Damrod was a Ranger of Ithilien under the command of Faramir, one of the green-clad soldiers of Gondor who waged a secret war upon the servants of Sauron from the hidden refuge of Henneth Annun. With his fellow Anborn he was among the company that took Frodo and Sam in Ithilien, and he looked with dread upon the Nazgul overhead and upon the great Oliphaunt of the Haradrim as the Men of Gondor sprang their ambush upon the host of the South.