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<div>{{people<br />
| image=[[File:John Howe - Easterlings.jpg|250px]]<br />
| name=The Easterlings<br />
| dominions=lands east of and including [[Rhûn]]; [[Rhovanion]]; [[March of Maedhros]]; [[Hithlum]]<br />
| languages=presumably numerous; different from [[Common Speech]]<br />
| height=shorter than [[Númenóreans]]<br />
| length=<br />
| skincolor=Swarthy in the [[First Age]]<br />
| haircolor=Dark<br />
| feathers=<br />
| distinctions=Alliance with [[Sauron]]; use of the war-wagons ([[Wainriders]] and [[Balchoth]])<br />
| lifespan=shorter than Númenórean<br />
| members=[[Khamûl]], [[Easterlings (First Age)]] ([[Brodda]], [[Lorgan]], [[Ulfang]], [[Uldor]], [[Ulfast]], [[Ulwarth]], [[Bór]], [[Borlach]], [[Borlad]], [[Borthand]])<br />
|}}<br />
The '''Easterlings''' were [[Men]] who lived in the [[East]] of [[Middle-earth]], and were enemies of the [[Free peoples]]. <br />
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== History ==<br />
In the [[First Age]], Men [[Awakening of Men|awoke]] in [[Hildórien]] in the [[East]]. Some of them were early corrupted by [[Morgoth]], prompting others (the [[Edain]]) to migrate westwards.<ref name=dm>{{PM|Dwarves}}</ref><br />
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Centuries later, after [[Dagor Bragollach]], tribes of [[Men]] joined the Edain in [[Beleriand]], long after their arrival. These [[Easterlings (First Age)|Swarthy Men]] came from the east, probably [[Eriador]] and were also called "Easterlings". Two of their leaders were [[Bór]] and [[Ulfang]].<ref>{{S|Fingolfin}}</ref><br />
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[[File:Easterling.jpg|thumb|right|An Easterling in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]'']]<br />
In the [[Second Age]] [[Sauron]] escaped the judgment of the [[Valar]] and continued his former master's work, turning the Men of the [[East]] and [[South]] to evil and dominating them. Under the authority of the Dark Lord, many towns and walls of stone were built, and those under his influence became numerous and armed with iron. To these men, Sauron was feared as a king and god.<ref name=dm/><ref name=rings>{{S|Rings}}</ref> During the [[Dark Years]] Sauron dominated most of the [[Westlands]], and when Sauron was driven back to [[Mordor]], he continued his expansions eastwards gaining servants and worshippers.<ref name=dm/><ref>{{UT|Amroth}}</ref><br />
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===Third Age===<br />
After Sauron's defeat in the [[War of the Last Alliance]], these "Wild Men" were released by his tyranny but they still had [[The Darkness|darkness]] in their hearts. Evil and restless, they battled against each other and some withdrew to the hated west.<ref>{{UT|6b}}</ref> Thus they encountered the lands of [[Gondor]] and since then, tribes brought trouble periodically with several attacks and migrations. Even [[Northmen]] often assailed Gondor for a long time.<ref>{{TT|IV5}}</ref><br />
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Easterlings first enter the records of [[Gondor]] in {{TA|490}} and [[Tarostar]] managed a first victory against them in {{TA|500}}. In {{TA|541}} they invaded [[Ithilien]] but [[Turambar (King of Gondor)|Turambar of Gondor]] destroyed the horde and conquered a new territory in [[Rhûn]] for Gondor.<ref name=gondor/><br />
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In the following centuries the Easterlings cease, while Gondor was free to extend its borders to [[South Gondor|the south]]. That was until the days of [[Narmacil I]] when the Easterlings resumed their attacks. In {{TA|1248}} an Easterling army marched in the lands between [[Rhovanion]] and the [[Sea of Rhûn]]. Forces from Gondor - aided by Northmen of [[Rhovanion]] - defeated them and destroyed their camps and settlements east of the Inland Sea.<ref name=gondor/><br />
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After this defeat the Easterlings disappeared from the Gondorian records for some period, during which Gondor was again occupied with the south and the [[Corsairs of Umbar]].<br />
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=== The Wainriders ===<br />
During that time tribes of Easterlings form the confederacy known as the '''[[Wainriders]]''' (q.v.) who would trouble the Kingdom and the Northmen.<ref name=gondor>{{App|Gondor}}</ref> <br />
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Gondor was weakened by the [[Great Plague]] and the Wainriders defeated the Gondorian army in {{TA|1856}}, raided the lands of [[Rhovanion]] and enslaved its people. Some of these lands eventually were reclaimed by King [[Calimehtar (King of Gondor)|Calimehtar]]. <br />
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In {{TA|1944}} the Wainriders, allied with the [[Haradrim]] of [[Near Harad]] and the [[Variags]] of [[Khand]], managed a brief victory against Gondor, despite the assistance by the [[Éothéod]]; eventually they were [[Battle of the Camp|defeated]] in their camp during their celebrations. <br />
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After this defeat the might of the Wainriders was broken although still held Rhovanion, and they retreated east. Most importantly, King [[Ondoher]] and both his sons were slain in that assault, an event that led to the extinction for the line of the [[Kings of Gondor]]. <br />
<br />
In {{TA|2063}} the Necromancer (who was actually Sauron) retreated from [[Dol Guldur]] for some centuries. That period was known as the [[Watchful Peace]] for the [[Westlands]], but during that time Sauron retreated to the East and managed to create a strong alliance between the various tribes of Easterlings.<br />
<br />
===The Balchoth===<br />
The '''[[Balchoth]]''' were a fierce race southeast of [[Mirkwood]], under orders of [[Dol Guldur]]<ref name=A1ivS>{{App|A1ivS}}</ref> and no doubt related to the [[Wainriders]].<ref name=cirion/> In {{TA|2510}} they and [[Orcs]] overran the plains of [[Calenardhon]] and almost destroyed the army of Steward [[Cirion]], but were defeated by the [[Éothéod]].<ref name=A1ivS/><ref name=cirion>{{UT|Cirion}}</ref><br />
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In {{TA|2545}} some Easterlings renewed their attacks and entered the new-founded [[Rohan]]. Thus [[Eorl]] fell fighting in [[the Wold]].<ref>{{App|Mark}}</ref><br />
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During these struggles Sauron reclaimed Mordor unnoticed in {{TA|2941}}.<br />
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=== War of the Ring ===<br />
Easterlings serving Mordor fought in the [[War of the Ring]] alongside the [[Haradrim]] and [[Variags]]. They appeared in the [[Battle of the Pelennor Fields]] and the [[Battle of Dale]].<br />
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In the [[Fourth Age]] some Easterlings were subdued by [[Aragorn|King Elessar]] and King [[Éomer]].<ref>{{App|Eorl}}</ref><br />
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== Culture ==<br />
The Easterlings were in general more primitive than [[Gondor]]. They were motivated by [[Sauron]] to hate Gondor and seek its riches. <br />
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Troops mentioned in the Easterling forces aiding Sauron in the Third Age included swordsmen, spearmen, horsemen, mounted archers, and chariots ridden by chieftains.<br />
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The weapons that the Easterlings used were primarily crude, jagged spears, making them especially effective against cavalry, as well as a shorter, odd, glaive-like version used for close combat.<ref name=cirion/> <br />
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Some like the Wainriders and the Balchoth had large chariots, wagons and wains which they used to run their foes down, as well as live in and used to fortify their camps.<ref name=cirion/> During the Battle of the [[Pelennor Fields]], Easterlings were bearded and used axes.<ref>{{RK|V6}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[:Category:Images of Easterlings|Images of Easterlings]]<br />
{{references}}<br />
[[Category:Men]]<br />
[[Category:Easterlings]]<br />
[[de:Ostlinge]]<br />
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<div>{{people<br />
| image=[[File:John Howe - Easterlings.jpg|250px]]<br />
| name=The Easterlings<br />
| dominions=lands east of and including [[Rhûn]]; [[Rhovanion]]; [[March of Maedhros]]; [[Hithlum]]<br />
| languages=presumably numerous; different from [[Common Speech]]<br />
| height=shorter than [[Númenóreans]]<br />
| length=<br />
| skincolor=Swarthy<br />
| haircolor=Dark<br />
| feathers=<br />
| distinctions=Alliance with [[Sauron]]; use of the war-wagons ([[Wainriders]] and [[Balchoth]])<br />
| lifespan=shorter than Númenórean<br />
| members=[[Khamûl]], [[Easterlings (First Age)]] ([[Brodda]], [[Lorgan]], [[Ulfang]], [[Uldor]], [[Ulfast]], [[Ulwarth]], [[Bór]], [[Borlach]], [[Borlad]], [[Borthand]])<br />
|}}<br />
The '''Easterlings''' were [[Men]] who lived in the [[East]] of [[Middle-earth]], and were enemies of the [[Free peoples]]. <br />
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The Easterlings were a significant threat to [[Gondor]]; they were a more regimented force than the [[Orcs]] or even the [[Haradrim]]. It is likely that Sauron drew much of his inspiration for his Orc armies from these wicked men. Sauron suffered a harsh and heavy defeat from the Last Alliance, who vanquished his numerically superior Orcs with a ranked and ordered army. The Easterlings were all this and more, so Sauron greatly valued his alliance with the men of Rhûn.{{fact}}<br />
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== History ==<br />
In the [[First Age]], Men [[Awakening of Men|awoke]] in [[Hildórien]] in the [[East]]. Some of them were early corrupted by [[Morgoth]], prompting others (the [[Edain]]) to migrate westwards.<ref name=dm>{{PM|Dwarves}}</ref><br />
<br />
Centuries later, after [[Dagor Bragollach]], tribes of [[Men]] joined the Edain in [[Beleriand]], long after their arrival. These [[Easterlings (First Age)|Swarthy Men]] came from the east, probably [[Eriador]] and were also called "Easterlings". Two of their leaders were [[Bór]] and [[Ulfang]].<ref>{{S|Fingolfin}}</ref><br />
<br />
[[File:Easterling.jpg|thumb|right|An Easterling in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]'']]<br />
In the East, as well as in the [[South]] of [[Middle-earth]], wild and barbaric Men multiplied. In the [[Second Age]] [[Sauron]] escaped the judgment of the [[Valar]] and continued his former master's work, turning those Men to evil and dominating them.<ref>{{S|Rings}}</ref><ref name=dm/> During the [[Dark Years]] Sauron dominated most of the [[Westlands]], and when Sauron was driven back to [[Mordor]], he continued his expansions eastwards gaining servants and worshippers.<ref name=dm/><ref>{{UT|Amroth}}</ref><br />
===Third Age===<br />
After Sauron's defeat in the [[War of the Last Alliance]], these "Wild Men" were released by his tyranny but they still had [[The Darkness|darkness]] in their hearts. Evil and restless, they battled against each other and some withdrew to the hated west.<ref>{{UT|6b}}</ref> Thus they encountered the lands of [[Gondor]] and since then, tribes brought trouble periodically with several attacks and migrations. Even some [[Northmen]] joined forces with the Easterlings because of greed or because of feuds with their kinsmen.{{fact}}<br />
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Easterlings first enter the records of [[Gondor]] in {{TA|490}} and [[Tarostar]] managed a first victory against them in {{TA|500}}. In {{TA|541}} they invaded [[Ithilien]] but [[Turambar (King of Gondor)|Turambar of Gondor]] destroyed the horde and conquered a new territory in [[Rhûn]] for Gondor.<ref name=gondor/><br />
<br />
In the following centuries the Easterlings cease, while Gondor was free to extend its borders to [[South Gondor|the south]]. That was until the days of [[Narmacil I]] when the Easterlings resumed their attacks. In {{TA|1248}} an Easterling army marched in the lands between [[Rhovanion]] and the [[Sea of Rhûn]]. Forces from Gondor - aided by Northmen of [[Rhovanion]] - defeated them and destroyed their camps and settlements east of the Inland Sea.<ref name=gondor/><br />
<br />
After this defeat the Easterlings disappeared from the Gondorian records for some period, during which Gondor was again occupied with the south and the [[Corsairs of Umbar]].<br />
<br />
=== The Wainriders ===<br />
During that time tribes of Easterlings form the confederacy known as the '''[[Wainriders]]''' (q.v.) who would trouble the Kingdom and the Northmen.<ref name=gondor>{{App|Gondor}}</ref> <br />
<br />
Gondor was weakened by the [[Great Plague]] and the Wainriders defeated the Gondorian army in {{TA|1856}}, raided the lands of [[Rhovanion]] and enslaved its people. Some of these lands eventually were reclaimed by King [[Calimehtar (King of Gondor)|Calimehtar]]. <br />
<br />
In {{TA|1944}} the Wainriders, allied with the [[Haradrim]] of [[Near Harad]] and the [[Variags]] of [[Khand]], managed a brief victory against Gondor, despite the assistance by the [[Éothéod]]; eventually they were [[Battle of the Camp|defeated]] in their camp during their celebrations. <br />
<br />
After this defeat the might of the Wainriders was broken although still held Rhovanion, and they retreated east. Most importantly, King [[Ondoher]] and both his sons were slain in that assault, an event that led to the extinction for the line of the [[Kings of Gondor]]. <br />
<br />
In {{TA|2063}} the Necromancer (who was actually Sauron) retreated from [[Dol Guldur]] for some centuries. That period was known as the [[Watchful Peace]] for the [[Westlands]], but during that time Sauron retreated to he East and managed to create a strong alliance between the various tribes of Easterlings.<br />
<br />
===The Balchoth===<br />
The '''[[Balchoth]]''' were a fierce race southeast of [[Mirkwood]], under orders of [[Dol Guldur]]<ref name=A1ivS>{{App|A1ivS}}</ref> and no doubt related to the [[Wainriders]].<ref name=cirion/> In {{TA|2510}} they and [[Orcs]] overran the plains of [[Calenardhon]] and almost destroyed the army of Steward [[Cirion]], but were defeated by the [[Éothéod]].<ref name=A1ivS/><ref name=cirion>{{UT|Cirion}}</ref><br />
