Third Age 3001
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Third Age 3001 (abbreviated to T.A. 3001) is the 3001st year of the Sun of the Third Age of Middle-earth. Third Age 3001 was also known as S.R. 1401 in Shire-reckoning.
Notable events in this year include:
September[edit]
- Gaffer Gamgee, Old Noakes, Daddy Twofoot, Sandyman and other strangers are at the Ivy Bush and gossip about Bilbo and Frodo Baggins.[1]
- (two days later) Rumors begin that Bilbo's party will have fireworks.[1]
- A Dwarf-wagon loaded with packages comes to Bag End.[1]
- c. 15[2] - Gandalf rides a cart over the Brandywine Bridge, through Bywater and reaches Bag End.[1]
- The following day and week more wagons and carts arrive. Bilbo sends orders for provisions from the neighboring regions.[1]
- 21 - Cloudy weather over Hobbiton.[1]
- 22 - Bilbo's farewell feast. Gandalf suspects Bilbo's ring to be the One Ring.[3][1]
- 23 - Frodo Baggins inherits Bag End and has a hard time managing the inheritance and distributing Bilbo's gifts. At the evening Gandalf departs seeking for news of Gollum.[1][3]
- Gandalf calls on the help of Aragorn. The Rangers of the North double their guard on the Shire.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "A Long-expected Party"
- ↑ "At the end of the second week in September"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Third Age"
