Today in Middle-earth, November 1
| November 1, 2009 |
The following event(s) took place in Middle-earth on November 1:
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Bilbo returns to Smaug’s chamber in the afternoon (1341)
- In the evening Smaug smashes the door and attacks Lake-town (1341)
- Lake-town in the aftermath (1341)
- The hobbits rest in Rivendell as scouts search the lands for news of the enemy (1418)
- They are arrested at Frogmorton (1419)
November 1, 2941 (S.R. 1341)
1. Bilbo returns to Smaug’s chamber in the afternoon.
(from Karen Wynn Fonstad, The Atlas of Middle-earth)
“Smaug certainly looked fast asleep, almost dead and dark, with scarcely a snore more than a whiff of unseen steam, when Bilbo peeped once more from the entrance. He was just about to step out on to the floor when he caught a sudden thin and piercing ray of red from under the drooping lid of Smaug’s left eye.”
2. In the evening Smaug smashes the door and attacks Lake-town.
“… there was still a company of archers that held their ground among the burning houses. Their captain was Bard, grim-voiced and grim-faced… “
(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 212-237 The Hobbit)
3. Lake-town in the aftermath.
(determined from text)
[white]…[/white]… down the wind came the voices of the people of Esgaroth lamenting their lost town and goods and ruined houses. But they had really much to be thankful for, had they thought of it, though it could hardly be expected that they should just then: three quarters of the people of the
(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 238-240 The Hobbit)
3. Lake-town in the aftermath.
(determined from text)
“… down the wind came the voices of the people of Esgaroth lamenting…
(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 238-240 The Hobbit)
3. Lake-town in the aftermath.
(determined from text)
“… down the wind came the voices of the people of Esgaroth lamenting…
(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 238-240 The Hobbit)
November 1, 3018 (S.R. 1418)
1. The hobbits rest in Rivendell as scouts search the lands for news of the enemy.
(not in the appendices)
November 1, 3019 (S.R. 1419)
1. They are arrested at Frogmorton.
(from the appendices)
“As they came to the east end of the village they met a barrier with a large board saying NO ROAD; and behind it stood a large band of Shirriffs with staves in their hands and feathers in their caps, looking both important and rather scared.”
(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 346-347 RotK)
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