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[[File:Arda in First Age.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Arda during the First Age.]]
 
[[File:Arda in First Age.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Arda during the First Age.]]
The '''First Age''' began with the rise of the [[Sun]] and the arrival of the [[Ñoldor]] in [[Beleriand]], in [[Middle-earth]] (Endor), and ended with the overthrow of [[Morgoth]]. The First Age was also known as the '''Elder Days'''.
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The '''First Age''' began with the completion of Valinor, and ended with the overthrow of [[Morgoth]]. The First Age was also known as the '''Elder Days'''.
   
It lasted about 590 years (making it the shortest of the three Ages described by Tolkien), and ended with the final overthrow of Morgoth by the combined armies of [[Valinor]] and Beleriand.
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It lasted about 3,000 Valian years, and each Valian year is the equivalent of 10 solar years.(making it the longest of the three Ages described by Tolkien), and ended with the final overthrow of Morgoth by the combined armies of [[Valinor]] and Beleriand.
   
[[File:Map_of_Beleriand.jpg|thumb|Location of Doriath in Middle-earth]]Tolkien describes primarily the events that occurred in Beleriand. These were centered on a series of wars waged by the [[Sindar]], the Ñoldor and the Three Houses of the [[Edain]], against the armies of [[Angband]] and the evil [[Men]]. The wars had actually begun before the First Age, during the [[Years of the Trees]], but began again with renewed fury after the arrival of the Ñoldor in Beleriand. There had been [[elves]] in Beleriand for uncounted millennia, but they sought merely to exist, and Morgoth had little to do with them. The Noldor, on the other hand, particularly the [[Sons of Fëanor]], had come with the express purpose of defeating Morgoth.
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[[File:Map_of_Beleriand.jpg|thumb|Location of Doriath in Middle-earth]]Tolkien describes primarily the events that occurred in Beleriand. These were centered on a series of wars waged by the [[Sindar]], the Ñoldor and the Three Houses of the [[Edain]], against the armies of [[Angband]] and the evil [[Men]]. The wars had actually begun during the [[Years of the Trees]], but began again with renewed fury after the arrival of the Ñoldor in Beleriand. There had been [[elves]] in Beleriand for uncounted millennia, but they sought merely to exist, and Morgoth had little to do with them. The Noldor, on the other hand, particularly the [[Sons of Fëanor]], had come with the express purpose of defeating Morgoth.
   
==Timeline==
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{{First Age Timeline}}
{|class="article-table"
 
!Year
 
!Events
 
|-style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|[[FA 1|1]]
 
|The Sun first sets sail.
 
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Awakening of Men in Hildórien.
 
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Fingolfin's host completes crossing of Helcaraxë.
 
   
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===Chief Battles of this Age===
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* The [[Dagor-nuin-Giliath]] (''Battle under the Stars''), so named because it was fought before the rising of the Sun) was fought soon after the arrival of the Ñoldor. Morgoth sent a raiding party from Angband to attack the Ñoldor encampment in [[Hithlum]], but the elves drove it back. [[Fëanor]] was killed. It is considered the second battle in the Wars of Beleriand, after one that took place during the Years of the Trees.
|[[FA 20|20]]
 
|A council is held among the elven lords at the [[Mereth Aderthad]].
 
   
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* [[File:Picture_6.png|thumb|183px|Morgoth Bauglir, Enemy of the World and the first "Dark Lord"]]
|-style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|[[FA 50|50]]
 
|[[Turgon]] and [[Finrod]] are told by [[Ulmo]] to establish a refuge. This refuge became [[Gondolin]].
 
