This a table showing where each of the members of the Nine Walkers
was throughout the War of the Ring, and to the end of the Third
Age. I have put Gandalf and Boromir in where appropriate as they
change periodically.
| Date: |
Frodo, Sam:
|
Merry, Pippin: |
Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli: |
| Sept. 23, 3018
|
Left Bag End with Pippin
|
Merry: at Crickhollow
in Buckland.
Pippin: Left Bag End with Frodo and Sam. |
Not yet part of the
Company. |
| Sept. 24, 3018
|
First encounter with
Black Riders, Dinner with Elves. |
Pippin with Frodo and
Sam. Merry at Crickhollow |
Not yet part of the
Company. |
| Sept. 26, 3018
|
Entered the Old Forest
and met Tom Bombadil. |
Both Merry and Pippin
were with Frodo and Sam. They were caught in Old Man Willow.
|
Not yet part of the
Company. |
| Sept, 28, 3018
|
Caught by a Barrow-wight
after leaving Tom Bombadil. |
Caught by a Barrow-wight
after leaving Tom Bombadil. |
Not yet part of the
Company |
| Sept. 29, 3018
|
Got to Bree, Met Strider
(Aragorn). Frodo nearly reveals Ring. |
Got to Bree. Merry wents
out for a walk and was nearly caught by a Black Rider. |
Aragorn meets Frodo,
Sam, Merry and Pippin. The others were not yet part of the Company.
|
| Oct. 6, 3018 |
Reached Weathertop.
Frodo put on the Ring and was wounded by a Black Rider. |
Reached Weathertop and
were unharmed by the Black Riders. |
Aragorn reached Weathertop
and after the fight found athelas to try and heal Frodo's wound.
The others were not yet part of the Company. |
| Oct. 20,
3018 |
Reached
the Ford of Bruinien. Frodo was chased across the ford by the
Black Riders. |
Reached
the Ford |
Aragorn
reached the ford. The others were not yet part of the Company.
|
| Oct, 24,
3018 |
Frodo woke
in Rivendell and found Gandalf there at his bedside. |
Reached
Rivendell |
Aragorn
reached Rivendell. Legolas and Gimli, were not yet part of the
Company. |
| Oct. 25, 3018 |
Council of Elrond. Frodo
was present along with Gandalf and Boromir. Sam sneaked in.
Frodo volunteered to be the Ringbearer. |
At Rivendell |
Aragorn, Legolas and
Gimli were present at the Council of Elrond. |
| Dec. 25, 3018
|
Left Rivendell along
with Gandalf and Boromir who were also chosen as part of the
Company of the Ring. |
Left Rivendell as part
of the Company of the Ring. |
Were chosen part of
the Company of the Ring and also left Rivendell. |
| Jan. 11, 12, 3019
|
Attempted the Redhorn
Gate and are driven back by snow. |
Attempted the Redhorn
Gate and are driven back by snow. |
Attempted the Redhorn
Gate and are driven back by snow. Aragorn and Boromir cleared
a path for the others to return down by. |
| Jan. 13, 3019
|
Reached and entered
Moria after a fight with Wargs. |
Reached and entered
Moria after a fight with Wargs. |
Reached and entered
Moria after a fight with Wargs.In the fight Legolas killed at
least 2 wargs. |
| Jan, 15, 3019
|
Fight in the Chamber
of Mazarbul. Frodo was injured by an Orc spear. Gandalf fell
fighting the Balrog on the bridge of Khazad-dûm. |
Fight in
the Chamber of Mazarbul. |
Fight in the Chamber
of Mazarbul. After the Gandalf's fall, Aragorn led the Company.
|
| Feb. 14, 3019
|
Frodo and Sam looked
in the Mirror of Galadriel. |
In Lothlórien.
|
In Lothlórien. |
| Feb. 15, 3019 |
Left Lothlórien via
the Anduin. |
Left Lothlórien via
the Anduin. |
Left Lothlórien via
the Anduin. |
| Feb. 26, 3019
|
Entered the Emyn Muil.
|
Captured by Orcs. Boromir
killed by Orc arrows. |
Followed Merry and Pippin
after sending Boromir over the Falls of Rauros. |
| Feb. 29, 3019
|
In the Emyn Muil. Met
Gollum and took him as their guide. |
Escaped the Orcs and
met Treebeard |
On the plains of Rohan.
|
| Mar. 1, 3019 |
Entered the Dead Marshes
with Gollum. |
With Treebeard at the
Entmoot for the 2nd day. |
Met Gandalf the White
on the borders of Fangorn Forest. |
| Mar. 3, 3019 |
Reached the desolation
of Mordor on the 2nd of March. |
At the destruction of
Isengard. |
The battle of the Hornburg.
