The Two Towers Movie Script - Book Three, Chapter II The Riders of Rohan Scenes 3 and 4

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Scene 3:  Edoras: Théodred Returns, Éowyn and Éomer, Théoden and                Gríma, Banishment   (Click HERE for the associated images)
	(A group of horsemen ride to Edoras.  Éomer is in the lead, carrying a gravely wounded Théodred) (Éowyn runs hastily up the stairs to the front doors of the Golden Hall and enters a bedchamber.  She runs to the bed)
Éowyn:	Théodred! (Théodred seems to hear her call but is unable to respond.  He has a bloody gash on the side of his head.  Éomer nods to Éowyn in the direction of Théodred’s torso.  Éowyn draws back the covers and, upon seeing Théodred’s fatal wound, tightens her lips and closes her eyes.  She looks up to catch Éomer’s glance) (In the Great Room of Meduseld, the Golden Hall, Éomer and Éowyn are speaking to Théoden-King, who sits motionless on his throne, wizened and aged beyond his years)
Éowyn:	Your son is badly wounded, my lord.
Éomer:	He was ambushed by Orcs.  If we don’t defend our country, Saruman will take it by force.
Gríma:	That is a lie! (He appears from the shadows) Saruman the White has ever been our friend and ally.
Théoden:	(He mumbles feebly) Gríma?  Gríma? (Gríma leans down close to the King) My son...?  Gríma...?
Éomer:	Orcs are running freely across our lands.  Unchecked.  Unchallenged.  Killing at will.  Orcs bearing the White Hand of Saruman. (He drops a helmet onto the ground.  It topples over to clearly reveal Saruman's symbol - the White Hand)
Gríma:	Why do you lay these troubles on an already troubled mind.  Can you not see?  Your uncle is wearied by your malcontent, your war-mongering.
Éomer:	War-mongering? (Éomer grabs Gríma and pins him against a pillar) How long is it since Saruman bought you?  What was the promised price, Gríma?  When all the men are dead, you will take your share of the treasure? (Gríma’s eyes flick to the right, looking at Éowyn as she walks by.  Éowyn stops to stare back for a moment before departing from the hall.  Éomer jerks Gríma again and clutches his hand around Gríma’s jaw)
Éomer:	Too long have you watched my sister, too long have you haunted her steps. (Gríma's eyes look to the left and he relaxes as Éomer is suddenly pulled off him by some of Théodan's men who have turned traitor and are now in collusion with Gríma)
Gríma:	You see much Éomer, Son of Éomund.  Too much. (The thugs punch Éomer in the stomach) You are banished forthwith from the Kingdom of Rohan.  Under pain of death!
Éomer:	(He is dragged away) Argh!!

Scene 4:  The Three Hunters Meeting The Rohirrim                   (Click HERE for the associated images)
	(The Three Hunters are still chasing after the Uruk-hai. It is dawn)
Legolas:	The red sun rises.  Blood has been spilled this night. (The camera pans over the rock and plains, alternating between the band of Uruk-hai and the Three Hunters giving chase.  The trackers hear the sound of horses.  Aragorn and company hide behind some boulders.  A large group of horsemen appears over the crest of a hill, galloping quickly, with their banners flying.  Aragorn comes out of hiding as they pass, followed by Legolas and Gimli)
Aragorn:	Riders of Rohan, what news from the Mark? (At a signal from Éomer, in the lead, the riders start to turn and head back towards the Three, surrounding them in ever-tightening circles.  As they come to a stop, they point their long spears menacingly at them)
Éomer:	What business does an Elf, a Man and a Dwarf have in the Riddermark?  Speak quickly!
Gimli:	Give me your name, Horsemaster, and I shall give you mine. (Éomer hands his staff to another rider, and gets off his horse.  Aragorn puts a hand on Gimli’s shoulder)
Éomer:	I would cut off your head, Dwarf, if it stood but a little higher from the ground. (Legolas, in a lightning fast move, points an arrow at Éomer)
Legolas:	You would die before your stroke fell! (The riders all point their spears closer to the travelers.  After a tense moment, Aragorn pushes down Legolas’ arm)
Aragorn:	I am Aragorn, son of Arathorn.  This is Gimli, son of Gloin and Legolas, of the Woodland Realm.  We are friends of Rohan and of Théoden, your King.
Éomer:	Théoden no longer recognizes friend from foe. (He takes off his helmet) Not even his own kin. (The spears are withdrawn) Saruman has poisoned the mind of the King and claims lordship over his lands.  My company are those loyal to Rohan.  And for that, we are banished.  The White Wizard is cunning.  He walks here and there, they say, as an old man, hooded and cloaked.  And everywhere his spies slip past our nets.
Aragorn:	We are not spies.  We track a party of Uruk-hai westward across the plain.  They’ve taken two of our friends captive.
Éomer:	The Uruks are destroyed.  We slaughtered them during the night.
Gimli:	But there were two Hobbits?  Did you see two Hobbits with them?
Aragorn:	They would be small - only children to your eyes.
Éomer:	We left none alive.  We piled the carcasses and burned them. (He points to a smoking pile in the distance)
Gimli:	They’re dead?
Éomer:	I am sorry. (Legolas puts a hand on Gimli’s shoulder in grief.  Éomer turns and whistles)
Éomer:	Hasufel!  Arod! (Two horses move up) May these horses bear you to better fortune than their former masters.  Farewell. (Éomer puts on his helmet and gets back on his horse)
Éomer:	Look for your friends.  But do not trust to hope. It has forsaken these lands. (He calls to the Horsemen of Rohan, the Rohirrim) We ride north! (Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli look on as the Riders go off.  They then ride towards the burning carcasses.  Gimli starts to shift through the smoldering pile and pulls out a charred belt and a dagger sheath)
Gimli:	It’s one of their wee belts.
Legolas:	(he bows his head and closes his eyes) Hiro îth ab 'wanath...
Aragorn:	(He kicks an Uruk helmet and yells) AAARRGGHH!!! (He falls to his knees)
Gimli:	We failed them. (Aragorn looks to the side as some tracks catch his attention)
Aragorn:	A Hobbit lay here, and the other. (Flashback:  Pippin yells as he looks up and see the hooves of a rearing horse about to crush him.  He rolls over, avoiding the hooves) They crawled. (Aragorn starts to follow the tracks, with Legolas and Gimli behind him) (Flashback:  Merry and Pippin crawl frantically away from the battle)
Aragorn:	Their hands were bound. (Flashback:  Merry rubs his ropes furiously against the sharp edge of a weapon lying on the ground) Their bonds were cut. (Aragorn holds up a broken length of thick rope) They ran over here and were followed. (Flashback - to a longer scene of the Hobbit's escape) The tracks lead away from the battle... (The Three break into a run and then stop) ...into Fangorn Forest. (They look up into a dense and dark forest)
Gimli:	Fangorn.  What madness drove them in there?
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