First Age 590
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First Age 590 (abbreviated to F.A. 590) is the 590th, and last, year of the Sun of the First Age of Middle-earth.
Notable events in this year include:
- Morgoth is banished forever into the Void through the Door of Night[1][2] guarded by Eärendil the Mariner until the coming of the Dagor Dagorath.
- The Host of the West finally leaves sunken Beleriand and summons the Elves to remove to Aman and settle on Tol Eressëa. Círdan, Galadriel and Celeborn, Celebrimbor, Gil-galad and Elrond all elect to remain in Middle-earth.[1]
- The First Age ends.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Voyage of Eärendil and the War of Wrath"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "Part Three. The Wanderings of Húrin and Other Writings not forming part of the Quenta Silmarillion: V. The Tale of Years", p. 346
