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On the way, they are captured by rangers led by Faramir, Boromir's brother, and brought to the secret fastness of Henneth Annûn. They find that the Black Gate of Mordor is too well guarded, so instead they travel south through the land of Ithilien to a secret pass that Gollum knows. Sam overhears Gollum debating with his alter ego, Sméagol, whether to break his promise and steal the Ring. Gollum leads them across the Dead Marshes. Frodo makes Gollum swear to serve him, as Ringbearer, and asks him to guide them to Mordor. They become aware they are being watched and tracked on a moonlit night they capture Gollum, who has followed them from Moria. Gandalf immediately rides for Minas Tirith, chief city of Gondor, taking Pippin with him.įrodo and Sam, heading for Mordor, struggle through the barren hills and cliffs of the Emyn Muil. Sauron sees Pippin, but misunderstands the circumstances. It is revealed to be a palantír, a seeing-stone that Saruman used to speak with Sauron, and that Sauron used to ensnare him. Pippin picks it up Gandalf swiftly takes it, but Pippin steals it in the night. After Saruman leaves, Wormtongue throws down a hard round object to try to kill Gandalf. When Saruman refuses to listen, Gandalf strips him of his rank and most of his powers. Gandalf offers Saruman a chance to turn away from evil. Gandalf, Théoden, Legolas, and Gimli ride to Isengard, and are surprised to find Merry and Pippin relaxing amidst the ruins.

He brings an army of Rohirrim to Helm's Deep, and they defeat the Orcs, who flee into the forest of Huorns, never to be seen again. Gandalf convinces Treebeard to send an army of Huorns to Théoden's aid. Meanwhile, the Ents, roused by Merry and Pippin from their peaceful ways, attack and destroy Isengard, Saruman's stronghold, and flood it, trapping the wizard in the tower of Orthanc. Théoden musters his fighting strength and rides with his men to the ancient fortress of Helm's Deep, while Gandalf departs to seek help from Treebeard. Gandalf frees Théoden, King of Rohan, from the influence of Saruman's spy Gríma Wormtongue. Together they ride to Edoras, capital of Rohan. Gandalf assures his friends that Merry and Pippin are safe. He is clothed in white and is now Gandalf the White, for he has taken Saruman's place as the chief of the wizards. He was also killed in the fight, but was sent back to Middle-earth to complete his mission. Gandalf explains that he killed the Balrog. Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas track the hobbits to Fangorn. Merry and Pippin escape into Fangorn Forest, where they are befriended by Treebeard, the oldest of the tree-like Ents. In the kingdom of Rohan, the Orcs are killed by Riders of Rohan, led by Éomer.

Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas decide to pursue the Orcs taking Merry and Pippin to Saruman. Boromir tries to protect Merry and Pippin from the Orcs, but they kill him and capture the two hobbits.

The body of the volume consists of Book Three: The Treason of Isengard, and Book Four: The Ring Goes East.īook III: The Treason of Isengard Ī party of large Orcs, Uruk-hai, sent by Saruman, and other Orcs sent by Sauron and led by Grishnákh, attack the Fellowship. Some editions of the volume contain a Synopsis for readers who have not read the earlier volumes. In the illustration, Orthanc is shown as a black tower, three-horned, with the sign of the White Hand beside it Minas Morgul is a white tower, with a thin waning moon above it, in reference to its original name, Minas Ithil, the Tower of the Rising Moon. However, a month later, he wrote a note published at the end of The Fellowship of the Ring, and later drew a cover illustration, both of which identified the pair as Minas Morgul and Orthanc. In letters to Rayner Unwin, Tolkien considered naming the two as Orthanc and Barad-dûr, Minas Tirith and Barad-dûr, or Orthanc and the Tower of Cirith Ungol. In other editions the Books are often untitled. The titles The Treason of Isengard and The Ring Goes East were used in the Millennium edition. Book Four was titled The Journey of the Ringbearers or The Ring Goes East. The proposed title for Book Three was The Treason of Isengard. Tolkien wrote: " The Two Towers gets as near as possible to finding a title to cover the widely divergent Books Three and Four and can be left ambiguous." At this stage he planned to title the individual books. The Two Towers covers Books Three and Four. However, the novel was originally published as three separate volumes, due to post-World War II paper shortages and size and price considerations. The Lord of the Rings is composed of six "books", aside from an introduction, a prologue and six appendices.