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There are many stories in the history of our world.

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Most are lost,

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scattered in the winds of Time,

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beyond the memory of man.

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But this story.

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our story

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should not be forgotten.

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Papa!

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Maia!

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Run! Maia run. Maia run!

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We came from the water,

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It runs through our ancient days,

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down the long years to this moment

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coursing through our lives

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like the bloodline of Kings

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A swiftly flowing stream

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of memory and sorrow

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One drop of water

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of blood

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and then another

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can become a ripple,

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a river,

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a rising torrent

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unstoppable

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which in time

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breaks down all resistance

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to flow free once again

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on the journey to it's destiny

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The remnant of the faithful

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The Dúnedain

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the men of the West

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were scattered and few

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and beset by many dangers

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For the Dark Lord Sauron

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had not forgotten the past

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and of all the peoples of Middle-earth

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he held none with more hatred

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and more fear

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than the Dúnedain

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He spread his will amongst his servants

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and through the long years

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sought ever to discover if the Heirs of Isildur yet lived

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so that he might destroy them

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and the last of his greatest enemies

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would be lost

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forever

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Hurry! Hurry!

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Dírhael!

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Ivorwen! Gilraen! Go! Please!

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I will not lose you all this day.

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Arathorn!

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You have my thanks sir,

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and whatever service I and my family may provide you and yours.

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We owe you our lives.

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As I owe you mine. I thank you, lady.

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You are most welcome, my lord.

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We cannot stay here. Where were you bound?

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I do not know, my lord.

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Orcs burned our village, and slew our people.

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Those who were not killed were scattered, I know not where.

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Dorlad, my son.

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Struck down as he defended us.

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We would not leave his body for the cruel sport of orcs.

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Your son shall have a safe resting place, lady.

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You will come with us.

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Arathorn!

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Arathorn?

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You know him, father?

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Yes

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Or I did when he was but a child.

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If he is the same man,

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he is the son of my friend and kinsman.

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Our chieftain, Lord Arador.

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Isildur's Heir.

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What is it?

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They're after plunder, it seems.

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But these are but baubles.

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It is strange.

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Orcs seeking gold and jewels in the Wild?

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to what purpose?

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You're becoming more like him by the day.

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Is that what he would have wanted?

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He would have growled at me for letting you take his place.

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"The wild is no place for my daughter!"

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But I'm still glad I trained you.

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So am I.

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Lord Arathorn

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They'll bring no news to whoever leads them.

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Good work Halbaron.

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Now we must bring these three to safety.

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We go to Taurdal, our village, Lord?

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Dírhael.

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My wife, Ivorwen. And my daughter...

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Gilraen.

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And I am Arathorn.

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Son of Arador.

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Indeed.

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No, no. Do not bow.

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When you come to my father,

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you may greet him thus.

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But for now,

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we must make haste.

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A jealous heart finds no room for true affection,

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though it were standing right behind it.

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What have I to be jealous about?

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I saw that look between them.

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Just as you did.

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Your eyes deceive you.

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Besides, it has nothing to do with me.

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Does it not?

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No!

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Nor with you, Dírhaborn.

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And so Arathorn and his rangers led the grieving family North,

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past the mighty rivers

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and through the vast forests of Rhudaur.

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A land that still enjoyed the watchful eye of the Dúnedain

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and brought them to his father, Lord Arador,

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in the hidden settlement of Taurdal.

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Come, my old friend and kinsman.

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Let us bestow upon your son the peace and honour he has earned.

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For I account your loss as my loss,

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and your grief as my own.

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Alas, no long sleep in ancient halls of stone

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for a son of the House of Aranarth!

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But I will not see your bones dishonoured, Dorlad,

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when the servants of Evil try again

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to drive the Dúnedain farther into exile!

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Farewell!

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I've come to ask your forgiveness.

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Long had I thought your feelings for Arathorn

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no more than a passing fancy

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and that in time you would turn from them

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and look around you at last.

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I did not understand.

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Until last night.

