What is the timeline for The Lord of the Rings trilogy?
Page 9 - Mar 8-Mar 12: Published in The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, frontispiece, and The Art of the Manuscript pg 138 Page 10 - Mar 13-17: Published in The Invented Worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien: Drawings and Original Manuscripts from the Marquette University Collection pg 37, and The Art of the Manuscript pg 138
the lord of the rings - Timeline of Peter Jackson's Tolkien movies ...
Jan 19, 2015 · There's no official full timeline that I'm aware of, but we can work a few things out. The prologue ("Concerning Hobbits") to the Extended Edition of Fellowship of the Ring places Bilbo's birthday party in the year 1400 (Shire Reckoning), which (assuming the same conversion system as the books) equates to Third Age 3000 (in the books Bilbo's party was TA 3001 or …
the lord of the rings - How did Thranduil know about the …
Dec 25, 2014 · The Jackson movies are operating on a different timeline to the books. Some examples: The White Council don't know about Sauron's return until the time of the Hobbit movies. Mirkwood not becoming corrupted until the time of the Hobbit movies. The condensed timescale between Bilbo's birthday party and Frodo's leaving of Bag End.
How well does Shadow of Mordor fit into Middle-earth canon?
Oct 17, 2014 · The timeline is still wrong, though - Gondor would have long abandoned them by the time of the game. Also, I have not finished the game, but the in-game encyclopedia does say that Sauron forged the One alone - the visions so far only show Sauron present at the forging of the other Rings as the Lord of Gifts.
In what time period does The Lord of the Rings take place in the …
The Lord of the Rings took place about 9,300 years ago, give or take 500 years. In 1960, Tolkien said that the year "Bel. 310" was 16,000 years ago. If they [Men] awoke in VY [=Valian Year] 1050 that would give 40 VYs, or 5,760 Sun Years in which Melkor could have dealings with them and corrupt them, before his captivity.
tolkiens legendarium - What is 21st-century Middle Earth like ...
This answer is based on all official information released by Tolkien about the Lord of the Rings timeline as it relates to the 21st century with gaps filled in by speculation: By this time in history, electronics were in virtually everything from clothing to garbage cans to make them move, talk and/or make electronic noises.
In what order should Tolkien's writings on Middle-earth be read?
Aug 23, 2011 · The Lord of the Rings presumes that you have read The Hobbit. (You may very well be able to get away without reading it, but there are clear back-references.) The Silmarillion does not presume that you have read The Lord of the Rings, but would probably not be interesting to someone who is not already invested in Middle-earth.
Is it advisable to read The Hobbit before reading the Lord of the …
It is advisable, but not required, as there is a summary of the important parts printed in the prologue of The Lord of the Rings. The fourth part of The Lord of the Ring's prologue, titled "4 Of the Finding of the Ring", contains a summary of the parts of The Hobbit that Tolkien felt important for a reader to know when reading The Lord of the ...
How close is Amazon's 'The Rings of Power' to anything that …
Sep 7, 2022 · Similarly, by the timeline of the Lord of the Rings that the show supposedly uses as its main reference, the Istari do not arrive until later in the Third Age (later writings have two arrive in the Second Age, but still by ship), and certainly not Gandalf, and they arrive by ship and in control of their faculties and not on meteors.
tolkiens legendarium - Why did Frodo start his adventure 17 years …
Aug 5, 2014 · Wilderland is not specifically defined anywhere, it's not a country; but it appears from the maps in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings that Wilderland is the strip of land east from the Misty Mountains as far as the Lonely Mountain in the north, and south apparently as far as Rohan; and then southeast from there to the borders of Mordor ...