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Éomer | Lord of the Rings (5/5)
The people of Rohan are described as tall, but when we are introduced to Éomer he is described as "taller than the rest" of his éored, meaning he is most likely the tallest of an already tall race of people. Some online sources cite a note or letter Tolkien wrote claiming that Aragorn was 6'6" and that Éomer was the same height as him. During the events of the novel, he is 28 years old. He has a sword named Gúthwinë, which in the language of the Rohirrim means "battle friend." His horse is named Firefoot.
Additional Links: Biography at Tuckborough, (http://www.tuckborough.net/eomer.html) Encyclopedia of Arda entry, (http://www.glyphweb.com/Arda/e/Eomer.html) Tolkien Gateway entry (http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/%C3%89omer)
First Person (entry type):
The skies have turned against us, I see. We must wait out the storm here in our makeshift camp, for it is too perilous to force the horses onwards here at the root of the mountains. The chances of rock slides are too great.
Yet I do not curse the rain. The crops of the Mark desperately need it this time of the year, and perhaps the harvest will be bountiful in return.
[Éomer pauses to run a hand back through his soaked hair.]
I will say that the rain does not do as much good for my men as it does for our crops. With so many injuries suffered over the years, weather of this kind wrecks havoc on our bodies. Have you an older relative who complains of knee or shoulder troubles when rain is expected? Imagine such complaints uttered by over one hundred riders.
[Not far away there is the sound of groaning and "My poor back!" Éomer smiles slightly.]
Thoughts of a warm bed at the end of our journey will get us through the night. Or, perhaps, will get most of us through the night.
Third Person:
Éomer awoke with the dawning of the day, greeted with a blue sky. The rain had left them during the night and all was now muddy, yet there was a fresh smell in the air. Men were slowing rising at this hour, tending to their horses and preparing breakfast. Éomer joined them, eating a piece of stale bread as he awaited news from a scout who had ridden out ahead. All hoped that there had not been a rock slide during the night that would make their journey home more difficult.
When the scout returned, he said that all was clear for many miles, and after the men finished breakfast, they saddled their horses to depart. Firefoot pushed his head against his master's shoulder in impatience. Laughing, Éomer ran his hand over the horse's braided mane. "Yes, Firefoot, we are going. I daresay you are thinking of those oats in the Aldburg stables, and wishing to return to devour them as soon as you may. We are going now."
Like his horse, Éomer too was eager to be home. He enjoyed patrolling the Mark to keep his people safe and sleeping on the hard ground never bothered him, yet like his horse, the man had quite an appetite, and living off the meager foodstuff the éored carried while patrolling made one wish for home all the more. He swung himself up on the saddle, one of his men handing him his spear once he was seated. He gave the call and his éored set out for Aldburg and better food.
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