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Years I have spent by his side,

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yet there is a gulf between us

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that only the flames of a stranger's pyre could reveal.

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I cannot vie with such beauty and such sorrow.

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El, any man would be honoured to call you his.

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I would cause him nothing but grief.

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We found these after the attack yesterday.

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It is strange how such tiny things

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can bring such immense darkness

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and change into our lives.

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Lord Arador now had much to contemplate.

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News of orcs assailing other villages came to his ears.

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Peaceful homesteads, far from help,

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were likewise menaced,

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Taurdal filled as many of the Dúnedain fled their homes

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and sought safety in numbers.

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And so Arador led his brave rangers

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in a quest to rid the land of the menace

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that had ravaged his people.

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Yet the most trusted of his men,

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would not be at his side.

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How goes the harvest, my lady?

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Bountiful, my lord.

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I had expected a little more for my travels.

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Are you leaving?

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My father has charged me to seek out the enemy's purpose

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in the cold mountains of the East.

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Alone?

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Yes.

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A dangerous mission my lord.

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Indeed.

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There was a time when such danger would not have moved me

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and every part of my being would happily travel to the end of the world

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in service of our people.

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But now?

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Now a part of me remains here.

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And that is my heart.

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My Lord.

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I am sorry my lady, I did not mean to upset you

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I will look to the East

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and await your safe return.

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My Lady.

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With a heart full of joy

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Arathorn travelled far beyond

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the fallen cities of Arnor.

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While Arathorn made his lonely way into the cold mountains,

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Gilraen would await his homecoming

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in the fading summer of the West.

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Straying at whiles deep into the forest,

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to watch for his safe return.

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Gilraen!

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I will not go far!

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Why does she do that?

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You know for whom she waits.

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She is too young.

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But not without wisdom.

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My heart forebodes Arathorn will wear

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Barahir's ring sooner than expected.

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Even so,

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I do not think he will long lead the Dúnedain,

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once it rests upon his hand.

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Then do not stand in their way, Dírhael!

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For if these two wed soon,

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there yet may be hope born for our people.

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But if they do not,

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it may be, in this gathering darkness,

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that the Dúnedain fall at last,

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never to rise again.

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Let them have what happiness they may!

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You're late!

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Where are the others?

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Slaughtered!

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We were ambushed,

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there are Ghostmen everywhere!

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They are not ghosts!

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Merely Rangers, you coward.

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You're as bad as these two!

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Did you get it?

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These are useless.

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You still have not found the ring that Sauron is seeking.

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Go back! Find it!

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How? There is not enough of us left.

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We need time to increase our numbers.

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It was a mistake to attack the ghostmen out of the darkness, Shaknar!

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I do not make mistakes!

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I go now to report your failer to Sauron at Dol Guldur.

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Increase your numbers if you must, but send out your spies.

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When I return I want to know where he is!

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What is it?

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I smell manflesh.

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That's impossible.

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Can't you smell it?

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Arathorn! You're back!

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You should not come this far into the forest alone!

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I know. I…

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Rangers. Will you not go to them?

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They'll find us soon enough.

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So, I must hurry,

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or miss my chance.

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For what?

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I hope they take their time.

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I train them too well.

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My lord?

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I wandered too far from the village.

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But your captain found me.

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I am at your service, my lord.

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I shall always be at yours.

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Halbaron, escort the Lady Gilraen back to the village.

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At once, my lord.

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Elgarain. A word.

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I'm sorry, my lord.

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We could not find you. I did not know...

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No apology necessary, my friend.

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Have you ever been in love?

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No.

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It changes your world.

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Consumes it with a burning flame

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that does not abate.

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A light as brilliant and piercing as Eärendil's star.

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You have been in love.

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I have heard it talked of.

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So you are in love?

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I am to be wed!

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Or I hope to be.

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And soon if fortune is with me.

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I wish you joy, my lord.

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Your heart should be filled with joy, Arathorn.

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Oh, it is...

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yet I fear that Lord Dírhael will not willingly give his blessing...

