Yule
Two days in the calendars of the Hobbits that marked the end of one year, and the beginning of the next. On a modern calendar, they fell on...
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Years of the Trees
The long years that lay between the founding of Valinor and its Darkening. During this time, Valinor was lit by the light of the Two Trees,...
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Years of the Sun
Since the destruction of the Lamps of the Valar in the far distant past, the Valar had dwelt for millennia in Aman under the light of the...
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Wooden Whale
A translation of Turuphanto, the nickname given to Aldarion’s mighty ship the Hirilondë in the shipyards of Rómenna where she was...
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Winterfilth
The tenth month of the Shire Calendar, approximately equivalent to modern October (in fact running from 22 September to 21 October on a...
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White Ship
“In the twilight of autumn it sailed out of Mithlond, until the seas of the Bent World fell away beneath it?” The...
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Westron
Westron or Common Speech is the closest thing to a universal language in Middle-earth, at least during the War of the Ring. Westron is an...
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Wedmath
The eighth month of the Shire Calendar, following Afterlithe and approximately equivalent to modern August. In fact, it ran from modern 24...
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Wars of Beleriand
The wars of the First Age between the Noldor and their allies, the Sindar and Edain, against the forces of Morgoth in Angband. There were...
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War of Wrath
The War of Wrath, or the Great Battle was the final war against Morgoth at the end of the First Age. Background By the early six century of...
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War of the Ring
The War of the Ring was fought between Sauron and the free peoples of Middle-earth for control of the One Ring and dominion over the...
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War of the Last Alliance
Prelude to the War During the late years of the Second Age, Sauron hatched a plot to finally humble the Númenóreans. He seduced their...
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War of the Dwarves and the Orcs
War of the Dwarves and Orcs (Goblins) was a great war fought between the two races. The War began when the elderly exiled Dwarven King...
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