The North--Rohan and Wainriders - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Dain · 03-06-2003, 06:55 PM

I have been wondering a bit about where the Rohirrim came from. Yes, yes, the North, I know, and the "Vales of Andiun." But that doesn't seem like a good place for horse-lords to come from, and they were horse-lords before riding south, I assume. There doesn't seem to be much room on the west side of Green/Mirkwood for them. Discussing the East side raises questions about the age of the Kingdom of Dale and all that. Does anybody have any firmer picture of where Eorl lived before he brought his people to Rohan?

And a short bit about the Wainriders: doesn't that mean "wagon-riders"? I admit, it's always sounded like a good name for what I picture as the ME equivalent of the Mongols, but then I wondered about it, and...wagons? Ah, my dictionary says it could also mean a chariot, which was a popular convayance of war in the olden days. I'm satisfied now. But not about the Rohirrim... [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

03-06-2003, 06:55 PM	#1
Dain Wight Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Iron Hills Posts: 127	The North--Rohan and Wainriders I have been wondering a bit about where the Rohirrim came from. Yes, yes, the North, I know, and the "Vales of Andiun." But that doesn't seem like a good place for horse-lords to come from, and they were horse-lords before riding south, I assume. There doesn't seem to be much room on the west side of Green/Mirkwood for them. Discussing the East side raises questions about the age of the Kingdom of Dale and all that. Does anybody have any firmer picture of where Eorl lived before he brought his people to Rohan? And a short bit about the Wainriders: doesn't that mean "wagon-riders"? I admit, it's always sounded like a good name for what I picture as the ME equivalent of the Mongols, but then I wondered about it, and...wagons? Ah, my dictionary says it could also mean a chariot, which was a popular convayance of war in the olden days. I'm satisfied now. But not about the Rohirrim... [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] __________________ Only I have looked through the shadow of the Gate. Beyond the shadow it waits for you still: Durin's Bane.