This Week in Middle-earth
25th July, 2941 [The Hobbit] Gandalf leaves and the remaining company enters Mirkwood “Good-bye then, and really good-bye!” said Gandalf, and he turned his horse and rode down into the West. But he could not […]
25th July, 2941 [The Hobbit] Gandalf leaves and the remaining company enters Mirkwood “Good-bye then, and really good-bye!” said Gandalf, and he turned his horse and rode down into the West. But he could not […]
15th July, 2941 [The Hobbit] Thorin and Company leave Beorn’s in the afternoon “That is all the advice I can give you. Beyond the edge of the forest I cannot help you much; you must […]
9th July, 2941 [The Hobbit] The company shelters in the mountain cave “It seemed quite a fair size, but not too large and mysterious. It had a dry floor and some comfortable nooks. At one […]
1st July, 294 [The Hobbit] Elrond examines Gandalf and Thorin’s swords and reads the moon-letters Elrond knew all about runes of every kind. That day he looked at the swords they had brought from the […]
June, 2941 [The Hobbit] The Company was hosted by Elrond at his home Rivendell Their clothes were mended as well as their bruises, their tempers and their hopes. Their bags were filled with food and […]
June, 2941 [The Hobbit] The Company was hosted by Elrond at his home Rivendell His house was perfect, whether you liked food, or sleep, or work, or story-telling, or singing, or just sitting and thinking […]
14th June, 3019 [The Lord of the Rings] The sons of Elrond meet the escort and bring Arwen to Edoras (during the days after the fall of Sauron) 16th June, 3019 [The Lord of […]
4th June, 2941 [The Hobbit] The company fords the Bruinen and arrives in Rivendell “You are come to the very edge of the Wild, as some of you may know. Hidden somewhere ahead of us […]
29th/30th May, 2941 [The Hobbit] Gandalf keeps the trolls arguing until dawn It was just then that Gandalf came back. But no one saw him. The trolls had just decided to roast the dwarves now […]
(Uncertain dates) May, 2941 [The Hobbit] The company encounters the trolls “Blimey, Bert, look what I’ve copped!” said William. “What is it?” said the others coming up. “Lumme, if I knows! What are yer?” “Bilbo Baggins, […]