Middle-Earth Tours

Tour 1: The People of Middle-Earth

Éomer


The Riders of Rohan, by Anke-Katrin Eiszmann		 Then one rode forward, a tall man, taller than all the rest; from his helm as a crest a white horsetail flowed. He advanced until the point of his spear was within a foot of Aragorn's breast. Aragorn did not stir.
     'Who are you, and what are you doing in this land?' said the Rider....
     'First tell me whom you serve,' said Aragorn. 'Are you friend or foe of the Sauron, the Dark Lord of Mordor?'
     'I serve only the Lord of the Mark, Théoden son of Thengel,' answered Éomer. 'We do not serve the Power of the Black Land far away, but neither are we yet openly at war with him; and if you are fleeing from him, then you had best leave this land. There is trouble now on all our borders, and we are threatened; but we desire only to be free, and to live as we have lived, keeping our own, and serving no foreign lord, good or evil. We welcomed guests kindly in better days, but in these times the unbidden stranger finds us swift and hard. Come! Who are you? Whom do you serve? At whose command do you hunt Orcs in our land?' TTT, "The Riders of Rohan"


Éomer, by Dan Govar
pic from Elfenomeno
detail of Éomer, by Alan Lee
Theoden rose and put his hand to his side; but no sword hung at his belt. 'Where has Gríma stowed it?' he muttered under his breath.
    'Take this, dear lord!' said a clear voice. "it was ever at your service.' Two men had come softly up the stair and stood now a few steps from the top. Éomer was there. No helm was on his head, no mail was on his breast, but in his hand he held a drawn sword, and as he knelt he offered the hilt to his master. --TTT, "The King of the Golden Hall"
In the movies, Éomer is played by Karl Urban.
pic from an unknown source

Éomer and Wormtonge, pic
from Empire Magazine
image from the official movie site


For more on Éomer, visit the Rohan section
Full-size versions of these pictures are on display at Rolozo Tolkien, the official LotR movie site, There and Back Again, and theonering.net.