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Dates

Composed during the early Fourth Age

Origins

Assembled at Great Smials in the Shire, probably under the direction of Peregrin Took

Race

Culture

Family

Primarily orchestrated by the Took family, but with the assistance of Meriadoc Brandybuck

Meaning

Tale in this context means 'count' or 'reckoning'

Other names

Subtitled Chronology of the Westlands

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Tale of Years

The chronicles of the Second and Third Ages

Years of the TreesFirst AgeISecond AgeIIThird AgeIIIFourth AgeIV

A long and detailed chronicle of the events of the Second and Third Ages, given in Appendix B of The Lord of the Rings; it is our main source of knowledge for many of the events of these Ages.

See also...

Fourth Age, Inziladûn, Min-Rimmon, Peregrin Took I (‘Pippin’), Ring of Adamant, Tale of Cirion and Eorl

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