First Age 1
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First Age 1 (abbreviated to F.A. 1) is the 1st year of the Sun of the First Age of Middle-earth.
Notable events in this year include:
- The first rising of the Moon and Sun marks a new reckoning of time,[1][note 1] and the end of the Long Night. Morgoth, and his servants, cannot bear the Sun.[2]
- The Second Children of Ilúvatar, Men, awake in the far east in Hildorien.[3] Morgoth secretly leaves Angband, committing command of the war to Sauron, seeking to corrupt men.[4]
- Following grievous losses, Fingolfin's people complete the crossing of the Helcaraxë and arrive in the north-west of Middle-earth.[5]
- Battle of the Lammoth is fought and Argon is slain.[6]
- Fingolfin marches across Dor Daedeloth and bangs on the gates of Angband; Morgoth remains hidden.[7]
Notes
- ↑ It should be noted that F.A. 1 is not the first year of the First Age, but rather the first measurable Year of the Sun within that Age, since it began in Y.T. 1050 with the Awakening of the Elves.
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Sun and Moon and the Hiding of Valinor"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's Ring, "The Annals of Aman": §173-181
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of Men"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Coming of Men into the West"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Return of the Noldor"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "XI. The Shibboleth of Fëanor", p. 362
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "The Grey Annals": §55, p. 30