<br />
In {{TA|2545}} some Easterlings renewed their attacks and entered the new-founded [[Rohan]]. Thus [[Eorl]] fell fighting in [[the Wold]].<ref>{{App|Mark}}</ref><br />
<br />
During these struggles Sauron reclaimed Mordor unnoticed in {{TA|2941}}.<br />
<br />
=== War of the Ring ===<br />
Easterlings serving Mordor fought in the [[War of the Ring]] alongside the [[Haradrim]] and [[Variags]]. They appeared in the [[Battle of the Pelennor Fields]] and the [[Battle of Dale]].<br />
<br />
In the [[Fourth Age]] some Easterlings were subdued by [[Aragorn|King Elessar]] and King [[Éomer]].<ref>{{App|Eorl}}</ref><br />
<br />
== Culture ==<br />
The Easterlings were in general more primitive than [[Gondor]]. They were motivated by [[Sauron]] to hate Gondor and seek its riches. <br />
<br />
The weapons that the Easterlings used were primarily crude,<ref name=cirion/> jagged spears, making them especially effective against cavalry, as well as a shorter, odd, glaive-like version used for close combat. <br />
<br />
Some like the Wainriders and the Balchoth had large chariots, wagons and wains <ref name=cirion/> which they used to run their foes down. Easterlings (such as those of the [[Pelennor Fields]]) were bearded and used axes.<br />
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The Wainriders and Balchoth were said to travel and sometimes live in wagons or wains <ref name=cirion/> , which they also used to fortify their camps, hinting at a nomadic or semi-nomadic lifestyle.<br />
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Easterlings were also mentioned to have many horse warriors, a large number of which seem to have been mounted bowmen. They are at multiple times mentioned to have many riders and horsemen alongside their charioteers. <ref name=cirion/><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[:Category:Images of Easterlings|Images of Easterlings]]<br />
{{references}}<br />
[[Category:Men]]<br />
[[Category:Easterlings]]<br />
[[de:Ostlinge]]<br />
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'''The Black Gate is Closed''' is the third chapter of the fourth book in ''[[The Two Towers]]''.<br />
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===Summary===<br />
[[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]], [[Samwise Gamgee|Sam]], and [[Gollum]] finally arrive at the gates of Mordor. They behold the [[Teeth of Mordor]], the tall towers built earlier by the [[Gondorians|Men of Gondor]] after the fall of [[Sauron]], but then later reoccupied by the [[Dark Lord]] upon his return to power.<br />
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The trio reach the gate and watch armies of [[Easterlings]] enter it. They spend the night, and discover that the gates sentries are always on garud day and night. Sam wonders how they will enter. Gollum replies that they must not enter, prompting Sam to ask why they bothered traveling to [[Mordor]] in the first place if they cannot go inside. Gollum replies that he fulfilled his part of the agreement, guiding the [[Hobbits]] to the gate. Sam is angry, again asking why they bothered going to Mordor at all. Frodo affirms that he must enter Mordor at all costs. At the Hobbits’ insistence, Gollum admits that there is another way into the kingdom, a secret way that he discovered earlier. Sam distrusts Gollum, but the Hobbits have little choice but to follow the creature’s lead. Frodo reminds Gollum that he has sworn by his “Precious” to guide them safely and not betray them.<br />
Gollum directs Sam and Frodo toward a road that bends south around Mordor, telling them that the road extends for a hundred leagues, but warning that they should not go that way. Frodo asks if there is a third way. Gollum admits that there is a third path running around to the back of the kingdom, past a fortress built long ago by tall Men with shining eyes. Frodo realizes that Gollum refers to the former fortress of Isildur, the warrior who defeated Sauron and won [[The One Ring|the Ring]] from him. Part of the fortress is a tall tower called the [[Tower of the Moon]]. Sam asks whether the tower is occupied, and Gollum replies that it is guarded by [[Orcs]] and by even worse creatures called Silent Watchers. Sam remarks that this third path sounds just as risky as the first one, but Gollum says the [[Dark Lord]] is focusing his attention elsewhere. Gollum admits that the rear path past the Tower of the Moon is dangerous, but that it is worth trying. The hobbits are suspicious, but they accept Gollum’s advice.<br />
Four [[Nazgûl]] appear in the sky overhead, and the hobbits know that Sauron is observing them. Frodo and Sam grab their knives, but they know that escape is impossible. Gollum senses that other Men are heading toward Mordor too—Men with long dark hair, gold rings, and red flags. He describes them as very fierce, saying that he has never seen anything like them. There are always Men entering Mordor now. Sam asks whether the men have [[Oliphaunts]] with them, as he has heard the creatures described in old poetry. Gollum has never seen an Oliphaunt. He urges the hobbits to sleep through the daylight hours, and proceed again at night.<br />
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<div>[[File:John Howe - Easterlings.jpg|thumb|''Easterlings'' by [[John Howe]]]]<br />
'''Easterlings''' were [[Men]] who lived in the east of [[Middle-earth]], and were enemies of the Free Peoples. <br />
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== Easterlings of the First Age ==<br />
<!--"Easterlings" in Eriador#First Age links here--><br />
During the [[First Age]], the term was applied to the sons of [[Bór]] and [[Ulfang the Black|Ulfang]], or the ''Swarthy Men'', who came into [[Beleriand]] much later than the [[Edain]], and who were for a part secretly in league with [[Morgoth]]. <br />
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The Easterlings of the First Age should not be confused with those of later ages. The term in the First Age was used to refer to any peoples who came from the east of the [[Ered Luin]], and as such, the Easterlings of the First Age could well have come from [[Eriador]], rather from the further east in the [[Wilderland]] of the area of the [[Sea of Rhûn]].<br />
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===Sons of Bór===<br />
[[File:Angus McBride - Easterlings.jpg|thumb|left|''Easterlings'' by [[Angus McBride]]]]<br />
[[Bór]] was a leader of Men who came into Lothlann, Beleriand, in the year 463. His sons were [[Borlach]], [[Borlad]] and [[Borthand]]. Bór was welcomed by [[Maedhros]], who gave him and his followers land north of the [[March of Maedhros]], and south of it. Bór and his sons swore allegiance to Maedhros, and remained faithful, though he was told by Morgoth to betray the banner of [[Caranthir]]. All of them were wiped out during the [[Nirnaeth Arnoediad]].<br />
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===Sons of Ulfang "the Accursed"===<br />
[[Ulfang]] also came in Lothlann, Beleriand, in 463, shortly after Bór. He was the father of [[Ulfast]], [[Ulwarth]], and [[Uldor]]. Ulfang was welcomed by the sons of [[Fëanor]], and he and his sons swore allegiance to Caranthir. They were given lands to dwell in the north and south of the March of Maedhros. Ulfang and his sons were secretly in the employ of Morgoth, and betrayed the [[Eldar]] and Edain during the Nirnaeth Arnoediad in what is now known as the [[Treachery of Men]].<br />
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The Easterlings were betrayed by their lord Morgoth, and confined to [[Hithlum]]. After the [[War of Wrath]], those that survived fled back over the [[Ered Luin]] to [[Eriador]] and beyond.<br />
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==Easterlings of the Third Age==<br />
[[File:Easterling.jpg|thumb|right|An Easterling in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]'']]<br />
The Easterlings of the Third Age mostly served Sauron. These men lived in the uncharted lands to the east of Mordor and the Sea of Rhun. They, along with the Haradrim and the Variags of Khand, comprised much of Sauron's mannish armies. Some Easterlings were tall and sallow-skinned, while others were short and broad. Some Easterlings who appeared at the Pellenor Feilds were short, broad, and bearded like dwarves. They used large axes. Other Easterlings are described as having leigons of spearmen, swordsmen, and bowmen upon horses.<br />
It is told in "The Peoples of Middle Earth" that the Blue Wizards [[Alatar]] and [[Pallando]] were sent into the vast East to "...circumvent Sauron: to bring help to the few kingdoms of Men that had rebelled from Melkor-worship, to stir up rebellion and after Sauron’s first fall to search out his hiding (in which they failed) and to cause dissension and disarray among the dark East. They must have had very great influence on the history of the Second Age and Third Age in weakening and disarraying the forces of the East, who would both in the Second and Third Age otherwise have outnumbered the West." <br />
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===Wainriders===<br />
{{Main|Wainriders}}<br />
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The ''Wainriders'' were a confederation of Easterling tribes who were united by their hate of Gondor, fueled by the dark lord Sauron. Following the Great Plague which weakened Gondor, they started their attacks in Third Age 1856, defeating the Gondorian army and killing king [[Narmacil II]]. They rode in great wagons and chariots (which gave them their name), and raided the lands of [[Rhovanion (Realm)|Rhovanion]], destroying or enslaving its people. Gondor gradually lost all of its possessions east of [[Anduin]] to them. The thirtieth king of Gondor, [[Calimehtar (King of Gondor)|Calimehtar]] son of Narmacil, defeated the Wainriders at the [[Field of Celebrant]], buying some rest for his land. However the Wainriders struck back in 1944, allying themselves with the [[Haradrim]] of Near Harad and the Variags of Khand. They managed to kill king [[Ondoher]] and both his sons, but instead of riding on to [[Minas Anor]] and taking the city, they paused to celebrate. Meanwhile, general [[Eärnil II|Eärnil]] of Gondor's southern army had defeated the Haradrim and rode north to defend his king. He came too late to rescue Ondoher, but managed to decisively defeat the Wainriders. Eärnil was later crowned king. After this defeat the might of the Wainriders was broken, and they retreated east. They still held Rhovanion, but never troubled Gondor again. It later turned out that their attacks were staged by Sauron to allow him to reclaim [[Mordor]] while Gondor's watch was diverted.<br />
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===Balchoth===<br />
{{Main|Balchoth}}<br />
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The ''Balchoth'' were a fierce race of Easterlings, who attacked Gondor while under orders of [[Dol Guldur]]. In 2150 they overran the plains of [[Calenardhon]] and almost destroyed the army of the Ruling Steward [[Cirion]], but were defeated by the [[Éothéod]] under [[Eorl]] the Young. Like the Wainriders they rode in chariots and wagons, and they may have been descendants of this people.<br />
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===Variags===<br />
{{Main|Variags}}<br />
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The ''Variags'' (in the real world, this is another name for the Varangians) were from [[Khand]], and they first appeared in the West in 1944 of the [[Third Age]], fighting alongside the Wainriders. They later appeared during the battle of the [[Pelennor Fields]]. Little was known about them, but they appeared to be a race of horse-men much like the [[Rohirrim]], although they were fiercely loyal to [[Mordor]]. <br />
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==References==<br />
<references/><br />
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# ''[[The Peoples of Middle-Earth]]''<br />
# ''[[The Two Towers]]''<br />
# ''[[The Return of the King]]''<br />
# ''[[Unfinished Tales]]''<br />
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[[Category:Men]]<br />
[[Category:Easterlings]]<br />
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<div>[[File:John Howe - Easterlings.jpg|thumb|''Easterlings'' by [[John Howe]]]]<br />
'''Easterlings''' were [[Men]] who lived in the east of [[Middle-earth]], and were enemies of the Free Peoples. <br />
<br />
== Easterlings of the First Age ==<br />
<!--"Easterlings" in Eriador#First Age links here--><br />
During the [[First Age]], the term was applied to the sons of [[Bór]] and [[Ulfang the Black|Ulfang]], or the ''Swarthy Men'', who came into [[Beleriand]] much later than the [[Edain]], and who were for a part secretly in league with [[Morgoth]]. <br />
<br />
The Easterlings of the First Age should not be confused with those of later ages. The term in the First Age was used to refer to any peoples who came from the east of the [[Ered Luin]], and as such, the Easterlings of the First Age could well have come from [[Eriador]], rather from the further east in the [[Wilderland]] of the area of the [[Sea of Rhûn]].<br />
<br />
===Sons of Bór===<br />
[[File:Angus McBride - Easterlings.jpg|thumb|left|''Easterlings'' by [[Angus McBride]]]]<br />
[[Bór]] was a leader of Men who came into Lothlann, Beleriand, in the year 463. His sons were [[Borlach]], [[Borlad]] and [[Borthand]]. Bór was welcomed by [[Maedhros]], who gave him and his followers land north of the [[March of Maedhros]], and south of it. Bór and his sons swore allegiance to Maedhros, and remained faithful, though he was told by Morgoth to betray the banner of [[Caranthir]]. All of them were wiped out during the [[Nirnaeth Arnoediad]].<br />
<br />
===Sons of Ulfang "the Accursed"===<br />
[[Ulfang]] also came in Lothlann, Beleriand, in 463, shortly after Bór. He was the father of [[Ulfast]], [[Ulwarth]], and [[Uldor]]. Ulfang was welcomed by the sons of [[Fëanor]], and he and his sons swore allegiance to Caranthir. They were given lands to dwell in the north and south of the March of Maedhros. Ulfang and his sons were secretly in the employ of Morgoth, and betrayed the [[Eldar]] and Edain during the Nirnaeth Arnoediad in what is now known as the [[Treachery of Men]].<br />