   
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The [[Dagor Aglareb]] was fought about seventy-five years after the return of the Ñoldor. Morgoth again attacked the Ñoldor, and (again) with no success. The Ñoldor became so bold as to besiege Angband. However, the Siege was of limited effectiveness, because the northern side of Angband was on the north side of the [[Ered Engrin]], and was unapproachable.
|-style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|[[FA 52|52]]
 
|Finrod discovers the caves of [[Nargothrond]]
 
   
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* The [[Dagor Bragollach]] began when Morgoth poured rivers of fire out of Angband, ruining the besieging Ñoldorin armies. The Ñoldor eventually mustered a defense, but their losses were severe. For instance, the green plain of [[Ard-galen]] had been permanently laid waste by the rivers of fire, and was now called ''Anfauglith'', the Choking Dust; and the highlands of [[Dorthonion]], which had been inhabited by Edain, were made inhospitable.
|-style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|[[FA 53|53]]
 
|[[Turgon]] discovers valley of [[Tumladen]].
 
   
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* The [[Nirnaeth Arnoediad]] was the first battle to be initiated by the Ñoldor. They massed an army composed of Elves, Edain, and the houses of [[Bór]] and [[Ulfang]] allied to the Sons of Fëanor. The Elves and their allies advanced very close to Angband, but Morgoth's trickery had upset their battle plan, and Ulfang proved treacherous. The name "Unnumbered Tears" comes from the fact that the Elves' last hope of victory was destroyed. The land of Hithlum was lost, the Sons of Fëanor were largely scattered, and the peoples of Beleriand had been decimated. Morgoth's [[Orcs]] made a heap of the Elven and Mannish dead in the center of Anfauglith.
|-style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|[[FA 60|60]]
 
|[[Dagor Aglareb]] (Glorious Battle) is fought.
 
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The [[Ñoldor]], ruled by [[Fingolfin]], the start [[Siege of Angband]].
 
   
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* The [[War of Wrath]] took place after [[Eärendil]] sailed to Valinor and persuaded the [[Valar]] to help those whom they had forsaken. The Valar gathered an army comprised of [[Maiar]], [[Vanyar]], and those Ñoldor who had stayed in Valinor. The [[Teleri]] refused their aid, due to the [[Kinslaying at Alqualondë]], but consented to ferry the armies of the Valar in their famous [[ship]]s. This battle marked the first appearance of the winged dragons, most notably [[Ancalagon]] the Black, but the Valar had the day. Morgoth was captured, and cast out of [[Arda]], but his lands, as well as most of Beleriand, had been destroyed and sunk under the sea in the heat of battle.
|-style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|c. 60 to [[FA 200|200]]
 
|[[Melkor]] is absent from [[Angband]], after discovering Men. Persuaded by Melkor, Men stop worshipping [[Eru Ilúvatar]] and turn to evil, but some revolt: the [[Atanatári]]. These travel to the West in search for the [[Valar]], aided by [[Avari]] Elves and [[Dwarves]]. According to legend, Men now lose the gift to die at will as the result of divine punishment, and are doomed to lead short life-spans at the end of which death takes them by force.
 
   
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==Translations around the World==
|-style="vertical-align: top;"
 
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|[[FA 64|64]]
 
  +
!Foreign Language
|[[Turgon]] begins building [[Gondolin]].
 
  +
!Translated name
 
  +
|-
|-style="vertical-align: top;"
 
  +
|Arabic
|[[FA 65|65]]
 
  +
|العصر الأول
|[[Finrod]] builds the [[tower]] of [[Barad Nimras]] ("White Horn Tower") on a cape of the [[Falas]] between [[Brithombar]] and [[Eglarest]].
 
  +
|-
 
  +
|Armenian
|-style="vertical-align: top;"
 
  +
|Առաջին տարիքը
|c. [[FA 102|102]]
 
  +
|-
|Foundation of Nargothrond
 
  +
|Basque
----
 
  +
|Lehen Adina
Fingon's folk depart from [[Hithlum]]
 
  +
|-
 
  +
|Bulgarian
|-style="vertical-align: top;"
 
  +
|Първата епоха
|[[FA 116|116]]
 
  +
|-
|Completion of [[Gondolin]]. Turgon's people begin the migration from [[Nevrast]] in secret.
 
