The Forsaken Inn
From Tolkien Gateway
The Forsaken Inn as depicted in The Lord of the Rings Online.
The Forsaken Inn is mentioned only once in Tolkien's published works: in The Lord of the Rings, Strider is in discussion with the Ringbearer Frodo Baggins about the road from Bree to Rivendell, and says, "none have measured the road between Rivendell and the Forsaken Inn, a day's ride east of Bree."
This road, the Great East Road, was used years earlier by Bilbo Baggins, yet the Forsaken Inn is not specifically mentioned in Bilbo's memoirs, There and Back Again (aka The Hobbit).
Perhaps it was simply an abandoned or ruined building by the end of the Third Age, its earlier history lost or "forsaken".
Portrayal in Adaptations
2007: The Lord of the Rings Online:
- In this adpatation, 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 travelers' assistance. These include the Inn's proprietor, Anlaf, and his staff as well as travelers, 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 southeast, 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.
