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History of Bree
The history of Bree is a long one, though mostly forgotten to time and the written record. Some time in the Second Age, Men of the Edain (as known as Middle Men) whose ancient kinship includes their descendents in the Men of Dale and the Rohirrim settled around what is now known as Bree-land. They were joined in time by the Men known as the Dunlendings, and their lineage became a shared one as such things commonly happen. Bree-land was ruled by the Dunedain as a portion of the Kingdom of Arnor and later the Kingdom of Arthedain. But after the fall of both kingdoms, Bree-land remained an independent land, and in time the curious beings known as Hobbits (Halflings) also populated it’s borders. Bree (arguably the capital and namesake of Bree-land) is the only place where Man (known as the Big Folk by Hobbits) and Hobbit (who call themselves the Small Folk) are known to work and live side by side.
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- The Men of Bree are typically shorter than the average Man, ranging between 6054-68 inches 64 inches with their women ranging slightly shorter from 5852-6660.
- The common fashions of the Men of Bree rely on the use of cloth and not leather (save for belts, shoes, and accessories). Typically their cloth of choice is the readily available wool - whether coarse, finer worsted, or felted made from the sheep which they herd over the pastoral expanse of their hill-ridden land or the flax linen or cotton weaves grown from their bountiful crops.
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*Note to Players: Being baseborn is not socially or politically acceptable. Baseborn individuals have no claim to family names, blood, said family’s blood-born contracts, etc. and often are declined office, high ranks, and even contracts for their low social standing. Admitting of being baseborn is considered rather like proclaiming yourself in public a thief, because you are born of a stolen moment from the breaking of a contract. Expect to be ridiculed, shrugged-off and at times ostracized for being baseborn.
Theft - the unlawful taking of another’s property with agreement or compensation
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- Farming without permit/contract with the Trading Council, unless the land is owned (a very rare thing) is considered theft from Citizen to Citizen.
- Those of Bree are not nearly as hospitable to strangers (the Innkeepers and tavernkeepers the even present exception), outsiders and non-Citizens as others like those of Rohan in terms of travelers and have a ‘stick to your own’ sort of mentality. Non-Citizens who attempt to stay are usually segregated to life in Archet where they can find work amongst the lumberers and timberwrights though any good-standing family would be extremely hard-pressed, socially, to ever accept a marriage contract with such an outsider. There would be some societal troubles with such ‘traveling outside of tradition’.
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