The Two Towers Movie Script - Book Three, Chapter VI The King of the Golden Hall Scenes 5 and 6

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Scene 5:  Exodus from Edoras, Aragorn's Dream of Arwen,                Aragorn with Éowyn, Aragorn and Elrond                (Click HERE for the associated images)
	(The Rohirrim refugees are heading towards Helm’s Deep.  Gimli is on a horse, chatting with Éowyn, who is leading it by the reins)
Gimli:	It’s true you don’t see many Dwarf women.  And in fact, they are so alike in voice and appearance, haha, that they’re often mistaken for Dwarf men. (Éowyn smiles and looks back at Aragorn)
Aragorn:	(He gestures to his chin and whispers) It’s the beards...
Gimli:	And this, in turn, has given rise to the belief that there ARE no Dwarf women.  And that dwarves just spring out of holes in the ground!
Éowyn:	(She laughs gaily) Hahahaha!!
Gimli:	Hehehe!  Which is of course ridiculous...  Whoa!! (The horse suddenly rears up and gallops away as Éowyn loses her hold on the reins.  Gimli falls off after a short distance and lands with a loud thump)
Éowyn:	Ooh! (She rushes forward to Gimli)
Gimli:	(He struggles to get up) It’s alright, it’s alright.  Nobody panic.  That was deliberate.  It was deliberate. (Éowyn helps Gimli up.  She laughs as she brushes him off and looks back at Aragorn.  The sun is behind her and the wind is in her hair, making it a golden halo.  At that particular moment, Aragorn seems enchanted by Éowyn’s light-hearted image, but at the same time sad, as he knows their relationship can never be) (That night, in camp, Aragorn is unable to sleep and he sits smoking his pipe and thinking of Arwen)
Arwen:	(In a voiceover) The light of the Evenstar does not wax and wane... It is mine to give to whom I will...  Like my heart... Go to sleep... (In a flashback, Aragorn is lying on a chaise in Rivendell.  He opens his eyes and sees Arwen smiling down at him)
Aragorn:	I am asleep.  This is a dream.
Arwen:	(She bends down to kiss him) Then it is a good dream.  Sleep... (She kisses him lightly on the lips and then steps away to look out over Rivendell.  Aragorn closes his eyes, but just for a short while.  He looks over at Arwen)
Aragorn:	Min lû pennich nin i aur hen telitha. [You told me once that this day would come]
Arwen:	(She turns back to look at Aragorn) Ú i vethed...  nâ i onnad.  Boe bedich go Frodo. Han bâd lîn. [This is not the end...  it is the beginning.  You must go with Frodo.  That is your path]
Aragorn:	(He walks over to Arwen) Dolen i vâd o nin. [My path is hidden from me]
Arwen:	Si peliannen i vâd na dail lîn.  Si boe ú-dhannathach. [It is already laid before your feet.  You cannot falter now]
Aragorn:	Arwen... (Arwen hushes him, resting her fingers on his lips.  As her hands move down to rest on the Evenstar pendant around Aragorn’s neck, he clasps her hand in his and they gaze into each other’s eyes)
Arwen:	Ae ú-esteliach nad...  estelio han.  Estelio ammen.  [If you trust nothing else...  trust this.  Trust us] (They kiss) (The next day, on the journey to Helm’s Deep, Éowyn is walking alongside Aragorn as they both lead their horses on the slow journey)
Éowyn:	Where is she?  The woman who gave you that jewel. (Aragorn smiles and says nothing) (In a flashback, Elrond is speaking to Aragorn in Rivendell, before the departure of the Fellowship)
Elrond:	Our time here is ending.  Arwen’s time is ending.  Let her go.  Let her take the ship into the west.  Let her bear away her love for you to the undying lands.  There, it will be evergreen.
Aragorn:	But never more than a memory.
Elrond:	I will not leave my daughter here to die.
Aragorn:	She stays because she still has hope.
Elrond:	She stays for YOU!  She belongs with her PEOPLE! (Later, still that same morning in Rivendell, Aragorn and Arwen are together just before the Fellowship leaves)
Aragorn:	Idhren emmen menna gui ethwel. Hae o auth a nîr a naeth. [You have a chance for another life. Away from war...  grief...  despair]
Arwen:	Why are you saying this?
Aragorn:	I am mortal; you are Elfkind.  It was a dream, Arwen, nothing more. (He takes Arwen’s hand to return the Evenstar necklace to her) This belongs to you.
Arwen:	(She closes Aragorn’s hand back over the Evenstar) It was a gift.  Keep it. (The scene shifts back to Aragorn and Éowyn)
Éowyn:	My lord?
Aragorn:	She is sailing to the undying lands, with all that is left of her kin.

Scene 6:  The Attack of the Warg-riders                (Click HERE for the associated images)
	(Gamling and Háma ride up past the front of the column of refugees.  Legolas watches them as they pass)
Gamling:	What is it?  Háma? (Their horses become restless)
Háma:	(He looks around) I’m not sure. (An Orc scout, riding a Warg, appears on a slope above them and charges down towards them.  The Warg-rider attacks Háma and kills him.  Just as he starts to turn on Gamling, Legolas runs over and kills the Warg with an arrow.  He then draws his knife and kills the Orc)
Legolas:	Argh! (He shouts to Aragorn) A scout!
