Fourth Age

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era of Middle-earth fictional historical era

The Fourth Age is the era in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth that follows the defeat of Sauron and the War of the Ring, marking the beginning of the dominion of Men and the fading of Elves and other ancient races.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Fourth Age canonical	12
Fourth Age of Middle-earth	6
Fourth Age (early years)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	era of Middle-earth ⓘ fictional historical era ⓘ
associatedWithCharacter	Aragorn ⓘ Frodo Baggins ⓘ Gandalf ⓘ Gimli ⓘ Elessar ⓘ surface form: King Elessar Legolas ⓘ Samwise Gamgee ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Legolas and Gimli’s voyage West ⓘ the Reunited Kingdom of Arnor and Gondor ⓘ surface form: Reunited Kingdom of Gondor and Arnor Samwise Gamgee’s later voyage to the West ⓘ crowning of Aragorn as King Elessar ⓘ departure of the Ring-bearers from Middle-earth ⓘ diminution of the Shire’s special protection ⓘ
beginsAfterEvent	War of the Ring ⓘ defeat of Sauron ⓘ destruction of the One Ring ⓘ
characterizedBy	diminishing of magic in Middle-earth ⓘ dominion of Men ⓘ fading of the Elves ⓘ waning of other ancient races ⓘ
cosmicChange	Sauron is permanently overthrown ⓘ no new Dark Lord arises in Tolkien’s published canon ⓘ
follows	Third Age ⓘ
governedBy	the Reunited Kingdom of Arnor and Gondor ⓘ surface form: Reunited Kingdom under King Elessar successors of King Elessar ⓘ
hasTheme	end of the Elder Days ⓘ rise of Men ⓘ transition from mythic to historical time ⓘ
introducedInWork	The Lord of the Rings ⓘ
inUniverseLocation	Middle-earth ⓘ
inUniverseWorld	Arda ⓘ
languageShift	Westron and Mannish tongues dominate ⓘ
mentionedIn	The Lord of the Rings appendices ⓘ surface form: Appendices to The Lord of the Rings The Return of the King ⓘ The Silmarillion ⓘ Unfinished Tales ⓘ
notableRaceStatus	Dwarves decline in prominence ⓘ Elves largely depart Middle-earth ⓘ Hobbits remain but become hidden from Big People ⓘ
partOf	legendarium of Middle-earth ⓘ surface form: legendarium of J. R. R. Tolkien
powerStructureChange	Rings of Power lose their power ⓘ Elven Ring of Power ⓘ surface form: Three Elven Rings become ineffective
precedes	no later named Age in Tolkien’s canon ⓘ
settingOf	post-War of the Ring period ⓘ
temporalRelationToRealWorld	intended to lead toward our own historical era ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

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

Middle-earth → hasAge → Fourth Age ⓘ

House of Isildur → timePeriod → Fourth Age ⓘ

House of Telcontar → era → Fourth Age ⓘ

Elfstone → timePeriodInFiction → Fourth Age ⓘ