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Gilraen is, like you, not yet of age.

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I may not have known love,

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but I do know that when the heart would command the tongue

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no man should stand in the way...

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if you delay you may find that what should have been spoken

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is forever locked in your heart,

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and regret your only companion.

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Your words are wise…

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still…

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The seasons are changing.

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Maybe it will bring a change to his heart too.

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If it changes with the seasons,

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it can only grow colder.

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Just hold your ground and speak your heart.

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Thank you.

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You're a good friend to me.

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I would lay down my very life for you.

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And I for you.

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I am glad you're safe, my son.

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You also father.

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Halbaron tells me that your campaign against

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the orcs has been a success.

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Their numbers are indeed few now.

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They should not trouble us for some time.

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Yet your mind is not at ease.

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I now know what they're after,

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and that they do not act alone.

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They are servants of Sauron,

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and he seeks the Ring of Barahir.

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Father, they are hunting for you.

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It is as I feared then.

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I beg you to hide the ring.

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Do not wear it!

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No.

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But it will lead them straight to you!

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Let Sauron send all the armies in this world against us.

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I will not hide from who I am,

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while I have a breath in my body,

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and a sword in my hand.

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Forgive me.

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There is nothing to forgive, my son.

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You have been of great service to me, and the Dúnedain.

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You are a true heir of kings!

0:27:32.023,0:27:34.887
Come now, do not be troubled.

0:27:37.959,0:27:41.151
Your mother used to remind me

0:27:41.283,0:27:43.755
that the people look upon us for guidance,

0:27:43.790,0:27:47.319
that we had to stand fast, no matter what.

0:27:47.539,0:27:50.059
Perhaps one day

0:27:50.094,0:27:53.635
you will find someone with as much wisdom and beauty,

0:27:53.670,0:27:56.686
to counsel you.

0:28:00.172,0:28:04.069
You have my blessing, my children.

0:28:04.218,0:28:07.381
May your days be long and fruitful,

0:28:07.416,0:28:11.568
and filled with hope.

0:28:16.400,0:28:17.991
I go now to Rivendell,

0:28:18.466,0:28:20.432
where Elrond Halfelven awaits me.

0:28:21.464,0:28:23.425
When I return with his good counsel,

0:28:24.201,0:28:27.090
then perhaps we shall have a wedding.

0:28:30.044,0:28:33.111
Good luck with Dírhael.

0:28:49.220,0:28:50.956
Lord Dírhael...

0:28:58.936,0:29:01.557
good morning.

0:29:06.789,0:29:09.350
Through the long winter months

0:29:09.385,0:29:12.292
the warmth in Arathorn's heart

0:29:12.327,0:29:14.228
was only held at bay

0:29:14.263,0:29:19.380
by his fear of failing his most important task.

0:29:24.152,0:29:25.661
Just hold your ground,

0:29:25.696,0:29:28.651
and speak your heart.

0:29:53.429,0:29:54.749
Lord Dírhael.

0:29:57.986,0:30:00.919
I have come to ask for your daughter's hand in marriage.

0:30:00.954,0:30:03.848
I owe you my life, son of Arador.

0:30:03.860,0:30:06.405
But I do not owe you my daughter.

0:30:06.937,0:30:09.521
But I love her, my lord.

0:30:09.556,0:30:11.085
I fear deeply the shadow

0:30:11.120,0:30:13.189
you cast on my house, Isildur's Heir.

0:30:14.236,0:30:16.214
The attention you show my daughter is unwelcome...

0:30:16.249,0:30:17.188
By you.

0:30:18.076,0:30:19.514
Not by her.

0:30:19.549,0:30:23.670
Yes. Therefore it cannot be ignored.

0:30:25.016,0:30:26.862
I hope for Gilraen's sake

0:30:26.897,0:30:29.915
your father's blood flows through your veins.

0:30:29.936,0:30:31.215
If you fail your people,

0:30:31.963,0:30:35.215
you will have only the Dúnedain to answer to.

