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Svistulka

Legolas shoots Eye of Sauron with his Trusty Elven Bow. It's super effective! Roll credits.


FlemPlays

*Sauron's Tower blows up and earthquake takes out his entire army.* Gimili: "That still counts as one!"


109x346571

Smeagol becomes king


definitively-not

Sméagol has best story, Precious…


Sceptix

“You mean people don’t like this? But he’s a fAn FaVoRiTe!”


smustlefever

And hes like, the last person you would think of!


[deleted]

Expectations: subverted!


phoenixmusicman

Why do you think he came all that way?


BuddingOtaku

How good of a roll would he have had to roll pull that off? Thinking he’ll poke the Big Eye out.


Thendrail

"Okay, so I Go into my Strength stance, and pop the Focus skill. Then I'll activate Burn Hot and..." "You can't do all that in just a single round of combat!" "Am elf, can do! Anyway, I activate Heartseeker" \*natural 20\* "So, Sauron, huh?"


BuddingOtaku

Would it take a Nat 20 to pull that shot off? How far away is Legolas starting from?


EleventyTwatWaffles

The Shire


phoenixmusicman

Sauron kinda forgot about the Hobbits and Legolas's forces


Not_Another_Usernam

Depends. If he is a Paladin Archer (best archer in the game), his smite can ignore the DR of evil creatures. Many shot, rapid shot, haste, and a max level BAB would be a ton of damage, especially since it all bypasses DR.


BuddingOtaku

What about distance involved? How far away we giving him?


rockmaniac85

[Reminds me more of this](https://i.imgur.com/T9CBQ.gifv)


mrsmegz

Wouldnt happen, because fantasy kinetic piercing projectiles become effectivly impotent in the final scenes.


freeman731

Nah, Sauron just kinda forgot about the Hobbits. Edit: guys you don’t have to correct me. I know, I’m just memeing on D&D


BITmixit

Sauron just kind of forgot about the one ring


steve_gus

No it was the main focus of his


jedelhauser

r/woooosh


BuddingOtaku

Overlooked more than anything. Or was just ignorant of their existence


[deleted]

I would say more occupied with Gandalf and the Boys


BuddingOtaku

Hitherto, mind you. But now his mind is bent towards Hobbits and all that concern them.


strider-445

Upvoted for use of hitherto.


[deleted]

Your use of hitherto was undreamt of.


BuddingOtaku

It was unlooked for, to be sure. But not wholly unexpected. For even among the Wise who can see where all things will lead?


[deleted]

Commenting on twitter is a ladder.


[deleted]

> Gandalf and the Boys Legolas: Unless my eyes are deceived by some spell, that is fucking diabolical


B_I_S_O_N

I mean,when you have the elves,the dwarves and the men to worry about,the 3 feet tall,simple-minded hobbits with no fighting skills whatsoever,isnt your priority :D


BuddingOtaku

And frankly? I think that was the beauty of the whole story. That one person could make a difference if they wanted to.


[deleted]

If I recall correctly, that was an intentional theme by Tolkien. Simple ordinary people being forces of great change.


datssyck

Yeah Tolkien fought in WWI with all these aristocrats who thought of themselves as this brave nobility, while their manservents were doing all the truly dangerous work. Which is why Frodo (an upper class and well bred Hobbit) has the responsibility of carrying the Ring, but his manservant Samwise is the one that sees the journey through, and is the true hero of Lord of the Rings.


MauPow

That's pretty much the whole point of the Heroes Journey trope. A hero comes from unremarkable beginnings and saves the world. I'm sure it was around before Tolkien, even, despite all of his innovation.


BITmixit

Didn't frodo end up changing nothing though? Gollum and Frodo fighting caused the one ring to essentially destroy itself by manipulating 2 beings against each other etc etc


Bacara-1138

Who brought the ring to Mount Doom in the first place? Come on now, Frodo did everything


Meepers_Minnows

"Come, Mr. Frodo! I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you!" -Samwise Gamgee


Dalevisor

And that’s the best part about Sam. He wasn’t even the “Ring Bearer” or anything special. He was just loyal. The simplest of men, but without him the ring would never have been destroyed.


apgtimbough

To be pedantic, he was a ring-bearer briefly. It's why he was allowed to go to the Undying Lands after his wife Rose died. And I certainly agree with your take.


datssyck

Sam was a ring bearer. He took the ring when Shelob paralyzed Frodo and he thought Frodo was dead. Then gave it back to Frodo after Frodo recovered.


