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How does Isildur fit into RoP, Hobbit and LOTR timelines?

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You might be confused a bit by Jackson's films and the Rings of Power show -- since Isildur was in Jackson's Lord of the Rings, but his scene (fighting Sauron and ending up with the One Ring) was way (way) before Bilbo's time. . .

. . . and the Rings of Power show is purposely messing with Tolkien's timeline. In Tolkien's timeline, the rings were forged way (way) before Isildur took the One from Sauron's hand. Here's some dates from JRRT's Tale of Years.

Second Age

Year (C.) 1,590 -- The Three Rings are completed in Eregion

Year 3,441 -- Isildur takes the One from Sauron

I'd do the math, but I only have 🐾 🐾 and that's a lot of years in between...
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Squint-eyed Southerner said:
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Make that 2019 for me. Have I ever mentioned that my favorite concept of trigonometry is the tangent? 🤓

Tyelkormo the Fair said:
And you say we derail threads...
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Well, Elthir basically answered the OP question in the second answering post (third overall including OP).
And we old 'uns do stray in more directions than you young 'uns do, is my impression, anyway ...
Not to be wondered, as we have personal experience of events that you have to ask ma 'n' pa about - maybe even granny 'n' grampa.
We've probably all forgotten a ton of things - at least as far as active memory is concerned. Sometimes references may jiggle dim and dusty memories ... just be thankful that we have forgotten so much, otherwise we'd go flying off into even more arcane and obscure directions than we do anyway ... 😉
 
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Uh, excuse me, but I do not stray, wander or otherwise deviate from the current thread, never mind "derailing" it. 😇️
To be perfectly precise: I contribute "tangentially" related , tho' perhaps a bit obscure, or even occult, knowledge to the present discussion.
Just think how much better informed that makes you all. You'll be the life of the party. 🥳
(You're welcome 😌 )
 
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