The Battle of the North Downs was an enormous battle, and the penultimate battle of the War of the Gem, fought between the Alliance and Kashaka. By far the bloodiest battle of the war, it saw the combined forces of the Alliance, the Dúnedain, the Rangers of Lindon and the Hobbits of the Shire fight against the armies of Gondor and Rohan, under the hypnotic command of Kashaka.