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Gondor with great strength, he sent many men to
the help of the Steward. He wished to lead them
himself, but was dissuaded, and his twin sons
Folcred and Fastred (born 2858) went in his stead.
They fell side by side in battle in Ithilien (2885).
Túrin II of Gondor sent to Folcwine a rich weregild
of gold.
2870–2953 15. Fengel. He was the third son and fourth child
of Folcwine. He is not remembered with praise.
He was greedy of food and of gold, and at strife
with his marshals, and with his children. Thengel,
his third child and only son, left Rohan when he
came to manhood and lived long in Gondor, and
won honour in the service of Turgon.
2905–80 16. Thengel. He took no wife until late, but in 2943
he wedded Morwen of Lossarnach in Gondor,
though she was seventeen years the younger. She
bore him three children in Gondor, of whom
Théoden, the second, was his only son. When
Fengel died the Rohirrim recalled him, and he
returned unwillingly. But he proved a good and
wise king; though the speech of Gondor was used
in his house, and not all men thought that good.
Morwen bore him two more daughters in Rohan;
and the last, Théodwyn, was the fairest, though
she came late (2963), the child of his age. Her
brother loved her dearly.
It was soon after Thengel’s return that Saruman
declared himself Lord of Isengard and began to
give trouble to Rohan, encroaching on its borders
and supporting its enemies.
2948–301917. Théoden. He is called Théoden Ednew in the
lore of Rohan, for he fell into a decline under the
spells of Saruman, but was healed by Gandalf, and
in the last year of his life arose and led his men to
victory at the Hornburg, and soon after to the
Fields of Pelennor, the greatest battle of the Age.
He fell before the gates of Mundburg. For a while
he rested in the land of his birth, among the dead