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| - While nominally just a building for grain storage , the Grange now served as the center of local trade . If open fighting broke out , its walls were unusually thick for a granary ; the Grange could also serve as a fort for the Hobbits . They might have well needed one . Bandits roamed this area ; suspiciously , they troubled mainly Hobbits and travellers from the outside . Aradan , unable to recruit enough Arthadan commoners to expand his holdings ,had brought in Dunmen from Cardolan to work his fields and a small company of Dwarvish mercenaries to protect them . The first action had bred resentment among the Marwen peasants , who bore strong racial animosity agains the Daen ; they no longer trusted their lord . The second move had caused a reaction of fear and panic among the Hobbits of O
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| - While nominally just a building for grain storage , the Grange now served as the center of local trade . If open fighting broke out , its walls were unusually thick for a granary ; the Grange could also serve as a fort for the Hobbits . They might have well needed one . Bandits roamed this area ; suspiciously , they troubled mainly Hobbits and travellers from the outside . Aradan , unable to recruit enough Arthadan commoners to expand his holdings ,had brought in Dunmen from Cardolan to work his fields and a small company of Dwarvish mercenaries to protect them . The first action had bred resentment among the Marwen peasants , who bore strong racial animosity agains the Daen ; they no longer trusted their lord . The second move had caused a reaction of fear and panic among the Hobbits of Oatbarton . Dwarvish soldiers were of little use chasing bandits through the woods , but they might be just the thing for digging Hobbits out of their holes . Two locations in this valley remained neutral ground : Hobwood Inn and the barrow-hill itself . The owner of Hobwood Inn , Gellain Oakwye , was an aging Eriadoran (with a trace of fey blood ) who had "friends in the woods". Gellain , who ran his inn peacefully for two centuries before Aradan's arrival , did not tolerate violence or political argument . Aradan , who depended s on an Elvish charter for his position , seldom crossed the innkeeper . The barrow-hill , considered by many a good location for picnics and berry-picking , nonetheless remained an imposing feature .
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