Thereafter Frodo sets off from Rivendell with eight companions: Gandalf; Aragorn; Boromir (Michael Graham Cox), son of the Steward of Gondor; Legolas; Gimli (David Buck) the dwarf, along with Pippin, Merry, and Sam. Tolkien used Old English for the kingdom's language and names, pretending that this was in translation of Rohirric. ...[T 2], In Tolkien's Middle-earth, Rohan is an inland realm. [31] He was killed in the fight, but was sent back to Middle-earth to complete his … Cast overview: Ian Hutton ... Burnoth - Son of Baldeg: Curtis Nelson ... Léofdag - Son of Winedag: Cameron Mayo ... Ulf - The Reaver: Justin Gilbert ... Hutha - Son of Hengest To the northeast are the walls of Emyn Muil. Our backs press against each others as the riders form a tight huddle around us, their horses neighing. They turn and advance on us. | The styles of the Bayeux Tapestry (made in England) fit them well enough, if one remembers that the kind of tennis-nets [the] soldiers seem to have on are only a clumsy conventional sign for chainmail of small rings. It was one of the residences of Archbishops of Strasbourg, rulers of the Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg, which was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire from the 13th century until 1803. Its eastern borderland is called the Fenmarch; beyond this lies the Kingdom of Gondor. Where now the horse and the rider? There, Théoden leads the Rohirrim to victory against the forces of Mordor; he is killed when his horse falls, but his niece Éowyn kills the leader of the Ringwraiths. I was aware of this, and liked its shape; but I had also (long before) invented the Elvish horse-word, and saw how Rohan could be accommodated to the linguistic situation as a late Sindarin name of the Mark (previously called Calenarðon 'the (great) green region') after its occupation by horsemen. Rohan is a kingdom born of battle. Éomer is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth.He appears in The Lord of the Rings as a leader of the Riders of Rohan who serve as cavalry to the army of Gondor, fighting against Mordor.. [29], The Tolkien scholar Thomas Honegger, agreeing with Shippey's description of the Rohirrim as "Anglo-Saxons on Horseback", calls the sources for them "quite obvious to anyone familiar with Anglo-Saxon literature and culture". Hey guys! Soon after this Saruman took over Isengard, and was welcomed as an ally. [T 9] In an earlier concept, Rohan's capital region was called the King's Lands, of which the Folde was a sub-region to the south-east of Edoras. 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