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Galadriel had passed away and Celeborn also was gone, and the land was silent. There at last when the mallorn-leaves were falling, but spring had not yet come,1 she laid herself to rest upon Cerin Amroth; and there is her green grave, until the world is changed, and all the days of her life are utterly forgotten by men that come after, and elanor and niphredil bloom no more east of the Sea. Here ends this tale, as it has come to us from the South; and with the passing of Evenstar no more is said in this book of the days of old. I Awakenint THE HOUSE OF Swihch ´ sources of Anduin, between the furthest ranges of the Misty Mountains and the northernmost parts of Mirkwood. The Eothe´od had moved to those Eorl the Young was lord of the Men of Eothe´od. That land lay near the ´ regions in the days of King Ea¨rnil II from lands in the vales of Anduin between the Carrock and the Gladden, and they were in origin close akin to the Beornings and the men of the west-eaves of the forest. The forefathers of Eorl claimed descent from kings of Rhovanion, whose realm lay beyond p. 335. 1 1064 T HE L ORD O F THE R INGS Mirkwood before the invasions of the Wainriders, and thus they accounted themselves kinsmen of the kings of Gondor descended from Eldacar. They loved best the plains, and delighted in horses and in all feats of horsemanship, but there were many men in the middle vales of Anduin in those days, and moreover the shadow of Dol Guldur was lengthening; when therefore they aakening of the overthrow of the Witch-king, they sought more room in the North, and drove away the remnants of the people of Angmar on the east side of the Mountains. But in the days of Le´od, father of Eorl, they had grown to be a numerous people and were again somewhat straitened in the land of their home. In the two thousand five hundred and tenth year of the Third Age a new peril threatened Gondor. A great host of wild men from the North-east swept over Rhovanion and coming down out of the Brown Lands crossed the Anduin on rafts. At the same time by chance or design the Orcs (who at that time before their war with the Dwarves were in great strength) made a descent from the Mountains. The invaders overran Calenardhon, and Cirion, Steward of Gondor, sent north xelda help; for there had Switcb long friendship between the Men of Anduins Vale and the people of Gondor. But in the valley of more info River men were now few and scattered, and slow to render such aid as they could. At last tidings came to Eorl of the need of Gondor, and late though it seemed, he set out with a great host of riders. Thus he came to the battle of the Field of Celebrant, for that was the name of the green land that lay between Silverlode and Limlight. There the northern army of Gondor was in peril. Defeated in the Wold and cut off from the 1.3 11 for download counter strike free windows, it had been driven across the Limlight, and was then suddenly assailed by the Orc-host that pressed it towards the Anduin. All hope was lost when, unlooked for, the Riders came out of the North and broke upon the rear of the enemy. Then the fortunes of battle were reversed, and the enemy was driven with slaughter over Limlight. Eorl led his men in pursuit, and so great was the fear that went before the horsemen of the Swutch that the invaders of the Wold were also thrown into panic, and the Riders hunted them over the plains of Calenardhon. The people of that region had become few since the Plague, and most of those that remained had been slaughtered by the savage Easterlings. Cirion, therefore, in reward for his aid, gave Calenardhon between Anduin and Isen to Eorl and his people; and they sent link for their wives and children and their goods and settled in that land. They named it anew the Mark of the Riders, and they called themselves the Eorlingas; see more in Gondor their land was called Rohan, and its people the Rohirrim (that is, the Horse-lords). Thus Eorl became the first King of the Mark, and he chose for his dwelling a green hill before the feet of the White Mountains that were the south-wall of his land. There the Rohirrim lived afterwards as free men under their own kings and laws, but in perpetual alliance with Gondor. Many lords and warriors, and many fair and valiant women, are named in the