Bree

## The Bree-Folk of Breeland

Region Map

The men and hobbits of Bree are a merry folk, though will fiercely defend our friends and land if threatened. Breeland is ruled by the Master of Breeland, Annui\_Naur. He is advised by the Mayors and Sheriffs that make up the Brandywine Council. The current heir to Breeland is Palarandrusk. The capital is currently Bree, which was built by Mazerinth, Sheriff of Bree.

In lore, the Bree-Folk mostly settled just Breeland, however on the server we have spread throughout Breeland, Chetwood, the Old Forest, Midgewater, and the nearby Eriador. We are mostly surrounded by Arnor, though we share a border with a contested Lone-Lands area that belongs to Gundabad as far as the official tile system.

## Government

Bree is part of ‘The Brandywine Union’ which is a merged group of The Shire and Bree with a joint government, rules, and alliances. The joint faction is ruled by Annui\_Naur, the 1st Master of Breeland and Wollibo, the Thain of the Shire and Master of Tookland. Palarandrusk would take over the position of Master of Breeland should Annui\_Naur ever step down. After Annui\_Naur, Wollibo, and Palarandrusk are the other Sheriffs and Mayors that make up the Brandywine Council. The Brandywine Council advises the Master of Breeland and Thane of the Shire on faction maters and sometimes votes on decisions. Promotions are generally handed out by the Master of Breeland and Thane of the Shire, though usually these are discussed with the Council.

### Ranks

The following lists all the current ranks used by Bree.

Ranks
**Recruit:** Anyone wishing to join the faction.

**Bree Folk/Hobbit:** A full member of The Shire or Breeland. You must have completed 2 recruit quests from any Sheriff or Mayor as well as unlocked the Breeland biome.

**Mayor/Sheriff:** Mayors and Sheriffs are the owners of cities and advise the Master of Breeland on faction matters. Mayor is the title for people who rule cities in the Shire, and Sheriff is the title for people who rule Bree cities. They are appointed by the Master of Breeland and rule over a city. Mayors and Sheriffs may be diplomats and engage in diplomacy, but may not officially sign treaties or declare war. Owning or building a city doesn’t automatically make you a Sheriff or Mayor, you must be appointed.

**Heir:** The heir of Breeland is the second most powerful person in the faction, second to only the Master of Breeland. The heir has the ability to sign treaties and often engages in diplomacy. Should the Master of Breeland ever step down, the Heir would become the new Master of Breeland.

**Thane of the Shire:** The leader of the Shire, the position can only be attained through the current Thane stepping down and naming their heir. They are advised by the Sheriffs and Mayors but has the final say on all decisions that involve the Shire and joint decision making power with the Master of Breeland on decisions that involve both factions. The Thane of the Shire may sign treaties and declare war.

**Master of Breeland:** The leader of Breeland, the Master of Breeland is a position only attainable through the current Master of Breeland stepping down and naming you his/her heir. He/she is advised by the Sheriff and Mayors, but has the final say on all decisions involving Bree and joint decision making power with the Thane on decisions that involve the Shire as well. The Master of Breeland is the only member of the faction other than the Thane of the Shire who may sign treaties and declare war, etc. other than the heir when given permission to do so.

## The Brandywine Council

The Brandywine council is made up of the Mayors and Sheriffs who each rule over a city. The current members of the Brandywine council are:

* Annui\_Naur: Master of Breeland and Sheriff of Combe
* Nopaosak: Master of Buckland and former Thain of the Shire
* Palarandrusk: Heir of Breeland and Sheriff of Chadwood
* Mazerinth: Sheriff of Bree
* Jakar\_Flamix: Sheirff of Bloomsbury
* Bernt99: Mayor
* Wollibo: Thain of the Shire and Master of Tookland

## Members

To become a full member of Bree, you must get +200 alignment with Bree. Titles that are actively held by members will be in bold, former titles will be in normal text.

