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Dates
Extant at the end of the Third Age
Origins
A gift to Aragorn from Arwen
Species
Settlements
Probably originally stabled at Rivendell,1 but travelled through Rohan and Gondor during the War of the Ring
Pronunciation
ro'heroon
Meaning
'Horse of the Lady'2

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Roheryn

The steed of Aragorn

The horse of Aragorn, brought to him out of the north by the Rangers during the War of the Ring, and said to have been a gift from the lady Arwen Evenstar.


Notes

1

We know almost nothing about Roheryn's lifetime before the War of the Ring, but it is clear that the horse was stabled somewhere in the northern lands of Middle-earth. Given the connections with both the Dúnedain and with Arwen, it seems reasonable to speculate that Rohyern would have been kept at Rivendell when not being ridden by Aragorn.

2

This horse's name comes from Sindarin roch 'horse' and heryn 'lady', so the name in full means 'horse of the Lady'. The Lady in question was Aragorn's betrothed, Arwen the Lady of Rivendell, who had given Aragorn the horse as a gift.

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