{"id":30441,"date":"2025-10-23T01:00:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T06:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=30441"},"modified":"2025-10-23T07:18:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T12:18:19","slug":"today-in-middle-earth-november-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2025\/10\/23\/30441-today-in-middle-earth-november-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in Middle-earth, October 23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/November-1-Smaug-Bilbo-and-the-Attack-on-Lake-town.jpg\" class=\"no-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-64195 no-lazyload\" title=\"November 1 Smaug-Bilbo and the Attack on Lake-town\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/November-1-Smaug-Bilbo-and-the-Attack-on-Lake-town.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"143\" \/><\/a>The following event(s) took place in Middle-earth on October 23:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Smaug searches the mountain (1341)<\/li>\n<li>Bilbo returns to Smaug&#8217;s chamber (1341)<\/li>\n<li>Smaug smashes the secret door (1341)<\/li>\n<li>Smaug attacks Lake-town (1341)<\/li>\n<li>Lake-town in the aftermath (1341)<\/li>\n<li>Elrond&#8217;s third day in his battle to save Frodo (1418)<\/li>\n<li>Gandalf and the hobbits make their way home from Rivendell (1419)<\/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;guest=633817294\"><em>here<\/em><\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><strong><!--more--><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>October 23, 2941 (S.R. 1341)<br \/>\n1. Smaug searches the mountain (1341)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(from Karen Wynn Fonstad, <em>The Atlas of Middle-earth<\/em>)<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;Dragons may not have much real use for all their wealth, but they know it to an ounce as a rule, especially after long possession; and Smaug was no exception.<br \/>\n(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 207-209 The Hobbit)<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Bilbo returns to Smaug&#8217;s chamber.<\/strong><br \/>\n(from Karen Wynn Fonstad, <em>The Atlas of Middle-earth<\/em>)<br \/>\n&#8220;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.&#8221;<br \/>\n(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 212-218\u00a0The Hobbit)<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Smaug smashes the secret door.<\/strong><br \/>\n(determined from text)<br \/>\n&#8220;&#8230;[Bilbo] grew ever more uneasy.\u00a0 &#8220;Shut the door!&#8221; he begged them.\u00a0 &#8220;I fear that dragon in my marrow.\u00a0 I like this silence far less than the uproar of last night\u2026&#8221;<br \/>\n(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 221-222 The Hobbit)<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Smaug attacks Lake-town.<\/strong><br \/>\n(determined from text)<br \/>\n&#8220;&#8230; there was still a company of archers that held their ground among the burning houses.\u00a0 Their captain was Bard, grim-voiced and grim-faced\u2026<br \/>\n(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 235-238 The Hobbit)<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Lake-town in the aftermath.<\/strong><br \/>\n(determined from text)<br \/>\n&#8220;&#8230;down the wind came the voices of the people of Esgaroth lamenting their lost town and goods and ruined houses\u2026&#8221;<br \/>\n(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 238-240 The Hobbit)<\/p>\n<p><strong>October 23, 3018 (S.R. 1418)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1. Elrond&#8217;s third day in his battle to save Frodo.<\/strong><br \/>\n(not from the appendices)<br \/>\n&#8220;Elrond is a master of healing, but the weapons of our Enemy are deadly&#8230;.&#8221;<br \/>\n(Tolkien, 1965 Ballantine, p. 292\u00a0FotR)<\/p>\n<p><strong>October 23, 3019 (S.R. 1419)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>1. 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