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Second Age

The Second Age is the period in Arda's timeline marking the expulsion of Morgoth into the Void. Eonwe headed the Valar or Lords of the West's effort to punish the first Dark Lord and enemy of Middle-earth into the darkness of the Void, never again to return to Arda.

Significant Events

Arda, in the second age.The Second Age had a total of 3,441 years, and several significant events occurred in this period. Numenor's rise into power mainly defined the Second Age. In this age, Sauron, Morgoth's follower who took over spreading menace in Middle-earth after his master's vanquishment, began his conquest. He then created the One Ring to deceive the free-folk and bind them under his power and rule. Later on, his commanders, the Nazgul or Ringwraiths, also appeared to fulfill his schemes and efforts. Then, the Rings of Power's first wars transpired, and battles between Sauron's forces and the Elves ensued. After the destruction of Numenor, the Last Alliance of Elves and Men followed after. The age ended with the Middle-earth inhabitants defeating Sauron and his armies in the War of the Last Alliance.

Events

YearsEvents
1
32
  • The Men of Edain arrive in Numenor and proclaim Elros as the first King of Numenor.
40
61
  • Elros had his first son Vardamir Nolimon. He had three other offspring afterward.
192
  • Tar- Amandil is born.
222
  • Nolondil is born.
350
  • Tar-Elendil is born.
361
  • Eärendur is born.
442
  • Death of Elros Tar-Minyatur.
  • Vardamir Nolimon inherits the kingship from his father Elros but soon after abandons the position.
  • Tar-Amandil takes the crown after Vardamir.
500
  • Sauron re-appears in Middle-earth.
521
  • Birth of Silmariën of Numenor, the ancestor of the Lords of Andunie, creating another branch of the Kings' line.
532
  • Birth of Isilmë, Silmarië's sister.
543
  • Birth of Meneldur, Silmariën's brother.
590
  • Tar-Elendil ascends as Numenor's fourth king.
600
  • The Númenóreans first craft their sea vessels and voyage to Middle-earth.
700
  • Birth of Anardil.
740
  • Tar-Meneldur ascends as Númenor's fifth king.
750
  • The Elves of Ñoldor discover the land of Eregion close to Moria.
870
  • Marriage of Anardil and Erendis.
873
  • Birth of Ancalimë.
882
  • Anardil and Erendis part ways.
883
  • Tar-Aldarion ascends as Númenor's sixth king.
985
  • Erendis dies.
1000
1075
  • Tar-Ancalimë ascends as Númenór's seventh ruler and first Queen of Númenór.
1200
  • Sauron outwits the Noldorin Elves of Eregion, yet Gil-Galad is suspicious of him.
  • The Numenoreans start forming their refuge in Umbar, Lond Daer, and other colonies in Middle-earth.
1280
  • Tar-Anárion ascends as Númenor's seventh king.
1350
1394
  • Tar-Súrion ascends as Numenor's eighth king.
1500
  • Celebrimbor and the Noldorin Elves of Eregion start crafting the Rings of Power under the supervision of Sauron.
1566
  • Tar-Telperiën ascends as Numenor's tenth ruler and second Queen of Númenor.
1600
  • Sauron forms the One Ring.
  • Sauron establish Barad-Dur.
  • Celebrimbor starts to rebel against Sauron.
1693
  • The Elves wage war against Sauron.
  • The Elves conceal the three Elven Rings from Sauron.
1695
  • Elrond arrives in Eregion to serve as Gil-Galad's second in command.
1697
  • The destruction of Eregion.
  • The founding of the Rivendell haven by Elrond.
  • Death of Celebrimbor.
1699
  • Siege of Lindon and Rivendell.
1700
  • Minastir launches an armada towards Lindon, led by Ciryatur, and they triumph in the Battle of the Gwathló.
1731
  • Tar-Minastir ascends as Numenor's eleventh king.