<br />
The Easterlings were betrayed by their lord Morgoth, and confined to [[Hithlum]]. After the [[War of Wrath]], those that survived fled back over the [[Ered Luin]] to [[Eriador]] and beyond.<br />
<br />
==Easterlings of the Third Age==<br />
[[File:Easterling.jpg|thumb|right|An Easterling in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]'']]<br />
The Easterlings of the Third Age mostly served Sauron. These men lived in the uncharted lands to the east of Mordor and the Sea of Rhun. They, along with the Haradrim and the Variags of Khand, comprised much of Sauron's mannish armies. Some Easterlings were tall and sallow-skinned, while others were short and broad. Some Easterlings who appeared at the Pellenor Feilds were short, broad, and bearded like dwarves. They used large axes. Other Easterlings are described as having leigons of spearmen, swordsmen, and bowmen upon horses.<br />
It is told in "The Peoples of Middle Earth" that the Blue Wizards [[Alatar]] and [[Pallando]] were sent into the vast East to "...circumvent Sauron: to bring help to the few kingdoms of Men that had rebelled from Melkor-worship, to stir up rebellion and after Sauron’s first fall to search out his hiding (in which they failed) and to cause dissension and disarray among the dark East. They must have had very great influence on the history of the Second Age and Third Age in weakening and disarraying the forces of the East, who would both in the Second and Third Age otherwise have outnumbered the West." <br />
<br />
===Wainriders===<br />
{{Main|Wainriders}}<br />
<br />
The ''Wainriders'' were a confederation of Easterling tribes who were united by their hate of Gondor, fueled by the dark lord Sauron. Following the Great Plague which weakened Gondor, they started their attacks in Third Age 1856, defeating the Gondorian army and killing king [[Narmacil II]]. They rode in great wagons and chariots (which gave them their name), and raided the lands of [[Rhovanion (Realm)|Rhovanion]], destroying or enslaving its people. Gondor gradually lost all of its possessions east of [[Anduin]] to them. The thirtieth king of Gondor, [[Calimehtar (King of Gondor)|Calimehtar]] son of Narmacil, defeated the Wainriders at the [[Field of Celebrant]], buying some rest for his land. However the Wainriders struck back in 1944, allying themselves with the [[Haradrim]] of Near Harad and the Variags of Khand. They managed to kill king [[Ondoher]] and both his sons, but instead of riding on to [[Minas Anor]] and taking the city, they paused to celebrate. Meanwhile, general [[Eärnil II|Eärnil]] of Gondor's southern army had defeated the Haradrim and rode north to defend his king. He came too late to rescue Ondoher, but managed to decisively defeat the Wainriders. Eärnil was later crowned king. After this defeat the might of the Wainriders was broken, and they retreated east. They still held Rhovanion, but never troubled Gondor again. It later turned out that their attacks were staged by Sauron to allow him to reclaim [[Mordor]] while Gondor's watch was diverted.<br />
<br />
===Balchoth===<br />
{{Main|Balchoth}}<br />
<br />
The ''Balchoth'' were a fierce race of Easterlings, who attacked Gondor while under orders of [[Dol Guldur]]. In 2150 they overran the plains of [[Calenardhon]] and almost destroyed the army of the Ruling Steward [[Cirion]], but were defeated by the [[Éothéod]] under [[Eorl]] the Young. Like the Wainriders they rode in chariots and wagons, and they may have been descendants of this people.<br />
<br />
===Variags===<br />
{{Main|Variags}}<br />
<br />
The ''Variags'' (in the real world, this is another name for the Varangians) were from [[Khand]], and they first appeared in the West in 1944 of the [[Third Age]], fighting alongside the Wainriders. They later appeared during the battle of the [[Pelennor Fields]]. Little was known about them, but they appeared to be a race of horse-men much like the [[Rohirrim]], although they were fiercely loyal to [[Mordor]]. <br />
<br />
===References===<br />
<br />
*''[[The Peoples of Middle-Earth]]''<br />
*''[[The Two Towers]]''<br />
*''[[The Return of the King]]''<br />
*''[[Unfinished Tales]]''<br />
<br />
[[Category:Men]]<br />
[[Category:Easterlings]]<br />
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<div>[[File:John Howe - Easterlings.jpg|thumb|''Easterlings'' by [[John Howe]]]]<br />
'''Easterlings''' were [[Men]] who lived in the east of [[Middle-earth]], and were enemies of the Free Peoples. <br />
<br />
== Easterlings of the First Age ==<br />
<!--"Easterlings" in Eriador#First Age links here--><br />
During the [[First Age]], the term was applied to the sons of [[Bór]] and [[Ulfang the Black|Ulfang]], or the ''Swarthy Men'', who came into [[Beleriand]] much later than the [[Edain]], and who were for a part secretly in league with [[Morgoth]]. <br />
<br />
The Easterlings of the First Age should not be confused with those of later ages. The term in the First Age was used to refer to any peoples who came from the east of the [[Ered Luin]], and as such, the Easterlings of the First Age could well have come from [[Eriador]], rather from the further east in the [[Wilderland]] of the area of the [[Sea of Rhûn]].<br />
<br />
===Sons of Bór===<br />
[[File:Angus McBride - Easterlings.jpg|thumb|left|''Easterlings'' by [[Angus McBride]]]]<br />
[[Bór]] was a leader of Men who came into Lothlann, Beleriand, in the year 463. His sons were [[Borlach]], [[Borlad]] and [[Borthand]]. Bór was welcomed by [[Maedhros]], who gave him and his followers land north of the [[March of Maedhros]], and south of it. Bór and his sons swore allegiance to Maedhros, and remained faithful, though he was told by Morgoth to betray the banner of [[Caranthir]]. All of them were wiped out during the [[Nirnaeth Arnoediad]].<br />
<br />
===Sons of Ulfang "the Accursed"===<br />
[[Ulfang]] also came in Lothlann, Beleriand, in 463, shortly after Bór. He was the father of [[Ulfast]], [[Ulwarth]], and [[Uldor]]. Ulfang was welcomed by the sons of [[Fëanor]], and he and his sons swore allegiance to Caranthir. They were given lands to dwell in the north and south of the March of Maedhros. Ulfang and his sons were secretly in the employ of Morgoth, and betrayed the [[Eldar]] and Edain during the Nirnaeth Arnoediad in what is now known as the [[Treachery of Men]].<br />
<br />
The Easterlings were betrayed by their lord Morgoth, and confined to [[Hithlum]]. After the [[War of Wrath]], those that survived fled back over the [[Ered Luin]] to [[Eriador]] and beyond.<br />
<br />
==Easterlings of the Third Age==<br />
[[File:Easterling.jpg|thumb|right|An Easterling in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]'']]<br />
The Easterlings of the Third Age mostly served Sauron. These men lived in the uncharted lands to the east of Mordor and the Sea of Rhun. They, along with the Haradrim and the Variags of Khand, comprised much of Sauron's mannish armies. Some Easterlings were tall and sallow-skinned, while others were short and broad. Some Easterlings who appeared at the Pellenor Feilds were short, broad, and bearded like dwarves. They used large axes. Other Easterlings are described as having leigons of spearmen, swordsmen, and bowmen upon horses.<br />
It is told in "The Peoples of Middle Earth" that the Blue Wizards [[Alatar]] and [[Pallando]] were sent into the vast East to "...circumvent Sauron: to bring help to the few kingdoms of Men that had rebelled from Melkor-worship, to stir up rebellion and after Sauron’s first fall to search out his hiding (in which they failed) and to cause dissension and disarray among the dark East. They must have had very great influence on the history of the Second Age and Third Age in weakening and disarraying the forces of the East, who would both in the Second and Third Age otherwise have outnumbered the West."<ref>The Peoples of Middle Earth</ref><br />
<br />
<br />
===Wainriders===<br />
{{Main|Wainriders}}<br />
<br />
The ''Wainriders'' were a confederation of Easterling tribes who were united by their hate of Gondor, fueled by the dark lord Sauron. Following the Great Plague which weakened Gondor, they started their attacks in Third Age 1856, defeating the Gondorian army and killing king [[Narmacil II]]. They rode in great wagons and chariots (which gave them their name), and raided the lands of [[Rhovanion (Realm)|Rhovanion]], destroying or enslaving its people. Gondor gradually lost all of its possessions east of [[Anduin]] to them. The thirtieth king of Gondor, [[Calimehtar (King of Gondor)|Calimehtar]] son of Narmacil, defeated the Wainriders at the [[Field of Celebrant]], buying some rest for his land. However the Wainriders struck back in 1944, allying themselves with the [[Haradrim]] of Near Harad and the Variags of Khand. They managed to kill king [[Ondoher]] and both his sons, but instead of riding on to [[Minas Anor]] and taking the city, they paused to celebrate. Meanwhile, general [[Eärnil II|Eärnil]] of Gondor's southern army had defeated the Haradrim and rode north to defend his king. He came too late to rescue Ondoher, but managed to decisively defeat the Wainriders. Eärnil was later crowned king. After this defeat the might of the Wainriders was broken, and they retreated east. They still held Rhovanion, but never troubled Gondor again. It later turned out that their attacks were staged by Sauron to allow him to reclaim [[Mordor]] while Gondor's watch was diverted.<br />
<br />
===Balchoth===<br />
{{Main|Balchoth}}<br />
<br />
The ''Balchoth'' were a fierce race of Easterlings, who attacked Gondor while under orders of [[Dol Guldur]]. In 2150 they overran the plains of [[Calenardhon]] and almost destroyed the army of the Ruling Steward [[Cirion]], but were defeated by the [[Éothéod]] under [[Eorl]] the Young. Like the Wainriders they rode in chariots and wagons, and they may have been descendants of this people.<br />
<br />
===Variags===<br />
{{Main|Variags}}<br />
<br />
The ''Variags'' (in the real world, this is another name for the Varangians) were from [[Khand]], and they first appeared in the West in 1944 of the [[Third Age]], fighting alongside the Wainriders. They later appeared during the battle of the [[Pelennor Fields]]. Little was known about them, but they appeared to be a race of horse-men much like the [[Rohirrim]], although they were fiercely loyal to [[Mordor]]. <br />
<br />
===References===<br />
<br />
[[Category:Men]]<br />
[[Category:Easterlings]]<br />
[[de:Ostlinge]]</div>Carter938https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Easterlings&diff=226542Easterlings2013-02-11T17:17:48Z<p>Carter938: </p>
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<div>[[File:John Howe - Easterlings.jpg|thumb|''Easterlings'' by [[John Howe]]]]<br />
'''Easterlings''' were [[Men]] who lived in the east of [[Middle-earth]], and were enemies of the Free Peoples. <br />
<br />
== Easterlings of the First Age ==<br />
<!--"Easterlings" in Eriador#First Age links here--><br />
During the [[First Age]], the term was applied to the sons of [[Bór]] and [[Ulfang the Black|Ulfang]], or the ''Swarthy Men'', who came into [[Beleriand]] much later than the [[Edain]], and who were for a part secretly in league with [[Morgoth]]. <br />
<br />
The Easterlings of the First Age should not be confused with those of later ages. The term in the First Age was used to refer to any peoples who came from the east of the [[Ered Luin]], and as such, the Easterlings of the First Age could well have come from [[Eriador]], rather from the further east in the [[Wilderland]] of the area of the [[Sea of Rhûn]].<br />
<br />
===Sons of Bór===<br />
[[File:Angus McBride - Easterlings.jpg|thumb|left|''Easterlings'' by [[Angus McBride]]]]<br />
[[Bór]] was a leader of Men who came into Lothlann, Beleriand, in the year 463. His sons were [[Borlach]], [[Borlad]] and [[Borthand]]. Bór was welcomed by [[Maedhros]], who gave him and his followers land north of the [[March of Maedhros]], and south of it. Bór and his sons swore allegiance to Maedhros, and remained faithful, though he was told by Morgoth to betray the banner of [[Caranthir]]. All of them were wiped out during the [[Nirnaeth Arnoediad]].<br />
<br />
===Sons of Ulfang "the Accursed"===<br />
[[Ulfang]] also came in Lothlann, Beleriand, in 463, shortly after Bór. He was the father of [[Ulfast]], [[Ulwarth]], and [[Uldor]]. Ulfang was welcomed by the sons of [[Fëanor]], and he and his sons swore allegiance to Caranthir. They were given lands to dwell in the north and south of the March of Maedhros. Ulfang and his sons were secretly in the employ of Morgoth, and betrayed the [[Eldar]] and Edain during the Nirnaeth Arnoediad in what is now known as the [[Treachery of Men]].<br />
<br />
The Easterlings were betrayed by their lord Morgoth, and confined to [[Hithlum]]. After the [[War of Wrath]], those that survived fled back over the [[Ered Luin]] to [[Eriador]] and beyond.<br />
<br />
==Easterlings of the Third Age==<br />
[[File:Easterling.jpg|thumb|right|An Easterling in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]'']]<br />
The Easterlings of the Third Age mostly served Sauron. These men lived in the uncharted lands to the east of Mordor and the Sea of Rhun. They, along with the Haradrim and the Variags of Khand, comprised much of Sauron's mannish armies. Some Easterlings were tall and sallow-skinned, while others were short and broad. Some Easterlings who appeared at the Pellenor Feilds were short, broad, and bearded like dwarves. They used large axes. Other Easterlings are described as having leigons of spearmen, swordsmen, and bowmen upon horses.<br />
It is told in "The Peoples of Middle Earth" that the Blue Wizards [[Alatar]] and [[Pallando]] were sent into the vast East to "...circumvent Sauron: to bring help to the few kingdoms of Men that had rebelled from Melkor-worship, to stir up rebellion and after Sauron’s first fall to search out his hiding (in which they failed) and to cause dissension and disarray among the dark East. They must have had very great influence on the history of the Second Age and Third Age in weakening and disarraying the forces of the East, who would both in the Second and Third Age otherwise have outnumbered the West."<ref>The Peoples of Middle Earth</ref><br />
