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During the Third Age, first mention of the Éothéod is when they migrated under their king Frumgar to the confined area between the rivers Langwell and Greylin, sources of the Great River Anduin, near where the Ered Mithrin met the Misty Mountains. They went that way after the fall of Angmar, away from the ravages of the Easterlings and Orcs.

Some time later their king Fram, son of Frumgar, slew the dragon Scatha. The Éothéod capital was named Framsburg in his honour. Fram's son Léod was killed trying to tame the horse Felaróf, first of the Mearas of Rohan. His son Eorl the YoungThis article is about a fictional character. For information on the historical Scotsman, see Clan MacLeod Eorl the Young is a fictional character from J. Tolkien's universe of Middle-earth, lord of the Eotheod ( T. 2501 2510) and King of Rohan ( T. 2510 2 tamed the horse, taking it into service as compensation for his father's life.

During the rule of the ruling Steward of GondorThe Stewards of Gondor were rulers from J. Tolkien's legendarium of Middle-earth. Steward was the traditional title of a chief counsellor to one of the Kings of Gondor. During the time of the Steward Pelendur, from the famous House of Hurin this title bec CirionTolkien's universe of Middle-earth, Cirion son of Boromir I, was the twelfth ruling Steward of Gondor. During his rule, the evil Men known as Balchoth gathered for an assault upon Gondor, passing over the Undeeps of Anduin into the northern province of Ca, Gondor faced an attack by the evil Balchoth, and Cirion sent messengers to the Éothéod capital. King Eorl answered the call for help, and rode out with most of the Éothéod to help their allies of old, leaving only a few warriors behind to protect his people. The Riders arrived just in time to help the army of Gondor at the Field of CelebrantTolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth, the Field of Celebrant was the place where a fierce battle was fought. In the year 2510 of the Third Age, the fierce Easterlings known as the Balchoth waged open war against a weakened Gondor, and had already, and after defeating the enemy Cirion asked the Éothéod to watch over the depopulated province of CalenardhonTolkien's Middle-earth, Calenardhon was the place which became Rohan. Calenardhon was a wide green landscape in the north of Gondor, but it became depopulated during the Third Age. During the rule of the Steward Cirion Gondor faced a series of attacks by.

Three months later Cirion gave Calenardhon as a gift to Eorl and his people, and Eorl swore his OathTolkien's universe of Middle-earth, the Oath of Eorl is the alliance sworn between the Middle-earth nations of Rohan and Gondor. The Oath also stated that the province of Calenardhon will be forever of Rohan, and the borders of that kingdom were establish of eternal friendship. Messengers were sent north, and the Éothéod completely removed to the plains of Calenardhon.

The Éothéod renamed themselves Eorlingas or "followers of Eorl", but in SindarinSindarin is an artificial language (or conlang) developed by J. In Tolkien's mythos, it was the Elvish language most commonly spoken in Middle-earth. It was the language of the Sindar, those Teleri which had been left behind on the Great Journey of the El they became known as the Rohirrim, or Horse-lords, and their country became known as Rohan, the Riddermark.

The name Éothéod is a translation into Anglo-Saxon of the original Rohirric Lohtûr, Rohirric "loho-" or "lô-" corresponding to the Anglo-Saxon "éo-", meaning "horse".