Eowyn
Northwoman, shield-maiden of Rohan. At the time of the War of the Ring, Eowyn was the beautiful, golden-haired niece of King Théoden 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 Théoden and fighting the Witchking, the lord of the Ringwraiths. Protected by the prophecy that he could not be slain by the hand of 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 Witchking himself. In that struggle, however, Eowyn was overcome by the poison �Black Breath� of the Ringwraith, and fell into a death like sleep. Aragorn, using the magical herb called Athelas, eventually brought her out of this coma. After the War of the Ring, Eowyn recovered from both the evil spell of the Witch-king and her infatuation with Aragorn. She married Faramir, the Steward of Gondor and Prince of Ithilien.