<br />
<br />
===Wainriders===<br />
{{Main|Wainriders}}<br />
<br />
The ''Wainriders'' were a confederation of Easterling tribes who were united by their hate of Gondor, fueled by the dark lord Sauron. Following the Great Plague which weakened Gondor, they started their attacks in Third Age 1856, defeating the Gondorian army and killing king [[Narmacil II]]. They rode in great wagons and chariots (which gave them their name), and raided the lands of [[Rhovanion (Realm)|Rhovanion]], destroying or enslaving its people. Gondor gradually lost all of its possessions east of [[Anduin]] to them. The thirtieth king of Gondor, [[Calimehtar (King of Gondor)|Calimehtar]] son of Narmacil, defeated the Wainriders at the [[Field of Celebrant]], buying some rest for his land. However the Wainriders struck back in 1944, allying themselves with the [[Haradrim]] of Near Harad and the Variags of Khand. They managed to kill king [[Ondoher]] and both his sons, but instead of riding on to [[Minas Anor]] and taking the city, they paused to celebrate. Meanwhile, general [[Eärnil II|Eärnil]] of Gondor's southern army had defeated the Haradrim and rode north to defend his king. He came too late to rescue Ondoher, but managed to decisively defeat the Wainriders. Eärnil was later crowned king. After this defeat the might of the Wainriders was broken, and they retreated east. They still held Rhovanion, but never troubled Gondor again. It later turned out that their attacks were staged by Sauron to allow him to reclaim [[Mordor]] while Gondor's watch was diverted.<br />
<br />
===Balchoth===<br />
{{Main|Balchoth}}<br />
<br />
The ''Balchoth'' were a fierce race of Easterlings, who attacked Gondor while under orders of [[Dol Guldur]]. In 2150 they overran the plains of [[Calenardhon]] and almost destroyed the army of the Ruling Steward [[Cirion]], but were defeated by the [[Éothéod]] under [[Eorl]] the Young. Like the Wainriders they rode in chariots and wagons, and they may have been descendants of this people.<br />
<br />
===Variags===<br />
{{Main|Variags}}<br />
<br />
The ''Variags'' (in the real world, this is another name for the Varangians) were from [[Khand]], and they first appeared in the West in 1944 of the [[Third Age]], fighting alongside the Wainriders. They later appeared during the battle of the [[Pelennor Fields]]. Little was known about them, but they appeared to be a race of horse-men much like the [[Rohirrim]], although they were fiercely loyal to [[Mordor]]. <br />
<br />
[[Category:Men]]<br />
[[Category:Easterlings]]<br />
[[de:Ostlinge]]</div>Carter938https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Talk:Easterlings&diff=226541Talk:Easterlings2013-02-11T17:11:29Z<p>Carter938: Created page with "Where do we get the information in the "Third Age Easterlings" section from? That goes by the movie, not the book. Besides, there are no scources on this page. ~~~"</p>
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<div>Where do we get the information in the "Third Age Easterlings" section from? That goes by the movie, not the book. Besides, there are no scources on this page. [[User:Carter938|Carter938]]</div>Carter938https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=User:Carter938&diff=226388User:Carter9382013-02-06T18:32:02Z<p>Carter938: </p>
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<div>I am an avid follower of Tolkien lore. I began reading the Lord of the Rings and Tokiens other stoires when I was six and have not stopped. Books in my Tolkien library include:<br />
<br />
The Silmarillion<br />
<br />
The Children of Hurin<br />
<br />
Unfinished Tales- Of Numenor and Middle Earth<br />
<br />
The Felloweship of the Ring<br />
<br />
The Two Towers<br />
<br />
The Return of the King<br />
<br />
The Letters of JRR Tolkien<br />
<br />
The Peoples of Middle Earth<br />
<br />
The Histories of Middle Earth Volumes 1-5<br />
<br />
I have also seen all the Lord of the Rings films (Peter Jackson) and The Hobbit-An Unexpected Journey.<br />
<br />
Books that I have about Tolkien lore but not written by him include:<br />
<br />
David Day's "A Tolkien Bestiary"<br />
<br />
The Lord of the Rings "Weapons and Warfare"<br />
<br />
All Movie Guides<br />
<br />
All the Art of the Lord of the Rings books (Concept art for the Movies)<br />
<br />
I also own:<br />
<br />
The Fellowship of the Ring (Extended Edition)<br />
<br />
The Two Towers (Extended Edition)<br />
<br />
The Return of the King (Extended Edition)<br />
<br />
<br />
<span style="color: ColourName">Coloured text</span>I have watched the Raplh Bakshi and the Rankin/Bass films, and althought the former is true to the book, I do not like either of them.</div>Carter938https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=User:Carter938&diff=226387User:Carter9382013-02-06T18:29:23Z<p>Carter938: </p>
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<div>I am an avid follower of Tolkien lore. I began reading the Lord of the Rings and Tokiens other stoires when I was six and have not stopped. Books in my Tolkien library include:<br />
<br />
The Silmarillion<br />
<br />
The Children of Hurin<br />
<br />
Unfinished Tales- Of Numenor and Middle Earth<br />
<br />
The Felloweship of the Ring<br />
<br />
The Two Towers<br />
<br />
The Return of the King<br />
<br />
The Letters of JRR Tolkien<br />
The Peoples of Middle Earth<br />
The Histories of Middle Earth Volumes 1-5<br />
<br />
I have also seen all the Lord of the Rings films (Peter Jackson) and The Hobbit-An Unexpected Journey.<br />
<br />
Books that I have about Tolkien lore but not written by him include:<br />
<br />
David Day's "A Tolkien Bestiary"<br />
The Lord of the Rings "Weapons and Warfare"<br />
All Movie Guides<br />
All the Art of the Lord of the Rings books (Concept art for the Movies)<br />
<br />
I also own:<br />
<br />
The Fellowship of the Ring (Extended Edition)<br />
The Two Towers (Extended Edition)<br />
The Return of the King (Extended Edition)<br />
<br />
I have watched the Raplh Bakshi and the Rankin/Bass films, and althought the former is true to the book, I do not like either of them.</div>Carter938https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=User:Carter938&diff=226386User:Carter9382013-02-06T18:28:58Z<p>Carter938: Created page with "I am an avid follower of Tolkien lore. I began reading the Lord of the Rings and Tokiens other stoires when I was six and have not stopped. Books in my Tolkien library include: ..."</p>
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<div>I am an avid follower of Tolkien lore. I began reading the Lord of the Rings and Tokiens other stoires when I was six and have not stopped. Books in my Tolkien library include:<br />
<br />
The Silmarillion<br />
The Children of Hurin<br />
Unfinished Tales- Of Numenor and Middle Earth<br />
The Felloweship of the Ring<br />
The Two Towers<br />
The Return of the King<br />
The Letters of JRR Tolkien<br />
The Peoples of Middle Earth<br />
The Histories of Middle Earth Volumes 1-5<br />
<br />
I have also seen all the Lord of the Rings films (Peter Jackson) and The Hobbit-An Unexpected Journey.<br />
<br />
Books that I have about Tolkien lore but not written by him include:<br />
<br />
David Day's "A Tolkien Bestiary"<br />
The Lord of the Rings "Weapons and Warfare"<br />
All Movie Guides<br />
All the Art of the Lord of the Rings books (Concept art for the Movies)<br />
<br />
I also own:<br />
<br />
The Fellowship of the Ring (Extended Edition)<br />
The Two Towers (Extended Edition)<br />
The Return of the King (Extended Edition)<br />
<br />
I have watched the Raplh Bakshi and the Rankin/Bass films, and althought the former is true to the book, I do not like either of them.</div>Carter938https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Talk:Hither_Lands&diff=226385Talk:Hither Lands2013-02-06T18:16:35Z<p>Carter938: </p>
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<div>Harad is not it's own continent, as it is part of the Middle Earth landmass. However if we are going to call Harad it's own continent, then we could also call Rhun it's own. However, as we dont know how far these areas extend, I beleive they should just be included as part of the multi-continental Middle Earth landmass. [[User:Carter938|Carter938]]</div>Carter938https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Talk:Hither_Lands&diff=226384Talk:Hither Lands2013-02-06T18:16:05Z<p>Carter938: Created page with "Harad is not it's own continent, a sit is part of the Middle Earth landmass. However if we are going to call Harad it's own continent, then we could also call Rhun it's own. Howe..."</p>
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<div>Harad is not it's own continent, a sit is part of the Middle Earth landmass. However if we are going to call Harad it's own continent, then we could also call Rhun it's own. However, as we dont know how far these areas extend, I beleive they should just be included as part of the multi-continental Middle Earth landmass. [[User:Carter938|Carter938]]</div>Carter938https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Hither_Lands&diff=226383Hither Lands2013-02-06T18:12:49Z<p>Carter938: </p>
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<div>The '''Hither Lands''' was a name for [[Middle-earth]]; the lands of mortals as opposed to [[Aman]], the [[Undying Lands]].<ref>{{S|Thingol}}</ref><br />
<br />
On [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]]'s earliest maps of [[Arda]], the term "Hither Lands" was written across the entirety of Middle Earth, including the southern continent that would eventually contain [[Harad]]. Lacking a definite name for this southern landmass, "Hither Lands" is occasionally used by fans.<br />
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[[Category:Middle-earth]]</div>Carter938https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Dale&diff=226382Battle of Dale2013-02-06T17:38:04Z<p>Carter938: </p>
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<div>{{battle<br />
|name=Battle of Dale<br />
|image=[[Image:Jan Pospisil - Dale units vs. Rhun.jpg|300px]]<br />
|conflict=[[War of the Ring]]<br />
|date=[[17 March|March 17]]th - [[27 March|March 27]]th, {{TA|3019}}<br />
|place=Outside [[Dale]] and then the [[Lonely Mountain]]<br />
|result=Easterlings were driven out of Dale after a long siege.<br />
|side1=[[Men]] of Dale and [[Lake-town|Esgaroth]], [[Dwarves]] of Erebor and [[Iron Hills]]<br />
|side2=[[Easterlings]]<br />
|commanders1=* [[Brand]] † <br />
* [[Dáin Ironfoot]] †<br />
* [[Bard II]]<br />
* [[Thorin Stonehelm|Thorin III Stonehelm]]<br />
|commanders2=* Unknown Easterling commander<br />
|forces1=<br />
|forces2=<br />
|casual1=[[Brand]], [[Dáin Ironfoot]], and many Dwarves and Men<br />
|casual2=Not stated, though likely a large amount.<br />
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{{quote|When you think of the great [[Battle of Pelennor Fields|Battle of the Pelennor]], do not forget the battles in Dale and the valour of Durin's Folk. Think of what might have been. Dragon-fire and savage swords in [[Eriador]]! There might be no [[Arwen|Queen]] in [[Gondor]].|[[Gandalf]]<ref name="Durin">{{App|Durin}}</ref>}}<br />
The '''Battle of Dale''' and the subsequent '''Siege of Erebor''' were decisive battles in the northern theatre of the [[War of the Ring]]. Even though it cost the lives of Kings [[Dáin Ironfoot]] and [[Brand|Brand of Dale]], it was a decisive victory for the [[Free peoples]].<br />
==History==<br />
=== Prelude===<br />
The [[Dwarves]] of the [[Lonely Mountain]] and the [[Men]] of [[Dale]] refused to acknowledge the overlordship and alliance of Sauron.<ref>{{FR|Council}}</ref> While his southern armies menaced Gondor, the Dark Lord sent an army north to extend his dominion to prevent the armies of his enemies joining together under one banner, which could have proved disastrous for [[Mordor]].<br />
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=== The Battle ===<br />
On [[17 March]] {{TA|3019|n}}, [[Sauron]] sent a large contingent of [[Easterlings]] to attack Dale. The combined forces of the Men of Dale under King [[Brand]] and the Dwarves of the Lonely Mountain under King [[Dáin Ironfoot]] marched out to meet the Easterlings in battle. After three days of heavy close-quarters fighting, they were forced to retreat towards the Lonely Mountain.<ref name="B3">{{App|B3}}</ref><br />
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The armies fought bravely before the [[Gate of Erebor]], which was not taken. In the end, Dáin was killed as he stood defending the body of his ally Brand.<ref name="Durin"/> Meanwhile, the defenders of the Mountain were able to withstand the siege.<ref name="B3"/> <br />
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However, the forces of [[Gondor]] and Rohan defeated the main power of Sauron in the Morannon theatre on [[25 March]], causing the northern army to lose hope. Seeing the morale of their foes being sapped by news of victory in the south, the Army of Dale under the new Kings - [[Bard II]] and [[Thorin Stonehelm|Thorin III Stonehelm]] - managed to lift the siege on [[27 March]] and drove the Easterlings out of Dale.<ref>{{App|B4}}</ref><br />
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=== Aftermath and Repercussions ===<br />
The battle was incredibly important in the course of the [[War of the Ring]]: if Sauron's Easterling armies had beaten the Dwarves and Men of Dale, they would have been able to join up with Sauron's forces from [[Dol Guldur]] in their attacks on the [[Woodland Realm]] of [[Mirkwood]] and [[Lothlórien]], tipping the scales in favor of Mordor. This would have enabled Mordor's armies to flank the forces of Gondor and Rohan from the North and rear. [[Gandalf]] himself commented that had the Battle of Dale been lost in this way, the forces of the West would have been crushed regardless of the victory at the [[Battle of the Pelennor Fields]].<ref name="Durin"/><br />
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==Portrayal in Adaptations==<br />
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'''2003: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'':'''<br />
