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The sack of Rhovanion was the fall of the Northmen land of Rhovanion to the Wainriders.
History[]
Background[]
In TA 1851,[1] the Wainriders, a confederacy of Easterlings, began to raid Rhovanion and Gondor's eastern territories. Gondor's King Narmacil II responded by assembling an army made up of his own people and his Northmen allies to oppose them.[2]
Fall[]
After Narmacil lost the Battle of the Plains in TA 1856, most all of the Northmen of Rhovanion were enslaved and occupied by the Wainriders for forty-five years. Some escaped to the plains south of Mirkwood and these Éothéod under Marhwini organised a revolt in conjunction with a counter-attack by Gondor's King Calimehtar.[2][3] It is unclear if this revolt was fully successful, as the Wainriders remained strong and the Éothéod did not resettle Rhovanion.
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Danish | Udplyndringen af Rhovanien |
References[]
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B: The Tale of Years (Chronology of the Westlands), "The Third Age"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Unfinished Tales, 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"