Events[]
- The Witch-king of Angmar again challenges King Eärnur to single combat, Mardil Voronwë again advises restraint and urges the King to leave the challenge unanswered. Eärnur, however is wroth with anger and in his anger, he foolishly accepts the challenge. With a small honor guard of knights Eärnur rides to Minas Morgul to engage the Witch-king of Angmar in single combat. Neither the King, nor his small honor guard return from the ill-fated riding.
- As King Eärnur is childless and has no heir, his disappearance and death herald the end of the royal dynasty of Gondor (until the return of King Aragorn II Elessar in TA 3019).
- Mardil Voronwë becomes the first Ruling Steward of Gondor; following the disappearance of the King, Mardil pledges to rule Gondor in the King's stead until he shall return.
also known as Shire Reckoning 450
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