Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Aragorn:
We have time. Every day Frodo moves closer to Mordor.

Gandalf:
Do we know that?

Aragorn:
What does your heart tell you?

Gandalf:
That Frodo is alive. Yes. Yes, he's alive.

Deagol:
Smeagol, I've got one! I've got a fish, Smeag. Smeagol!

Smeagol:
Pull it in. Go on. Go on. Go on. Pull it in.

Aragorn:
I do not fear death.

Aragorn:
I summon you to fulfill your oath

King of the Dead:
None but the king of Gondor may command me.

King of the Dead:
That line was broken

Aragorn:
It has been remade.

Aragorn:
Fight for us... and regain your honor.

Gimli:
They have no honor in life. They have none now in death.

Denethor:
No tomb for Denethor and Faramir. No long, slow sleep of death embalmed. We shall burn, like the heathen kings of old. Bring wood and oil.

Saruman:
Shall we not take council as we once did? Shall we not have peace?

Theoden:
We shall have peace... We shall have peace when you answer for the burning of the Westfold! When you answer for the children who lie dead on the plains! For the soldiers who were hewn even as they lay dead! We shall have peace when you hang from a gibbit for the sport of your own crows!

Saruman:
Gibbits and crows! DOTARD! And what do *you* want, Gandalf? The keys of Orthanc? Or perhaps the keys of Barad-Dur itself? And the crowns of the seven kings and the rods of the five wizards?

Sam:
It must be getting near tea-time, leastways in decent places.

Gollum:
We're not *in* decent places.

Denethor:
Can you sing, Master Hobbit?

Pippin:
Well... yes. At least, well enough for my own people. But we have no songs for great halls and... evil times.

Denethor:
And why should your songs be unfit for my halls? Come, sing me a song.

Aragorn:
Hold your ground, hold your ground. Sons of Gondor, of Rohan, my brothers. I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. An hour of *woes* and shattered shields, when the age of men comes crashing down, but it is not this day. This day we fight! By all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you *stand, Men of the West!*

Faramir:
I do not believe this darkness will endure.

Gandalf:
Go back to the abyss! Fall into nothingness that awaits you and your master!

Witch King:
Do you not know death when you see it, old man? This is my hour!

Frodo:
You swore! You swore on the precious! Smeagol promised!

Gollum:
Smeagol lied.

The Mouth of Sauron:
And who is this? Isildur's heir? It takes more to make a king than a broken Elvish blade!

Gimli:
Guess that concludes negotiations...

Aragorn:
Behold! The sword of Elendil!

Aragorn:
You shall not enter the realm of Gondor.

Eowyn:
Courage, Merry, courage for our friends.

Smeagol:
...and take it for ME.

Gollum:
For us.

Smeagol:
Yes, we... we meant for us.

Denethor:
Is there a captain here who still has the courage to do his lord's will?

Faramir:
You wish now that our places had been exchanged... that I had died and Boromir had lived.

Denethor:
Yes.

Denethor:
I wish that.

Faramir:
Since you are robbed of Boromir... I will do what I can in his stead.

Faramir:
If I should return, think better of me, Father.

Denethor:
That will depend on the manner of your return.

Galadriel:
The power of the Three Rings is ended. The time has come... for the dominion of Men.

Elrond:
I Aear c?n ven na mar.

Bilbo:
I think I'm... quite ready for another adventure.

Gandalf:
Farewell... my brave Hobbits. My work is now finished. Here at last, on the shores of the sea... comes the end of our Fellowship. I will not say, Do not weep... not all tears are an evil.

Gandalf:
It is time, Frodo.

Sam:
What does he mean?

Frodo:
We set out to save the Shire, Sam. And it has been saved. But not for me.

Sam:
You don't mean that. You can't leave.

Theoden:
I have left instruction. The people are to follow your rule in my stead. Take up my seat in the Golden Hall. Long may you defend Edoras if the battle goes ill.

Eowyn:
What other duty would you have me do, my lord?

