The Battle of the Pelennor Fields

The event

The siege of Minas Tirith is broken by Rohan and by Aragorn’s fleet; the Witch-king is slain.

Sauron’s western army besieges Minas Tirith after the fall of Osgiliath.

Théoden is killed; the Witch-king is destroyed by Éowyn and Merry; the West passes from defence to the offensive.

King of Rohan, aged prematurely by Gríma’s counsel, later restored and killed at the Pelennor Fields.

Théoden’s niece, who defied the prohibition on women going to war and slew the Witch-king at the Pelennor.

A clever Brandybuck who rode to war with Rohan and helped slay the Witch-king at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields.

The chief of the Nazgûl, a Ringwraith and Sauron’s most feared captain, slain by Éowyn and Merry.

The heir of Isildur, raised in Rivendell in secret, who becomes King Elessar and reunites the kingdoms of Gondor and Arnor.

The Lord of the Rings · 1954–55
Three volumes: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King.