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Out of that simple act grew an international nonprofit organization firmly planted in the idea that we are all responsible for each other. Working with farmers, helping others to help themselves has been an integral piece of our 70-year journey.
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Farming is the most core, elemental human role. It has been the foundation of thriving civilizations and societies. We believe it is no different today. That's why Heifer works with communities and small-scale farmers, many of them women. We see our future in them. We know that with the right tools, training and livestock, small farms in impoverished nations can be transformed. We believe small farms are key to feeding the entire world.
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Small sparks create big fires. Together we are the catalyst to help others help themselves. Our power lies in the belief that every person is in charge of his or her future. We are all change makers. In the broadest sense, Heifer believes that hard work will bring about a better tomorrow and solutions for poverty. And that it will take all of us collectively to create sustainable change.
Every person's individual success is encouraged and cultivated by help from friends, family and entire communities. By enabling our 12 guiding principles which serve as the foundation for value-based community development, we enable the catalysts for invested change.
The core of those principles is Passing on the Gift. For each livestock gift, families agree to pass on the offspring of that animal to another person in need. In some places, 22 generations of Heifer animals can be traced. On average, Passing on the Gift lasts for at least nine generations, no matter the project.
The evolution from gratitude to generosity is a powerful transformation. Social growth comes through training in our cornerstones for just and sustainable development. Values such as gender equality, full participation, sharing and caring, improving the environment, accountability and training and education, are the backbone of our work.
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The North Carolina Prostate Cancer Comparative Effectiveness and Survivorship Study will survey approximately 1,500 prostate cancer patients with diverse age, ethnic characteristics and educational backgrounds from throughout North Carolina. Using patient-provided data, the study will measure patients' health-related quality of life before treatment and three, 12 and 24 months after treatment. Men receiving treatment for prostate cancer will report their experiences and perspectives as they relate to physical, mental and social aspects of health and impact of treatments on bowel, urinary, and sexual functioning.
Research indicates that these post-treatment periods are critical for assessing patient-centered outcomes, as many symptoms of physical and psychological distress increase significantly following treatment, and then partially recover within one to two years. The study will use the National Institute of Health's Patient-Reported Outcomes Measure Information System® (PROMIS®) assessment tools.
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Dr. Brewer is an associate professor in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, an adjunct professor in the UNC Psychology Department and director of Cervical Cancer-Free NC. He is also a member of UNC Lineberger and a member of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Risk Communication Advisory Committee.
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1:15 PM - 03:05 PM PT Chapel Hill, NC
A large comparative effectiveness study shows that men with localized prostate cancer who are treated with intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) are less likely to experience cancer recurrences or significant side effects from treatment than those who receive conventional conformal radiation therapy (CRT). The analysis also found that a more costly form of radiation treatment, called proton beam therapy, did not significantly improve outcomes compared to IMRT. This study is the first to comprehensively examine the comparative outcomes of patients with prostate cancer treated with these three types of radiation therapy.
"Patients and doctors are often drawn to new treatments, but there have not been many studies that directly compare new radiation therapy options to older ones," said senior author Ronald Chen, MD, MPH, assistant professor of radiation oncology at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill and Research Fellow at the Sheps Center for Health Services Research at UNC. "In the past 10 years, IMRT has largely replaced conventional conformal radiation therapy as the main radiation technique for prostate cancer, without much data to support it. This study validated our change in practice, showing that IMRT better controls prostate cancer and results in fewer side effects."
Comparative effectiveness research is designed to help clinicians and patients make more informed treatment decisions and may also influence the future adoption of new therapies and technologies in medicine overall.
IMRT is a more advanced form of radiation that enables doctors to shape and vary the intensity of the radiation field, delivering an increased radiation dose to the tumor and sparing more nearby normal tissue than is possible with conventional conformal radiation therapy. In proton beam therapy, cancerous tumors are irradiated with high-energy particles called protons. The clinical effect of using protons compared to X-rays (which are used with CRT and IMRT) for prostate cancer is not completely understood, though proton beam radiation is often thought to be able to further spare normal tissue compared to X-rays
In the study, Chen and his team analyzed data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER)-Medicare database of more than 12,000 patients with localized prostate cancer who were treated with conventional conformal radiation therapy, IMRT, or proton beam radiation from 2002 to 2007. They examined the proportion of patients who were diagnosed with radiation-related side effects after treatment, including gastrointestinal and urinary problems, erectile dysfunction and hip fractures. They also determined the proportion of patients in each group who required additional cancer treatments after radiation, using this as an indication of cancer recurrence.
The researchers found that after adjusting for demographic, disease and institutional characteristics, patients who received IMRT had fewer gastrointestinal problems diagnosed (rate ratio 0.91, meaning that IMRT reduced gastrointestinal problems by 9 percent) and fewer hip fractures (rate ratio 0.78, or a reduction of 22 percent) than those who received conventional conformal radiation therapy, suggesting that IMRT is a safer radiation technique. They also found that IMRT patients were less likely to require additional cancer treatments (rate ratio 0.81, or 19 percent fewer additional cancer treatments), suggesting that IMRT may offer better cancer control and reduce recurrence.
"Several trials have shown that higher doses of radiation therapy improve disease control, and it is likely that IMRT allowed a higher dose of radiation to be given to the prostate than conventional conformal radiation, resulting in improved cure rates while simultaneously reducing side effects due to less radiation being given to organs surrounding the prostate," Chen said.
The investigators also found that patients who received proton therapy had a higher rate of gastrointestinal problems, and did not have significantly improved outcomes compared to IMRT.
"We've seen a rapid growth in the number of proton facilities in the U.S. in the past five years, despite its very high costs. Yet with the data we have to date in the published literature, there does not appear to be a clear benefit of proton bean therapy compared to IMRT," said Chen. "The technology needs to be closely examined through comparative effectiveness research before we adopt it as the 'next' treatment for prostate cancer."
Title: Comparative effectiveness of intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), proton therapy (PT), and conformal radiation therapy (CRT) in the treatment of localized prostate cancer.
