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[[Image:Matěj Čadil - The Forsaken Inn.jpg|thumb|''The Forsaken Inn'' by [[Matěj Čadil]]]] | [[Image:Matěj Čadil - The Forsaken Inn.jpg|thumb|''The Forsaken Inn'' by [[Matěj Čadil]]]] | ||
'''The Forsaken Inn''' | '''The Forsaken Inn''' appears to have been the easternmost outpost of the small inhabited region around the town of [[Bree]] known as [[Bree-land]]. It was, according to [[Aragorn|Strider]], "a day's ride east of Bree" and he doubted "if the Road has ever been measured in miles beyond the Forsaken Inn".<ref>{{FR|I11}}</ref> | ||
This road, the [[Great East Road]], was used years earlier by [[Bilbo Baggins]] | This road, the [[Great East Road]], was used years earlier by [[Thorin and company]] on the quest to [[Erebor]] yet [[Bilbo Baggins]] never mentioned the Forsaken Inn in his memoir, ''[[The Hobbit|There and Back Again]]''. Perhaps it was simply an abandoned or ruined building by the end of the [[Third Age]], its earlier history lost or "forsaken". | ||
==Other Versions of the Legendarium== | |||
''[[The Treason of Isengard]]'' included the first map of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. On Map II, in the square K-8, there is a dot with the initials "F.I." on the road east of Bree about one-quarter of the distance to [[Weathertop]].<ref>{{TI|MII}}</ref> [[Christopher Tolkien]] stated that these initials did stand for the Forsaken Inn.<ref>{{TI|First}}</ref> | |||
==Portrayal in Adaptations== | ==Portrayal in Adaptations== | ||
[[Image:Landmark-The Forsaken Inn.jpg|thumb|left|The Forsaken Inn as depicted in [[The Lord of the Rings Online]].]] | [[Image:Landmark-The Forsaken Inn.jpg|thumb|left|The Forsaken Inn as depicted in [[The Lord of the Rings Online]].]] | ||
Revision as of 06:28, 19 February 2012
The Forsaken Inn by Matěj Čadil
The Forsaken Inn appears to have been the easternmost outpost of the small inhabited region around the town of Bree known as Bree-land. It was, according to Strider, "a day's ride east of Bree" and he doubted "if the Road has ever been measured in miles beyond the Forsaken Inn".[1]
This road, the Great East Road, was used years earlier by Thorin and company on the quest to Erebor yet Bilbo Baggins never mentioned the Forsaken Inn in his memoir, There and Back Again. Perhaps it was simply an abandoned or ruined building by the end of the Third Age, its earlier history lost or "forsaken".
Other Versions of the Legendarium
The Treason of Isengard included the first map of The Lord of the Rings. On Map II, in the square K-8, there is a dot with the initials "F.I." on the road east of Bree about one-quarter of the distance to Weathertop.[2] Christopher Tolkien stated that these initials did stand for the Forsaken Inn.[3]
Portrayal in Adaptations
The Forsaken Inn as depicted in The Lord of the Rings Online.
2007: The Lord of the Rings Online:
- In this adaptation, the role of the inn is greatly expanded. It is the Lone-lands settlement closest to Bree-land and lies in the shadow of Weathertop. A respite for travelers, the Inn has a milestone, mail service, and many merchants, in addition to a great number of people in need of travellers' assistance. These include the Inn's proprietor, Anlaf, and his staff as well as travellers, guests, and some of the Eglain that have recently been displaced from Minas Eriol.
- To the north and northeast lie the ruins of the fortifications of the war between Arthedain and Rhudaur, now occupied and spanned by camps of orcs and goblins. Ruins also lie to the south-east, and along both sides of the road to the East. A long journey across the Lone-lands in that direction eventually leads to Ost Guruth, the last settlement before the Hoarwell, which marks the borders of the Trollshaws.
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References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "A Knife in the Dark"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Treason of Isengard, "XV. The First Map of The Lord of the Rings", "Map II"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Treason of Isengard, "XV. The First Map of The Lord of the Rings", "The original element in the First Map"
