The Disaster of the Gladden Fields

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Tolkien legendarium element fictional event narrative

The Disaster of the Gladden Fields is a narrative in J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium recounting the ambush and death of Isildur and the loss of the One Ring near the Gladden Fields.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Ambush of Isildur by Orcs	1
Disaster of the Gladden Fields	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Tolkien legendarium element ⓘ fictional event ⓘ narrative ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Disaster of the Gladden Fields NERFINISHED ⓘ
author	J. R. R. Tolkien NERFINISHED ⓘ
cause	Orc ambush on Isildur’s returning army ⓘ
centralTheme	the fall of Númenórean heirs ⓘ the peril of the One Ring ⓘ
chronologicalRelation	prequel to the events of The Hobbit ⓘ prequel to the events of The Lord of the Rings ⓘ
consequence	enables later finding of the One Ring by Déagol ⓘ the One Ring remains hidden for many years NERFINISHED ⓘ
describesAction	Isildur attempts to escape using the One Ring ⓘ Isildur is shot by Orc arrows while fleeing ⓘ
describesDeathOf	Isildur NERFINISHED ⓘ
describesEvent	ambush of Isildur’s company ⓘ loss of the One Ring near the Gladden Fields ⓘ
fictionalWorld	Middle-earth NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	high fantasy ⓘ
involvesCharacter	Aratan NERFINISHED ⓘ Ciryon NERFINISHED ⓘ Elendur NERFINISHED ⓘ Isildur NERFINISHED ⓘ
involvesGroup	Orcs of the Misty Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
involvesObject	the One Ring NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfOriginal	English ⓘ
narrativeFocus	Isildur’s final march from Mordor to Arnor ⓘ the fate of the One Ring after Sauron’s first defeat ⓘ
partOf	The Lord of the Rings legendarium NERFINISHED ⓘ the history of the Second Age of Middle-earth ⓘ
regionMentioned	Misty Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedWork	The Lord of the Rings NERFINISHED ⓘ The Silmarillion NERFINISHED ⓘ Unfinished Tales NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	death of Isildur ⓘ death of most of Isildur’s guard ⓘ loss of the One Ring in the River Anduin ⓘ
riverMentioned	Anduin NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting	Anduin Vale NERFINISHED ⓘ Gladden Fields NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	after the War of the Last Alliance ⓘ end of the Second Age ⓘ
universe	Arda NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Unfinished Tales → hasPart → The Disaster of the Gladden Fields ⓘ

Gladden Fields → notableEvent → The Disaster of the Gladden Fields ⓘ

this entity surface form: Disaster of the Gladden Fields

Gladden Fields → battle → The Disaster of the Gladden Fields ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ambush of Isildur by Orcs