{"id":28542,"date":"2026-03-25T03:00:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T08:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2008\/03\/25\/28542-today-in-middle-earth-march-25\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T09:03:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T14:03:16","slug":"today-in-middle-earth-march-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2026\/03\/25\/28542-today-in-middle-earth-march-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in Middle-earth, March 25"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\" 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=28542&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\/2013\/03\/map-Battle-of-Morannon-and-Mt-Doom-March-25.jpg\" alt=\"map Battle of Morannon and Mt Doom March 25\" width=\"257\" height=\"198\" \/><\/a><strong>The following event(s) took place in Middle-earth on March 25th<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Captains of the West come to the Black Gate (3019)<\/li>\n<li>The Host is surrounded on the Slag-hills (3019)<\/li>\n<li>Downfall of Barad-d\u00fbr and the passing of Sauron (3019)<\/li>\n<li>Frodo and Samwise reach the Sammath Naur (3019)<\/li>\n<li>Gollum seizes the Ring and falls in the Cracks of Doom (3019)<\/li>\n<li>Minas Tirith (3019)<\/li>\n<li>Gondor proclaims their New Year (3019)<\/li>\n<li>Frodo comes home (3020)<\/li>\n<li>Birth of Elanor the Fair, daughter of Samwise (3021)<\/li>\n<li>The First &#8220;Tolkien Reading Day&#8221; (2003)<\/li>\n<li>[Join us on the Discussion Boards\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/newboards.theonering.net\/forum\/gforum\/perl\/gforum.cgi?post=1021739;sb=post_time;so=DESC;forum_view=forum_view_expanded;\">here<\/a>] [scroll down to today&#8217;s post]<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>March 25, 3019 (S.R. 1419)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. The Captains of the West come to the Black Gate.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(not from the appendices)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;No choice was left them but to play their part to its end.\u00a0 Therefore Aragorn now set the host in such array as could best be contrived&#8230;&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 201-208 RotK)<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. The Host is surrounded on the Slag-hills.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(from the appendices)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;Down from the hills on either side of the Morannon poured Orcs innumerable.\u00a0 The men of the West were trapped&#8230;&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 201-208 RotK)<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Downfall of Barad-d\u00fbr and the passing of Sauron.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(from the appendices)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;&#8230;under the wings of the Nazgul the shadows of death fell dark upon the earth Aragorn stood beneath his banner, silent and stern&#8230;\u00a0 &#8230;Upon the hill-top stood Gandalf, and he was white and cold and no shadow fell upon him&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 278-280 RotK)<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Frodo and Samwise reach the Sammath Naur.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(from the appendices)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;The path climbed on&#8230;\u00a0 &#8230;and came to the dark door in the Mountain&#8217;s side, the door of the Sammath Naur&#8230;\u00a0 &#8230;all Mordor lay about the Mountain like a dead land, silent, shadow-folded, waiting for some dreadful stroke.\u00a0 Sam came to the gaping mouth and peered in&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 273-274 RotK)<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Gollum seizes the Ring and falls in the Cracks of Doom.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(from the appendices)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;Sam got up&#8230;\u00a0 &#8230;dazed, and blood from his head dripped in his eyes.\u00a0 He groped forward, and then he saw a strange and terrible thing.\u00a0 Gollum on the edge of the abyss was fighting like a mad thing with an unseen foe&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 274-282 RotK)<\/p>\n<p><strong>6. Minas Tirith<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(from the appendices)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;And so the fifth day came since the Lady \u00c9owyn went first to Faramir; and they stood now together once more upon the wall of the City and looked out&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 295-298 RotK)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong> 7. Gondor proclaims their New Year on this date<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(not from the appendices)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;[Gandalf speaking to Sam]&#8230;in Gondor the New Year will always now begin upon the twenty-fifth of March when Sauron fell, and when you were brought out of the fire to the King&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 283 RotK)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>March 25, 3020 (S.R. 1420)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Frodo comes home.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(not from the appendices)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;Sam stayed at first at the Cottons&#8217; with Frodo; but when the New Row was ready he went with the Gaffer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 376 RotK)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>March 25, 3021 (S.R. 1421)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Birth of Elanor the Fair, daughter of Samwise.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(from the appendices)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;Frodo was ill again in March, but with a great effort he concealed it&#8230;\u00a0 &#8230;Sam had other things to think about&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 378 RotK)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>March 25, 2003 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The First &#8220;Tolkien Reading Day&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Launched in 2003 by the &#8216;Tolkien Society&#8217;, this annual event is a celebration of J.R.R. 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