- Roquen
Roquen is the word for "
knight " in the artificial languageSindarin developed byJ. R. R. Tolkien . The title of Roquen was given to the finest of the soldiers, orOhtarin , ofNúmenor . There were several of these among theDúnedain of theLast Alliance of Elves and Men . There were also thirty Roquen at the Battle ofGladden Fields .The term was carried down through Gondor into the Third Age. It was bequeathed to knights of
Minas Tirith andDol Amroth .
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