  +
|Chinese (Hong Kong)
 
  +
|第一紀元
|-style="vertical-align: top;"
 
  +
|-
|[[FA 150|150]]
 
  +
|Catalan
|The [[Dwarves]] renew their trade in [[Beleriand]].
 
  +
|Primera Edat
 
  +
|-
|-style="vertical-align: top;"
 
  +
|Cebuano
|[[FA 155|155]]
 
  +
|Unang Edad
|An assault upon [[Hithlum]] from the [[Firth of Drengist]] is defeated by Fingolfin's forces.
 
  +
|-
 
  +
|Croatian
|-style="vertical-align: top;"
 
  +
|Prva godina
|[[FA 260|260]]
 
  +
|-
|[[Glaurung]] ravages [[Ard-galen]], but is driven back to [[Angband]].
 
  +
|Czech
----
 
  +
|První Věk
The Long Peace begins.
 
  +
|-
 
  +
|Danish
|-style="vertical-align: top;"
 
  +
|Første Alder
|[[FA 305|305]]
 
  +
|-
|[[Bëor]] leads The First House of the [[Edain]] into [[Beleriand]].
 
  +
|Dutch
----
 
  +
|Eerste Leeftijd
Men discovered by [[Finrod]].
 
  +
|-
 
  +
|Esperanto
|-style="vertical-align: top;"
 
  +
|Unua Aĝo
|[[FA 341|341]]
 
  +
|-
|Haldar and [[Haleth]] born.
 
  +
|Estonian
 
  +
|Esimene Vanuse
|-style="vertical-align: top;"
 
  +
|-
|[[FA 345|345]]
 
  +
|French
|Return of [[Aredhel]] and [[Maeglin]] to [[Gondolin]]. Later that year [[Eöl]] and Aredhel die.
 
  +
|Premier Âge
 
  +
|-
|-style="vertical-align: top;"
 
  +
|Finnish
|[[FA 361|361]]
 
  +
|Ensimmäinen Aika
|[[Andreth]], the daughter of Boromir son of [[Boron]] is born.
 
  +
|-
 
  +
|Filipino
|-style="vertical-align: top;"
 
  +
|Unang Edad
|[[FA 389|389]]
 
  +
|-
|Birth of [[Hador]], later Lord of [[Dor-lómin]].
 
  +
|Galician
 
  +
|Primeira Idade
|-style="vertical-align: top;"
 
  +
|-
|[[FA 432|432]]
 
  +
|German
|Birth of [[Beren]] Erchamion.
 
  +
|Erstes Zeitalter
 
  +
|-
|-style="vertical-align: top;"
 
  +
|Greek
|c. [[FA 445|455]]
 
  +
|Πρώτη Εποχή
|Birth of Ereinion (later called [[Gil-galad]]), son of [[Orodreth]].
 
  +
|-
 
  +
|Gujarati
|-style="vertical-align: top;"
 
  +
|પ્રથમ વર્ષની
|455
 
  +
|-
|[[Morgoth]] breaks the [[Siege of Angband]] in [[Dagor Bragollach]], Battle of Sudden Flame, and kills [[Fingolfin]] in a duel
 
  +
|Haitian Creole
----
 
  +
|Premye laj
Fingolfin's son Fingon succeeds his father as [[High King of the Ñoldor]].
 
----
+
|-
  +
|Hebrew
[[Húrin]] and [[Huor]] are brought to [[Gondolin]] by [[Thorondor]].
 
  +
|העידן הראשון
 
  +
|-
|-style="vertical-align: top;"
 
  +
|Hindi
|[[FA 456|456]]
 
  +
|पहला युग
|[[Húrin]] and [[Huor]] return out of [[Gondolin]] to [[Dor-lómin]].
 
