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  • Absolutely not, it's very explicitly designed to be a prototype for a larger game and a lot of the plot is entirely set up for that game.

    It can't even be a one-off, there was already a novel in the setting before the game was made.













  • Thing is, the Shire was a hereditary monarchy, they just didn't call their ruler a king - it was Thane. Pippin was in line for and did eventually inherit the title.

    There's also Buckland, the small offshoot of the Shire ruled by the Master of Buckland, and of course this title was inherited by Merry.