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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>The '''Horn of Gondor''' is the great war-horn carried by [[Boromir]], son of [[Denethor]], the Steward of [[Gondor]], in ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. It is an ancestral heirloom of the Stewards' house, a horn of the wild ox of the far north, bound with silver and graven with ancient devices. By tradition, the heir of the house of the Stewards bore it, and its deep voice was a call for aid that, in older days, was always answered within the bounds of the realm of [[Gondor]].<br />
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The horn is closely bound to the character and fate of [[Boromir]], and its sounding marks one of the most poignant moments in the tale.<br />
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== Description ==<br />
The Horn of Gondor was a mighty horn, cloven from the horn of one of the great wild kine that roamed the lands of the north in elder days. It was tipped and bound with silver and inscribed with old letters. [[Boromir]] declared that whenever it was blown at need within the ancient borders of [[Gondor]], it would not go unheeded. He winds it boldly as the [[Fellowship of the Ring]] sets out, despite the counsel of others to go in secret.<br />
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== In the narrative ==<br />
At the breaking of the [[Fellowship of the Ring]] at the end of ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and into ''[[The Two Towers]]'', [[Boromir]] sounds the horn as he is beset by a host of [[Orc]]s while defending the [[hobbit]]s [[Peregrin Took|Pippin]] and [[Meriadoc Brandybuck|Merry]]. He is slain by many arrows, and the [[hobbit]]s are taken captive. The sound of the horn carries far, and [[Aragorn]] hears it and races to his side, finding [[Boromir]] dying.<br />
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Later, the horn is found cloven in two, washed up on the shores below, and the cloven halves come at last to [[Denethor]] in [[Minas Tirith]], a grievous sign to the Steward of the loss of his son.<br />
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== Significance ==<br />
The Horn of Gondor symbolizes the proud and martial tradition of [[Gondor]] and the valor of [[Boromir]], whose last stand redeems his earlier failure when he was tempted by the [[One Ring]]. Its cloven remains, borne back to [[Denethor]], deepen the Steward's despair and foreshadow the dark course of his end, weaving the horn into the larger tragedy of the house of the Stewards.<br />
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