User:Meri/Meriband Hamhill

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Meriband Hamhill
Enjoying the finest leaf of the Shire.
Deephallow Brewers
World:	Arkenstone
Vocation:	Woodsman
Class:	Minstrel
Race:	Hobbit
Region:	Bywater, Westfarthing
Age:	50
Height:	1m
Sex:	Male
Skin:	Fair
Hair:	Red
Eye:	Brown

Description

Physical Description: A Fallohide^[1] of strong stock; tall and slender, but still with a rounded belly. Fat round cheeks full of merriment greet any passers-by.

Personality Description: Most of the time a cheerful hobbit, a faithful fellow for adventuring or otherwise. Ensuring victory whenever his companions fear defeat through inspiration of song.

Bio

Born on Halimath 16, S.R. 2968^[2], Meriband is a Hobbit of humble origin. His parents were helpers at the infamous Green Dragon Inn of Bywater (infamous to the residents of the Shire, at least). There he grew up, along the Water during the day and under the spell of minstrels entertaining patrons of the Dragon at night. Dwarves and Men both would come and go along their travels East or West down the road. Each carried tunes of far off lands and treasures innumerable, things of which he liked to never see, in his youth, but as he grew perceptions of his did also, as they are apt to do.

Map excerpt showing Bywater and the surrounding area.

You see, being of the relative same age as more known residents of the Shire, namely a mister Frodo Baggins, son of Drogo Baggins, and nephew to Bilbo Baggins, the Ring-finder^[3], young Meriband was oft to hear tales of adventure from someone he greatly admired, Bilbo himself; and second-hand through Frodo during late night sessions of wonderment among the tall grasses of the Shire. After the departure of Bilbo at his eleventy-first birthday^[4] a faint flame began to grow in Meriband's heart, a flame that sought only the life giving oxygen of the open road upon the way to adventure. Many years later, when Frodo, Sam, Merry, Pippin, and Fatty all departed for Bucklebury^[5], Meriband too thought he ought to seize the moment and depart on his own grand adventure.

Upon the way he made a stop in the village of Deephallow. He had longed loved the ales of fine taste which he had sampled from there and made it a point on his journey to visit the fabled makers of such draughts. Thereupon he struck up quite a kinship with the Brewers of Deephallow and eventually was invited into their ranks. Already a Grand Master Farmer, the arts of brewing came to him as naturally as preparing fourth breakfast. Within the kinship of the company of Deephallow he found himself getting into great adventure and sometimes greater peril, but always coming out unscathed (for the most part) with the aid of his kin.

Along with the other Brewers of Deephallow he seeks out adventure wherever it may be found, though in times present the growing threat of Angmar has once again stirred even the least warlike creatures of Middle-earth to heroic action. Wherever battle is joined, Meriband will be, to inspire his fellows to new heights of greatness and crush the shadows of the Enemy with songs of inspiration and legend.

Kinship:

Currently a member within the Deephallow Brewers kinship of the Arkenstone world. Our kinhouse is located 2 Chalk Street, Addernotch, Shire Homesteads.