The War of the Ring
“7 Theoden reaches Harrowdale at dusk Feb. 13 Date appointed for the muster If this is correct, the 'four days on the road' include the day spent at Helm's Deep.
In the third version C (p. 240) Eomer says that the moon was full on the night before the last, that five days have passed on the journey, and that five remain until the muster; and all this is repeated in the next version (F) in which the passage appears (pp. 244-5). In these versions the journey has taken one day more, as it appears: ...Feb. 5. Theoden leaves Helm's Deep.
Feb. 6. Full Moon.
Feb. 7.
Feb. 8. Theoden reaches Harrowdale.
Time-scheme D (pp. 141, 182) gives the following chronology (with which the fully 'synoptic' scheme S agrees): Feb. 4-5. Aragorn rides by night to Edoras, which he reaches in the morning, and passes up Harrowdale.
Feb. 5. Theoden leaves Helm's Deep Feb. 6. Full Moon rises about 9.20 p.m. Theoden comes to Dunharrow before nightfall (Feb. 7. Theoden prepares to ride to Gondor. Messengers from Minas Tirith arrive.MoreLess
In the third version C (p. 240) Eomer says that the moon was full on the night before the last, that five days have passed on the journey, and that five remain until the muster; and all this is repeated in the next version (F) in which the passage appears (pp. 244-5). In these versions the journey has taken one day more, as it appears: ...Feb. 5. Theoden leaves Helm's Deep.
Feb. 6. Full Moon.
Feb. 7.
Feb. 8. Theoden reaches Harrowdale.
Time-scheme D (pp. 141, 182) gives the following chronology (with which the fully 'synoptic' scheme S agrees): Feb. 4-5. Aragorn rides by night to Edoras, which he reaches in the morning, and passes up Harrowdale.
Feb. 5. Theoden leaves Helm's Deep Feb. 6. Full Moon rises about 9.20 p.m. Theoden comes to Dunharrow before nightfall (Feb. 7. Theoden prepares to ride to Gondor. Messengers from Minas Tirith arrive.MoreLess
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