This was basically just a quick read on a couple of leaders of the Eotheod, formerly the Northmen, who will become the Rohirrim of Rohan. "Frumgar, they say, was the name of the chieftain who led his people to Eotheod" (p. 345, The Return of the King). His son, Fram, won renown for killing the dragon Scatha bringing peace to the land. Yet, this act of valor created tension with the Dwarves who claimed the treasure Scatha had hoarded. And this tension would last for years. (Think of the initial interaction between Gimli the Dwarf and Eomer).
"Fram would not yield a penny, and sent to them instead the teeth of Scatha made into a necklace, saying: 'Jewels such as these you will not match in your treasuries, for they are hard to come by'" (p. 346, The Return of the King). It is said that the Dwarves killed Fram for this mockery but whatever may have happened there was no love between the Eotheod and the Dwarves.
Middle-earth timeline: Third Age, circa 1977 Third Age
Today's reading comes from: The Return of the King, pages 345-346
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