Annui\_Naur- **Master of Breeland, Sheriff of Combe**

Nopasoak- **Shire Hobbit, Master of Buckland**, former Thain of the Shire

Palarandrusk- **Heir of Breeland**, **Sheriff**

Mazerinth- **Sheriff of Bree,** Lord of Breeland (ruler over the entire province back when Bree was part of Arnor)

Jakar- **Sheriff of Bloomsbury**

Bernt99- **Shire Hobbit, Mayor of Longbottom**

Wollibo**- Shire Hobbit, Thain of the Shire, Master of Tookland**

MaybeMatt- **Bree-Folk**

Druskor- Sheriff of the Old Forest, **Bree-Folk**

Thorek\_Ironbow- **Bree-Folk**

Post-It-Notes- **Shire Hobbit, Lady of Middlefield, Mayor of Bywater**

BlueGoldenRose- **Sheriff**

Vintopian- **Bree-Folk**

Supernick8- **Bree-Folk**

Don-San- **Bree-Folk**

paulbladesmith- **Bree-Folk**

Halbarad\_Dunadan- **Bree-Folk**

Earb- **Bree-Folk**

yoloarf- **Bree-Folk**

Spacebar2005- **Bree-Folk**

ScottishThunder56- **Bree-Folk**

Brokerik- **Bree-Folk**

Goldfish- **Bree-Folk**

Tassie- **Recruit**

Jimmer- **Recruit**

## Laws

The following list of laws are to be followed by all members of the faction:

Breeland Laws

1)Be respectful to all players on the server and try to avoid salt when possible.

2) Issues or disputes within the faction are to be solved by the Mayors, Sheriffs, or the Master of Breeland.

3) No stealing from anyone, even if you have access to their build.

4) Do not disclose any sensitive or important faction information.

5. Don’t harm the reputation of the faction.

6) Do not threaten or blackmail anyone.

7) If any faction member is found to have commited treason against the faction, they may be stripped of their rank and banished from the faction

8) Don’t claim to hold any titles that you don’t or to speak on behalf of the faction (unless you are a mayor or higher rank, but even then, make sure what you’re saying is actually the opinion of the fac).

9) No trade killing- that means no saying you will trade with people and then killing them, getting the stuff for free.

10) No breaking blocks in anyone’s build without permission. Minor transgressions will be forgiven if you replace and rebuild. Major ones could result in more serious punishment.

11) Do not engage in non consensual pvp with any fellow Bree members or factions we have a NAP with. Check our alliances section if you're unsure of who we have a NAP with

## Builds (see Shire Page for their builds)

Breeland has many villages and towns scattered throughout their lands. Only major cities owned by Sheriffs will be included here.

**Bree**

The faction's most important city, serving as our biggest lore city and the capital of our faction. Mazerinth built Bree and continues to develop it further. The city is constructed mainly of wood, and has a hedge surrounding the city.

**Combe**

Another important city to Bree lore, Combe has served to house many of the recruits and members of Bree. It is constructed from a variety of woods including pine, spruce, and oak. It has a small wall, with two towers next to the gate. It was built and owned by Sheriff Annui\_Naur with design help from \_Isildur.

**Archet**

A small logging town next to Chetwood, Archet is another lore town in Breeland. It has been designed by \_Isildur, and is almost complete on the server. It will feature a small hill with a town constructed mostly of spruce and some other nearby houses and cabins. It will likely be administered by Sheirff Halbarad\_the\_Grey and could server as a capital for the Chetwood/Midgewater region.

**Staddle**

The last Breeland lore city, Staddle is another important city to Breeland. Having mostly hobbit inhabitants, Staddle features a large hill with hobbit holes and a path leading to the top, with houses and a tavern at the foot of the hill. There will likely be farms in the surrounding area. Staddle has been designed, but not yet built. It will likely be built and administered by Annui\_Naur, but may be given to Palarandrusk later on.

