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Horn carried by Boromir in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, first appearing in ''The Fellowship of the Ring'', published in 1954. It is a family heirloom of the ruling Stewards of Gondor, with a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle-earth_objects#Horn_of_Gondor backstory] like every other person, place, and thing in the Lord of the Rings.
  
===Horn of Gondor===
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It is descibed as "a great horn tipped with silver," and is made from the horn of a wild ox.
  
An heirloom of the Stewards of Gondor, also called the '''Great Horn'''.
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Boromir had a long sword in fashion like Andúril but of less lineage, and he bore also a shield and his warhorn.  
  
The horn was made by Vorondil the Hunter in the Third Age. Vorondil hunted oxen all the way to the Sea of Rhûn and fashioned the horn out of one of the oxen's horns. (Tolkien calls the beast one of the "Kine of Araw".) It was passed down through the line of the Stewards of Gondor.
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"Loud and clear it sounds in the valleys of the hills," he said, "and then let all the foes of Gondor flee!" Putting it to his lips he blew a blast, and the echoes leapt from rock to rock, and all that heard that voice in Rivendell sprang to their feet.
  
During the War of the Ring, Boromir, elder son of Denethor, possessed the Horn of Gondor, just as it had been borne by the eldest son of the Lord Steward of Gondor for centuries. Boromir claimed that if the horn was heard anywhere within its borders, Gondor would come to the owner's aid.
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"Slow should you be to wind that horn again, Boromir," said Elrond, "until you stand once more on the borders of your land, and dire need is on you." "Maybe," said Boromir. "But always I have let my horn cry at setting forth, and though thereafter we may walk in the shadows, I will not go forth as a thief in the night."
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When Boromir was slain early in ''The Two Towers'', the Horn of Gondor was cut in two by Orcs. The horn later washed up upon the banks of the Anduin, where it was discovered by his brother, Faramir. Thus, Denethor learned of his elder son's death.
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The horn is cleaved in twain by orcs in ''The Two Towers'' when Boromir is slain. His brother Faramir finds the pieces washed up on the banks of the river.
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*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle-earth_objects#Horn_of_Gondor
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Revision as of 05:50, 29 August 2018

Horn carried by Boromir in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, first appearing in The Fellowship of the Ring, published in 1954. It is a family heirloom of the ruling Stewards of Gondor, with a backstory like every other person, place, and thing in the Lord of the Rings.

It is descibed as "a great horn tipped with silver," and is made from the horn of a wild ox.

Boromir had a long sword in fashion like Andúril but of less lineage, and he bore also a shield and his warhorn.

"Loud and clear it sounds in the valleys of the hills," he said, "and then let all the foes of Gondor flee!" Putting it to his lips he blew a blast, and the echoes leapt from rock to rock, and all that heard that voice in Rivendell sprang to their feet.

"Slow should you be to wind that horn again, Boromir," said Elrond, "until you stand once more on the borders of your land, and dire need is on you." "Maybe," said Boromir. "But always I have let my horn cry at setting forth, and though thereafter we may walk in the shadows, I will not go forth as a thief in the night."

The horn is cleaved in twain by orcs in The Two Towers when Boromir is slain. His brother Faramir finds the pieces washed up on the banks of the river.

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