#TolkienismSaturday

Eowyn

#TolkienismSaturday

“I want to be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren.”

-Eowyn

The Shield Maiden ultimately becomes one of the favorite characters. Her quiet devotion, her burning ambition, her courage and friendship, make her a true warrior, and then so much more… A hero. After standing over the body of her liege to defeat the Witch King, this quote reveals the true heart of any soldier, any free person, those who sacrifice in the dark and late, on the line, out on the roads and barricades that protect the Light of Civilization from the Darkness of Madness… “I want to be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren.”

And to do that, sometimes, you will find yourself in difficult places, standing before impossible foes, with what armor you can find, and perhaps a trusty hobbit, willing to stand with you when all else flee.

She was wounded, but she lived, married Faramir, and had a child.