Authors: Nathan Christopher Sheets, Gregg Goldin, Anne-Marie Meyer, Yang Wu, YunKyung Chang, Til Sturmer, Jordan A Holmes, Bryce B. Reeve, Paul Alphonso Godley, William Ruffin Carpenter, Ronald C. Chen; University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, NC; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC; National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
Background: Comparative effectiveness research is urgently needed in prostate cancer because of the rapid adoption of newer and costlier radiation treatments such as IMRT and PT despite limited demonstrated benefit compared to prior technologies. We compared the morbidity and disease control outcomes of IMRT, PT and the older CRT for primary prostate cancer treatment. Methods: Population-based study using Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER)-Medicare linked data from 2000 through 2009 for patients with non-metastatic prostate cancer. Propensity score adjustment was used to balance demographic, disease and institutional characteristics. Rates of morbidity (gastrointestinal, urinary, erectile dysfunction, hip fractures) and additional cancer therapy (surrogate for recurrence) were calculated. Results: IMRT use increased from 0.15% in 2000 to 95.9% in 2008. In propensity score-adjusted analyses, men who received IMRT vs. CRT were less likely to be diagnosed with GI morbidity (13.4 vs. 14.7 per 100 person-years, p<0.001) and hip fractures (0.8 vs. 1.0, p=0.006), but more likely to be diagnosed with erectile dysfunction (5.9 vs. 5.3, p=0.006). IMRT patients were less likely to receive additional cancer therapy (2.5 vs. 3.1, p<0.001). In a propensity-score matched comparison between PT and IMRT, PT patients had a higher rate of GI morbidity (17.8 vs. 12.2 per 100 person-years, p<.001). No significant differences in rates of other morbidities or additional therapies between PT and IMRT. Conclusions: IMRT vs. CRT was associated with less GI morbidity and hip fractures, more erectile dysfunction, and less need for additional cancer therapy. This large-scale population-based study is the first to suggest a simultaneous reduction in disease recurrence and morbidity in patients treated with IMRT vs. CRT for localized prostate cancer. Proton therapy did not significantly improve outcomes compared to IMRT, but had increased GI morbidity. These results provide new and long-needed information to decision-makers regarding the currently available evidence on the comparative effectiveness of different RT techniques. Disclosures: Nothing to disclose.
Funding for this study was provided by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
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Lange is associate professor of genetics and biostatistics and a member of UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. The research team found that men with prostate cancer were 20 times more likely to carry this mutation than screened men without prostate cancer.
Lange explains, "For the first time we have identified an inherited high-risk mutation for prostate cancer. The mutation is significantly more common in men with a family history of prostate cancer that strikes at an earlier age, compared to older patients with no family history. Our findings suggest it could be a valuable early screening tool for men, particularly those with a family history of early-onset disease. The benefit to this population of men could be similar to the benefit of current screening strategies employed for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations in women with family history of early-onset breast cancer."
"There is still work to be done regarding understanding the biological function of the mutation and the precise level of absolute risk for carriers of this mutation - a process that took years for the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes. Still, our results strongly suggest this is the most clinically important mutation identified for prostate cancer to date."
While accounting for only a small fraction of all prostate cancer cases, the discovery may provide important clues about how this common cancer develops and help to identify a subset of men who might benefit from additional or earlier screening. This year, an estimated 240,000 men in the United States will be diagnosed with prostate cancer.
James P. Evans, MD, PhD, Bryson Distinguished Professor of Genetics in the UNC School of Medicine, leads UNC Lineberger's clinical genetics program and is an internationally recognized expert in clinical cancer genetics. He was not involved in the study, but observes, "The genetics of prostate cancer have proven surprisingly difficult to unravel and this work represents significant and welcome progress. While fewer than one percent of Caucasian men carry the described mutation in this particular gene, for those men who do carry it, the increased risk for developing prostate cancer is likely greater than for any previous mutation found to date. Larger follow-up studies will be necessary to understand the importance of this finding for prostate cancer, and it remains to be seen whether this mutation is associated with other cancers."
Lange and Kathleen Cooney, MD, one of two study senior authors, were the first to identify the human chromosome region of interest where the mutation, called HOXB13, was ultimately found. Lange, who has been a collaborator on Dr. Cooney's University of Michigan Prostate Cancer Genetics Project for 17 years, led the statistical analyses and was actively involved in designing the study and interpreting the findings for the current study.
This particular mutation was found in families of European descent, while two different mutations on the HOXB13 gene were identified in families of African descent. Since only seven of the 94 families studied were of African descent, more research will be required before the significance of those mutations is known. African-American men are more likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer at younger ages and have a more aggressive form of the disease.
Lange concludes, "Over the past couple years, genetic sequence analysis - the ability to evaluate nearly every base of the DNA code over large genomic regions as opposed to a relatively small number of preselected bases - has become possible for large research studies. The National Institutes of Health and private research companies have invested hundreds of millions of dollars into developing this technology, and our results represent one of the first successes demonstrating its use in identifying a strong but uncommon genetic risk factor for a common disease. This new technology should, in the near future, lead to many exciting discoveries of genes important to a wide range of common, complex human diseases."
Other UNC authors are: Yunfei Wang, MS, a statistician in the department of genetics, and Chris Bizon, PhD, a senior research scientist with UNC's Renaissance Computing Institute.
Anna M. Ray, MS, Kimberly A. Zuhlke, BA, James E. Montie, MD, of the University of Michigan.
William Isaacs, MD, Patrick Walsh, MD, Charles M. Ewing, MS, Kathleen E. Wiley, MS, Sarah D. Isaacs, MS, Dorhyun Johng, BA, Guifang Yan, BS, Marta Gielzak, BA, Alan W. Partin, MD, PhD, of Johns Hopkins.
Christiane M. Robbins, MS, Waibhav D. Tembe, PhD, Vijayalakshmi Shanmugam, PhD, John Carpten, PhD, Tyler Izatt, M.S., Shripad Sinari, MS, David W. Craig, PhD, of Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen).
Jianfeng Xu, PhD, Lilly Zheng, PhD, of Wake Forest University.
William Gerrard, Mario Duhon, John and Jennifer Chalsty, P. Kevin Jaffe and Patrick C. Walsh Cancer research fund. The authors also thank the Lung GO Sequencing Project, WHI Sequencing Project, Broad GO Sequencing Project, Seattle GO Sequencing Project and Heart GO Sequencing Project. The Network and Computing Systems department of TGen, with support from National Institutes of Health grants, facilitated the use of supercomputing resources.
"Germline Mutations in HOXB13 and Prostate Cancer Risk," New England Journal of Medicine, January 12, 2012]]>
"Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers in men in the United States," said Dr. Raj Pruthi, Chief of Urology at UNC Hospitals and a member of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.
