{"id":30089,"date":"2025-10-06T01:00:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T06:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=30089"},"modified":"2025-10-20T07:36:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T12:36:30","slug":"today-in-middle-earth-october-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2025\/10\/06\/30089-today-in-middle-earth-october-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in Middle-earth, October 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" 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=30089&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\/10\/Weathertop-Nazgul-attacks-Frodo.jpg\" alt=\"Weathertop Nazgul attacks Frodo\" width=\"192\" height=\"218\" \/><\/a><strong>The following event(s) took place in Middle-earth on October 6:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thorin requests supplies (1341)<\/li>\n<li>Gandalf heads for Rivendell after escaping Weathertop (1418)<\/li>\n<li>The camp under Weathertop attacked at night. Frodo is wounded (1418)<\/li>\n<li>They cross the Ford of Bruinen; Frodo feels the first return of pain (1419)<\/li>\n<li>Frodo is again ill (1420)<\/li>\n<li>Samwise returns to Bag End (1421)<\/li>\n<li>[join us on the Discussion Boards <a href=\"http:\/\/newboards.theonering.net\/forum\/gforum\/perl\/gforum.cgi?forum=7;do=forum_view_expanded;\"><em>here<\/em><\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>October 6, 2941 (S.R. 1341)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>1. Thorin requests supplies<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>(from Karen Wynn Fonstad, <em>The Atlas of Middle-earth<\/em>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&#8220;At the end of a fortnight Thorin began to think of departure. While the enthusiasm still lasted in the town was the time to get help.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 192-193 Hobbit)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00a0<strong>October 6, 3018 (S.R. 1418)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>1. Gandalf heads for Rivendell after escaping Weathertop.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>(not from the appendices)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>&#8220;I hoped to draw some of them off, and yet reach Rivendell ahead of you and send out help&#8230;&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 347 FotR)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>2. The camp under Weathertop attacked at night. Frodo is wounded.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>(from the appendices)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&#8220;&#8216;Well, here we are!&#8217; said Merry.\u00a0 &#8216;And very cheerless and uninviting it looks! There is no water and no shelter.And no sign of Gandalf&#8230;'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p.252-255 FotR)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>October 6, 3019 (S.R. 1419)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>1. <b>Gandalf and the Hobbits leave Rivendell \u2013 They cross the Ford of Bruinen.<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>(from the appendices)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&#8220;When they came to the Ford of Bruinen, he had halted, and seemed loth to ride into the stream\u2026&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 331 RotK)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>October 6, 3020 (S.R. 1420)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>1. Frodo is again ill.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>(from the appendices)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&#8220;One evening Sam came into the study and found his master looking very strange.\u00a0 He was very pale and his eyes seemed to see things far away.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p.377 RotK)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>October 6, 3021 (S.R. 1421)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>1. Samwise returns to Bag End.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>(from the appendices)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">&#8220;At last they rode over the downs and took the East Road, and then Merry and Pippin rode on to Buckland\u2026&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p.384-385 RotK)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following event(s) took place in Middle-earth on October 6: Thorin requests supplies (1341) Gandalf heads for Rivendell&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":80124,"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":false,"_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":[28,198,197,7,35,148,149,252],"tags":[570],"class_list":["post-30089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-calendar","category-fans-creations","category-fans","category-hobbit-book","category-lotr-books","category-hobbit","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 October 6: Thorin requests supplies (1341) Gandalf heads for Rivendell after escaping Weathertop (1418) The camp under Weathertop attacked at night. Frodo is wounded (1418) They cross the Ford of Bruinen; Frodo feels the first return of pain (1419) Frodo is again ill (1420) Samwise returns to\" \/>\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,hobbit book,lotr books,the hobbit,the lord of the rings\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2025\/10\/06\/30089-today-in-middle-earth-october-6\/\" \/>\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. Tolkien\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Today in Middle-earth, October 6\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The following event(s) took place in