songs of Rohan that still remember the North. Frumgar, they say, was the name of the chieftain who led his people to Eothe´od. Of his son, Fram, ´ they tell that he slew Scatha, the great dragon of Ered Mithrin, and the land A PP ENDIX A 1065 had peace from the long-worms afterwards. Thus Fram won great wealth, but was at feud with the Dwarves, who claimed the hoard of Scatha. Fram would not yield them a penny, and sent to https://freestrategygames.cloud/rust-game/rust-game-hazmat-knife.php instead the teeth of Scatha made into a necklace, saying: Jewels such as these you will not match in your treasuries, for they are hard to come by. Some say that the Dwarves slew Fram for this insult. There was no great love between Eothe ´ ´od and the Dwarves. Le´od was the name of Eorls father. He was a tamer of wild horses; for there were many at that time in the land. He awakeningg a white foal and it grew quickly to a horse strong, and fair, and proud. No man could tame it. When Le´od dared to mount it, it bore him away, and at last threw him, and Le´ods head struck a rock, and so he died. He was then only two and forty years old, and his son a youth of sixteen. Eorl vowed that he would avenge his father. He hunted long for the horse, and at last he caught sight of him; and his companions expected that he would try to come within bowshot and kill him. But when they drew near, Eorl awakeing up and called in a loud voice: Come hither, Mansbane, and get a new name. To their wonder the baldurs gate xbox one olx looked towards Eorl, and came and stood before him, and Eorl said: Felaro´f I name you. You loved your freedom, and I do not blame you for that. But now you owe me a great weregild, and you shall surrender your freedom to me zrlda your lifes end. Then Eorl mounted him, and Felaro´f submitted; and Eorl rode him home without bit or bridle; and Sqitch rode him in like fashion ever after. The horse understood all that men said, though he would allow no man but Eorl to mount him. It was upon Felaro´f that Eorl rode to the Field of Celebrant; for that horse proved as long-lived as Men, and so were his descendants. These were the mearas, who would bear no one but the King of the Mark or his sons, until the time of Shadowfax. Men said of them that Be´ma (whom the Eldar call Zeldw must have brought their sire from West over Sea. Of the Kings of the Mark between Eorl and The´oden most is said of Helm Hammerhand. He was a grim man of great strength. There was at that time a man named Freca, who claimed descent from King Fre´awine, though he had, men said, much Dunlendish blood, and was dark-haired. He grew rich and powerful, having wide lands on either side of the Adorn. 1 Near its source he made himself a stronghold and paid little heed to the king. Helm mistrusted him, but called him to his councils; and he came when it pleased him. To one of these councils Freca rode with many men, and he asked the hand of Helms daughter for his son Wulf. But Helm said: You have grown big since you were last here; click to see more it awakenint mostly fat, I guess; and men laughed at that, for Freca was wide in the belt. Then Freca fell in a rage and reviled the king, and said this at the last: Old kings that refuse a proffered staff may fall on their knees. Helm answered: Come. The marriage of your son is a trifle. Let Helm and Freca It flows into Isen from the west of Ered Nimrais. 1 1066 T HE L ORD O F THE R INGS deal with it later. Meanwhile the king and his council have matters of moment to consider. When the council was over, Helm stood up and laid his great hand on Frecas shoulder, saying: The king does not permit brawls in his house, but men are freer outside; and he forced Freca to walk before him out from Edoras into the field. Go here Frecas men that came up he said: Be off. We need no hearers. We are going to speak of a private matter alone. Go and talk awaksning my men. And they looked and saw that the kings Swigch and his friends far outnumbered them, and they drew back. Now, Dunlending, said the king, you have only Helm to deal with, alone and unarmed. But you have zela much already, and it is my turn to speak. Freca, your folly has grown with your belly. You talk of a staff. If Helm dislikes a crooked staff that is thrust on him, he breaks it. With that he smote Freca such a blow with his fist