:In the Extended Edition, while the army of Rohan is mustering at Edoras, Gimli comments to Legolas that he wishes they had a legion of Dwarves to help. Legolas responds that the Dwarves of Lonely Mountain and Elves of Mirkwood cannot march south to war against Mordor, for he fears that war is already marching upon their own lands. In the DVD commentary, Peter Jackson explained that this brief exchange was a nod to the Battle of Dale, as well as Sauron's attacks on the Woodland Elves and Lothlorien in the northern theatre of the war. However, Jackson explained that while he wished to show these other battles and that the War of the Ring was a truly global conflict, they simply didn't have the resources or time to construct entirely new sets and film more expansive battle scenes. Reluctantly Jackson could not show these events, but wanted to somehow acknowledge why the Elves and Dwarves aren't coming to aid the besieged Minas Tirith. <br />
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'''[[2006]]: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II]]'':'''<br />
:The Siege of Erebor is the penultimate level of the good campaign. The forces are Mordor are led by the [[Mouth of Sauron]], and originate from [[Dol Guldur]] rather than the [[Rhûn|East]]. Groups of [[Corsairs]] and [[Haradrim]] first attack Dale, before the main host attacks. The first of three waves is led by a horsed [[Ringwraith]], and the third (made up almost entirely of trolls and siege weapons) by a Ringwraith on a [[Fell beast]]. After the third wave is broken, the [[Mouth of Sauron]] enters Erebor via a hidden entrance, and has to be killed. Almost simultaneously, [[Glorfindel]], [[Glóin]] and [[Thranduil]] arrive with reinforcements from Mirkwood. At the level's conclusion, they are credited with defeating the enemy.<ref>''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II]]'', "Erebor"</ref><br />
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[[fi:Laakson taistelu]]</div>Carter938https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Talk:Rh%C3%BBn&diff=226364Talk:Rhûn2013-02-05T21:33:39Z<p>Carter938: </p>
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<div>It's not really in the 'far east of Middle-earth' is it? 'The far east of north-west Middle-earth' maybe.--{{User:KingAragorn/sig}} 17:52, 9 January 2011 (UTC)<br />
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::Perhaps "east of Rhovanion" or "east of Rhovanion and Gondor"? "The far east of north-west Middle-earth" is a bit confusing ;-) --[[User:Morgan|Morgan]] 17:56, 9 January 2011 (UTC)<br />
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:::Is it just me, or doesn't "the little-known lands '''to''' the east of Middle-earth" make Rhûn into not being a part of Middle-earth? Shouldn't it be "the little-known lands '''in''' the east of Middle-earth"? --[[User:Morgan|Morgan]] 21:10, 9 January 2011 (UTC)<br />
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== What is Rhûn? ==<br />
Ederchil, I could give you a thousand reasons why Rhun lies to the EAST of Mordor and Rhovanion and is not just the lands centering the sea of Rhun. Ive looked at the original Tolkien maps he made and Rhun extends as far north as the Northern Waste and as Far south as Khand. I can show you if youd like. {{unsigned|Carter938}}<br />
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:There's no clear border on the maps. And it's not a country, so it has no clear borders. While the absence of any named land directly east of Mordor and to Khand's north could mean it borders it, it's not clear. And no map gives a mention of Rhûn north of the Iron Hills. So, do source it. Source everything. --{{User:Ederchil/sig}} 21:06, 5 February 2013 (UTC)<br />
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:http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mgd7I4vEgSY/UPD3h_QDaGI/AAAAAAAADM0/Wx8sw9wwx_E/s1600/Tolkien-Middle+Earth+Map+2.jpg Look at it. It may not be above the iron hills but it sure is east of Mordor. Your correct, it's not a country, its a general land area. Just like Harad. It goes beyond the map's borders. And yes, I scourced it now. {{unsigned|Carter938}}<br />
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:I'll give you "east of Mordor", but we can't be totally sure that it directly borders Khand. And all other borders are impossible to accurately describe as well. --{{User:Ederchil/sig}} 21:17, 5 February 2013 (UTC)<br />
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:Your quite correct. Khand could be just as big as Rhun and Harad, but we dont know. I really wish Tolkien was alive today to expand upon these areas, or for Christopher Tolkien to write about it. Alas alas. By the way, why was the section in [[Easterlings]] called Portrayal in Adaptations taken down? If you go on the Haradrim page, it has the same thing. [[User:Carter938|Carter938]]<br />
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::Your section on Easterlings contained speculation, and lacked the proper layout. --{{User:Ederchil/sig}} 21:23, 5 February 2013 (UTC)<br />
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:How so? Can you give me an example? And where do i find the guidelines for the proper layout? [[User:Carter938|Carter938]]</div>Carter938https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Talk:Rh%C3%BBn&diff=226363Talk:Rhûn2013-02-05T21:26:55Z<p>Carter938: </p>
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<div>It's not really in the 'far east of Middle-earth' is it? 'The far east of north-west Middle-earth' maybe.--{{User:KingAragorn/sig}} 17:52, 9 January 2011 (UTC)<br />
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::Perhaps "east of Rhovanion" or "east of Rhovanion and Gondor"? "The far east of north-west Middle-earth" is a bit confusing ;-) --[[User:Morgan|Morgan]] 17:56, 9 January 2011 (UTC)<br />
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:::Is it just me, or doesn't "the little-known lands '''to''' the east of Middle-earth" make Rhûn into not being a part of Middle-earth? Shouldn't it be "the little-known lands '''in''' the east of Middle-earth"? --[[User:Morgan|Morgan]] 21:10, 9 January 2011 (UTC)<br />
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== What is Rhûn? ==<br />
Ederchil, I could give you a thousand reasons why Rhun lies to the EAST of Mordor and Rhovanion and is not just the lands centering the sea of Rhun. Ive looked at the original Tolkien maps he made and Rhun extends as far north as the Northern Waste and as Far south as Khand. I can show you if youd like. {{unsigned|Carter938}}<br />
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:There's no clear border on the maps. And it's not a country, so it has no clear borders. While the absence of any named land directly east of Mordor and to Khand's north could mean it borders it, it's not clear. And no map gives a mention of Rhûn north of the Iron Hills. So, do source it. Source everything. --{{User:Ederchil/sig}} 21:06, 5 February 2013 (UTC)<br />
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:http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mgd7I4vEgSY/UPD3h_QDaGI/AAAAAAAADM0/Wx8sw9wwx_E/s1600/Tolkien-Middle+Earth+Map+2.jpg Look at it. It may not be above the iron hills but it sure is east of Mordor. Your correct, it's not a country, its a general land area. Just like Harad. It goes beyond the map's borders. And yes, I scourced it now. {{unsigned|Carter938}}<br />
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:I'll give you "east of Mordor", but we can't be totally sure that it directly borders Khand. And all other borders are impossible to accurately describe as well. --{{User:Ederchil/sig}} 21:17, 5 February 2013 (UTC)<br />
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:Your quite correct. Khand could be just as big as Rhun and Harad, but we dont know. I really wish Tolkien was alive today to expand upon these areas, or for Christopher Tolkien to write about it. Alas alas. By the way, why was the section in [[Easterlings]] called Portrayal in Adaptations taken down? If you go on the Haradrim page, it has the same thing. [[User:Carter938|Carter938]]<br />
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::Your section on Easterlings contained speculation, and lacked the proper layout. --{{User:Ederchil/sig}} 21:23, 5 February 2013 (UTC)<br />
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:How so? Can you give me an example? And where do i find the guidelines for the proper layout?</div>Carter938https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Talk:Rh%C3%BBn&diff=226360Talk:Rhûn2013-02-05T21:21:29Z<p>Carter938: </p>
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<div>It's not really in the 'far east of Middle-earth' is it? 'The far east of north-west Middle-earth' maybe.--{{User:KingAragorn/sig}} 17:52, 9 January 2011 (UTC)<br />
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::Perhaps "east of Rhovanion" or "east of Rhovanion and Gondor"? "The far east of north-west Middle-earth" is a bit confusing ;-) --[[User:Morgan|Morgan]] 17:56, 9 January 2011 (UTC)<br />
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:::Is it just me, or doesn't "the little-known lands '''to''' the east of Middle-earth" make Rhûn into not being a part of Middle-earth? Shouldn't it be "the little-known lands '''in''' the east of Middle-earth"? --[[User:Morgan|Morgan]] 21:10, 9 January 2011 (UTC)<br />
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== What is Rhûn? ==<br />
Ederchil, I could give you a thousand reasons why Rhun lies to the EAST of Mordor and Rhovanion and is not just the lands centering the sea of Rhun. Ive looked at the original Tolkien maps he made and Rhun extends as far north as the Northern Waste and as Far south as Khand. I can show you if youd like. {{unsigned|Carter938}}<br />
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:There's no clear border on the maps. And it's not a country, so it has no clear borders. While the absence of any named land directly east of Mordor and to Khand's north could mean it borders it, it's not clear. And no map gives a mention of Rhûn north of the Iron Hills. So, do source it. Source everything. --{{User:Ederchil/sig}} 21:06, 5 February 2013 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mgd7I4vEgSY/UPD3h_QDaGI/AAAAAAAADM0/Wx8sw9wwx_E/s1600/Tolkien-Middle+Earth+Map+2.jpg Look at it. It may not be above the iron hills but it sure is east of Mordor. Your correct, it's not a country, its a general land area. Just like Harad. It goes beyond the map's borders. And yes, I scourced it now. {{unsigned|Carter938}}<br />
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:I'll give you "east of Mordor", but we can't be totally sure that it directly borders Khand. And all other borders are impossible to accurately describe as well. --{{User:Ederchil/sig}} 21:17, 5 February 2013 (UTC)<br />
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:Your quite correct. Khand could be just as big as Rhun and Harad, but we dont know. I really wish Tolkien was alive today to expand upon these areas, or for Christopher Tolkien to write about it. Alas alas. By the way, why was the section in [[Easterlings]] called Portrayal in Adaptations taken down? If you go on the Haradrim page, it has the same thing. [[User:Carter938|Carter938]]</div>Carter938https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Talk:Rh%C3%BBn&diff=226358Talk:Rhûn2013-02-05T21:15:02Z<p>Carter938: </p>
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<div>It's not really in the 'far east of Middle-earth' is it? 'The far east of north-west Middle-earth' maybe.--{{User:KingAragorn/sig}} 17:52, 9 January 2011 (UTC)<br />
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::Perhaps "east of Rhovanion" or "east of Rhovanion and Gondor"? "The far east of north-west Middle-earth" is a bit confusing ;-) --[[User:Morgan|Morgan]] 17:56, 9 January 2011 (UTC)<br />
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:::Is it just me, or doesn't "the little-known lands '''to''' the east of Middle-earth" make Rhûn into not being a part of Middle-earth? Shouldn't it be "the little-known lands '''in''' the east of Middle-earth"? --[[User:Morgan|Morgan]] 21:10, 9 January 2011 (UTC)<br />
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== What is Rhûn? ==<br />
Ederchil, I could give you a thousand reasons why Rhun lies to the EAST of Mordor and Rhovanion and is not just the lands centering the sea of Rhun. Ive looked at the original Tolkien maps he made and Rhun extends as far north as the Northern Waste and as Far south as Khand. I can show you if youd like. {{unsigned|Carter938}}<br />
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<br />
:There's no clear border on the maps. And it's not a country, so it has no clear borders. While the absence of any named land directly east of Mordor and to Khand's north could mean it borders it, it's not clear. And no map gives a mention of Rhûn north of the Iron Hills. So, do source it. Source everything. --{{User:Ederchil/sig}} 21:06, 5 February 2013 (UTC)<br />
<br />
:http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mgd7I4vEgSY/UPD3h_QDaGI/AAAAAAAADM0/Wx8sw9wwx_E/s1600/Tolkien-Middle+Earth+Map+2.jpg Look at it. It may not be above the iron hills but it sure is east of Mordor. Your correct, it's not a country, its a general land area. Just like Harad. It goes beyond the map's borders. And yes, I scourced it now.</div>Carter938https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Rh%C3%BBn&diff=226357Rhûn2013-02-05T21:11:37Z<p>Carter938: Undo revision 226352 by Ederchil (talk)</p>
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| name=Rhûn<br />
| othernames=The East<br />
| etymology=[[Sindarin|S.]] ''[[rhûn]]'' "east"<br />
| type=Realm<br />
| location=Eastern Lands of [[Middle-earth]], east of [[Mordor]] and [[Rhovanion]]<br />
| inhabitants=[[Easterlings]]<br />
| realms=Rhûn<br />
| description=East of [[Mordor]] and the [[Sea of Rhûn]]<br />
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'''Rhûn''' refers to the little-known lands to the east of [[Middle-earth]] inhabited by peoples known as the "[[Easterlings]]", from whom many attacks on [[Gondor]] and its allies came during the [[Third Age]].<br />
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==History==<br />
