The Shire is featured extensively at the beginning of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and at the end of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King after the One Ring is destroyed.

The Shire is a region of J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional Middle-earth, described in The Lord of the Rings and other works. The Shire is an inland area settled exclusively by hobbits, the Shire-folk, largely sheltered from the goings-on in the rest of Middle-earth.

Jan 9, 2025 · The Shire in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring At its founding, the Shire was a part of Arthedain and the Hobbits considered themselves to be subjects of the King. It was only after the fall of Arthedain that the Shire became an independent state.

The Scouring of the Shire" is the penultimate chapter of J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy The Lord of the Rings. The Fellowship hobbits, Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin, return home to the Shire to find that it is under the brutal control of ruffians and their leader "Sharkey", revealed to be the Wizard Saruman. The ruffians have despoiled the Shire ...

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A high-quality map of The Shire that's helpful when reading The Hobbit or The Lord of the Rings.

Aug 6, 2024 · The Shire from The Lord of the Rings was not always home to the hobbits. The Shire was originally part of the kingdom of Arnor, specifically Arthedain, one of three kingdoms that split apart because of a dispute over the crown of Arnor.

Nov 2, 2024 · A Part of the Shire map by J.R.R. Tolkien "A Part of the Shire" is the title of the map that immediately follows the "Prologue" in The Fellowship of the Ring. Of all the maps in the published works of J.R.R. Tolkien, only Thrór's Map was made using a smaller scale, so the "Part of the Shire" map provides a wealth of geographic detail for the ...

Mar 1, 2025 · The Shire, more specifically the village of Hobbiton, is arguably the most iconic location from Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. It was the home of the series' protagonist, Frodo Baggins, as well as other hobbits, such as Bilbo Baggins, Samwise Gamgee, Meriadoc Brandybuck, and Peregrin Took.

The Bounders were an organization of Shire-hobbits charged with patrolling the borders of The Shire. Along with the Shirriffs, they were charged with responsibility of keeping strange persons and creatures from entering the Shire and making trouble. They patrolled parts of …