It is impossible to underestimate the importance of The Lord of the Rings. More than 60 years after JRR Tolkien's groundbreaking saga was first published, still the most influential fantasy story of all time, and Peter Jackson's Oscar-winning film trilogy is as beloved as the original novels.
Now that you have the chance to take command of your own epic battles in the official game The Lord of the Rings: War. In the following timeline Key events in the history of Middle-earth explained, which you can relive by visiting the Red Book of Westmarch in The Lord of the Rings: War tavern.
Second Age of Middle Earth 1500
Location: Eregion
The rings of power, containing "the strength and the will to rule every race" of Middle-earth, are created in the elven kingdom of Eregion: three for immortal elves, seven for dwarf lords, and nine for mortal men.
It belongs to the movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
Second Age of Middle Earth 1600
Sauron, the Dark Lord, forges "One ring to rule them all" in the fires of Mount Doom in Mordor. Use his immense evil power to conquer many of the lands of Middle-earth.
It belongs to the movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
Second Age of Middle Earth 3441
Location: Mount Doom
A final alliance of elves and men battles the forces of Sauron on the slopes of Mount Doom. When the Dark Lord enters the battlefield, Elendil, the King of Men, is killed.
His eldest son, Isildur, uses his father's broken sword to cut off Sauron's finger, thus severing the One Ring from his master. Sauron is seemingly defeated, but Isildur defies the Elf Lord Elrond's calls to destroy the Ring in the flames of Mount Doom, keeping the jewel. The Second Age of Middle-earth comes to an end.
It belongs to the movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
third age
Location: Río Anduin (Anduin river)
Isildur's group is assaulted by a group of orcs. Isildur attempts to escape and uses the One Ring to disappear, plunging into the nearby river.
But he realizes that the Ring has a will of its own and slips from his finger. Now visible to the orcs, Isildur is killed by a volley of arrows, and the Ring falls to the riverbed to be forgotten for the next 2.500 years.
It belongs to the movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
Senior 2463
Location: Gladden river
A hobbit named Déagol discovers the Ring after being dragged into the river by a large fish. However, his cousin and friend Sméagol is immediately attracted to the trinket and kills his partner to get it.
Sméagol is completely corrupted by the Ring, and ends up settling in a cave in the Misty Mountains. Although the Ring grants him an abnormally long life, it gradually turns him into a twisted creature known as Gollum.
It belongs to the movie: The Return of the King
Senior 2941
Location: The Misty Mountains
Having been recruited by the dwarf lord Thorin Oakenshield to retrieve a treasure from the dragon Smaug, the hobbit Bilbo Baggins stumbles upon Gollum's cave. When the Ring eludes Gollum, Bilbo takes it, leaving its previous owner helpless.
Belongs to the movie: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Senior 3001
Location: La Comarca (The Shire)
On his eleventh birthday, Bilbo Baggins leaves the Shire for one last adventure, bequeathing the One Ring to his nephew, Frodo Baggins.
It belongs to the movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
Senior 3018
Location: La Comarca (The Shire)
Gandalf realizes the true identity of the Ring and orders Frodo to set off with his partner Samwise Gamgee. Later, hobbit friends Meriadoc "Merry" Brandybuck and Peregrin "Pippin" Took accompany them on their journey, with the Ringwraiths / Nazgûl of Sauron in pursuit.
It belongs to the movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
Senior 3018
Location: Rivendell
The Council of Elrond meets and decides that the Ring must be destroyed in the fires of Mount Doom, where it was forged. The Fellowship of the Ring (which includes Gandalf, the four hobbits, the mountaineer Aragorn, the dwarf Gimli, the elf Legolas, and Boromir, the heir of Gondor) set out on a quest to accomplish the feat.
It belongs to the movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
Senior 3019
Location: Moria
The Community goes through the treacherous Mines of Moria. Gandalf disappears after falling into an abyss while fighting a Balrog.
It belongs to the movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
Senior 3019
Location: Amon Hen
Boromir, who had tried to take the Ring from Frodo after leaving Lothlórien, is killed by an army of Uruk-hais. The Community continues on its way.
It belongs to the movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
Senior 3019
Location: Helm's Deep
In the stronghold of Helm's Deep, the people of Rohan make one last stand against the Uruk-hai armies of Saruman, who have turned to the dark side.
They are saved by the surprise appearance of Gandalf the White, who has returned from the dead, a lot of soldiers on horseback and the arrival of the Sun.
It belongs to the movie: The Two Towers
Senior 3019
Location: Campos del Pelennor (Pelennor Fields)
As Sauron's forces advance on the city of Minas Tirith, a wide variety of soldiers from Rohan and Gondor defend themselves.
Thanks to Eowyn's slaying of the Nazgûl chief, the Witch-king, and to the last-minute intervention of an army of the dead, the forces of Men are victorious.
It belongs to the movie: The Return of the King
Senior 3019
Location: Mount Doom
When Frodo refuses to throw the One Ring at Mount Doom, Gollum bites off his finger to take it away. In the fight that follows, Gollum falls into the lava, destroying the Ring once and for all.
It belongs to the movie: The Return of the King
Third Age 3019
Location: Minas Tirith
Aragorn is crowned king of Gondor.
It belongs to the movie: The Return of the King
Senior 3020
Location: Los Cielos Grises (The Gray Havens)
Frodo, Bilbo, Gandalf, Galdriel, and Elrond leave Middle-earth, setting out for the Undying Lands.
It belongs to the movie: The Return of the King
Now it's your turn to take command of the greatest armies in Middle-earth, courtesy of The Lord of the Rings: War. East officially licensed strategy game is set in the same universe as the Peter Jackson movies, and is made by NetEase, in association with Warner Bros Games.
It is available in the App Store, Play Store y Galaxy Store completely free of charge.
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