The North-Tooks
A branch of the wealthy and famous Took clan, the North-Tooks like their more southern kin have a strong Fallohide strain. The North-Tooks include the many descendants of Bandobras "Bullroarer" Took (1104-1206). Bandobras was the younger son of Thain Isumbras III (1066-1159) and presumably removed to the Northfarthing sometime in his adulthood. He is most famous for his defeat of a band of goblin's from Mount Grim at the Battle of Greenfields in the Northfarthing in 1147. Bandobras knocked the head of the Goblin king off using a wooden club, an event also held as the inspiration for the game of golf. Besides his victory at the first of the only two battles ever fought within the Shire, Bullroarer was known for his exceptional height. He was held to be 4'5 inches tall and could ride a horse.
The only other North-Took mentioned by Tolkien is Diamond of Long Cleeve (1395-?), wife of Thain Peregrin I (1390-?) and mother of Thain Faramir I (1430-?). She married Peregrin in 1427 at the age of thirty-two, and died sometime between 1430 and 1484.
The Northfarthing
The northernmost of the four farthings of the Shire; among the settlements of note are the village of Long Cleeve and Oatbarton. It was here that the Battle of Greenfields was fought in 1147. in 1311, during the Fell Winter, wolves entered the Shire, presumably in the Northfarthing. The Northfarthing is renowned for its barley, used to make beer, and sports good hunting. Ents, or "Tree-men" have been sighted in the area, including one incident involving a cousin of Samwise Gamgee.
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