1800
  • The Númenoreans start building new realms in Middle-earth.
1869
  • Tar-Ciryatan ascends asNumenor's twelfth King.
2029
  • Tar-Atanamir the Great ascends as Numenor's thirteenth King and rebels against the Valar.
2221
  • Tar-Ancalimon ascends as Numenor's fourteenth King.
  • The Nazgul emerge.
2280
  • The Numenoreans strengthen the fort of Umbar.
2350
2386
  • Tar-Telemmaitë ascends as Numenor's fifteenth King.
2526
  • Tar-Vanimeldë ascends as Numenor's sixteenth ruler and third Queen of Númenor
2637
  • Herucalmo usurps Numenor's kingship and reign as Tar-Anducal, yet his people never considered him among its kings.
2657
  • Tar-Alcarin ascends as Numenor's seventeenth King.
2737
  • Tar-Calmacil ascends as Numenor's eighteenth King.
2899
  • Ar-Adûnakhôr ascends as Numenor's twentieth King. He is the first ruler of Numenor to use a title in the language of men called Adûnaic and not the formerly used Quenya, the ancient Elvish language.
2900
  • Numenor bans the instruction of the Elvish tongue.
2962
  • Ar-Zimrathôn ascends as Numenor's twenty-first King.
3033
  • Ar-Sakalthôr ascends as Numenor's twenty-second King.
3102
  • Ar-Gimilzôr ascends as Numenor's twenty-third King.
3110
  • Numenor bans Elven guests and the speaking of the Elvish tongue.
3119
  • Elendil is born.
3177
  • Tar-Palantir atones for the offenses in Numenor, causing conflict among the people.
3209
3219
  • Anárion is born.
3243
  • Gimilkhâd dies in his 198th year of age.
3255
  • Ar-Pharazôn the Golden marries Tar-Palantir's daughter Míriel, his first-cousin, and usurps Númenor's kingship.
3261
  • Ar-Pharazôn charges to Middle-earth and reaches Umbar, where he captures Sauron and imprisons him.
3265
  • Ar-Pharazôn trusts Sauron and appoints him as a counselor.
3280
  • Isildur takes one fruit from the White Tree of Nimloth, which Sauron later on commands to chop down and set ablaze.
3299
  • Isildur had his first son Elendur.
3300
  • Sauron begins the worship of the Lord of the Dark Melkor and becomes the cult's High Priest.
  • The Faithful or Elendili are oppressed and offered in the temples of Sauron's cult.
3310
  • Sauron influence Ar-Pharazon to start a vast armada and armory against Aman.
3318
  • Anarion's fourth son Meneldil is born, the last of their people born in Numenor.
3319
  • Ar-Pharazôn reaches Aman.
  • Iluvatar transforms the structure of Arda, separating Tol Eressea and Aman from it.
  • Iluvatar sinks Numenor beneath the seas and destroys it forever.
  • Iluvatar changes the form of Arda into a sphere.
  • Elendil, together with his sons Anarion and Isildur, reach Middle-earth's coasts.
3320
3339
  • Birth of Aratan, Isildur's second son in their realm in Gondor.
3379
3428
  • Sauron attacks Minas Ithil.
  • The onset of the War of the Last Alliance.
3429
  • Sauron captures Minas Ithil, setting the White Tree ablaze.
  • Anarion stands his ground in Osgiliath as Isildur escapes to Arnor.
3430
  • Rulers of the realms of Middle-earth joins the Last Alliance of Elves and Men against Sauron.
3434
  • The Battle of Dagorlad ends with Sauron's loss.
  • The Siege of Barad-Dur commences.
  • Death of Oropher.
3440
  • Death of Anarion.
3441
  • Death of Gil-Galad and Elendil during the war.
  • Isildur defeats Sauron by slashing the One Ring off of him with his Elendil's broken sword. Sauron falls with his body utterly destroyed.
  • The War of the Last Alliance concludes the triumph of the allies.
  • The Noldor kingdoms dissolve from Middle-earth, and the Elven folk of Gil-Galad leave for Valinor.
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