  +
|-
 
  +
|Hungarian
|-style="vertical-align: top;"
 
  +
|Első év
|[[FA 457|457]]
 
  +
|-
|Capture of [[Finrod]]'s fortress of [[Minas Tirith (First Age)|Minas Tirith]] by the forces of [[Sauron]]. Finrod's nephew [[Orodreth]] flees for [[Nargothrond]].
 
  +
|Icelandic
----
 
  +
|Fyrstur Aldur
Minas Tirith is renamed [[Tol-in-Gaurhoth]], Isle of the Werewolves.
 
  +
|-
 
  +
|Igbo
|-style="vertical-align: top;"
 
  +
|Akpa Afọ
|[[FA 460|460]]
 
  +
|-
|[[Barahir]] and companions are betrayed and killed.
 
  +
|Irish Gaelic
----
 
  +
|An chéad Aois
[[Beren]] becomes the sole outlaw in Dorthonion.
 
  +
|-
 
  +
|Italian
|-style="vertical-align: top;"
 
  +
|Prima Era
|[[FA 464|464]]
 
  +
|-
|Birth of [[Túrin Turambar]] in [[Dor-lómin]].
 
  +
|Japanese
----
 
  +
|最初の時代
[[Beren]] departs for [[Doriath]] and first comes upon [[Lúthien]].
 
  +
|-
 
  +
|Kannada
|-style="vertical-align: top;"
 
  +
|ಮೊದಲ ವಯಸ್ಸು
|[[FA 465|465]]
 
  +
|-
|[[Celegorm]] and [[Curufin]] are exiled from [[Nargothrond]] and journey to [[Himring]].
 
  +
|Kazakh
----
 
  +
|Бірінші жасы
[[Finrod]] and [[Beren]] are imprisoned in [[Tol-in-Gaurhoth]].
 
----
+
|-
  +
|Khmer (Cambodian)
[[Finrod]] is slain by a werewolf, but [[Beren]] is rescued by [[Lúthien]].
 
  +
|អាយុជាលើកដំបូង
 
  +
|-
|-style="vertical-align: top;"
 
  +
|Korean
|[[FA 466|466]]
 
  +
|첫 번째 시대
|[[Beren]] and Lúthien achieve the Quest of the [[Silmaril]].
 
----
+
|-
  +
|Lao
Beren dies, and Lúthien abandons life. Lúthien pleads with [[Mandos]] and Beren and Lúthien are restored to life.
 
  +
|ອາຍຸສູງສຸດຄັ້ງທໍາອິດ ?
----
 
  +
|-
Beren and Lúthien take up bodies again in [[Ossiriand]] on the isle of [[Tol Galen]].
 
  +
|Latvian
 
  +
|Pirmā Vecums
|-style="vertical-align: top;"
 
  +
|-
|[[FA 469|469]]
 
  +
|Lithuanian
|Beren and Lúthien return to life in Middle-earth. Lalaith, sister of Turin dies of the plague.
 
  +
|Pirmojo Amžiaus
 
  +
|-
|-style="vertical-align: top;"
 
  +
|Macedonian
|[[FA 471|471]]
 
  +
|првиот возраст
|Birth of [[Tuor]], son of [[Huor]].
 
  +
|-
 
  +
|Malagasy
|-style="vertical-align: top;"
 
  +
|Taona Voalohany
|[[FA 472|472]]
 
  +
|-
|Siege and capture of the Havens of the [[Falas]]: [[Brithombar]] and [[Eglarest]].
 
  +
|Malay
----
 
  +
|Umur Pertama
[[Nirnaeth Arnoediad]], The Battle of Unnumbered Tears, is fought.
 
----
+
|-
  +
|Maltese
[[Huor]] is slain in the [[Fens of Serech]]
 
  +
|Età tal-ewwel ?
----
 
  +
|-
[[Húrin]] is captured by [[Morgoth]].
 
  +
|Nepali
----
 
  +
|पहिलो उमेर
[[Fingon]] slain.
 
  +
|-
 
  +
|Norwegian
|-style="vertical-align: top;"
 
  +
|Første Tideverv
|c. [[FA 473|473]]
 
  +
|-
|Birth of [[Nienor]].
 
