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Sam & Frodo

Sam & Frodo by Bohemian Weasel

Year 3019 – The Lord of the Rings

March 16

  • Debate of the commanders
  • Frodo from the Morgai looks out over the camp to Mount Doom

March 17

  • Battle of Dale
  • King Brand and King Dáin Ironfoot fall
  • Many Dwarves and Men take refuge in Erebor and are besieged
  • Shagrat brings Frodo’s cloak, mail-shirt, and sword to Baraddûr

At the same time as the great armies besieged Minas Tirith a host of the allies of Sauron that had long threatened the borders of King Brand crossed the River Carnen, and Brand was driven back to Dale.

[The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B]

March 18

  • The Host of the West marches from Minas Tirith
  • Frodo comes in sight of the Isenmouthe; he is over-taken by Orcs on the road from Durthang to Udûn

March 19

  • The Host comes to Morgul-vale
  • Frodo and Samwise escape and begin their journey along the road to the Barad-dûr

March 22

  • The dreadful nightfall
  • Frodo and Samwise leave the road and turn south to Mount Doom
  • Third assault on Lórien
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