Middle-earth (Lord of the Rings) timeline

Stories5 · in release order

Moments in the story

1. Sauron forges the One Ring in Mount Doom
2. The Last Alliance overthrows Sauron; Isildur takes the Ring
3. Isildur is slain at the Gladden Fields and the Ring is lost
4. Déagol finds the Ring; Sméagol murders him for it
5. Saruman takes up residence in Isengard
6. Smaug descends on Erebor and drives out the dwarves
7. The company is lost in Mirkwood
8. The Battle of Five Armies; Smaug is slain
9. Bilbo finds the Ring in Gollum's cave
10. Thorin's company rests at Rivendell
11. Bilbo comes home to Bag End
12. Bilbo's farewell party
13. Frodo leaves Bag End
14. The hobbits meet Strider at the Prancing Pony
15. Frodo is stabbed by the Witch-king on Weathertop
16. The Council of Elrond
17. The Fellowship sets out from Rivendell
18. Gandalf falls with the Balrog in Moria
19. The Fellowship shelters in Lothlórien
20. Merry and Pippin meet Treebeard
21. The Ents destroy Isengard
22. Gandalf heals Théoden at Edoras
23. The Battle of the Hornburg (Helm's Deep)
24. Frodo is taken by the orcs of Cirith Ungol
25. The Battle of the Pelennor Fields
26. The One Ring is destroyed and Sauron falls
27. Aragorn is crowned King of Gondor
28. The Ring-bearers sail from the Grey Havens

Characters and things

1. 🧙 Elrond
2. ⚔ The One Ring
3. 🧙 Arwen
4. 🧙 Gandalf
5. 🧙 Saruman
6. 🧙 Gollum
7. 🧙 Thorin Oakenshield
8. 🧙 Gimli
9. 🧙 Bilbo Baggins
10. 🧙 Denethor
11. 🧙 Aragorn
12. 🧙 Théoden
13. 🧙 Frodo Baggins
14. 🧙 Boromir
15. 🧙 Samwise Gamgee
16. 🧙 Meriadoc Brandybuck
17. 🧙 Faramir
18. 🧙 Peregrin Took