First Age 455
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First Age 455 (abbreviated to F.A. 455) is the 455th year of the Sun of the First Age of Middle-earth. This year is also known as the Fell Year.
Notable events in this year include:
Winter
- The Fourth Battle of Beleriand: Dagor Bragollach (Battle of the Sudden Flame). Morgoth breaks the Siege of Angband marking the end of Long Peace.[1]
- The Ard-galen is destroyed by Morgoth's rivers of fire and is renamed the Anfauglith, the Gasping Dust.[2]
- Glaurung leads forth an army of balrogs and orcs. The Noldor suffer heavy losses and are scattered across Beleriand.[2]
- Finrod Felagund is cut off from the rest of army in the Fen of Serech; he is saved by Barahir. Thereafter, oaths are made between Barahir and Finrod and Barahir receives a ring which becomes an heirloom.[2]
- Dorthonion is lost and its people remove to Hithlum. Celegorm and Curufin are defeated and flee to Nargothrond. Orcs capture Mount Rerir, destroy Thargelion and defile Lake Helevorn; Caranthir removes to Amon Ereb.[2]
- Deaths of Angrod, Aegnor, Bregolas, Hador Lórindol and Gundor.[2]
- Gelmir is captured.[3]
- Turgon, learning of the battle, sends ships to Valinor to ask for aid. No aid comes and few ships return.[4]
- Orodreth is defeated in his defence of Minas Tirith upon Tol Sirion, but saved by Celegorm and Curufin. Sauron takes the island and renames it Tol-in-Gaurhoth, "Isle of Werewolves".[5]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "The Grey Annals": §145
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Fifth Battle: Nirnaeth Arnoediad"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "The Grey Annals": §151
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "The Grey Annals": §153-4
