Location from The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
The kingdom of the horse-lords — vast grasslands where mounted warriors ride to war with songs on their lips and a fierce loyalty to their ancient alliance with Gondor.
Rohan is defined by wind and horses. The wind never stops — it presses the grass flat, snaps banners taut, and carries the smell of earth and rain for miles. The Rohirrim have built their entire culture around the horse: their halls smell of leather and hay, their songs are about rides and battles, and their children learn to ride before they can properly walk. There is a raw, unvarnished quality to Rohan that contrasts sharply with Gondor's ancient grandeur. These are not people who build in stone to last forever — they build in wood and replace it when it burns, which it often does. Their courage is not the grim endurance of Gondor but something wilder, more reckless — a cavalry charge with spears leveled and a death-song howling. The kingdom is currently sick at its heart: King Théoden sits enfeebled in Meduseld, counseled by the poisonous Gríma Wormtongue, while his people suffer orc raids they are forbidden to answer.
Endless rolling grasslands stretching to every horizon, the grass itself rippling in constant wind like a golden-green ocean. Wooden halls with carved horse-head gables rather than stone castles. Horse herds moving across the plains in groups of hundreds. The White Mountains rising along the southern border. Scattered farmsteads and villages of timber and thatch, built low against the wind.
Also known as: Rohan, The Mark, Riddermark, the Horse-country