The Battle of the Plains was a battle between Gondor, its Northmen allies, and the Wainrider invaders.
History[]
After five years of Easterlings ravaging eastern Gondor and the Northmen of Rhovanion, Gondor assembled a large army with many scattered remnants of Northmen allies under the leadership of Narmacil II. The King marched this host north from Ithilien to the open plains just south of Mirkwood, where they met their foe. However, Narmacil's great host was defeated, and the king killed.[1][2][3]
Aftermath[]
After the battle, the Northman noble Marhari involved in leading a rear-guard action against the enemy was slain. The survivors fled south over Dagorlad and back into Ithilien and Gondor was forced to abandon its eastern territories. The majority of the Northmen fell into slavery and those that did not withdrew further north over the River Running and into Dale, where they joined with the Men of Dale. Others gathered around Marhari's son Marhwini, who settled the Vales of Anduin between Mirkwood and the river Anduin with fugitives slaves from Rhovanion, who joined with them later. These survivors and refugees would later become the Éothéod, an ally of Gondor.[2]
The loss at the plains ultimately led to the later creation of the Rohirrim, out of the Éothéod, the survivors of the battle. These warrior-folk would maintain friendship with Gondor and centuries later would take the Oath of Eorl, and settle the Gondor province of Calenardhon, later named Rohan, and remain an eternal ally of Gondor and the eventual Reunited Kingdom.
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Afrikaans | Slag van die Vlaktes |
| Albanian | Beteja e rrafshinat |
| Amharic | የሜዳዎች ጦርነት |
| Arabic | معركة السهول |
| Armenian | Ճակատամարտը հարթավայրերում |
| Azerbaijani | Düzənliklər döyüşü |
| Basque | Lautadi gudua |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Бітва на раўніны |
| Bengali | সমতল ভূমির যুদ্ধ |
| Bhojpuri | मैदान के लड़ाई |
| Bosnian | Bitka na Ravnice |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Битката на равнините |
| Cambodian | សមរភូមិនៃវាលទំនាប |
| Catalan | Batalla de les Planes |
| Chinese | 平原之战 |
| Corsican | Battaglia di a livelli |
| Croatian | Bitka na Ravnice |
| Czech | Bitva v pláně |
| Danish | Slaget på De Brune Marker |
| Dutch | Slag om de Vlaktes |
| Esperanto | Batalo de la Ebenaĵoj |
| Estonian | Tasandikud'i lahing |
| Filipino | Labanan ng Kapatagan |
| Finnish | Tasankojen taistelu |
| French | Bataille dans les Plaines |
| Frisian | Slach op 'e flakten (Western) |
| Galician | Batalla do chairas |
| Georgian | ვაკეები ბრძოლა |
| German | Schlacht auf den Ebenen |
| Greek | Μάχη των Πεδιάδες |
| Gujarati | મેદાનની લડાઈ |
| Haitian Creole | Batay la Plèn yo |
| Hebrew | קרב המישורים |
| Hindi | मैदानों की लड़ाई |
| Hungarian | Csata a síksági |
| Icelandic | Orrustan við sléttum |
| Indonesian | Pertempuran Dataran |
| Irish Gaelic | Cath an na Mánna |
| Italian | Battaglia delle Pianure |
| Japanese | プレーンズの戦い |
| Kannada | ಬಯಲು ಕದನ |
| Kazakh | Жазықтарында шайқас (Cyrillic) Jazıqtarında şayqas (Latin) |
| Konkani | मळांचें झूज |
| Korean | 평원 전투 |
| Kurdish | شەڕی دەشتەکان (Sorani) Şerê deştê (Kurmanji) |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Өрөөндөр салгылашуу |
| Laotian | ຮົບຂອງທົ່ງພຽງ |
| Latvian | Līdzenumi kaujas |
| Lithuanian | Lygumos mūšis |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Битка на Рамнини |
| Malayalam | സമതലങ്ങളുടെ യുദ്ധം |
| Malaysian | Pertempuran Dataran |
| Marathi | मैदानी प्रदेशाची लढाई |
| Maltese | Ġlieda tal-il-pjanuri |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Тал нутгийн тулаан |
| Nepalese | मैदानहरूको युद्ध |
| Norwegian | Slaget ved Slettene |
| Pashto | د میدانونو جګړه |
| Persian | نبرد دشت ها |
| Polish | Bitwa na Równinach |
| Portuguese | Batalha das Planícies |
| Punjabi | ਮੈਦਾਨਾਂ ਦੀ ਲੜਾਈ |
| Romanian | Bătălia de pe Campii |
| Russian | Битва равнин |
| Scottish Gaelic | Blàr an Raointean |
| Serbian | Битка за равнице (Cyrillic) Bitka za ravnice (Latin) |
| Sindhi | ميدانن جي جنگ |
| Sinhalese | තැනිතලා සටන |
| Slovak | Bitka v nížiny |
| Slovenian | Bitka na Nižina |
| Spanish | Batalla de las Llanuras |
| Swahili | Vita ya nchi Tambarare |
| Swedish | Slaget på Slätter |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Ҷанги даштҳо |
| Tatar | Тигезлекләр сугышы |
| Tamil | சமவெளிப் சண்டை |
| Telugu | మైదానాల యుద్ధం |
| Thai | การรบที่ราบ |
| Turkish | Ovalar muharebesi |
| Turkmen | Düzlük söweşi |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Битва рівнинами |
| Urdu | میدانوں کی لڑائی |
| Uzbek | Текисликлар жанги (Cyrillic) Tekisliklar jangi (Latin) |
| Vietnamese | Trận vùng đồng bằng |
| Welsh | Brwydr y Gwastadeddau |
| Yiddish | שלאַכט פון די גראַסלאַנדז |
References[]
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B: The Tale of b Years (Chronology of the Westlands), "The Third Age"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, Part Three: The Third Age, II: "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan"
- ↑ The Atlas of Middle-earth, The Third Age, "Wainriders and Angmar"