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29: 1395: 1772:"until the world is changed, and all the days of her life are utterly forgotten by men that come after ... and with the passing of Evenstar no more is said in this book of the days of old." West observes that this points up a "highly unusual" aspect of Tolkien's legendarium among modern fantasy: it is set "in the real world but in an imagined prehistory." As a result, West explains, Tolkien can build what he likes in that distant past, elves and wizards and hobbits and all the rest, provided that he tears it all down again, so that the modern world can emerge from the wreckage, with nothing but " 1669: 268: 186: 80:, though the subsequent history of Arda was divided into three time periods using different years, known as the Years of the Lamps, the Years of the Trees, and the Years of the Sun. A separate, overlapping chronology divides the history into 'Ages of the Children of Ilúvatar'. The first such Age began with the Awakening of the Elves during the Years of the Trees and continued for the first six centuries of the Years of the Sun. All the subsequent Ages took place during the Years of the Sun. Most 1809:, the world was flat. In the Fall, it became round; further geological events reshaped the continents into the Earth as it now is. All the same, the old tales survive here and there, resulting in mentions of Dwarves and Elves in real Medieval literature. Thus, Tolkien's imagined mythology "is an attempt to reconstruct our pre-history." Lee and Solopova comment that "Only by understanding this can we fully realize the true scale of his project and comprehend how enormous his achievement was." 938: 743: 433:, the port-city of the Teleri, who forbade them from taking their ships for the journey to Middle-earth. The first Kinslaying thus ensued, and the Noldor that partook were exiled indefinitely. Fëanor and his children in return swore an oath to retake the Silmarils, that the Valar turned to a curse over the house of Fëanor. Fëanor's host sailed on the boats, leaving Fingolfin's host behind – who crossed over to Middle-earth on the 1106:. Rivendell also became a prominent haven for the Elves and other races. Throughout the Age, they chose not to mingle much in the matters of other lands, and only came to the aid of other races in time of war. The Elves devoted themselves to artistic pleasures, and tended to the lands which they occupied. The gradual decline of Elven populations occurred throughout the Age as the rise of Sauron came to dominate 908:, the Ringwraiths). Sauron then made war on the elves and nearly destroyed them utterly during the Dark Years, but when it seemed defeat was imminent, the Númenóreans joined the battle and completely crushed the forces of Sauron. Sauron never forgot the ruin brought on his armies by the Númenóreans, and made it his goal to destroy them. 872:. The Númenóreans became great seafarers, and were learned, wise, and had a lifespan beyond other men. At first, they honored the Ban of the Valar, never sailing into the Undying Lands. They went east to Middle-earth and taught the men living there valuable skills. After a time, they became jealous of the Elves for their immortality. 916:, humbled Sauron – his armies deserting in the face of Númenor's might – and brought him to Númenor as a hostage, although this was Sauron's goal. At this time still beautiful in appearance, Sauron gained Ar-Pharazôn's trust and became high priest in the cult of Melkor. At this time, the Faithful (who still worshipped the one god, 1365:. In a 1972 letter concerning this draft, Tolkien mentioned that Eldarion's reign would have lasted for about 100 years after the death of Aragorn. His realm was to be "great and long-enduring", but the lifespan of the royal house was not to be restored; it would continue to wane until it was like that of ordinary Men. 1927:

in the years 1000, 2000 and 3000, and notes on how this system of intercalation was disrupted by the designation of S.A. 3442 the first year of the Third Age. "After the Downfall in S.A. 3319, the system was maintained by the exiles, but it was much dislocated by the beginning of the Third Age with a

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At the end of his epic Tolkien inserts ... some forebodings of future which will make Earth what it is today ... he shows the initial steps in a long process of retreat or disappearance by which all other intelligent species, which will leave man effectually alone on earth... Ents may still be there

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Eldarion, son of Aragorn II Elessar and Arwen Evenstar, became King of the Reunited Kingdom in F.A. 120. Aragorn gave him the tokens of his rule, and then surrendered his life willingly, as his ancestors had done thousands of years before. Arwen left him to rule alone, passing away to the now-empty

