Year of the Trees 1000 (abbreviated to Y.T. 1000) is the 1000th year of the Trees of Arda. Year of the Trees 1000 was also V.Y. 4500 in Valian Years.
Notable events in this year include:
- The Valar hold council, for Yavanna and Oromë report that Melkor might rise once more in power. They discuss the forthcomingness of the Children of Ilúvatar and whether to bring light to Middle-earth.[1]
- Over the next fifty years, Varda uses the light from Telperion to fashion new stars, and organize them (and those already wrought) into constellations. The greatest of these constellations was the Menelmacar.[1]
- About some time before the Awakening of the Elves, Aulë secretly creates the 7 Fathers of the Dwarves and their 6 spouses. Ilúvatar adopts them and they are put to sleep.[2]
Other version of the legendarium
- An alternate date for the Awakening of the Elves, the Firstborn Children of Ilúvatar, at the shores of Cuiviénen, according to the Round World version of The Silmarillion.[3][note 1]
- The First Age begins.[4]
Notes
- ↑ In this particular conception, J.R.R. Tolkien changed the length of a single Valian Year to be equal to 144 solar years (which is the length of a yén, an Elvish 'long-year').
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Morgoth's Ring, "Part Two. The Annals of Aman: Second section of the Annals of Aman", p. 71
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of Aulë and Yavanna"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Carl F. Hostetter (ed.), The Nature of Middle-earth, "Part One. Time and Ageing: VII. The March of the Quendi", p. 58
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Carl F. Hostetter (ed.), The Nature of Middle-earth, "Part One. Time and Ageing: XVII. Generational Schemes", p. 123