Cair Andros

• An army ambushes the city at Cair Andros and overruns it.

Dunharrow

• Aragorn and the Grey Company come to Dunharrow. They find Theoden has not arrived.

• Aragorn meets with Eowyn again. She welcomes the Grey Company with supper.
• Eowyn attempts to dissuade Aragorn from the Paths of the Dead. When she fails, she asks to accompany him herself. Aragorn will not allow it.

• The Grey Company leave at daybreak. Eowyn watches them, standing still as stone.

Cirith Ungol

• Shagrat strips Frodo of all his effects. He has orders to take them to Barad-Dur. Gorbag attempts to take the mithril shirt.
• Shagrat takes Frodo to the top of the tower. Gorbag begins a fight with Shagrat’s orcs.
• Sam approaches the gate of Cirith Ungol. He sees Mt Doom.

• Sam takes off the Ring. He cannot pass the gate. He uses the Phial of Galadriel and passes. The statues of the Watchers cry out.
• Sam sees the bodies of the orcs. He continues up the tower. He encounters orcs, including Shagrat, who flees.
• Sam follows an orc into a secret chamber. He kills the orc and finds Frodo.
• Frodo is delighted to see Sam, but calls him a thief when he sees the Ring. He apologises soon after. Sam finds orc armour and they put it on.

Dimholt

• Aragorn leads the company to a dark door. Despite their fear, they all follow Aragorn into the Paths of the Dead.

The Paths of the Dead

• Gimli is the last to enter. He hurries to catch up. They come to a clearing, where a skeleton lies. Aragorn kneels at the body but suddenly stands and addresses the darkness to follow.
• Legolas and Elladan say they see the dead following.

Mordor

• With the Phial, Frodo and Sam move past the Watchers and into Mordor.

First Appearance – Snaga (II)

Death – Gorbag, Snaga

Adapted from chapters ‘The Passing of the Grey Company’ and ‘The Tower of Cirith Ungol’ and Appendix B of The Lord of the RIngs.

Pictures

• Across Gorgoroth – Ted Nasmith
• Aragorn & Eowyn – Alan Lee
• Passing of the Grey Company – JeiWo
• Cirith Ungol – Robert Goldsmith
• Perfect Little Orcs – Olanda Fong-Surdenas
• The Door to the Dead – Anke Eissmann
• The King of the Oathbreakers – Ted Nasmith
• Nazgul over Cirith Ungol – Alan Lee