• Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    Pippin didn’t become shire-thain till after the war of the ring though. And it’s an elected position, isn’t it?

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      3 days ago

      His dad was also Thain. Pippin obviously earned it on his own merits anyway, but it was also sort of a political dynasty thing, like a Bush or a Kennedy.