|
| Mar. 5,
3019 |
In sight
of the Morranon. |
Met Gandalf
at Isengard. Pippin looked into the palantír of Orthanc. Gandalf
rode for Minas Tirith with Pippin. Merry went with Aragorn and
Théoden. |
Aragorn,
Legolas and Gimli remained with Merry and the Rohirrim. |
| Mar. 8,
3019 |
Frodo and
Sam left Henneth Annûn. |
Gandalf
en-route with Pippin for Minas Tirith. Merry became Théoden's
sword-thane. |
Aragorn,
Legolas, Gimli and the Dúnedain rode the Paths of the Dead.
|
| Mar. 13, 3019 |
Frodo captured by Orcs.
Sam took Ring and tried to find a way into the Tower where Frodo
was prisoner. |
Pippin a soldier of
Minas Tirith. Merry in the Drudan forest with Théoden. |
Captured the Corsair
fleet at Pelargir with the aid of the Dead Men of Dunharrow.
|
| Mar. 15,
3019 |
Escaped
the tower of Cirith Ungol. |
Gandalf
guarded the gates from the Lord of the Nazgûl. Pippin watched
Denethor kill himself on a pyre. Merry and Éowyn killed the
Lord of the Nazgûl after he had slain Théoden. |
Reached
Minas Tirith from Pelargir. |
| Mar. 18, 3019
|
Reached Isenmouthe.
They were overtaken by Orcs and forced to march with them. |
Merry in Minas Tirith.
Pippin marched with the Host of the West as a soldier of Gondor.
The Host of the West left Minas Tirith |
Aragorn one of the Captains
of the Host of the West. Legolas and Gimli marched with the
Host of the West as representatives of the Elves and the Dwarves.
The Host of the West marched from Minas Tirith. |
| Mar. 22,
3019 |
Left the
road and turned south over Gorgoroth. |
Merry in
Minas Tirith. Pippin marched with the Host of the West as they
came to the Morgul Vale. |
Aragorn
a Captain of the Host of the West. Legolas and Gimli marchedwith
the Host of the West. |
| Mar. 24,
3019 |
Reached
the foot of Mount Doom. |
Pippin
camped in the Desolation of the Morannon, with the Host of the
West. Merry in Minas Tirith. |
Camped
in the Desolation of the Morannon. |
| Mar. 25,
3019 |
Frodo destroyed
the Ring in Mount Doom. |
Pippin
surrounded on the Slag-hills in front of the Black Gate with
the Host of the West. Merry in Minas Tirith |
Surrounded
on the Slag-hills. |
| April 8, 3019
|
Awakened in Ithilien.
|
Merry and Pippin on
the field of Cormallen. |
On the Field of Cormallen.
|
| May 1, 3019
|
Returned
to Minas Tirith for Aragorn's coronation. |
Returned
for Aragorn's coronation. |
Aragorn
was crowned as the King of the Reunited Kingdom. Legolas and
Gimli were present. |
| Midyears Day, 3019
|
Present for Aragorn's
wedding to Arwen. |
Present for Aragorn's
wedding to Arwen. |
Aragorn wedded to Arwen.
Legolas and Gimli were present. |
| Aug. 22, 3019
|
Took leave of Aragorn,
and also part from Legolas and Gimli. |
Said farewell to Treebeard,
Legolas, Gimli, and Aragorn. |
Said farewell to Frodo,
Sam, Gandalf, Merry, Pippin, and in the case of Legolas and
Gimli, Aragorn. |
| Oct, 30. 3019
|
Left Bree and said farewell
to Gandalf. |
Left Bree and said farewell
to Gandalf. |
No longer part of the
Company. |
| Sept. 21, 3021 |
Frodo and Sam left Bag
End. |
At Crickhollow. |
No longer part of the
Company. |
| Sept. 22, 3021
|
Met Bilbo, Galadriel,
Elrond and Gandalf in the woods of the Shire. |
At Crickhollow.
|
No longer part of the
Company. |
| Sept. 29, 3021
|
Frodo said farewell
to Merry, Pippin, and Sam and set out with Gandalf and Bilbo
into the West. |
Met Frodo, Sam, and
Gandalf at the Grey Havens. |
No longer part of the
Company. |
| Oct. 6, 3021 |
Sam returned to Bag
End. |
Returned to Crickhollow.
|
No longer part of the
Company. |
I did this with the aid of the Tale of Years in Appendex B of The
Lord of the Rings and with the aid of the book Journeys of Frodo,
by Barbara Strachey.
