Today in Middle-earth, December 19
Sat, Dec 19 | from TheOneRing.net
December 19, 2009; ] The time had come for planning (1418) Release of The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) December 19, 3018 (S.R. 1418) 1. The time had come for planning. (not from the appendices-determined from text) "Elrond summoned the hobbits to him. He looked gravely at Frodo. 'The tim...
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