Almost nothing of the lands beyond the great [[Sea of Rhûn]] is known (see [[Uttermost East]]). <br />
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Far beyond the Sea of Rhûn was another inland sea, the [[Sea of Helcar]], and beyond that the range of [[Orocarni]], the Red Mountains. Somewhere in the lost east, too, lay [[Cuiviénen]] and [[Hildórien]], where [[Elves]] and [[Men]] first awoke: all the [[Children of Ilúvatar]] could trace their ancestries back to the eastward regions of Middle-earth. We know also that it was a wide and vast land with many kingdoms, and strange and unexplored places.<br />
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Rhûn was the domain of the [[Easterlings]], [[Men of Darkness]] who were ready to follow both the Dark Lords and fought as their allies in war. These lands, too, were peopled by lost Elves, [[Avari]] and [[Úmanyar]], and by four of the seven clans of the [[Dwarves]] who dwelt in the Orocarni.<br />
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[[Sauron]] himself journeyed into the eastward lands, in hiding from the [[White Council]] during the centuries of the [[Watchful Peace]].<br />
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Rhûn was conquered by Gondor twice: under the Kings [[Rómendacil I]] and [[Rómendacil II]], but the Númenóreans never had full control over it. Rhûn was finally subdued in the [[Fourth Age]] under King Elessar and his son [[Eldarion]].<br />
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==Geography==<br />
[[File:Stefano Baldo - Rhûn.jpg|thumb|left|''Rhûn'' by Stefano Baldo]]<br />
The western part of Rhûn is shown on the Lord of the Rings map. It contains the great [[Sea of Rhûn]], connected with three rivers, one northeast, a part of [[River Running]], one northwest and one running south to [[Mordor]]. It also shows a small mountain range southeast of the sea and a forest northwest of it.<br />
Northwest of the Sea of Rhûn lays also the land of [[Dorwinion]].<br />
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The inland [[Sea of Rhûn]] was located in western Rhûn on the border between Rhûn and [[Wilderland]]. There were mountains on the southwest side of the Sea of Rhûn and a forest on the northeast side. Wild white [[Kine of Araw]], or oxen, lived near the shores of the Sea of Rhûn.<br />
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Rhûn's ancient geography can be gleaned a little from [[The Silmarillion]]; throughout most of the [[First Age]] the vast [[Sea of Helcar]] was located there and beyond that the [[Orocarni]] ('red mountains').<br />
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==Etymology==<br />
The word '''''rhûn''''' means "east" in [[Sindarin]]. Compare [[Quenya]] ''[[rómen]]''.<ref>{{App|E2i}}</ref><br />
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*[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]: "[[The Council of Elrond]]", "[[The Breaking of the Fellowship]]"<br />
*[[The Two Towers]]: "[[The Black Gate is Closed]],"; "[[Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit]],"; "[[The Window on the West]]"<br />
*Appendix A of The Lord of the Rings: "Gondor and the Heirs of Anarion", "The House of Eorl" <br />
*[[The History of Middle-earth]], vol. XII, [[The Peoples of Middle-earth]]: "The Heirs of Elendil,"; "The Tale of Years of the Third Age,"; "The Making of Appendix A,"; "Of Dwarves and Men,".<br />
*[[The Return of the King]]: "Maps", "Note on the Maps"<br />
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== Rhûn ==<br />
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We don't know how far Rhûn extends, so we don't speculate on it. --{{User:Ederchil/sig}} 17:35, 5 February 2013 (UTC)<br />
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Actually, Rhun is EVERYTHING east of the borders of tolkiens original maps. So logically it has to have an end in an ocenean, if its ALL the lands. {{unsigned|Carter938}}<br />
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:Source it. --{{User:Ederchil/sig}} 20:57, 5 February 2013 (UTC)<br />
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Okay. Ill get the scources in a second. But first of all Rhun means East, and that constitutes everything east of Mordor and Rhovanion. Just as Harad is everything south of Harondor and Mordor.<br />
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Kindly look in the back of your LOTR novel. Mine has the ORIGINAL maps that were orignally drawn by Christopher Tolkien for the first published edition in 1954 after a drawing made by his father. Therefore it's cannon. See how Rhun is labled in all the spaces that are east of Mordor and Rhovanion? If not ill provide a picture. Someone sanned it from the back of his book and put it online.<br />
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http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mgd7I4vEgSY/UPD3h_QDaGI/AAAAAAAADM0/Wx8sw9wwx_E/s1600/Tolkien-Middle+Earth+Map+2.jpg</div>Carter938https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Carter938&diff=226353User talk:Carter9382013-02-05T20:59:37Z<p>Carter938: /* Rhûn */</p>
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== Rhûn ==<br />
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We don't know how far Rhûn extends, so we don't speculate on it. --{{User:Ederchil/sig}} 17:35, 5 February 2013 (UTC)<br />
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Actually, Rhun is EVERYTHING east of the borders of tolkiens original maps. So logically it has to have an end in an ocenean, if its ALL the lands. {{unsigned|Carter938}}<br />
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:Source it. --{{User:Ederchil/sig}} 20:57, 5 February 2013 (UTC)<br />
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Okay. Ill get the scources in a second. But first of all Rhun means East, and that constitutes everything east of Mordor and Rhovanion. Just as Harad is everything south of Harondor and Mordor.</div>Carter938https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Talk:Rh%C3%BBn&diff=226351Talk:Rhûn2013-02-05T20:57:48Z<p>Carter938: </p>
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<div>It's not really in the 'far east of Middle-earth' is it? 'The far east of north-west Middle-earth' maybe.--{{User:KingAragorn/sig}} 17:52, 9 January 2011 (UTC)<br />
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::Perhaps "east of Rhovanion" or "east of Rhovanion and Gondor"? "The far east of north-west Middle-earth" is a bit confusing ;-) --[[User:Morgan|Morgan]] 17:56, 9 January 2011 (UTC)<br />
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:::Is it just me, or doesn't "the little-known lands '''to''' the east of Middle-earth" make Rhûn into not being a part of Middle-earth? Shouldn't it be "the little-known lands '''in''' the east of Middle-earth"? --[[User:Morgan|Morgan]] 21:10, 9 January 2011 (UTC)<br />
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Earchil, I could give you a thousand reasons why Rhun lies to the EAST of Mordor and Rhovanion and is not just the lands centering the sea of Rhun. Ive looked at the original Tolkien maps he made and Rhun extends as far north as the Northern Waste and as Far south as Khand. I can show you if youd like.</div>Carter938https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Rh%C3%BBn&diff=226349Rhûn2013-02-05T20:54:59Z<p>Carter938: </p>
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<div>{{location<br />
| image=[[File:Rhunmap.jpg|250px]]<br />
| name=Rhûn<br />
| othernames=The East<br />
| etymology=[[Sindarin|S.]] ''[[rhûn]]'' "east"<br />
| type=Realm<br />
| location=Eastern Lands of [[Middle-earth]], east of [[Mordor]] and [[Rhovanion]]<br />
| inhabitants=[[Easterlings]]<br />
| realms=Rhûn<br />
| description=East of [[Mordor]] and the [[Sea of Rhûn]]<br />
| events=<br />
| references=<br />
}}<br />
'''Rhûn''' refers to the little-known lands to the east of [[Middle-earth]] inhabited by peoples known as the "[[Easterlings]]", from whom many attacks on [[Gondor]] and its allies came during the [[Third Age]].<br />
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==History==<br />
Almost nothing of the lands beyond the great [[Sea of Rhûn]] is known (see [[Uttermost East]]). <br />
<br />
Far beyond the Sea of Rhûn was another inland sea, the [[Sea of Helcar]], and beyond that the range of [[Orocarni]], the Red Mountains. Somewhere in the lost east, too, lay [[Cuiviénen]] and [[Hildórien]], where [[Elves]] and [[Men]] first awoke: all the [[Children of Ilúvatar]] could trace their ancestries back to the eastward regions of Middle-earth. We know also that it was a wide and vast land with many kingdoms, and strange and unexplored places.<br />
<br />
Rhûn was the domain of the [[Easterlings]], [[Men of Darkness]] who were ready to follow both the Dark Lords and fought as their allies in war. These lands, too, were peopled by lost Elves, [[Avari]] and [[Úmanyar]], and by four of the seven clans of the [[Dwarves]] who dwelt in the Orocarni.<br />
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[[Sauron]] himself journeyed into the eastward lands, in hiding from the [[White Council]] during the centuries of the [[Watchful Peace]].<br />
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Rhûn was conquered by Gondor twice: under the Kings [[Rómendacil I]] and [[Rómendacil II]], but the Númenóreans never had full control over it. Rhûn was finally subdued in the [[Fourth Age]] under King Elessar and his son [[Eldarion]].<br />
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==Geography==<br />
[[File:Stefano Baldo - Rhûn.jpg|thumb|left|''Rhûn'' by Stefano Baldo]]<br />
The western part of Rhûn is shown on the Lord of the Rings map. It contains the great [[Sea of Rhûn]], connected with three rivers, one northeast, a part of [[River Running]], one northwest and one running south to [[Mordor]]. It also shows a small mountain range southeast of the sea and a forest northwest of it.<br />
Northwest of the Sea of Rhûn lays also the land of [[Dorwinion]].<br />
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The inland [[Sea of Rhûn]] was located in western Rhûn on the border between Rhûn and [[Wilderland]]. There were mountains on the southwest side of the Sea of Rhûn and a forest on the northeast side. Wild white [[Kine of Araw]], or oxen, lived near the shores of the Sea of Rhûn.<br />
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Rhûn's ancient geography can be gleaned a little from [[The Silmarillion]]; throughout most of the [[First Age]] the vast [[Sea of Helcar]] was located there and beyond that the [[Orocarni]] ('red mountains').<br />
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==Etymology==<br />
The word '''''rhûn''''' means "east" in [[Sindarin]]. Compare [[Quenya]] ''[[rómen]]''.<ref>{{App|E2i}}</ref><br />
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{{references}}<br />
*[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]: "[[The Council of Elrond]]", "[[The Breaking of the Fellowship]]"<br />
*[[The Two Towers]]: "[[The Black Gate is Closed]],"; "[[Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit]],"; "[[The Window on the West]]"<br />
*Appendix A of The Lord of the Rings: "Gondor and the Heirs of Anarion", "The House of Eorl" <br />
*[[The History of Middle-earth]], vol. XII, [[The Peoples of Middle-earth]]: "The Heirs of Elendil,"; "The Tale of Years of the Third Age,"; "The Making of Appendix A,"; "Of Dwarves and Men,".<br />
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== Rhûn ==<br />
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We don't know how far Rhûn extends, so we don't speculate on it. --{{User:Ederchil/sig}} 17:35, 5 February 2013 (UTC)<br />
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Actually, Rhun is EVERYTHING east of the borders of tolkiens original maps. So logically it has to have an end in an ocenean, if its ALL the lands.</div>Carter938https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Easterlings&diff=226344Easterlings2013-02-05T17:43:11Z<p>Carter938: </p>
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<div>[[File:John Howe - Easterlings.jpg|thumb|''Easterlings'' by [[John Howe]]]]<br />
'''Easterlings''' were [[Men]] who lived in the east of [[Middle-earth]], and were enemies of the Free Peoples. <br />
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== Easterlings of the First Age ==<br />
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During the [[First Age]], the term was applied to the sons of [[Bór]] and [[Ulfang the Black|Ulfang]], or the ''Swarthy Men'', who came into [[Beleriand]] much later than the [[Edain]], and who were for a part secretly in league with [[Morgoth]]. <br />
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The Easterlings of the First Age should not be confused with those of later ages. The term in the First Age was used to refer to any peoples who came from the east of the [[Ered Luin]], and as such, the Easterlings of the First Age could well have come from [[Eriador]], rather from the further east in the [[Wilderland]] of the area of the [[Sea of Rhûn]].<br />
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===Sons of Bór===<br />
[[File:Angus McBride - Easterlings.jpg|thumb|left|''Easterlings'' by [[Angus McBride]]]]<br />
[[Bór]] was a leader of Men who came into Lothlann, Beleriand, in the year 463. His sons were [[Borlach]], [[Borlad]] and [[Borthand]]. Bór was welcomed by [[Maedhros]], who gave him and his followers land north of the [[March of Maedhros]], and south of it. Bór and his sons swore allegiance to Maedhros, and remained faithful, though he was told by Morgoth to betray the banner of [[Caranthir]]. All of them were wiped out during the [[Nirnaeth Arnoediad]].<br />
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===Sons of Ulfang "the Accursed"===<br />
[[Ulfang]] also came in Lothlann, Beleriand, in 463, shortly after Bór. He was the father of [[Ulfast]], [[Ulwarth]], and [[Uldor]]. Ulfang was welcomed by the sons of [[Fëanor]], and he and his sons swore allegiance to Caranthir. They were given lands to dwell in the north and south of the March of Maedhros. Ulfang and his sons were secretly in the employ of Morgoth, and betrayed the [[Eldar]] and Edain during the Nirnaeth Arnoediad in what is now known as the [[Treachery of Men]].<br />
