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Eowyn
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Northwoman, shield-maiden of Rohan. At the time of the War of the Ring, Eowyn was the beautiful, golden-haired niece of King Theoden of Rohan and sister of Prince Eomer. During the War of the Ring, Eowyn fell in love with Aragorn. Despairing at his assumed death, and frustrated by her inability to fight for her people, Eowyn disguised herself as a warrior called Dernhelm, and rode with the Rohirrim in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields. There she won the greatest fame of any warrior by standing over the mortally wounded King Theoden and fighting the Witch-king, the lord of the Ringwraiths. Protected by the prophecy that could not be slain by the hand of a Man, Eowyn revealed that she was a shield-maiden, and with her sword killed the Winged Beast on which he rode. Then – with the help of the Hobbit, Meriadoc Brandybuck – she slew the Witch-king himself. In that struggle, however, Eowyn was overcome by the poison “Black Breath” of the Ringwraith, and fell into a death-like sleep. She was eventually brought out of this coma by Aragorn, using the magical herb called Athelas.
After the War of the Ring, Eowyn recovered from both the evil spell of the and her infatuation with Aragorn. She fell in love with and soon married Faramir, the Steward of Gondor and Prince of Ithilien.
