Who else could have aided Gondor?
In 'The Council of Elrond' Boromir laments that "Only from Rohan now will any men ride to [Gondor] when we call". This perplexes me, as who else could possibly ride to their call? The Easterlings and Southrons are in league with Mordor, so what other kingdoms of men exist in Middle Earth? Surely the small collection of villages around Bree to the north do not constitute any kind of military power. So what "men" have been ignoring Gondor's call? There are the men of the Dale, but I wasn't aware that this was any kind of a 'kingdom', just a small settlement in the wild. And surely they don't ask for aid from the wildmen?
If Boromir doesn't only mean men, then what does he mean? He doesn't seem to know much if anything about Rivendell or the Elves.
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For forty days and forty nights
They rode through red blood to the knee
And they saw neither sun nor moon
But heard the roaring of the sea
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