Wainriders

The Wainriders were a confederation of Easterling tribes (mostly out of Rhûn) who, in TA 1851 were united by their hatred of Gondor, and stirred-up by the Dark Lord Sauron to attack Gondor.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A: Annals of the Kings and Rulers, I: "The Númenórean Kings", iv. "Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion"
== History ==
The Wainriders started raiding the eastern territories of Gondor in TA 1851, and five years later launched a major assault. They conquered Southern and Eastern Rhovanion, defeated the army of Gondor, and killed King Narmacil II at the Battle of the Plains at Dagorlad. They rode in great wagons and chariots, or wains (which gave them their name), and raided the lands of Rhovanion, destroying or enslaving its people. Gondor gradually lost all of its provinces east of the river Anduin (save only Ithilien) to them. The thirtieth King of Gondor, Calimehtar son of Narmacil, defeated the Wainriders at the Second Battle of Dagorlad, but while the Wainriders were checked they were not destroyed.
They struck back in TA 1944, allying themselves with the Haradrim of Near Harad and the Variags of Khand. They managed to slay king Ondoher and both his sons, but instead of riding on to Minas Anor and taking the city, they paused to celebrate. Meanwhile, general Eärnil of Gondor's southern army had defeated the Haradrim and rode north to defend his king. He came too late to rescue Ondoher, but managed to totally defeat the Wainriders at the Battle of the Camp. Eärnil was crowned king. After this defeat, the might of the Wainriders was broken, and their confederacy broke up. It was later realized by the Wise and the rulers of Gondor themselves that the Wainrider attacks had been staged by Sauron to allow him to reclaim Mordor, while Gondor's watch was diverted; and also to prevent the South Kingdom from aiding Arthedain in its war with Angmar. 
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Oorlogswa ryers
Albanian 	Shoferë karrocash lufte
Amharic 	የጦር ሠረገላ ሾፌሮች
Arabic 	الدراجين عجلة حربية
Armenian 	Մարտակառք հեծյալներ
Assamese 	যুদ্ধ ৰথ চালক
Azerbaijani 	Döyüş Arabası Sürücülər
Bashkir 	Һуғыш арбаһы водителдәре
Basque 	Gerra-gurdien gidariak
Belarusian Cyrillic	Вершнікі баявых калясьніц
Bengali 	যুদ্ধ রথ ড্রাইভার
Bosnian 	Vozači ratnih kočija
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Колесница ездачи
Burmese 	စစ်ရထားစီးသူများ
Cambodian 	អ្នកជិះរទេះសេះ
Catalan 	Genets de carros de guerra
Cebuano 	Mga mangangabayo sa karwahe sa gubat
Chinese 	戰車民
Corsican 	Cavalieri di carri di guerra
Croatian 	Vozači bojnih kola
Czech 	Válečný vůz jezdci
Danish 	Vognkørerne
Dogri 	युद्ध रथ सवार
Dutch 	Oorlogswagenrijders
Esperanto 	Armea ĉaro rajdantoj
Estonian 	Sõjavankrijuhid
Finnish 	Vaunumiehet
French 	Gens-des-Chariots
Frisian 	Oarloch weinen rijders (Western)
Galician 	Condutores de carros de guerra
Georgian 	მეურმეები
German 	Wagenfahrer
Greek 	Οδηγοί Πολεμικών Αρμάτων
Gujarati 	યુદ્ધ રથ ચાલકો
Hebrew 	רוכבי מרכבות מלחמה
Hindi 	युद्ध रथ ड्राइवरों
Hungarian 	Háborús szekér sofőrök
Icelandic 	Stríðsvagnstjórar
Indonesian 	Kereta Pertempuran penunggang
Irish Gaelic 	Tiománaithe Carbad Cogaidh
Italian 	Carrieri
Japanese 	戦争馬車ドライバー
Javanese 	Penunggang kreta perang
Kannada 	ಯುದ್ಧ ರಥ ಚಾಲಕರು
Kazakh 	Соғыс арбасы жүргізушілері (Cyrillic) Soğıs arbası jürgizwşileri (Latin)
Korean 	전차 라이더
Kurdish 	گالیسکەوانەکان (Sorani) Erebeya şer siwarên (Kurmanji)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Согуш арабалары айдоочулар
Laotian 	ຜູ້ຂັບຂີ່ລົດຮົບ
Latin 	Raeda ascensores belli
Latvian 	Kaujas rati braucēji
Lithuanian 	Karo vežimo raiteliai
Luxembourgish 	Krichwaggonfuerer
Macedonian Cyrillic	Јавачи на воени коли
Maithili 	रथ सवार
Malaysian 	Pelumba-pelumba kereta kuda
Malayalam 	യുദ്ധ രഥ ഡ്രൈവർമാർ
Maltese 	Rikkieba tal-karrijiet tal-gwerra
Maori 	Nga kaieke hariata whawhai
Marathi 	रथ रायडर्स
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Сүйх тэрэг тэрэгчид
Nepalese 	युद्ध रथ चालक
Norwegian 	Vognkjørere / Krigsvognkjørere
Pashto 	ګاډۍ رایډرز
Persian 	سواران ارابه
Polish 	Wojna jeźdźcy rydwan
Portuguese 	Ginetes de carruagem de guerra
Punjabi 	ਰਥ ਰਾਈਡਰਜ਼
Romanian 	Calareti car de luptă
Russian 	Люди Повозок
Serbian 	Возачи ратних кочија (Cyrillic) Vozači ratnih kočija (Latin)
Sesotho 	Bakhanni ba likoloi
Sindhi 	جنگي رٿ سوار
Sinhalese 	යුධ අශ්ව රථ පදවන්නන්
Slovak 	Vodiči vojnového voza
Slovenian 	Vozniki vojne kočije
Spanish 	Carrieri
Sundanese 	Gerbong pengendara
Swahili 	Madereva wa Magari ya Vita
Swedish 	Vagnsryttarna
Tajik Cyrillic 	Саворони аробаҳои ҷангӣ
Tamil 	போர் தேர் சாரதிகள்
Tatar 	Сугыш арбасы драйверлары
Telugu 	యుద్ధ రథం డ్రైవర్లు
Thai 	คนขับรถม้าสงคราม
Turkish 	Savaş arabası biniciler
Turkmen 	Uruş arabalary sürüjileri
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Водії бойових колісниць
Urdu 	جنگی رتھ ڈرائیور
Uzbek 	Уруш араваси ҳайдовчилари (Cyrillic) Urush aravasi haydovchilari (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Người đi xe ngựa
Welsh 	Gyrwyr Chariot Rhyfel
Xhosa 	Abakhweli beenqwelo zokulwa
== References ==
Category:Easterlings
Category:Rhûn
Category:Servants of Sauron
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it:Carrieri
pl:Woźnicy
ru:Люди Повозок
Category:Military units