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 enteedr 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-dum. |
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 Lothlorien. |
In Lothlorien. |
Feb. 15, 3019 |
Left Lothlorien via the
Anduin. |
Left Lothlorien via the
Anduin. |
Left Lothlorien 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 Isenguard. Pippin looked into the palantir of Orthanc. Gandalf
rode for Minas Tirith with Pippin. Merry went with Aragorn and Theoden.
|
Aragorn, Legolas
and Gimli remained with Merry and the Rohirrim. |
Mar. 8, 3019
|
Frodo and Sam
left Henneth Annun. |
Gandalf en-route
with Pippin for Minas Tirith. Merry became Theoden's sword-thane.
|
Aragorn, Legolas,
Gimli and the Dunedain 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 Theoden. |
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 Nazgul. Pippin watched Denethor kill
himself on a pyre. Merry and Eowyn killed the Lord of the Nazgul
after he had slain Theoden. |
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.