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Éomer | Lord of the Rings (2/5)

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Character Notes:

History:

Éomer was born in the year 2991 of the Third Age of Middle-Earth in the land of Rohan, known as the Riddermark or the Mark to those who dwell there. It was also called the home of the Horse-lords, as the lives of its people were dependent on horses. Their army consisted of men all on horseback, and they had no foot soldiers. He is the son of Éomund and Théodwyn, the sister of the king, Théoden, meaning Éomer is a member of the House of Éorl, the ruling family of Rohan. He has one sister, Éowyn, who is four years younger than him. As a child his father was killed in battle with the orcs and his mother died not long after of an illness. Therefore, he and his sister moved in with their uncle the king, named Théoden, and grew up in his household in the capital, Edoras.

Nothing else is known about his childhood, but as an adult he was made Third Marshall of the Riddermark. The duties of the Third Marshall changed based on the needs of the king, but during the War of the Ring, Éomer's duty was to patrol the eastern lands of Rohan, known as the Eastfold. He was in charge of an éored, which is a company of riders. The Third Marshall's seat was at Aldburg, in an area called the Folde, which lay between Edoras and the Eastfold. Éomer's father had also been a Marshall whose seat was Aldburg. Being appointed a Third Marshall showed his place in line to the throne. The First Marshall was the King in Edoras, and the Second Marshall was the king's son and heir, Théodred, who patrolled the Westfold. As Théodred had no heir of his own, Éomer was next in line after him.

In the year 3019 of the Third Age, Théodred was killed by Saruman's forces at the Fords of Isen and Éomer became the king's heir. Not long after he met Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli in the Eastfold. Protocol demanded that he bring the travelers to Edoras as no strangers were permitted to wander openly in Rohan, but after listening to their story about their journey and their friends being captured, he made the controversial decision to let them go. He gave them horses to help them and made them promised to return the horses to Edoras, to show that Éomer had made the right choice in trusting them. By doing this he was putting his position as Third Marshall and possibly his life into their hands. In letting them go, he was going against the law of the land and his king, but doing what he hoped was right. After this meeting he reported to Edoras himself, and was imprisoned for both disobeying the king (an act of treason), and threatening the king's adviser, Gríma Wormtongue, who had great influence over the king and Rohan, and also had his eye on Éomer's sister.

At this time, Rohan was in great danger of falling to the enemy. Gríma, who was secretly working for the White Wizard, Saruman, managed to influence the king enough that his people started to suffer because of it. Orcs and Wild Men were opening coming into Rohan, killing the Rohirrim and burning their homesteads.

Once Gandalf, Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli came to Edoras and the king was freed from Gríma's influence, Éomer was released and swore loyalty to his king. Éomer traveled at the king's side to Helm's Deep, where he fought bravely and would have been killed had Gimli not saved him. During the battle, he and Gimli were separated from the others and feared dead, but they had managed to be pushed back by the enemy into the Glittering Caves behind Helm's Deep and survived. He then accompanied the king to Isengard and when Saruman spoke, trying to bewitch everyone's mind into trusting him, Éomer was one of the few who were strong willed enough to resist, and he reminded the king not to trust him.