Bree Town, whether in the original book or in the movie, is a very important place, and many plots take place here.
But in fact, Bree is just a small place, where smart, hard-working humans and kind-hearted hobbits live. The total population is probably only a little over a thousand.
Of course, since this place is located on a traffic thoroughfare, there are often displaced dwarves who carry all their belongings and stay in Bree for a day.
After a good rest, set out for the Blue Mountains to seek the protection of Thorin Oakenshield. After all, the dwarf prince did quite well there.
Generally speaking, this is a stable and peaceful place that has never encountered threats from dark forces for hundreds of years.
Of course, there are people who are paying the price silently in the dark.
Allen was walking on the streets of Bree Town at this time. Most of the houses here were made of a mixture of stone and wood, with a very European medieval style.
What is more obvious than the style of the house is that the roads in the town are not narrow, but they are muddy. Spring is a rainy season, and it can easily become muddy.
Allen is now walking very depressed on the muddy streets of Bree, preparing to return to his residence, the Prancing Pony Inn.
It was already evening, and Allen had just come out of the home of a slightly bald man with a big nose.
The man was Bree's "famous" carrot lover, Albert Drelli.
On the first day Allen came here, he saw this guy leaning on his doorstep eating carrots.
Coincidentally, this person is also the chef in Lord Bree's family, so during this period of time, Allen went to him to discuss his cooking skills from time to time for the sake of his own mouth. However, why is Allen so idle?
Yes, yes, after Gandalf brought Alan to Bree, he once again left the young man and ran away, saying he was going to find out information. It was almost a month ago.
Faced with this situation, Allen was helpless and had no way to stop it. He couldn't tell Gandalf that Thorin Oakenshield would definitely appear at the Prancing Pony Inn on March 15th.
Allen also knew that he came out too early, especially on the Misty Mountains road. The eagle only took two days to send Allen and Gandalf from Carl's Rock to Eriador.
When the two rushed to Bree Town as quickly as possible, it only took less than a month, and it was only mid-February.
After arriving here, the old man in gray robe mounted the horse that Allen bought and left him out. Allen had to walk around Bree Town by himself, getting familiar with the surrounding environment.
However, when Alan walked into the Prancing Pony Inn in the rain, his good friend, Gandalf the Grey, was already sitting at a table, drinking beer and looking at him with a smile on his face.
Gandalf was an old man with a strong charisma. Even if he left Alan alone in Bree, it would be difficult for Alan to be truly angry with him.
The young human sat down opposite Gandalf and called the maid here: "Betsy, bring me a glass of mead."
Compared to beer, Allen prefers this kind of sweet thing.
The Prancing Horse Inn, the property of the Butterfly Family, is the largest tavern and inn in the neighborhood. It is often crowded with a large number of people from all walks of life, from all walks of life.
This is a place where news circulates very much, and many people come here for some information, even those humans who have taken refuge in the dark forces.
For example, today, Allen recognized one of them at a glance, the ugly middle-aged man sitting at the window who exuded a sinister aura. He was a spy of the enemy.
There was also a well-known local gangster in Bree Town, Old Bill, a big man over two meters tall who seemed to be fierce. However, after seeing Allen, he fled the inn like a bereaved dog.
It is true that Bree has never been threatened by dark forces, but this does not prevent this town from producing some nasty people and some evil things.
It was the afternoon on the fifth day that Allen came here. He was wandering around the market and buying some things he liked.
Old Bill, who had been observing Allen for a long time, quietly followed Allen, appeared next to him, and used his huge size to hold the calm Allen hostage.
There is nothing that can be done about this. Whoever asks Allen to buy things in this small town will always bring out gold. If his wealth is exposed, he will definitely be in trouble.
Did Allen notice it? He did. At first, he was going to take action directly to destroy this guy.
However, he had experienced many battles and did not feel the murderous intention in the opponent. He did not take out a weapon, but only used seemingly ridiculous force to hold Allen hostage.