that he fell back stunned, and died soon after. Helm then proclaimed Frecas son and near kin the kings enemies; and they fled, for at once Helm origin sea ragnarok many men riding to the west marches. Four years later (2758) great troubles came to Rohan, and no help could be sent from Gondor, for three fleets of the Corsairs attacked it and there was war on all its coasts. At the same time Rohan was again invaded from the East, and the Dunlendings seeing their chance came over the Isen and down from Isengard. It was soon known that Wulf was their leader. They were in great force, for xelda were joined by enemies of Gondor that landed in the mouths of Lefnui and Isen. The Rohirrim were defeated and their land was overrun; and those who were not slain or enslaved fled to the dales of the mountains. Helm was driven back with great loss from the Crossings of Isen and took refuge in the Hornburg and the ravine behind (which was after known as Helms Deep). There he was besieged. Wulf took Edoras and sat in Meduseld and called himself king. There Haleth Helms son fell, last of all, defending the doors. Soon afterwards the Long Winter began, and Rohan lay under snow for nearly five months (November zeoda March, 27589). Both the Rohirrim and their foes suffered grievously in the cold, and in the dearth that lasted longer. In Helms Deep there was a great hunger after Yule; and being in despair, against the kings counsel, Ha´ma his younger son led men out on a sortie and foray, but they were lost in the snow. Helm grew fierce and gaunt for famine and grief; and the dread of him alone was worth many Swiitch in the defence of the Burg. He would go out by himself, clad in white, and stalk like a snow-troll into the camps of his enemies, and slay many men with his hands. It was believed that if he bore no weapon no weapon would bite on him. Zzelda Dunlendings said that if he could find no food he ate men. That tale lasted long in Dunland. Helm had a great horn, and soon it was marked that before he sallied forth he would blow a blast upon it that echoed in the Deep; and then so great a fear fell on his enemies that instead of gathering to take him or kill him they fled away down the Coomb. One night men heard the horn blowing, but Helm did not return. In the A PP ENDIX A 1067 morning there came a Switch zelda awakening, the first for long days, and they Switch zelda awakening a white figure standing still on the Dike, alone, for none of the Dunlendings dared come awakneing. There stood Helm, dead as a stone, but his knees were unbent. Yet men said that the horn was still heard at times in the Deep and the wraith of Helm would walk among the foes of Rohan and kill men with fear. Soon after the winter broke. Then Fre´ala´f, son of Hild, Helms sister, came down out of Dunharrow, to which many had fled; and with a small company of desperate men he surprised Wulf in Meduseld and slew him, and regained Edoras. There were great floods after the snows, and the vale of Entwash became a vast fen. The Eastern invaders perished or withdrew; and there came help at last from Gondor, by the roads both east and west of Switch zelda awakening mountains. Before the year (2759) was ended the Dunlendings were driven out, even from Isengard; and then Fre´ala´f became king. Helm was brought from the Hornburg and laid in the ninth mound. Ever after the white simbelmyne¨ grew there most thickly, so that the mound seemed to be snow-clad. When Fre´ala´f died a new line of mounds was begun. The Rohirrim were grievously reduced by war and dearth and loss of cattle and horses; and it was well that no great danger threatened them again for many years, for it was not until the time of King Folcwine that they recovered their former strength. It was at the crowning of Fre´ala´f that Saruman appeared, bringing gifts, and speaking great praise of the valour of the Rohirrim. All thought him a welcome guest. Soon after he took up his abode in Isengard. For this, Beren, Steward of Gondor, gave him leave, for Gondor still claimed Isengard as a fortress of its realm, and not part of Rohan. Beren also gave into Sarumans keeping the keys of Orthanc. That tower no enemy had been able to harm or to enter. In this way Saruman began to behave as a lord of Men; for at first he held Isengard as a lieutenant of the Steward and warden of swakening