Fourth Age

2009-02-24T20:49:24Z

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The '''Fourth Age''' began after [[Sauron]] was finally defeated, when his [[One Ring|Ruling Ring]] was destroyed, and all the Elves but one left Middle-earth for the [[Valinor|Uttermost West]].The Fourth Age is also marked by the crowning of the next king of Gondor. Aragorn Son Of Arathorn. And the next queen of Gondor. Arwen daughter of Elrond.

Tolkien's writing does not provide information on more than the first few centuries of this age, so it is not known when it ended, if it ever did.

This age was (presumably) marked by the recovery of the [[Númenor]]ean kingdoms in exile ([[Arnor]] and [[Gondor]]), the final ascent of [[Men]] and the total wane of the [[Elves]].

Tolkien said that he thought the distance between the end of the Third Age and the 20th century A.D. was about 6000 years, and that in [[1958]] it should have been around the end of the Fifth Age if the Fourth and Fifth Ages were about the same length as the Second and Third Ages. He said, however, in a letter written in 1958 that he believed the Ages had quickened and that it was about the end of the Sixth Age/beginning of the Seventh.

For a complete list of events during the Fourth Age, see the [[Timeline#Fourth Age|Timeline]].

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2009-02-22T20:52:13Z

Deathhead120: Morgul Blades

'''Morgul blades''' are magical, poisoned daggers used by the [[Nazgûl]].

At [[Weathertop]], during his journey to [[Rivendell]] with the [[One Ring]], the [[Hobbit]] [[Frodo Baggins]] was stabbed by the [[Lord of the Nazgûl]]. A fragment of the blade remained within the wound, working its way toward his heart and threatening to turn Frodo into a wraith. [[Elrond]] was able to remove the shard and heal the wound, but each year on the anniversary of his stabbing Frodo became seriously ill. Only his eventual departure to [[Eldamar]] offered a permanent cure.

The Morgul Blades disintergrate if anyone but the owner/wielder of the Morgul Blade touches or picks up the blade.

[[Athelas]] (or Kingsfoil) is known to slow the poisonous effect of the morgul-blade. This treatment is also effective against other [[Mordor]] illnesses, such as the [[Black Breath]].

Another victim of a morgul blade was [[Boromir son of Denethor I|Boromir]], the eleventh [[Steward of Gondor]] (not the [[Boromir son of Denethor II|Boromir]] of Frodo's company). He eventually died of his wound but did not become a wraith.

== Origins ==

In the [[Middle-earth Role Playing]] games, the Morgul Blades are said to have been forged in the fires of [[Minas Morgul]] by the [[Witch-king of Angmar]] and he embalmed them with his dark sorcery, but this is considered [[Canon|non-canonical]] as it does not appear outside of the role playing material.

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