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Post by Wbweather » Tue Jun 12, 2018 4:54 pm

King Thengel, Lord of the Riddermark
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The last King of Rohan often sits uneasy on his throne. Thengel has returned to his country only in the year 2953, already 48 years old. Before that time he had lived for thirty years in Gondor, away from the land of his forebears, to escape the influence of his ill-tempered and unwise father.

When Fengel died Thengel was summoned home by a people who had spent a lifetime under a greedy, fractious king. Few among them were ready to love his son; even fewer expected anything from him than what they had got from King Fengel for fifty years.

Thengel himself was not ready to love again the green plains of the realm he had learnt to call Rohan. He returned a grown man, with a foreign Queen and a foreign heir. To his eyes the Golden Hall and the shadowy refuges of Dunharrow and Helm’s Deep appeared quaint and rough compared to the high, lofty castles of the Dúnedain; the Riders of the Riddermark seemed a quarrelsome folk, loud and boastful compared to the Knights of Dol Amroth or Lossarnach. Thengel knew full well that his wife and young son, born in Gondor, would feel out of place for many years, perhaps all their lives, behind the wooden walls of Edoras.

For this and other reasons Thengel and his family speak Sindarin and Westron, in the Golden Hall, even if not all his subjects appreciate that custom. But in all public matters the Lord of Rohan and his household use the language of the Mark, and with every passing year this becomes more and more natural to the King. The rich and stern tongue of his younger days stirs bittersweet memories in Thengel, recollections of a land he loved fiercely, and that he could not suffer to see ruled by a greedy and unjust lord.

Now that he is the rightful Lord of the Riddermark it is his greatest ambition to set things right once again, to rule wisely and see the Rohirrim win such renown that it will redeem the honour that his father squandered. When the day comes for his son Théoden to sit in Edoras, the new King of the Mark will take his position without shame.

Queen Morwen of Rohan
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The King values courage and honour above all, but when it comes to the weighing of the intentions of strangers the Lord of the Mark relies much on the judgement of his wife, a lady of high blood, not easily deceived. Her name is Morwen, ut the Rohirrim call her Steelsheen, a strong name for a forbidding queen.

Much younger than her husband, Morwen was born in Belfalas in the year 2922. As beauteous now as when she first came to Rohan, the queen remains youthful. She lived most of her early life in distant Lossarnach, a fief to the south of Minas Tirith, but she is a descendant of the princes of Dol Amroth, Dúnedain with Elven-blood in their veins.

Morwen has given an heir to the Lord of the Mark and her daughters someday will bind in marriage the worthiest captains and marshals of the Rohirrim together. But the Queen will ever be a stranger to her people, however much they admire her. She is tall and fair-skinned with long black hair – quite exotic to her husband’s fair-haired people – appearing as foreign as her native speech and accent, so soft and musical compared to the slow, rich language of Rohan. Sometimes, her daunting strangeness has been an advantage to her husband, as it has added depth to the romance of a King who won fame far away. Moreover, the Queen is wise enough to strive to love the people of her new home. She treats every honest man and woman with fairness and generosity, yet she remains distant and reserved, allowing her humour and compassion to come to the fore only in rare circumstances. She has a keen eye for folly and she values the steadfast honesty of the Rohirrim.

Théoden, Son of Thengel
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Théoden was born in Gondor in the year 2948, the only son of King Thengel. Already a boy of five when his father took the throne, Théoden had to learn the traditions of the Riders of the Riddermark as a foreigner, but has quickly embraced their ways as every child born in Rohan. In his early years Théoden was most moved by the ancient legends recounting the heroic deeds of his ancestors, and he could often be found in the Golden Hall of Meduseld looking enraptured at the woven cloths hung upon the walls, or sitting at his mother’s feet, listening to the songs of the minstrels.

By his tenth year Théoden trained every day with horse and shield, spear and sword, with a fierce determination, looking up to his father’s prowess as an example to follow. Reared on tales of companionship and sacrifice, Théoden is developing a deep and unwavering loyalty to his folk and kin, and a brotherly love for his most trusted companions; once earned, his faith is not easily lost. His mother sees her great challenge in teaching Théoden to be wary and discerning without becoming grasping and suspicious.

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Post by Wbweather » Wed Apr 10, 2019 10:39 pm

Ealdulf ‘the Red’, the King’s Reeve.

Ulfúr
Rider of the mark. Eldest son of Héamarh, Lord of Brocdene. Arrogant and brash with a hatred of Dunlendings. Killed by the Horse-Eater.

Léora
Shieldmaiden of Rohan. Her brother was slain by Ulfúr. After his death, she seemed to find some peace.

Imhar
Leader of a band of Dunlendingd hunting the Horse-Eater

Léofold and Merwyn
Inkeepers along the road from Edoras to the Gap of Rohan.

Héalaf
Brother of Ulfur. Son of Lord Héamarh of Brocdene.

Lady Ethelwyn
Lady of Brocdene, Wife of Héamarh, mother of Ulfúr and Héalaf.

Athelwis
Doorweard of Borcdene.

Héamarh, Lord of Brocdene.

Déora, daughter of Déoric
Betrothed to Héalaf

Déoric
Rider of Rohan, following Héamarh to hunt down a band of orcs.

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