The Encyclopedia of Arda - an interactive guide to the world of J.R.R. Tolkien
Dates
Immensely old, and apparently immortal
Race
Other names
Title of

Indexes:

About this entry:

  • Updated 10 January 2018
  • This entry is complete

Old Ent

A title given to Treebeard

A term used occasionally the describe the Ent Treebeard of Fangorn Forest. Elsewhere described as 'Eldest', Treebeard was the oldest of the Ents still extant at the end of the Third Age (and thus may have been the first of that race to be created, though the details of the origins of the Ents are murky).

From his own account, Treebeard remembered the lands beyond the Blue Mountains before their destruction at the end of the First Age, making him at least six thousand years old at the time of the War of the Ring. Our earliest hints of the making of the Ents go back much farther than that, however, and they are first mentioned in a time before even the awakening of the Elves. Potentially, then, the history of the Old Ent went back to the very dawn of living things in Middle-earth.


See also...

Great Wars

Indexes:

About this entry:

  • Updated 10 January 2018
  • This entry is complete

For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page.

Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 2016, 2018. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ.

Website services kindly sponsored by Discus from Axiom Software Ltd.
Discus DISC reports provide a rich and accessible view of any individual's working style.
The Encyclopedia of Arda
The Encyclopedia of Arda
Menu
Homepage Search Latest Entries and Updates Random Entry