0:30:35.755,0:30:37.252
If you fail her,

0:30:38.038,0:30:40.798
it is me to whom you'll answer.

0:30:47.302,0:30:49.059
Was that a yes?

0:30:53.921,0:30:57.962
And when Winter had withdrawn it's cold fingers from the land

0:30:57.997,0:31:01.905
and passed into bright and early Spring.

0:31:01.940,0:31:05.562
Arathorn, son of Arador

0:31:05.597,0:31:09.034
and the Lady Gilraen were wed,

0:31:09.069,0:31:12.722
in happiness and hope.

0:32:18.609,0:32:21.406
But after only a year of joy,

0:32:21.441,0:32:26.048
a dark shadow crept back into their lives.

0:32:26.083,0:32:29.328
Arador, son of Argonui,

0:32:29.363,0:32:34.935
Lord of the Dúnedain, found himself in a shallow dell

0:32:34.970,0:32:41.245
amid the chill, blinding vapours of the Coldfells.

0:33:06.950,0:33:08.022
Run!

0:33:09.057,0:33:10.524
Run!

0:33:15.616,0:33:16.967
Where's my father?

0:33:16.975,0:33:17.914
He's further South.

0:33:17.939,0:33:18.380
Go!

0:33:55.091,0:33:56.795
Father!

0:34:00.472,0:34:02.550
Father.

0:34:11.923,0:34:14.363
Arathorn! Arathorn! Awake!

0:34:14.398,0:34:15.979
It is nought but a dream! Awake!

0:34:16.319,0:34:20.806
No! I saw him! I felt the breath leave him!

0:34:20.841,0:34:24.958
Shhh! It's but a dream. A dream!

0:34:24.465,0:34:28.997
Oh, Gilraen! Would that it were!

0:34:30.170,0:34:33.448
What hope is there for our people?

0:34:33.570,0:34:36.519
The line of the Kings hangs by a thread,

0:34:36.527,0:34:39.874
I fear it's going to find its bitter end in me.

0:34:40.312,0:34:44.310
Arathorn, where is your joy?

0:34:44.725,0:34:47.194
Where is your hope?

0:34:47.394,0:34:49.673
I will not despair!

0:34:49.598,0:34:51.923
Nor would I have you do so.

0:34:53.108,0:34:55.047
Arathorn, look at me!

0:34:55.367,0:34:57.186
Fear not tomorrow,

0:34:57.402,0:35:01.190
for it is not ours to know or to command.

0:35:01.690,0:35:05.257
And do not fear that the royal house has reached its end.

0:35:05.801,0:35:07.905
It is alive.

0:35:08.569,0:35:10.554
In you.

0:35:12.041,0:35:14.761
And in me.

0:35:20.853,0:35:23.257
There is my Hope.

0:35:23.881,0:35:27.163
So a year after the lose of his father

0:35:27.198,0:35:31.320
on the first day of the third month

0:35:31.355,0:35:37.672
Arathorn and the Dúnedain welcomed into the world new hope.

0:35:37.607,0:35:39.437
You have a son my lord.

0:35:39.864,0:35:42.341
We will name him, Aragorn.

0:35:41.932,0:35:46.592
Kingly Valour, that he shall have,

0:35:46.627,0:35:49.664
but on his breast I see a green stone,

0:35:49.910,0:35:52.513
and from that his true name shall come

0:35:52.548,0:35:54.924
and his chief renown

0:35:54.958,0:35:58.586
for he shall be a healer and a renewer.

0:36:07.781,0:36:09.447
Behold Aragorn,

0:36:09.482,0:36:10.903
son of Arathorn,

0:36:10.938,0:36:12.438
Lord of the Dúnedain!

0:36:12.473,0:36:15.350
Scion of Elendil of Númenor!

0:36:15.385,0:36:18.998
The Heir of Isildur!

0:36:20.070,0:36:21.534
Hail Aragorn!

0:36:22.028,0:36:23.526
Hail Aragorn!

