Éomer (TT, RK) Son of Éomund. Nephew of Théoden (King of Rohan) and Éowyn's brother. Third Marshall of the Riddermark. Loyal captain of the horselords and a valiant warrior. He suspects Wormtongue's treachery.
Théoden (TT, RK) King of Rohan, a nation of horsemen and warriors. Wormtongue has played on his age and infirmity to keep the king and his warriors useless at home, but Gandalf counsels him back to life and valor.
Éowyn (TT, RK) Niece of Théoden (King of Rohan). She serves her uncle in his old age, but she desires to fight with a sword and die bravely. Many see her as an ice maiden — beautiful, but chilled by despair. She falls hopelessly in love with Aragorn, then rides secretly into battle and destroys the Witchking of the Nazgûl. Sister of Éomer.
Grìma Wormtongue (TT, RK) Counselor to Théoden, but actually an agent of Saruman, he keeps Théoden weak so that Saruman can move his armies through Rohan uncontested.
Shadowfax The greatest horse in Middle-earth, this silver-grey stallion chooses to accept only Gandalf as his rider.
Treebeard (TT, RK) The oldest mortal creature in Middle-earth. Treebeard is an Ent, one of the shepherds of trees, and looks much like a stumpy old oak tree himself except that he can walk and talk. He speaks for the natural world, which otherwise could not speak for itself. Other names: Fangorn.
Quickbeam (TT) An Ent who entertains Merry and Pippin during the Entmoot. He is one of the youngest Ents, and so moves and thinks closer to the speed of the shorter-lived hobbits; the other Ents describe him as "hasty." Other names: Bregalad.
Shelob (TT) An ancient evil, Shelob is a giant spider whose webs block the pass of Cirith Ungol. She embodies insatiable hunger and greed, but she has no interest in the Ring.
