{|align=right |- | |}  cirion is a fictional character in j. r. r. tolkien's universe of middle-earth. he is first mentioned in the appendices of return of the king as the twelfth ruling steward of gondor. his role is later expanded in unfinished tales. cirion was born in t.a. 2449 and succeeded his father, boromir i, in t.a. 2489 at the relatively young age of 40. during his rule, the evil men known as balchoth gathered for an assault upon gondor, passing over the undeeps of anduin into the northern province of calenardhon. cirion could not spare many men to defend this part of his realm, and in despair he sent several messengers to their old friends the ÃothÃ©od, a people living in the far north. only one man, borondir, reached the ÃothÃ©od capital of framsburg, and delivered his message to the king eorl the young. after not receiving any answer for a full year, cirion set out west through anÃ³rien, to prevent the balchoth from crossing the anduin at the undeeps and the wold. the army of gondor was defeated and driven back across the river limlight to the field of celebrant. in what was probably a coordinated attack, orcs had come out of the hithaeglir (misty mountains), and assailed the flank from the west, driving the forces of gondor towards the anduin. all hope was lost, when unlooked for came the riders of the ÃothÃ©od out of the north. together the ÃothÃ©od and the army of gondor defeated the balchoth and orcs, driving them into the wold. ==the oath of cirion and eorl== cirion was a wise man, and foresaw the benefit of maintaining an alliance with the ÃothÃ©od. he told eorl that he would leave calenardhon in his care, and meet eorl again in three months' time. back at minas tirith, cirion ordered some of his most trusted servants to go to the firien wood in anÃ³rien, and in secret clear the way to the mountain of amon anwar at the halifirien beacon. three months later cirion, his son hallas, the prince of dol amroth, and two other councillors of gondor set out for calenardhon, and cirion met with eorl. they ascended amon anwar, and cirion revealed the shrine to elendil, built in secret at this mountain, as it formed the centre of the gondor of old. at this secret place, he revealed his pl
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