Black serpent
From Tolkien Gateway
The Black Serpent founders by Anke Eißmann
- "Southward beyond the road lay the main force of the Haradrim, and there their horsemen were gathered about the standard of their chieftain. [...] Then he was filled with a red wrath and shouted aloud, and displaying his standard, black serpent upon scarlet, he came against the white horse and the green with great press of men; and the drawing of the scimitars of the Southrons was like a glitter of stars."
- ― The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, The Battle of the Pelennor Fields
The Black Serpent was the emblem displayed in the standard of the chieftain of the Haradrim in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, a "black serpent upon scarlet". In the battle King Théoden of Rohan hewed down the bearer of the standard.[1]
Portrayal in adaptations
Suladân from The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game
1981: The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series):
- Dernhelm warns Théoden of the coming of the Black Serpent. He kills the Serpent, but is killed by the Witch-king almost immediately after.
2001-2010: Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game:
- The chieftain of the Haradrim is unnamed in The Lord of the Rings but is given the name Suladân for the Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game based on The Lord of the Rings (film series), in which the leader of the Haradrim is one of the Mûmak-riders.[2]