Theoden:
Duty? No... I would have you smile again, not grieve for those whose time has come. You shall live to see these days renewed. No more despair.

Gandalf:
He's suffered a defeat, yes, but... behind the walls of Mordor, our enemy is regrouping.

Gimli:
Let him stay there. *Let him rot!* Why should we care?

Gandalf:
Because 10,000 Orcs now stand between Frodo and Mount Doom. I've sent him to his death.

Aragorn:
No. There is still hope for Frodo. He needs time... and safe passage across the plains of Gorgoroth. We can give him that.

Gimli:
How?

Aragorn:
Draw out Sauron's armies. Empty his lands. Then we gather our full strength and march on the Black Gate.

Eomer:
We cannot achieve victory through strength of arms.

Aragorn:
Not for ourselves. But we can give Frodo his chance if we keep Sauron's Eye fixed upon us. Keep him blind to all else that moves.

Legolas:
A diversion.

Gandalf:
Sauron will suspect a trap. He will not take the bait.

Gamling:
He leaves because there is no hope.

Theoden:
He leaves because he must.

Gamling:
Too few have come. We cannot defeat the armies of Mordor.

Theoden:
No we cannot. But we will meet them in battle nonetheless.

Eowyn:
I will kill you if you touch him!

Witch King:
Do not come between the Nazgul and his prey.

Sam:
You will not touch him again!

Sam:
There and Back Again: A Hobbit's Tale by Bilbo Baggins, and The Lord of the Rings by Frodo Baggins. You finished it

Frodo:
Not quite. There's room for a little more.

Pippin:
Is there any hope, Gandalf, for Frodo and Sam?

Gandalf:
There never was much hope. Just a fool's hope.

Aragorn:
For Frodo.

Sam:
Give me your hand. Take my hand. Don't you let go. Don't let go... Reach

Sam:
You miserable little maggot. I'll stove your head in!

Frodo:
I need you on my side.

Sam:
I'm on your side Mr Frodo.

Frodo:
I know you are Sam.

Theoden:
I know your face... Eowyn. My eyes darken.

Eowyn:
No, no. I'm going to save you

Theoden:
You already did... Eowyn. My body is broken. You have to let me go. I go to my fathers, in whose mighty company I shall not now feel ashamed. Eowyn...

Sam:
I heard it from his own mouth! He means to murder us!

Gollum:
Never! Smeagol wouldn't hurt a fly!

Witch King:
You fool. No man can kill me. Die now.

Eowyn:
I am no man.

Sam:
That's for Frodo! And for the Shire! *And that's for my old Gaffer!*

Theoden:
Eomer. Take your Èored down the left flank. Gamling, follow the King's banner down the center. Grimbold, take your company right, after you pass the wall. Forth, and fear no darkness! Arise. Arise, Riders of ThÈoden. Spears shall be shaken, shields shall be splintered. A sword day... a red day... ere the sun rises.

Eowyn:
What ever happens, stay with me. I'll look after you.

Theoden:
Ride now... Ride now... Ride. Ride for ruin and the world's ending.

Theoden:
Death.

Theoden:
Death.

Theoden:
DEATH.

Eowyn:

Theoden:
Forth, Eorlingas.

Pippin:
Gandalf, forgive me.

Gandalf:
Look at me. What did you see?

Pippin:
A tree. There was a white tree in a courtyard of stone. It was dead. The city was burning.

Gandalf:
Minas Tirith? Is that what you saw?

Pippin:
I saw... I saw him. I can hear his voice in my head.

Gandalf:
What did you tell him? Speak!

Pippin:
He asked me my name. I didn't answer. He hurt me.

Gandalf:
What did you tell him about Frodo and the Ring?

Pippin:
I offer you my service, such as it is, in payment of this debt.

Gandalf:
Get up. My Lord, there will be a time to greive for Boromir, but it is not now. War is coming. The enemy is on your doorstep. As steward, you are charged with the defense of this city. Where are Gondor's armies? You still have friends. You are not alone in this fight. Send word of Theoden of Rohan. Light the Beacons.

