Gandalf rides away before the battle begins, though he gives no reason for doing so.Īt the Hornburg, the army of Rohan led by King Théoden and Aragorn resist a full-scale onslaught by the hosts of Saruman. Gandalf then tells them to ride to the fortress of the Hornburg, in the valley of Helm’s Deep. Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas then travel with Théoden’s troops towards the fords of Isen, but they meet those who had retreated from the fords as they battled the Uruk-hai. Éomer, imprisoned by Wormtongue, is released and named heir to the king since Théoden’s son Théodred was slain in battle. In the process, Saruman’s spy in Rohan (and King Théoden’s trusted advisor) Gríma Wormtongue, is expelled from Rohan. The four then ride to Rohan’s capital, Edoras, where Gandalf rouses King Théoden from bewitchment and inaction against the threat Saruman poses. Their allies, Rohan and Gondor, lie in between Mordor and Isengard and that the treachery of Saruman diverts Rohan’s forces from Minas Tirith. Gandalf tells them that Merry and Pippin are safe, and then summarizes the situation. He tells them of his fall into the abyss, his battle to the death with the Balrog and his resurrection and his enhanced power. Shortly afterward, the three meet Gandalf (again, they at first take him to be Saruman), whom they believed had perished in the mines of Moria. The Ents then lead the entire forest toward Isengard.Īragorn, Gimli and Legolas then go into Fangorn and surmise that the forest feels as if it is about to explode. There, Treebeard and another Ent named Quickbeam persuade the Ent council to oppose the menace posed to the forest by the wizard Saruman, as suggested by Merry and Pippin, as Treebeard realizes that Saruman’s minions have been cutting down large numbers of their trees to fuel the furnaces needed for Saruman’s arming of his dark army. Treebeard then calls a council of the Ents, or an Entmoot. The hobbits are given some of the nourishment of the Ents, Ent-draught, which causes them to grow. These guardians of the forest generally keep to themselves, but after a long contemplation on whether the Hobbits were friends or foes, their leader Treebeard takes them in as friends. The Ents resemble actual trees, except they are able to see, talk, and move. They then go into the nearby Fangorn Forest, where they encounter the giant treelike Ents. When the Uruk-hai are attacked by the horsemen of Rohan, called the Rohirrim or “Riders of Rohan”, Merry and Pippin escape Grishnákh, who has taken them out of the camp but is killed by a Rider. The fact that the Uruk-hai and the Mordor orcs are in collusion proves to be a disquieting piece of information. Merry and Pippin, taken captive by the Uruk-hai, learn that one of the orcs from Mordor, Grishnákh, knows about the ring and believes it to be on one of them. Their horses bolt away, which they also assume to be the work of Saruman. However, Aragorn is able to track a small set of prints that lead into Fangorn, where they see an old man who disappears almost as soon as they see him-they assume him to be Saruman. The trio learn that the horsemen had attacked a band of Orcs the previous night, and that they had left no survivors. Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas come across the Riders of Rohan led by Éomer, nephew of King Théoden.
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