"Arise, arise, Riders of Théoden!
Fell deeds awake: fire and slaughter!
spear shall be shaken, shield be splintered,
a sword-day, a red day, ere the sun rises!
Ride now, ride now! Ride to Gondor!"
—The Return of the King, Book V, Ch. V: "The Ride of the Rohirrim"

Out of doubt, out of dark, to the day's rising
he rode singing in the sun, sword unsheathing.
Hope he rekindled, and in hope ended;
over death, over dread, over doom lifted
out of loss, out of life, unto long glory.

But Merry stood at the foot of the green mound, and he wept, and when the song was ended he arose and cried:
'Théoden King, Théoden King! Farewell! As a father you were to me, for a little while. Farewell!'

Ride！Ride for ruin and worlds ending! Death!

电影里，两次I know your face，以及No parent should have to bury their child.和this is not a retreat. 实在太经典了。

吾王安息🕯️

R.I.P，愿洛汗铁骑护送着您🕯️

啊？

“For Théoden had lived to full years and ended in honour no less than the greatest of his sires.”

在被削弱的活力+被毒害的思想+被冷却的热情+丧子之痛 等情形之下，作为国王，如何重拾祖先的荣耀，唯有勇气，唯有坚韧，唯有直面死亡的恐惧，和自我牺牲的精神，这些个美德，在圣盔谷之战已经逐渐表现了出来。
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而，在选择了这个对刚铎的回应之后，

他就已经丢弃了对死亡和荣耀的渴望，他，做了一个国王应该做的事情。
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也因此，成就了一个真正的王，也就获得了真正的荣耀。
也因此，他才会说，在伟大的先祖们面前我不会感到羞愧！
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伟哉吾王！

愿星光照耀他的前路

留名久长，是他荣光

重生的希欧顿...

愿这如同古代维拉大战中欧罗林的君王的灵魂回归到一如的身边吧