The Fourth Age

the fourth age:total war
The forth Age:total war sees the rise of new enemies: the Easterlings led by Khôragan and Brûdhan and the Haradrim led by Felês and Selâth and the Ithryn Luin warring against each other.

Timeline
according to the Middle-Earth play-by-mail scenario the fourth Age.

The Early Fourth Age:

 * F.A. 1 The Eldar begin to depart.
 * F.A. 2-32 The Eldar abandon the Tower Hills and the surrounding locales. Only Círdan remains in the Grey Havens.
 * F.A. 6 Shire is made a Free Land, under protection of the Northern Sceptre, and along with the Drúadan Forests, are off-limits to Men.
 * F.A. 15 Rebuilding of Annúminas begins.
 * F.A. 63 King Éomer of Rohan passes away.
 * F.A. 100 Moria still abandoned.
 * F.A. 120 King Elessar (Aragorn II) passes away. Eldarion becomes King of the Reunited Kingdom. Legolas and Gimli depart for Aman, marking the final passing of the Fellowship of the Ring.
 * F.A. 121 Queen Arwen passes away.
 * F.A. 264 King Eldarion passes away. Elessar II becomes King of the Reunited Kingdom.
 * F.A. 300-500 The Men of the West establish major overland trade links with Peoples of the East. Dorwinion and Khand rise in power.
 * F.A. 400-450 Relmether, East of Mordor, rises in economic power.
 * F.A. 408 King Elessar II passes away. Elendil II becomes King of the Reunited Kingdom.
 * F.A. 432-864 Last major Eldar migration through Lindon. Avari groups supplant the Eldar in many of the more guarded enclaves of Northwestern Endor. Other Elven sites are abandoned or given over to Men.
 * F.A. 552 The aged Elendil II abdicates the throne of the Reunited Kingdom in favor of his eldest son, Isildur II.
 * F.A. 696 Rather than abdicating the throne of the Reunited Kingdom, Isildur II grants his son lordship over the North Kingdom.
 * F.A. 700 Isildur II passes away. Anárion II becomes King of the Reunited Kingdom.
 * F.A. 701-712 The First River War. The Variag-Nûriag- Nurniag alliance, known as "the Collusion of the Ûsrievrim," conquers the Chey lands and all of eastern Rhûn.
 * F.A. 750 After the Lords of Umbar declare the waters off the Harad Coast as the Umbarean Sea, the Kingdom of Gondor faces an economic crisis.
 * F.A. 752-775 The Sail War. The Kingdom of Gondor struggles against the Umbareans. The Haradrim side with both belligerents. Gondor ultimately prevails, but the conflict serves to create disharmony among the peoples of the North and South Kingdoms.
 * F.A. 775 Anárion II is murdered after crushing the Umbareans near Linhír. Arathorn III becomes King of the Reunited Kingdom.
 * F.A. 783-800 The Second River War. The Collusion of the Ûsrievrim is abandoned as civil war rages across central Endor. The Variag-Nûriag- Nurniag triad collapses, with each party becoming the focal point of rival "successor alliances."
 * F.A. 799 Anárion III perishes in the Red Plague. His young son, Beleg II, becomes King of the Reunited Kingdom and moves to stabilize the volatile southern frontier.
 * F.A. 800-1000 Great mannish migrations create turmoil throughout Endor.
 * F.A. 800 Battle of Ethir Harnen. North and South Kingdom naval and land forces crush a large army composed of Umbareans, Variags, Haradrim, and various mercenary groups from southwestern Endor.Serious losses by the North Kingdom - the result of the furious ambush that opened the battle -contribute to a considerable weakening of the North Kingdom. Beleg II is hereafter known as "Hyarmendacil III."
 * F.A. 843 Hyarmendacil III passes away. His son, Eärnil III becomes King of the Reunited Kingdom.
 * F.A. 915 Eärnil III further divides the administration of the Reunited Kingdom. The former realms of Gondor and Arnor are hereafter called the Twin Kingdoms. Eärnil III's two sons - Telumehtar II and Eärnur II preside over the North and South Kingdoms, respectively.
 * F.A. 950 Eärnil III passes away. Telumehtar II becomes King of the Twin Kingdoms. However, Eärnur II challenges his brother and assumes the throne of the North Kingdom.
 * F.A. 953 Telumehtar II marches on the North Kingdom. Eärnur II's brief reign ends. Telumehtar II orders Eärnur II into exile on the northernmost of the Isles of the Dead That Live.
 * F.A. 1000 Telumehtar II and his three young sons are all murdered. There are no direct heirs. Eärnur II returns from exile to become King of the Twin Kingdoms. The Men of Enedwaith, Minhiriath, and Eregion declare themselves independent.
 * F.A. 1001 Eärnur II is forced to take his own life. South Kingdom oligarches tighten their rein on both political and economic matters by electing Valamir the Younger as Steward of the South Kingdom. Despite the fact that Eärnur II's son, Arvedui II, is crowned King and reaches his majority later the same year, Valamir acts as the de facto overlord of the South Kingdom. F.A. 1001-1020 The sundering of the Twin Kingdoms. Arthedain is reestablished as the North Kingdom disintegrates. The Shire remains a Free Land.
 * F.A. 1020 Amlaith II, a distant kinsman of Telumehtar II's wife Berúthien, becomes King of the North Kingdom. He declares the Shire a "royal protectorate" and embarks on a program aimed at consolidating the fragmenting North Kingdom.
 * F.A.1020-1050 Despite Amlaith II's good intentions, the Shire folk seek Elven aid in order to construct a Girdle of the Shire. Their embassies to the Sindar and Avari of Lindon are only modestly rewarded. While protected by strange weather patterns, the Shire remains vulnerable to any persistent intrusion.
 * F.A. 1072 Valamir the Younger becomes the Ruling Steward of the South Kingdom when the childless King Arvedui II passes away.
 * F.A. 1092 Amlaith II dies while on campaign near Bree. Valamir the Younger passes away later the same year. Valamir's son, Targon, becomes the Ruling Steward of the South Kingdom.
 * F.A.1092-1099 The Great Eriadoran War. Amlaith II's son, Eärendur II ("the Great"), claims a series of great victories over the chieftains of Cardolan and Minhiriath (Valros and Púil).
 * F.A. 1100 Eärendur II proclaims himself King and thus reestablishes the North Kingdom. Targon declares himself King of the South Kingdom and issues a declaration of war against the North Kingdom.