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lurked beyond the Walls of Night. During this time animals first appeared, and forests started to grow. The Spring of Arda was interrupted when Melkor returned to Arda, creating his fortress of Utumno (Udûn) beneath the Iron Mountains in the far north. The period ended when Melkor assaulted and

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that "no previous writer has, to my knowledge, created an imaginary world and a feigned history in such detail. By the time the reader has finished the trilogy, including the appendices to this last volume, he knows as much about Tolkien's Middle Earth, its landscape, its fauna and flora, its

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to beg the Valar for aid against Morgoth. They responded, sending forth a great host. In the War of Wrath, Melkor was utterly defeated. He was expelled into the Void and most of his works were destroyed, bringing the First Age to an end. This came at a terrible cost, however, as most of

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here, rooted in Tolkien's own Christian faith. Arda is, as critics have noted, "our own green and solid Earth at some quite remote epoch in the past." As such, it has not only an immediate story but a history, and the whole thing is an "imagined prehistory" of the Earth as it is now.

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As soon as Sauron put on the One Ring, the Elves realized that they had been betrayed and removed the Three (Sauron eventually obtained the Seven and the Nine. While he was unable to suborn the Dwarf ringbearers, he had more success with the Men who bore the Nine; they became the

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Towards the end of the age, the Númenóreans became increasingly haughty. Now they sought to dominate other men and to establish kingdoms. Centuries after Tar-Minastir's engagement, when Sauron had largely recovered, Ar-Pharazôn, the last and most powerful of the Kings of

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peoples, their languages, their history, their cultural habits, as, outside his special field, he knows about the actual world." The scholar Margaret Hiley comments that Auden's "feigned history" echoes Tolkien's own statement in the foreword to the second edition of

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and used them to create the Moon and Sun, which remained a part of Arda, but were separate from Ambar (the world). The first rising of the sun over Ambar heralded the end of the Years of the Trees, and the start of the Years of the Sun, which last to the present day.

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I imagine the gap to be about 6000 years; that is we are now at the end of the Fifth Age if the Ages were of about the same length as Second Age and Third Age. But they have, I think, quickened; and I imagine we are actually at the end of the Sixth Age, or in the

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In a letter, Tolkien wrote that "This legendarium ends with a vision of the end of the world , its breaking and remaking, and the recovery of the Silmarilli and the 'light before the Sun' – after a final battle which owes, I suppose, more to the Norse vision of

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have noted that it makes more sense to call it the history of Arda, as Middle-earth was just one continent, and the early part of the history largely concerns another continent, Aman (Valinor), not to mention the creation and destruction of the island of

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to go on in 1956, but he commented that "From the appendices readers will get tantalizing glimpses of the First and Second Ages" and hoped that as the "legend of these" had already been written, readers would not have to wait too long for

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as formative; he began his Middle-earth writings at that time. Flieger suggests that Middle-earth arose not only from Tolkien's own wartime experience, but out of that of his dead schoolfriends Geoffrey Bache Smith and Rob Gilson.

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Bitter at the Valar's inactivity, Fëanor and his house left to pursue Melkor, cursing him with the name "Morgoth". While his brother Finarfin chose to stay in Valinor, a larger host led by Fingolfin followed Fëanor. They reached

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With the end of the Third Age began the Dominion of Men. Elves were no longer involved in Human affairs, and most Elves left for Valinor; those that remain behind "fade" and diminish. A similar fate meets the Dwarves: although

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the successive splintering of the original created light, via the Two Lamps, the Two Trees, and the Silmarils, as the wills of different beings conflict. She states that for Tolkien, this creative light was equated with the

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describes events "presented as factual" but taking place before Earth's actual recorded history. What happened is processed through the generations as folk-myths and legends, especially among the (Old) English. Before the

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forged two great pillar-like mountains, Helcar in the north and Ringil in the south. Illuin was set upon Helcar and Ormal upon Ringil. In the middle, where the light of the lamps mingled, the Valar dwelt at the island of

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Tolkien states that 1 Valian year is 1000 Valian days of 12 Valian hours. A Valian hour is 7 solar hours, making a Valian year 84,000 solar hours. A solar year is about 8,766 solar hours, so a Valian year is 9.582 solar

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Later Ages continue up to modern times, the remade Arda being equated with Earth. With the loss of all its peoples except Man, and the reshaping of the continents, all that is left of Middle-earth is a dim memory in

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Tolkien wrote "I have written nothing beyond the first few years of the Fourth Age. (Except the beginning of a tale supposed to refer to the end of the reign of Eldarion about 100 years after the death of Aragorn.

