All hope was lost, when unlooked for came the riders of Éothéod out of the north. In what was probably a coordinated attack, Orcs came out of the Misty Mountains, and assailed Gondor's flank from the west, driving them towards the Anduin. The army of Gondor was defeated and driven back across the river Limlight to the Field of Celebrant. However the invaders swiftly overran the defences and crossed into the northern province of Calenardhon. Only one man, Borondir, reached the Éothéod capital of Framsburg, and delivered his message to Eorl the Young, their chieftain.Īfter not receiving any answer for a full year, in TA 2510 Cirion set out west through Anórien, to prevent the Balchoth from crossing the Anduin at the Undeeps. Cirion repaired the forts guarding the Undeeps and prepared as best he could, but could not spare many men to defend this part of his realm, and in despair he sent several messengers to Gondor's old friends the Éothéod, a people now living in the Vales of Anduin to the far north. Cirion became the twelfth Steward when his father died in TA 2489.ĭuring his rule in TA 2509, the Balchoth gathered for an assault upon Gondor. Born in TA 2449, Cirion was the son of Boromir, the eleventh Ruling Steward of Gondor.
