Wollibo

Wollibo, a fool of a Took, joined the server in February 2019. Near the spawn he met a first other player called Johnny the Wizard who helped him with some food and gear and teached him how to sneak away without seen by others by switching off the map location. The winter was cold and Wollibo sneaked away, long time not seen by other folks. First he tried to get a warm and cozy hole somewhere in the Shire. He started to get some handy tools and then the first provisorically hole for this Hobbit was done soon. But like all Tooks he was looking for an adventure and while spring was coming he was wandering around in Tookland till he found a nice lake, surrounded by old oak and luxuriant apple trees. Only a few old Hobbit families also were living there and so Wollibo decided to found the little village of Puddledump in March 2019.

**Foundation of Puddledump**

The village, fine 1000 blocks south of Tuckborough, was growing fast as he was building a first market hall there, a new centre of the southern Tookland where he was offering the local customary food like turnips, potatoes, apples and some stuff more, the Hobbits or travelling players need. But then Wollibo first was searching for a nice tavern and he found one not far away south of Puddledump. Still it was in sad condition and he started the renovation and also was building some houses and shops around - and more by chance than planned the little village of Hogwallow was founded too. Later again in Puddledump also a bakery, a tobacco store and also a small Blue Mountains and a Dunlending trading outpost deployed there as Wollibo started to expand his trading activities. With this first coins he got he founded the W.T.C. - Wollibo Trading Company and he started to travel around beyond the borders of Tookland, even beyond the far away borders of the Shire - what a fool he was! - and still he is ...

**More shops, more money ...**

As a free merchant Wollibo then was searching for new business ideas and so he founded his first traveller store and a food shop at the eastern border of the Shire where the road is leading to Bree. Also he deployed a gate at the Shire border to keep the Orcs outside and the Hobbits safe. The shops were running well and short time after he also opened three other traveller stores at the Shire leaving road to the south, to the west and another one at the way to Bree. And while travelling a long time to the east finally Wollibo reached Rivendell and got the idea to open a new huge market hall there. Also a little museum he was building there as it was possible to make custom pictures. A long time Wollibo was very busy with runnning all the stores and market halls and there wouldn't have be a change - but Imrazor, the prince of Dol Amroth, invited him to visit his impressive capitol. This was a great new experience for the little Hobbit and then Wollibo accepted Imrazor's offer to join the faction of Dol Amroth. After one year as a neutral merchant a new chapter was opened.

**The amazing cities of Gondor**

Unified with the Kingdom of Gondor, the membership at Dol Amroth was offering a lot of new chances to Wollibo. He visted all the gondorian cities and with a lot of new impressions he continued his trading business in Dol Amroth and Minas Tirith. At the new built city of Dol Amroth he founded a brewery, a tavern and a little general store. At Minas Tirith he got permission by King LukasFredin to deploy a food market and a tavern and also to get some more houses to establish other stores. Together with two other reputable merchants justinvdvelden and Marf\_415 this time Wollibo founded the Trade Federation with the headquarter in Minas Tirith. Also a new tobacco store at Minas Tirith then was opened, so gondorian players normally are not at risk to run out of pipes. It was a good time there and Wollibo enjoyed the time in the Kingdom of Gondor and Dol Amroth.

**New adventures: South Bree County**

Then the Bree update appears in June 2020 and like all players Wollibo was excited to visit the new generated Breeland. Together with Marf\_415 and Lemurmclemur he travelled to Bree and there was no long discussion to found the South Bree County as they detected three little villages there. At his village Cattleslough Wollibo built up a small livestock farming and also was improving the gardener stall of a Hobbit to a real four seasons total landscaping store. Some other players joined the South Bree County that was a funny free community and friend of the Bree faction. But then most of these playes were going inactive and the cattle breeding didn't fulfil Wollibo's lifelong dream. He headed back to Dol Amroth and Gondor. But this time there were a lot of ambushes by the varyags of Khand and Wollibo had to fight these merciless warriors even inside his own little food market - inside the walls of Minas Tirith.