Gandalf:
Frodo has passed beyond my sight. The darkness is deepening.

Aragorn:
If Sauron had the Ring, we would know it.

Gandalf:
It's only a matter of time.

Witch King:
Send forth all legions. Do not stop the attack until the city is taken. Slay them all.

Gothmog:
What of the wizard?

Witch King:
I will break him.

Eomer:
Now is the hour! Riders of Rohan! Oaths you have taken, now fulfill them all, to lord and land!

Elrond:
You're outnumbered, Aragorn. You need more men.

Aragorn:
There are none.

Elrond:
There are those who dwell in the mountain.

Aragorn:
Murderers. Traitors. You would call upon them to fight? They believe in nothing. They answer to no one.

Elrond:
They will answer to the king of Gondor.

Elrond:
Anduril, Flame of the West, forged from the shards of Narsil.

Aragorn:
Sauron will not have forgotten the sword of Elendil. The blade that was broken shall return to Minas Tirith.

Elrond:
The man who can wield the power of this sword can summon to him an army more deadly than any that walks this earth. Put aside the ranger. Become who you were born to be. Take the Dimholt Road.

Elrond:
I give hope to men.

Aragorn:
I keep none for myself.

Gandalf:
The board is set... the pieces are moving

Elrond:
You gave away your life's grace. I cannot protect you anymore.

Legolas:
The stars are veiled. Something stirs in the East. A sleepless malice. The eye of the enemy is moving. He is HERE.

Gimli:
That still only counts as one.

Gimli:
Never thought I'd die fighting side by side with an Elf.

Legolas:
What about side by side with a friend?

Gimli:
Aye. I could do that.

Gimli:
Certainty of death. Small chance of success. What are we waiting for?

Eomer:
You should not encourage him.

Eowyn:
You should not doubt him.

Eomer:
I do not doubt his heart, only the reach of his arm.

Eowyn:
Why are you doing this? The war lies to the East. You cannot leave on the eve of battle.

Eowyn:
You cannot abandon the men.

Aragorn:
Eowyn...

Eowyn:
We need you here.

Aragorn:
Why have you come?

Eowyn:
Do you not know?

Aragorn:
It is but a shadow and a thought that you love. I cannot give you what you seek.

Sam:
Don't go where I can't follow.

Pippin:
The last of the Longbottom leaf?

Merry:
I know you've run out. You smoke too much, Pip.

Gandalf:
I will not say, Do not weep, for not all tears are an evil.

Aragorn:
My friends, you bow to no one.

Frodo:
The Ring is mine.

Theoden:
I take my leave.

Aragorn:
My lord Elrond.

Elrond:
I come on behalf of one whom I love. Arwen is dying. She will not long survive the evil that now spreads from Mordor. The light of the Evenstar is failing. As Sauron's power grows, her strength wanes. Arwen's life is now tied to the fate of the Ring. The Shadow is upon us, Aragorn. The end has come.

Aragorn:
It will not be our end but his.

Aragorn:
The Beacons of Minas Tirith! The Beacons are lit! Gondor calls for aid.

Theoden:
And Rohan will answer. Muster the Rohirrim. Assemble the army at Dunharrow. As many men as can be found. You have two days. On the third, we ride for Gondor and war.

Sam:
Let him go, you filth.

Pippin:
It's so quiet.

Gandalf:
It's the deep breath before the plunge.

Pippin:
I don't want to be in a battle. But waiting on the edge of one I can't escape is even worse.

Frodo:
We set out to save the Shire, Sam and it has been saved - but not for me.

Legolas:
The horses are restless, and the men are quiet.

Gandalf:
Authority is not given to you to, steward, to deny the return of the king.

Denethor:
The rule of Gondor is mine! And no other's!

Legolas:
The way is shut. It was made by those who are dead, and the dead keep it. The way is shut.

Gimli:
Well, this is a thing unheard of. An Elf would go underground, where a Dwarf dare not. Oh, I'd never hear the end of it.

Sam:
What are you up to? Sneaking off, are we?

