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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
Hobbits
Culture
Shire-hobbits
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

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 ‘Pippin’ Took I, Ring of Adamant, Tale of Cirion and Eorl

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