**The New Player Store at Waymeet**

A bit tired about the dangerous situation in the Kingom of Gonder - travelling there and running directly in a Mordor invasion isn't the best situation for a Hobbit - Wollibo has the idea to build up a New Player Store. There should players who first time joining the server could get some first food, weapons, armor and tools for free. Wollibo was excited about this idea and with the permission and help of Mazerinth, Mayor of Waymeet, he started this new project. In August 2020 the New Player Store finally was opened. In the next weeks Wollibo added a "Faction Hall" in the basement of the store where all factions can take a slot to present their realms to new players and giving information to join a faction. The New Player Store is a neutral area and while leaded by Wollibo every nice player can support the store with single donations or even joining the fellowship of the store if they like to support the store more frequently. So many projects for one Hobbit - Wollibo needed a holiday. He still was running the New Player Store but reduced all other trading activities to a minimum to get some more cozy time in Puddledump, smoking a pipe, drinking one or two or three ales, munch some pancakes with maple syrup ...

**The Pincup fluke - joining the Hobbits**

But a Hobbit isn't a Hobbit - especially a Took - if there are no new ideas coming up. To be honest, Puddledump is an old village, but not very cozy. The market hall and the Wollibo Trading Company headquarter building are exactly the opposite. So Wollibo was looking at his map of the Shire for a more nice place and noticed that there was no Pincup. The small Tookland village you find in every other map of the Shire - but not at the server. Head over heels he was running to the location east of Tuckborough and a new project was started with a new cozy Hobbit hole! The next building there was a party tent - every Hobbit village needs a party tent - and so it happened that Nopaosak, Thain of the Shire and Hobbits faction leader, was coming along there randomly by hunting some Orcs and noticed this location - and he asked the surprised Wollibo if he could built up a village like this at Tuckborough! What a challenge! The old Tuckborough was removed with the server reset and at moment there was nothing but wilderness! But there was no hesitation - this was the next goal for Wollibo and so he decided with heavy heart to leave Dol Amroth and Gondor and was joining the Hobbits faction at March 12th 2021. - Wollibo, a fool of a Took, was back in Tookland!

**The things must be done: Three Farthing Stone and The Hedge**

As a new official member of the Hobbits Wollibo now was looking more seriously at the Shire. There were wonderful locations like Bucklebury, Longbottom, Bywater, Brandywine Bridge and a lot more. But there was no Three Farthing Stone? Where was the heart of the Shire? And where was The Hedge at the border to the Old Forest to protect the Hobbits against crazy dark Huorn trees? While waiting for permission to start building at Tuckborough there was no time to rest. He directly started building the Three Farthing Stone and planting The Hedge. Beside this he helped Bernt99 and Nopaosak to improve the Hobbiton waypoint. While Bernt99 was hard working at Bilbo's smial Bag End and Nopaosak was setting Gaffer Gamgee's gardening store and the Bagshot Row, Wollibo was building a farm and some houses in the southern areas of the village. Beside this he was helping Post\_it\_Notes with some changes and improvements at Bywater. Then suddenly the Hobbits got the permission to start working at Tuckborough - and again there was no time for rest, the things must be done!

**What about 2nd breakfast?**

So there often was no time for 2nd breakfast while Wollibo was working at Tuckborough, at The Hedge, at the Three Farthing Stone, at the New Player Store ... And then to everybody's surprise Nopaosak announced to step back as Thain of the Shire. Great confusione was getting all the Hobbits, beside some priority issues like where to get a new pipe and why the ale barrel is already empty again ... So everybody was happy about that Wollibo said he would do that Thain thing. Even less time for 2nd breakfast he was brood about, but also this thing must be done. And Wollibo did: on July 24th 2021 Wollibo the Took was taking office as Thain of the Shire - and all other Hobbits now were happy continuing the real serious things like smoking, drinking, chilling, some gardening and so on ...

The story will be continued ...