After the fall of Arthedain, Sarn Ford became the center for a collection of farming villages on the edge of the prairie wilds of Minhiriath.The castle at Iach Sarn crumbled away, and most local Hobbits moved to the Shire.The Sarn settlements, ruled by their own Council of Elders, remained relatively unchanged for the rest of the Third Age.A certain amount of trade came up the Brandywine from Burh Amber , and the Dwarves and the Shire-folk exchanged what few luxury goods they could afford for the trinkets.Troubles with brigands and Orcs sometimes resulted in the Shire-folk and the Rangers of the North sending help southward, but life around Sarn Ford was generally uneventful.During the War of the Ring, Saruman first bought off the leaders of the settlements and then sent in a troop of merc