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'''Erech''' was a city in [[Gondor]] situated in the far north of the province of [[Lamedon]]. | '''Erech''' was a city in [[Gondor]] situated in the far north of the province of [[Lamedon]]. | ||
In the [[Second Age]], [[Isildur]] brought with him a three meter tall stone as a symbol of his lineage and Gondor. He set it on a hill in Erech. He made the local hill tribes swear an oath of loyalty on the stone. The hill tribes broke their oath and were doomed to haunt the place as wraiths. | In the [[Second Age]], [[Isildur]] brought with him a three meter tall stone as a symbol of his lineage and Gondor. He set it on a hill in Erech. He made the local hill tribes swear an oath of loyalty on the stone. The hill tribes later broke their oath and were doomed to haunt the place as [[Dead Men|wraiths]]. | ||
The city was completely abandoned | The city was completely abandoned by the end of the [[Third Age]], when the heir of Isildur, [[Aragorn II|Aragorn]], came to Erech to hold the Dead to their oath again. This time they held true to their oath and formed the Host of the Dead to help Aragorn defeat the [[Corsairs of Umbar]] at [[Pelargir]]. | ||
After the battle at Pelargir Aragorn released them from their oath and they were allowed to rest. | After the battle at Pelargir, Aragorn released them from their oath and they were allowed to rest. | ||
[[Category:Gondor]] | [[Category:Gondor]] | ||
[[Category:Cities]] | [[Category:Cities]] | ||
Revision as of 19:55, 15 May 2006
Erech was a city in Gondor situated in the far north of the province of Lamedon.
In the Second Age, Isildur brought with him a three meter tall stone as a symbol of his lineage and Gondor. He set it on a hill in Erech. He made the local hill tribes swear an oath of loyalty on the stone. The hill tribes later broke their oath and were doomed to haunt the place as wraiths.
The city was completely abandoned by the end of the Third Age, when the heir of Isildur, Aragorn, came to Erech to hold the Dead to their oath again. This time they held true to their oath and formed the Host of the Dead to help Aragorn defeat the Corsairs of Umbar at Pelargir.
After the battle at Pelargir, Aragorn released them from their oath and they were allowed to rest.
