"They will break upon this fortress like water on rock. Saruman’s hoards will pillage and burn, we’ve seen it before. Crops can be resown. Homes rebuilt."
Gorhendad was the founder of Buckland and the Brandybuck family. When he crossed the Brandywine into what would become Buckland, he changed his name from Oldbuck to Brandybuck.
Encyclopedia entry originally written by atalante_star