Watchful Peace

The Watchful Peace was a relatively peaceful period during the Third Age which lasted from TA 2063 to TA 2460. Before that time, Sauron had been secretly living in the stronghold Dol Guldur in Mirkwood as the 'Necromancer', and from there he had directed numerous attacks against Gondor and Arnor. In 2060, Gandalf and others of the Wise began to suspect that the evil presence in Dol Guldur was Sauron. Gandalf went to Dol Guldur to investigate in 2063 and Sauron fled into the East to avoid detection.
== History ==
During the Watchful Peace, Gondor was free from attacks by Sauron's minions so it strengthened its borders while keeping a watchful eye on the east, as Minas Morgul - where the Nazgûl remained quiet - was still a threat on their flank and Mordor was occupied by Orcs. The Dúnedain of the North also had peace for a time.
Over the course of four centuries, Gondor slowly declined. In the west, the garrisons at Isengard and the Hornburg - two strongholds guarding the gap between the Misty Mountains and the White Mountains, were neglected and Dunlendings steadily infiltrated the province of Calenardhon.
In the north, Arnor had been conquered long before, but the Hobbits of the Shire prospered, getting their first Shire-thain of the Took-clan when the Oldbucks left the Shire to found Buckland.
Sauron, however, was not idle in the east: he created a strong alliance between the various tribes of Easterlings, so that when he returned he was more powerful than before and had many Men in his service. Sauron returned to Dol Guldur in TA 2460 and the Watchful Peace ended. Evil creatures had already begun to trouble the north, while attacks on Gondor resumed soon afterwards. In TA 2475, Ithilien was invaded by Uruks of Mordor and Osgiliath is taken and finally ruined. Around 2480, Orcs repopulated Moria and other strongholds in the Misty Mountains. In 2510, Men from Rhûn called the Balchoth, successors to the Wainriders, took advantage of the lightly guarded forts at the Undeeps and invaded across the river. Only the coming of the Éothéod led by Eorl helped Gondor defeat the Balchoth in the Battle of the Field of Celebrant.
Despite that victory, Gondor remained under constant threat from the end of the Watchful Peace to the time Sauron and Mordor were finally overthrown, in the year TA 3019.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Wakende Vrede
Albanian 	Paqja Vigjilente
Amharic 	ቪጂላንት ሰላም
Arabic 	السلام اليقظ
Armenian 	Զգոն Խաղաղության
Azerbaijani 	Ayıq sülh
Belarusian Cyrillic	Уважлівы спакой
Bengali 	সচেতন শান্তি
Bosnian 	Budnim mir
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Внимателен мир
Cambodian 	សន្តិភាពអប្បមាទ
Catalan 	Pau vigilant
Cebuano 	Mabinantayon Kalinaw
Chinese 	警惕和平
Croatian 	Oprezan mir
Czech 	Pozorný mír
Danish 	Vågent Fred
Estonian 	Valvas rahu
Fijian 	Qarauna matua na vakacegu
Filipino 	Maalaga na kapayapaan
Finnish 	Valpas rauha
French 	Paix Vigilante
Dutch 	Waakzame Vrede
Galician 	Paz Vixiante
Georgian 	სიფხიზლე მშვიდობა
German 	Wachsamer Friede
Greek 	Άγρυπνη ειρήνη
Gujarati 	જાગૃત શાંતિ
Hebrew 	ה שלום הזהיר
Hindi 	चौकस शांति
Hmong 	Ceebfaj kev sib haum xeeb
Hungarian 	Figyelmes béke
Icelandic 	Vakandi Friður
Indonesian 	Waspada perdamaian
Italian 	Pace Vigile
Japanese 	穏やかな平和
Kannada 	ಜಾಗರೂಕ ಶಾಂತಿ
Kazakh 	Қырағы бейбітшілік (Cyrillic) Qırağı beybitşilik (Latin)
Korean 	조심스런 평화
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Сергек тынчтык
Laotian 	ສັນຕິພາບລະມັດລະວັງ
Latvian 	Uzmanīgas miera
Lithuanian 	Akylas taikos
Malagasy 	Miambina Fiadanana
Malaysian 	Berjaga-jaga keamanan
Nepalese 	सतर्कता शान्ति
Norwegian 	Våkent Fred
Pashto 	واجیلینټ سوله
Persian 	صلح ناظر
Polish 	Niespokojny Pokój
Portuguese 	Paz vigilante
Romanian 	Vigilent pace
Russian 	Бдительный Мир
Serbian 	Будним Мир (Cyrillic) Budnim Mir (Latin)
Sinhalese 	සුපරීක්ෂාකාරී සාමය
Slovak 	Pozorný mier
Slovenian 	Budnim miru
Spanish 	Paz vigilante
Sundanese 	Karapihan Waspada
Swahili 	Amani Waangalifu
Swedish 	Vaksam Fred
Tajik Cyrillic 	Салом биност
Tamil 	விஜிலென்ட் அமைதி
Telugu 	అప్రమత్తమైన శాంతి
Thai 	ศาลเตี้ยสันติภาพ ?
Turkish 	Dikkatli barış
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Пильним миру
Urdu 	چوکس امن
Uzbek 	Ҳушёр тинчлик (Cyrillic) Hushyor tinchlik (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Cảnh giác hòa bình
Welsh 	Heddwch Gwyliadwrus
Yiddish 	וואך שלום
Category:Eras
Category:Third Age
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