Faced with this situation, Allen did not resist, and he had been very bored recently, so it was not impossible to have some fun to spice up his boring life.
What Allen is confused about is, does he really seem to be easy to bully? Is it because he is polite to everyone?
Or is it because he seems to be unarmed that these people are so bold?
Allen didn't want to carry a bow and sword on his back while shopping, and elf-style weapons often attracted people's attention.
This makes people like Old Bill think that they are lucky and have met a fat sheep who doesn't understand anything.
Soon Allen was taken to a dark corner, where four or five men with evil looks and long and short weapons were already waiting there.
Perhaps because he felt that his side had many people and weapons, Old Bill let go of Allen, pushed him into the crowd, and then naturally began to blackmail him.
Faced with this situation, Allen did not panic at all. He reached into the cloak behind his back and calmly pulled out a long sword that exuded cold light as if by magic.
How could Allen have no weapons? Just spend dinars to buy them. As long as he has money, Allen is carrying a cold weapons warehouse with him.
The few gangsters surrounding Allen didn't know what was happening. They seemed to have just seen a glimmer of white light, and the lamb waiting to be slaughtered in front of them transformed into a tiger baring its fangs.
Just when a few ruffians were confused, Allen used his long sword and knocked the weapons out of their hands, forcing them to kneel on the ground.
Allen ignored the gangsters' pleas for mercy and cut off the thumbs of their right hands as punishment.
In this way, they lose the capital to do evil.
Old Bill, who held Allen hostage, was dumbfounded. He knew that he was in trouble today. The two-meter-tall man knelt down without waiting for Allen to say anything.
Allen was not polite, he went over and slapped him in the face, and walked away happily.
Poor old Bill not only fainted at this foot, but also lost more than half of the teeth in his mouth.
Then rumors about Allen began to spread in Bree Town, saying that the seemingly polite stranger staying at the Prancing Pony Inn was actually a murderer without blinking an eye. The people of the town should drive him away as soon as possible.
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Allen didn't pay attention to such rumors, and the owner of the Prancing Horse Inn didn't say anything. After all, Allen spent a lot of money, and he hadn't encountered such a generous guest in many years.
But in the following days, whenever Allen felt bored, he would ask Old Bill to compete with him on his "skills". Allen couldn't remember the number of times, but Old Bill should have lost all his teeth.
Soon there were new rumors in Bree Town. The famous gangster in the town, Old Bill Fernney, was targeted by a stranger living in the Prancing Horse Inn. Now he hides in his shabby house every day.
I was trembling and didn't dare to go out.
But today, this guy actually dared to show up at the Prancing Horse Inn. There must be something going on, and Allen didn't care.
But it was obvious that Gandalf, with a smile on his face, had just come back and found out what Alan had been doing during this period of time.
He said jokingly: "Alan, I didn't expect that your reputation would spread throughout Bree in such a short period of time."
As soon as Allen heard this, he knew that Gandalf was joking. He waved his hand casually and asked in a low voice: "Gandalf, is there any news about Thorin?"
Because today is already March 15th, if there is no news, Allen will have to consider whether his little wings are flapping again, and if this happens, he will have to discuss the next plan with Gandalf.
Gandalf nodded and said: "He will be here at the earliest tonight and tomorrow night at the latest. It will be up to me to negotiate with him then. You can listen."
Allen nodded in agreement. Just as he was about to ask Gandalf about this journey, he found Gandalf looking towards the door, and Allen also looked back.
A slightly embarrassed dwarf wearing a raincoat walked into the Prancing Horse Inn, cleaned himself up a little, and sat on an empty table in the middle of the inn.
Although he seemed embarrassed at first, this dwarf's equipment was not shabby. He wore tight and neat clothes and carried a dwarf long sword with him.
At this time, he was picking up Bree Town's famous pipe and enjoying it, with a contented expression on his handsome and determined face. This was Thorin Oakenshield, the dwarf prince of the Durin clan.
