Satisfied that the companions are not a threat, he tells them that the Rohirrim destroyed the orcs but found no signs of the hobbits. Learning the identity of Aragorn, the heir of Isildur, as well as the hobbits, Éomer expresses amazement that creatures of legend have come to walk the earth. Tensions run high, because both the riders and the hunters are wary of the Enemy. Heartened by this, in four days, they run 135 miles until they encounter a troop of the horsemen of Rohan, led by Éomer. Later, they find hobbit tracks and an elven brooch. Soon the Three Hunters find several dead orcs, victims of an argument won by Saruman's servants. Taking only essential equipment, they begin running after the orcs. Aragorn decides to let the Ringbearer go, while the remaining three members of the Fellowship will pursue Merry and Pippin's captors. Legolas and Gimli help Aragorn array Boromir in a boat for a funeral, and they discover that the orcs come from both Sauron and Saruman. Boromir confesses that he tried to take the Ring from Frodo and that Merry and Pippin have been captured by the orcs. Aragorn finds Boromir dying from the wounds of many orc-arrows. Before he can see anything significant, he hears Boromir's horn and the sound of orcs.

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