forest, which was fenced off long ago by the Bucklanders with a great hedge called the High Hay. Northeast of Bree is the Chetwood Forest and the treacherous Midgewater Marshes.To the south are the sinister Barrow-downs, where fog rises over the broken stone rings of forgotten burial sites.

The township of Bree lay within this land. Other villages were Combe, Staddle, and Archet, home to a mixed population of both Men and Hobbits.

History

The area was settled in the Second Age by Men from Dunland. Surviving the wars and chaos of that time, it became part of the kingdoms of Arnor then Arthedain and then maintained a certain independence under the secret protection of the Rangers of the North. After the War of the Ring, Bree-land became part of the Reunited Kingdom and presumably prospered well into the Fourth Age.