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“” “Knights!”, Aragorn exclaimed, jumping up. “Many knights on rapid steeds go to us!”.
“Yes!”, Said Legolas, “they are one hundred and twenty. They have blonde hair and hold sparkling spears. Their boss is very high.”

( The Lord of the Rings , The two Towers , on. Cit. p. 41 )
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Éored It is a term of Anglo -Saxon origin used by the English writer J. R. R. Tolkien for the fantasy cycle of the middle ground. In the novels it indicates a body of the Rohirrim cavalry.

A white horse on Green Camp: the Rohan flag

During the period of the Rohan ring war (called The brand by its inhabitants), it was organized militarily in three distinct territorial areas: the western brand, the eastern brand and the district of Edoras. The army command was up to the king and to his lieutenants, called Marshals of the Marche, which were three of three. The first marshal commanded the Edoras review and had at his direct command the éored [first] . main, called the company of the king [2] , composed of the knights of the King’s house. The second and third marshal commanded the reviews of the two brands, western and eastern.
In war or serious danger, every marshal had a direct command a éored Complete in battle formation, aquarted to its residence.
The command hierarchies changed at the end of the ring of the ring, when King Éomer abolished the name of second and third marshal, replacing them with marshal of the western brand and marshal of the oriental brand, and attributing to them a equal degree.

Framework of the éored In the military hierarchies of the Rohan (year 3019 T.E.):

Re del Rohan
The Éoherë, the entire Rohan review
Viceré [3]
Marshal of the Edoras review
“First Marshal of the Marca”
First éored “The company of the king”
Captains of the Edoras review
“The Éreds of the Edoras review”
Marshal of the Western Marca
“Second Marshal of the Marca” [4] 		Marshal of the Eastern brand
“Third Marshal of the Marca”
Éred of the Marshal House Éred of the Marshal House
Captains of the Western Marca
“The Éreds of the Western brand” 		Captains of the Eastern brand
“The Éreds of the Eastern brand”

The term éored is of Anglo -Saxon derivation, containing the suffix There , that is “horse”, and a second term deriving from order , that is “Cavalcante”. L’ éored It was the basic body of Rohan’s cavalry, it was composed of trained and equipped soldiers, who could serve the king both in temporary and permanent lever. How do you read in a Tolkien’s writing [ without source ] It was originally not formed by a fixed number of men; a conspicuous grouping of perfectly trained knights, forming a unitary group that participated in a war action or an exercise, could be a éored .

Things changed with the rebirth and the military reorganization of the Rohan under King Folcwine, about a hundred years before the ring war. It was established that a éored complete and in battle station he was composed of no less than 120 knights, including their captain, and that each éored It was the hundredth part of the complete review of the brand, excluding the knights of the King’s house. [5]

L’ éored He was under the direct command of a captain, and every captain as we saw, he was under orders of his marshal. During the galloping transfers, the formation of the Enerd had its captain at the head of the group, while the remaining group formed a long row with the knights that have appeared two by two.

A knight of a éored he had an equipment that we can partly know from a simple description given by Tolkien [6] .

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The Knights of the Rohan were the best knights of the middle ground, just as famous and admired were their steeds, a truly particular case in the Tolkienian universe of perfect affinity between an entire people and an animal of it; A rash of Rohirrim on horseback was able to perform lightning and surprisingly agile maneuvers, all in unison and in perfect coordination. Examples of this dexterity are not lacking in the pages that Tolkien dedicates to this people. [7]

The complete review of the whole cavalry was called éoheh , therefore included all the éored of all the brands of the Rohan added together. It is estimated that under King Théoden, before the attacks by Saruman, Rohan could have about 12,000 knights in arms, constituting a éoheh complete.
The term has the same derivation as éored , while the final part of the word, TIMES It means “oste, army”.

Quotes of Éred and éoherë in the middle ground cycle [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

In the second volume of the Lord of the Rings , The two towers, éomer in pursuit of a band of orcs, is in command of a éored business suit. When Legolas sight it, he estimates the number in 105 knights, as he will then explain éomer 15 men had fallen during the clash with the orcs.
L’ éored In question was that of the house of the marshal of the Eastern brand, as éomer held that title.
It is The Lord of the Rings , The return of the king , the éored of Marshal Elfhelm, to whom Dernhelm and Merry belonged, [8] and the First éored of the company of the king, led by éomer. [9]
In the Unfinished stories , the great is named éored led by King Marhwini against the Carrieri, [ten] and the éored of Eorl as he escorted the superintendent of Gondor Cirion to the Rive of Mering. [11]

We find the first complete review of the Rohan army in the aforementioned Unfinished stories , with the great éoheh by Eorl the young man made up of about 7000 knights directed to the rescue of Cirion. [twelfth]
The second descent into the battlefield of the éoheh si ritrova ne The return of the king , when King Théoden manages to gather 10,000 spears, but only 6,000 will leave for Gondor; It is perhaps the largest deployment of Rohirrim soldiers after the Eorl ride. On that occasion Théoden will meet with his marshals and captains in Clivovalle and there they held a advice to plan subsequent war actions. [13]

  1. ^ In the Italian translations of Tolkien’s works éored It is treated in some cases as a male name, in others as a female name. E.g. is translated as “mine Éored “In The Lord of the Rings, The two towers, op. Cit. P. 50. In the incomplete stories op. Cit. P. 387, instead” a large Éred “reads and in the same text on other occasions it is reported in male form . In the drafting of this item, the first editor has mostly adopted the male form of the name.
  2. ^ Unfinished stories op. cit. p. 489.
  3. ^ The viceroy was a figure who could be appointed exceptionally in the war period, and had the functions of regent during the absence of the king. During the ring of the ring, nobody held this title. Unfinished stories, op. cit. p. 490.
  4. ^ The degree of second and third marshal was not geographically linked to a brand, but could vary according to the importance and prestige of those who held these offices, e.g. Before his killing to the forms of ISEN, Théodred, son of King Théoden held the position of second marshal and commanded the western brand, during the war of the ring the western brand was commanded by Grimbold who instead had the title of Third Marshal.
  5. ^ Unfinished stories op. cit. p. 420.
  6. ^ The lord of the rings, the two towers, op. cit. p. 43.This description concerned the knights of the éored Éomer’s staff, in particular, he wore a helmet adorned with a white horse tail.
  7. ^ The best example in this case concerns the operating maneuvers by the Knights of the aforementioned éored by Éomer, in particular the episode of the lighter of Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli.The lord of the rings, the two towers, op. cit. p. 43.
  8. ^ The lord of the rings, the return of the king, op. cit. p. 121.
  9. ^ The lord of the rings, the return of the king, op. cit. p. 128, 129.
  10. ^ Unfinished stories, op. cit. p. 387.
  11. ^ Unfinished stories, op. cit. p. 404.
  12. ^ Unfinished stories, op. cit. p. 399.
  13. ^ The lord of the rings, the return of the king, op. cit. p. 77.
  • J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, the two towers , Bompiani pocket, XVII edition, Milan, 2005. ISBN 88-452-3226-3
  • J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, the return of the king , Bompiani pocket, XVII edition, Milan, 2005. ISBN 88-452-3227-1
  • J.R.R. Tolkien, Unfinished stories , Bompiani, VII edition, Milan, 2005. ISBN 88-452-9131-6

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