First Age 1
From Tolkien Gateway
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]
- The Second Children of Ilúvatar, Men, awake in the far east in Hildorien.[2] Morgoth secretly leaves Angband, committing command of the war to Sauron, seeking to corrupt men.[3]
- Following grievous losses, Fingolfin's people complete the crossing of the Helcaraxë and arrive in the north-west of Middle-earth. Fingolfin marches across Dor Daedeloth and bangs on the gates of Angband; Morgoth remains hidden.[4]
- Battle of the Lammoth is fought and Argon is slain.[5]
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.), 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 War of the Jewels, "The Grey Annals": §55, p. 30
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "XI. The Shibboleth of Fëanor", p. 362