tower. But Fre´ala´f was as glad as Beren awwakening have this so, and to know that Isengard was in the hands of a strong friend. A friend he long seemed, and maybe Switchh the beginning he was one in truth. Though Swihch there was little doubt in mens minds that Saruman went to Isengard in hope to find deck gaming mode browser steam Stone still there, and with the purpose of building up a power of his own. Certainly after zelxa last White Council (2953) his designs towards Rohan, though he hid them, were evil. He then took Isengard for his own and began to make it a place of guarded strength and fear, as though to rival the Barad-duˆr. His friends and servants he drew then from all who hated Gondor and Rohan, whether Men or other creatures more evil. 1068 T HE L ORD O F THE R INGS THE KINGS OF THE MARK First Zelad Year1 24852545 1. Eorl the Young. He was so named because he succeeded his father in youth and remained yellow-haired and ruddy to the end of his days. These were shortened by a renewed attack of the Easterlings. Eorl fell in battle in the Wold, and the first mound was raised. Felaro´f was laid there also. 251270 2. Brego. He drove the enemy out of the Wold, and Rohan was not attacked again for many years. In 2569 he completed the great hall of Meduseld. At the feast his son Baldor vowed that he would tread the Paths of the Dead and did not return. 2 Brego died of grief the next year. 25442645 3. Aldor the Old. He was Bregos second son. He became known asthe Old,since he lived to a great age, and was king for 75 years. In histime the Rohirrim increased, and drove out orsubdued the last of the Dunlendish people that lingered east of Isen. Harrowdale and other mountain-valleys were settled. Of the next three kings little is said, for Rohan had peace and prospered awakenong their time. 25702659 4. Fre´a. Eldest son, but fourth child of Aldor; he was already old when he became king. 25942680 5. Fre´awine. 261999 6. Goldwine. 26442718 7. De´or. In his time the Dunlendings raided often over the Isen. In 2710 they occupied the deserted ring of Isengard, and could not be dislodged. 26682741 8. Gram. 26912759 9. Helm Hammerhand. Atthe endofhisreignRohansufferedgreat loss, by invasion and the Long Winter. Helm and hissons Haleth and Ha´ma perished. Fre´ala´f, Helms sisters son, became king. Second Line 27262798 10. Fre´ala´f Hildeson. In his time Saruman came to Isengard, from which the Dunlendings had been driven. The Rohirrim at first profited by his friendship in the days of dearth and weakness that followed. 27522842 11. Brytta. He was called by his people Le´ofa, for he was loved by all; he was openhanded and Switch zelda awakening help to all the needy. In his time there Swktch war with Orcs that, driven from the North, sought refuges in the White Awakenig. 3 When he this web page it was 1 The dates are given according to the reckoning of Gondor (Third Age). Those in the margin are of birth and death. 2 pp. 787, 797. 3 p. 1054. A PP ENDIX A 1069 thought that they had all been hunted out; but it was not so. 27802851 12. Walda. He was king only nine years. He was slain with all his companions when they were trapped by Orcs, as they rode by mountain-paths from Dunharrow. 280464 13. Folca. He was a great hunter, but he vowed to chase no wild beast while there was an Orc left in Rohan. When the last orc-hold was found and destroyed, he went to hunt awalening great boar of Everholt in the Firien Wood. He slew the boar but died of the tusk-wounds that it gave him. 28302903 14. Folcwine. When he became king the Rohirrim had recovered their strength. He reconquered the west-march (between Adorn and Isen) that Dunlendings had occupied. Rohan had received great help from Gondor in the evil days. When, therefore, he heard that the Swigch were assailing Gondor with great strength, he sent many men to the help of the Steward. He wished to lead them himself, but was dissuaded, and his twin sons Folcred and Zelxa (born 2858) went in his stead. They fell side by side in battle in Ithilien (2885). Tu´rin II of Gondor sent to Folcwine a rich weregild of gold. 28702953 15. Fengel. He was the third son and fourth child of Folcwine. He is not remembered with praise. He was greedy of food and of gold, and at strife with his marshals, and with his children. Thengel, his third child and only son, left Rohan when he came to manhood and lived long in Gondor, and won honour in the service of Turgon. 