"But prostate cancer is treatable if diagnosed early," Dr. Pruthi said. "A simple prostate exam and PSA blood screening can lead to early detection and treatment. It's important to know your score."
UNC Health Care is offering free prostate cancer screenings from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 21 and Thursday, Sept. 22.
"This free screening is the first step in identifying and defeating prostate cancer," Dr. Pruthi said.
The screenings will take place in the Urology Clinic on the second floor of N.C. Memorial Hospital at 101 Manning Drive on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus. Men who are 40 years old or older, or who have a family history of prostate cancer, may make an appointment in advance by calling 919-966-1316. They may also walk in without an appointment on either day. Free parking will be provided for men who are screened.
Prostate Cancer Foundation Challenge Awards are designed to support cross-disciplinary teams of prostate cancer investigators who are focused on highly innovative research with potential near-term patient benefit. These awards are given to projects not yet funded by any government or foundation program.
DeSimone's cross-disciplinary team of chemists and immunologists is developing a new immunotherapy designed to efficiently deliver new agents to the body in order to stimulate a patient's own immune system to produce cancer-fighting agents and attack cancer cells. This work represents continued progress in immunotherapy for cancer – a now validated concept once thought to be impossible.
According to DeSimone, "UNC researchers, in partnership with researchers at Liquidia, will focus on the particle fabrication and optimization aspects of the project, which will involve the development of particles, analytical evaluation, and initial testing." The UNC team will then work with collaborators at Harvard and Hopkins to test the particles in validated models.
DeSimone is a member of UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and co-director of the Carolina Center of Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence, one of seven centers established by the National Cancer Institute's Alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer Program. He is also director of UNC's Institute for Advanced Materials, the Carolina Institute for Nanomedicine, and an adjunct member of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
"These newly funded programs form an excellent, patient-centric PCF-funded research portfolio," reports Howard Soule, PhD, executive vice president and chief science officer for PCF. "Joseph DeSimone and his cross-investigational team including Martin Sanda, Simo Arredouani, and Charles Drake have a goal of changing clinical practice and improving outcomes for patients with advanced prostate cancer. The Prostate Cancer Foundation is delighted to fund this innovative work."
DeSimone will work with UNC colleagues Mary Napier, PhD, and Shaomin Tian, PhD; Martin Sanda, MD, and M. Simo Arredouani, PhD, from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard University; Charles Drake, MD, PhD, from Johns Hopkins University; and Jonathan Smith, PhD, chief scientific officer at Liquidia Technologies. Located in Research Triangle Park, NC, Liquidia focuses on developing highly precise particle-based vaccines and therapeutics for the prevention and treatment of human disease. DeSimone founded Liquidia in 2004.
The Prostate Cancer Foundation is the world's largest philanthropic source of support for accelerating the most promising research for better treatments and cures for prostate cancer.]]>


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RICKY GERVAIS made fun of celebrities who are asking for prayers for Oklahoma tornado victims. He Tweeted, quote, "I feel like an idiot now . . . I only sent money." He later added, quote, "Praying for something but not doing anything to make it happen has the same effect as writing to Santa & not letting mummy read the letter."
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
NIKKI SIXX blasted KIM KARDASHIAN for Tweeting about her bronzer on Monday, while other celebrities were Tweeting about the tornado in Oklahoma. He said, quote, "Pick your priority or pick your poison . . . Isn't your 15 minutes up yet?"
ROBERT PATTINSON did move out on KRISTEN STEWART after all. He was spotted Sunday leaving their house with all his stuff in the back of a pickup. A source says it's because she's still in contact with her fling, RUPERT SANDERS. He even took the dogs. Meanwhile, sources say Rob's "friendship" with KATY PERRY was "one of many reasons" for the split this time.
In the new issue of "Esquire" magazine, BRAD PITT admits he and ANGELINA JOLIE still make out a lot. He says, quote, "Once I walked in and Angie was standing there and Zahara walked up and said, 'Daddy, you're not going to start making out with Mommy again, are you?'" He also talks about the "epiphany" that made him stop wasting his life doing drugs. He says said he spent most of his marriage to Jennifer Aniston sitting on the couch smoking pot and f**king off. He said it made him feel pathetic.
CHRIS BROWN got into a fender-bender yesterday, when he rear-ended a Mercedes with his Range Rover in Hollywood. Chris did NOT explode or Hulk up, though. He pulled over and exchanged insurance info with the other driver. Interestingly though, Chris was with KARRUECHE TRAN, that chick who basically waits around for Chris to break up with RIHANNA so she can be his temporary girlfriend until he gets BACK with Rihanna again.
5/21/13 Celeb Money Troubles
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Just last month, JENNIFER LAWRENCE topped a survey of celebrities people would most like to see in a sex tape. But things change. MILA KUNIS has pulled ahead of Jennifer, 38% to 23%. Jennifer was followed by SOFIA VERGARA with 15% . . . ANGELINA JOLIE with 13% . . . and SELENA GOMEZ with 10%.
PARIS HILTON is at the Cannes Film Festival in France . . . because, you know, when you think about the finest in world cinema, you immediately think of Paris Hilton. She showed up with her boyfriend River Viiperi on Friday, and they were swarmed by fans and photographers. Well, River must not be used to the attention, because he was OBVIOUSLY not having a good time. And when a female fan got too close to Paris, he SHOVED her. Twice.
BARBARA WALTERS' 44-year-old daughter JACQUELINE DANFORTH was arrested for DUI on Sunday near Naples, Florida. Details haven't been released.
MARY J. BLIGE already owes $900,000 in back taxes to the state of New Jersey. But that's NOTHING. Because the IRS just filed a tax lien against her for $3.4 million. They say she didn't pay ANY federal income tax in 2009, 2010 or 2011. Mary J. is also being sued for defaulting on a $2.2 million loan, and her charity is being sued for not paying back a $250,000 loan.
SINBAD has filed for bankruptcy . . . for the second time since 2009. He claims he has $11 million in debt, including $8.3 million in state and federal back taxes. Also, he "only" earns $16,000 a month, which isn't enough to keep up with his bills. Meanwhile, he only has $131,000 in assets.