Gollum:
Sneaking? Sneaking? Fat hobbit is always so polite. SmÈagol shows them secret ways that nobody else could find, and they say sneak. Sneak? Very nice friend. Oh, yes, my precious. Very nice, very nice.

Sam:
All right all right! You just startled me is all. What were you doing?

Gollum:
Sneaking.

Sam:
Well, I'm back.

Arwen:
Tell me what you have seen.

Elrond:
Arwen.

Arwen:
You have the gift of foresight. What did you see?

Elrond:
I looked into your future, and I saw death.

Arwen:
But there was also life. You saw there was a child, you saw my son.

Elrond:
That future is almost gone.

Arwen:
But it is not lost.

Elrond:
Nothing is certain.

Arwen:
Some things are certain. If I leave him now, I will regret it forever.

Denethor:
My sons are spent. My line has ended. Rohan has deserted us. Theoden's betrayed me. Abandon your posts! Flee, flee for your lives!

Gandalf:
Prepare for battle!

Gandalf:
Faramir!

Gandalf:
Faramir! Your father's will has turned to madness. Do not throw away your life so rashly.

Faramir:
Where does my allegiance lie if not here?

Gandalf:
Your father loves you, Faramir. He will remember it before the end.

Gollum:
She's always hungry. She always needs to feed. She must eat. All she gets is nasty orcses.

Smeagol:
And they doesn't taste very nice, does they, Precious?

Gollum:
No. Not very nice at all, my love.

Frodo:
There'll be none left for the return journey.

Sam:
I don't think there will be a return journey, Mr. Frodo.

Pippin:
How far is Minas Tirith?

Gandalf:
Three days' ride, as the Nazgul flies, and you'd better hope we don't have one of those on our tail.

Merry:
Are you going to leave me?

Pippin:
No, Merry. I'm going to look after you.

Merry:
Why did you look? Why do you always have to look?

Pippin:
I don't know. I can't help it.

Merry:
You never can.

Pippin:
I'm sorry, all right? I won't do it again.

Merry:
Don't you understand? The enemy thinks you have the Ring. He's going to be looking for you Pip. They have to get you out of here.

Pippin:
And you're coming with me.

Merry:
Come on.

Pippin:
Merry?

Pippin:
But we'll see each other soon. Won't we?

Merry:
I don't know. I don't know what is going to happen.

Pippin:
Merry...

Gandalf:
Run, Shadowfax. Show us the meaning of haste.

Pippin:
Merry!

Gandalf:
Of all the inquisitive Hobbits, Peregrin Took, you are the worst.

Denethor:
You think you are wise, Mithrandir. Yet for all your subtleties, you have not wisdom. Do you think the eyes of the White Tower are blind? I have seen more than you know. With your left hand you would use me as a shield against Mordor. And with your right you'd seek to supplant me. I know who ride with Theoden of Rohan. Oh, yes. Word has reached my ears of this Aragorn, son of Arathorn. And I tell you now, I will not bow to this Ranger from the North last of a ragged house long bereft of lordship.

Gothmog:
The Age of Men is over. The Time of the Orc has come.

Pippin:
Here do I swear fealty and service to Gondor. In peace or war. In living or dying. F... f... from this hour henceforth, until my lord release me... or death take me.

Denethor:
And I shall not forget it. Nor fail to reward that which is given. Fealty with love, valor with honor, disloyalty with vengeance.

King of the Dead:
The dead do not suffer the living to pass.

Aragorn:
You will suffer me.

Frodo:
My dear Sam: You cannot always be torn in two. You will have to be one and whole for many years. You have so much to enjoy and to be and to do. Your part in the story will go on.

Elrond:
Your hands are cold. The life of the Eldar is leaving you.

Arwen:
This was my choice... ada, whether by your will or not, there is no ship now that can bear me hence.

Smeagol:
Give that to us, Deagol my love.

Deagol:
Why?

Smeagol:
Because it's my birthday, and I wants it.

Gimli:
There's plenty for the both of us, may the best dwarf win.

