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The Inn of the Prancing Pony was built along the old Great East Road in the village of Bree, near where the Greenway went north to Fornost.

By the time of the War of the Ring, it was owned and managed by Barliman Butterbur, a Man who was somewhat absent-minded at times.

The inn had rooms for Men as well as Hobbits, and in the meeting room Frodo Baggins and his companions Samwise Gamgee, Peregrin Took, and Meriadoc Brandybuck met the Ranger Strider, who would turn out to be Aragorn son of ArathornArathorn II is a fictional character from J. Tolkien's universe of Middle-earth. He was the fifteenth of the Chieftains of the Dunedain. Like his forefathers, he was raised by Elrond in Rivendell while his father Arador dwelt in the wild. Arathorn became, a friend of GandalfIan McKellen portrays Gandalf in The Two Towers. Because of his openness he is well-liked by many Tolkien fans. This article is about the fictional character from J. Tolkien's books. For other meanings of Gandalf see: Gandalf (disambiguation Gandalf is a who waited there for them.

There were also spies of SarumanSaruman is a fictional character from J. Tolkien's universe, Middle-earth. Saruman the White Curunir Lan in Sindarin) was the first of his order of Wizards (or Istari) who came into Middle-earth as Emissaries of the Valar in the Third Age. He was the lead present in the inn , and it was attacked by the Ringwraiths before the party of Hobbits left.