Appendix B: The Tale of Years (Chronology of the Westlands)
- First Age - big battle, Morgoth OVERTHROWN.
- Second Age - big battle, Sauron OVERTHROWN.
- Third Age - big battle, Sauron overthrown AGAIN.)
The First
Age
Tolkien: "No comment."
The Second Age
(GOOD for the Númenoreans, BAD for the Men of
Middle-earth; Elves RULE.)
* * *
(An UNSPARING and UNFETTERED list of events
and dates.)
The Third Age
(BAD for everybody. WIZARDS show up.)
* * *
(An UNRELENTING and MULTIFARIOUS list of
events and dates.)
The Chief Days From the Fall of Barad-dûr
to the end of the Third Age
(An UNNECESSARY and OVERTLY-PEDANTIC list of
events and dates.)
Later Events Concerning the Members of
the Fellowship of the Ring
(An EXPENDABLE and IMPLAUSIBLE list of events
and dates.)