Frodo:
I have to destroy it, Smeagol. I have to destroy it for both our sakes.

Galadriel:
This task was appointed to you, Frodo of the Shire. If you do not find a way, no one will.

Gollum:
It's the only way. Go in, or go back.

Frodo:
I cannot go back.

Arwen:
From the ashes, a fire will be woken. A light from the darkness shall spring. Renewed shall be blade that was broken. The crownless again shall be king.

Frodo:
You can't help me anymore.

Sam:
You don't mean that.

Frodo:
Go home.

Merry:

Pippin:
So I imagine this is just a ceremonial position. I mean, they don't actually expect me to do any fighting. Do they?

Gandalf:
You're in the service of the steward now. You're going to have to do as you're told, Peregrin Took, guard of the Citadel.

Gandalf:
This will be the end of Gondor as we know it. Here the hammer-stroke will fall hardest.

Gorbag:
I'm gonna bleed you like a stuck pig.

Sam:
Not if I stick you first.

Arwen:
I wish I could have seen him again, one last time.

Aragorn:
This day does not belong to one man but to all. Let us together rebuild this world that we may share in the days of peace.

Bilbo:
Tell me again... where are we going?

Frodo:
To the harbor, Bilbo. The elves have accorded you a high honor; a place on the last ship to leave Middle Earth.

Bilbo:
Any chance of me seeing that old ring again? Hmm? The one I gave you?

Frodo:
I'm sorry, uncle... I'm afraid I lost it.

Bilbo:
Oh... pity. I should have liked to have held it one last time.

Gimli:
Where do you think you're going?

Aragorn:
Not this time Gimli.

Legolas:
Have you learned nothing of the stubbornness of dwarves?

Gimli:
You may as well accept it. We're going with you, laddy.

Shagrat:
This scum will be awake in a couple of hours.

Gorbag:
And then he'll wish he'd never been born.

Witch King:
Feast on his flesh.

Gandalf:
There was no lie in Pippin's eyes. He told Sauron nothing. A fool, but an honest fool he remains.

Gandalf:
If the beacons of Gondor are lit, Rohan must be ready for war.

Theoden:
Tell me, why should we ride to the aid of those who did not come to ours? What do we owe Gondor?

Aragorn:
I will go.

Gandalf:
No.

Aragorn:
They must be warned.

Gandalf:
They will be.

Gandalf:
I ride for Minas Tirith...

Gandalf:
...and I won't be going alone.

Gandalf:
Hope is kindled.

Gandalf:
Now come the days of the king!

Gandalf:
May they be blessed.

Eowyn:
Ride with me.

Merry:
My lady?

Eowyn:
He has just as much reason to go to war as you do. Why can he not fight for those he loves?

Pippin:
But we have the white wizard. That's got to count for something.

Gandalf:
So it begins, the great battle of our time

Theoden:
Tonight we remember those who gave their blood to defend this country. Hail the victorious dead.

Sam:
It's that Gollum, it's this place, it's that thing around your neck. I could help a bit, I could carry it, share the load...

Frodo:
GET AWAY!

Sam:
I don't want to keep it. I just want to help.

Galadriel:
And for you, Frodo Baggins, I give you the light of E?rendil our most beloved star. May it be a light to you in dark places when all other lights go out.

Frodo:
Aiya E?rendil Elenion Ancalima

Gollum:
They cursed us. Murderer they called us. They cursed us. And we wept, Precious, didn't we? We wept to be so alone. And we only lust to catch fish so juicy sweet. And we forgot the taste of bread... the sound of trees... the softness of the wind. We even forgot our own name. My Precious.

Gandalf:
So passes Denethor, son of Ecthelion.

King of the Dead:
That line was broken.

Aragorn:
It has been remade.

Gandalf:
Hail Denethor, son of Ecthelion, Lord and Steward of Gondor.

Gandalf:
Not at the towers! Aim for the trolls! Kill the trolls! Bring them down!

Gandalf:
Send these foul beasts into the abyss.

Gimli:
Aragorn, let's find some food.

