First Age 496
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First Age 496 (abbreviated to F.A. 496) is the 496th year of the Sun of the First Age of Middle-earth.
Notable events in this year include:
Early[edit]
- Túrin returns to Dor-lómin and discovers that Morwen and Nienor had left for Doriath. In a rage, Túrin kills Brodda the Easterling. Aerin dies in the fire in Brodda's hall.[1][2]
March[edit]
- The Fell Winter ends.[3]
?[edit]
- Túrin, searching for Finduilas, comes to the woods of Brethil and discovers that Finduilas had been killed by orcs. He stays in Brethil and takes the name Turambar.[4]
- Mablung the Hunter leads a party from Doriath to Nargothrond; it is waylaid by Glaurung and Niënor Níniel and Morwen Eledhwen are lost in the wild.[4]
- Niënor falls under Glaurung's spell and forgets her identity. She is found by Túrin Turambar and comes to Brethil.[4]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Children of Húrin, "The Return of Túrin to Dor-lómin"
- ↑ 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: I. The Wanderings of Húrin", p. 257
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "Of Tuor and his Coming to Gondolin"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Jewels, "The Grey Annals": §301–317.
