War of the Ring

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conflict in The Lord of the Rings event in Middle-earth fictional war

The War of the Ring is the climactic conflict in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, centered on the struggle to destroy the One Ring and defeat Sauron.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
War of the Ring canonical	42
Quest of the Ring	3
Journey from the Shire to Mount Doom	1
The War of the Ring	1
War of the Ring (late Third Age)	1
War of the Ring – Siege of Gondor	1
the Quest of the Ring	1
the War of the Ring	1

Statements (93)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	conflict in The Lord of the Rings ⓘ event in Middle-earth ⓘ fictional war ⓘ
alliance	War of the Last Alliance ⓘ surface form: Last Alliance of the Free Peoples of the West (Third Age)
appearsIn	Fellowship of the Ring ⓘ surface form: The Fellowship of the Ring The History of Middle-earth ⓘ The Lord of the Rings ⓘ The Return of the King ⓘ The Silmarillion ⓘ surface form: The Silmarillion (appendices and references) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers ⓘ surface form: The Two Towers Unfinished Tales ⓘ
author	J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ
belligerent	The Corsairs of Umbar ⓘ surface form: Corsairs of Umbar Dwarves of Erebor ⓘ Easterlings ⓘ Elves of Lothlórien ⓘ Elves of Rivendell ⓘ Ents ⓘ surface form: Ents of Fangorn Haradrim ⓘ Isengard ⓘ Gondor ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Gondor Rohirrim ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Rohan Men of Dale ⓘ Mordor ⓘ Orcs ⓘ Saruman ⓘ Sauron ⓘ The Shire ⓘ surface form: The Shire (Hobbits)
cause	Sauron's attempt to recover the One Ring ⓘ discovery of the One Ring in The Shire ⓘ
centralAntagonist	Sauron ⓘ
centralConflict	struggle to destroy the One Ring ⓘ
centralObjective	defeat of Sauron ⓘ
concludes	narrative of The Lord of the Rings ⓘ
follows	Watchful Peace and earlier conflicts of the Third Age ⓘ
genre	high fantasy ⓘ
keyFigure	Aragorn ⓘ Boromir ⓘ Denethor II ⓘ Elrond ⓘ Faramir ⓘ Frodo Baggins ⓘ Galadriel ⓘ Gandalf ⓘ Gimli ⓘ Gollum ⓘ Legolas ⓘ Meriadoc Brandybuck ⓘ Peregrin Took ⓘ Samwise Gamgee ⓘ Saruman ⓘ Sauron ⓘ Witch-king of Angmar ⓘ surface form: The Witch-king of Angmar Théoden ⓘ Treebeard ⓘ Éomer ⓘ Éowyn ⓘ
location	Middle-earth ⓘ
mainTheater	Black Gate of Mordor ⓘ Eriador ⓘ Gondor ⓘ Battle of Helm's Deep ⓘ surface form: Helm's Deep Isengard ⓘ Lothlórien ⓘ Minas Tirith ⓘ Mirkwood ⓘ Mordor ⓘ Mount Doom ⓘ Pelennor Fields ⓘ Rohan ⓘ The Shire ⓘ
notableBattle	Battle of Bywater ⓘ Battle of Helm's Deep ⓘ surface form: Battle of the Hornburg (Helm's Deep) Battle of the Morannon ⓘ surface form: Battle of the Morannon (Battle of the Black Gate) Battle of the Pelennor Fields ⓘ
notableEvent	Council of Elrond ⓘ Scouring of the Shire ⓘ breaking of the Fellowship ⓘ destruction of the One Ring in Mount Doom ⓘ forming of the Fellowship of the Ring ⓘ siege of Minas Tirith ⓘ
partOf	The History of Middle-earth ⓘ surface form: history of Middle-earth
precededBy	long preparation of Sauron in Mordor ⓘ
result	beginning of the Fourth Age ⓘ crowning of Aragorn as King Elessar ⓘ departure of the Ring-bearers over the Sea ⓘ destruction of the One Ring ⓘ downfall of Sauron ⓘ end of the Third Age ⓘ restoration of the Kingdom of Gondor ⓘ reunited kingdom of Arnor and Gondor ⓘ
timePeriod	end of the Third Age of Middle-earth ⓘ
universe	legendarium of Middle-earth ⓘ surface form: Middle-earth legendarium

