#felaróf

[ridingforrohan]

While @lady-of-ithilien works on my Fréaláf cloak I decided to put together an Eorl the Young cosplay. Complete with Felaróf’s no bridle look for book accuracy. Seriously, I cannot even begin to say how proud I am of this horse for doing this. He was incredible.

[elfwines]

'Eorl vowed that he would avenge his father. He hunted long for [his father's killer], and at last he caught sight of him; and his companions expected that he would try to come within bowshot and kill him. But when they drew near, Eorl stood up and called in a loud voice: "Come hither, Mansbane, and get a new name!" To their wonder the horse looked towards Eorl, and came and stood before him, and Eorl said: "Felaróf I named you. You loved your freedom, and I do not blame you for that. But now you owe me a great weregild, and you shall surrender your freedom to me until your life's end."'

[middleearthquotations]

- Sung by Aragorn, The Two Towers, Book III, The King of the Golden Hall

"Thus spoke a forgotten poet long ago in Rohan, recalling how tall and fair was Eorl the Young, who rode down out of the North; and there were wings upon the feet of his steed, Felaróf, father of horses. So men still sing in the evening."