Middle-earth

Location

The Pelennor Fields

The fertile plain before Minas Tirith, site of the great battle that broke Sauron’s western army.

Tolkien’s textsSupported by the narratives published in Tolkien’s lifetime.
Type
Plain
Region
Gondor
Age
The Third Age
On the map
53%, 68%
The Pelennor Fields

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Geography

A broad, walled plain of fields and orchards surrounding Minas Tirith, guarded by the Rammas Echor.

History

Farmed for the city’s support until the siege; the battlefield of the Pelennor in T.A. 3019.

Significance

The battle features the deaths of Théoden and the Witch-king and the decisive charge of Rohan and Aragorn’s fleet-borne reinforcements.

Events here

Figures of this place

Théoden
Character

Théoden

King of Rohan, aged prematurely by Gríma’s counsel, later restored and killed at the Pelennor Fields.

Character

Éowyn

Théoden’s niece, who defied the prohibition on women going to war and slew the Witch-king at the Pelennor.

Meriadoc Brandybuck
Character

Meriadoc Brandybuck

A clever Brandybuck who rode to war with Rohan and helped slay the Witch-king at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields.

The Witch-king of Angmar
Character

The Witch-king of Angmar

The chief of the Nazgûl, a Ringwraith and Sauron’s most feared captain, slain by Éowyn and Merry.

Aragorn
Character

Aragorn

The heir of Isildur, raised in Rivendell in secret, who becomes King Elessar and reunites the kingdoms of Gondor and Arnor.

Éomer
Character

Éomer

Théoden’s nephew, a marshal of Rohan who becomes king after the war.

Denethor II
Character

Denethor II

The proud Steward of Gondor, worn down by the palantír and despair, who perishes in madness.

Faramir
Character

Faramir

Denethor’s younger son, a wise and gentle captain who resists the Ring’s temptation and befriends Frodo.

Sources

  • The Lord of the Rings · 1954–55

    Three volumes: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King.

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