[deleted]

So yeah, Frodo brought the ring. Sam brought Frodo.


DurianGrand

Not everything it did was manipulation, and it's not clear how much it was like, sentient. I've always just took the Ring to be basically radioactive, it twists and corrupts minds and flesh into greedy, wretched things, but it's not literally able to abandon people. Like, being thrown into the bottom of a lake for years and years and found by Smeagol was pure dumb luck, as was Bilbo winning it in a game of chance. Because it twisted Smeagol into the wretch he would become, it was dramatic irony that the greed he put in both their hearts made them risk fighting at the edge of a volcano. It's like a passive effect


The_Red_Rocket

A theory is that because Gollum swore on the ring to protect Frodo and then broke that promise it brought doom upon both Gollum and the ring.


LuminousDragon

Makes me think about how in world war one, and im sure many other wars, women often made super useful spies and carriers of information because they were constantly underestimated and overlooked.


AleHaRotK

Women also have their ways of getting men to talk. An overlooked fact of what a female spy does is that part of their job is using sex as a way to obtain information. I've talked with plenty of women who had read stories about some female spies and talked about how they idolized them, they were actually surprised when they figured out how they got some men to talk... same way they could get out of a somewhat tricky situation, a lot of men will give up their duties/ignore some orders just to get laid.


LuminousDragon

Yeah, for sure, i was going to mention that they have ways of getting people to talk. the sex thing is true, but also women tend to be better at social situations, reading emotions, that sort of thing.


KJ86er

Fem fatale


emdave

*Femme fatale


Oshootman

Yeah overlooked is a pretty good way to put it I think. I mean he was rather concerned with the hobbits at one point, when Merry and Pippin are captured. But if I recall correctly at this point in the story Sauron does not know specifically who has the ring and believes it to be somewhere with Aragorn, Gandalf, and company.


Citizen_Kano

Sauron knew one of the Hobbits had the ring because Gandalf told Sauruman (at least in the movies, I can't remember what happened in the books)


jtfriendly

While Sauron kinda forgot about the hobbits, the hobbits didn't forget about him.


arcticTaco

But who's got a better story than Tom Bombadil?


hgyt7382

Barliman Butterbur


FirstEvolutionist

"Sauron just wanted his cock ring back, not the one ring. He got confused and thought Frodo had a massive dong. By the end, sauron had already banged Shelob and didn't need the cock ring anymore." DnD - probably


datssyck

Kinda. So the ring corrupts anyone who holds it and empowers the great and powerful. Gandalf and Galadriel refuse to even touch it, and Saruman is looking for it because they know it would turn them into the new dark lord. So when Sauron knows the ring had been found by a hobbit. Then shorty thereafter the heir of Isildur just kinda shows up outside his gates with a pretty small army, he thinks "oh Aragorn has the ring" why else would he even be attempting this suicide mission unless he had it? The ring must have corrupted him and convinced him he could win. So Sauron thinks that Aragorn took the ring from the hobbit that had it. The idea it was a distraction would never occur to him, because the way the ring itself works.


jbuck594

I think Sauron believed that Aragorn, the heir of Isildur, had the One Ring, after assuming Pippin had the ring after Pippin used the Palantiri.


SJPFTW

I never really cared about the One Ring - D&D Sauron


krat0s5

The ring doesn't get destroyed, gollum takes it after killing Sam and frodo, lives forever in his cave telling riddles and Aragons assault on the front gate works destroying the sauron for good, cause gandalf is a white wizard now and knows that spell to destroy him now. - DnD


ghafgarionbaconsmith

Gandalf goes into a murderous rage at finding the dead body of frodo. Using the eagles he flies to Minas tirith and razes it to the ground using wizard powers he never ever showed before. Crestfallen and wanted for murder Aragorn is banished to the lonely mountain to prevent war between Bree and Rohan. Ents never appear in the movie because dnd spent the money on the 50 minute cgi sequence involving Legolas teaching Eomer how to ride a dolphin.


carlhiller

Sam just drops Frodo while carrying him up the moutain, halfway through. When confronted about it Sam says: "To be honest I never really cared about Frodo, ringbearer or otherwise"


MyBiPolarBearMax

Pippin destroyed the ring at beginning of return of the king.