0:36:26.037,0:36:29.446
By the valour of the Lord and his Rangers,

0:36:29.481,0:36:33.095
the Dúnedain had a measure of peace.

0:36:33.130,0:36:39.401
And the child Aragorn grew swiftly and happily.

0:36:51.882,0:36:53.124
Halbaron

0:36:57.913,0:37:00.338
Seems but yesterday that your son Halbarad

0:37:00.373,0:37:01.585
was Aragorn's age.

0:37:01.618,0:37:03.297
It does indeed, my lord.

0:37:04.029,0:37:06.105
I imagine it'll seem the same, Evonyn,

0:37:06.140,0:37:07.914
when our son is a man.

0:37:08.586,0:37:10.330
That it will, my lady.

0:37:10.653,0:37:12.329
How quickly they grow!

0:37:12.334,0:37:13.706
And how much they eat to get there!

0:37:13.742,0:37:15.284
If there's anything left!

0:37:27.378,0:37:31.269
I claim this field in the name of the King!

0:37:34.335,0:37:36.777
Seven stars and a crown on a field of blue

0:37:36.893,0:37:39.432
In the wind of war the banner flew

0:37:39.548,0:37:42.025
Around it the King called men forth

0:37:42.188,0:37:44.922
To fight for freedom in the North

0:37:45.236,0:37:47.841
Fornost has fallen the herald cried

0:37:48.037,0:37:50.290
As Dúnedain they fought and they died

0:37:50.660,0:37:53.448
A man noble and brave fell from his steed

0:37:53.744,0:37:57.218
Trampled by beasts that gave no heed

0:37:57.253,0:37:59.170
The king was carried from the fray

0:37:59.300,0:38:01.660
As the army of Angmar made its way

0:38:02.068,0:38:03.996
Our banner caught in a sea of death

0:38:04.525,0:38:06.884
As the king’s herald drew one last breath

0:38:07.560,0:38:09.636
The banner toppled and fell to the Earth

0:38:09.904,0:38:12.685
The enemy howled in terrible mirth

0:38:13.092,0:38:15.381
As men ran in fear and cried

0:38:16.786,0:38:21.944
The Lords Elladan and Elrohir of Rivendell arrived unlooked for,

0:38:21.839,0:38:24.581
and wished to speak with us at once.

0:38:25.111,0:38:26.329
Welcome, friends!

0:38:26.394,0:38:28.394
What brings you to us this night?

0:38:28.378,0:38:29.826
And how fares your father Lord Elrond?

0:38:29.920,0:38:31.362
And the Lady Arwen?

0:38:31.169,0:38:32.987
Our father and sister are well, my lord.

0:38:33.913,0:38:36.537
It was Elrond who sent us hither in haste.

0:38:36.944,0:38:40.514
Orcs are increasing North and East of Taurdal.

0:38:40.520,0:38:43.474
Their numbers are greater than have been seen in many years.

0:38:44.264,0:38:45.961
Even now they move relentlessly toward

0:38:45.996,0:38:47.977
the northernmost villages of the Dúnedain.

0:38:48.164,0:38:49.981
It will not be long before danger

0:38:49.416,0:38:52.550
presses once more on your borders.

0:38:52.801,0:38:54.841
To Rivendell where the boy doth lie

0:38:54.859,0:38:57.488
And where the banner still flies on high.

0:39:04.975,0:39:07.326
For this reason our father sends grave counsel.

0:39:07.416,0:39:08.828
What is this counsel?

0:39:09.084,0:39:11.089
He urges you to send your wife and son

0:39:10.590,0:39:13.330
to Imladris for safekeeping,

0:39:13.388,0:39:14.508
and for you, Arathorn,

0:39:14.567,0:39:17.079
to lead the Dúnedain by secret ways to other lands,

0:39:17.015,0:39:19.911
and flee this encroaching danger.

0:39:20.696,0:39:24.089
It is late my lords, we will speak further in the morning,

0:39:24.124,0:39:26.417
Let us find you somewhere to rest.

