Third Age

noun

1. the Third Age
   old age, esp when viewed as an opportunity for travel, further education, etc

Example Sentences

“Deep in the history of Middle-earth, Volume 12, he confirms that Olórin had already visited Middle-earth. So Tolkien left it open that Gandalf may have come earlier than the Third Age,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times

“He has a somewhat wry and sardonic relationship with the characters in the Third Age,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times

The version of the wizard seen in “The Rings of Power” is not the same as the one readers and film fans know from the Third Age.

From Los Angeles Times

For instance, in the Third Age, the five Istari are forbidden from destroying Sauron with their magic.

From Los Angeles Times

“If you have five wizards and it’s five on one, why couldn’t they just take on Sauron in an all out wizard grudge match? That’s a question that we’re looking at in terms of, what journey does Gandalf go on in the Second Age that might make that prohibition exist in the Third Age?”

From Los Angeles Times