Rohan

**The Kingdom of Rohan**, also known as The Riddermark, occupies the fertile plains of Calenardhon between the White Mountains and the rivers Isen, Limlight, and Anduin. It was founded in Third Age 2510 when Steward Cirion of  Gondor granted the province to King Eorl of the Éothéod in thanks for his aid against the Easterlings. The House of Eorl has ruled for the seventeen generations since, including the current king Théoden.
Since Théoden fell ill several years ago, his advisor Gríma Grimmoding, commonly called Wormtongue, has gained a strong grip upon his mind. Gríma, though a native of Rohan, has been tempted into the service of Saruman, the White Wizard of  Isengard. He know poisons the king mentally-- and some say physically-- with false news and fell advice designed to keep Rohan weak and helpless.

Éomer Eorl, the king's nephew, chafes under Wormtongue's misrule and seeks to rally support against him-- through force of arms, if need be. Time is running out, though, as orcs from Isengard and Dagorlad grow bolder in their raids upon the Mark.

## Geography

Rohan is located near the center of the map. It is bordered in the north by the Vales of Anduin, their distant cousins. Fangorn forest, inhabited by Ents who are slow to rouse but mighty in their anger, lies to the northwest.  Isengard and Dunland, both of whom covet Rohirrim land, lies to the west, along with the rustic fisher-folk of Enedwaith.  Gondor, a mighty ally of many centuries, occupies the entire Southern border and acts as a bulwark against  Mordor, though some of Sauron's servants may still invade through the wastelands of Dagorlad to the east.

## Focus Tree

    The first section of Rohan's focus tree concerns the struggle between Gríma and Éomer; whichever path the player or AI does not pick will automatically advance itself over the first two years of the game. If Éomer lowers stability below 25% he leads a rebellion to oust Gríma, allowing him to start a war with  Isengard before they are prepared. If Gríma lowers war support below 25% he imprisons Éomer, allowing him to either keep the peace until Gandalf cures Théoden and returns Rohan to full power or attempt to place himself on the throne and align with Isengard-- though this will ignore a civil war, if one has not already occurred. Gríma and Éomer each have civil war branches helping them to win the war and mitigate the losses caused by splitting the country in two.

The branch starting with "Reverse Gríma's Damage" focuses on the narrative of Lord of the Rings and is only available to a Rohan ruled by the Freedom party. The first section focuses on the war with Isengard, culminating in a choice between assaulting Orthanc and finishing off Saruman for good or signing a white peace that disbands his army but leaves him in control of the tower. The next section focuses on the war with  Mordor, culminating in three focuses that deal serious blows to the enemy-- such as slaying the Witch King of Angmar-- but require Théoden to sacrifice himself. The final section celebrates Sauron's defeat and improves ties with  Gondor

The military branch's central line improves Rohan's "Rohirric Heritage" idea, significantly buffing their cavalry. The two side lines provide research bonuses.

The economic branch has two mutually exclusive branches: "A Modern Economy" and "A Traditional Economy".

The naval branch kickstarts a basic navy.

## Special Mechanics

Rohan can temporarily 'spend' military factories to train Fyrd units, each consisting of 4 infantry, in their core states. Each fyrd takes 30 days to train, at which point the military factory becomes available for use again. The fyrd will not appear on map until Rohan selects the "Raise the Fyrd" decision, which takes 14 days and is only available while at war. Each state can have one fyrd per military factory, plus one extra.

## AI paths

Rohan's AI has sets of behavior that the player can choose between in the "Game Rules" menu before starting a campaign.

### Historical

Rohan will side with Gríma and sucessfully arrest Éomer in January 3017. It will allow Théodred, Théoden's son, to die if he is wounded by  Isengard, but it will not crown Gríma as king and Gandalf will cure Théoden of his influence in March 3018. Rohan will prioritize completing story focuses, including the ones involving Théoden's death, first and military focuses second. If  Gondor calls for aid against  Mordor, they will most likely answer.

### Éomer's Rebellion

Rohan will side with Éomer and successfully launch a rebellion against Gríma in January 3017. Depending on which game rules are enabled,  Rohirric Loyalists might have a significant or minor buff to ensure they win due to the AI having difficulty winning normally. Rohan will now follow . Rohirric loyalists will not allow Théodred to die, and will declare war on  Isengard almost as soon as they re-unite the country. From here on they follow Historical path behaviour.

#### Crown Gríma

Rohan will side with Gríma and successfully imprison Éomer in January 3017. It will allow Théodred, Théoden's son, to die if he is wounded by  Isengard, and will then crown Gríma as king and fight against the ensuing rebellion. It will puppet itself to Isengard, to whose fate it is now tied.