The Shire

“I can’t even find my house,”-Squid

The Shire was the start of the Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, as well as the start of the whole adventure. It was were Bilbo Squid lived and was encountered by dwarves. The first mission is in the Shire, which is to find food for the dwarves. While this sounded easy at first, the Shire proved to be bigger than expected for the travelers.

Bilbo Squid’s Hobbit Hole:

The Hobbit hole that was owned by the Bagginses and was the home of Bilbo Squid was, appropriatly, the start of the journey. It has a small door and a round window. The rooms are nice and cozy and the living room has a large fireplace. The hole also had a basement that contained the rules for the adventure and a space in the back room for the food that was collected.

The Market:

The Market is small and contains only a few small stands with limited food. (Not unlike the rest of the Shire.) It seems to be the center of town and has many shoppers. The company was shocked to learn of the limited food and Stampy even claimed the market cart must have crashed.

The Windmill:

Rarely seen, the windmill is a tall structure with giant blades. Only a bit of bread was found, along with a sign that said, “I kneed to make some bread.”

Trivia:
 * For being large and inhabited by hobbits, the Shire had very little food when the dwarves arrived.


 * In the market, Stampy and Squid acted out a talk between two hobbits about the price of pork chops.


 * It is unknown if Squid ever returned to his home in the Shire or stayed in Erebor.