War of the Last Alliance

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event in Middle-earth legendarium fictional war

The War of the Last Alliance is a pivotal conflict in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium in which the united forces of Elves and Men confront Sauron at the end of the Second Age of Middle-earth.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
War of the Last Alliance canonical 8
Last Alliance of Elves and Men 6
Last Alliance of the Free Peoples of the West (Third Age) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf event in Middle-earth legendarium ⓘ
fictional war ⓘ
aftermath Isildur claims the One Ring ⓘ
beginning of the Third Age ⓘ
decline of the Elves in Middle-earth ⓘ
rise of the realms of Arnor and Gondor ⓘ
allianceMember Dwarves ⓘ
surface form: Dwarves of Khazad-dûm

Dwarves of other houses ⓘ
Elves of Lindon ⓘ
Elves of Lothlórien ⓘ
Elves of Rivendell ⓘ
Men of Arnor ⓘ
Men of Gondor ⓘ
appearsIn The Lord of the Rings ⓘ
The Silmarillion ⓘ
Unfinished Tales ⓘ
cause Sauron’s attempt to dominate Middle-earth ⓘ
Sauron’s forging and use of the One Ring ⓘ
chronologicalPosition end of the Second Age ⓘ
conflictBetween War of the Last Alliance self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Last Alliance of Elves and Men

Sauron ⓘ
creator J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ
genre high fantasy ⓘ
goal to destroy Sauron’s dominion in Middle-earth ⓘ
to overthrow Sauron ⓘ
includesBattle Battle of Dagorlad ⓘ
War of the Last Alliance self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Siege of Barad-dûr
languageContext Westron ⓘ
ledBy Elendil ⓘ
Gil-galad ⓘ
notableAction Isildur cuts the One Ring from Sauron’s hand ⓘ
notableDeath Elendil ⓘ
Gil-galad ⓘ
notableLocation Barad-dûr ⓘ
Dagorlad ⓘ
Mordor ⓘ
opposedBy Sauron ⓘ
opposingForces Men allied with Sauron ⓘ
Orcs ⓘ
Trolls ⓘ
forces of Mordor ⓘ
partOf legendarium of Middle-earth ⓘ
precededBy Fall of Númenor ⓘ
surface form: Downfall of Númenor
result defeat of Sauron ⓘ
loss of Sauron’s physical form ⓘ
severing of the One Ring from Sauron’s hand ⓘ
temporary cessation of Sauron’s rule in Middle-earth ⓘ
takesPlaceIn Middle-earth ⓘ
takesPlaceInAge Second Age ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

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

Middle-earth → hasEvent → War of the Last Alliance ⓘ
Sauron → enemyOf → War of the Last Alliance ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Last Alliance of Elves and Men
Sauron → participatedIn → War of the Last Alliance ⓘ
Elrond → participatesIn → War of the Last Alliance ⓘ
House of Isildur → notableEvent → War of the Last Alliance ⓘ
this entity surface form: Last Alliance of Elves and Men
Andúril → previousFormUsedInEvent → War of the Last Alliance ⓘ
this entity surface form: Last Alliance of Elves and Men
Narsil (reforged as Andúril) → associatedWith → War of the Last Alliance ⓘ
subject surface form: Narsil
Free Peoples of Middle-earth → alliedWith → War of the Last Alliance ⓘ
this entity surface form: Last Alliance of Elves and Men
War of the Ring → alliance → War of the Last Alliance ⓘ
this entity surface form: Last Alliance of the Free Peoples of the West (Third Age)
Thranduil → participatedIn → War of the Last Alliance ⓘ
Gondor → foughtIn → War of the Last Alliance ⓘ
Men → pivotalIn → War of the Last Alliance ⓘ
subject surface form: Men (Middle-earth)
Orcs → participatedIn → War of the Last Alliance ⓘ
The One Ring → lostDuring → War of the Last Alliance ⓘ
this entity surface form: the War of the Last Alliance
War of the Last Alliance → conflictBetween → War of the Last Alliance self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Last Alliance of Elves and Men
War of the Last Alliance → includesBattle → War of the Last Alliance self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Siege of Barad-dûr
Second Age → characterizedBy → War of the Last Alliance ⓘ
this entity surface form: Last Alliance of Elves and Men
Second Age → majorEvent → War of the Last Alliance ⓘ
this entity surface form: war of the Elves and Sauron
Second Age → majorEvent → War of the Last Alliance ⓘ
this entity surface form: Last Alliance of Elves and Men