The Éored

Etymology:
eoh (“hirse”) + rád (“ride”) éored, in Old English, it means “cavalry, band or troop”.

Éored of East Mark

Because éored means a group of well-trained warriors who rode as a fighting unit.

During the military reorganization in the time of King Folcwine, the size of an entire éored was determined to be about 120 men.

An éored was part of the éoherë, the whole assembly of Rohan.

The Knights of a éored could serve indefinitely or indefinitely.

Each éored was led by a captain. In times of war or turmoil, each of the Marshals of the Mark had a battle-ready éored, to command at his discretion.

For this reason the éored are considered regional military units.

With this in mind, we have chosen one of the three regions into which the kingdom of Rohan was divided militarily in the fourth age.

East Mark’s capital is Aldburg, first capital of the Kingdom of Rohan founded by Eorl the Younger.

This concept follows exactly the Germanic concept of army that goes from the ancient period to the entire first part of the Middle Ages.

The only professional armies were substantially the guards of the body of the Counts, or Dukes, the word Conte itself derives from the Latin comes which means following, accompaniment.

So the Count was the one who had a retinue of arms at his disposal, a concept taken up in Tokien with the Marshal and his éored.

The Banner

It is inspired by the epic battle between Fram and the dragon Scatha.

Fram was a man of the Éothéod line, one of the lines of northern men who came from Rhovanion and were famous for being great horse breeders.

Fram son of Frumgar, direct descendant of Vidugavia, on his father’s death became the fifth Lord of the Éothéod, who dwelt in the north of the Vale of Anduin.

He founded the city of Framsburg, which became the capital of the Éothéod for five centuries.

His reign was marked by various raids by the Dragons of the North, and among these was the dragon Scatha, known as “The Worm”.

After pillaging several Dwarf homes, he also became a threat to the Éothéod.

Fram set out alone to face the dragon and, after a hard fight, killed it by taking possession of the dragon’s huge treasure.

The Dwarves then demanded that their stolen treasure be returned to them and given back to them, but Fram returned only a small portion together with Scatha’s teeth with a message attached that read:

“Jewels like these you will not find in your hoards, for they are not easy to obtain.”

The Dwarves, enraged by this veiled insult, are said to have killed him.

The Éothéod kept much of the treasure and carried it with them when Eorl, progenitor of the Rohirrim, led his people south into Calenardhon.

The ornate war horn given by Éomer to Merry belonged to this very treasure captured by Fram.