  +
|Persian
----
 
  +
|سن اول ?
Death of [[Rían]].
 
  +
|-
 
  +
|Polish
|-style="vertical-align: top;"
 
  +
|Pierwsza Era
|[[FA 475|475]]
 
  +
|-
|Birth of [[Dior]] Eluchíl on [[Tol Galen]].
 
  +
|Portuguese
 
  +
|Primeira Era
|-style="vertical-align: top;"
 
  +
|-
|[[FA 949|949]]
 
  +
|Punjabi
|[[Gurthang]] is reforged for [[Túrin]], who becomes known as the Black Sword of [[Nargothrond]], or Mormegil.
 
  +
|ਪਹਿਲੀ ਉਮਰ ਦੇ
 
  +
|-
|-style="vertical-align: top;"
 
  +
|Querétaro Otomi
|[[FA 495|495]]
 
  +
|Ndui Bätsitho
|The [[Battle of Tumhalad]] and Sack of [[Nargothrond]].
 
----
+
|-
  +
|Romanian
The coming of [[Tuor]] to [[Gondolin]].
 
  +
|Prima Era
 
  +
|-
|-style="vertical-align: top;"
 
  +
|Russian
|[[FA 497|497]]
 
  +
|Первая Эпоха
|Dior weds [[Nimloth (elf)|Nimloth]].
 
  +
|-
 
  +
|Serbian
|-style="vertical-align: top;"
 
  +
|Прва година (Cyrillic) Prva Godina (Latinised)
|[[FA 499|499]]
 
  +
|-
|Slaying of [[Glaurung]].
 
  +
|Siamese (Thai)
----
 
  +
|ยุคแรก
Deaths of [[Túrin Turambar]] and [[Nienor]] Níniel in [[Brethil]].
 
  +
|-
 
  +
|Sinhala
|-style="vertical-align: top;"
 
  +
|පළමු වයස
|[[FA 500|500]]
 
  +
|-
|Birth of [[Elwing]], daughter of Dior.
 
  +
|Slovenian
 
  +
|Prvo Starostno
|-style="vertical-align: top;"
 
  +
|-
|c. [[FA 501|501]]
 
  +
|Slovak
|Death of [[Morwen]].
 
  +
|Prvý Vek
 
  +
|-
|-style="vertical-align: top;"
 
  +
|Spanish
|[[FA 502|502]]
 
  +
|Primera Edad del Sol
|[[Thingol]] is slain and [[Doriath]] sacked by [[Dwarves]] of [[Nogrod]]
 
----
+
|-
  +
|Sudanese
[[Beren]], [[Laiquendi]] and [[Ent]]s destroy the Dwarves.
 
  +
|Kahiji Umur
----
 
  +
|-
[[Melian]] returns to [[Valinor]] in grief
 
  +
|Swedish
----
 
  +
|Aörsta ålder
[[Lúthien]] wears the [[Silmaril]].
 
----
+
|-
  +
|Tamil
[[Dior]] refounds [[Doriath]].
 
  +
|முதல் வயது
 
  +
|-
|-style="vertical-align: top;"
 
  +
|Telugu
|c. [[FA 503|503]]
 
  +
|మొదటి వయస్సు
|Final deaths of [[Beren]] and [[Lúthien]]
 
----
+
|-
  +
|Turkish
Dior receives the [[Silmaril]]
 
  +
|Birinci Çağ
----
 
  +
|-
Death of [[Húrin]].
 
  +
|Ukrainian
 
  +
|ашкіе фпу ?
|-style="vertical-align: top;"
 
  +
|-
|c. [[FA 504|504]]
 
  +
|Urdu
|Birth of [[Eärendil]], son of Idril and [[Tuor]].
 
