Why Eowyn Needed Merry as Much as Merry Needed Eowyn

Éowyn disguised as Dernhelm secretly bringing Merry onto her horse before the Ride of the Rohirrim

Éowyn standing before the Witch-king and Merry striking from behind are often remembered as one triumphant battlefield moment. But the deeper truth of the Pelennor Fields is stranger, sadder, and far more human: neither of them reaches that moment alone. A shieldmaiden trapped by despair and a hobbit crushed by helplessness become, for a few … Read more