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A walled town on a hill in the foothills of the White Mountains, with Meduseld at its crown.
History
Built by Eorl’s son Brego; seat of the Kings of the Mark.
People & inhabitants
The Rohirrim.
Significance
The hall of Théoden, where his decline and recovery are depicted, and where Gríma’s influence is broken.
Events here
Figures of this place
CharacterThéoden
King of Rohan, aged prematurely by Gríma’s counsel, later restored and killed at the Pelennor Fields.
CharacterÉomer
Théoden’s nephew, a marshal of Rohan who becomes king after the war.
Éowyn
Théoden’s niece, who defied the prohibition on women going to war and slew the Witch-king at the Pelennor.
CharacterGríma Wormtongue
Théoden’s treacherous counsellor, secretly in Saruman’s service.
CharacterGandalf
A Wizard of the Istari, keeper of the Elven-ring Narya, and the chief architect of the resistance to Sauron.
CharacterAragorn
The heir of Isildur, raised in Rivendell in secret, who becomes King Elessar and reunites the kingdoms of Gondor and Arnor.
Sources
The Lord of the Rings · 1954–55
Three volumes: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King.