  +
|سب سے پہلے عمر
 
  +
|-
|-style="vertical-align: top;"
 
  +
|Vietnamese
|[[FA 505|505]]
 
  +
|Tuổi đầu tiên
|[[Doriath]] is destroyed in the Second Kinslaying.
 
----
+
|-
  +
|Welsh
Dior, Nimloth, and sons killed.
 
  +
|Oedran yn gyntaf
----
 
  +
|-
[[Celegorm]], [[Curufin]] and [[Caranthir]] are all slain.
 
  +
|Yucatec Maya
----
 
  +
|Yáax ts'o'oka'an ?
[[Elwing]] escapes for the [[Mouths of Sirion]] with the [[Silmaril]].
 
 
|-style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|[[FA 510|510]]
 
|[[Gondolin]] is betrayed by [[Maeglin]] and sacked
 
----
 
[[Glorfindel]] slays a [[Balrog]] in the [[Echoriath]], and is himself slain.
 
----
 
[[Ecthelion of the Fountain|Ecthelion]] slays [[Gothmog]], Lord of Balrogs.
 
----
 
The deaths of [[Maeglin]] and [[Turgon]].
 
 
|-style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|[[FA 525|525]]
 
|[[Elrond]] and [[Elros]] are born to [[Eärendil]] and [[Elwing]].
 
 
|-style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|[[FA 538|538]]
 
|Third Kinslaying: while [[Eärendil]] is away the remaining [[Sons of Fëanor]] attack the people of the [[Mouths of Sirion]] trying to claim the [[Silmaril]]
 
----
 
[[Amrod]] is slain.
 
----
 
[[Elwing]] casts herself in the sea but is brought to [[Eärendil]] by [[Ulmo]]
 
----
 
[[Eärendil]] sets out to [[Valinor]] to beg for rescue by the [[Valar]].
 
----
 
[[Maglor]] begins raising Elrond and Elros.
 
 
|-style="vertical-align: top;"
 
|[[FA 545|545]] to [[FA 587|587]]
 
|The [[War of Wrath]].
 
----
 
[[Morgoth]] is cast into the [[Void]].
 
----
 
Most of [[Beleriand]] is sunk.
 
----
 
The [[Sea of Helcar]] is drained through the [[Great Gulf]].
 
----
 
The plateaus of [[Mordor]], [[Khand]], and [[Rhûn]] rise from the former seabed.
 
----
 
The remaining two [[Silmarils]] are stolen by [[Maedhros]] and [[Maglor]] but are lost in the earth and in the sea.
 
----
 
The elves are summoned to [[Valinor]] and settle on [[Tol Eressëa]].
 
----
 
[[Galadriel]] refuses the summons and is still banned.
 
----
 
A small part of the [[Ñoldor]] remain in [[Lindon]].
 
----
 
Many [[Sindar]] depart east and establish realms, under [[Oropher]].
 
 
|}
 
|}
 
===Chief Battles of this Age===
 
* The [[Dagor-nuin-Giliath]] (''Battle under the Stars''), so named because it was fought before the rising of the Sun) was fought soon after the arrival of the Ñoldor. Morgoth sent a raiding party from Angband to attack the Ñoldor encampment in [[Hithlum]], but the elves drove it back. [[Fëanor]] was killed. It is considered the second battle in the Wars of Beleriand, after one that took place during the Years of the Trees.
 
 
* [[File:Picture_6.png|thumb|183px|Morgoth Bauglir, Enemy of the World and the first "Dark Lord"]]The [[Dagor Aglareb]] (''Glorious Battle'') was fought about seventy-five years after the return of the Ñoldor. Morgoth again attacked the Ñoldor, and (again) with no success. The Ñoldor became so bold as to besiege Angband. However, the Siege was of limited effectiveness, because the northern side of Angband was on the north side of the [[Ered Engrin]], and was unapproachable.
 
 
* The [[Dagor Bragollach]] (''Battle of Sudden Flame'') began when Morgoth poured rivers of fire out of Angband, ruining the besieging Ñoldorin armies. The Ñoldor eventually mustered a defense, but their losses were severe. For instance, the green plain of [[Ard-galen]] had been permanently laid waste by the rivers of fire, and was now called ''Anfauglith'', the Choking Dust; and the highlands of [[Dorthonion]], which had been inhabited by Edain, were made inhospitable.
 
 
* The [[Nirnaeth Arnoediad]] (''Unnumbered Tears'') was the first battle to be initiated by the Ñoldor. They massed an army composed of Elves, Edain, and the houses of [[Bór]] and [[Ulfang]] allied to the Sons of Fëanor. The Elves and their allies advanced very close to Angband, but Morgoth's trickery had upset their battle plan, and Ulfang proved treacherous. The name "Unnumbered Tears" comes from the fact that the Elves' last hope of victory was destroyed. The land of Hithlum was lost, the Sons of Fëanor were largely scattered, and the peoples of Beleriand had been decimated. Morgoth's [[Orcs]] made a heap of the Elven and Mannish dead in the center of Anfauglith.
 
 
* The [[War of Wrath]] took place after [[Eärendil]] sailed to Valinor and persuaded the [[Valar]] to help those whom they had forsaken. The Valar gathered an army comprised of [[Maiar]], [[Vanyar]], and those Ñoldor who had stayed in Valinor. The [[Teleri]] refused their aid, due to the [[Kinslaying|Kinslaying of Alqualonde]], but consented to ferry the armies of the Valar in their famous [[ship]]s. This battle marked the first appearance of the winged dragons, most notably [[Ancalagon]] the Black, but the Valar had the day. Morgoth was captured, and cast out of [[Arda]], but his lands, as well as most of Beleriand, had been destroyed and sunk under the sea in the heat of battle.
 
   
 
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Revision as of 00:04, 9 April 2016

History of Arda

Ainulindalë

Valian Years

Days before days
Years of the Trees

Years of the Sun

Ages of Awakening

First Age
Second Age
Third Age
Fourth Age

Dagor Dagorath

Timeline of Arda
File:Arda in First Age.jpg

Arda during the First Age.

The First Age began with the completion of Valinor, and ended with the overthrow of Morgoth. The First Age was also known as the Elder Days.

It lasted about 3,000 Valian years, and each Valian year is the equivalent of 10 solar years.(making it the longest of the three Ages described by Tolkien), and ended with the final overthrow of Morgoth by the combined armies of Valinor and Beleriand.

Map of Beleriand

Location of Doriath in Middle-earth

Tolkien describes primarily the events that occurred in Beleriand. These were centered on a series of wars waged by the Sindar, the Ñoldor and the Three Houses of the Edain, against the armies of Angband and the evil Men. The wars had actually begun during the Years of the Trees, but began again with renewed fury after the arrival of the Ñoldor in Beleriand. There had been elves in Beleriand for uncounted millennia, but they sought merely to exist, and Morgoth had little to do with them. The Noldor, on the other hand, particularly the Sons of Fëanor, had come with the express purpose of defeating Morgoth.

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Chief Battles of this Age

  • The Dagor-nuin-Giliath (Battle under the Stars), so named because it was fought before the rising of the Sun) was fought soon after the arrival of the Ñoldor. Morgoth sent a raiding party from Angband to attack the Ñoldor encampment in Hithlum, but the elves drove it back. Fëanor was killed. It is considered the second battle in the Wars of Beleriand, after one that took place during the Years of the Trees.

The Dagor Aglareb was fought about seventy-five years after the return of the Ñoldor. Morgoth again attacked the Ñoldor, and (again) with no success. The Ñoldor became so bold as to besiege Angband. However, the Siege was of limited effectiveness, because the northern side of Angband was on the north side of the Ered Engrin, and was unapproachable.

