{"id":28514,"date":"2026-03-15T01:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T06:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2008\/03\/15\/28514-today-in-middle-earth-march-15\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T09:07:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T14:07:36","slug":"today-in-middle-earth-march-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2026\/03\/15\/28514-today-in-middle-earth-march-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in Middle-earth, March 15"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><a id=\"set-post-thumbnail\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Set featured image\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-admin\/media-upload.php?post_id=28514&amp;type=image&amp;TB_iframe=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-266x266 alignright no-lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Gandalf-faces-the-Witch-king.jpg\" alt=\"Gandalf faces the Witch-king\" width=\"266\" height=\"161\" \/> <\/a><strong>The following event(s) took place in Middle-earth on March 15<sup>th<\/sup>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thorin and Gandalf&#8217;s chance meeting at the Prancing Pony (2941)<\/li>\n<li>In the early hours the Witch-king breaks the Gates of the City (3019)<\/li>\n<li>The horns of the Rohirrim are heard at cockcrow (3019)<\/li>\n<li>Denethor burns himself on a pyre (3019)<\/li>\n<li>Battle of the Pelennor (3019)<\/li>\n<li>Aragorn raises the standard of Arwen (3019)<\/li>\n<li>Dernhelm faces the Lord of the Nazg\u00fbl (3019)<\/li>\n<li>Th\u00e9oden is slain (3019)<\/li>\n<li>Frodo and Samwise escape and begin their journey north along the Morgai (3019)<\/li>\n<li>Battle under the trees in Mirkwood; Thranduil repels the forces of Dol Guldur (3019)<\/li>\n<li>Second assault on L\u00f3rien (3019)<\/li>\n<li>The realm of King Brand of Dale is attacked (3019)<\/li>\n<li>Evening in the Morgai (3019)<\/li>\n<li>The wounded come to the Houses of Healing (3019)<\/li>\n<li>Gandalf hears the cry of the Lord of the Nazg\u00fbl (3019)<\/li>\n<li>Wounded Merry comes to Minas Tirith (3019)<\/li>\n<li>Aragorn comes to the City (3019)<\/li>\n<li>[Join us on the Discussion Boards <a href=\"http:\/\/newboards.theonering.net\/forum\/gforum\/perl\/gforum.cgi?do%3Dpost_view_flat%3Bsb%3Dpost_time%3Bso%3DDESC%3Bpost%3D1021572=View+Flat+Mode#1021693\"><em>here<\/em>]<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>March 15, 2941 (S.R. 1341)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thorin and Gandalf&#8217;s chance meeting at the Prancing Pony.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(not from the appendices)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On a time Thorin, returning from the west from a journey, stayed at Bee for the night.\u00a0 There Gandalf was also.\u00a0 He was on his way to the Shire, which he had not visited for some twenty years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 447-448 RotK)<\/p>\n<p><strong>March 15, 3019<\/strong><strong> (S.R. 1419)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. In the early hours the Witch-king breaks the Gates of the City.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(from the appendices)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With a vast rush Grond was hurled forward by huge hands.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 125 RotK)<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. The horns of the Rohirrim are heard at cockcrow.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(from the appendices)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230;In rode the Lord of the Nazg\u00fbl, under the archway that no enemy ever yet had passed, and all fled before his face.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 126-126; p. 139 RotK)<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Denethor burns himself on a pyre.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(from the appendices)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230;Pippin turned and fled in terror from the deathly house. &#8216;Poor Faramir!&#8217; he thought. &#8216;I must find Gandalf&#8230; &#8216;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 122-123; p. 153 RotK)<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Battle of the Pelennor.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(from the appendices)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230;Th\u00e9oden seized a great horn from Guthl\u00e1f his banner-bearer, and he blew such a blast upon it that it burst asunder.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 137 RotK)<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Aragorn raises the standard of Arwen.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(from the appendices)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230;behold! upon the foremost ship a great standard broke, and the wind displayed it as she turned towards the Harlond.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 150 RotK)<\/p>\n<p><strong>6. Dernhelm faces the Lord of the Nazg\u00fbl.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(not from the appendices)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230;Th\u00e9oden was not utterly forsaken&#8230;\u00a0 &#8230;One stood there still:\u00a0 Dernhelm the young, faithful beyond fear; and he wept, for he had loved his lord as a father&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 140 RotK)<\/p>\n<p><strong>7. Th\u00e9oden is slain.