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The Easterlings were betrayed by their lord Morgoth, and confined to [[Hithlum]]. After the [[War of Wrath]], those that survived fled back over the [[Ered Luin]] to [[Eriador]] and beyond.<br />
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==Easterlings of the Third Age==<br />
[[File:Easterling.jpg|thumb|right|An Easterling in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]'']]<br />
In the third age, the Easterlings were a significant threat to Gondor; they were a more regimented force than the Orcs or even the Haradrim. It is likely that Sauron drew much of his inspiration for his Orc armies from these wicked men. Sauron suffered a harsh and heavy defeat from the Last Alliance, who vanquished his numerically superior Orcs with a ranked and ordered army. The Easterlings were all this and more, so Sauron greatly valued his alliance with the men of Rhûn.<br />
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The weapons that the Easterlings used were primarily jagged spears, making them especially effective against cavalry, as well as a shorter, odd, glaive-like version used for close combat. They also were known to run their foes down in great Wains, or wagons. <br />
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===Wainriders===<br />
{{Main|Wainriders}}<br />
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The ''Wainriders'' were a confederation of Easterling tribes who were united by their hate of Gondor, fueled by the dark lord Sauron. Following the Great Plague which weakened Gondor, they started their attacks in Third Age 1856, defeating the Gondorian army and killing king [[Narmacil II]]. They rode in great wagons and chariots (which gave them their name), and raided the lands of [[Rhovanion (Realm)|Rhovanion]], destroying or enslaving its people. Gondor gradually lost all of its possessions east of [[Anduin]] to them. The thirtieth king of Gondor, [[Calimehtar (King of Gondor)|Calimehtar]] son of Narmacil, defeated the Wainriders at the [[Field of Celebrant]], buying some rest for his land. However the Wainriders struck back in 1944, allying themselves with the [[Haradrim]] of Near Harad and the Variags of Khand. They managed to kill king [[Ondoher]] and both his sons, but instead of riding on to [[Minas Anor]] and taking the city, they paused to celebrate. Meanwhile, general [[Eärnil II|Eärnil]] of Gondor's southern army had defeated the Haradrim and rode north to defend his king. He came too late to rescue Ondoher, but managed to decisively defeat the Wainriders. Eärnil was later crowned king. After this defeat the might of the Wainriders was broken, and they retreated east. They still held Rhovanion, but never troubled Gondor again. It later turned out that their attacks were staged by Sauron to allow him to reclaim [[Mordor]] while Gondor's watch was diverted.<br />
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===Balchoth===<br />
{{Main|Balchoth}}<br />
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The ''Balchoth'' were a fierce race of Easterlings, who attacked Gondor while under orders of [[Dol Guldur]]. In 2150 they overran the plains of [[Calenardhon]] and almost destroyed the army of the Ruling Steward [[Cirion]], but were defeated by the [[Éothéod]] under [[Eorl]] the Young. Like the Wainriders they rode in chariots and wagons, and they may have been descendants of this people.<br />
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===Variags===<br />
{{Main|Variags}}<br />
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The ''Variags'' (in the real world, this is another name for the Varangians) were from [[Khand]], and they first appeared in the West in 1944 of the [[Third Age]], fighting alongside the Wainriders. They later appeared during the battle of the [[Pelennor Fields]]. Little was known about them, but they appeared to be a race of horse-men much like the [[Rohirrim]], although they were fiercely loyal to [[Mordor]]. <br />
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== Portrayal in Adaptions ==<br />
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An army of Easterlings are shown breifly in the Two Towers film entering the Black Gates. These Easterlings are clad in bronze and brass scale-lame armor, helmets that cover their faces except for the eyes and feature samurai-like crests. They wear maroon, burgundy, and black robe smade of silk under their armor, and their faces are covered by a black veil. They carry scimitars, tall halberds, and large rectangular sheilds. There eyes appear to be lined with black eyeliner. They carry banners with a golden snake on a red feild, simmilar to Harad's but more ornate.<br />
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Overall they are portrayed as both very Middle Eastern and Japanese, and their dress is inspired by many Asian cultures. <br />
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[[Category:Easterlings]]<br />
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<div>{{location<br />
| image=<br />
| name=Near Harad<br />
| othernames=<br />
| etymology=<br />
| type=Region<br />
| location=South of [[Mordor]], southeast of the [[Harnen]], southwest of [[Khand]]<br />
| inhabitants=[[Haradrim]]<br />
| realms=[[Haradwaith]]<br />
| description=Landlocked desert<br />
| events=<br />
| references=<br />
|}}<br />
'''Near Harad''' was an indefinite region that lay to the south of [[Gondor]] and [[Mordor]], beyond the River [[Harnen]].<ref>{{UT|Map}}</ref> Little is said of it in the histories of [[Middle-earth]], except that the [[Men]] of that land conspired with those of [[Khand]], and with the [[Wainriders]], to overthrow Gondor in the time of King [[Ondoher]]. The [[Gondorians]] anticipated their strike, and [[Ondoher]] created a [[Southern Army]] to defend his land against them. That Southern Army, under the command of [[Eärnil II|Eärnil]], met the invading Men of Near Harad in [[South Ithilien]], and defeated them completely.<ref>{{App|Gondor}}</ref><br />
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Though Near Harad is not otherwise described in any detail, its inhabitants were clearly great enemies of the Gondorians, and it seems likely that many of [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien's]] references to the [[Haradrim]], the Men of Harad in general, actually describe those of Near Harad. This is especially true of their dealings with the sometime Gondorian outpost of the [[Haven of Umbar]], which lay on the shores of Middle-earth to the west of Near Harad.<br />
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Near Harad is known to be a desert land, and is where the "Yellow Face is bright and terrible."<br />
{{references}}<br />
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<div>'''Khand''' was the name of a land which lay to the south-east of [[Mordor]] and to the east of [[Near Harad]].<ref>{{UT|Map}}</ref> The [[Men]] of Khand were called [[Variags]].<ref name="Pelennor">{{RK|V6}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
Little is known about Khand or its people, but it appears to have been much like [[Rohan]]; the Variags were a people of riders.<br />
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The people of Khand and of [[Rhûn]] seemed to have been enemies on and off throughout the ages, but made a peace treaty to unite together against [[Gondor]].<br />
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Khand was under the influence of Mordor and supplied it with horses, and twice came into the history of Gondor: first in {{TA|1944}} when the Variags together with the [[Wainriders]] attacked Gondor,<ref>{{App|Gondor}}</ref> and later during the [[War of the Ring]] when they fought at the [[Battle of the Pelennor Fields]]. They were held in reserve in [[Osgiliath]] and were sent onto the battlefield by [[Gothmog (Lieutenant of Morgul)|Gothmog]] after the death of the [[Witch King]]. The Variags were eventually driven back by the Knights of [[Dol Amroth]].<ref name="Pelennor"/><br />
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It is probable that Khand gradually fell under the control of Gondor during the [[Fourth Age]] and was hostile to it no longer.<br />
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It is unknown if Khand belonged to Rhûn or Harad, as it appears to lie in between the two.<br />
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==Etymology==<br />
The meaning of ''Khand'' is unknown, probably it was a word in the language of the inhabitants of that region.{{fact}}<br />
{{references}}<br />
[[Category:Regions]]<br />
[[Category:Eastern lands]]<br />
[[Category:Southern lands]]<br />
[[Category:Mannish realms]]<br />
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[[de:Khand]]<br />
[[fi:Khand]]<br />
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<div>'''Khand''' was the name of a land which lay to the south-east of [[Mordor]], southwest of [[Rhûn]], and to the east of [[Near Harad]].<ref>{{UT|Map}}</ref> The [[Men]] of Khand were called [[Variags]].<ref name="Pelennor">{{RK|V6}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
Little is known about Khand or its people, but it appears to have been much like [[Rohan]]; the Variags were a people of riders.<br />
<br />
The people of Khand and of [[Rhûn]] seemed to have been enemies on and off throughout the ages, but made a peace treaty to unite together against [[Gondor]].<br />
<br />
Khand was under the influence of Mordor and supplied it with horses, and twice came into the history of Gondor: first in {{TA|1944}} when the Variags together with the [[Wainriders]] attacked Gondor,<ref>{{App|Gondor}}</ref> and later during the [[War of the Ring]] when they fought at the [[Battle of the Pelennor Fields]]. They were held in reserve in [[Osgiliath]] and were sent onto the battlefield by [[Gothmog (Lieutenant of Morgul)|Gothmog]] after the death of the [[Witch King]]. The Variags were eventually driven back by the Knights of [[Dol Amroth]].<ref name="Pelennor"/><br />
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It is probable that Khand gradually fell under the control of Gondor during the [[Fourth Age]] and was hostile to it no longer.<br />
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==Etymology==<br />
The meaning of ''Khand'' is unknown, probably it was a word in the language of the inhabitants of that region.{{fact}}<br />
{{references}}<br />
[[Category:Regions]]<br />
[[Category:Eastern lands]]<br />
[[Category:Southern lands]]<br />
[[Category:Mannish realms]]<br />
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[[de:Khand]]<br />
[[fi:Khand]]<br />
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<div>{{location<br />
| image=[[File:Rhunmap.jpg|250px]]<br />
| name=Rhûn<br />
| othernames=The East<br />
| etymology=[[Sindarin|S.]] ''[[rhûn]]'' "east"<br />
| type=Realm<br />
| location=Eastern Lands of [[Middle-earth]], East of [[Mordor]] and [[Rhovanion]], northeast of [[Khand]]<br />
| inhabitants=[[Easterlings]]<br />
| realms=Rhûn<br />
| description=East of the [[Sea of Rhûn]] and [[Mordor]].<br />
| events=<br />
| references=<br />
}}<br />
'''Rhûn''' refers to the little-known lands to the east of [[Middle-earth]] inhabited by peoples known as the "[[Easterlings]]", from whom many attacks on [[Gondor]] and its allies came during the [[Third Age]].<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
Almost nothing of the lands beyond the great [[Sea of Rhûn]] is known (see [[Uttermost East]]). <br />
<br />
Far beyond the Sea of Rhûn was another inland sea, the [[Sea of Helcar]], and beyond that the range of [[Orocarni]], the Red Mountains. Somewhere in the lost east, too, lay [[Cuiviénen]] and [[Hildórien]], where [[Elves]] and [[Men]] first awoke: all the [[Children of Ilúvatar]] could trace their ancestries back to the eastward regions of Middle-earth. We know also that it was a wide and vast land with many kingdoms, and strange and unexplored places.<br />
<br />
Rhûn was the domain of the [[Easterlings]], [[Men of Darkness]] who were ready to follow both the Dark Lords and fought as their allies in war. These lands, too, were peopled by lost Elves, [[Avari]] and [[Úmanyar]], and by four of the seven clans of the [[Dwarves]] who dwelt in the Orocarni.<br />
<br />
[[Sauron]] himself journeyed into the eastward lands, in hiding from the [[White Council]] during the centuries of the [[Watchful Peace]].<br />
<br />
Rhûn was conquered by Gondor twice: under the Kings [[Rómendacil I]] and [[Rómendacil II]], but the Númenóreans never had full control over it. The lands of Dorwinion and those around the Sea of Rhûn was finally subdued in the [[Fourth Age]] under King Elessar and his son [[Eldarion]]. However, it is not known if any Easterling nations further east ever attacked the West again, or if there was a mutual peace after the Easterlings were freed from Sauron's grasp.<br />
<br />
==Geography==<br />
[[File:Stefano Baldo - Rhûn.jpg|thumb|left|''Rhûn'' by Stefano Baldo]]<br />
The western part of Rhûn is shown on the Lord of the Rings map. It contains the great [[Sea of Rhûn]], connected with three rivers, one northeast, a part of [[River Running]], one northwest and one running south to [[Mordor]]. It also shows a small mountain range southeast of the sea and a forest northwest of it.<br />
Northwest of the Sea of Rhûn lays also the land of [[Dorwinion]].<br />
<br />
The inland [[Sea of Rhûn]] was located in western Rhûn on the border between Rhûn and [[Wilderland]]. There were mountains on the southwest side of the Sea of Rhûn and a forest on the northeast side. Wild white [[Kine of Araw]], or oxen, lived near the shores of the Sea of Rhûn.<br />
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Rhûn's ancient geography can be gleaned a little from [[The Silmarillion]]; throughout most of the [[First Age]] the vast [[Sea of Helcar]] was located there and beyond that the [[Orocarni]] ('red mountains').<br />
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The rest of Rhûn lay beyond the eastern borders of the maps of Middle Earth drawn by Tolkien. Almost nothing is written about these lands. It is known, however, that they were supposedly immense like the southern extents of Harad, and were home to many kingdoms, nations, and tribes. As the world was made round in the Third Age, the landmass of Rhun must have ended in an ocean somehwere, though it is not known how far out these lands extended.<br />
