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During the closing years of the Second Age, a Great Alliance was established by the High Kings of Elves and Men, Gil-galad and Elendil, under whose command mighty armies were marshalled to oppose the will of Sauron. It is remembered as the Last Alliance of Elves and Men, but others also followed the banners: dwarves of the line of Durin and the Hól-budlan people who lived along the banks of the river Anduin. All these folk took up arms to combat Sauron the Dark Lord, and though they had victory in the end, later events would prove that victory more fleeting than was first believed.... |
Archives of the Shire