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Originally the Gondorian province of
Calenardhon, the land north of the
White Mountains was gifted by
Steward
Cirion
to
Eorl
of the
Northmen in
2510 (Third Age). Eorl had led his men through great
hardship from the far north to the aid of Gondor, and Cirion
gave him the wide green lands of Calenardhon in recognition of
his aid, swearing eternal friendship between old Gondor and the
new land of Rohan.
Rohan's history was one of conflict and war;
with the
Orcs
of the White Mountains, the
Dunlendings to the west, and ultimately with
Saruman
in
Orthanc,
whose lan
Nonetheless, the line of the
Kings
of Rohan stretched from Eorl's time to the
War
of the Ring and beyond. The Kings sat in the
Golden
Hall of
Meduseld
in
Edoras,
built by Eorl's son
Brego.
At the time of Gondor's greatest need, they kept the
Oath of
Eorl, and rode to the aid of their ancient allies at the
Battle of the Pelennor Fields.
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Encyclopedia
of Arda
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