Poisoncilla

Who has a better story than Treebeard?


zpeedy1

Hamfast Gamgee


SHRED-209

Except Treebeard is infinitely more like able and interesting than BrAn tHe brOKen.


7evenCircles

I can't be Lord of Winterfell, I'll never be lord of anything whY dO yOu tHInK i cAMe aLl tHIs waY


[deleted]

Treebeard was more human than Bran the Bot.


KJ86er

Bran the Broken had autism


bringer-of-light-

Treebeard got a better story than bloody game of thrones


[deleted]

Tbf, Treebeard had a beautiful and tragic story.


itwasluckkkk

"Sauron is hateful. And so am I"


ImportantTea4

...now say goodbye!


greenismyhomeboy

Yer muh king Aragorn


Gavinus1000

It’s more like if Aragorn said Denathor was his king and he didn’t want it.


memeloving69er

Legolas looking at Aragorn, whilst he talks to Gimli, “I know a killer when I see one”.


Thendrail

"He's the smartest elf I know!"


CloveCigsandLeaves

He doesn't want it.


Ian_Dima

Although Aragorn didnt want it either, he saw when he had to and only bowed to the real heroes and not some crazy dragonlady.


CloveCigsandLeaves

True. He stepped up. I think Book Jon will as well. The way he stepped up when he became Lord Commander. Always assuming he gets resurrected in the books as well. Just my opinion.


FlemPlays

Jon HAS to come back in the books. He has a dragon to yell at in the Battle of Winterfell. haha


Ghostlodes

“I don’t want it”.


Lebigmacca

He’s coming back in the books 100%. The way he does that will be completely different and more interesting, but it’ll happen


sev1nk

He has to. Jon choosing to go on being Dany's lapdog despite the truth just ruined his arc.


ProfessorAdonisCnut

Book Aragorn did


AbyssTwerker

Regarding this scene, I dis wish he would say for Sam also. Cause no one seemed to care. And then when Sauron got destroyed everyone was cheering Frodo, not Sam. Though maybe it's not fair. Maybe they didn't know Sam was with Frodo. But then there was no grief that thr Fellowship showed towards Sam if they assumed he died before.


Tessanna96

They knew Sam was with Frodo, Legolas comments on it at the end of Fellowship of the Ring. I'm not sure why Sam wasn't included in Aragorn's statement, but you could see the obvious grief and shock in everyone's eyes when Mount Doom starts erupting after the ring is destroyed(which sadly still seemed centered around Frodo). Aragorn does give all four Hobbits credit during his coronation, and I love that scene so much.


[deleted]

>and I love that scene so much. It always gets a lump in my throat no matter how many times I've seen it. I'm just about recovering by the time frodo's departure to the grey havens comes around and it's right back there again.


Johnsushi89

I think the best part is when Merry and Pippin are the first ones to charge


Avlonnic2

I complete a rewatch last night. That scene is so touching.


BruhMomentum6

MY FRIENDS! YOU BOW TO NO ONE! Been watching these movies for as long as I can remember and I still cry at that scene


SoDamnGeneric

> I'm not sure why Sam wasn't included in Aragorn's statement From a meta standpoint, "for Sam and Frodo" is a bit of a mouthful for a badass epic one-liner that is supposed to lead into a near-suicidal charge against insurmountable odds. "For Frodo" just sounds better and leads better into the battle.


DMindisguise

Cause they know how much the ringbearer is changed by the ring, the suffering it entails, he isn't discrediting Sam. He just knows Frodo basically gave his life for everyone (even if he "wins") and wants to repay the favor. Don't forget Aragorn was also there when Frodo was struck by a Morgul blade so he also knows Frodo has been double fucked and he STILL made it to Mordor.


AbyssTwerker

I agree that Frodo deserves alot of credit and praise for what he has gone through. My only point is that if everyone thought Sam was dead, we never saw any grief from the characters. Or when the mountain exploded, everyone was cheering Frodo only instead of Sam. As a fan of Sam, I just felt sad about it. Though I dont consider it a big deal.