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(from the appendices)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230;Snowmane wild with terror stood up on high, fighting with the air&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 143 RotK)<\/p>\n<p><strong>8. Frodo and Samwise escape and begin their journey north along the Morgai.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(from the appendices)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8216;This won&#8217;t do, Sam,&#8217; said Frodo. &#8216;If we were real orcs, we ought to be dashing back to the Tower, not running away.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 236; p. 240 RotK)<\/p>\n<p><strong>9. Battle under the trees in Mirkwood; Thranduil repels the forces of Dol Guldur.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(from Appendix B: The Tale Of Years: The Third Age: The Great Years)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the North also there had been war and evil. The realm of Thranduil was invaded&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 468 RotK)<\/p>\n<p><strong>10. Second assault on L\u00f3rien. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(from Appendix B: The Tale Of Years: The Third Age: The Great Years)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230;L\u00f3rien had been assailed from Dol Guldur&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 468 RotK)<\/p>\n<p><strong>11. The realm of King Brand of Dale is attacked.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(from Appendix B: The Tale Of Years: The Third Age: The Great Years)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At the same time as the great armies besieged Minas Tirith a host of the allies of Sauron&#8230;\u00a0 &#8230;was driven back to Dale.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 468 RotK)<\/p>\n<p><strong>12. Evening in the Morgai<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(not from the appendices) <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There was a bitter tang in the air of Mordor that dried the mouth. When Sam thought of water even his hopeful spirit quailed&#8230;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 243 RotK)<\/p>\n<p><strong>13. The wounded come to the Houses of Healing.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(not from the appendices)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230;Gandalf and Beregond taking up [Faramir&#8217;s] bier bore it away towards the Houses of Healing&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 160 RotK)<\/p>\n<p><strong>14. Gandalf hears the cry of the Lord of the Nazg\u00fbl.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(not from the appendices)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230;as Gandalf and his companions came carrying [Faramir&#8217;s] bier to the main door of the Houses, they heard a great cry that went up from the field before the Gate&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 160 RotK)<\/p>\n<p><strong>15. Wounded Merry comes to the Houses of Healing.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(not from the appendices)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A mist was in Merry&#8217;s eyes of tears and weariness when they drew near the ruined Gate of Minas Tirith&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 163 RotK)<\/p>\n<p><strong>16.\u00a0 Aragorn comes to the City.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(not from the appendices)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230;there came Gandalf on foot and with him one cloaked in grey; and they met before the doors of the Houses of Healing&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 168 RotK)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following event(s) took place in Middle-earth on March 15th: Thorin and Gandalf&#8217;s chance meeting at the Prancing&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":69866,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[28,198,197,35,149,252],"tags":[570],"class_list":["post-28514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-calendar","category-fans-creations","category-fans","category-lotr-books","category-lotr","category-day-in-middleearth","tag-today-in-middle-earth"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The following event(s) took place in Middle-earth on March 15th: Thorin and Gandalf&#039;s chance meeting at the Prancing Pony (2941) In the early hours the Witch-king breaks the Gates of the City (3019) The horns of the Rohirrim are heard at cockcrow (3019) Denethor burns himself on a pyre (3019) Battle of the Pelennor (3019)\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"grammaboodawg\"\/>\n\t<meta name=\"keywords\" content=\"today in middle-earth,calendar,creations,fans,lotr books,the lord of the rings\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2026\/03\/15\/28514-today-in-middle-earth-march-15\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO Pro (AIOSEO) 4.9.10\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Lord of the Rings &amp; Tolkien News - TheOneRing.net Fan Community, since 1999 | Forged by and for fans of J.R.R. 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