First Age 488
From Tolkien Gateway
First Age 488 (abbreviated to F.A. 488) is the 488th year of the Sun of the First Age of Middle-earth.
Notable events in this year include:
- Annael and the Elves of Androth leave Hithlum for the Havens of Sirion. They escape but Tuor is captured.[1]
- Tuor is enthralled by Lorgan, chief of the Easterlings in Hithlum.[2]
- Around this time, the Elves of Nargothrond become yet more wary and secret, and will not suffer even Elves to stray in their lands.[3]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "The Grey Annals": §263
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "The Grey Annals": §264