5/20/13 Beyonce Preggers
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Monday, May 20, 2013
It's still not official yet, but the BEYONCÉ pregnancy rumors are intensifying. E! Online is saying it has "confirmed" that she and JAY-Z are expecting again. But they're not naming their sources. Beyoncé addressed the rumors in an Instagram post, but she didn't DENY them. She also took the message down. It said, quote, "I can't stop the rumors from starting, and I can't really change people's minds who believe them. All I can do is sit back and laugh at these low life people who have nothing better to do than talk about me."
Sources say ROBERT PATTINSON and KRISTEN STEWART have broken up again . . . but they're still living together, so it's not necessarily over for good. A source says Kristen is, quote, "heartbroken" and "so sad" . . . but he adds that they're, quote, "going to stay living at Kristen's house because of the dogs . . . it's not fully over or he would have moved out."
GEORGE MICHAEL was airlifted to a hospital after a Range Rover he was a passenger in crashed Thursday night on a British freeway. Paramedics say he suffered a head injury but is "recovering well". But his rep says he only suffered "superficial cuts and bruises."
Reportedly, Lindsay Lohan is avoiding Charlie Sheen's ex-wife, Brooke Mueller at the Betty Ford Clinic. Sources say the Lindsay is avoiding Brooke because she is a drug addict. The sources say it's creeping Lindsay out that Brooke has been trying to strike up a friendship. The sources add that Brooke is extremely eager to become best friends with Lindsay while in rehab.
5/17/13 LiLo Gaining Weight
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Friday, May 17, 2013
"Teen Mom" skank FARRAH ABRAHAM still wants you to think she didn't mean to become a porn star. But she tried to sell the used bikini from her sex tape on eBay, and she's launching a summer tour of strip joints and an expo called Exxxotic in Fort Lauderdale.
During a performance the other night, KANYE WEST lashed out at the paparazzi . . . probably because he's still upset about hitting his head on that street sign. He said, quote, "I don't want no people runnin' up on me with cameras, trying to like sell pictures and [crap] to magazines, asking me dumb ass questions, throwin' me off my focus and [crap]. Harrasin' you all mutha[effin'] day. I ain't no mutha[effin'] celebrity."
Former NASCAR driver DICK TRICKLE committed suicide at a North Carolina cemetery yesterday. He was 71. Trickle actually called the cops ahead of time and told them they would find his dead body there. He left a suicide note, but there's no word what it said.
Lindsay Lohan is gaining weight in rehab now that the doctors took her Adderall away. Sources say LiLo has gained five pounds in a week since she stopped taking the drug at the Betty Ford Clinic. --She is complaining that she can't stop eating and has no energy. Lohan says Adderall is the only thing that helps her with her ADHD but the doctors want her on a less addictive drug.


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Lie Down in the Darkness, Rise up from the Ash: 37. Besieged
Like the Silence itself, he thought. Given that he had been still unsteady, and that despite his efforts to shield himself, Shadow had still rippled across his vision, he supposed he ought to be grateful he had hit anything at all. Nevertheless, it but darkened his mood that he could not claim another fell-beast, in addition to the one he had shot above Rauros. That was a mighty shot in the dark, my friend, Gimli had said then, and the absence of that voice now was an ache in his breast as he rode with Faramir and Bereldan up the steep ways of Minas Tirith once more.
For that matter, Faramir, too, brought back grief: he had the look of his brother, though there was that in his voice that suggested already to elven ears the difference between them. Less angry, more weary, and possibly, Legolas thought, recalling what he had seen in the other's eyes ere Faramir had spoken, more wise. Yet overall, there lay some dark fear or care—he could hear it, feel it in the other's silence. That darkness was of some concern, given Boromir's fall.
But the Ring is well beyond us all now, he reminded himself. At the least, we shall not again have a chance to reach for it, however we end.
They came at length to the Court of the Fountain, before the Citadel, and there they dismounted. Faramir stood facing his horse, hands running over the tack and harness, as if assuring himself they were well-kept and cinched, but Legolas saw the tension in his back, the too-careful quality of his caresses as he moved from harness to horse. When he eventually turned and beckoned Legolas to follow, his face had that stillness that comes to those who have endured too much and are nearly numb with it.
But not quite numb enough not to feel it, he thought, as Faramir turned to him once more, his eyes bespeaking the unrest of his soul. Once more, he seemed to wish to speak, but again, he suppressed the impulse, and simply waved Legolas to accompany him.
In silence, they passed through the doors of the Citadel, the guards asking no questions this time, though they were told the Steward would meet with them not in the Hall of Kings, but in the War Room. This proved to be a room upon the second floor: circular, hung with maps, and with an immense table in the middle. Upon it, Legolas discovered, was painted a detailed map of Gondor—Gondor as it had been at its height, before Anórien's people had grown few, when Rohan had been still Calenardhon, and Umbar had been reckoned part of the kingdom. A glass cut to fit the table covered it to keep it from harm, for upon it stood several markers, some red, others white, and still others—the Rohirrim, Legolas realized—green. At the moment, there was a dismaying confluence of red markers about the City.
Several men stood clustered on one side of the table. Two of them seemed to be counselors, a third bore the device of a key upon his surcoat in addition to the tree, crown, and stars, and a fourth, a portly, greying man, was armored, with an axe at his belt and a black helm under one arm, as if he intended to go straight from the hall to the field. He dwarfed the Steward with whom he spoke, yet the moment they all turned to look at the new arrivals, there could be no doubting who commanded. Denethor's eyes fixed upon his son's face, with a sharpness that surprised the Elf; even more surprising, though, was Faramir's reaction. Legolas had seen much of war over the long years, and though he knew Faramir hardly at all, still, he recognized the almost imperceptible signs of a warrior steeling himself for battle.
"My lord steward," Faramir said formally, and made his father a bow when he stood within arm's length. Then to the other counselors assembled, "Gentlemen," and got a few nods and answering murmurs.
"Captain Faramir," the Steward replied, and Legolas wondered whether there were not the slightest hint of irony in his voice. But if there were, his next words were serious: "What have you to report?"
"Much, though much of it you know already," the younger man replied, indicating the red markers. Nevertheless, he proceeded to give his account of the retreat, beginning in Henneth Annûn, with the race to reach Osgiliath before their enemies did, and then the long, hard crossing of the river and retreat to the Rammas. After that, his voice grew quieter, his words more spare still, especially when he spoke of the ravaging of the Nazgûl, who would swoop and slay from time to time, slowing them, that the legions of Orcs, and Haradric and Rhûnic cavalry could close with them.