Middle-earth on October 6: Thorin requests supplies (1341) Gandalf heads for Rivendell after escaping Weathertop (1418) The camp under Weathertop attacked at night. Frodo is wounded (1418) They cross the Ford of Bruinen; Frodo feels the first return of pain (1419) Frodo is again ill (1420) Samwise returns to\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2025\/10\/06\/30089-today-in-middle-earth-october-6\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/TORN-25-logo.png\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:secure_url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/TORN-25-logo.png\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"3474\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"3121\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-06T06:00:39+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-20T12:36:30+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/theoneringnet\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@theoneringnet\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Today in Middle-earth, October 6\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The following event(s) took place in Middle-earth on October 6: Thorin requests supplies (1341) Gandalf heads for Rivendell after escaping Weathertop (1418) The camp under Weathertop attacked at night. Frodo is wounded (1418) They cross the Ford of Bruinen; Frodo feels the first return of pain (1419) Frodo is again ill (1420) Samwise returns to\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@theoneringnet\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/TORN-25-logo.png\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/06\\\/30089-today-in-middle-earth-october-6\\\/aioseo-article-6379170f159db\",\"name\":\"Today in Middle-earth, October 6\",\"headline\":\"Today in Middle-earth, October 6\",\"description\":\"The following event(s) took place in Middle-earth on October 6: Thorin requests supplies (1341) Gandalf heads for Rivendell after escaping Weathertop (1418) The camp under Weathertop attacked at night. Frodo is wounded (1418) They cross the Ford of Bruinen; Frodo feels the first return of pain (1419) Frodo is again ill (1420) Samwise returns to\",\"author\":{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"grammaboodawg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/author\\\/grammaboodawg\\\/\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/10\\\/Weathertop-Nazgul-attacks-Frodo.jpg\",\"width\":192,\"height\":218},\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-06T01:00:39-05:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-20T07:36:30-05:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"articleSection\":\"Calendar, Creations, Fans, Hobbit Book, LotR Books, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, Today in Middle-earth, Today in Middle-earth\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/06\\\/30089-today-in-middle-earth-october-6\\\/#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/category\\\/hobbit\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"The Hobbit\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/category\\\/hobbit\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Hobbit\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/category\\\/hobbit\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/category\\\/hobbit\\\/hobbit-book\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Hobbit Book\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/category\\\/hobbit\\\/hobbit-book\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Hobbit Book\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/category\\\/hobbit\\\/hobbit-book\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/06\\\/30089-today-in-middle-earth-october-6\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Today in Middle-earth, October 6\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/category\\\/hobbit\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"The Hobbit\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/06\\\/30089-today-in-middle-earth-october-6\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Today in Middle-earth, October 6\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/category\\\/hobbit\\\/hobbit-book\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Hobbit Book\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The One Ring.net\",\"description\":\"Forged by and for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/07\\\/TORN-25-logo.png\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/06\\\/30089-today-in-middle-earth-october-6\\\/#organizationLogo\",\"width\":3474,\"height\":3121},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/06\\\/30089-today-in-middle-earth-october-6\\\/#organizationLogo\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/facebook.com\\\/theoneringnet\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/theoneringnet\",\"https:\\\/\\\/instagram.com\\\/theoneringnet\",\"https:\\\/\\\/youtube.com\\\/theoneringnet\",\"https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Tolkien_fandom#TheOneRing.net_(or_TORn)\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/author\\\/grammaboodawg\\\/#author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/author\\\/grammaboodawg\\\/\",\"name\":\"grammaboodawg\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/06\\\/30089-today-in-middle-earth-october-6\\\/#authorImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4a035bea44c220d45cb54256a649ffa94615bd9fff65ed63d8492efde65ba438?s=96&r=g\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"grammaboodawg\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/06\\\/30089-today-in-middle-earth-october-6\\\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/06\\\/30089-today-in-middle-earth-october-6\\\/\",\"name\":\"Today