At this time, Allen was ready to stand up and go over to say hello, but Gandalf winked at Allen and stopped him. Then after waiting for a while, he sat down alone.
What's interesting is that the spy at the window actually started to hesitate in his seat because of Old Bill's escape.
At first he couldn't understand why Old Bill, who quoted a high price, ran away like that.
But soon, he noticed Allen staring at him. He was shocked, remembered the rumors in the town, and left the Prancing Pony Inn in despair.
Thorin Oakenshield had just noticed the gloomy man who had been staring at him, but there was only one person on the other side, and he was only slightly defensive.
He didn't want to cause trouble here, because it might cause trouble for the dwarves, making them an unwelcome race in Bree Town.
But as the gloomy middle-aged man left, Gandalf also sat across from him, which made him relax again.
Allen sat at a table next to them, drinking the mead in his hand, and listened carefully to the conversation between the two.
I have to say that Gandalf's eloquence was very good. Thorin Oakenshield, who was opposite him, was convinced by Gandalf in a short period of time. His confused and doubtful eyes gradually showed desire.
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Indeed, the displaced dwarves of Durin's family urgently need to go home, and Thorin Oakenshield also urgently wants to get back the throne and wealth that belongs to his family.
However, Allen who was listening always had the feeling that Thorin Oakenshield had been deceived. Then Allen thought of himself, and for a moment he felt that he was not as good as the dwarf prince.
This is inevitable, because Allen has an innate affection for Gandalf, a respectable old man, and this is a normal thing.
Soon, Gandalf and Thorin discussed the details of how to gather an army and how to retrieve the king's royal treasure, until they came to the point where they needed a snitch.
Thorin Oakenshield looked in Allen's direction and asked Gandalf: "Is this the snitch you found for me?"
Indeed, Allen was dressed very much like a ranger at this time, and Thorin Oakenshield had long been aware of the relationship between Allen and Gandalf.
Especially since this human ranger forced the sinister man away with just his eyes, Thorin Oakenshield did not dare to despise this young human who came to him.
"No, no, no, Thorin, this is not a snitch, this is my friend, Allen from Wilderness Town."
Gandalf introduced Alan to Thorin Oakenshield, and Alan nodded slightly to greet Thorin Oakenshield.
Thorin Oakenshield frowned, seeming to be thinking about something, and then said: "I have never heard of this place."
At this time, Allen spoke, his voice was neither urgent nor slow, neither humble nor overbearing.
"It's normal that I haven't heard of it. Middle-earth is so vast. Besides, Wilderness Town is not famous. As Thorin Oakenshield, the grandson of Thror and the son of Thrain, it's normal that I haven't heard of it."
Thorin Oakenshield nodded, ignored Allen, and said to Gandalf: "What about the candidate for the Snitch?"
The dwarf prince is still more concerned about this expedition. If he can use a powerful human ranger, he can be rewarded more.
"The candidate has been selected. We will gather at Hobbiton in the Shire in more than a month. I will leave a mark at his door."
Thorin Oakenshield was quite satisfied with Gandalf's answer, especially the appearance of Alan, which made the dwarves have high expectations for the Snitch.
Alan knew that the details of this conversation had been completed. He sat down at his table again and asked Betsy to serve him a special meal.
There was no way, everyone around was eating, which made Allen, who had just eaten a meal in the afternoon, also hungry.
After drinking and eating, the three of them returned to their rooms at the Prancing Horse Inn to rest for the night. The next day, they set out on their own paths and left Bree.
Alan knew that in the past month, Gandalf had probably visited Hobbiton once and found Bilbo Baggins, whom he had been paying attention to for a long time.
But Allen didn't say anything or ask. The two of them just rode horses, passing by Ancient Tombs and the Old Forest. Under the watchful eyes of the hobbits, they checked into the Green Dragon Tavern.