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==Etymology==<br />
The word '''''rhûn''''' means "east" in [[Sindarin]]. Compare [[Quenya]] ''[[rómen]]''.<ref>{{App|E2i}}</ref><br />
<br />
{{references}}<br />
*[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]: "[[The Council of Elrond]]", "[[The Breaking of the Fellowship]]"<br />
*[[The Two Towers]]: "[[The Black Gate is Closed]],"; "[[Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit]],"; "[[The Window on the West]]"<br />
*Appendix A of The Lord of the Rings: "Gondor and the Heirs of Anarion", "The House of Eorl" <br />
*[[The History of Middle-earth]], vol. XII, [[The Peoples of Middle-earth]]: "The Heirs of Elendil,"; "The Tale of Years of the Third Age,"; "The Making of Appendix A,"; "Of Dwarves and Men,".<br />
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[[de:Rhûn]]<br />
[[fi:Rhûn]]<br />
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<div>{{location<br />
| image=[[File:Rhunmap.jpg|250px]]<br />
| name=Rhûn<br />
| othernames=The East<br />
| etymology=[[Sindarin|S.]] ''[[rhûn]]'' "east"<br />
| type=Realm<br />
| location=Eastern Lands of [[Middle-earth]], East of [[Mordor]] and [[Rhovanion]], northeast of [[Khand]]<br />
| inhabitants=[[Easterlings]]<br />
| realms=Rhûn<br />
| description=East of the [[Sea of Rhûn]] and [[Mordor]].<br />
| events=<br />
| references=<br />
}}<br />
'''Rhûn''' refers to the little-known lands to the east of [[Middle-earth]] inhabited by peoples known as the "[[Easterlings]]", from whom many attacks on [[Gondor]] and its allies came during the [[Third Age]].<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
Almost nothing of the lands beyond the great [[Sea of Rhûn]] is known (see [[Uttermost East]]). <br />
<br />
Far beyond the Sea of Rhûn was another inland sea, the [[Sea of Helcar]], and beyond that the range of [[Orocarni]], the Red Mountains. Somewhere in the lost east, too, lay [[Cuiviénen]] and [[Hildórien]], where [[Elves]] and [[Men]] first awoke: all the [[Children of Ilúvatar]] could trace their ancestries back to the eastward regions of Middle-earth. We know also that it was a wide and vast land with many kingdoms, and strange and unexplored places.<br />
<br />
Rhûn was the domain of the [[Easterlings]], [[Men of Darkness]] who were ready to follow both the Dark Lords and fought as their allies in war. These lands, too, were peopled by lost Elves, [[Avari]] and [[Úmanyar]], and by four of the seven clans of the [[Dwarves]] who dwelt in the Orocarni.<br />
<br />
[[Sauron]] himself journeyed into the eastward lands, in hiding from the [[White Council]] during the centuries of the [[Watchful Peace]].<br />
<br />
Rhûn was conquered by Gondor twice: under the Kings [[Rómendacil I]] and [[Rómendacil II]], but the Númenóreans never had full control over it. The lands of Dorwinion and those around Rhûn was finally subdued in the [[Fourth Age]] under King Elessar and his son [[Eldarion]]. However, it is not known if any Easterling nations ever attacked the West again, or if there was a mutual peace after the Easterlings were freed from Sauron's grasp.<br />
<br />
==Geography==<br />
[[File:Stefano Baldo - Rhûn.jpg|thumb|left|''Rhûn'' by Stefano Baldo]]<br />
The western part of Rhûn is shown on the Lord of the Rings map. It contains the great [[Sea of Rhûn]], connected with three rivers, one northeast, a part of [[River Running]], one northwest and one running south to [[Mordor]]. It also shows a small mountain range southeast of the sea and a forest northwest of it.<br />
Northwest of the Sea of Rhûn lays also the land of [[Dorwinion]].<br />
<br />
The inland [[Sea of Rhûn]] was located in western Rhûn on the border between Rhûn and [[Wilderland]]. There were mountains on the southwest side of the Sea of Rhûn and a forest on the northeast side. Wild white [[Kine of Araw]], or oxen, lived near the shores of the Sea of Rhûn.<br />
<br />
Rhûn's ancient geography can be gleaned a little from [[The Silmarillion]]; throughout most of the [[First Age]] the vast [[Sea of Helcar]] was located there and beyond that the [[Orocarni]] ('red mountains').<br />
<br />
The rest of Rhûn lay beyond the eastern borders of the maps of Middle Earth drawn by Tolkien. Almost nothing is written about these lands. It is known, however, that they were supposedly immense like the southern extents of Harad, and were home to many kingdoms, nations, and tribes. As the world was made round in the Third Age, the landmass of Rhun must have ended in an ocean somehwere, though it is not known how far out these lands extended.<br />
<br />
==Etymology==<br />
The word '''''rhûn''''' means "east" in [[Sindarin]]. Compare [[Quenya]] ''[[rómen]]''.<ref>{{App|E2i}}</ref><br />
<br />
{{references}}<br />
*[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]: "[[The Council of Elrond]]", "[[The Breaking of the Fellowship]]"<br />
*[[The Two Towers]]: "[[The Black Gate is Closed]],"; "[[Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit]],"; "[[The Window on the West]]"<br />
*Appendix A of The Lord of the Rings: "Gondor and the Heirs of Anarion", "The House of Eorl" <br />
*[[The History of Middle-earth]], vol. XII, [[The Peoples of Middle-earth]]: "The Heirs of Elendil,"; "The Tale of Years of the Third Age,"; "The Making of Appendix A,"; "Of Dwarves and Men,".<br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rhun}}<br />
[[Category:Sindarin nouns]]<br />
[[Category:Eastern lands]]<br />
[[Category:Sindarin locations]]<br />
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[[de:Rhûn]]<br />
[[fi:Rhûn]]<br />
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<div>{{location<br />
| image=[[File:Rhunmap.jpg|250px]]<br />
| name=Rhûn<br />
| othernames=The East<br />
| etymology=[[Sindarin|S.]] ''[[rhûn]]'' "east"<br />
| type=Realm<br />
| location=Eastern Lands of [[Middle-earth]], East of [[Mordor]] and [[Rhovanion]], northeast of [[Khand]]<br />
| inhabitants=[[Easterlings]]<br />
| realms=Rhûn<br />
| description=East of the [[Sea of Rhûn]] and [[Mordor]].<br />
| events=<br />
| references=<br />
}}<br />
'''Rhûn''' refers to the little-known lands to the east of [[Middle-earth]] inhabited by peoples known as the "[[Easterlings]]", from whom many attacks on [[Gondor]] and its allies came during the [[Third Age]].<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
Almost nothing of the lands beyond the great [[Sea of Rhûn]] is known (see [[Uttermost East]]). <br />
<br />
Far beyond the Sea of Rhûn was another inland sea, the [[Sea of Helcar]], and beyond that the range of [[Orocarni]], the Red Mountains. Somewhere in the lost east, too, lay [[Cuiviénen]] and [[Hildórien]], where [[Elves]] and [[Men]] first awoke: all the [[Children of Ilúvatar]] could trace their ancestries back to the eastward regions of Middle-earth. We know also that it was a wide and vast land with many kingdoms, and strange and unexplored places.<br />
<br />
Rhûn was the domain of the [[Easterlings]], [[Men of Darkness]] who were ready to follow both the Dark Lords and fought as their allies in war. These lands, too, were peopled by lost Elves, [[Avari]] and [[Úmanyar]], and by four of the seven clans of the [[Dwarves]] who dwelt in the Orocarni.<br />
<br />
[[Sauron]] himself journeyed into the eastward lands, in hiding from the [[White Council]] during the centuries of the [[Watchful Peace]].<br />
<br />
Rhûn was conquered by Gondor twice: under the Kings [[Rómendacil I]] and [[Rómendacil II]], but the Númenóreans never had full control over it. Rhûn was finally subdued in the [[Fourth Age]] under King Elessar and his son [[Eldarion]].<br />
<br />
==Geography==<br />
[[File:Stefano Baldo - Rhûn.jpg|thumb|left|''Rhûn'' by Stefano Baldo]]<br />
The western part of Rhûn is shown on the Lord of the Rings map. It contains the great [[Sea of Rhûn]], connected with three rivers, one northeast, a part of [[River Running]], one northwest and one running south to [[Mordor]]. It also shows a small mountain range southeast of the sea and a forest northwest of it.<br />
Northwest of the Sea of Rhûn lays also the land of [[Dorwinion]].<br />
<br />
The inland [[Sea of Rhûn]] was located in western Rhûn on the border between Rhûn and [[Wilderland]]. There were mountains on the southwest side of the Sea of Rhûn and a forest on the northeast side. Wild white [[Kine of Araw]], or oxen, lived near the shores of the Sea of Rhûn.<br />
<br />
Rhûn's ancient geography can be gleaned a little from [[The Silmarillion]]; throughout most of the [[First Age]] the vast [[Sea of Helcar]] was located there and beyond that the [[Orocarni]] ('red mountains').<br />
<br />
The rest of Rhûn lay beyond the eastern borders of the maps of Middle Earth drawn by Tolkien. Almost nothing is written about these lands. It is known, however, that they were supposedly immense like the southern extents of Harad, and were home to many kingdoms, nations, and tribes. As the world was made round in the Third Age, the landmass of Rhun must have ended in an ocean somehwere, though it is not known how far out these lands extended.<br />
<br />
==Etymology==<br />
The word '''''rhûn''''' means "east" in [[Sindarin]]. Compare [[Quenya]] ''[[rómen]]''.<ref>{{App|E2i}}</ref><br />
<br />
{{references}}<br />
*[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]: "[[The Council of Elrond]]", "[[The Breaking of the Fellowship]]"<br />
*[[The Two Towers]]: "[[The Black Gate is Closed]],"; "[[Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit]],"; "[[The Window on the West]]"<br />
*Appendix A of The Lord of the Rings: "Gondor and the Heirs of Anarion", "The House of Eorl" <br />
*[[The History of Middle-earth]], vol. XII, [[The Peoples of Middle-earth]]: "The Heirs of Elendil,"; "The Tale of Years of the Third Age,"; "The Making of Appendix A,"; "Of Dwarves and Men,".<br />
<br />
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rhun}}<br />
[[Category:Sindarin nouns]]<br />
[[Category:Eastern lands]]<br />
[[Category:Sindarin locations]]<br />
<br />
[[de:Rhûn]]<br />
[[fi:Rhûn]]<br />
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<div>{{location<br />
| image=[[File:Rhunmap.jpg|250px]]<br />
| name=Rhûn<br />
| othernames=The East<br />
| etymology=[[Sindarin|S.]] ''[[rhûn]]'' "east"<br />
| type=Realm<br />
| location=Eastern Lands of [[Middle-earth]], East of [[Mordor]] and [[Rhovanion]], northeast of [[Khand]]<br />
| inhabitants=[[Easterlings]]<br />
| realms=Rhûn<br />
| description=East of the [[Sea of Rhûn]] and [[Mordor]].<br />
| events=<br />
| references=<br />
}}<br />
'''Rhûn''' refers to the little-known lands to the east of [[Middle-earth]] inhabited by peoples known as the "[[Easterlings]]", from whom many attacks on [[Gondor]] and its allies came during the [[Third Age]].<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
Almost nothing of the lands beyond the great [[Sea of Rhûn]] is known (see [[Uttermost East]]). <br />
<br />
Far beyond the Sea of Rhûn was another inland sea, the [[Sea of Helcar]], and beyond that the range of [[Orocarni]], the Red Mountains. Somewhere in the lost east, too, lay [[Cuiviénen]] and [[Hildórien]], where [[Elves]] and [[Men]] first awoke: all the [[Children of Ilúvatar]] could trace their ancestries back to the eastward regions of Middle-earth. We know also that it was a wide and vast land with many kingdoms, and strange and unexplored places.<br />
<br />
Rhûn was the domain of the [[Easterlings]], [[Men of Darkness]] who were ready to follow both the Dark Lords and fought as their allies in war. These lands, too, were peopled by lost Elves, [[Avari]] and [[Úmanyar]], and by four of the seven clans of the [[Dwarves]] who dwelt in the Orocarni.<br />
<br />
[[Sauron]] himself journeyed into the eastward lands, in hiding from the [[White Council]] during the centuries of the [[Watchful Peace]].<br />
<br />
Rhûn was conquered by Gondor twice: under the Kings [[Rómendacil I]] and [[Rómendacil II]], but the Númenóreans never had full control over it. Rhûn was finally subdued in the [[Fourth Age]] under King Elessar and his son [[Eldarion]].<br />
<br />
==Geography==<br />
[[File:Stefano Baldo - Rhûn.jpg|thumb|left|''Rhûn'' by Stefano Baldo]]<br />
The western part of Rhûn is shown on the Lord of the Rings map. It contains the great [[Sea of Rhûn]], connected with three rivers, one northeast, a part of [[River Running]], one northwest and one running south to [[Mordor]]. It also shows a small mountain range southeast of the sea and a forest northwest of it.<br />
Northwest of the Sea of Rhûn lays also the land of [[Dorwinion]].<br />
<br />
The inland [[Sea of Rhûn]] was located in western Rhûn on the border between Rhûn and [[Wilderland]]. There were mountains on the southwest side of the Sea of Rhûn and a forest on the northeast side. Wild white [[Kine of Araw]], or oxen, lived near the shores of the Sea of Rhûn.<br />
<br />
Rhûn's ancient geography can be gleaned a little from [[The Silmarillion]]; throughout most of the [[First Age]] the vast [[Sea of Helcar]] was located there and beyond that the [[Orocarni]] ('red mountains').<br />
<br />
==Etymology==<br />
The word '''''rhûn''''' means "east" in [[Sindarin]]. Compare [[Quenya]] ''[[rómen]]''.<ref>{{App|E2i}}</ref><br />
<br />
{{references}}<br />
*[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]: "[[The Council of Elrond]]", "[[The Breaking of the Fellowship]]"<br />
*[[The Two Towers]]: "[[The Black Gate is Closed]],"; "[[Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit]],"; "[[The Window on the West]]"<br />
*Appendix A of The Lord of the Rings: "Gondor and the Heirs of Anarion", "The House of Eorl" <br />
*[[The History of Middle-earth]], vol. XII, [[The Peoples of Middle-earth]]: "The Heirs of Elendil,"; "The Tale of Years of the Third Age,"; "The Making of Appendix A,"; "Of Dwarves and Men,".<br />
<br />
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rhun}}<br />
[[Category:Sindarin nouns]]<br />
[[Category:Eastern lands]]<br />
[[Category:Sindarin locations]]<br />
<br />
[[de:Rhûn]]<br />
[[fi:Rhûn]]<br />
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