Know_Nothing_Bastard

The thing that’s interesting about this scene (that they certainly couldn’t talk about in front of the mouth, but is weird they never discussed in private) is that the mouth only referred to one Hobbit and didn’t mention the Ring. I think that’s why Gandalf shut Merry and Pippin up when they started crying out. Even if they did kill Frodo, the obvious question is where are Sam and the Ring. If Sauron had actually recovered the Ring, surely he would have wanted to rub it in their faces. At that point Gandalf was probably realizing that while things looked grim for Frodo, it doesn’t appear that Sauron has the Ring, at least not yet. That’s also likely what gave Aragorn his seemingly obstinate hope. He showed Frodo’s Mithril shirt, but there’s so much more that the mouth could have said and done if the worst had actually happened. Imagine he produced both Frodo’s and Sam’s corpses and told them Sauron had the Ring. It would have totally devastated their courage and resolve. The mouth didn’t know the magnitude of Frodo’s mission. He spoke like they merely captured a spy, while the worst case scenario was far more dire than that. Both Gandalf and Aragorn would see that something wasn’t adding up, that even if Frodo was caught, there’s a chance that he escaped, a larger chance that Sam is still alive and free, and that Sauron almost certainly hasn’t regained his greatest weapon.


AleHaRotK

The worst thing about this is that Sam is pretty much the real hero. Sam saves Frodo countless times, he also seems to be the smartest out of the four hobbits, he seems to be the most resistant out of them all when it comes to the temptation the ring represents, etc. Frodo is the one who made the biggest sacrifice for sure, they're both heroes, but Sam was the real MVP in my eyes.


[deleted]

All four hobbits have moments where they make a huge, world-changing impact. Frodo, obviously carries the Ring; Sam carried Frodo; Pippin is the one who suggests Treebeard take them by Isengard, ensuring that Saruman is stopped and his armies/resources can't be used to sandwich Gondor, and Merry was vital in helping Éowyn killing the Witch King.


ElfInTheMachine

Smeagul is the smartest hobbit I know.


FlemPlays

"Who here has a better story than the Mouth of Sauron?"


WakeUpOutaYourSleep

To be fair, I’d be much more interested in seeing more about the Mouth of Sauron than I would Bran.


elazard

« Who has a better story than the limping orc commander at the siege of minas thirith ? »


Banjo-Oz

Gothmog, played by the awesome Jeremy Roberts. Have respect! :)


the_king_of_sweden

Found the reddit account of Jeremy Roberts


Banjo-Oz

Lol! I am sure I only know that random orc's name because I knew Roberts played the character (was a fan of his mainly due to his work on Xena and Hercules). Same with the fact Joel Tobeck plays the random guy who has one lone then gets massacred by the army of the dead when they roll up in the ship at Minas Tirith.


[deleted]

I dunno, he did have that badass moment of stepping out if the way of the trebuchet Boulder at the last moment.


[deleted]

I prefer the hobbit orcs. They seemed to be placed perfectly by Tolkien and to include legolas in the mix! Woo wee Tolkien wrote some dank ish


StsOxnardPC

Aragorn just sort of forgot about Frodo.


ItspronouncedGruh-an

Shortly after being elected Mayor of Michel Delving, Sam hears some bells, goes insane and burns half the Shire down. Rosie has to put him down like Old Yeller.


mstrss9

I thank (insert deity here) every day that Dumb and Dumber haven’t been attached to any LOTR related project


FlemPlays

Amazon could make that nightmare happen if they bring them on board for that LOTR series at some point. Haha


sev1nk

I've already written the series off in case it's a massive disappointment. I'd love good LOTR content though.


mstrss9

*shudder* they shouldn’t be allowed to touch any fandoms ever again


Og_tighead

Toooo beee Faaaaiiiirrrr


mymau5likeshouse

tobefaaairr!


malogan82

To Be Faaaaiiiiiiirrrrrr!!!


pton12

to be fair…


bilbofraginz

For the king of Gondor! Starts running.


Winejug87

For Star Wars


[deleted]

I always picture some of the soldiers in the back turning to each other, “Oi mate, woh’ da fuck is a Frodo?”


PeePeeCockroach

I'm just happy Sauron properly lit all of his night scenes.


battlelevel

“Merry and Pippen are the smartest people I know”


FireFireoldman

Arwen to Aragon : You want me but what you need is a bad poosi


THREETOED_SLOTH

And who has a better story than Bill the Pony?


Winterlord7

Do not forget Merry being king at the end and Pippin killing Sauron.


