Black Serpent

The Black Serpent was an emblem of the Haradrim during the War of the Ring. It was seen on banners upon a scarlet background.
== 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 warriors 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.