The Later Annals

The next 50 or so pages of The Lost Road from The History of Middle-earth series (not to be confused with the abandoned Lost Road time travel story I've looked at in the last couple of posts) cover the later Annals of Valinor and Beleriand. Once again J.R.R. Tolkien sought to lay out a possible chronology for his quickly expanding mythology. While this chronology was never fully completed it helped his son, Christopher, greatly in the arranging of The Silmarillion for publication. And of course, it is great helpful for a chronological junkie as myself. As with the earlier annals I will not be going over year by year; rather I encourage you to look it through if you have the opportunity.