In J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, Edoras is the capital city of Rohan. Tolkien's Legendarium (ISBN 0-313-30530-7 is a collection of scholarly essays edited by Verlyn Flieger and Carl F This is a list of kings of Rohan from the Fictional universe of Middle-earth by J This is a list of kings of Rohan from the Fictional universe of Middle-earth by J This is a list of kings of Rohan from the Fictional universe of Middle-earth by J Middle-earth refers to the fictional lands where most of the stories of author J Rohan, is a fictional realm in J R R Tolkien 's Fantasy era of Middle-earth. It is home to the Golden Hall of the King, called Meduseld. In J R R Tolkien 's Fictional universe of Middle-earth, Meduseld was the great Golden Hall built in Edoras.

The city of Edoras was built on a hill in a valley of the White Mountains by Rohan's second King, Brego son of Eorl the Young. The White Mountains, a loose translation of the Sindarin Ered Nimrais "Whitehorn Mountains" is a fictional Mountain range in J This is a list of kings of Rohan from the Fictional universe of Middle-earth by J This is a list of kings of Rohan from the Fictional universe of Middle-earth by J This is a list of kings of Rohan from the Fictional universe of Middle-earth by J Before Edoras was completed, Rohan's capital was at Aldburg in the Folde. Minor places in Middle-earth#Place Name -->;Place name description1 Further description prefix with The Golden Hall was described as having a golden thatch, and the stables were constructed at the top of the hill by Meduseld itself.

Edoras is Rohan's only real city. It is here in Meduseld that Aragorn, Gimli, Legolas, and Gandalf meet with King Théoden in the account of the early stages of the War of the Ring. Aragorn II is a fictional character from J R R Tolkien 's Middle-earth Legendarium. Character overview Gimli was a Dwarf of Durin's Folk who volunteered to accompany Frodo Baggins as a member of the Fellowship of the Ring Appearances Literature Legolas was the son of Thranduil, King of the Woodland Realm of Northern Mirkwood, who appears as "the Elvenking" Concept and creation Humphrey Carpenter in his 1977 biography relates that Tolkien owned a Postcard entitled Der Berggeist ("the mountain Early life Théoden was the only son of King Thengel and Morwen of Lossarnach (a region of Gondor) The Two Towers is the second volume of J R R Tolkien 's High fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings.

The inhabitants of Edoras and the rest of the Rohirrim were often called to war, to defend both Gondor and Rohan. They wore green capes, carried green shields emblazoned with a golden sun and were armed with spears and long swords that were set with green gems.

Edoras is built at the end of the valley of Harrowdale, which lies under the great mountain Starkhorn. The river Snowbourn flows past the city on its way west towards the Entwash. Middle-earth, the main setting of J R R Tolkien 's legendarium Middle-earth, the main setting of J R R Tolkien 's legendarium The city was protected only by a high wall of timber, and a one-way road allowed access to the city. Just before the gates, two sets of mounds lined the road, which were the graves of the former Kings of Rohan.

"Edoras" is Old English for "the Courts", which Tolkien held to be a translation of an unknown Rohirric name of the same meaning. In the fictional world of Middle-earth by J R R Tolkien, Rohirric (also Rohirian and Rohanese, see below is the language of the Rohirrim "Meduseld", a modernized form of the Old English Maeduselde, is similarly meant to be a translation of an unknown Rohirric name meaning "mead hall". ancient Scandinavia a Mead hall or Feasting hall was initially simply a large building with a single room

Adaptations

Edoras in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.

For Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, produced by New Line Cinema, a fully realized set for Edoras was built on Mount Sunday in the upper reaches of the Rangitata Valley, near Erewhon in New Zealand. Peter Robert Jackson, CNZM (born 31 October 1961 is a three-time Academy Award -winning New Zealand director producer and writer best known for directing The Lord of the Rings film trilogy consists of three Live action Fantasy Epic films The Fellowship of the Ring ( 2001 New Line Cinema, founded in 1967 is one of the major American Film studios Though it initially began as an independent film studio it became a The Rangitata River (English Alford is one of the Braided rivers that helped form the Canterbury Plains in southern New Zealand. Erewhon, or Over the Range is a Novel by Samuel Butler, published anonymously in 1872 New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island Some of the set was built digitally, but the main buildings atop the city were built on location: for example the mountain ranges in the background are not added in with computer-generated imagery, but part of the actual location shot. Computer animation Computer-generated imagery (also known as CGI) is the application of the field of Computer graphics or more specifically 3D computer graphics The interiors of buildings such as the Golden Hall, however, were located on soundstages in other parts of New Zealand; when the camera is inside of the Golden Hall, looking out the open gates, the image of the on-set Edoras set is digitally inserted into the door-frame. After filming, Mount Sunday was returned to its original state.