Éowyn does not have many memories of her father; she was very young when he died.

She recalls how tall and strong he was; how his eyes sometimes smiled when his face did not. Sometimes he burst into song for no reason. Once he set her on the back of his great stallion, letting her hold the reins as he led them around the paddock.

When her father returned from patrol, Éowyn always ran to meet him; he called her sumorswegel and swept her into his arms. Then he would draw Mother and Éomer close, and hold them all tightly.

"sumorswegel" means "sunshine"