Year 3019 – The Lord of the Rings
February 17
- Gwaihir bears Gandalf to Lorien
February 23
- The boats are attacked at night near Sarn Gebir
At that moment there was a twang of bowstrings: several arrows whistled over them, and some fell among them. One smote Frodo between the shoulders and he lurched forward with a cry, letting go his paddle: but the arrow fell back, foiled by his hidden coat of mail. Another passed through Aragorn’s hood; and a third stood fast in the gunwale of the second boat, close by Merry’s hand. Sam thought he could glimpse black figures running to and fro upon the long shingle-banks that lay under the eastern shore. They seemed very near.
‘Yrch!’ said Legolas, falling into his own tongue.
‘Orcs!’ cried Gimli.
[The Fellowship of the Ring, Book 2, Chapter 9: The Great River]
