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Spiders of Mirkwood by TobyCarr

Year 2941 – The Hobbit

Late August

  • The company is first captured by spiders and later by the Wood-elves

 

Year 3019 – The Lord of the Rings

August 28

  • The travellers overtake Saruman
  • Saruman turns towards the Shire

As they came out again into the open country at sundown they overtook an old man leaning on a staff, and he was clothed in rags of grey or dirty white, and at his heels went another beggar, slouching and whining.

[The Lord of the Rings, Appendices]

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