Rohan Clothing Styles
- Rishte SOI (Unlicensed)
Rohan is made up of two large provinces: The Westemnet and the Eastemnet. Further distinguished within them are lands known as the Eastfold, the Westfold, the Wold, and the King’s Lands that surround the capital of Edoras and the Harrowdale. Each province may have small variations in their preferred style.
Cloth shows wealth while leather, suedes, armor, and furs do not as they are not as hard to come by. Even within cloth, there are varying degrees of what is better or worse.
Westemnet (Westfold)
In the Westfold lies the Hornburg at Helm’s Deep, a mountain-born fortress built into the very walls of the White Mountains north of Edoras. Too, Snowbourne lies in the Westfold, east of Edoras, where Rivers Snowbourne and Entwash converge. The Second Marshall beneath the King of Rohan is responsible for the Westfold, keeping peace and order with his company of Spears and cultivating the growth and training of the western company of Riders.
Due to the traditional nature of the Westemnet, clothing styles are relatively static. This means that styles continue on through generations and are upheld out of duty and respect to the traditions of old.
Females
- shift (underwear)
- underdress
- dress (over an underdress)
- dress sleeves (if with a short-sleeved or sleeveless dress)
- tights in winter (worn under underdress)
- wide belt or girdle
- long, draping cloak
- socks
- ankle or knee-high boots
For female riders:
- shift (underwear)
- riding underskirt
- riding blouse
- riding skirt or riding overdress
- long, draping cloak
- socks or tights (if winter)
- riding boots
Males
- braies (knee-length underpants)
- leggings or fitted trousers
- long-sleeved undertunic
- tunic over the undertunic
- wide belt or girdle
- long, draping cloak
- socks
- knee-high boots
Edoras
Edoras, the capital city of Rohan, is a fort-like city atop a hill and is by any means the only ‘city’ of Rohan by the standards of other Men. It is home to the Meduseld, the Golden Hall, which is home to the King of Rohan. The First Marshall beneath the King of Rohan is responsible for the lands around Edoras known as the King’s Lands, keeping things in order with the laws of the land and the King with his company of Spears and patrolling the borders of the King’s Lands with the Riders. Traditionally, the First Marshall is the heir to the throne.
Females
- shift (underwear)
- long-sleeved underdress
- floor-length dress (over an underdress)
- long dress sleeves (even layered over long-sleeved dresses is fashionable)
- tights in winter (worn under underdress)
- wide belt or girdle
- long, draping cloak
- cloth slippers
- socks if worn with boots
- ankle boots
For female riders:
- shift (underwear)
- riding underskirt
- riding blouse
- riding skirt or riding overdress
- long, draping cloak
- socks or tights (if winter)
- riding boots
Males
- braies (knee-length underpants)
- leggings or fitted trousers
- long-sleeved undertunic
- tunic over the undertunic
- jerkins
- wide belt or girdle
- long, draping cloak
- socks
- knee-high boots
Eastemnet (Eastfold)
In the Eastfold lies Dunharrow, a cliff-top refuge of a settlement within the White Mountains south of Edoras and overlooks the valley of Harrowdale, traveled to upon the Stair of the Hold. Too, there in the southern mountains lies Dimholt and through it lies the Path of the Dead. Aldburg, which was once the capital of Rohan, is much like Edoras is; a fort-style settlement atop a hill though it is much smaller than the newer capital. The Third Marshall beneath the King of Rohan is responsible for the Eastfold, keeping peace and order with his company of Spears and cultivating the growth and training of the eastern company of Riders.
Females
- shift (underwear)
- underdress
- dress (over an underdress)
- dress sleeves (if with a short-sleeved or sleeveless dress)
- tights in winter (worn under underdress)
- wide belt or girdle
- knitted, deeply-cowled shawls
- socks
- knee-high boots
For female riders:
- shift (underwear)
- riding underskirt
- riding blouse
- riding skirt or riding overdress
- long, draping cloak
- socks or tights (if winter)
- riding boots
Males
- braies (knee-length underpants)
- leggings or fitted trousers
- long-sleeved undertunic
- tunic over the undertunic
- wide belt or girdle
- long, draping cloak
- socks
- knee-high or thigh-high boots
Wold
In the Wold lies many small farmsteads and herdsmen villages for the Wold is expansive and flat, earning much of Rohan’s nickname as the Seas of Grass. Officially, by tradition the Wold does not have it’s own assigned Marshall. Despite it’s unofficial status, a Captain of the Riders is often assigned to patrol the Wold and a Captain of the Spears assigned to ensure law and order are kept. Whomever of the two the men of the Wold respect more is usually called and hailed as Fourth Marshall which can create an interesting dynamic. Village leaders in the Wold are responsible for working with the Captain of the Spears assigned to the Wold in keeping peace and order and ensuring proper cultivating of farms, herds, and horses for the King.
Females
- shift (underwear)
- underdress
- dress (over an underdress)
- dress sleeves (if with a short-sleeved or sleeveless dress)
- tights in winter (worn under underdress)
- wide belt or girdle
- knitted, deeply-cowled shawls
- socks
- knee-high boots
For female riders:
- shift (underwear)
- riding underskirt
- riding blouse
- riding skirt or riding overdress
- long, draping cloak
- socks or tights (if winter)
- riding boots
Males
- braies (knee-length underpants)
- leggings or fitted trousers
- long-sleeved undertunic
- tunic over the undertunic
- knitted sweaters
- wide belt or girdle
- long, draping cloak
- socks
- knee-high or thigh-high boots
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