To whatever end. Where is the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing? They have passed like rain on the mountains. Like wind in the meadow. The days have gone down in the west. Behind the hills, into shadow. How did it come to this? β¨ Fictional character: Théoden. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, 2002.
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