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Outside, the sun finally broke through the ash clouds. The great bell of the Tower of Ecthelion began to toll—not in mourning, but in hope. And on the high balcony of the White Tower, a banner unfurled for the first time in a thousand years: the Tree and the Stars of the House of Elendil, and beneath them, the Seven Stars and the White Crown.

“Your father is beyond grief now,” Aragorn said softly. “But Gondor still stands. And it needs its Steward.”

“I would name you Prince of Ithilien,” Aragorn replied. “And I would have you stand beside me when the crown is placed upon my brow. Not behind me. Beside me.”

But in the Houses of Healing, in the White Tower’s shadow, a different battle was ending. El Senor de Los Anillos - El Retorno Del Rey Ed...

Aragorn placed a hand on Faramir’s shoulder. “In the old days, the Steward of Gondor was the King’s chief counselor, the warden of the citadel, the voice of the people when the King’s ear was turned to war. I have spent my life fighting. I know little of peacetime. Will you teach me?”

Faramir tried to laugh, but it turned into a cough. “Steward? My lord, the Stewards were only ever caretakers until the King returned. You are here. The line of Elendil is restored. I am nothing now but a wounded soldier.”

The black gates of Mordor had fallen. The Eye was no more. A pale, sickly dawn crept over the Pelennor Fields, where the grass was still wet with the blood of Men and Orcs. Smoke rose from the wreckage of siege towers, and the Great Eagles circled the jagged peak of Orodruin, where the Ring had been unmade. Outside, the sun finally broke through the ash clouds

Gandalf stepped forward, his eyes kind but sharp. “Not nothing, Faramir. The Steward is not a throne. It is a duty. And Aragorn does not come to cast you aside. He comes to ask you a question.”

“You would keep me as Steward?” Faramir asked, his voice trembling.

A soft knock came. The door opened.

Faramir stared. For a long moment, the only sound was Éowyn’s quiet breathing.

Tears—whether from pain or wonder—welled in Faramir’s eyes. “Then I will serve, my King. Until the end of my days.”

The Return of the King had truly begun. Would you like a continuation focusing on Aragorn’s coronation, the farewell to the Hobbits, or the journey of the Elves to the Grey Havens? “Your father is beyond grief now,” Aragorn said softly

“My Lord Faramir,” Aragorn said, kneeling beside the cot. “You should not rise.”

Aragorn son of Arathorn entered, cloaked in grey and green, but no longer the Ranger. His brow bore no crown, yet he walked like a king who had already chosen his burden. Behind him came Gandalf the White, who nodded to Faramir and quietly woke Éowyn with a whisper.