areddhels:Today in Middle-Earth: The Three Hunters meet Eomer and find signs of Merry and Pippin tha
areddhels:Today in Middle-Earth: The Three Hunters meet Eomer and find signs of Merry and Pippin that led them to Fangorn (March 1st, 3019 T.A.) Eomer’s eyes blazed, and the Men of Rohan murmured angrily, and closed in, advancing their spears. ‘I would cut off your head, beard and all, Master Dwarf, if it stood but a little higher from the ground,’ said Eomer. ’He stands not alone,’ said Legolas, bending his bow and fitting an arrow with hands that moved quicker than sight. ‘You would die before your stroke fell.’ Eomer raised his sword, and things might have gone ill, but Aragorn sprang between them, and raised his hand. ‘Your pardon, Eomer!’ he cried. ‘When you know more you will understand why you have angered my companions. We intend no evil to Rohan, nor to any of its folk, neither to man nor to horse. Will you not hear our tale before you strike?’ -- source link