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First Age 503 (abbreviated to F.A. 503) is the 503rd year of the Sun of the First Age of Middle-earth.
Notable events in this year include:
Within this Year
- Thingol is killed by the Dwarves,[note 1] who steal the Nauglamír.[1][2] In grief, Melian vanishes to Valinor and thus withdraws her Girdle, leaving Doriath unprotected to the enemies.[3][4]
- The Dwarves are pursued by the Elves and killed except two of them, who return to Nogrod. The Nauglamír is brought back to Menegroth.[4]
- The Dwarves of Nogrod invade Doriath and attack Menegroth, defeating the Elves in a battle within the Thousand Caves.[3] Mablung is slain, the Sindar are scattered, and the Dwarves take the Nauglamír.[1][4]
- Aided by some Green-elves and the Ents,[1] Beren defeats the Dwarven host at the Battle of Sarn Athrad.[3][note 2] He then returns to Tol Galen with the Nauglamír for Lúthien to wear it.[2][4]
- Birth of Elwing in Ossiriand.[3][4]
- Accompanied by his family, Dior removes to Doriath to reign over it as its King.[3][4]
Spring
Autumn
- Final death of Beren and Lúthien. King Dior receives the Nauglamír.[3][4]
Notes
- ↑ Thingol's death is indeed placed under this year in the final version of the The Tale of Years from The War of the Jewels, but there he was killed in the battle with the Dwarves. However, according to the narrative introduced after much hesitation into the published Silmarillion by Christopher Tolkien, it occurred immediately after the reforging of the Nauglamír.
- ↑ In the final version of the The Tale of Years from The War of the Jewels, the Dwarves were intecepted and defeated by Celegorm and Curufin, but the Sons of Fëanor did not recover the Silmaril, since Melian escaped to Ossiriand with the Nauglamír to give it to Lúthien and only then vanished to Valinor. However, later in his Letter 247 dated 20 September 1963 and the manuscript labelled Concerning ... 'The Hoard' in the Letter to Eileen Elgar dated 5 March 1964, J.R.R. Tolkien apparently discarded the idea and mentioned that the Necklace was stolen by the Dwarves, who were defeated by Beren.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 J.R.R. Tolkien; Humphrey Carpenter, Christopher Tolkien (eds.), The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 247, (dated 20 September 1963): "He [Beren] intercepted a dwarf-army that had descended from the mountains, sacked the realm of Doriath and slain King Thingol, Lúthien's father, carrying off a great booty, including Thingol's necklace upon which hung the Silmaril."
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Letter to Eileen Elgar (5 March 1964), Concerning ... 'The Hoard': "Fugitives from Doriath brought news to Beren in Ossiriand, especially of the rape of the Silmaril. He gathered a force and waylaid the Dwarves on their return march, at a ford across one of 'Seven Rivers of Ossir'. Then the Dwarves were routed. The gold and silver was cast into the river, which hereafter bore a new name, signifying 'Golden-bed'. But Beren rescued the Necklace and the Silmaril. Lúthien wore it, until ere long she and Beren passed away and were heard of no more in Middle-earth."
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 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. 350-1
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Ruin of Doriath"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin"