Years of the Trees

413 events, showing the first 120

1. Years of the Trees

   Adoption of the Dwarves

   Eru gives life and free will to the Seven Fathers made by Aulë.

   FigureEru Ilúvatar

2. Years of the Trees

   Aulë makes the Seven Fathers

   In a hall under the mountains Aulë shapes seven Dwarves and is confronted by Ilúvatar, who adopts them but requires that they sleep until the Elves have awakened.

   TaxonDwarves

3. Years of the Trees

   Avathar

   Takes spider-form in the shadowed land south of Valinor and weaves the Unlight.

   FigureUngoliant

4. Years of the Trees

   Awakening of the Ents

   Skinbark is among the first Ents to walk the forests of Middle-earth.

   FigureSkinbark

5. Years of the Trees

   Awakening of the Ents

   The Ents awake in answer to Yavanna's plea; Treebeard is the eldest.

   FigureTreebeard

6. Years of the Trees

   Awakening of the Ents

   Leaflock is among the first Ents to walk the forests of Middle-earth.

   FigureLeaflock

7. Years of the Trees

   Awakening of the Ents

   Fimbrethil walks the forests with Treebeard in the youth of the world.

   FigureFimbrethil

8. Years of the Trees

   Birth of the Two Trees

   Yavanna sings Telperion and Laurelin into being on Ezellohar.

   FigureYavanna

9. Years of the Trees

   Durin awakes

   The eldest Dwarf-father wakes beneath Gundabad and journeys south to found Khazad-dûm.

   PlaceMount Gundabad

10. Years of the Trees

    Dwelling in Lórien

    Estë makes her home in the gardens of Irmo.

    FigureEstë

11. Years of the Trees

    Founding of Valinor

    The Valar withdraw to Aman, raise the Pelóri and found Valinor, where Yavanna sings the Two Trees into life.

    TaxonAinur

12. Years of the Trees

    Founding of Valinor

    Manwë leads the Valar to Aman and takes his seat on Taniquetil.

    FigureManwë

13. Years of the Trees

    Gardens in Valinor

    Vána keeps her gardens of golden flowers, tended by Arien.

    FigureVána

14. Years of the Trees

    Gardens of Vána

    Arien tends the golden flowers watered with the dew of Laurelin.

    FigureArien

15. Years of the Trees

    Gift of Oromë

    Huan runs with Oromë's hunt and is given to Celegorm of the Noldor.

    FigureHuan

16. Years of the Trees

    Household of Taniquetil

    Ilmarë serves Varda in Ilmarin after the Valar settle in Aman.

    FigureIlmarë

17. Years of the Trees

    Huan given to Celegorm

    Oromë gives the great hound to Celegorm, who hunted with him in the woods of Valinor.

    TaxonHounds of Valinor

18. Years of the Trees

    Hunter of Oromë

    Tilion rides with the Vala's company and rests in the pools of Lórien.

    FigureTilion

19. Years of the Trees

    Lórien

    Melian tends the trees of Irmo's gardens and teaches the nightingales.

    FigureMelian

20. Years of the Trees

    Lórien and the house of Nienna

    Olórin dwells in the gardens of Irmo and learns pity from Nienna.

    FigureGandalf

21. Years of the Trees

    Made by Aulë

    Aulë shapes the Seven Fathers; Ilúvatar adopts them and sets them to sleep.

    FigureDurin I

22. Years of the Trees

    Manwë's promise

    Manwë tells Yavanna that the eagles will dwell in the mountains and hear the voices of those in need.

    TaxonGreat Eagles

23. Years of the Trees

    Melkor raises the mountains

    The range is thrown up as a barrier against the riding of Oromë across Middle-earth.

    PlaceThe Misty Mountains

24. Years of the Trees

    Raising of the Pelóri

    Aulë builds the mountain wall of Aman.

    FigureAulë

25. Years of the Trees

    Tears on Ezellohar

    Nienna waters the green mound with her tears and the Two Trees rise.

    FigureNienna

26. Y.T. 1

    Telperion and Laurelin

    Yavanna sings the Two Trees into being on Ezellohar and their light fills the Blessed Realm.

    PlaceValinor

27. Years of the Trees

    The gardens of Lórien

    Irmo and Estë make their dwelling in the gardens of rest in Valinor.

    FigureIrmo

28. Years of the Trees

    The Halls are built

    Mandos establishes the Houses of the Dead on the western shore of Aman.

    FigureMandos

29. Years of the Trees

    The Halls of Mandos

    Vairë takes up her weaving in the Houses of the Dead on the western shore of Valinor.

    FigureVairë

30. Years of the Trees

    The Nandor settle the Anduin vale

    Elves who forsook the westward march under Lenwë remain east of the Misty Mountains and become the Silvan folk of the golden wood.

    PlaceLothlórien

31. Y.T. 1

    The Trees at the gate

    Yavanna brings forth Telperion and Laurelin on the mound before Valmar's western gate.

    PlaceValmar

32. Y.T. 1

    The Trees come forth

    Yavanna's song and Nienna's tears bring Telperion and Laurelin out of the mound; the count of years begins with Telperion's first flowering.

    PlaceEzellohar

33. Y.T. 1

    The Two Trees are made

    Yavanna brings forth Telperion and Laurelin on Ezellohar and the count of the Years of the Trees begins.

    PlaceAman

34. Years of the Trees

    The vats of light

    Varda gathers the dew of the Two Trees into great reservoirs.

    FigureVarda

35. Years of the Trees

    Ungoliant in Avathar

    A spirit of darkness, corrupted by Melkor long before, takes spider-form and weaves Unlight in the shadowed land south of Valinor.

    TaxonGreat Spiders

36. Years of the Trees

    Valinor and the Two Trees

    The Valar raise the Pelóri, build Valmar, and Yavanna brings forth Telperion and Laurelin.

    TaxonValar

37. Years of the Trees

    Yavanna's plea

    After the making of the Dwarves, Yavanna asks that the trees be given guardians, and Eru promises the Shepherds of the Trees.

    TaxonEnts

38. Years of the Trees

    Making of the Dwarves

    Aulë shapes the Seven Fathers in secret and is rebuked and forgiven by Eru.

    FigureAulë

39. Years of the Trees

    Melian departs

    Her servant Melian leaves Valinor for Middle-earth.

    FigureVána

40. Years of the Trees

    Melian goes east

    Melian departs Valinor for Middle-earth and fills its silent woods with birdsong.

    TaxonMaiar

41. Years of the Trees

    Morgoth makes the Trolls

    In the Great Darkness Morgoth counterfeits the Ents with a race of stony giants.

    TaxonTrolls

42. Years of the Trees

    Promise of the Ents

    Through Manwë, Eru grants Yavanna guardians for the trees.

    FigureEru Ilúvatar

43. Years of the Trees

    The Eldar baulk at the crossing

    During the Great Journey the Nandor refuse to cross the mountains and turn south down the Anduin.

    PlaceThe Misty Mountains

44. Years of the Trees

    The Nandor settle the vale

    Elves who refuse to cross the Misty Mountains follow the river south and become the Silvan folk.

    PlaceAnduin

45. Years of the Trees

    The plea for the trees

    Learning of the Dwarves, Yavanna obtains through Manwë the promise of the Ents.

    FigureYavanna

46. Years of the Trees

    Yavanna's plea

    Yavanna asks Manwë for protectors for her creatures; Manwë promises that the Eagles will dwell in the mountains and hear the cries of those in need.

    TaxonBeasts and Birds

47. Years of the Trees

    Dispute with Yavanna

    Yavanna, fearing for her trees, obtains the promise of the Ents.

    FigureAulë

48. Years of the Trees

    Durin founds Khazad-dûm

    The eldest of the Dwarf-fathers awakens at Gundabad and makes his halls beneath the three peaks above Mirrormere.

    PlaceThe Misty Mountains

49. Years of the Trees

    Durin founds Khazad-dûm

    Durin the Deathless delves the first halls above Mirrormere.

    PlaceMoria

50. Years of the Trees

    Durin looks into Mirrormere

    Durin I comes to the dale, sees the crown of stars above his reflection, and founds Khazad-dûm beside it.

    PlaceDimrill Dale

51. Years of the Trees

    Khazad-dûm founded beneath the peaks

    Durin I makes his halls under Caradhras and its two sister mountains.

    PlaceCaradhras

52. Years of the Trees

    The crown of stars

    Durin I sees seven stars crowning his reflection and chooses the dale for Khazad-dûm.

    PlaceMirrormere

53. Years of the Trees

    Exile from the East

    Outcast Dwarves wander west into Beleriand before any Elves or other Dwarves settle there.

    TaxonPetty-dwarves

54. before Y.T. 1050

    Departure for Middle-earth

    Melian leaves Valinor and fills the dark lands with her song.

    FigureMelian

55. Y.T. 1050

    Awakening

    Ingwë awakes with the Quendi at Cuiviénen and becomes lord of the first clan.

    FigureIngwë

56. Y.T. 1050

    Awakening

    The Avari awake with the other Quendi at Cuiviénen.

    TaxonAvari

57. Y.T. 1050

    Awakening

    The Teleri awake with the other Quendi and are the largest of the three clans.

    TaxonTeleri

58. Y.T. 1050

    Awakening

    The Vanyar awake with the other Quendi at Cuiviénen.

    TaxonVanyar

59. Y.T. 1050

    Awakening

    Olwë awakes at Cuiviénen and with his brother leads the Teleri.

    FigureOlwë

60. Y.T. 1050

    Awakening at Cuiviénen

    The Firstborn awake beneath the newly kindled stars beside the eastern lake.

    TaxonElves

61. Y.T. 1050

    Awakening at Cuiviénen

    Elwë awakes among the first Elves and becomes, with Olwë, a leader of the Teleri.

    FigureThingol

62. Y.T. 1050

    Awakening of the Elves

    The Firstborn Children awake at Cuiviénen, as Eru alone had devised.

    FigureEru Ilúvatar

63. Y.T. 1050 onward

    Awakening with the Ents

    The Entwives come into being with the Shepherds of the Trees.

    TaxonEntwives

64. Years of the Trees

    Before the Elves passed west

    Tom remembers the Elves walking westward on the Great Journey.

    FigureTom Bombadil

65. Y.T. 1050 to 1085

    Breeding of the Orcs

    Melkor captures Elves at Cuiviénen and corrupts them into Orcs.

    FigureMelkor

66. Y.T. 1050

    Kindling of the great stars

    Varda makes new and brighter stars and constellations; the Elves awake beneath them.

    FigureVarda

67. Y.T. 1050

    Melian departs

    Melian, who had dwelt in Lórien, leaves for Middle-earth at about the time the Elves awake.

    PlaceGardens of Lórien

68. Years of the Trees

    Monsters of Utumno

    Melkor's shadows hunt the newly awakened Elves; captives are twisted into the first Orcs.

    TaxonMonsters and Servants of the Shadow

69. Years of the Trees

    Speech from the Elves

    The Elves teach the Ents language and Treebeard learns their tongues.

    FigureTreebeard

70. Y.T. 1050

    The awakening of the Elves

    The Firstborn wake beside the water under the new stars of Varda, and the first words of Elvish speech are made.

    PlaceCuiviénen

71. Y.T. 1050

    The Elves awake

    The Firstborn wake at Cuiviénen; Varda has already kindled new stars for their coming.

    PlaceAman

72. Y.T. 1050

    The Elves awake at Cuiviénen

    The Firstborn open their eyes under starlight beside a lake in the east of Middle-earth.

    TaxonChildren of Ilúvatar

73. Y.T. 1050

    The Elves wake beneath the mountains

    The Quendi awake at Cuiviénen, fed by streams from the Orocarni.

    PlaceOrocarni

74. Y.T. 1050 onward

    The Ents awake

    Spirits enter the trees as the Children of Ilúvatar awake; the Ents come into being.

    TaxonEnts

75. Y.T. 1050

    The stars of Varda

    Varda uses the gathered dew of Telperion to kindle new stars over Middle-earth before the Elves awake.

    PlaceEzellohar

76. Y.T. 1050

    Varda kindles new stars

    Varda rekindles the heavens with brighter stars in preparation for the Elves, who awake beneath them.

    TaxonValar

77. Y.T. 1050

    Melkor's shadows

    Melkor's spirits and a dark rider haunt the hills about the lake, sowing fear of the Valar and carrying off stray Elves to Utumno.

    PlaceCuiviénen

78. Y.T. 1050

    The hunting of the Elves

    Melkor's servants prey on the Elves of Cuiviénen; captives are taken to Utumno and, by tradition, made into Orcs.

    PlaceUtumno

79. Y.T. 1085

    Cuiviénen

    The Elves hear the hooves of Nahar before Oromë rides into the starlight and finds them.

    FigureNahar

80. Y.T. 1085

    Finding of the Elves

    Oromë discovers the Quendi at Cuiviénen and returns with the news to Valinor.

    FigureOromë

81. Y.T. 1085

    Nahar at Cuiviénen

    Oromë, riding Nahar, comes upon the newly awakened Elves; the sound of his horse is the first the Quendi hear of the Valar.

    TaxonBeasts and Birds

82. Y.T. 1085

    Oromë finds the Elves

    Drawn by singing across the water, Oromë comes to Cuiviénen and names the Elves the Eldar; some flee from him, believing him the hunter of their fear.

    PlaceCuiviénen

83. Y.T. 1085

    Oromë finds the Elves

    Oromë comes upon the Quendi and returns to Valinor with the news, prompting the War of the Powers against Melkor.

    TaxonElves

84. Y.T. 1085

    Oromë names the Elves Eldar

    At the first meeting Oromë gives the Quendi the name People of the Stars; it will later belong only to those who follow him.

    TaxonEldar

85. Years of the Trees

    The breeding of the Orcs

    Melkor's hunters take Elves from Cuiviénen; in Utumno he twists them into the first Orcs.

    TaxonOrcs

86. Y.T. 1085

    The council on the Elves

    After Oromë's report the Valar decide in the Ring to summon the Elves to Aman and to assault Melkor.

    PlaceMáhanaxar

87. Y.T. 1090

    Battle of the Powers

    Oromë rides with the Valar against Utumno.

    FigureOromë

88. Y.T. 1090 to 1099

    Battle of the Powers

    Tulkas breaks Utumno and binds Melkor with Angainor.

    FigureTulkas

89. Y.T. 1090 to 1100

    The Battle of the Powers

    The Valar assault Utumno and Angband; Tulkas wrestles Melkor down and he is chained with Angainor.

    TaxonValar

90. Y.T. 1090

    The earth shakes

    The War of the Powers against Utumno is felt at the lake as tremors and light in the north, though the Elves know little of its cause.

    PlaceCuiviénen

91. Y.T. 1090

    The War of the Powers begins

    The Valar march from Aman against Melkor for the sake of the Elves.

    PlaceUtumno

92. Y.T. 1090

    War for the Elves

    After Oromë's report, Manwë sends the Valar against Utumno; Melkor is captured.

    FigureManwë

93. Y.T. 1090

    War for the sake of the Elves

    After the awakening of the Elves, the Valar assault Utumno, capture Melkor and bring him in chains to Valinor.

    TaxonAinur

94. Y.T. 1090

    War for the sake of the Elves

    The Valar march out of Aman, break Utumno and bring Melkor back in chains to the Halls of Mandos.

    PlaceAman

95. Y.T. 1099

    Chained

    Utumno falls and Melkor is bound with Angainor and imprisoned in Mandos.

    FigureMelkor

96. Y.T. 1099

    Hidden after the Battle of the Powers

    When Utumno falls the Balrogs conceal themselves in the depths of Angband.

    TaxonBalrogs

97. Y.T. 1099

    Melkor chained in Mandos

    After the War of the Powers Melkor is bound with Angainor and imprisoned for three ages.

    PlaceValinor

98. Y.T. 1099

    Melkor imprisoned

    Bound with Angainor, Melkor begins his three ages in the Halls of Mandos.

    PlaceHalls of Mandos

99. Y.T. 1099

    Melkor sentenced

    Melkor is brought bound before the Ring and condemned to three ages in the Halls of Mandos.

    PlaceMáhanaxar

100. Y.T. 1099

     Utumno broken

     The Valar unroof the fortress; Tulkas overthrows Melkor and he is chained with Angainor.

     PlaceUtumno

101. Y.T. 1099

     War of the Powers

     The Valar break Utumno beneath the eastern mountains and carry Melkor to Valinor.

     PlaceEred Engrin

102. Y.T. 1099

     War of the Powers

     The Valar break Utumno and take Melkor captive, but the deepest pits of Angband are left unsearched.

     PlaceAngband

103. Years of the Trees

     Awakening at Gundabad

     Durin wakes alone in the north, the first of the Dwarves to rise.

     FigureDurin I

104. Years of the Trees

     Awakening in the East

     Two of the Seven Fathers wake together in the eastern mountains.

     TaxonStiffbeards

105. Years of the Trees

     Awakening in the East

     Two of the Seven Fathers wake together in the eastern mountains.

     TaxonBlacklocks

106. Years of the Trees

     Awakening in the East

     Two of the Seven Fathers wake together in the eastern mountains and found the eastern houses.

     TaxonIronfists

107. Years of the Trees

     Awakening in the East

     Two of the Seven Fathers wake together in the eastern mountains.

     TaxonStonefoots

108. Years of the Trees

     Durin founds Khazad-dûm

     Durin wakes at Gundabad and settles above Mirrormere.

     TaxonLongbeards

109. Y.T. 1099

     Sauron and the Balrogs escape

     The deepest places are left unsearched and Melkor's chief servants survive in hiding.

     PlaceUtumno

110. Years of the Trees

     The awakening of Durin

     Durin the Deathless wakes under Mount Gundabad and founds Khazad-dûm beside Mirrormere; the other fathers wake in the Blue Mountains and the far East.

     TaxonDwarves

111. Years of the Trees

     The Elves teach the Ents speech

     Wandering Elves find the Ents and wake them to language and thought.

     TaxonEnts

112. Y.T. 1100

     The summons of the Valar

     Melkor being chained, the Valar decide to call the Elves to Aman, and Oromë brings the summons to Cuiviénen.

     PlaceCuiviénen

113. Y.T. 1100

     Ungoliant hides in Avathar

     Fleeing the Valar, Ungoliant makes her lair in a ravine beneath the southern mountains.

     PlaceAvathar

114. Years of the Trees

     The crown of stars

     At Mirrormere he sees seven stars reflected about his head and takes the sign as his own.

     FigureDurin I

115. Y.T. 1102

     Ambassador to Aman

     Finwë sees the Trees and returns to lead the Noldor west.

     FigureFinwë

116. Y.T. 1102

     Ambassador to Aman

     Oromë brings Ingwë, Finwë and Elwë to Valinor; Ingwë returns most eager of all to lead his people west.

     FigureIngwë

117. Y.T. 1102

     Ambassador to Valinor

     Goes with Ingwë and Finwë to see the light of the Two Trees and returns to urge the Great Journey.

     FigureThingol

118. Y.T. 1102

     Elwë sees the Trees

     Elwë goes to Aman as ambassador of the Teleri and returns eager to lead his people west.

     TaxonTeleri

119. Years of the Trees

     Founding of Khazad-dûm

     Durin begins the halls above the Dimrill Dale.

     FigureDurin I

120. Y.T. 1102

     Ingwë goes to Aman

     Ingwë is one of the three ambassadors who see the Trees and return to urge the summons.

     TaxonVanyar

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