Sean's Death Scenes
The Fellowship of the Ring
Three loud ox-horn blasts are heard
Legolas: The Horn of Gondor!
Aragorn: Boromir!
They run down Amon Hen towards the sound, but Uruks are between them and Boromir.
A visual sweep shows some running towards Boromir, down the stone steps; the
others attack Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli as they struggle to follow
Boromir sounds the horn of Gondor again
Boromir: to the hobbits-Run! Run!
The Uruks attack Boromir. He kills two more. Lurtz walks into view, lifts his
bow, aims a big black arrow, and shoots it into Boromir’s left shoulder.
The hobbits look at him in shock. Boromir drops to his knees, begins to breathe
hard, and looks at the hobbits. Uruks come closer, but he gives a battle cry,
rises, and swings his sword at one, who falls. Lurtz growls, lifts his bow,
and shoots again. A black arrow flies into Boromir’s stomach. He drops
to his knees and starts to gasp. But he swings his sword at another Uruk and
gets up. Lurtz shoots him one more time, in the chest. Boromir falls on his
knees and stays there, swaying a little and blinking
Merry and Pippin look at him, aghast. With all the courage they could muster,
they take up their swords and attack the Uruk-hai
Merry and Pippin: Shire!!!!!
They never had a chance to use them. The Uruk-hai lifted them up and carried
them off. Merry and Pippin wave their arms frantically. The Uruk-hai troop walks
away from Boromir. Boromir looks on in sorrow
Lurtz, now left alone, stops ten feet from Boromir and takes aim with his bow.
Boromir swallows and stares back at him. Just then Aragorn crashes into Lurtz,
whose arrow flies off harmlessly. Lurtz and Aragorn fight. Aragorn loses his
sword and is thrown to the ground; when he gets up, Lurtz throws his two-prong
shield at Aragorn and pins him by the neck against a tree. Lurtz raises his
sword and strikes, but Aragorn slips beneath the shield and dodges the blow.
Aragorn pulls out a knife and stabs Lurtz on the leg. Lurtz roars. Lurtz then
pulls out the knife and throws it at Aragorn, who has found his sword and uses
it to bat the knife away. Aragorn closes in on Lurtz and in a flurry of swordplay,
slices his arm off and then stabs him in the chest. Lurtz pulls himself up on
the sword closer to Aragorn, snarling. Aragorn grimaces, pulls his sword out
of Lurtz, swings it wide, and hacks off Lurtz’s head. The rest of Lurtz
falls to the ground
Aragorn pauses a moment, panting. He then races to Boromir. Boromir, pale and
bloodied, is now lying on his back, his head close to a tree
Boromir: They took the little ones.
Aragorn: Be still.
Boromir: Frodo, where is Frodo?
Aragorn: I let Frodo go.
Boromir: Then you did what I could not. I tried to take the ring from him.
Aragorn: The ring is beyond our reach now.
Boromir: Forgive me, I did not see it. I have failed you all.
Aragorn: No, Boromir, you fought bravely! You have kept your honor. -starts
to pull the arrows from Boromir
Boromir: Leave it! It is over. The world of men will fall, and all will come
to darkness… and my city to ruin.
Aragorn: I do not know what strength is in my blood, but I swear to you I will
not let the white city fall, nor our people fail!
Boromir: Our people? Our people.
He reaches for his sword. Aragorn gives it to him. Boromir clasps its hilt to
his chest
Boromir: I would have followed you my brother, my captain, my king!
Boromir passes away
Aragorn: Be at peace, son of Gondor.
(page last updated on 23ed December 2002)