Eomer Battle Cry - audiobook
Hello People. Recently listened to this Battle Cry, from the audiobook voiced by Phil Dragash. The Battle of Pelennor Fields \~ 25:00
“The last stoke of doom” approaches.
Eomer has witnessed his slain men, his Sister, and King, dead. He and his company are surrounded by the enemy, cut off from allies such as Prince Emrahil, and are thrice outnumbered, and the Rohirrhim can also see the Black Sails approaching along the Anduin, a.k.a. impending doom. All fortune is poised against them. Hope dies in his heart. He then accepts and faces his fate in a remarkably courageous way. He rides to a small hill and plants his standard. He says these lines laughing, with a lust for battle:
***“Out of Doubt! Out of Dark! To the Days Rising! I Came Singing in the Sun! Swords Unsheathing! To Hopes End I rode! and To Hearts Breaking! Now for wrath! Now for ruin! and a Red Nightfall!!!”***
Yes, this is one of the most beautiful things I’ve come across while reading/listening to the War of the Ring books. I start to imagine how Eomer must feel. The world is looking like it is going to end, and all that you love is being destroyed in that moment. If you do not find victory, all, and I mean all will be lost forever. And with this, Eomer, young and Kingly, manifests a strength that knows no fear, a strength and courage that willingly charges into the jaws of death. With the impending doom of middle earth, he rides into war with a “Lust for Battle”. The point at which rage and duty turns into a ravaging beast-like ambition to face the enemy. This makes me tear up for how amazing and epic Eomer is. In the face of assured death, he charges directly into it. Can you imagine being so bent on defying your enemy, that it becomes a Joy to engage them in battle!
11/10 Epic Moment
I just wanted to share this moment with other readers. Maybe you will revisit this moment. Cheers