I Just finished reading the chapter Fog on the Barrow Downs in The Fellowship of the Ring and the path they take there does not line up with the path laid out on the server, the landmarks they pass are all there on the server in approximately the right places but the path itself takes a completely different route.
In the book they say farewell to Goldberry at the crest of the hill/ridge behind Bombadil's house but after that the paths divert from each other. In the book they travel down the east side of that hill and then proceed to travel northwards along the western edge of the Barrow Downs till they reach a tall standing stone from where they can see the northern edge of the Barrow Downs. Here they eat their lunch on the west side of the standing stone and accidentally falls asleep. When they wake the fog has rolled in but they continue to head north towards what Frodo thinks is the gate out of the Barrow Downs but it turns out to just be a pair of leaning standing stones. When he passes under the first of these stones his pony panics and flees at which point Frodo realizes his friends are gone. He believes he can hear them calling out for help east of him so he hurries that way but gets lost in the fog till he reaches a steep hill tall enough to peak above the fog so he can see the stars but he only have time to realize that he climbed the hill from the north side before a wraith takes him and brings him to his barrow.
Whilst on the server their path goes south from the point where they said farewell to Goldberry to the very top of the hill behind Bombadil's house from which it heads due east for quite a while till it reaches a standing stone which it circles and starts heading southeast till it reaches a small burial mound which it rounds on the south side. Then it bends around in a counter-clockwise half circle and reaches the wraith's barrow from the south/southeast side.
Now like I said, all the landmarks are there on the server: the standing stone where they fell asleep, the leaning stones Frodo thought was a gate and the tall steep hill he climbed. They're all there in the right place but the path goes it's own way it seems. Maybe someone should fix that? or at least look into it?
In the book they say farewell to Goldberry at the crest of the hill/ridge behind Bombadil's house but after that the paths divert from each other. In the book they travel down the east side of that hill and then proceed to travel northwards along the western edge of the Barrow Downs till they reach a tall standing stone from where they can see the northern edge of the Barrow Downs. Here they eat their lunch on the west side of the standing stone and accidentally falls asleep. When they wake the fog has rolled in but they continue to head north towards what Frodo thinks is the gate out of the Barrow Downs but it turns out to just be a pair of leaning standing stones. When he passes under the first of these stones his pony panics and flees at which point Frodo realizes his friends are gone. He believes he can hear them calling out for help east of him so he hurries that way but gets lost in the fog till he reaches a steep hill tall enough to peak above the fog so he can see the stars but he only have time to realize that he climbed the hill from the north side before a wraith takes him and brings him to his barrow.
Whilst on the server their path goes south from the point where they said farewell to Goldberry to the very top of the hill behind Bombadil's house from which it heads due east for quite a while till it reaches a standing stone which it circles and starts heading southeast till it reaches a small burial mound which it rounds on the south side. Then it bends around in a counter-clockwise half circle and reaches the wraith's barrow from the south/southeast side.
Now like I said, all the landmarks are there on the server: the standing stone where they fell asleep, the leaning stones Frodo thought was a gate and the tall steep hill he climbed. They're all there in the right place but the path goes it's own way it seems. Maybe someone should fix that? or at least look into it?
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