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Yregwyn · 06-30-2014, 10:33 AM

I have been re reading Two Towers and now i have this site to post on i may get this answered. Who was responsible for the pipe weed from the shire getting to Isenguard? The 1st thing that came to mind was Ole Merry Tom through Maggot maybe. I dont remember it ever being said. Its been years since ive read these so if im getting ahead of mysself asking this, just tell me to hush and keep reading.

Kuruharan · 06-30-2014, 11:20 AM

The Sackville-Bagginses probably grew and sold it. It is most likely it was transported south by Saruman's network of half-orcs and thugs he had hanging around the Shire and Bree.

Inziladun · 06-30-2014, 12:11 PM

Right. Saruman had been sounding out hobbits to corrupt, and Lotho Sackville-Baggins became his prime contact in the Shire. The Sackville-Bagginses and the Bracegirdles already owned leaf plantations, so it was no problem for him to obtain it. Saruman provided the men and equipment for transportation.

Yregwyn · 06-30-2014, 07:14 PM

Oh ya. I remember now the end of RoTK XD thx guys. Like i said been along time. Thx alot for answering!

06-30-2014, 10:33 AM	#1
Yregwyn Animated Skeleton Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 36	longbottom I have been re reading Two Towers and now i have this site to post on i may get this answered. Who was responsible for the pipe weed from the shire getting to Isenguard? The 1st thing that came to mind was Ole Merry Tom through Maggot maybe. I dont remember it ever being said. Its been years since ive read these so if im getting ahead of mysself asking this, just tell me to hush and keep reading. __________________ Fingolfin.....He passed over Dor-nu-fauglith like wind amid dust, and all that beheld his onslaught fled in amaze, thinking Orome himself was come: for a great madness of rage was upon him, so that his eyes shone like the eyes of the Valar.

06-30-2014, 11:20 AM	#2
Kuruharan Regal Dwarven Shade Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: A Remote Dwarven Hold Posts: 3,593	The Sackville-Bagginses probably grew and sold it. It is most likely it was transported south by Saruman's network of half-orcs and thugs he had hanging around the Shire and Bree. __________________ ...finding a path that cannot be found, walking a road that cannot be seen, climbing a ladder that was never placed, or reading a paragraph that has no...

06-30-2014, 12:11 PM	#3
Inziladun Gruesome Spectre Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Heaven's doorstep Posts: 8,037	Right. Saruman had been sounding out hobbits to corrupt, and Lotho Sackville-Baggins became his prime contact in the Shire. The Sackville-Bagginses and the Bracegirdles already owned leaf plantations, so it was no problem for him to obtain it. Saruman provided the men and equipment for transportation. __________________ Music alone proves the existence of God.

06-30-2014, 07:14 PM	#4
Yregwyn Animated Skeleton Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 36	Oh ya. I remember now the end of RoTK XD thx guys. Like i said been along time. Thx alot for answering! __________________ Fingolfin.....He passed over Dor-nu-fauglith like wind amid dust, and all that beheld his onslaught fled in amaze, thinking Orome himself was come: for a great madness of rage was upon him, so that his eyes shone like the eyes of the Valar.