The Forsaken Inn

[Snowdog]

I always pictured the Forsaken Inn in my mind as some sort of Middle Earth 'biker-bar' where the rougher crowd would go to be outside the jurisdiction of the Bree Shire Council to have fun.

I wrote a few "adult" fan-fics around this inn...

[Galin]

Aragorn says that the Forsaken Inn was a day's journey east of Bree. When Tolkien began a recasting of The Hobbit (see The 1960 Hobbit, Return To Bag-End, John Rateliff) he wrote:

'Bree was as far as Bilbo's knowledge reached, even by hearsay. Beyond it the lands had been desolate for many long years. When in a day's journey more they came to the Last Inn, they found it deserted. They camped in its ruins, and next day they passed into a barren country with great marshes on their left as far as eye could see.'

The Broken Bridge, The History Of The Hobbit

[Pitchwife]

Originally Posted by Snowdog

I always pictured the Forsaken Inn in my mind as some sort of Middle Earth 'biker-bar' where the rougher crowd would go

From Dusk Till Dawn at the Forsaken Inn? Could be a nice theme for a WW game...

[skip spence]

Originally Posted by Pitchwife

From Dusk Till Dawn at the Forsaken Inn? Could be a nice theme for a WW game...

Man, that film was awesome!

What Galin posted seems to have settled the issue with the Forsaken Inn, at least as far as I'm concerned. It was indeed forsaken at the end of the Third Age. But I'm digging Snowdog's idea as well. Bet it was like that in the latter days of the Northern Kingdom, when it was divided.

[Snowdog]

Originally Posted by skip spence

But I'm digging Snowdog's idea as well. Bet it was like that in the latter days of the Northern Kingdom, when it was divided.

Yeah, I wrote up a tale of the days of the three kingdoms, and the Forsaken was the 'neutral bround for meeti ngs.

Thanks for the Broken Bridge quote Galen!