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- Emeldir leads women of the House of Bëor away
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Last Update: 01/19/12
Event Year: 0456
Age: 1st Age
Type: Military/Strategic - An event in the aftermath of the Dagor Bragollach; see that entry for an overview:Now Morgoth's power overshadowed the Northlands; but Barahir would not flee from Dorthonion, and remained contesting the land foot by foot with his enemies. Then Morgoth pursued his people to the death, until few remai...
- Elessar receives embassies (estimated date)
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Last Update: 01/19/12
Event Date: May 3, 3019
Age: 3rd Age - Ring War
Type: Political - In the days that followed his crowning the King sat on his throne in the Hall of the Kings and pronounced his judgements. And embassies came from many lands and peoples, from the East and the South, and from the borders of Mirkwood, and from Dunland in the west. And the King pardoned the Easterlings...
- Éomer, Éowyn and the sons of Elrond leave Gondor for Rohan
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Last Update: 01/19/12
Event Date: May 8, 3019
Age: 3rd Age - Ring War
Type: General - Éomer and Éowyn depart for Rohan with the sons of Elrond. The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, The Tale of Years: The Chief Days from the Fall of the Barad-dûr to the End of the Third AgeAnd last of all Aragorn greeted Éomer of Rohan, and they embraced, and Aragorn said: '.... Now, as you know, we ...
- Council of Elrond: Overview
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Last Update: 01/19/12
Event Date: October 25, 3018
Age: 3rd Age - Ring War
Type: General - An event in the preludes to the War of the Ring and the Quest of the Ring: see those entries for an overview:An unplanned convocation in Rivendell of representatives of the Free Peoples of Middle-earth, in which the history of the One Ring is discussed and its disposition is decided. Table of Conte...
- Saruman's ruffians occupy the Shire (estimated date)
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Last Update: 01/19/12
Event Date: October 1, 3018
Age: 3rd Age - Ring War
Type: Military/Strategic - 'Saruman had secret dealings with someone in the Shire, I guess.' The Two Towers, LoTR Book 3, Ch 9, Flotsam and Jetsam'It all began with Pimple, as we call him,' said Farmer Cotton; 'and it began as soon as you'd gone off, Mr. Frodo.... '[It] seems he'd been selling a lot o' the best leaf, an...
- Frodo's Departure from the Shire: Overview
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Last Update: 01/19/12
Event Year: 3018
Age: 3rd Age - Ring War
Type: General - At Gandalf's behest, Frodo leaves the Shire for Rivendell carrying the One Ring, but is pursued closely by Nazgûl. Table of Contents:The Parties The Timeline The Prelude The Departure The Aftermath The Parties Frodo Baggins is accompanied by Pippin Took and Samwise Gamgee when he departs ...
- Hobbits encounter the Nazgûl again
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Last Update: 01/19/12
Event Date: September 24, 3018
Age: 3rd Age - Ring War
Type: General - An event in Frodo's Departure from the Shire; see that entry for an overview:The shadows of the trees were long and thin on the grass, as they started off again. They now kept a stone's throw to the left of the road, and kept out of sight of it as much as they could.... The sun had gone down red ...
- Boromir leaves Minas Tirith for Rivendell
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Last Update: 01/19/12
Event Date: July 4, 3018
Age: 3rd Age - Ring War
Type: General - July 4 Boromir sets out from Minas Tirith. The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, The Tale of Years: The Third Age'When I was sent out as a messenger, I passed through the Gap by the skirts of the White Mountains, and crossed the Isen and the Greyflood into Northerland. A long and wearisome journey....
- Hobbits captured by a Barrow-wight
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Last Update: 01/19/12
Event Date: September 28, 3018
Age: 3rd Age - Ring War
Type: General - An event in Frodo's Departure from the Shire; see that entry for an overview:On either side ahead a darkness began to loom through the mist; and [Frodo] guessed that they were at last approaching... the north-gate of the Barrow-downs. If they could pass that, they would be free. 'Come on! Follow ...
- Tom Bombadil rescues the Hobbits from the Barrow-wight
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Last Update: 01/19/12
Event Date: September 29, 3018
Age: 3rd Age - Ring War
Type: General - An event in Frodo's Departure from the Shire; see that entry for an overview:[Frodo] heard behind his head a creaking and scraping sound. Raising himself on one arm he looked, and saw now in the pale light that they were in a kind of passage which behind them turned a corner. Round the corner a long...
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