0:39:33.993,0:39:36.535
Elrond Halfelven is wise,

0:39:36.588,0:39:38.058
and sees much that is hidden

0:39:38.093,0:39:40.206
or has yet to come to pass.

0:39:41.155,0:39:42.364
I will consider his words,

0:39:42.665,0:39:44.241
and take thought for my people.

0:39:44.198,0:39:46.385
Let your decision be not long delayed.

0:39:46.386,0:39:47.848
With every hour that passes,

0:39:47.883,0:39:49.239
peril draws closer.

0:39:49.335,0:39:53.584
I understand. Rest well, my lords.

0:39:54.439,0:39:56.563
Rest well.

0:40:00.081,0:40:01.473
Do not say it!

0:40:01.640,0:40:03.658
I will not be parted from you.

0:40:03.820,0:40:06.456
Yet it is wise counsel.

0:40:06.946,0:40:09.505
If danger closes in on us once again,

0:40:09.540,0:40:11.954
you and Aragorn must be protected.

0:40:13.374,0:40:16.995
All the Chieftains of the Dúnedain have been fostered for a time in Elrond's halls.

0:40:17.786,0:40:20.411
I myself spent years there as a child.

0:40:19.922,0:40:21.822
I will not leave you.

0:40:21.857,0:40:23.864
I will not!

0:40:51.329,0:40:53.934
We know where he is!

0:40:53.989,0:40:55.509
Good.

0:40:55.544,0:40:57.127
Come with me.

0:41:03.871,0:41:05.351
Elgarain!

0:41:06.860,0:41:08.559
Halbaron saw you leaving.

0:41:08.220,0:41:10.592
Something I should have done a long time ago.

0:41:10.938,0:41:13.759
Without goodbye?

0:41:16.705,0:41:18.655
Ever since your father's death,

0:41:18.690,0:41:21.595
I've made it my duty to look out for you.

0:41:22.471,0:41:24.531
I owed it to him for his years of service,

0:41:24.532,0:41:26.508
and his friendship.

0:41:26.987,0:41:29.860
When you wanted to take his place, I alone supported you.

0:41:31.178,0:41:34.328
For ten years you've been by my side,

0:41:34.434,0:41:36.881
yet now, when I need you most,

0:41:36.916,0:41:38.812
you would leave me?

0:41:38.793,0:41:41.080
You need eyes and ears in distant lands,

0:41:41.115,0:41:44.025
and the Ranger post at Hithlin is unmanned.

0:41:44.060,0:41:45.377
Hithlin?

0:41:45.450,0:41:47.232
But it is so far!

0:41:47.362,0:41:49.844
I release you from your duty.

0:41:49.945,0:41:51.693
I will burden you no more.

0:41:51.728,0:41:54.072
You have never been a burden.

0:41:54.819,0:41:57.886
Elgarain, you have only ever been a friend.

0:41:57.921,0:42:00.532
you're like a sister to me.

0:42:00.513,0:42:02.765
You have a family.

0:42:02.840,0:42:04.849
A wife and son who need you.

0:42:05.561,0:42:06.786
Protect them.

0:42:08.098,0:42:10.135
Do not bid me stay!

0:42:10.170,0:42:11.874
Please.

0:42:14.513,0:42:17.818
I will not hold you here if you wish to leave.

0:42:17.853,0:42:20.542
But I do not understand.

0:42:20.577,0:42:24.194
And for that reason, I cannot explain.

0:42:24.394,0:42:26.648
Forgive me.

0:42:27.330,0:42:31.243
Lord Arathorn! Your counsel is needed.

0:42:32.039,0:42:35.171
Arathorn. The Enemy is on the move!

0:42:42.293,0:42:45.792
Safe journey, my friend.

0:42:56.463,0:42:59.298
My Lord. The orcs are on the move.

0:42:59.393,0:43:02.002
Lord Elrohir bid me to say this:

0:43:01.993,0:43:04.962
"The decision has been made for you."

0:43:12.317,0:43:14.567
Call my captains to me.

