The War of the Elves and Sauron was the great war fought in the mid-Second Age in Middle-earth which ended with his defeat at Mount Doom.
History
The war began in SA 1693, almost a century after Sauron had deceived the Ñoldor of Eregion and had forged the One Ring, deceiving and claiming all the Rings of Power from the fortress Ost-in-Edhil, except the Three Rings of the Elves.
Messages of this betrayal were sent north to Lindon where the High King Gil-galad ruled, and he began amassing his forces, preparing for an invasion. He also called for help from Númenor.
In SA 1695 Sauron attacked most of them, make a past to the Fords of Isen the Siege of Eregion has begun, and Elrond was sent to Eregion by Gil-galad. However, in SA 1697 Eregion was laid waste. Celebrimbor, Lord of Eregion, was killed, and Khazad-dûm's gates were closed. Elrond fled north with the survivors, founding Imladris (Rivendell).
By SA 1699 all of Eriador fell under Sauron's control, and he set fire to the great forests in Enedwaith and Minhiriath to drive off the Elves and their allies (Edain). Imladris was besieged, and Lindon cut off from Imladris and Khazad-dûm.
The next year a great army of Númenor arrived, sent by Tar-Minastir and commanded by Ciryatur, which landed in Lindon, at Tharbad on the Gwathló, and south near Pelargir. Sauron's forces were caught in between the armies, and destroyed. The war ended in SA 1701 when Sauron retreated to the east, but Eregion was gone, and most of Eriador destroyed.
Translations around the World
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
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| Afrikaans | Oorlog van die elwe en Sauron |
| Albanian | Lufta e Elves dhe Sauron |
| Belarusian | Вайна эльфаў і Саўрана |
| Bulgarian | Войната на елфите и Саурон |
| Catalan | Guerra dels Elfos i Sauron |
| Chinese (Hong Kong) | 精靈與索倫之戰爭 |
| Danish | Krig af elvere og Sauron |
| Dutch | Oorlog van de Elfen en Sauron |
| Filipino | Digmaan ng Elves at Sauron |
| Finnish | Sodan haltioiden ja Sauron |
| French | Guerre des Elfes et Sauron |
| German | Krieg der Elben und Sauron |
| Hungarian | Háború a tündék és Szauron |
| Icelandic | Stríðið á álfum og Sauron |
| Italian | Guerra tra Sauron e gli Elfi |
| Irish Gaelic | Cogadh ar an elves agus Sauron |
| Japanese | エルフとサウロンの戦争 |
| Korean | 엘프와 사우론의 전쟁 |
| Latin | Bellum Dryades et Sauron |
| Latvian | Karš elfi un Sauron |
| Lithuanian | Karas elfų ir Saurono ? |
| Macedonian | Војна на Џуџиња и Саурон |
| Maltese | Gwerra tal-Elves u Sauron |
| Norwegian | Krigen av alver og Sauron |
| Polish | Wojna Elfów z Sauronem |
| Portuguese | Guerra dos Elfos e Sauron |
| Romanian | Război de elfi și Sauron |
| Russian | Война эльфов и Саурона |
| Spanish | Guerra de los Elfos y Sauron |
| Swedish | Kriga av alverna och Sauron |
| Turkish | Elfler ve Sauron Savaşı |
| Ukrainian | Війна ельфів і Саурона |
| Yiddish | מלחמה פון די עלווז און סאַוראָן |
| War of the Elves and Sauron |
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Siege of Eregion - First Siege of Imladris - Battle of the Gwathló |
