An encyclopedia of Middle-earth and Numenor

Welcome to The Thain's Book, an encyclopedia of the people, places, creatures, things, and events in The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and other writings by J.R.R. Tolkien. Entries include descriptions, histories, important dates, genealogies, etymologies, illustrations, sources and cross-references.

The Chronology of Middle-earth and Numenor is a timeline of events in the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Ages including a day-by-day breakdown of events during the War of the Ring.