Denethor:
He is burning... already burning.

Pippin:
He's not dead! He's not dead!

Pippin:
No! No! He's not dead! Stop!

Denethor:
Farewell, Peregrin, son of Paladin... I release you from my service. Go now and die in what way seems best to you.

Gandalf:
Fight. Fight to the last man. Fight for your lives.

Frodo:
What is this place?

Gollum:
Master must go inside the tunnel.

Frodo:
Now that I'm here, I don't think I want to.

Sam:
I'm sorry to wake you, Mr. Frodo. We have to be moving on.

Frodo:
It's dark still...

Sam:
It's always dark here.

Aragorn:
Let the Lord of the Black Land come forth! Let Justice be done upon him!

Pippin:
Eagles! The eagles are coming!

Gollum:
Clever hobbits, to climb so high!

Sam:
You can't go walking through Mordor in naught but your skin.

Gothmog:
Release the prisoners!

Orc Lieutenant 1:
Catapults!

Pippin:
It's the tree. Gandalf! Gandalf!

Gandalf:
Yes the white tree of Gondor. The tree of the King. Lord Denethor, however, is not the king he is a steward only, a caretaker of the throne.

Gandalf:
Peregrin Took, there is a task now to be done. Another opportunity for one of the Shirefolk to prove their great worth. You must not fail me.

Faramir:
Mithrandir! They broke through our defenses! They've taken the bridge and the west bank. Battalions of Orcs are crossing the river.

Irolas:
It is as the Lord Denethor predicted. Long has he forseen this doom.

Gandalf:
Forseen and done nothing!

Gandalf:
Faramir? This is not the first halfing to have crossed your path.

Faramir:
No.

Pippin:
You've seen Frodo and Sam?

Gandalf:
Where? When?

Faramir:
In Ithilien. Not two days ago. Gandalf, they're taking the road to the Morgul Vale.

Gandalf:
And then the pass of Cirith Ungol.

Pippin:
What does that mean? What's wrong?

Gandalf:
Faramir, tell me everything.

Theoden:
Grimbold, how many?

Grimbold:
I bring 500 from the Westfold, my lord.

Gamling:
We have 300 more from Fenmarch, Theoden King.

Theoden:
Where are the riders from Snowbourn?

Gamling:
None have come, my lord.

Theoden:
Six thousand spears. Less than half of what I'd hoped for.

Aragorn:
Six thousand will not be enough to break the lines of Mordor.

Theoden:
More will come.

Aragorn:
Every hour lost hastens Gondor's defeat. We have till dawn, then we must ride.

Gimli:
That road there... where does that lead?

Legolas:
It is the road to the Dimholt, the door under the mountain.

Eomer:
None who venture there ever return. That mountain is evil.

Elrond:
You ride to war, but not to victory. Sauron's armies march on Minas Tirith, this you know. But in secret he sends another force which will attack from the river. A fleet of Corsairs ships sails from the south. They reach the city in two days.

Gimli:
What kind of army would linger in such a place?

Legolas:
One that is cursed. Long ago the men of the mountain swore an oath to the last king of Gondor to come to his aid, to fight. But when the time came, when Gondor's need was dire, they fled, vanishing into the darkness of the mountain. And so Isildur cursed them never to rest until they had fulfilled their pledge.

Aragorn:
What say you? What say you? I am Isildur's heir. Fight for me. And I will hold your oaths fulfilled. What say you?

Frodo:
It's sticky, what is it?

Gandalf:
Our enemy is ready, his full strength gathered. Not only orcs, but men as well: legions of Haradrim from the south, mercenaries from the coast. All will answer Mordor's call.

Gandalf:
Hold them back! Do not give in to fear! Stand to your posts! FIGHT!

King of the Dead:
Release us.

Gimli:
Bad Idea. Very handy in a tight spot, these lads, despite the fact they're dead.

Gandalf:

Go back to the abyss! Fall into the nothingness that awaits you and your master!

Witch-king of Angmar:

Do you not no death when you see it, old man? This is my hour!