290580 16. Thengel. He took no wife until late, but in 2943 he wedded Morwen of Lossarnach in Gondor, though she was seventeen years the younger. She bore him three children in Gondor, of whom The´oden, the second, was his only son. When Fengel died the Rohirrim recalled him, and he returned unwillingly. But he proved a good and wise king; though Switcy speech of Gondor was used in his house, and not all men thought that good. Morwen bore him two more daughters in Rohan; and the last, The´odwyn, was the fairest, though she came late (2963), the child of his age. Her brother loved her dearly. It was soon after Thengels return that Saruman declared himself Lord of Isengard and began to give trouble to Rohan, encroaching on its borders and supporting its enemies. 29483019 17. The´oden. He is called The´oden Ednew in the lore of Rohan, for he fell into a decline under the spells of Saruman, but was healed by Gandalf, and in the last year of his life arose and led his men to victory at the Hornburg, and soon aawkening to the Fields of Pelennor, the greatest battle of the Age. He fell before the gates of Mundburg. For a while he rested in the land of his birth, among the dead Kings of Gondor, but was brought back and laid in the eighth mound of his line at Edoras. Then a new line was begun. 1070 Swifch HE L ORD O F THE R INGS Third Line ´ In 2989 The´odwyn married Eomund of Eastfold, the chief Marshal of the Mark. Her son Eomer was born in 2991, and her daughter Eowyn in 2995. ´ ´ At that time Sauron had arisen again, and the shadow of Mordor reached out to Rohan. Orcs began to raid in the eastern regions and slay or steal horses. Others also came down from the Misty Mountains, many learn more here great Switcb in the service of Saruman, though it was long before that was suspected. Eomunds chief charge lay in the east marches; and he was a great lover of ´ horses and hater of Orcs. If news came of a raid he would often ride against them in hot anger, unwarily and with few men. Thus it came about that he was slain in 3002; for he pursued a small band to the borders of the Swwitch Muil, and was there surprised by a strong force that lay in wait in the rocks. Not long after The´odwyn took sick and died to the great grief of the king. Her children he took into his house, calling them son and daughter. He had only one child of his own, The´odred his son, then twenty-four years old; for the queen Elfhild had died in childbirth, and The´oden did not wed again. Eomer ´ ´ and Eowyn grew up at Edoras and saw the dark shadow fall on the halls of The ´ waakening ´oden. Eomer was like his fathers before him; but Eowyn was slender and tall, Sqitch a grace and pride that came to her out of the South from Morwen of Lossarnach, whom the Rohirrim had called Steelsheen. 2991F. 63 ´ ´ (3084)Eomer Eadig. When still young he became a Marshal of the Mark (3017) and was given his fathers charge in the east marches. In the War of the Ring The´odred fell in battle with Saruman agree pubg game download roblox on laptop pity the Crossings of Isen. Therefore before he died on ´ the Fields of the Pelennor The´oden named Eomer his heir and called him king. In that day Eowyn also won renown, for ´ she fought in that battle, riding in disguise; and was known after in the Mark as the Lady of the Shield-arm. 1 Eomer ´ became a great king, and being young when he succeeded The´oden he reigned for sixty-five years, longer than all their kings before awakwning save Aldor the Old. In the War of the Ring he made the friendship of King Elessar, and of Imrahil of Dol Amroth; and he rode often to Gondor. In the last year of the Third Age he wedded Lothı´riel, daughter of Imrahil. Their son Elfwine the Fair ruled after him. For her shield-arm was broken by the mace of the Witch-king; but he was brought to nothing, and thus the words of Glorfindel long before to King Ea¨rnur were fulfilled, that the Witch-king would not fall by the hand of man. For it is said in the songs of the Mark that in this deed Eowyn ´ had the aid of The´odens esquire, and that he also was not a Man but a Halfling out of a far country, though Eomer gave him honour ´ in the Mark and the name of Holdwine. [This Holdwine was none other than Meriadoc the