owyn Book 1 The CageChapter 8 Her
[ Setting the scene: while King Théoden and his army ride to battle at Helm’s Deep, Éowyn leads the remaining people of Rohan on a retreat to the refuge of Dunharrow.] 3 March 3019 (Third Age), Dunharrow Éowyn first noticed the young pair on the slow trek to Dunharrow. Their wide, fearful stares. Their glassy-eyed acceptance of an unknown fate. And their sadness. So very much sadness. She’d seen variations of these and other desperate emotions all day, and while she wasn’t inherently...