Dawnless Day

The Dawnless Day, also known as the Storm of MordorThe Lord of the Rings, Vol. III: The Return of the King, Book V, ch. II: "The Passing of the Grey Company" and Darkness Unescapable,The Lord of the Rings, Vol. III: The Return of the King, Book VI, ch. V: "The Steward and the King" refers to the period of darkness that covered GondorThe Lord of the Rings, Vol. III: The Return of the King, Book V, ch. IV: "The Siege of Gondor" and parts of Rohan,The Lord of the Rings, Vol. III: The Return of the King, Book V, ch. V: "The Ride of the Rohirrim" blocking out the Sun during the Siege of Gondor.
==History==
The Dawnless Day started on March 10, 3019The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B: "The Great Years" from black fumes sent out from Mordor, no doubt from Mount Doom. It veiled the Sun in an attempt by Sauron to discourage or misguide his enemies. The veil of Darkness blacked out most of Gondor and Rohan, though some beams of light from above did breach its surface.
Along with the Darkness Unescapable, a host from Minas Morgul set forth toward Minas Tirith, as witnessed by Frodo Baggins, Samwise Gamgee and Gollum when they passed the Cross-roads of the Fallen King.The Lord of the Rings, Vol. II: The Two Towers, Book IV, ch. VII: "Journey to the Cross-roads" Later Orcs from the Morannon took Cair Andros and passed into Anórien.
The Dawnless Day was also observed by the Rohirrim who were mustering their Riders and rode forth from Harrowdale.
On that same day, Faramir was rescued by Gandalf and Imrahil outside Minas Tirith's Great Gate and Aragorn led the Dead Men of Dunharrow and the Grey Company, across the river Ringló.
The Darkness Unescapable was eventually finally blown away by a strong wind from the south-west on the morning of March 15The Lord of the Rings, Vol. III: The Return of the King, Book VI, ch. II: "The Land of Shadow" near the end of the Battle of the Pelennor Fields when Aragorn and his companions arrived in time to join the battle.The Lord of the Rings, Vol. III: The Return of the King, Book V, ch. VI: "The Battle of the Pelennor Fields" The end of the Dawnless Day signified a new hope for the Free Peoples of the World.The Atlas of Middle-earth, The Lord of the Rings, "Pathways"
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Dagbreeklose Dag
Albanian 	Ditë pa Agim
Amharic 	ጎህ የለሽ ቀን
Arabic 	يوم بلا فجر
Armenian 	Առանց լուսաբաց օր
Azerbaijani 	Sübhsiz Gün
Basque 	Egunsentirik gabeko eguna
Bengali 	ভোরহীন দিন
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Ден без зори
Cambodian 	ថ្ងៃគ្មានថ្ងៃរះ
Catalan 	Dia sense alba
Chinese 	没有黎明的一天
Croatian 	Dan bez svitanja
Czech 	Den bez úsvitu
Danish 	Daggry uden Dag (Dawnless Day)
Skyggedagene over Gondor (Shadow over Gondor)
Dari 	روز بی طلوع
Dutch 	Dag Zonder Ochtendgloren
Estonian 	Koidutu päev
Faroese 	Morgunleyst Dagur
Finnish 	Aamunkoittamaton päivä
French 	Jour sans aube
Galician 	Día sen amencer
Georgian 	გათენების გარეშე დღე
German 	Ohne Morgendämmerung Tag
Greek 	Μέρα χωρίς ξημερώματα
Gujarati 	સવાર વિનાનો દિવસ
Hebrew 	יום ללא שחר
Hindi 	भोर रहित दिन
Hungarian 	Hajnaltalan nap
Icelandic 	Dögunarlaus Dagur
Japanese 	夜明けのない日
Kannada 	ಮುಂಜಾನೆಯಿಲ್ಲದ ದಿನ
Konkani 	फांतोडेर नाशिल्लो दीस
Korean 	새벽없는 날
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Таң атпай турган күн
Latvian 	Diena bez ausmas
Lithuanian 	Diena be aušros
Luxembourgish 	Sonnenopgang manner Dag
Macedonian Cyrillic	Ден без зори
Maithili 	भोर रहित दिन
Maltese 	Jum bla bidunett
Malaysian 	Hari tanpa subuh
Marathi 	पहाटहीन दिवस
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Үүр цайхгүй өдөр
Nepalese 	बिहानी बिनाको दिन
Norwegian 	Daggryløs Dag
Occitan 	Jorn sens alba
Persian 	روز بی سپیده
Polish 	Dzień bez świtu
Portuguese 	Dia sem amanhecer
Romanian 	Zi fără zori
Russian 	День без рассвета
Serbian 	Дан без зоре (Cyrillic) Dan bez zore (Latin)
Sinhalese 	උදාව නැති දවස
Slovak 	Deň bez úsvitu
Slovenian 	Dan brez zore
Spanish 	Día sin amanecer
Swedish 	Gryningslös Dag
Tajik Cyrillic 	Субҳ камтар рӯз
Tamil 	விடியாத நாள்
Tatar 	Таң булмаган көн
Telugu 	వేకువ లేని రోజు
Thai 	วันที่ไม่มีรุ่งสาง
Turkish 	Şafaksız Gün
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Безсвітній день
Urdu 	صبح کے بغیر دن
Venetian 	Giornada sensa alba
Yiddish 	טאָג אָן פאַרטאָג
==References==
Category:Events
Category:War of the Ring