"We lost too many on the retreat. Cair Andros is gone, I do not doubt it—we lost the scouts covering the Black Gate nigh on three weeks ago, as you know. It seems clear now they were destroyed so that forces from the Black Gate or from Dûrthang could move unhindered and unannounced to take the Isle. Osgiliath is in the hands of the Enemy, and Pelennor also now. Thanks to Dol Amroth, we have more knights than we might have otherwise. And we may have one fewer hellhawk to contend with, thanks to Legolas' bowmanship—" here, Faramir inclined his head politely to the Elf "—but eight remain, and the Nazgûl do not fall to arrows. What hope we have must come from abroad."
"So it appears," Denethor replied, grimly, as he turned to gaze critically down at the map once more. "But the Rohirrim shall not arrive for some days yet—perhaps as long as a week. And with so few men as you brought home with you—" Faramir, Legolas noted, stiffened somewhat at this comment "—and with Pelargir's failure to respond to the call to arms, neither skill nor luck may endure so long."
A heavy silence descended, as the lords of the council digested this unwelcome pronouncement. At last, Faramir spoke again: "A week is a long while for us. But we may last, and perhaps even our fall may not be in vain. Rohan is not the only force in this world."
"And what other force ought we to look to?" Denethor demanded, shortly.
At this, Faramir frowned, seeming surprised, and he glanced at Legolas, who stared back, perplexed as any who stood listening. There was confusion in the young man's eyes, and a question also: What has passed here? he seemed to say with that look, ere he turned back to his father. "I had thought," the Captain replied carefully, "that you would know, but perhaps you have had other news."
"Nay, continue," the Steward urged when Faramir paused. "What other news might I have heard, Faramir, and from whom?"
"Boromir might have returned by now," Faramir started to say, but Denethor cut him off.
"You must have learned as soon as you passed the gates that he has not," the Steward said, eyeing his younger son intently now. "You could not have thought, then, that I should have known anything of other forces in the world from your brother. Precisely what word do you believe I should have had of these unknown other forces, captain?" The none too subtle emphasis on that last word was no gentle prompting—that was quite evident, and a little color rose to Faramir's cheeks.
But when he spoke, his voice held no trace of embarrassment or wrath—indeed, he spoke without expression and as he did, comprehension—and with it, dismay—dawned for Legolas: "I had thought that Legolas might have told you something of the Ringbearer's Quest, my lord, for I am told he traveled with him."
A stunned silence greeted his revelation, as all stared at Faramir. But whatever questions the other lords might have had, they were deferred, as all collectively looked to Denethor, who was giving his son a very flat look. "Indeed?" he replied, evenly, and glanced at Legolas—or rather, past him, and Legolas stiffened as Bereldan and the heavy, greying warrior, who stood nearest him, each seized an arm. As they did, the Steward clapped his hands, and in a twinkling, an esquire appeared with a chair, in which he seated himself regally. Touching his fingertips together, then, he leaned his elbows on the arms of the chair and said coolly, "Let us begin again. Report, Faramir, Captain of Gondor: tell us of this quest. How have you come to know of it, and when did you learn of it?"
Thus began one of the most excruciating courts that Legolas had ever had the misfortune to attend, as Faramir told of the ambush of the Orcs, the rescue of Frodo and Sam, his questioning of them, their account of what the quest, and Faramir's eventual choice to let them go free. Throughout, the Steward did not move, did not look away, his attention given utterly over to his son, who must have wished dearly for some reprieve from that burning regard. For that matter, while the Steward's counselors were too well-versed in politics to betray themselves by fidgeting, the air in the room was one of acute discomfort, and Legolas wondered what troubled them more: the news of the Ring, Faramir's disobedience of the law of the land, or bearing witness to this bitter confessional between father and son.
When at last, Faramir had come to the end of his tale, he finished, saying, "That is why I thought you might have had other news: that matters had changed since the Ringbearer left the Company, and that Legolas had come to bring news of it, my lord."
"I see," Denethor said frostily at length, when the heavy silence that followed Faramir's speech threatened to become unbearable. "Amply am I repaid for sending your brother to Imladris rather than you, I see."
"Beyond that, you would have me believe him party to this nonsensical quest, as you do. Or is that it, Faramir?" Denethor demanded, tone hardening still more. "You spoke with these Halflings, you aided them—in defiance of the law—and you returned to me with this tale; and now, having exposed this one—" a jerk of his head at Legolas "—as another's agent, you expect me to take this twice-removed tale as it is told? Particularly in your brother's absence? I think not."
Grey eyes shifted, and Legolas found himself the object of as cold a gaze as ever he had endured from a Man. "My son may be a fool—a matter he may yet have time to regret—but I do not know yet whether you are crafty or merely a useful pawn of so-called allies. What reason would an Elf, who by the account given was not, in fact, the leader of this misguided company, have to play me, and gamble Gondor's future on false appearances? And what have you to say of Boromir's absence? Speak!"
There was no refusing such an order—not if one desired to escape a cell, yet he knew just enough of Aragorn's motives to know he could never satisfy the Steward with his little knowledge, and as for Boromir... A strange reluctance seized him. He ought at least to be able to give a father news of his son, and yet something held his tongue. Something in the Steward's eyes and voice he misliked. Nay, more than that, the Elf thought; I do not trust it, this... this rage of his. Lacking any other recourse, he retreated to the one contingency plan he had. "Of your son, I can say nothing, for I know not where he is now. But as for the rest, I have a message for you, lord steward," he said, quietly.
"Father, please, hea—" Faramir began, urgently, but was cut off.
"You, sir, will do as you are bidden, or Gondor has no use for you. Now be still," the Steward snapped, and Faramir, clearly stung, stared at him a moment, and his lips parted as if he would speak. But ire and any such intention faded in the face of Denethor's wrath, and the Steward's younger son resumed his stance without a word. "As for you, Master Elf," Denethor continued, "you say you have yet another message. What guarantee have we that it is any more true than the last?"
"None. But I think it will interest you nevertheless, for Aragorn said I should deliver it only if you came to disbelieve me," Legolas replied, gambling that admission of conspiracy might well serve better than conciliatory words, and he lifted his chin slightly to gaze steadily at Denethor. He was nevertheless somewhat surprised when the Steward abruptly nodded.