  • The Dagor Bragollach began when Morgoth poured rivers of fire out of Angband, ruining the besieging Ñoldorin armies. The Ñoldor eventually mustered a defense, but their losses were severe. For instance, the green plain of Ard-galen had been permanently laid waste by the rivers of fire, and was now called Anfauglith, the Choking Dust; and the highlands of Dorthonion, which had been inhabited by Edain, were made inhospitable.
  • The Nirnaeth Arnoediad was the first battle to be initiated by the Ñoldor. They massed an army composed of Elves, Edain, and the houses of Bór and Ulfang allied to the Sons of Fëanor. The Elves and their allies advanced very close to Angband, but Morgoth's trickery had upset their battle plan, and Ulfang proved treacherous. The name "Unnumbered Tears" comes from the fact that the Elves' last hope of victory was destroyed. The land of Hithlum was lost, the Sons of Fëanor were largely scattered, and the peoples of Beleriand had been decimated. Morgoth's Orcs made a heap of the Elven and Mannish dead in the center of Anfauglith.
  • The War of Wrath took place after Eärendil sailed to Valinor and persuaded the Valar to help those whom they had forsaken. The Valar gathered an army comprised of Maiar, Vanyar, and those Ñoldor who had stayed in Valinor. The Teleri refused their aid, due to the Kinslaying at Alqualondë, but consented to ferry the armies of the Valar in their famous ships. This battle marked the first appearance of the winged dragons, most notably Ancalagon the Black, but the Valar had the day. Morgoth was captured, and cast out of Arda, but his lands, as well as most of Beleriand, had been destroyed and sunk under the sea in the heat of battle.

Translations around the World

Foreign Language Translated name
Arabic العصر الأول
Armenian Առաջին տարիքը
Basque Lehen Adina
Bulgarian Първата епоха
Chinese (Hong Kong) 第一紀元
Catalan Primera Edat
Cebuano Unang Edad
Croatian Prva godina
Czech První Věk
Danish Første Alder
Dutch Eerste Leeftijd
Esperanto Unua Aĝo
Estonian Esimene Vanuse
French Premier Âge
Finnish Ensimmäinen Aika
Filipino Unang Edad
Galician Primeira Idade
German Erstes Zeitalter
Greek Πρώτη Εποχή
Gujarati પ્રથમ વર્ષની
Haitian Creole Premye laj
Hebrew העידן הראשון
Hindi पहला युग
Hungarian Első év
Icelandic Fyrstur Aldur
Igbo Akpa Afọ
Irish Gaelic An chéad Aois
Italian Prima Era
Japanese 最初の時代
Kannada ಮೊದಲ ವಯಸ್ಸು
Kazakh Бірінші жасы
Khmer (Cambodian) អាយុជាលើកដំបូង
Korean 첫 번째 시대
Lao ອາຍຸສູງສຸດຄັ້ງທໍາອິດ ?
Latvian Pirmā Vecums
Lithuanian Pirmojo Amžiaus
Macedonian првиот возраст
Malagasy Taona Voalohany
Malay Umur Pertama
Maltese Età tal-ewwel ?
Nepali पहिलो उमेर
Norwegian Første Tideverv
Persian سن اول ?
Polish Pierwsza Era
Portuguese Primeira Era
Punjabi ਪਹਿਲੀ ਉਮਰ ਦੇ
Querétaro Otomi Ndui Bätsitho
Romanian Prima Era
Russian Первая Эпоха
Serbian Прва година (Cyrillic) Prva Godina (Latinised)
Siamese (Thai) ยุคแรก
Sinhala පළමු වයස
Slovenian Prvo Starostno
Slovak Prvý Vek
Spanish Primera Edad del Sol
Sudanese Kahiji Umur
Swedish Aörsta ålder
Tamil முதல் வயது
Telugu మొదటి వయస్సు
Turkish Birinci Çağ
Ukrainian ашкіе фпу ?
Urdu سب سے پہلے عمر
Vietnamese Tuổi đầu tiên
Welsh Oedran yn gyntaf
Yucatec Maya Yáax ts'o'oka'an ?
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