Hill of Erech

The Hill of Erech in The Lord of the Rings Online

The Hill of Erech was the name of a hill in Gondor, on the plain of Erech, situated in the far north of the province of Lamedon. It is known for featuring the Stone of Erech.

History

In the Second Age, Isildur brought with him, out of the ruin of Númenor, a three meter tall round stone. He set it upon the Hill of Erech, as a symbol of his lineage and Gondor. The King of the Mountains swore upon the stone an oath of loyalty and to fight against the enemies of Gondor when it was founded. When the time came, the Men of the Mountains broke their oath and would not fight against Sauron, for they had worshiped him before in the Dark Years. Isildur put a curse on them that they would never rest until they fulfilled this oath.

The Hill of Erech appears to have been desolate at the end of the Third Age due to the terror of the Sleepless Dead when the Heir of Isildur, Aragorn, came to the Hill of Erech to hold them to their oath again. This time, they held true to their oath, forming the Army of the Dead, and helped Aragorn fight the Corsairs of Umbar at Pelargir.

Location of the Hill of Erech within Gondor in Middle-earth

After the battle at Pelargir, Aragorn released them from their oath, allowing them to rest, before he and his company sailed upstream to Minas Tirith.

Portrayal in adaptations

In The Lord of the Rings Online, the Hill of Erech sits in the middle of a populated valley, with the town of "Morlad" and the villages of "Lancrath", "Sardol", and "Tingobel" all located within sight of it. However, men avoid it due to its bad reputation and only wild beasts can be found around the hill itself.

Translations

Foreign Language	Translated name
Armenian	Արեք
Chinese (Hong Kong)	伊瑞奇
Danish	Erech (høj)
Gujarati	ઇરેચ
Hebrew	ארך
Russian	Эрех
Serbian	Ерех (Cyrillic) Erech (Latin)
Sinhalese	එරෙක්
Tatar	Эрех
Thai	เอเร็ค
Ukrainian Cyrillic	Ерех