"Bereldan, bring it here. Forlong, if you would."
"Aye, my lord," Bereldan said, and Legolas sighed, bowing his head as he submitted to the indignity of the guardsman searching through his scrip, while the other man shifted to take hold of his other arm as well. Eventually, he drew forth the letter, held it up with a questioning look to Legolas, who nodded confirmation, and then withdrew to his lord's side. But just ere he would have broken the seal, Denethor stopped him, with a hand on his arm. "My lord?" Bereldan asked, confused.
"Give it to me," the Steward commanded.
This time, it was Legolas' captor—Forlong, apparently—who protested: "My lord, if it is some trick or poison on the seal—"
"I am aware of this, Forlong," Denethor replied, and nevertheless took the letter, staring for a long moment at the seal. Or rather, at the lettering about the plain, unmarked wax. But then he broke the seal and unfolded the paper to read the message within. Whatever it was, it must not have been long, though Legolas did wonder what Aragorn had written. For though the Steward's face was a mask, his voice, when he spoke, was taut and strained:
"Forlong, release him."
"But my lord Steward—"
"Do as I say," Denethor cut him off, and Forlong sighed.
"As you wish, my lord," he replied, and Legolas flexed his fingers unobtrusively, for the man had the grip needed to wield the axe at his belt. Meanwhile, the Steward was closing the letter, recreasing the folds with sharp, swift movements, so that Legolas wondered he did not tear the paper. Silence reigned otherwise, until at last, Faramir spoke again.
"What are your orders, my lord?"
"My orders?" The Steward moved suddenly and quickly, 'til he stood eye to eye with his son, who endeavored to meet his gaze. A moment they stood thus, and resentment hung so thick in the air between them, it was a wonder they could breathe. But at last, Faramir dropped his eyes, and bowed his head. His father made a small noise of disgust, ere he said, bitterly: "The hour is late when you seek to learn obedience. For all your loyalty, long-since given elsewhere, I should have you running water for the healers, but with Boromir absent, you are needed to command on the walls. If we fall, you may at least witness the fruits of your folly. Go then. And do not let me see you again until the war is won or the City taken.
"As for you," the Steward continued, turning to Legolas, "be grateful to your master's claim on you, but should we live to see Pelennor clear of our foes, then you will bear a message to him, and after that, you shall not set foot past the gates again.
"For the rest, you know your duty—see to it!"
Which was clearly dismissal, and the counselors swiftly filed out, led by Forlong, who left muttering to himself and shaking his head. Faramir walked with a measured step, brisk but deliberately slower than Forlong's—clearly an effort to retreat with dignity, though no few looks were cast in his direction by the departing counselors. Legolas followed in his wake.
When they had gained the doors, and stood once more in the empty courtyard, the young man stopped abruptly, and he gripped the hilt of his sword hard with one hand as he stared at the dead tree with its fountain. Legolas could hear the harshness of his breathing, as he struggled for composure: once, twice, thrice, he inhaled and then he lifted his head again. The Prince of Mirkwood hesitated, unsure whether he ought to disturb him, but recalling their words upon the stairs, he approached the other, though carefully.
"Lord Faramir," Legolas said quietly, but a raised hand stopped him.
"My father may think you a pawn to be used against us, but I am not yet certain. Maybe he is wrong, and I even hope that he is. But maybe he is right, and I am a fool who deserves no better than my lot, and indeed, deserves worse," he said. Turning to Legolas, he gazed hard at him, grey eyes dark as his father's, but mercifully without the same rage, though there was anger aplenty in them. "I would know which of us is right. Tell me, therefore, if you would truly see Frodo's quest, mad or otherwise, succeed: tell me what happened to my brother, ever the heart of this City, that he is not here to speak of these matters?"
And Legolas, who had not failed to note the silence of Faramir's tale where Boromir was concerned, and who had assumed it due to the hobbits' reticence, suddenly understood. "I see I am not the only one, then, who would keep certain unwelcome truths from your father to get a hearing," he murmured.
Faramir closed his eyes, and the muscle along his jaw tightened, ere he mastered himself. Opening his eyes once more, he said simply: "Tell me."
Two words, and in them, a wealth of pain beneath their calm delivery—and a darkness that Legolas knew entirely too well. And so he answered: "Boromir did not come because he was slain saving us from the orcs and their arrows on Parth Galen, shortly after Frodo and Sam left us. If he had not done it, another would have had to, or we all should have perished, and Frodo and Sam might have been caught. Boromir took it for his task, and gave us no choice in the matter. He was valiant."
Legolas paused. Faramir had the look of one who had taken a knife to the gut, and he bowed his head, pressing a hand over his eyes, then lowering it to fold his arms tightly across his chest. "They said he had repented," he murmured. Then: "Do not spare me, Legolas. There is worse to tell in this."
"Not after the battle, and what came before it, you seem to know already," the Prince of Mirkwood replied, and sighed. "But if you are asking, then yes, it is as you believe: the Ring took him, he tried to betray us, was prevented, and when the chance arose, he took it and redeemed himself with his blood."
"And his body?"
"We gave him to the flames, deeming his ashes safe from defilement."
"Ashes..." Faramir trailed off, and shook his head, and a booted toe scuffed at a small pile of them, leaving a dark smear on the white stones. He sighed, and glanced up at Legolas, measuringly. "I would have slain Frodo and Sam both, as the law demands, had Frodo not spoken," he said at length. "And though my father finds me wanting in obedience, I would have gladly fulfilled that same law, and redeemed my outlawry, if you had sought to deceive me in this."
"How can you be certain that I do not?" Legolas asked.
"Let us say that there is nothing that wounds like the truth, and I hope that I have learned by now its particular sting," came the reply.
And Legolas, thinking of towers and ruins and the bitterness of revelations, said: "I should say that you have."
"Truth, though, is not yet obedience, and I have my orders," Faramir said, and gave Legolas a quick, appraising look. Then: "Though you are not pledged to us, and Father has given you no charge, I should be remiss if I did not ask you to come with me, for any man who can put an arrow through a hellhawk's hide is one we need."
"And I should be remiss if I refused you," Legolas replied. Faramir grunted, but the answer seemed to satisfy him. Legolas fell in step with him as Faramir turned and began silently walking toward the tunnel and their horses. The guards acknowledged them, and the boy assigned to the courier stables was already bringing their horses out to them, having seen them approaching. Still, only when they had mounted, did Faramir speak again:
"Thank you," he said.
