Character Bios
Arod
Meaning: Swift
Location(s): Rohan, Paths of the Dead, Erech, Pelargir
Race/Species: Beasts & Monsters
Dates: End of III to ?
Description:
A smaller and lighter horse, but restive and fiery, was brought to Legolas. Arod was his name. But Legolas asked them to take off saddle and rein. 'I need them not,' he said, and leaped lightly up, and to their wonder Arod was tame and willing beneath him, moving here and there with but a spoken word: such was the elvish way with all good beasts.
TTT, Book III, Ch 2, The Riders of Rohan
But Arod, the horse of Rohan, refused the way, and he stood sweating and trembling in a fear that was grievous to see. Then Legolas laid his hands on his eyes and sang some words that went soft in the gloom, until he suffered himself to be led, and Legolas passed in.
RotK, Book V, Ch 2, The Passing of the Grey Company
Contributors:
Lyllyn 7.23.03