in Middle-earth, October 6\",\"description\":\"The following event(s) took place in Middle-earth on October 6: Thorin requests supplies (1341) Gandalf heads for Rivendell after escaping Weathertop (1418) The camp under Weathertop attacked at night. Frodo is wounded (1418) They cross the Ford of Bruinen; Frodo feels the first return of pain (1419) Frodo is again ill (1420) Samwise returns to\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/06\\\/30089-today-in-middle-earth-october-6\\\/#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/author\\\/grammaboodawg\\\/#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/author\\\/grammaboodawg\\\/#author\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/10\\\/Weathertop-Nazgul-attacks-Frodo.jpg\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/06\\\/30089-today-in-middle-earth-october-6\\\/#mainImage\",\"width\":192,\"height\":218},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/06\\\/30089-today-in-middle-earth-october-6\\\/#mainImage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-06T01:00:39-05:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-20T07:36:30-05:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/\",\"name\":\"Lord of the Rings Rings of Power on Amazon Prime News, JRR Tolkien, The Hobbit and more | TheOneRing.net\",\"description\":\"Forged by and for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.theonering.net\\\/torwp\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro -->\r\n\t\t<title>Today in Middle-earth, October 6<\/title>\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"Today in Middle-earth, October 6","description":"The following event(s) took place in Middle-earth on October 6: Thorin requests supplies (1341) Gandalf heads for Rivendell after escaping Weathertop (1418) The camp under Weathertop attacked at night. Frodo is wounded (1418) They cross the Ford of Bruinen; Frodo feels the first return of pain (1419) Frodo is again ill (1420) Samwise returns to","canonical_url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2025\/10\/06\/30089-today-in-middle-earth-october-6\/","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"today in middle-earth,calendar,creations,fans,hobbit book,lotr books,the hobbit,the lord of the rings","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2025\/10\/06\/30089-today-in-middle-earth-october-6\/aioseo-article-6379170f159db","name":"Today in Middle-earth, October 6","headline":"Today in Middle-earth, October 6","description":"The following event(s) took place in Middle-earth on October 6: Thorin requests supplies (1341) Gandalf heads for Rivendell after escaping Weathertop (1418) The camp under Weathertop attacked at night. Frodo is wounded (1418) They cross the Ford of Bruinen; Frodo feels the first return of pain (1419) Frodo is again ill (1420) Samwise returns to","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"grammaboodawg","url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/author\/grammaboodawg\/"},"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/#organization"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Weathertop-Nazgul-attacks-Frodo.jpg","width":192,"height":218},"datePublished":"2025-10-06T01:00:39-05:00","dateModified":"2025-10-20T07:36:30-05:00","inLanguage":"en-US","articleSection":"Calendar, Creations, Fans, Hobbit Book, LotR Books, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, Today in Middle-earth, Today in Middle-earth"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2025\/10\/06\/30089-today-in-middle-earth-october-6\/#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/category\/hobbit\/#listItem","name":"The Hobbit"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/category\/hobbit\/#listItem","position":2,"name":"The Hobbit","item":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/category\/hobbit\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/category\/hobbit\/hobbit-book\/#listItem","name":"Hobbit Book"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/category\/hobbit\/hobbit-book\/#listItem","position":3,"name":"Hobbit Book","item":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/category\/hobbit\/hobbit-book\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2025\/10\/06\/30089-today-in-middle-earth-october-6\/#listItem","name":"Today in Middle-earth, October 6"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/category\/hobbit\/#listItem","name":"The Hobbit"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2025\/10\/06\/30089-today-in-middle-earth-october-6\/#listItem","position":4,"name":"Today in Middle-earth, October 6","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/category\/hobbit\/hobbit-book\/#listItem","name":"Hobbit Book"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/#organization","name":"The One Ring.net","description":"Forged by and for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien","url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/TORN-25-logo.png","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2025\/10\/06\/30089-today-in-middle-earth-october-6\/#organizationLogo","width":3474,"height":3121},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2025\/10\/06\/30089-today-in-middle-earth-october-6\/#organizationLogo"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/facebook.com\/theoneringnet","https:\/\/x.com\/theoneringnet","https:\/\/instagram.com\/theoneringnet","https:\/\/youtube.com\/theoneringnet","https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tolkien_fandom#TheOneRing.net_(or_TORn)"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/author\/grammaboodawg\/#author","url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/author\/grammaboodawg\/","name":"grammaboodawg","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2025\/10\/06\/30089-today-in-middle-earth-october-6\/#authorImage","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4a035bea44c220d45cb54256a649ffa94615bd9fff65ed63d8492efde65ba438?s=96&r=g","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"grammaboodawg"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2025\/10\/06\/30089-today-in-middle-earth-october-6\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2025\/10\/06\/30089-today-in-middle-earth-october-6\/","name":"Today in Middle-earth, October 6","description":"The following event(s) took place in Middle-earth on October 6: Thorin requests supplies (1341) Gandalf heads for Rivendell after escaping Weathertop (1418) The camp under Weathertop attacked at night. Frodo is wounded (1418) They cross the Ford of Bruinen; Frodo feels the first return of pain (1419) Frodo is again ill (1420) Samwise returns to","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2025\/10\/06\/30089-today-in-middle-earth-october-6\/#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/author\/grammaboodawg\/#author"},"creator":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/author\/grammaboodawg\/#author"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Weathertop-Nazgul-attacks-Frodo.jpg","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2025\/10\/06\/30089-today-in-middle-earth-october-6\/#mainImage","width":192,"height":218},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2025\/10\/06\/30089-today-in-middle-earth-october-6\/#mainImage"},"datePublished":"2025-10-06T01:00:39-05:00","dateModified":"2025-10-20T07:36:30-05:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/","name":"Lord of the Rings Rings of Power on Amazon Prime News, JRR Tolkien, The Hobbit and more | TheOneRing.net","description":"Forged by and for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"Lord of the Rings &amp; Tolkien News - TheOneRing.net Fan Community, since 1999 | Forged by and for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien","og:type":"article","og:title":"Today in Middle-earth, October 6","og:description":"The following event(s) took place in Middle-earth on October 6: Thorin requests supplies (1341) Gandalf heads for Rivendell after escaping Weathertop (1418) The camp under Weathertop attacked at night. Frodo is wounded (1418) They cross the Ford of Bruinen; Frodo feels the first return of pain (1419) Frodo is again ill (1420) Samwise returns to","og:url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2025\/10\/06\/30089-today-in-middle-earth-october-6\/","og:image":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/TORN-25-logo.png","og:image:secure_url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/TORN-25-logo.png","og:image:width":3474,"og:image:height":3121,"article:published_time":"2025-10-06T06:00:39+00:00","article:modified_time":"2025-10-20T12:36:30+00:00","article:publisher":"https:\/\/facebook.com\/theoneringnet","twitter:card":"summary","twitter:site":"@theoneringnet","twitter:title":"Today in Middle-earth, October 6","twitter:description":"The following event(s) took place in Middle-earth on October 6: Thorin requests supplies (1341) Gandalf heads for Rivendell after escaping Weathertop (1418) The camp under Weathertop attacked at night. Frodo is wounded (1418) They cross the Ford of Bruinen; Frodo feels the first return of pain (1419) Frodo is again ill (1420) Samwise returns to","twitter:creator":"@theoneringnet","twitter:image":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/TORN-25-logo.png"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"30089","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":{"focus":{"keyphrase":"","score":0,"analysis":{"keyphraseInTitle":{"score":0,"maxScore":9,"error":1}}},"additional":[]},"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":"","og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":{"id":"aioseo-article-6379170f159db","slug":"article","graphName":"Article","label":"Article","properties":{"type":"BlogPosting","name":"#post_title","headline":"#post_title","description":"#post_excerpt","image":"","keywords":"","author":{"name":"#author_name","url":"#author_url"},"dates":{"include":true,"datePublished":"","dateModified":""}}},"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"Article","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":"default","schema_type_options":"{\"article\":{\"articleType\":\"BlogPosting\"},\"course\":{\"name\":\"\",\"description\":\"\",\"provider\":\"\"},\"faq\":{\"pages\":[]},\"product\":{\"reviews\":[]},\"recipe\":{\"ingredients\":[],\"instructions\":[],\"keywords\":[]},\"software\":{\"reviews\":[],\"operatingSystems\":[]},\"webPage\":{\"webPageType\":\"WebPage\"},\"blockGraphs\":[]}","pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":"-1","robots_max_videopreview":"-1","robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":"default","local_seo":null,"seo_analyzer_scan_date":"2026-05-22 11:25:52","breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"open_ai":"{\"title\":{\"suggestions\":[],\"usage\":0},\"description\":{\"suggestions\":[],\"usage\":0}}","ai":{"faqs":[],"keyPoints":[],"titles":[],"descriptions":[],"socialPosts":{"email":[],"linkedin":[],"twitter":[],"facebook":[],"instagram":[]}},"created":"2020-12-28 14:43:56","updated":"2026-05-22 11:25:52"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Weathertop-Nazgul-attacks-Frodo.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1tLoH-7Pj","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30089"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121144,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30089\/revisions\/121144"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}