Although River Spirits were not anything high-ranking in the hierarchy of gods, Roland guessed in a second that this elder sister's Divine Kingdom must have been fairly well preserved. After all, the Withywindle had flowed for countless ages!
"That one should be the River Spirit of the Withywindle, but she doesn't have much to do with us anymore. Our current target is the Shire!" Roland shook his head and ended the topic. It was obvious the two true gods were unwilling to take sides in a human civil war, so for now there was no need to consider them too much. It was enough to keep relations friendly!
"Your Majesty, are we going to Buckland?" Marquis Al-Teglang-Franz looked at the map. Buckland lay below Brandywine Bridge, in the area to the left of the Old Forest. This place did not belong to the Shire; on the contrary, it could be called the Kingdom of Buckland! In the original work, it was described like this: Buckland, between the east bank of the Brandywine River and the Old Forest, was the eastern border of the Shire. It was a Hobbit settlement, and most of its residents were members of the Brandybuck Family. Therefore, Buckland was not part of the Shire, but an independent small country. Its capital was Bucklebury!
"No need. Our current target is the Shire! We've been delayed too long on the road! Spring's almost here!" Roland looked at the green shoots beginning to emerge around him and frowned.
As for a place like Buckland, whether in the game, the original work, or the movies, it did not have many scenes. All that was known was that it was probably Frodo's childhood hometown, one of the main characters in the War of the One Ring, and that this place had