0:43:14.673,0:43:16.261
War is at hand!

0:43:42.455,0:43:44.707
Well met my friend.

0:43:45.617,0:43:47.801
It is time.

0:43:50.140,0:43:53.048
But while the Lord of the Dúnedain

0:43:53.083,0:43:57.147
and the Sons of Elrond laid their plans,

0:43:57.182,0:44:01.266
the orcs, by stealth and cunning,

0:44:01.301,0:44:06.112
were nearer to the village than even Lord Elrond had foreseen.

0:44:06.147,0:44:08.335
Did you not forget something?

0:44:08.736,0:44:10.986
What would I have forgotten?

0:44:11.021,0:44:13.566
To tell me you were leaving.

0:44:14.131,0:44:16.995
Lord Arathorn needs our help.

0:44:17.030,0:44:18.882
Yet whether he rides to Rivendell

0:44:18.917,0:44:21.602
or leads the Dúnedain to safety elsewhere,

0:44:22.439,0:44:24.475
you will not stay.

0:44:26.144,0:44:27.342
I cannot.

0:44:28.864,0:44:30.991
I see that now.

0:44:31.161,0:44:33.386
I go to free my heart of him.

0:44:33.376,0:44:35.155
Would you not welcome such news?

0:44:34.890,0:44:36.315
Indeed I would.

0:44:37.362,0:44:39.906
For you are ever in my thoughts.

0:44:40.198,0:44:43.756
Did you never know or guess this?

0:44:43.791,0:44:45.381
You've always been kind to me.

0:44:46.090,0:44:48.378
Kind?

0:44:50.714,0:44:53.922
No, Elgarain.

0:44:56.666,0:44:57.906
I love you.

0:44:57.907,0:45:00.432
I have done for years.

0:45:00.467,0:45:02.430
When you knew I loved another? Why?

0:45:03.199,0:45:08.552
Because in time I knew you would be wise enough to let him go.

0:45:08.923,0:45:10.695
And now I have.

0:45:10.488,0:45:12.964
Only to run from me.

0:45:17.628,0:45:22.165
El, do not run.

0:45:40.812,0:45:42.649
Come with me.

0:45:50.588,0:45:53.417
I will.

0:46:03.776,0:46:05.216
Elgarain! Flee!

0:46:05.289,0:46:06.790
You cannot hold them off alone!

0:46:07.974,0:46:09.350
Hurry, warn the village!

0:46:09.433,0:46:09.846
No!

0:46:10.323,0:46:11.347
You must warn them,

0:46:11.348,0:46:12.528
for the Dúnedain

0:46:13.388,0:46:14.744
go!

0:46:15.541,0:46:18.267
We will see each other again! Go!

0:46:30.557,0:46:33.404
My lords. My lords!

0:46:33.194,0:46:37.051
We shall not wait for the orcs to make their advance.

0:46:37.797,0:46:40.386
We will evacuate the villages,

0:46:40.346,0:46:42.910
but we will bring war to them in the Wilds,

0:46:42.922,0:46:44.350
wherever they may be.

0:46:44.558,0:46:46.342
So let the servants of Evil beware!

0:46:46.343,0:46:47.861
To arms! To arms!

0:46:48.113,0:46:50.021
To arms! To arms!

0:46:52.763,0:46:55.851
Halbaron! Our enemy is upon us!

0:47:02.557,0:47:07.491
The forest… Dírhaborn… fights to delay them… orcs everywhere!

0:47:13.875,0:47:15.990
Rangers, to me!

0:47:33.257,0:47:34.811
Are you injured?

0:47:35.487,0:47:36.435
No.

0:47:37.249,0:47:41.695
Gilraen, where is your son? Where is Aragorn?

0:47:51.226,0:47:52.810
Aragorn!?

0:48:02.996,0:48:05.645
Go to the Hall!

0:48:42.934,0:48:45.714
Arathorn! Fall back, fall back!

0:49:24.418,0:49:27.366
There! He's the one!

0:49:28.218,0:49:31.518
Behold your fate.

