The Wold

The Wold, also known as the Wold of Rohan or Wold, were the upland grasslands of Rohan.
== Description ==
This was the northeastern area of Rohan. It was located between Fangorn Forest and River Anduin. To the north lay the river Limlight and in the south by the East Emnet. The area was virtually treeless and somewhat bleak and was comparable to the adjacent Brown Lands to the east.
== History ==
In the distant past - perhaps up to the mid-Second Age, the Wold was once well suited to the cultivation of crops and probably had many trees (judging by its name), but during the War of the Elves and Sauron, Sauron invaded the rest of Middle-earth and left lands like the Wold in ruins.
Many important battles happened in the Wold:
* When Eorl the Young arrived in Calenardhon he destroyed a host of orcs there.
* In the year TA 2545 Eorl the Young was killed in the Wold in a battle against the Easterlings.
* When King Théoden and the then Prince Éomer were riding from Harrowdale to Minas Tirith a report came that orcs were seen crossing the Anduin into the Wold.
=== Significance in The Lord of the Rings ===
In The Two Towers, this was where Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas met Éomer and were given the horses Arod and Hasufel. During the War of the Ring, an army of orcs from Dol Guldur unsuccessful in their invasion of Lórien were surprised by an attack of Ents led by Treebeard in the Wold, and were defeated.