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@mina @bruces wait… why is Merry quasi royalty? I'm missing something...

@mem

»Meriadoc "Merry" Brandybuck, called The Magnificent, was a Hobbit, the son of Saradoc Brandybuck. [...] Saradoc "Scattergold" Brandybuck was a Hobbit and Master of Buckland.«

https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Meriadoc_Brandybuck

@bruces

@mina @mem @bruces "Quasi-royalty" here seems to refer to people with a role like "steward" of some nation.

Which makes sense.