43. B3:C2 - The Riders of Rohan [LoTR Read Along]

The Nicks are running across Rohan! Or at least the three hunters are. Join us as we attempt to catch up with our enemies in order to rescue our friends, but keep a wary eye out for clues, and for horsemen.

 

Maps

Map of Middle-earth 

LoTRproject.com interactive map - Caution: spoilers for new readers!

Notes for this episode

 

• Now we see Aragorn "The greatest traveller and huntsman of this age of the world" (B1C2 - first mention)

 

• Orcs of different factions
• • White Hand - Orthanc, Saruman's Uruk Hai - Orc Men
  • Northern - Misty Mountains? Gundabad? Moria
  • From the East - Mordor Orcs
• Aragorn longing for Gondor
• • We see the King waiting for his time
• Eagle! Traveling away back to the North
• First sight of the orcs they're chasing - 12 leagues or more
• • 1 league = 3 miles
• Spring has come to Rohan
• Hobbit evidence - the brooch
• • (Pippin is smaller - pin)
• Debate to rest or not - Gimli and Legolas stick Aragorn with the choice
• • "An ill chooser", we see the angst of having had bad chance before
  • We are a side-quest (paraphrase)
  • Choose sleep
• Legolas, standing - do Elves sleep?
• • Rest their minds, sleep with eyes open, blending dreams with wakefulness
• Day 1 - ran all night
• Day 2 - ran all day - debated rest, and slept
• Day 3
• Aragorn hears hoofs - riding northward - "What is happening in this land?"
• Huzzah for lembas
• Observations from the narrator seem to be from Aragorn's POV he is noting the differences and strangeness along the way
• • Eastemnet - used to be a  place where the Rohirrim helpt their herds but now it is empty (Darkness and danger is growing)
  • Eomer admits to removing all the people and animals for safety - Saruman has claimed the land, and there is war between Isengard and Rohan
• Twice 12 leagues (72 miles) ON FOOT in two days and a night!
• "There is some will that lends speed to our foes and sets an unseen barrier before us."
• • "The will is not behind (Sauron/Mordor) but before us."
  • "Saruman"
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