A collection of narratives ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle Earth to the end of the War of the Ring, comprising such elements as Gandalf's account of how he sent the Dwarves to the party at Bag-End, the emergence of the sea god, Ulmo, and a description of the military organisation of the Rider of Rohan The book contains the only story that survived from the long ages of Numenor before its downfall, and all that is known of the Five Wizards, the Palantiri, or the legend of Amroth