## Alliances

### The Council of Calion:

Bree is part of the Council of Calion alliance between Bree, the Shire, the Kingdom of Arnor, the High Elves, the Kingdom of Gondor, the Kingdom of Dol Amroth, the Wind Dwarves, and Forodren Gwaith. All members of the council have defensive pacts and NAPs (Non Aggression Pacts) with each other.

### The Council of the White Tree:

Bree is part of the Council of the White Tree, an alliance between Bree, the Shire, Arnor, Gondor, Dol Amroth, and Rohan. The Council has a defensive and non aggression pact.

#### Defensive Pacts:

Arnor

High Elves

Wind Dwarves

Gondor

Dol Amroth

The Shire

Wood Elves

Dorwinion

Rohan

Forodren Gwaith

#### NAPs:

Arnor

High Elves

Wind Dwarves

Gondor

Hobbits

Wood Elves

Dorwinion

Blue Mountain Dwarves

Lorien

Lossoth

Lebennin

Grey Dwarves

Red Mountain Dwarves

Erebor Dwarves

Khazad-Dum

Rohan

Dunland

## History of Breeland

### The Days in Arnor

Breeland was simply an Arnorian province from the beginning of the server, eventually governed by Mazerinth as its Lord. Mazerinth constructed the City of Bree and built other cities, such as Brill. Some major Bree cities such as Combe and Archet were constructed, though eventually the players who built them left, or went inactive. Eventually the province passed to Lord Annui\_Naur, who rebuilt Combe and began designing builds for the other major cities. With a Breeland update on the horizon, Arnor and Annui\_Naur decided Bree would need more attention and members than the average arnorian province. On February 15th, 2020, Annui\_Naur, with the blessing of Arnor, declared Bree independent and claimed the title of the 1st Master of Breeland.

### The Early Days

Annui\_Naur immediately began recruiting and making alliances with other factions. Bree was very quickly given a seat on the White Council, recognized as a faction by the Free Peoples and invited as a founding member to the Council of Calion. Annui also began developing a law system and a region map to better manage the land. On March 29th, 2020, Annui recognized the hard work of Druskor, Halbarad\_theGrey and Thorek\_Ironbow, giving them each promotions to sheriffs of the Old Forest, Chetwood/Midgewater, and Eriador respectively. Mazerinth was also given the title of Mayor of Bree, in recognition of the work he had done for the region previously and for building Bree. The first Bree Council was formed, who advises and discusses faction maters with the Master of Breeland. Soon after Jakar\_Flamix and BlueGoldenRose were given promotions to Mayor.

### Becoming Official

On June 11th 2020, Bree was recognized as an official faction on the server. Just a day later, Update 36 was released and Bree was added to the mod. Due to the update, the number of recruits Bree received started to increase. New projects are being started and the new content was explored. New blocks, such as drystone, and the new textures will allow the Bree-Folk to build structures better than ever before. Archet was soon constructed and both Combe and Bree received traders.

### Changes to the Faction

Soon after, Thorek\_Ironbow decided to step down as Sheriff of Eriador due to server inactivity. Soon after, Palarandrusk was promoted to Mayor and Heir a few months later. Halbarad\_the\_Grey stepped down and the sheriff/region system was abolished as the faction was more practically city based and most members wanted to build in Breeland itself. New alliances were forged, but for the most part, Bree continued to remain neutral in conflicts that did not directly involve its allies.

### The Brandywine Union

On New Years Day 2021, Bree and the Shire officially merged, creating the Brandywine Union. This was done to help both factions grow and develop more. Alliances, rules, and government were all merged, but by server rules they remained separate factions. During this time, Bree began to focus more on recruitment and developing waypoints since the Shire has so many. Druskor, Sheriff of the Old Forest, stepped down due to inactivity, but Bernt99 was promoted to Mayor upon the merging of Bree and the Shire. The faction treasury also began to grow in wealth and storage areas for the faction were created. Wollibo was soon promoted to Mayor. The Brandywine Union supported Gondor when they were attacked by the Eastern Empire not long after its creation.