The event
Sauron overruns Eregion; the Elves, with Númenórean aid, hold him off.
Consequences
Eregion is destroyed; the Three Elven Rings are hidden; Númenor’s power grows in the West.
Participants
Artifacts
Sources
The Silmarillion · 1977
Posthumously edited. Contains the Ainulindalë, Valaquenta, Quenta Silmarillion, Akallabêth and Of the Rings of Power.
Unfinished Tales · 1980
Expanded and alternative accounts of the First, Second and Third Ages.