The Captains of the West were the leaders of the men who went to battle before the Black Gate of Mordor.
History
The Captains of the West first assembled in a council meeting following the Battle of the Pelennor Fields. They included Aragorn, Éomer, Gandalf, Prince Imrahil of Dol Amroth 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, leaving them with less than seven thousand men.
Portrayal in Adaptations
In the Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King film Merry accompanies the army of the west to the Black Gate. Imrahil and the sons of Elrond do not appear.
Translations around the world
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Owerstes van die Weste |
| Albanian | Kapitenët e Perëndimit |
| Amharic | የምዕራብ አለቆች |
| Arabic | قباطنة الغرب |
| Armenian | Արեւմուտքի կապիտանները |
| Azerbaijani | Qərb kapitanları |
| Basque | Mendebaldeko kapitainak |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Капітаны Захаду |
| Bengali | পাশ্চাত্য কমান্ডার ? |
| 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 |
| Galician | Capitáns de Occidente |
| Georgian | დასავლეთის კაპიტანები |
| German | Heerführer des Westens |
| Greek | Οι καπετάνιοι της Δύσης |
| Gujarati | પશ્ચિમના કેપ્ટનો |
| Hebrew | קפטני המערב |
| Hindi | पश्चिमी कप्तानों |
| Hungarian | Kapitányok a Nyugat |
| Icelandic | Kafteinn Vesturlanda ? |
| 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 |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Капетаните на Западот |
| Malagasy | Kapitenin' ny Andrefana |
| Malaysian | Kapten-kapten Barat |
| Maltese | Il-kaptani tal-Punent |
| Marathi | पाश्चात्य सरदार |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Өрнөдийн дарга нар |
| Nepalese | पश्चिमी प्रमुखहरू |
| Norwegian | Kapteiner i Vesten |
| Pashto | لویدیځ قوماندانان |
| Persian | کاپیتانهای غربی |
| Polish | Kapitanowie zachodu |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | Capitães do Oeste |
| Punjabi | ਵੈਸਟ ਦੇ ਕੈਪਟਨਜ਼ |
| Romanian | Căpitani ai Occidentului |
| Russian | Капитаны Запада |
| Scottish Gaelic | Caiptean an Iar |
| Serbian | Заповедници Запада (Cyrillic) Zapovednici Zapada (Latin) |
| Sinhalese | බටහිර අණදෙන නිළධාරීන්ය |
| Slovak | Kapitáni západu |
| Slovenian | Poveljniki na zahodu |
| Spanish | Capitanes del Oeste |
| Swahili | Maakida wa magharibi |
| Swedish | Kaptener i Väst |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Сардорони ғарб |
| Tamil | மேற்கு கேப்டன்கள் |
| Telugu | వెస్ట్ యొక్క కెప్టెన్లు |
| Turkish | Batı 'nın kaptanları |
| 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 |