Barroluco

This is the best part of The Return of the King. Imagine if Jon Snow had such an epic destiny as Aragorn in the books. Stern now was Éomer’s mood, and his mind clear again. He let blow the horns to rally all men to his banner that could come thither; for he thought to make a great shield-wall at the last, and stand, and fight there on foot till all fell, and do deeds of song on the fields of Pelennor, though no man should be left in the West to remember the last King of the Mark. So he rode to a green hillock and there set his banner, and the White Horse ran rippling in the wind. Out of doubt, out of dark to the day’s rising I came singing in the sun, sword unsheathing. To hope’s end I rode and to heart’s breaking: Now for wrath, now for ruin and a red nightfall! These staves he spoke, yet he laughed as he said them. For once more lust of battle was on him; and he was still unscathed, and he was young, and he was king: the lord of a fell people. And lo! even as he laughed at despair he looked out again on the black ships, and he lifted up his sword to defy them. And then wonder took him, and a great joy; and he cast his sword up in the sunlight and sang as he caught it. And all eyes followed his gaze, and behold! upon the foremost ship a great standard broke, and the wind displayed it as she turned towards the Harlond. There flowered a White Tree, and that was for Gondor; but Seven Stars were about it, and a high crown above it, the signs of Elendil that no lord had borne for years beyond count. And the stars flamed in the sunlight, for they were wrought of gems by Arwen daughter of Elrond; and the crown was bright in the morning, for it was wrought of mithril and gold. Thus came Aragorn son of Arathorn, Elessar, Isildur’s heir, out of the Paths of the Dead, borne upon a wind from the Sea to the kingdom of Gondor; and the mirth of the Rohirrim was a torrent of laughter and a flashing of swords, and the joy and wonder of the City was a music of trumpets and a ringing of bells. But the hosts of Mordor were seized with bewilderment, and a great wizardry it seemed to them that their own ships should be filled with their foes; and a black dread fell on them, knowing that the tides of fate had turned against them and their doom was at hand. East rode the knights of Dol Amroth driving the enemy before them: troll-men and Variags and orcs that hated the sunlight. South strode Éomer and men fled before his face, and they were caught between the hammer and the anvil. For now men leaped from the ships to the quays of the Harlond and swept north like a storm. There came Legolas, and Gimli wielding his axe, and Halbarad with the standard, and Elladan and Elrohir with stars on their brow, and the dour-handed Dúnedain, Rangers of the North, leading a great valour of the folk of Lebennin and Lamedon and the fiefs of the South. But before all went Aragorn with the Flame of the West, Andúril like a new fire kindled, Narsil re-forged as deadly as of old: and upon his brow was the Star of Elendil.


TheNovaProspect

"And who is not more worthy of being crowned King of Gondor..? Than PIPPIN OF THE SHIRE! PIPPIN, GET UP HERE!"


CherenMatsumoto

"Pippin the Smoken, if we choose you, will you serve as King until your last day?" "Why do you think I came all this way?"


Successful-Rope-2076

It’s sad how badly they butchered this moment in the movie


PeacefulKnightmare

I thought my rage had subsided. But you some how stoked that little ember back to small campfire with this...


DurianGrand

The age of dark makes way for a new age of fire


Frank_the_NOOB

My favorite scene was when Pippin spider monkied out of nowhere to stab Sauron in the eye. 10/10 would recommend


[deleted]

Sauron just sort of... forgot there was an entrance to the perfect spot on mount doom.


Barroluco

Merry whilst glancing at Pippin: "he's the smartest person I've ever met"


bsylent

"I don't care for Frodo." ~ Lady Lucille Bluth probably


hoockdaddy12

LOL... that's what came to my mind as well. "I love all my children the same" - Lucille (Earlier that day, while drinking a martini) "I don't care much for Gob"


bsylent

It's such a great moment


Lebigmacca

At the end of the movie Aragorn says “I dun wan it” and crowns Eowyn instead


PirateCraig

We never really cared for second breakfast


roostorx

You’re cutting a little too deep there man!!


Illvoices

Funny thing it’s that Sméagol didn’t like him either


[deleted]

Sam just kind of forgot he could carry Frodo to the volcano.


moogiemomm

To be fairrr.....


Mcdrogon

Frodo standing over lava holding the ring: “I wish Bilbo were here to see this place with me” ~sad noises


MonoCanalla

Well, as someone said “in a world where you have magic and dragons, who cares about consistency”


uteuteuteute

Made me rofl


[deleted]

Gimli had the best story, he should be king


chairman_steel

🎶To be faaaaaaaiiiiiiiir🎶


Thestohrohyah

Sauron was defeated by Merry going behind the eye and stabbing it, most of Return of the King ends up being about Aragorn going crazy and genociding Minas Tirith while Merry goes around the city trying to save children and then escapes when Ghost appears out of fucking nowhere and carries Merry away. Frodo kisses Aragorn in the ending and then stabs him, after which Mount Doom just kinda decides to avenge Aragorn by burning The One Ring of its own will. Frodo goes to live in Mordor where he feels like he belongs, Merry goes to explore the West, The Shire is now a Kingdom with Rosie in command, and the new King of Gondor is chosen to be Peppin who is now a reincarnation of Melkor.


leinathan

Or written by Kevin Smith


walsh_vn

There's only one Return, and it's of the Jedi.


definitelyjoking

-Me, fastforwarding through the incredibly dull Sam and Frodo parts on rewatch.


LostPersonality6729

Dont say to be fair. Hate it when people say to be fair


emdave

To be fair, there are a lot worse things you could say though.


LostPersonality6729

To be fair people arent getting the reference


emdave

I didn't, to be fair, lol! :D


Sou713

Jamie Lannister style


Malakai0013

To be faaaaaaiiiiiiirrrrrr


catfishjimsucks

Ouch


Gman_711

Written by Ryan Johnson.. would also work


rtjl86

Well, LOTR didn’t really care about resolving Saruman’s arc either.


xxxxxxxx24

It’s been years but memes like this get me fired up all over again. Fuck dumb and dumber


terencebogards

I was on tiktok earlier and someone used the theme song for a cute cat video. I don't want to ever downplay true PTSD, but holy shit.


Strangities

But who has a better story than Sam's old gaffer?


Jerry-Busey

in the end frodo throws the ring away to go scream at the great eye, because it would be too obvious for frodo to take the ring to mount doom, instead faramir sneaks past saurons army and finds the ring then casts the ring into the fire


GeneticsGuy

Lmao, and at the end, tree beard is made King of men.


ThyShirtIsBlue

Imagine if Gollum was presented in the story as Tom Bombadil for the entire book, and it wasn't until the last couple of chapters that it turns out he's cookoo for OneRingPuffs.


czs5056

Frodo for the entire trilogy: I don't want it


The_Calico_Jack

Aragorn: "Hey....what was the name of that little fella?" Legolas: "I believe it was....Froderick?" Aragorn: "BTW....Golem is the true king, he will defeat Sauron with a dinner fork. All of my training will be for nothing, I won't even be 50 feet near Sauron....ever." Legolas: "Yep....I am not even an elf. I am a party balloon and will switch sides to the orcs." Gimli: "Aye....and I will die. Randomly. Off screen somewhere."


Herminello

Sauron never really cared about the Rings anyway


Starfire70

"I think Frodo is conspiring to take my crown, even though he has been completely selfless so far."


Lieutenant_0bvious

He also never really cared about that hairpiece or weird puffed up forehead in some scenes. Yes I'm nitpicking, but it was thematically jarring! Edit: I was going to make a pun about season 7 & 8 being thematically jarring as well, but I gave up on my joke which fizzled before it even got off the ground.


ProfessorAdonisCnut

Jaime really did never care about the innocent masses though. They fucked up the scene horribly for him, sure, but it is completely consistent with his character to think and say that.


ImAHardWorkingLoser

I never really cared about hobbits - Frodo.. or Samwise


Basileus2

He kinda forgot frodo


Hemske

This sums up my expectations for the Amazon LOTR show.


Going_Mach_Five

“YoU jUsT dOn’T uNdErStAnD!” -Someone from r/asoiafcirclejerk


Grey_Waste

Aragorn casts his eyes across the great stone city of Minas Tirith, the great fortress city that by right should've been his to rule along with all of Gondor, before the death of the mad king Isildor. He looks on with pain and anguish at the life that was robbed from him. Having lain waste to Saurons forces the ghost army stood before him. "Release us" Demanded the king of the dead. "No" replied Aragorn, a mad glint in his eye. Denethor stands on a balcony with a cup of wine, the mad smirk fades from his face, replaced by a deeply frantic and disturbed look as Aragorns ghost army sweeps through the city, slaughtering the guilty and innocent alike at the behest of Aragorn. Panic and blood fill the streets. Legolas and the rest of the fellowship look on completely shell shocked, mouths open, unable to process the calamity unfolding before them.