Wednesday 4 May 2022

How did the Riders of Rohan dress? (according to Frank Frazetta, 1975)

 



The above illustrations by Frank Frazetta (1975) depict Eowyn battling the Nazgul Witch King and his flying steed. 

Eowyn was, of course, disguised as the male rider Dernhelm, and we are told she blended-into the mass of other riders, indistinguishably. 

These pictures therefore inform us that the Riders of Rohan fought the Battle of Pellennor Fields wearing metal basques with twin conical 'breast'-plates, that fully revealed their legs and buttocks... 

I must admit that this was not how I personally saw the Riders of Rohan with my minds eye; and I rather wish I hadn't discovered the fact.