Théoden:	What is it?  What do you see?
Aragorn:	(He runs back to Théoden, who is riding some distance behind where he and Éowyn were walking) Wargs!  We are under attack! (Hearing this, the refugees begin to cry and panic)
Théoden:	All riders to the head of the column!
Gimli:	(Trying to mount Arod) Come on, get me up here.  I’m a rider!  Argh! (He gets onto the horse with some help.  Legolas gazes into the distance and sees many Warg-riders riding quickly over the hills towards them, kicking up dust as they come)
Théoden:	(He looks down from Snowmane, speaking to Éowyn) You must lead the people to Helm’s Deep.  And make haste!
Éowyn:	I can fight!
Théoden:	No!  You must do this...  for me. (Éowyn holds Théoden’s gaze for a moment, then turns reluctantly to attend to the frightened refugees) (Théoden calls to his men) Follow me!  Yah!
Gimli:	(He is trying to get Arod to go) Forward, forward, honey. (The horse moves backwards) March forward! (Arod moves off with Gimli seated on him rather unsteadily) That’s it!
Éowyn:	(She is speaking to the refugees) Make for the lower ground!  Stick together! (She looks back at the Rohirrim and sees Aragorn on Hasufel.  They hold each other’s gaze for a moment before Aragorn turns to join Théoden and the other Riders.  Éowyn gathers the refugees together and they hurry off as quickly as they can in the opposite direction) (Legolas takes aim at a distant target and fells a Warg-rider.  He draws another arrow and kills a second one.  Just as he reaches for a third arrow, he sees Théoden and company approaching.  He quickly runs and mounts Arod with an amazing swinging leap and joins the fray, with Gimli behind him on the horse)
Warg-riders:	Argh!!
Théoden:	CHARGE!! (The Rohirrim and Warg-riders crash head on and the battle begins.  Théoden and company hack away at the Warg-riders.  In the midst of the fighting, Gimli falls off Arod.  He turns to find a Warg growling at him)
Gimli:	Bring your pretty face to my axe! (Just as the Warg leaps at Gimli, Legolas kills it with one shot from his bow) (Gimli jumps back as the Warg falls, outraged) Argh!  That one counts as mine! (Gimli swings his axe at another Warg.  It dies and falls onto him, pinning him underneath) Argh!  Stinking creature.  Argh! (As he tries to lift the Warg off, an Orc leans over them both.  Gimli kills him quickly, twisting his neck, and it lands on him also.  Gimli sniffs at the Orc and makes a face.  He tries to lift both the Warg and Orc off him.  Just then, another Warg comes upon him and bares its teeth, ready to strike.  Gimli looks up with his eyes widening) Ooh..! (Aragorn plucks a spear that has been stuck in the ground as he passes by on horseback and throws it at the Warg.  It dies, landing on Gimli and adding to the pile on top of him) Umpfh!! (Théoden stabs at a Warg-rider.  Aragorn is knocked off Hasufel and attacked by Sharku.  Aragorn tries to kill the Warg-rider but Sharku blocks his attempt and grabs Aragorn by the neck while he is being half-dragged by the Warg.  In the struggle, Sharku is thrown off and he rips the Evenstar pendant from Aragorn’s neck as he falls.  Aragorn tries to let go of the Warg but finds his wrist caught in the saddle straps.  He tries unsuccessfully to disentangle himself and is dragged closer and closer to the edge of a cliff at great speed.  The Warg runs right off the cliff and they both disappear over the edge.  The battle is winding down as the Rohirrim finish off the last few Wargs and Orcs)
Legolas:	(He is looking around) Aragorn!
Gimli:	Aragorn? (As they come near the cliff edge, they hear Sharku wheezing and laughing.  Legolas and Gimli go over to the dying Orc) Tell me what happened and I will ease your passing.
Sharku:	He’s... (Black blood gurgles in his mouth, as he hacks and coughs) ...dead. (He laughs evilly) Took a little tumble off the cliff.
Legolas:	(He looks towards the edge of the cliff, and grabs Sharku) You lie! (Sharku chortles, then dies.  Legolas looks down at Sharku’s fist and spots the Evenstar pendant. He takes it and runs to the edge of the cliff.  He looks down to see the great drop and the rushing waters below, with no sign of Aragorn.  Gimli comes to stand beside him)
Théoden:	(He has lost his horse in the battle.  He calls out to his men) Get the wounded on horses.  The wolves of Isengard will return.  Leave the dead. (Legolas turns to Théoden, an expression of perplexed anger on his face.  He is surprised that they aren't going to bury the Rohirrim who died - as Éomer did at the edge of Fangorn - or at least take the bodies with them for proper funerals later)
Théoden:	(He puts a hand on Legolas' shoulder) Come. (He leaves Legolas and Gimli to stare down at the river)
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