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Théoden -- Mighty King of Rohan

Bernard Hill as Théoden
I'm proud to pay tribute to a great hero of the Lord of the Rings saga, Théoden, son of Thengel, 17th King of Rohan. He was a commander at both of the great battles of the Trilogy, Helm's Deep and Pelennor Fields. He was slain battling the Lord of the Nazgul on the Pelennor Fields outside Minas Tirith. He was succeeded as King by his nephew, Éomer, who began the third line of Rohan kings.

My Favorite Quotes:

"That is a fair lord and a great captain of men. If Gondor has such men still in these days of fading, great must have been its glory in the days of its rising."
― Legolas speaking of Prince Imrahil, The Return of the King, The Last Debate*TG Featured Quote
"For, it may well prove that you will see me never again; and that I shall show you no such sign as Eärendil showed long ago. But hold you ever in readiness, for the end of the world we have known is now at hand."
― Amandil speaking to Elendil, The Silmarillion, Akallabêth

The following is out-of-universe, but it applies to an all-war-all-the-time guy like me:

"Wars come and go, but my soldiers stay eternal."
― Tupac Shakur

Another o-o-u classic:

"If you wait by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies will come floating by."
― Sun-Tzu
This is me, a King among Men
Being a middle-aged African-American man gives me a little different viewpoint on the Tolkien universe. It's certainly Eurocentric, but its also well-designed and highly entertaining. It should be remembered that Tolkien was a product of his times, which thought that the world revolved around Western Europe. So I don't give a lot of credence to this 'Tolkien was racist' nonsense. I am a veteran of a couple of other Wiki sites, like Wikipedia Project: Middle Earth and Memory Alpha. I joined Tolkien Gateway to try to make a major contribution and get involved. I try to raise the level of expertise and professionalism on TG, and I tend to concentrate on articles involving conflicts from the First and Second Ages. It's been my privilege to to re-ignite the Featured Article process here on TG, and to drive the first one through to FA status, Aragorn II. I also nominated and shepherded through the first new Featured Quote in over a year, from Legolas.


Realms of Beleriand

My Scoreboard

1,431 Total Edits

Contributions

Articles written:

  1. Angmar War
  2. Captain of Umbar
  3. Corsair Wars
  4. First War with Melkor
  5. Gondorian Military Forces
  6. Second Battle of Dagorlad
  7. Wainrider/Balchoth War
  8. War for Sake of the Elves

Articles rewritten or heavily modified:

  1. Arnor
  2. Battle of the Camp
  3. Battle of Dale
  4. Battle of the Field of Celebrant
  5. Battle of the Morannon
  6. Battle of the Plains
  7. Battle of the Powers
  8. Dagor Aglareb
  9. Dagor Bragollach
  10. Elendil
  11. Fëanor
  12. First Battle
  13. Gondor
  14. Last Alliance of Elves and Men
  15. Morgoth
  16. Nírnaeth Arnoediad
  17. Númenor
  18. Númenóreans
  19. Rangers of the North
  20. Siege of Barad-dur
  21. Siege of Utumno
  22. Surprise Attack on Umbar
  23. The Lord of the Rings: Weapons and Warfare
  24. War of the Elves and Sauron
  25. War of the Last Alliance
  26. War of the Ring
  27. War of Wrath
  28. Wars of Beleriand





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