0:49:31.645,0:49:35.298
Your house has ended!

0:49:59.755,0:50:02.324
Papa... Papa, papa!?

0:50:05.779,0:50:10.474
Two dogs must die today!

0:50:53.877,0:50:55.211
Gilraen!

0:51:02.901,0:51:04.322
My lady, go inside!

0:51:04.357,0:51:06.210
I will not leave you!

0:51:30.559,0:51:32.386
Papa, papa!

0:52:19.333,0:52:22.338
The Dúnedain prevailed.

0:52:22.373,0:52:28.898
But a heavy price was paid for their victory.

0:52:47.725,0:52:49.610
Forgive me.

0:52:50.555,0:52:51.865
For what?

0:52:52.682,0:52:55.570
For my envy…

0:52:56.298,0:52:59.533
because he chose you.

0:53:00.533,0:53:02.153
Elgarain!

0:53:12.574,0:53:14.042
Arathorn, I...

0:53:14.077,0:53:18.496
Save your strength my friend.

0:53:18.590,0:53:21.006
I failed you.

0:53:20.841,0:53:23.278
No. No, you did not.

0:53:23.782,0:53:27.436
My family is safe because of you.

0:53:27.383,0:53:31.953
Your father would be so proud.

0:53:39.059,0:53:43.675
I found my heart today.

0:53:45.003,0:53:47.208
And now it is lost...

0:53:47.235,0:53:49.083
He was leaving with you?

0:53:53.866,0:53:58.929
I will not lose it all.

0:54:04.737,0:54:08.711
You must live.

0:54:09.784,0:54:12.576
And Aragorn must live.

0:54:14.503,0:54:19.309
We cannot lose our hope!

0:54:31.460,0:54:33.264
Elgarain.

0:54:33.945,0:54:35.385
Elgarain!

0:54:51.952,0:54:55.427
How many more must fall?

0:54:55.721,0:54:58.571
How many?!

0:54:59.031,0:55:03.935
Too long the servants of evil have ravaged our people

0:55:03.744,0:55:08.154
and this once-proud Kingdom of Arnor.

0:55:19.563,0:55:22.661
Men of the West!

0:55:22.665,0:55:24.967
The Shadow grows longer,

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and its cruel arm reaches ever toward us.

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But we cannot lose hope.

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A time will come when the Dúnedain regain their strength,

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and banish evil from these lands forever.

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Until then,

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we have a duty to safe guard our people at all cost.

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So, arise, Dúnedain!

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Remember who you are!

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Let our enemies once again flee before us!

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And let no orc leave this forest alive!

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Gather your rangers. You men with me!

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I will come back to you. I promise.

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Then Arathorn, son of Arador,

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Lord of the Dúnedain,

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led his people in a great and valiant onslaught,

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and the servants of the Enemy quailed.

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Arathorn, wait!

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Now the line of Kings ends!

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The line is not broken.

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There is still hope!

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They will return, Gilraen.

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They will.

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Lady Gilraen! Lady Gilraen!

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Lord Arathorn is hurt!

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Has he spoken?

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Only your name, my lady.

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Gilraen?

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I'm here. I'm here!

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Here is my joy.

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And there is our hope.

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Aragorn, Chieftain of the Dúnedain!

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Then the Lady of the Dúnedain bid farewell to her kin,

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and to all her people,

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for to protect the last children of Númenor

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she bid Halbaron disband Taurdal

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and the Dúnedain to find safety in small secret settlements

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in the depths of the forests of Rhudaur.

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The Heir of Isildur was brought to Rivendell

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for his fostering and safekeeping.

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And that is how you are come here to Master Elrond's house, little one.

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I will not for many long years call you Aragorn.

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For your name must be forgotten.

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Less the enemy learn you live

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and all we fought for is lost.

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For the last time then.

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You are Aragorn,

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Son of Arathorn,

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Chieftain of the Dúnedain

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and the Heir of Isildur.

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But for now,

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Estel,

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you are simply our Hope.