TA 3018

== Before April ==
*The Ringwraiths are given the task of retrieving the One Ring from 'Baggins'.
== April ==
=== 12 ===
*Gandalf returns to Bag End.
*Gandalf tells Frodo that he must leave the Shire with the One Ring.
== June ==
=== 20 ===
*Sauron's forces attack Osgiliath.
*Around the same time, Thranduil is attacked and Gollum escapes.
== July ==
=== 4 ===
*Boromir leaves Minas Tirith.
=== 10 ===
*Gandalf is arrested in the Tower of Orthanc, by the traitor Saruman
== August ==
*All traces of Gollum disappear. It is considered that, around this time, being hunted by Elves and by the servants of Sauron, he takes refuge in Moria, but when he finally discovers the way to the West Gate, he can't leave.
== September ==
=== 18 ===
*Gandalf escapes the Tower of Orthanc in the first hours of the day.
*The Ringwraiths cross the Isen.
=== 19 ===
*Gandalf goes to Edoras like a beggar, and his entrance is not allowed.
=== 20 ===
*Gandalf gains entry into Edoras. Théoden orders that he leaves: "Choose any horse, but leave before the end of the day of tomorrow!"
=== 21 ===
*Gandalf encounters Shadowfax, but the horse doesn't allow him to approach. Gandalf pursues Shadowfax for a long way in the hills.
=== 22 ===
*The Ringwraiths arrive at Sarn Ford at afternoon and drive away the Rangers of the North.
*Gandalf reaches Shadowfax.
=== 23 ===
*Four Ringwraiths enter the Shire before dawn.
*Five Ringwraiths pursue the Rangers eastward and later return to watch.
*A Ringwraith arrives in Hobbiton at nightfall.
*Frodo leaves Bag End.
*Frodo, Sam and Pippin meet Gildor Inglorion in woods in the Shire.
*Gandalf, having tamed Shadowfax, departs Rohan.
=== 24 ===
*Gandalf crosses the Isen.
*Frodo, Samwise and Pippin rest at Crickhollow, in the care of Merry and Fredegar Bolger.
=== 26 ===
*Frodo enters the Old Forest and finds Tom Bombadil.
=== 27 ===
*Second night with Bombadil.
=== 28 ===
*The Hobbits are captured by a Barrow-wight.
*Gandalf reaches Sarn Ford.
=== 29 ===
*The hobbits are saved from the Barrow-wight by Tom Bombadil.
*Frodo arrives at Bree at nightfall.
*Gandalf visits The Gaffer.
=== 30 ===
*Aragorn meets Frodo Baggins in the The Prancing Pony in Bree.
== October ==
=== 1 ===
*Aragon leaves Bree with the company of hobbits.
=== 3 ===
*Gandalf is attacked by Ringwraiths during his night within the Tower of Amon Sûl atop Weathertop Hill.
=== 6 ===
*The night at Weathertop Hill.
*The Nazgûl locate Aragorn and the four Hobbits.
*Frodo Baggins is wounded by a Morgul-knife.
=== 9 ===
*Glorfindel leaves Rivendell.
=== 11 ===
*Glorfindel expels several Ringwraiths from the Last Bridge.
=== 13 ===
*Frodo crosses the bridge.
=== 18 ===
*Glorfindel finds Frodo in the afternoon.
*Gandalf arrives at Rivendell.
=== 20 ===
*Escape beyond Loudwater.
=== 24 ===
*Frodo awakens in Rivendell.
=== 25 ===
*The Council of Elrond is held at Rivendell.
== December ==
=== 25 ===
*The Fellowship of the Ring sets out in the evening.
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