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J.R.R. Tolkien The First Age may have begun with the awakening of the Elves. The early history, save for the Battle of the Powers and the Great Journey, is obscure, for most of the Eldar were in the Far West, and other races kept few records. Moreover, until the rising of the Moon and the Sun there seems to have been no count of years in Middle-earth, although it is certain that the First Age was far longer than the following two ages put together. The First Age ended with the Wars of Beleriand and the Great Battle, in which the Host of Valinor broke Thangorodrim and overthrew Morgoth. Then most of the Noldor returned into the Far West and dwelt in Eressea within sight of Valinor; and many of the Sindar went over Sea also. Aye, the Second Age of Middle Earth. These were the dark years for men of Middle-earth, but the years of the glory of Numenor. Of events in Middle-earth the records are few and brief, and their dates are often uncertain. In the begining of this age many of the Eldar still remained. Most of these dwelt in Lindon west of the Ered Luin; but before the building of the Barad-dur many of the Sindar passed eastward, and some established realms in the forests far away, where their people were mostly the A