Isengard

• Saruman contacts Sauron through the Palantir. Sauron commands Saruman to destroy Rohan and Isildur’s heir.
• The men of Dunland swear to Saruman’s cause. He sends them to pillage Rohan.

Edoras

• Eomer returns to Edoras, where Grima arrests him. Eomer threatens to kill Grima

Fangorn

• Merry and Pippin stop for a drink of water. A tree behind them speaks, revealing himself to be an Ent – Treebeard.
• Treebeard explains the Ent’s history to the hobbits, before taking them back to his home.

• Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli follow the prints to a rock wall, in freezing weather. Climbing to the top, where they see the old man again.
• Fearing Saruman, Gimli tells Legolas to shoot the old man. Aragorn orders the man to identify himself. The man throws off his grey cloak, revealing white clothes. It is Gandalf.

• Gandalf explains his battle with the balrog, his rebirth and his time in Lothlorien. He brings messages from Galadriel (flashback).
• Gandalf knows that Treebeard has the hobbits. He leads the others out of the forest. On the way he tells of both Saruman and Sauron’s mistakes and how to use them to their advantage.
• Treebeard tells Merry and Pippin of the return of Gandalf. He sets them to sleep in his home.

• The next day, Merry informs Treebeard of Saruman and the orcs’ destruction of Fangorn. Treebeard gives them food and water. He plans to stop Saruman.
• More ents come to the clearing to meet with Treebeard. Merry and Pippin are left in the care of Bregalad.

• Treebeard begins talking to the other ents about an alliance with Rohan and war with Saruman.

Plains of Rohan

• Gandalf summons Shadowfax, who brings the other horses with him. They begin the ride to Edoras.

First Appearances – Treebeard, Bregalad, Beechbone

Deaths –

Adapted from chapters ‘Treebeard’, ‘The White Rider’ and ‘The King of the Golden Hall’ and Appendix B of ‘The Lord of the Rings’.

Pictures

• Treebeard – John Howe
• Dunlendings – Angelo Montanini
• Fangorn Forest – Ted Nasmith
• Treebeard – Anke Eissmann
• The Stranger in the Forest – Ted Nasmith
• Wellinghall – Ted Nasmith
• At the Entmoot – Stephen Hickman