{"id":92190,"date":"2014-09-15T09:39:03","date_gmt":"2014-09-15T14:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=92190"},"modified":"2014-09-15T09:39:03","modified_gmt":"2014-09-15T14:39:03","slug":"the-shires-military-structure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2014\/09\/15\/92190-the-shires-military-structure\/","title":{"rendered":"The Shire&#8217;s Military Structure?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color: #444444\" class=\"intro\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Shire-Hierarchy.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"no-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-92684 no-lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Shire-Hierarchy-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"Shire Hierarchy\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Shire-Hierarchy-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Shire-Hierarchy.jpg 577w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a>Ranks of skilled archers cleverly readying their bows. Organized groups of infantrymen waiting for the signal to attack. One word and any intruders will find themselves facing serious consequences.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #444444\"><strong>It is hard to conjure up the imagery of an army within the Shire, based on the rather rustic and easy-going characteristics.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #444444\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #444444\">Yet, these are the Hobbits of the Shire \u2013 as penned by master fantasy writer, J.R.R. Tolkien himself. The nature-loving, food-consuming folk, conceal a fierce sense of\u00a0love and loyalty to\u00a0their own people and the land: <strong>giving rise to a modest force of defence that joins the ranks of the more popular \u2013 and significantly larger \u2013 armies in Middle-earth.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #444444\">These same Hobbits \u2013 from whom arises the foolishness of Sam Gamgee, the narrow-mindedness of Hamfast, the antics of Bilbo Baggins, or the offensiveness of Otho and Lobelia \u2013 have, nonetheless, a fiery personality; a personality that mixes their love of living things with a steadfast\u00a0resilience in conflict.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/atolkienistperspective.wordpress.com\/2014\/08\/10\/the-shires-military-structure\/\" target=\"_blank\">[Read More]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ranks of skilled archers cleverly readying their bows. 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