The following event(s) took place in Middle-earth on March 15th:
- Thorin and Gandalf’s chance meeting at the Prancing Pony (2941)
- In the early hours the Witch-king breaks the Gates of the City (3019)
- The horns of the Rohirrim are heard at cockcrow (3019)
- Denethor burns himself on a pyre (3019)
- Battle of the Pelennor (3019)
- Aragorn raises the standard of Arwen (3019)
- Dernhelm faces the Lord of the Nazgûl (3019)
- Théoden is slain (3019)
- Frodo and Samwise escape and begin their journey north along the Morgai (3019)
- Battle under the trees in Mirkwood; Thranduil repels the forces of Dol Guldur (3019)
- Second assault on Lórien (3019)
- The realm of King Brand of Dale is attacked (3019)
- Evening in the Morgai (3019)
- The wounded come to the Houses of Healing (3019)
- Gandalf hears the cry of the Lord of the Nazgûl (3019)
- Wounded Merry comes to Minas Tirith (3019)
- Aragorn comes to the City (3019)
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The following event(s) took place in Middle-earth on February 26th:
- Death of Boromir; his horn is heard in Minas Tirith. (3019)
- Frodo’s ordeal on Amon Hen. (3019)
- Gandalf aids Frodo in his struggle on Amon Hen. (3019)
- Meriadoc and Peregrin captured. (3019)
- Frodo and Samwise enter the eastern Emyn Muil. (3019)
- Aragorn sets out in pursuit of the Orcs at evening. (3019)
- Éomer hears of the descent of the Orc-band from the Emyn Muil. (3019)
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The following event(s) took place in Middle-earth on February 14th:
- The Mirror of Galadriel (1419)
- Gandalf returns to life, and lies in a trance (1419)
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Today in Middle-earth, January 15
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The following event(s) took place in Middle-earth on December 25th:
- The Fellowship of the Ring leaves Rivendell at dusk (1418 )
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In 2024, Worldcon – the World Science Fiction Convention – will be taking place in Glasgow (August 8-12). In anticipation of this exciting event, the Glasgow organisers have scheduled various online events for this summer – and we here at TORn are delighted to be joining them for an online panel!
Staffers Tookish, Madeye Gamgee and greendragon will be joined by our good friend KnewBettaDoBetta, as well as staffers from Glasgow 2024, to discuss the perennial appeal of the Professor’s works. Just what is it about Middle-earth which keeps us coming back, again and again? What is it about Tolkien’s work which inspires so many ‘subcreations’ from such a wide variety of artists, performers and readers?
Sign up at Eventbrite – free!
The panel will begin at 7pm (BST – that’s UK time!) on Thursday 8th June, and will run for an hour and a half. There will be time for questions; if you’d like to be able to ask a question, you’ll need to join the Webinar audience; you can sign up for free Eventbrite tickets here.
Start your countdown to Glasgow 2024 with this virtual panel – hope to see you there!
