Wainrider/Balchoth War

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Previous war: War of the Last Alliance
Next war: War of the Ring
Wainrider/Balchoth War
File:Jonatan Alvarsson - Middle-earth.jpg
Beginning: T.A. 1851End: T.A. 2510
Place: Calenardhon, Rhovanion, Dagorlad, both banks of River Anduin
Outcome: Decisive victory for Gondor and the Éothéod
Major battles: Battle of the Plains, Second Battle of Dagorlad, Battle of the Camp, Battle of the Field of Celebrant
Combatants

Gondor, the Éothéod

Easterling forces: Wainriders and Balchoth, Northern Orcs

Commanders

File:ME-GondorKing.png Narmacil II
File:ME-GondorKing.png Ondoher
File:ME-Gondor.png Cirion
File:ME-Rohan.png Eorl

File:Sauron cold eye icon.jpg Sauron
File:ME-Easterlings.png Unknown Easterling commanders

  • Unknown Orc commanders

The Wainrider/Balchoth War was a long series of battles over the several centuries of the second and third millennia of the Third Age. The first of these attacks occurred in T.A. 1851. During this period, Gondor was under assault from the east by a number of eastern tribes variously referred as Wainriders, Easterlings, and Balchoth. After some serious setbacks for Gondor, they were at last decisively defeated.

Historical Prelude

The Éothéod were a small group of Northmen in the Vales of Anduin during the middle Third Age. They first came to Gondor's notice during the reign of King Calimehtar of Gondor. Template:Ref

Fall of Ondoher

Easterling by Olanda Fong-Surdenas

Cirion and Eorl

Aftermath

References

  1. Template:Note The Return of the King, Appendix A.
  2. Template:Note Unfinished Tales, Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan.