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They had crude weapons and few horses, used mostly for drawing their large wains.<ref name=CE/> | They had crude weapons and few horses, used mostly for drawing their large wains.<ref name=CE/> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
The Balchoth were a fierce people under the [[shadow]] of [[Dol Guldur]]. Around the time of [[Cirion]] they amassed in the lands between [[Mirkwood]] and [[River Running]].<ref name=A1ivS/> | |||
Often they made raids through the forest up to the [[Vales of Anduin]], until the area south of the [[Gladden River]] was largely deserted. Their numbers constantly increased with reinforcements from the [[East]] and built many great boats and rafts on the east shores of Anduin.<ref name=A1ivS/> | |||
Around {{TA|2510}} the Balchoth attempted, with the assistance of [[Orcs]], an invasion of [[Calenardhon]], a minimally populated northern province of [[Gondor]]. With their boats they swarmed over the River and swept away the defenders. A [[Gondorian]] army from the south tried to hinder them but the Balchoth cut them off and drove north over the [[Limlight]], where they were joined by [[Orcs of the Misty Mountains]].<ref name=A1ivS/> | |||
Then they were repulsed by [[Eorl]], who arrived with the [[Éothéod]], after receiving the plea of [[Cirion]] late. The Balchoth were no match for the horsemen of the Éothéod, and during the [[Battle of the Field of Celebrant]], they were hunted down over the fields of Calenardhon and utterly destroyed.<ref name=A1ivS/><ref name=CE>{{UT|Cirion}}</ref> | |||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
The compound ''Balchoth'' consists of [[Westron]] ''[[balc]]'' ("horrible") + [[Sindarin]] ''[[hoth]]'' ("horde"). It was actually a generic term for disliked peoples, including the [[Orcs]].<ref>{{UT|Cirion}} (Note 24)</ref> | The compound ''Balchoth'' consists of [[Westron]] ''[[balc]]'' ("horrible") + [[Sindarin]] ''[[hoth]]'' ("horde"). It was actually a generic term for disliked peoples, including the [[Orcs]].<ref>{{UT|Cirion}} (Note 24)</ref> | ||
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| Origins | Easterlings |
| Locations | Around Rhûn; Rhovanion |
The Balchoth were a clan of Easterlings under the sway of Dol Guldur, who lived in Rhovanion, the lands southeast of the forest of Mirkwood.[1] They were no doubt related to the Wainriders.[2]
They had crude weapons and few horses, used mostly for drawing their large wains.[2]
History
The Balchoth were a fierce people under the shadow of Dol Guldur. Around the time of Cirion they amassed in the lands between Mirkwood and River Running.[1]
Often they made raids through the forest up to the Vales of Anduin, until the area south of the Gladden River was largely deserted. Their numbers constantly increased with reinforcements from the East and built many great boats and rafts on the east shores of Anduin.[1]
Around T.A. 2510 the Balchoth attempted, with the assistance of Orcs, an invasion of Calenardhon, a minimally populated northern province of Gondor. With their boats they swarmed over the River and swept away the defenders. A Gondorian army from the south tried to hinder them but the Balchoth cut them off and drove north over the Limlight, where they were joined by Orcs of the Misty Mountains.[1]
Then they were repulsed by Eorl, who arrived with the Éothéod, after receiving the plea of Cirion late. The Balchoth were no match for the horsemen of the Éothéod, and during the Battle of the Field of Celebrant, they were hunted down over the fields of Calenardhon and utterly destroyed.[1][2]
Etymology
The compound Balchoth consists of Westron balc ("horrible") + Sindarin hoth ("horde"). It was actually a generic term for disliked peoples, including the Orcs.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The Númenorean Kings", "Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion", "The Stewards"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan" (Note 24)
