The Captains of the West were leaders of the men who marched to the Black Gate of Mordor in TA 3019, to confront Sauron.
History[]
The Captains of the West first assembled in the Last Debate following the Battle of the Pelennor Fields. They included Aragorn, Éomer, Gandalf, Imrahil and the sons of Elrond, Elladan and Elrohir. When they departed Minas Tirith, Legolas, Gimli and Peregrin Took rode with them, thus giving each of the Free Peoples of Middle-earth a representative in the upcoming fight.
Aragorn led two thousand men (from the ones he led to Minas Tirith in the ships of the Corsairs); Éomer led five hundred Rohirrim who didn't have horses and another five hundred of his best riders on horse, Imrahil led three and a half thousand men on foot; a final unit consisted of the Knights of Dol Amroth, the sons of Elrond, and the Dúnedain Rangers, making up five hundred more horsemen.
By the time the Captains of the West reached Mordor's Black Gate, they had already sent many men off to retake Cair Andros and to hold the Cross-roads of the Fallen King, leaving them with less than seven thousand men.
In adaptations[]
In The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Merry accompanies the army of the west to the Black Gate. Imrahil and the sons of Elrond do not appear.
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Afrikaans | Owerstes van die Weste |
| Albanian | Kapitenët e Perëndimit |
| Amharic | የምዕራብ አለቆች |
| Arabic | قباطنة الغرب |
| Armenian | Արեւմուտքի կապիտանները |
| Assamese | পশ্চিমৰ অধিনায়কসকল |
| Asturian | Capitanes del Oeste |
| Azerbaijani | Qərb kapitanları |
| Basque | Mendebaldeko kapitainak |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Капітаны Захаду |
| Bengali | পশ্চিমের ক্যাপ্টেন |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Капитаните на Запада |
| Catalan | Capitans de l'oest |
| Cebuano | Mga kapitan sa Kasadpan |
| Corsican | Capitani di l'Occidenti |
| Croatian | Kapetani zapada |
| Czech | Kapitáni západu |
| Danish | Kaptajner fra Vesten |
| Dutch | Kapiteins van het Westen |
| Esperanto | Kapitanoj de la Okcidento |
| Estonian | Kaptenid Lääne |
| Filipino | Ang mga Kapitan ng kanluran |
| Finnish | Lännen päälliköt |
| French | Capitaines de l'ouest |
| Frisian | Kapiten fan 'e Westen (Western) |
| Friulian | Capitani dal Ovest |
| Galician | Capitáns de Occidente |
| Georgian | დასავლეთის კაპიტანები |
| German | Heerführer des Westens |
| Greek | Οι καπετάνιοι της Δύσης |
| Gujarati | પશ્ચિમના કેપ્ટનો |
| Hebrew | קפטני המערב |
| Hindi | पश्चिम के कप्तान |
| Hungarian | Kapitányok a Nyugat |
| Icelandic | Skipstjórar vestanhafs |
| Indonesian | Kapten-kapten Barat |
| Italian | Capitani dell'ovest |
| Kannada | ಪಶ್ಚಿಮದ ಕ್ಯಾಪ್ಟನ್ಸ್ |
| Kazakh | Батыс капитандар (Cyrillic) Batıs kapïtandar (Latin) |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Батыштын башчылары |
| Laotian | ເຈົ້າຫນ້າທີ່ຂອງພາກຕາເວັນຕົກ |
| Latvian | Kapteiņi rietumu |
| Lithuanian | Kapitonų vakarų |
| Luxembourgish | Kapitän vum Westen |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Капетаните на Западот |
| Malagasy | Kapitenin' ny Andrefana |
| Malayalam | പടിഞ്ഞാറൻ ക്യാപ്റ്റൻമാർ |
| Malaysian | Kapten-kapten Barat |
| Maltese | Il-kaptani tal-Punent |
| Marathi | पाश्चात्य सरदार |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Өрнөдийн дарга нар |
| Nepalese | पश्चिमका कप्तानहरू |
| Norwegian | Kapteiner i Vesten |
| Occitan | Captains de l'Oèst |
| Pashto | لویدیځ قوماندانان |
| Persian | کاپیتانهای غربی |
| Polish | Kapitanowie zachodu |
| Portuguese | Capitães do Oeste (Brazil) |
| Punjabi | ਵੈਸਟ ਦੇ ਕੈਪਟਨਜ਼ |
| Romanian | Căpitani ai Occidentului |
| Russian | Капитаны Запада |
| Sardinian | Capitanos de su Otzidente |
| Scottish Gaelic | Caiptean an Iar |
| Serbian | Заповедници Запада (Cyrillic) Zapovednici Zapada (Latin) |
| Sicilian | Capitani di l' Ovest |
| Sindhi | اولهه جا ڪپتان |
| Sinhalese | බටහිර කපිතාන්වරු |
| Slovak | Kapitáni západu |
| Slovenian | Poveljniki na zahodu |
| Spanish | Capitanes del Oeste |
| Swahili | Maakida wa magharibi |
| Swedish | Kaptener i Väst |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Сардорони ғарб |
| Tamil | மேற்கின் கேப்டன்கள் |
| Tatar | Көнбатыш капитаннары |
| Telugu | పశ్చిమ కెప్టెన్లు |
| Thai | กัปตันแห่งตะวันตก |
| Turkish | Batı 'nın k=Kaptanları |
| Turkmen | Günbataryň Kapitanlary |
| Urdu | مغرب کے کپتان |
| Uzbek | Ғарбнинг капитанларı (Cyrillic) G'arbning kapitanları (Latin) |
| Vietnamese | Đội trưởng của hướng Tây |
| Welsh | Gapteiniaid y Gorllewin |
| Xhosa | A baphathi seNtshona |
| Yiddish | קאַפּיטאַן פון די מערב |