Malbeth the Seer's Words

 

Over the land there lies a long shadow,

westward reaching wings of darkness.

The Tower trembles; to the tombs of kings

doom approaches. The Dead awaken;

for the hour is come for the oathbreakers:

at the Stone of Erech they shall stand again

and hear there a horn in the hills ringing.

Whose shall the horn be? Who shall call them

from the grey twilight, the forgotten people?

The heir of him to whom the oath they swore.

From the North shall he come, need shall drive him:

he shall pass the Door to the Paths of the Dead.

 

~As recited by Aragorn, quoting Malbeth the Seer (The Return of the King - Book 5, Ch. 2 "The Passing of the Grey Company")

 

 

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Last updated: May 1, 2023