Morwen Steelsheen

Although Morwen dwelt in Lossarnach, she did not belong to the people of that land. Her father was originally from Belfalas, having relocated to Lossarnach for its flowering vales. He was a descendant of a former Prince of Dol Amroth, making him and Morwen kinsfolk of Prince Imrahil.

In Third Age 2943, Morwen married Thengel of Rohan in Gondor, though she was seventeen years the younger. While living in Gondor she bore three children, of whom Théoden, the second, was her only son. Following the death of his father, Fengel, Thengel inherited the Kingship of Rohan and returned to Rohan with Morwen. There, she bore him two more daughters. The youngest, Théodwyn, was the fairest and would become the mother of Éomer and Éowyn.

The Rohirrim bestowed upon Morwen the epithet Steelsheen.

As one of the Dúnedain of the South with high Númenórean lineage, Morwen passed on traits of stature and bearing. Her descendants - particularly Éomer - were said to be considerably taller than most of the Rohirrim, and some inherited her dark hair. Her granddaughter Éowyn, was also slender and tall, and bore the same graceful and proud-bearing manner of Gondor.

The name Morwen has earlier origins in Tolkien's Legendarium, notably belonging to a prominent member of the House of Bëor in the First Age. In Sindarin it means "Dark Maiden", from the root MOR- ("black, dark, darkness") + the female suffix -wen ("maiden").

Didier Salamon and David Giraudeau suggest that her epithet Steelsheen is a modernized form of an Old English name that consists of the elements stíle ("steel") and scíne ("beautiful"). Mark Fisher alternatively suggests that the epithet could refer to a glint like steel in her eyes, drawing a parallel to her First Age namesake, Morwen, who was given the epithet Elfsheen because of the light of her glance (and the beauty of her face).

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