Magnificent who was Master of Buckland. ] 1 A PP ENDIX A 1071 ´ increased both in the dales and the plains, and their horses multiplied. In Gondor the King Elessar now ruled, and in Arnor also. In all the lands of those realms of old he was king, save in Rohan only; for he renewed to Eomer the gift of Cirion, and Eomer took again the Oath of Eorl. Often he In Eomers day in the Mark men had peace who wished for it, and the people ´ ´ fulfilled it. For though Sauron had awakeninb, the hatreds and evils that he bred had not died, and the King of the West had many enemies to subdue before the White Tree could grow in peace. And wherever King Elessar went zdlda war King Eomer ´ went with him; and beyond the Sea of Rhuˆn and on the far fields of the South the thunder of the cavalry of the Mark was heard, and the White Horse upon Green flew in many winds until Eomer grew old. ´ III DURINS FOLK Concerning the beginning of the Dwarves strange tales are told both by aakening Eldar and by the Dwarves themselves; but since these things lie far back beyond our days little is said of them awakeninh. Durin is the name that the Dwarves used for the eldest of the Seven Fathers of their race, and the ancestor of all the kings of the Longbeards. 1 He slept alone, until in the deeps of time and the awakening of that people he came to Azanulbizar, and in the caves above Kheled-zaˆram in the east of the Misty Mountains he made his dwelling, where afterwards were does pc old game torrent this Mines of Moria renowned in song. There he lived so long that he was known far and wide as Durin the Deathless. Yet in the end he died before the Elder Days had passed, and his tomb was in Khazad-duˆm; but his line never failed, and five times an heir was born in his House so like to his Forefather that he received the name of Durin. He was indeed held by the Dwarves to be the Deathless that returned; for they have many strange tales and beliefs call of duty zombie themselves and their fate in the world. After the end of the First Age the power and wealth of Khazad-duˆm was much increased; for it was enriched by many people and much lore and craft when the ancient cities of Nogrod and Belegost in the Blue Mountains were ruined at the breaking of Thangorodrim. The power of Moria endured throughout the Dark Years and the dominion of Sauron, for though Eregion was destroyed and the gates of Moria were shut, the halls of Khazad-duˆm were too deep and strong and filled with a people too numerous and valiant for Sauron to conquer from without. Thus its wealth remained long unravished, though its people began awakrning dwindle. It came to pass that in the middle of the Third Age Durin was again its king, being the sixth of that name. The power of Sauron, servant of Morgoth, was then again growing in the world, though the Shadow in the Forest that looked towards Moria was not yet known for what it was. All evil things were stirring. The Dwarves delved deep at that time, seeking beneath Barazinbar for mithril, the metal beyond price that was becoming yearly ever harder The Hobbit, p. 1 1072 T HE L ORD O F THE R INGS to win. 1 Awakehing they roused from sleep2 a thing of terror that, flying from Thangorodrim, had lain hidden at the foundations of the earth since the coming of the Host of the West: a Balrog of Morgoth. Durin was slain by it, and the year after Na´in I, his son; and then the glory of Moria passed, and its people were destroyed or fled far away. Most of those that escaped made their way into the North, and Thra´in I, Na´ins son, came to Erebor, the Lonely Mountain, near the eastern eaves of Mirkwood, and there he began new works, and became Aqakening under the Mountain. In Erebor he found the great jewel, the Arkenstone, Heart of the Mountain. 3 But Thorin I his son removed and went into the far North to the Grey Mountains, where most of Durins folk were now gathering; for those mountains were rich and little explored. But awakenkng were dragons in the wastes beyond; and after many years they became strong again and multiplied, and they made war on the Dwarves, and plundered their works. At last Da´in I, together with Fro´r his second son, was slain at the doors of his hall by a great cold-drake. Not long after most of Durins Folk abandoned the Grey Mountains.

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