Black serpent

The black serpent was the emblem depicted on the banner of a chieftain of the Haradrim during the War of the Ring. It depicted a scarlet field with a black serpent.The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Five, Chapter VI: "The Battle of the Pelennor Fields", pgs. 839-40, 842
==History==
The symbol is mentioned only once in The Lord of the Rings. On Théoden's arrival at the Pelennor Fields with his army of Rohirrim horsemen, a Haradrim chieftain bearing a banner with this emblem beheld him, and prepared with his own horsemen to stand against Théoden's charge. He and his Haradrim were clove through, however, "like a fire bolt in the forest" by the Rohirrim, and other Haradrim fled. After defeating the chieftain, Théoden hewed the bearer of the black serpent banner.The Atlas of Middle-earth, The Lord of the Rings, "The Battle of the Pelennor Fields"
==In adaptations==
===The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game===
In The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game, the name of the chieftain bearing this banner was Suladân.
===The Lord of the Rings Online===
InThe Lord of the Rings Online, the name of the chieftain bearing this banner was "Kâlach Hûl, The Black Serpent".Kâlach Hûl, The Black Serpent on lotro-wiki.com He appears as the "King of Harad" with his two sons in a world instance before he is killed by Théoden.Blood of the Black Serpent on lotro-wiki.com
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Swart Slang
Albanian 	Gjarprin e Zezë
Amharic 	ጥቁር እባብ
Armenian 	Սեւ օձ
Arabic 	الثعبان الأسود
Assamese 	ক'লা সাপ
Azerbaijani 	Qara ilana
Basque 	Suge beltza
Belarusian Cyrillic	Чорная змяя
Bengali 	কালো সাপ
Bosnian 	Crna zmija
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Черна змия
Burmese 	အနက်ရောင်မြွေ
Cambodian 	សត្វពស់ខ្មៅ
Catalan 	Serp Negra
Cebuano 	Itom nga halas
Chinese 	黑蛇
Cornish 	Du Serpont
Croatian 	Crna zmija
Czech 	Černý had
Danish 	Sort slange
Dutch 	Zwarte Slang
Estonian 	Must madu
Faroese 	Svartur Ormur
Filipino 	Itim na ahas
Finnish 	Musta käärme
French 	Serpent Noir
Frisian 	Swarte Slange
Galician 	Serpe Negra
Georgian 	შავი სერპენტი
German 	Schwarze Schlange
Greek 	Μαύρο φίδι
Gujarati 	બ્લેક સર્પન્ટ
Haitian Creole 	Nwa sèpan
Hebrew 	הנחש השחור
Hungarian 	Fekete kígyó
Icelandic 	Svartur Höggormur
Indonesian 	Ular Hitam
Irish Gaelic 	Nathair Dubh
Italian 	Serpente Nero
Japanese 	黒蛇
Javanese 	Ireng Ula naga
Kannada 	ಕಪ್ಪು ಸರ್ಪ
Korean 	검은 독사
Kurdish 	Mar serokê (Latin)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Кара жылан
Laotian 	ງູສີດໍາ
Latin 	Nigrum Draco
Latvian 	Melnais čūskas
Lithuanian 	Juoda gyvatė
Luxembourgish 	Schwaarz Schlaang
Macedonian Cyrillic	Црна змија
Malayalam 	കറുത്ത സർപ്പം
Malaysian 	Ular hitam
Maltese 	Serp Iswed
Maori 	Nakahi pango
Marathi 	काळ्या साप
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Хар могой
Nepalese 	कालो सर्पले
Norwegian 	Sorte Orm
Persian 	مار سیاه
Polish 	Czarny Wąż
Portuguese 	Serpente preta
Punjabi 	ਕਾਲੀ ਸਰਪ
Romanian 	Negru Şarpe
Romansh 	serp Blau
Russian 	Черный Змей
Samoan 	Lanu uliuli gata
Scottish Gaelic 	Dubh Nathair
Serbian 	Црна змија (Cyrillic) Crna zmija (Latin)
Sesotho 	Nyoka e Lefifi
Sinhalese 	කළු සර්පයා
Slovak 	Čierny had
Slovenian 	Črna kača
Somali 	Abeesadii Madow
Spanish 	Serpiente Negra
Sundanese 	Hideung Naga
Swedish 	Svart Orm
Swahili 	Nyoka Mweusi
Tajik Cyrillic 	мисин сиёҳ
Tahitian 	Ophi ereere
Tamil 	கருப்பு பாம்பு
Telugu 	నల్ల పాము
Thai 	พญานาคสีดำ
Turkish 	Siyah yılan
Turkmen 	ýylan Garaltmak
Urdu 	سیاہ سانپ
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Чорна змія
Uzbek 	Qora ilon (Cyrillic) Qora ilon (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Con rắn đen
Welsh 	Sarff Du
Xhosa 	Inyoka Ebomnyama
Yiddish 	שוואַרץ סערפּענט
Zulu 	Inyoka Emnyama
==References==
Category:Haradrim
Category:Objects
Category:Symbols
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