Women of this country learned long ago that those without swords can still die upon them, she intones.
It is one of the best lines in theLord of the Ringstrilogy and its taken straight from Professor J.R.R.
But rest assured that she too has deep roots in Tolkiens text.
2754roughly 300 years before the events of theLord of the Ringsfilms.
He wishes to marry her to his own son Wulf.
But in the film, we will see Hera be an ancestor at least in spirit to Eowyn.
I pledge to fight for my king, Hera proclaims.
Its an approach that serves modern fantasy writers, like, say, George R.R.
Martin, quite well.
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim opens on Dec. 13.