Referenced by (51)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gimli → appearsInEvent → War of the Ring ⓘ

Legolas → participatedIn → War of the Ring ⓘ

Middle-earth → hasEvent → War of the Ring ⓘ

Frodo Baggins → notableEvent → War of the Ring ⓘ

this entity surface form: Journey from the Shire to Mount Doom

Faramir → participatedIn → War of the Ring ⓘ

Minas Tirith → playsRoleIn → War of the Ring ⓘ

Mordor → notableEvent → War of the Ring ⓘ

Battle of the Pelennor Fields → partOf → War of the Ring ⓘ

Destruction of the One Ring → partOf → War of the Ring ⓘ

Denethor II → eventParticipatedIn → War of the Ring ⓘ

Éowyn → participatedIn → War of the Ring ⓘ

Sauron → participatedIn → War of the Ring ⓘ

Dwarves of Erebor → participatedIn → War of the Ring ⓘ

this entity surface form: War of the Ring (late Third Age)

Pippin Took → participatesIn → War of the Ring ⓘ

Battle of Helm's Deep → partOf → War of the Ring ⓘ

Grey Pilgrim → notableWorkContext → War of the Ring ⓘ

Istari → notableEventInvolving → War of the Ring ⓘ

Galadriel → participatedIn → War of the Ring ⓘ

Glamdring → usedInBattle → War of the Ring ⓘ

Éomer → participatedIn → War of the Ring ⓘ

Elrond → participatesIn → War of the Ring ⓘ

House of Isildur → notableEvent → War of the Ring ⓘ

House of Telcontar → foundingEvent → War of the Ring ⓘ

House of Telcontar → establishedAfter → War of the Ring ⓘ

Andúril → timeOfReforging → War of the Ring ⓘ

Andúril → usedInConflict → War of the Ring ⓘ

Narsil (reforged as Andúril) → associatedWith → War of the Ring ⓘ

subject surface form: Andúril

this entity surface form: the War of the Ring

Battle at the Black Gate → partOf → War of the Ring ⓘ

Strider → centralRoleIn → War of the Ring ⓘ

Arda → event → War of the Ring ⓘ

Gondor → foughtIn → War of the Ring ⓘ

this entity surface form: War of the Ring – Siege of Gondor

Harad → troopsUsedIn → War of the Ring ⓘ

Men → pivotalIn → War of the Ring ⓘ

subject surface form: Men (Middle-earth)

Orcs → participatedIn → War of the Ring ⓘ

The One Ring → centralTo → War of the Ring ⓘ

this entity surface form: Quest of the Ring

Sting → associatedWith → War of the Ring ⓘ

this entity surface form: the Quest of the Ring

Minas Morgul → associatedWithFictionalEvent → War of the Ring ⓘ

Eriador → notableEventLocation → War of the Ring ⓘ

Edoras → governedDuring → War of the Ring ⓘ

Battle of Five Armies → chronologicallyPrecedes → War of the Ring ⓘ

Barrow-blade → usedDuring → War of the Ring ⓘ

this entity surface form: Quest of the Ring

Barrow-blade → usedDuring → War of the Ring ⓘ

The History of Middle-earth → volume → War of the Ring ⓘ

this entity surface form: The War of the Ring

Third Age → settingFor → War of the Ring ⓘ

this entity surface form: Quest of the Ring

Third Age → majorConflict → War of the Ring ⓘ

Fourth Age → beginsAfterEvent → War of the Ring ⓘ

Celeborn → participatedIn → War of the Ring ⓘ

Dale → involvedInEvent → War of the Ring ⓘ