Rivendell & Ruins of the North opinion

[poosticks7]

Now you have me wondering who brings haddock to the Shire

[zedturtle]

Now you have me wondering who brings haddock to the Shire

’Yes, it is Elves,’ said Frodo. ’One can meet them sometimes in the Woody End. They don’t live in the Shire, but they wander into it in Spring and Autumn, out of their own lands away beyond the Tower Hills.’

I do fear the analogy, as silly as it is, might be getting in the way.

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The fish, as so often it is, is a symbol.

[poosticks7]

Hmmm Elven Fish Salesmen...

(I get your point Zed and agree)

[addseo1115]

What happen tell me plz

[Tolwen]

Afterwards, the people of Lake-town rewarded the dwarves with a dinner of fish and chips. Bilbo, starved as he was, thought that the plain haddock was the best he had ever had.

Suppose we are writing up a bit about Lake-town and we come across the above passage. Now this might (or might not) be confounding to us... haddock is a salt-water fish, and thus would be very unlikely to be served in Lake-town. Since we've been asked to account for this in our game materials we have a few choices: [...]

In expansion to your first (and partly third) bulletpoint, we might also think of a rational way in which the haddock could have reached this landlocked site (not the fish by itself, but being traded there). He could have come salted (or otherwise preserved), but still would be an extremely rare and valuable commodity here. Thus the serving of this very expensive dish would be a sign of how much the people of Lake-town value their guests.

BTW: Great posts in here indeed since I last posted here

Cheers
Tolwen