| Middle-Earth Timeline; Between the Age of the Trees and the First Age of the Sun |
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| The Long Night -Morgoth and Ungoliant flee and part ways. -Morgoth invades Beleriand. F�anor and his sons swear a terrible oath to recover the Silmarils and convince most of the Noldor to return to Middle-earth. They steal the ships of the Teleri, killing fellow elves in the process. As punishment for this, the "First Kinslaying," the Valar banish the Noldor from Aman and condemn them to a life of sorrow. The last of the Noldor was Galadriel, who was permitted to return after the War of the Ring. The Long Night -Laurelin bears a single fruit of gold and Telperion a flower of silver, then both trees die. From this fruit and flower the Valar prepare the Moon and Sun. The Long Night Beleriand -F�anor betrays his brother Fingolfin and his family and take all the Teleri ships. When F�anor and his sons reach the shore of Beleriand they burn the ships. The Long Night -The Dagor-nuin-Giliath ("Battle under the Stars") is fought against Morgoth and the elves are victorious, though F�anor is slain and the Silmarils are not recovered. His son Maedhros is taken by Morgoth and held captive. Middle-earth / Aman -The moon, flower of Teleperion, rises. |