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Those days, the Third Age of Middle-earth, are now long past, and the shape of all lands has been changed; but the regions in which Hobbits then lived were doubtless the same as those in which they still linger:

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came into Middle-earth and, in the War of the Powers (also called the Battle of the Powers), defeated Melkor and brought him captive to Valinor. This began the period of the Peace of Arda.

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and laid siege to Morgoth's stronghold Angband. The Noldor for a time maintained the Siege of Angband, resulting in the Long Peace. This Peace lasted hundreds of years, during which time

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new numeration: S.A. 3442 became T.A. 1. By making T.A. 4 a leap year instead of T.A. 3 (S.A. 3444) 1 more short year of only 365 days was intruded". In addition, several sections of

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At the start of the Second Age, the Men who had remained faithful were given the island of Númenor, in the middle of the Great Sea, and there they established a powerful kingdom. The

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in our forests, but what forests have we left? The process of extermination is already well under way in the Third Age, and ... Tolkien bitterly deplores its climax today."

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at some quite remote epoch in the past." Kocher notes Tolkien's statement in the Prologue, equating Middle-earth with the actual Earth, separated by a long period of time:

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where she died. Upon the death of Aragorn, Legolas departed Middle-earth for Valinor, taking Gimli with him and ending the Fellowship of the Ring in Middle-earth.

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destroyed the Lamps of the Valar. Arda was again darkened, and the fall of the great Lamps spoiled the symmetry of Arda's surface. New continents were created:

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than to anything else, though it is not much like it." The concept of Dagor Dagorath appears in many of Tolkien's manuscripts that were published by his son

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in the distant past. With the loss of all its peoples except Man, and the reshaping of the continents, all that is left of Middle-earth is a dim memory in

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Sauron arose again and challenged them. The Elves allied with Men to form the Last Alliance of Elves and Men. For seven years, the Alliance laid siege to

1149:, on the east of Middle-earth's western lands; in Wilderland it killed more than half the population. In the following year the Great Plague spread into 934:, gifts of the elves. When the King's forces set foot on Aman, the Valar laid down their guardianship of the world and called on Ilúvatar to intervene. 216:, and was lit by the misty light that veiled the barren ground. The Valar concentrated this light in two large lamps, called Illuin and Ormal. The Vala 5078: 5341: 2926: 454:

The Years of the Sun were the last of the three great time-periods of Arda. They began with the first sunrise in conjunction with the return of the

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kindling the stars above Middle-earth. This was the first time after the Spring of Arda that Middle-earth was illuminated. The first Elves

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This period, known as the Spring of Arda, was a time when the Valar had ordered the World as they wished and rested upon Almaren, and

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and Anárion prepared to flee eastwards, taking with them a seedling of the White Tree of Númenor before Sauron destroyed it, and the

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The Years of the Trees were divided into two epochs. The first ten ages, the Days of Bliss, saw peace and prosperity in Valinor. The

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In a letter written in 1958, Tolkien states that while the time is invented, the place, planet Earth, is not (italics in original):

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outlines the major events of the Second Age, especially as they relate to the Rings of Power and the events and characters of

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The meaning of "years" in this context is problematic. The Valian years measure the passage of time after the arrival of the

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after the first sunrise, but Tolkien provided no dates for events in Aman after that point. Valian years are not used for

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Tolkien estimated that the Fourth Age began approximately 6,000 years ago and that we would now be in the 6th or 7th Age

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but, under the power of the Ring and ignorant of its true nature, he retreated with the Ring to a secret life under the

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originated in its vast eastern region, Rhûn, where it caused considerable suffering. By the winter of late

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arrived around a thousand years after the start of this period to aid the Free Peoples, most importantly

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in Tolkien's stories. Tolkien estimated that modern times would correspond to the sixth or seventh age.