But Legolas, after a moment, shook his head. "Do not, lord, for there is nothing in this to thank," he replied. "What is right aside, I have my reasons that would bid me fight were there naught but Orcs left in the world. And for the other matter, if I have done aught, it is only what is proper, and lately done at that."
Perhaps Faramir truly had learned to recognize the pain of truth, for he did not contest Legolas; instead, he said only, "Come then," and spurred his horse forward, back down into the darkness below.
The Prince of Dol Amroth was waiting for them upon their return, standing above the gates, watching as with the dusk, gloom gathered more thickly, hiding their enemy from sight. "What news, Nephew?" he asked.
"None we did not know," Faramir replied. He stared out over the ramparts, and it seemed to Legolas that he went grey as his father in that moment. But then, the captain shook his head and laid a hand upon Imrahil's arm. "This will not end soon, and we have days yet before we may look to see the Rohirrim. I have already seen three come and go, but I cannot see a fourth without some rest. Can you hold the wall for some hours, Uncle?"
"First sensible thing you have said since we met," Imrahil replied, but he gave his nephew a slight smile and nodded. "Go take some sleep. Return to us rested and your men shall fight the better for the sight of you."
"Thank you, Uncle. Oh," Faramir touched Legolas' arm then, drawing the elf forward. "Father has left Legolas' position to me, and I can think of nowhere he shall be needed more than here, above the gates. When they find the walls cannot be scaled or breached, they must try for the gates. Then we may need one who can fell a Nazgûl's mount."
So it was that Legolas took up the night watch, for with the promise of battle, he would not sleep, and besides, he was concerned by the two latest assaults of the Darkness upon him, and feared the dreams that might come. Especially when the noise of hammers and other instruments began to sound, telling of some mighty work in the night, he was glad not to learn of them in his sleep, for he knew not what tale his mind might have told then, when the Darkness crept in.
But with dawn came revelation: trenches and pits were forming beyond the range of bowshot and catapult, and fires began to burn. Wains with parts for engines were drawing on, and as far as the eye could see in the haze that covered all, black-armored soldiery of Mordor camped rank upon rank on the field. Faramir, who returned with the dawn-call, took one look and his face hardened, but he nodded, as if to say, 'So be it!' and then went to make the rounds with Imrahil.
And it was eerie, but it was almost as if the Enemy knew their movements, for not until they both returned did the harsh horns sound upon the field, signaling the beginning of the assault. And what strange beginning it seemed at first! For as the Men of Gondor and Legolas watched, in equal parts impatient and dreading to learn what the Enemy had devised for them, orcs emerged, bearing stout pikes, sharp on either end—the sort of pike one might dig in against cavalry had one the chance.
"What, think they that we shall be riding against them?" men murmured, and watched, wondering. When all had been dug in at about a man's width apart, in a long line that went the length of the trenches about the City, the orcs disappeared for a time. And a strange sound began to be heard then: a wailing and groaning, as of many wordless voices.
Which was exactly what it proved to be. Men cried out in horror, then, for now came the Haradrim and the Khandians under their banners, and they bore over their heads, bound and writhing, prisoners—whether taken from Cair Andros in the last assault, or from more southerly posts, whether recently captive or wretched with years in chains, it was impossible to tell often, although many wore uniforms men recognized. High they were borne, and when they came to the line of orc-laid pikes, then four men would hold them over them, turn them, and then with horrible slowness, lower them onto the pikes. The screaming did not end soon, and upon the wall, men cursed and wept bitterly, and a few even loosed arrows, aiming not for the Haradrim or Khandians, but for the prisoners themselves, to end their agony.
But the captain of Mordor's hosts was crafty, for the lord of the Nazgûl had had long centuries in which to practice torment, and he had calculated carefully where to set his gruesome display. None of the arrows struck, and indeed, the Khandians went on about their business undisturbed as they began bringing some buckets or baskets up, and emptying them before the prisoners, whose struggles were fast weakening.
"What is that?" men whispered, and feared to learn the answer. Small and red and many, clearly, but none could tell more, save Legolas, whose eyes were keener than any Man's, and in that hour he cursed that gift.
"Tongues," he murmured. "They cut their tongues out first—so they could scream but not speak." At that, even Faramir, who stood hard by, having sent the prince of Dol Amroth to make a round on the western stretch of the wall, to try to calm men there, paled slightly. But he did not flinch, only gripped his sword hilt the harder. Less hardy souls could be heard vomiting, while their fellows, perhaps desiring not to look outward as much as to help, sank down with them, arms laid about their shoulders, while the spasms went on.
But there was no time for comfort, even cold comfort. For then were loosed fiery missiles, and they flew over the wall to crush houses and barracks, stables and forges. Men soon were scrambling in their efforts to quench the flames, which burned like witch-fire, resisting their efforts. And all that day, while the Nazgûl on high screamed, not a single orc or man came within bowshot, and the archers upon the wall looked in vain for a mark. Only when the masses of orcs and trolls began to move toward the walls did they come even within range of the catapults, and then the Men of Gondor had some revenge for their slain fellows.
Even this, however, was less than it might have been. The fires cut off many companies from each other while they lasted, or else rubble did, and in any case, the horror of the morning and the continuing assaults of the Nazgûl upon men's spirits did their work: despair took many, who fled while they could to the Second Circle, and those who remained—all the gate guard company under Faramir's direct command, the Rangers who remained, Imrahil's men, and others who had fought the darkness for long years and would not surrender now—these suffered the coming of the Darkness, when the Nazgûl swept over, and all light seemed to fade, and the mind emptied, awaiting nothing but death.
Legolas knew well what they felt, for he felt it, too, and worse, for he heard the Silence at the heart of the cries of the Nazgûl, and he thought it a bitter gift that, by the second day of such torments, he had learned to shoot through them, without losing aim. For by then, the assault had ceased to be missiles only, but large numbers of orcs and trolls swept towards the gates, bearing with them rams to try their steel. The defenders rained arrows and stone down upon them, and oil that burned, leaving bodies piled man high, yet still they came, undeterred, to fling themselves against the gates. "We shall run out of arrows before they run out of men," Faramir said grimly to Imrahil.
"I have sent couriers from among my knights up to the storehouses in higher circles to bring more down with them," Imrahil replied. "At least we know they shall return. In the mean time, there would be more arrows if we kept men with us."
