Fram, son of Frumgar, was the fourth Lord of the Éothéod.
Biography[]
Fram and his people lived in the far northern part of Wilderland, just below the Grey Mountains in the mid-Third Age. He was most famous for slaying the dragon Scatha in TA 2000.
After he slew Scatha, he claimed the dragon's treasure horde, which the Dwarves believed rightfully belonged to them. Knowing this, he sent back to them a necklace made from the teeth of Scatha along with this message: “Jewels such as these you will not find in your treasuries, for they are hard to come by." However, the Dwarves found this insulting. The outcome of his fate is uncertain, though it is believed that he may have been slain out of revenge by the Dwarves for the insult.
It is possible that he was the founder of the Éothéod capital of Framsburg.[1][2] In the years that followed, Eorl the Young would come to lead the Éothéod and bring them south to Rohan, where they became known as the Rohirrim. Their old capital of Framsburg was abandoned and fell into ruin.
In adaptations[]
Fram in The Lord of the Rings Online
In The Lord of the Rings Online, Fram appears in a series of flashbacks narrating the history of Éothéod. When Scatha attacked Framsburg, Frumgar lost the use of his sword-arm, after which Fram swore revenge and hunted Scatha alone for two years. Frumgar died shortly after Fram returned with Scatha's treasure, while Fram himself was not killed by Dwarves, but by the servants of the Enemy who made it look like Dwarves were involved to sow dissent in the North. Fram left three sons, Gifica, Gundamári and Gisilhári. None of them were at age at the time of Fram's death and the two eldest died in battles against Orcs.
In The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game, Fram has become an undead shade. He is encountered in The Ghost of Framsburg adventure pack.
At the game's beginning, Fram's shade still dwells within the ruins of Framsburg. The player's heroes after the battle with Dagnir at Hrogar’s Hill, learned that their weapons were not sufficient to kill the Dragon. They did however, heard a rumor that the enchanted blade of Fram would be able to slay the beast. So they had traveled west from Hrogar’s Hill until they reached the old ruins of Framsburg. It was in Fram’s tomb that the heroes now hoped to find his legendary sword, Wormsbane.
At nightfall the heroes enter into the ruins, only to be assaulted by ghastly specters. Fighting their way through the undead they reach the tomb of Fram. Inside they are attacked by Fram's Shade as he believes they are robbers here to steal his treasures. After dueling with the ghost, the heroes parley with the spirit exclaiming that they were only there for the sword and not the treasure. Fram's Shade refuses to believe at first, but after it is revealed that there is no treasure left in Framsburg and his people have moved on (all due to the fact of Fram's pride and greed to the dwarves and his people). Fram's Shade yields to the heroes and asks for pardon for his selfishness and arrogance. Now repentant Fram's Shade could rest in peace. The heroes retrieve his sword only to find it broken in two.
Fram's Shade's armor looks to be of scale mail and armored plates. His weapon is a spectral sword and shield.
| Lord of the Éothéod | ||
| Preceded by Frumgar |
Fram | Succeeded by Unknown, eventually Léod |
| TA 2001 - TA ? | ||
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Arabic | فرام |
| Armenian | Ֆրամ |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Фрам |
| Bengali | ফ্র্যাম |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Фрам |
| Chinese | 存储器 |
| Georgian | ფრამი |
| Greek | Φραμ |
| Gujarati | ફ્રેમ |
| Hebrew | פראם |
| Hindi | फ्रैम |
| Japanese | フラム |
| Kannada | ಫ್ರಾಮ್ |
| Kazakh | Фрам (Cyrillic) Fram (Latin) |
| Korean | 프레임 ? |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Фрам |
| Laotian | ຟຣະມ |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Фрам |
| Malayalam | ഫ്രാം |
| Marathi | फ्रेम |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Фрим |
| Pashto | فرام |
| Persian | فرام |
| Punjabi | ਫ਼ਰਾਮ |
| Russian | Фрам |
| Serbian | Фрам (Cyrillic) Fram (Latin) |
| Sinhalese | ෆ්රම් |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Фрам |
| Tamil | ப்ரம் |
| Telugu | ఫ్రామ్ |
| Thai | ฟระม |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Фрам |
| Urdu | فرام |
| Uzbek | Фрам (Cyrillic) Fram (Latin) |
| Yiddish | פֿראַם |
| Lords of the Éothéod | |
|---|---|
| Marhwini • Forthwini • Frumgar • Fram • Léod • Eorl the Young | |
References[]
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A: Annals of the Kings and Rulers, II: The House of Eorl
- ↑ Unfinished Tales, Part Three: The Third Age, II: "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan"