Breeland Hobbits in Need of Aid
Throughout the Shire, rumours were circulating among the hobbits that trouble had reached Breeland. Ballanor set out to Buckland to meet with Celandine Brandybuck to find out just what was going on. Celandine was quite frank with Ballanor and admitted in confidence that she was frightened by the strange happenings as of late.
Not only were the creatures of the wild acting strange, but bands of brigands had been seen terrorizing travellers along the East Road, and worse still, there was talk about Black Riders who questioned residents about the whereabouts of “Baggins”. Of course, they were looking for Frodo Baggins, whom Ballanor knew was travelling East on a most urgent mission.
Most of the hobbits in the Shire thought Frodo was even crazier than his uncle Bilbo, and somehow that bothered Ballanor. From what little she had been told of Frodo’s secret mission, he was a brave young hobbit worthy of respect for even choosing to leave the Shire rather than bring trouble to its borders.
And so for several weeks Ballanor stayed in and around Buckland, the Old Forest, and the Barrow Downs, helping out as much as she could.
It seemed that word had spread to the Breeland hobbits that she was capable of inflicting serious harm to the enemy and she was kept quite busy. Ballanor didn’t mind. She was, in fact, quite fond of the little folk, and the hobbits knew it, so they came to love her too. Ballanor continued to protect the hobbits, a task she was quite willing to do, and she became known as the Friend of the Halflings.
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