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Marhwini was the first lord of the people who became known as the Éothéod, later the Rohirrim.

Biography[]

Marhwini was the son of Marhari, who led a remnant of Northmen from the Kingdom of Rhovanion to battle alongside Gondor to stop the advance of the Wainriders years earlier. Through Marhari his father, he was also a direct descendant of Vidugavia, 'King of Rhovanion'.

Marhwini's father Marhari first aligned his people with Gondor in a fight with the Wainriders called the Battle of the Plains. In that conflict, King Narmacil II of Gondor was slain, as was Marhari. Marhwini then led a remnant of what remained of the Northmen to the vales of Anduin, where they mixed with fugitives escaped from the east. These people would come to be known as the Éothéod, they were the culture that would become the Rohirrim.

During the reign of King Calimehtar of Gondor, Marhwini sent word to Gondor that a host of Wainriders was preparing to assault the land of Calenardhon (later Rohan). Eager to avenge Gondor's prior defeat by the Wainriders, Calimehtar led an army out of Gondor and joined with Northmen under Marhwini. The combined force overwhelmed the Wainriders' army at the Second Battle of Dagorlad. As Marhwini had hoped, many thralls of the Wainriders who had once been among the Northmen revolted, and caused their captor's settlements to be destroyed. As the Wainriders retreated from battle, they were forced to retreat far to the east, having been defeated and driven from their homes. Thus the Éothéod were for a time victorious although the power of the Wainriders was only checked and not destroyed.

He had a son named Forthwini.[1]

Etymology[]

Marhwini means horse-friend, and is taken from the Gothic language with Marh (mearh in Old English) meaning 'horse' and wini (winë in Old English) meaning 'friend'.[2]

Marhwini - LOTRO

Marhwini in The Lord of the Rings Online

Portrayals in adaptations[]

  • In The Lord of the Rings Online, Marhwini appears in a flashback narrating the history of the Éothéod. His son is named Forthwini and grandson Forthári, both of whom die in battle to the Orcs, leaving Forthári's son Frumgar as Marhwini's only heir.

Translations[]

Foreign Language Translated name
Amharic ማርህዊኒ
Arabic مارهيني
Armenian Մարհւինի
Assamese মাৰ্হৱিনী
Belarusian Cyrillic Мархвіні
Bengali মারহাউইনি
Bulgarian Cyrillic Мархвини
Georgian მარჰვინი
Greek Μαρχβινι
Gujarati મારહવિની
Hebrew מארוויני
Hindi मर्ह्विनि
Japanese マルヴィニー
Kannada ಮಾರ್ಹ್ವಿನಿ
Kazakh Мархвини (Cyrillic) Marxvïnï (Latin)
Korean 마르 위니
Kyrgyz Cyrillic Марhwини
Macedonian Cyrillic Мархвини
Malayalam മർഹ്വിനി
Marathi मार्हविनी
Mongolian Cyrillic Мархвини
Nepalese मार्हविनी
Pashto مارهوینی
Persian ماروینی
Punjabi ਮਰਹਵਿਨੀ
Russian Мархвини
Sanskrit मर्ह्विनि
Serbian Мархwини (Cyrillic) Marhwini (Latin)
Sinhalese මාර්විනි
Tajik Cyrillic Мархвини
Tamil மர்ஹவினி
Telugu మార్హ్విని
Thai มะรฮวินิ
Ukrainian Cyrillic Маргwіні
Urdu مارویوی
Uzbek Марҳwини (Cyrillic) Marhwini (Latin)
Yiddish מאַרהוויני
Lord of the Éothéod
Preceded by
None
Marhwini Succeeded by
Forthwini
Unknown


References[]

  1. Unfinished Tales, Introduction, Part Three, II: "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan"
  2. Unfinished Tales, Introduction, Part Three, II: "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan"
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