Hill of Erech

thumb|Location of the Hill of Erech within Gondor in Middle-earth
The Hill of Erech was the name of a hill in Gondor, on the plain of Erech, situated in the far north of the province of Lamedon.The Atlas of Middle-earth, Regional Maps, "The White Mountains" It is known for featuring the Stone of Erech.
==History==
In the Second Age, Isildur brought with him, out of the ruin of Númenor, a three meter tall round stone. He set it upon the Hill of Erech, as a symbol of his lineage and Gondor. The King of the Mountains swore upon the stone an oath of loyalty and to fight against the enemies of Gondor when it was founded. When the time came, the Men of the Mountains broke their oath and would not fight against Sauron, for they had worshiped him before in the Dark Years. Isildur put a curse on them that they would never rest until they fulfilled this oath.
The Hill of Erech appears to have been desolate at the end of the Third Age due to the terror of the Sleepless Dead when the Heir of Isildur, Aragorn, came to the Hill of Erech to hold them to their oath again. This time, they held true to their oath, forming the Army of the Dead, and helped Aragorn fight the Corsairs of Umbar at Pelargir.
After the battle at Pelargir, Aragorn released them from their oath, allowing them to restThe Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book V, Ch. IX: "The Last Debate", before he and his company sailed upstream to Minas Tirith.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Armenian 	Արեք
Chinese (Hong Kong)	伊瑞奇
Danish 	Erech (høj)
Gujarati 	ઇરેચ
Hebrew 	ארך
Russian 	Эрех
Serbian 	Ерех (Cyrillic) Erech (Latin)
Sinhalese 	එරෙක්
Tatar 	Эрех
Thai 	เอเร็ค
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Ерех
==References==
Category:Hills of Middle-earth
Category:Gondor
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