Later Gondor

Later Gondor

TA 1640 - FA 100 and later

Gondor was founded by the Faithful after the fall of Numenor, and lasted throughout the Third Age and into the Fourth.  The Later Gondor army list covers the period after the Great Plague devastated the population of Gondor, with follow-on impact on its army makeup and ability to wage war that had long-term implications.

The Great Plague started in the east beyond Mordor, possibly in Khand.  The plague first hit Rhûn and Rhovanion; it killed about half the population there and arrived in Osgiliath in TA 1636.  From there it spread west and then north.  Minhiriath and Cardolan were especially hard hit, and most of the population there was wiped out.  Arthedain was scarcely affected.  Osgiliath and Minas Ithil were hit especially hard; many fled both cities.  The province of Calenardhon, already lightly populated, was mostly empty thereafter.  Gondor pulled its troops from the fortresses surrounding Mordor and was mostly just trying to recover strength for the next two centuries.

Major events in Gondor include:

• TA 1636: The Great Plague.

• TA 1851 – 1944: Wainrider Wars.  Battle of the Plains (TA 1856); formation of the Éothéod.  Second Battle of Dagorlad (TA 1899).  Disaster of the Morannon and Battle of the Camp (TA 1944).

• TA 1975: Battle of Fornost; fall of Angmar (and a year earlier, Arthedain); forces of Gondor and allies Rhovanion, and Elves of Lindon and Glorfindel from Imladris

• TA 2000-2002: Siege and fall of Minas Ithil; Minas Anor renamed Minas Tirith.

• TA 2050 Eärnur rides to Minas Morgul and is lost; end of the line of Kings; beginning of the Ruling Stewards of Gondor.

• TA 2063 – 2460: The Watchful Peace.  Gandalf and the Council of the Wise investigate Dol Guldur; Sauron flees to the East.  Isengard and Hornburg are gradually abandoned; Dunlendings gradually infiltrate western Calenardhon.

• TA 2460: Sauron returns to Dol Guldur

• TA 2475: Ithilien invaded by Uruks from Mordor; Osgiliath taken and ruined.

• TA 2480: Orcs repopulate Moria and the Misty Mountains

• TA 2510: Invasion of the Balchoth; their defeat at the Fields of Celebrant; formation of Rohan

• TA 2510-3019: Gondor is under constant threat on all sides.

• TA 2901: Ithilien is abandoned

• TA 3019: Battle of Pelennor Fields

Invasion Rating: 1 (TA 1636 - TA 2509)

0 (TA 2510 - TA 3019)

Maneuver Rating: 3

Home Topography: Arable

General's Troop Type: Knight or Elite Foot or Shooter.  General should have the battle cards Deadly and Armored.

Army Battle Cards

Fortified Camp

Hold the Line (on Elite Foot and Spear)

Troop Options

Required Troops

Troop Types Min Max Battle Line Restrictions Battle Cards

Knight 1 2 Mid-battle Dismounting (as Elite Foot)

Roquen

Shooters 2 6

Armored archers

Elite Foot 2 6 all

Guards and men-at-arms

Bow Levy 0 4 optionally Ranged Attack (+1)

Levy or poorly trained bowmen

Heavy Foot 0 4 all

Levy foot

Light Foot 0 2

Hillmen from Anfalas or Lamedon

Artillery 0 1 all

Bolt shooters