11 Facts About Second Age

The first such Second Age began with the Awakening of the Elves during the Years of the Trees and continued for the first six centuries of the Years of the Sun.

Second Age was expelled into the Void and most of his works were destroyed, bringing the First Age to an end.

Second Age is characterized by the establishment and flourishing of Numenor, the rise of Sauron in Middle-earth, the creation of the Rings of Power and the Ringwraiths, and the early wars of the Rings between Sauron and the Elves.

Second Age built a stronghold called Barad-dur and secretly forged the One Ring in the fires of Mount Doom to control the other rings and their bearers.

Third Second Age lasted for 3021 years, beginning with the first downfall of Sauron, when he was defeated by the Last Alliance of Elves and Men following the downfall of Numenor and ending with the War of the Ring and final defeat of Sauron, the events narrated in The Lord of the Rings.

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The Third Second Age saw the rise in power of the realms of Arnor and Gondor, and their fall.

The events of the ensuing War of the Ring leading to the end of the Third Second Age is the subject of The Lord of the Rings, and summarized in Of the Rings of Power and the Third Second Age.

Second Age's father gave him the tokens of his rule, and then gave up his life willingly, as his ancestors had done thousands of years before.

Second Age's realm was to be "great and long-enduring", but the lifespan of the royal house was not to be restored; it would continue to wane until it was like that of ordinary Men.

Second Age identifies a theory of decline that influenced Tolkien, namely Owen Barfield's theory of language in his 1928 book Poetic Diction.

Second Age mentioned Oedipus, too, in connection with Turin in the Children of Hurin.