Wainriders

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The Wainriders were a confederation of Easterling tribes (mostly out of Rhûn) who, in TA 1851 were united by their hatred of Gondor, and stirred-up by the Dark Lord Sauron to attack Gondor.

History

The Wainriders in war

The Wainriders started raiding the eastern territories of Gondor in TA 1851, and five years later launched a major assault. They conquered Southern and Eastern Rhovanion, defeated the army of Gondor, and killed King Narmacil II at the Battle of the Plains at Dagorlad. They rode in great wagons and chariots, or wains (which gave them their name), and raided the lands of Rhovanion, destroying or enslaving its people. Gondor gradually lost all of its provinces east of the river Anduin (save only Ithilien) to them. The thirtieth King of Gondor, Calimehtar son of Narmacil, defeated the Wainriders at the Second Battle of Dagorlad, but while the Wainriders were checked they were not destroyed.

They struck back in TA 1944, allying themselves with the Haradrim of Near Harad and the Variags of Khand. They managed to slay king Ondoher and both his sons, but instead of riding on to Minas Anor and taking the city, they paused to celebrate. Meanwhile, general Eärnil of Gondor's southern army had defeated the Haradrim and rode north to defend his king. He came too late to rescue Ondoher, but managed to totally defeat the Wainriders at the Battle of the Camp. Eärnil was crowned king. After this defeat, the might of the Wainriders was broken, and their confederacy broke up. It was later realized by the Wise and the rulers of Gondor themselves that the Wainrider attacks had been staged by Sauron to allow him to reclaim Mordor, while Gondor's watch was diverted; and also to prevent the South Kingdom from aiding Arthedain in its war with Angmar.

Translations

Foreign Language	Translated name
Afrikaans	Oorlogswa ryers
Albanian	Shoferë karrocash lufte
Amharic	የጦር ሠረገላ ሾፌሮች
Arabic	الدراجين عجلة حربية
Armenian	Մարտակառք հեծյալներ
Assamese	যুদ্ধ ৰথ চালক
Azerbaijani	Döyüş Arabası Sürücülər
Bashkir	Һуғыш арбаһы водителдәре
Basque	Gerra-gurdien gidariak
Belarusian Cyrillic	Вершнікі баявых калясьніц
Bengali	যুদ্ধ রথ ড্রাইভার
Bosnian	Vozači ratnih kočija
Bulgarian Cyrillic	Колесница ездачи
Burmese	စစ်ရထားစီးသူများ
Cambodian	អ្នកជិះរទេះសេះ
Catalan	Genets de carros de guerra
Cebuano	Mga mangangabayo sa karwahe sa gubat
Chinese	戰車民
Corsican	Cavalieri di carri di guerra
Croatian	Vozači bojnih kola
Czech	Válečný vůz jezdci
Danish	Vognkørerne
Dogri	युद्ध रथ सवार
Dutch	Oorlogswagenrijders
Esperanto	Armea ĉaro rajdantoj
Estonian	Sõjavankrijuhid
Finnish	Vaunumiehet
French	Gens-des-Chariots
Frisian	Oarloch weinen rijders (Western)
Galician	Condutores de carros de guerra
Georgian	მეურმეები
German	Wagenfahrer
Greek	Οδηγοί Πολεμικών Αρμάτων
Gujarati	યુદ્ધ રથ ચાલકો
Hebrew	רוכבי מרכבות מלחמה
Hindi	युद्ध रथ ड्राइवरों
Hungarian	Háborús szekér sofőrök
Icelandic	Stríðsvagnstjórar
Indonesian	Kereta Pertempuran penunggang
Irish Gaelic	Tiománaithe Carbad Cogaidh
Italian	Carrieri
Japanese	戦争馬車ドライバー
Javanese	Penunggang kreta perang
Kannada	ಯುದ್ಧ ರಥ ಚಾಲಕರು
Kazakh	Соғыс арбасы жүргізушілері (Cyrillic) Soğıs arbası jürgizwşileri (Latin)
Korean	전차 라이더
Kurdish	گالیسکەوانەکان (Sorani) Erebeya şer siwarên (Kurmanji)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic	Согуш арабалары айдоочулар
Laotian	ຜູ້ຂັບຂີ່ລົດຮົບ
Latin	Raeda ascensores belli
Latvian	Kaujas rati braucēji
Lithuanian	Karo vežimo raiteliai
Luxembourgish	Krichwaggonfuerer
Macedonian Cyrillic	Јавачи на воени коли
Maithili	रथ सवार
Malaysian	Pelumba-pelumba kereta kuda
Malayalam	യുദ്ധ രഥ ഡ്രൈവർമാർ
Maltese	Rikkieba tal-karrijiet tal-gwerra
Maori	Nga kaieke hariata whawhai
Marathi	रथ रायडर्स
Mongolian Cyrillic	Сүйх тэрэг тэрэгчид
Nepalese	युद्ध रथ चालक
Norwegian	Vognkjørere / Krigsvognkjørere
Pashto	ګاډۍ رایډرز
Persian	سواران ارابه
Polish	Wojna jeźdźcy rydwan
Portuguese	Ginetes de carruagem de guerra
Punjabi	ਰਥ ਰਾਈਡਰਜ਼
Romanian	Calareti car de luptă
Russian	Люди Повозок
Serbian	Возачи ратних кочија (Cyrillic) Vozači ratnih kočija (Latin)
Sesotho	Bakhanni ba likoloi
Sindhi	جنگي رٿ سوار
Sinhalese	යුධ අශ්ව රථ පදවන්නන්
Slovak	Vodiči vojnového voza
Slovenian	Vozniki vojne kočije
Spanish	Carrieri
Sundanese	Gerbong pengendara
Swahili	Madereva wa Magari ya Vita
Swedish	Vagnsryttarna
Tajik Cyrillic	Саворони аробаҳои ҷангӣ
Tamil	போர் தேர் சாரதிகள்
Tatar	Сугыш арбасы драйверлары
Telugu	యుద్ధ రథం డ్రైవర్లు
Thai	คนขับรถม้าสงคราม
Turkish	Savaş arabası biniciler
Turkmen	Uruş arabalary sürüjileri
Ukrainian Cyrillic	Водії бойових колісниць
Urdu	جنگی رتھ ڈرائیور
Uzbek	Уруш араваси ҳайдовчилари (Cyrillic) Urush aravasi haydovchilari (Latin)
Vietnamese	Người đi xe ngựa
Welsh	Gyrwyr Chariot Rhyfel
Xhosa	Abakhweli beenqwelo zokulwa