"I had wanted to keep the Rangers at the gates, and the Swan knights together, for they know best how to fight together," Faramir said. "But we cannot hold the walls with them alone, we need all men to stand who bear arms. We must break some of our companies up: send small numbers of them to take command where men are most weakened. And you and I, Uncle, must make ourselves more known as well to them."
So passed three days of near ceaseless activity for the prince and the Steward's son. Legolas did not accompany Faramir on his rounds, for Faramir wanted him above the gates. "Men look to you, for they know now who it was that felled the beast, and if you have not command in the City, still, you give them heart, and we need that above the gates especially. Remain here." And so Legolas remained, and as the hours crawled by into days and nights, he watched the heart go out of every man on the walls anyway, yet still they fought on—stubbornness, or habit, he knew not which, but bows bent and stone went crashing down upon the heads of their enemies still.
But it was not enough. The fifth day dawned bloody, for in the night, siege towers built in Osgiliath had been brought up from the river and now to the very walls—dozens of them, too many even for the catapults to destroy, drawn on by the mumâkil of Harad, and within them orcs and Men, waiting for the signal to storm across the bridge-door and onto the walls. Then those who were left upon the walls began to retreat, insofar as they were able, for cut off from each other as they often were by the rubble and fire in the streets, they could not stand firm against the enemy that poured out of the towers that made the wall. Some were overborne and foundered beneath the onslaught; others, though, managed to join up with each other for a time, and so lasted longer, especially if they found some choke point—of which there were many thanks to the ruin the enemy had wreaked—to stand upon.
Yet it was at the gates that the fighting was fiercest, for there the greatest number of men remained, and there both Faramir and Imrahil had gone to make their stand, with all those of their companies that remained them. There, men held the tide of darkness at bay still, and the witch-fire of the enemy they turned to their advantage, sending arrows fired by it into the siege towers to burn, and shot from the smoldering rubble as well was flung outward from the walls. The Swan knights and men-at-arms of the City fell upon those who did reach the wall with a fierceness that took their foes aback, and so kept the archers for the most part clear of battle, save to slay the wounded who staggered through the lines of defenders.
Valor, however, would not hold the City, for it cannot make men materialize out of nothing or bring the dead back to life, nor could it resist the last strike. It had come to their attention in the late hours of the night, for torches burned to light its way to the gates: a great battering ram, so huge it needed teams of beasts to draw it and trolls to wield it. All through the night it had crept toward the gate, despite all efforts of the defenders to upset it. Stone had failed, and fire also. Now, with the dawn, it drew nigh to the gates, and the archers shot at the beasts. But their eyes were covered, blinding them to the carnage and protecting them also from the arrows of the defenders, and their muzzles were capped in a harness that also spared them any hurt from the war darts, and though many an arrow stuck in their tough hides, the beasts seemed not to feel it.
Then over the defenders there fell a sickening dread, for before all strode a tall, dark form, and as he raised his pale sword high, it burst into flame, it seemed, and a terror flowed forth from him so thick that all men sank into a dumbstruck stillness. The Lord of the Nazgûl had come forth at last, and he leveled his blade at the gates. In response, the great hammer swung back, and then was loosed. Stone shook, but the steel held. Once more, the hammer was pulled back, and once more it struck, and still the gates held. On the third time, though, the Witch-king cried out, and the air itself seemed to ripple, and this time, the gates burst asunder—they shattered, and all those upon the wall, friend and foe alike, cried out, as they were thrown down by the shock.
Not for long, though, did men lie there, for with the destruction of the gates, it was as if the spell of immobility were broken. Men grabbed weapons from the ground and the assault continued with renewed ferocity as enemies swarmed the wall, and through the breach. Gondor's companies struggled against the tide—struggled, and broke.
For then came the Lord of the Nazgûl, and he passed through the ruined gates, bringing madness in his wake. Men cried out and cast down their weapons, and even Mordor's own creatures sank to the earth, prostrating themselves. Thus it was that the last of Gondor's soldiers, finding their foes suddenly melting away before them, found themselves finally confronted by the face of their enemy... a face that had no form, as the Nazgûl cast his hood back to show the emptiness within. Then at last even the most stout-hearted of Gondor's men retreated, and they could not raise their eyes to look upon their foe. Save one.
Legolas, who watched upon the walls, cried out in dismay, for the one who remained, swaying a little, with weariness or perhaps under the spell of horror, wore the winged helm of Gondor's Captain. The servants of the towers, white and dark, stood stock still for a moment, as if considering each other. Faramir seemed dazed; his sword was notched and dull with blood not his own, and his shield dented, but he held it still, and as the elf stared, the Captain shook his head in denial—Not this, not this, that gesture seemed to say.
"Faramir!" Imrahil's anguished cry rang out, then, but it was too late. The Nazgûl struck; Faramir brought his shield up to meet the blow, then—incredibly—moved in toward his enemy...
An arrow sang out from the walls, and the Witch-king cried out in a terrible voice. Legolas cursed, hastily nocking another, though it was more habit than aught else that moved the elf, for clearly arrows little troubled the Witch-king: Legolas' had dissolved in a smoking ruin the moment it had lodged in the enemy's unseen flesh.
Rather, it was the horns that echoed from the fields that disturbed the wraith-lord: not the harsh blast of Mordor's clarion calls, but the full sound of northern horns. "Rohan," Imrahil breathed, and Legolas spared a glance over his shoulder, though he could see nothing.
Below, the Lord of the Nazgûl stood listening, and for one moment, he hesitated. Then with another cry, this time of wrath, he turned and vanished from the gates, leaving behind him a very pale Faramir, who looked after him a moment ere he looked down at himself in some surprise, as shield and sword-hilt slipped from his hands. Touching the rent in his armor from which blood now flowed all too freely, he sank to the earth and lay still.
That was a mighty shot in the dark, my friend—"The Great River," FoTR, 378.
Do not, my lord, for there is nothing in this to thank, etc.—riffing on Faramir, "The Window on the West," TTT, 368.
A lot of the last couple of pages is obviously just a retelling, in a somewhat different form, of "The Siege of Gondor" in RoTK. If I could have pulled it off, I would have relegated it to the Song, but since that wasn't an option, I apologize for any boring repetition you may have suffered. The next couple of chapters deserve a similar apology.
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