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for his dead father. But the Ring betrayed him and slipped from his finger as he was escaping from an

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remarks on the biblical theme of the conflict between the creator Eru Ilúvatar and the fallen Vala

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The Keys of Middle-earth: Discovering Medieval Literature Through the Fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien

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because they were disturbed by the recent war. However, Elven kingdoms still survived in Lindon,

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from a once-perfect state. She identifies a theory of decline that influenced Tolkien, namely

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and the evil dwelling there (later known to be Sauron) fled to the far east. It lasted until

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In the same letter, he places the beginning of the Fourth Age some 6,000 years in the past:

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Tolkien likened the Last Battle, Dagor Dagorath, that ends "the world" (Arda) to the Norse

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The world was changed into a sphere and the continent of Aman was removed, although the

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westwards towards Aman. Along the journey several groups of Elves tarried, notably the

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in Cuiviénen in the middle of Middle-earth, marking the start of the First Age of the

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of the Valar summoned the Elves to Aman. Many of the Elves went with Oromë on the

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Having crossed into Middle-earth, Fëanor was soon lost in an attack on Morgoth's

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The First Age of the Children of Ilúvatar, also referred to as the Elder Days in

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The Lord of the Rings, 1954-2004: Scholarship in Honor of Richard E. Blackwelder

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West praises and quotes Kocher on Tolkien's imagined prehistory and the implied

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in 'space'... Many reviewers seem to assume that Middle-earth is another planet!

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Flieger has observed that the splintering of the created light is a process of

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and many of the remaining Elves of Middle-earth sail from the Grey Havens to

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that scholars have proposed as possibly important on the history of Arda is

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is removed from Arda; only the Elves remain able to reach it by sailing the

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writes that one of the "very final passages" of the internal chronology of

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Arda in the First Age. The outlines of the continents are purely schematic.

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Tolkien meant Arda to be "our own green and solid Earth", seen here in the

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The Third Age lasted for 3021 years, beginning with the first downfall of

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Scholars including Flieger have noted that if Tolkien intended to create

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writes that Tolkien's first prose work after returning from the war was

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The Second Age is characterized by the establishment and flourishing of

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stories take place in the first three Ages of the Children of Ilúvatar.

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deal extensively with Númenor and several of its kings. At the end of

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had recovered, and was seeking the One Ring. The events of the ensuing

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Donovan, Leslie A. (2020) . "Middle-earth Mythology: An Overview". In

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survived and founded realms, as did the followers of his half-brother

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was decimated, and government of the kingdom was transferred to

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who hoped to enslave them. Learning of this, the Valar and the

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takes his place as King of the Reunited Kingdom of Arnor and

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make "an attempt at a summary", which runs as follows. The

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suffered "great loss" in what they called the Dark Plague.

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leading to the end of the Third Age is the subject of

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that he much preferred history, true or feigned, to

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Tolkien Encyclopedia 3764:The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen 2418:The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen 2392:, part 3 ch. 2(i) pp. 288–289 1979: 1761:The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen 1672:Tolkien imagined Arda as the 1368: 1310: 840: 373:After the War of the Powers, 2560: 2499:, ch. 3: "Quenta Noldorinwa" 1696:as "our own green and solid 1015: 727: 89:divine creation of the world 7: 4823:Tolkien's impact on fantasy 3991:The Peoples of Middle-earth 3926:The Shaping of Middle-earth 3530:The Peoples of Middle-earth 3466:The Shaping of Middle-earth 3069:Kent State University Press 3043:Kent State University Press 1854:The History of Middle-earth 1444: 1430:The History of Middle-earth 1261: 2941. By the time of 142:that were to dwell in it – 21:The History of Middle-earth 10: 5441: 4497:List of weapons and armour 4030:The Nature of Middle-earth 3720:The Fellowship of the Ring 3597:Marquette University Press 3334:The Fellowship of the Ring 3015:Wm. B. 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