Attack at Amon Hen

At Amon Hen, the Fellowship of the Ring was broken by a "sudden attack of orc-soldiers"The Lord of the Rings, Vol. II: The Two Towers, Synopsis in the year TA 3019. It resulted in the death of Boromir and the capture of Meriadoc Brandybuck and Peregrin Took.
== History ==
=== Prelude ===
Frodo was given an hour alone to decide how the Fellowship would proceed in their quest. However, after an hour had long past, Frodo had still not returned. Boromir, who had earlier abandoned the remaining members of the Fellowship without their knowing, then returned. He recounted that he had seen Frodo an hour before, that he had tried to convince Frodo to bring the Ring to Minas Tirith, and that they then had an argument, resulting in Frodo putting on the Ring and vanishing. This story roused the suspicions of Aragorn II, who guessed correctly that Boromir had not told the entire truth. At the conclusion of Boromir's story, Merry and Pippin immediately ran off to locate Frodo while Legolas and Gimli searched for the Ring-bearer in a different direction.
Fearing that the Fellowship would be scattered and lost, Aragorn commanded Boromir to follow Merry and Pippin. Aragorn then instructed Sam to follow him to the Seat of Seeing, but Sam was unable to keep up with him. Thinking on his feet, Sam returned to camp and saw a boat seemingly push itself into Nen Hithoel. Realizing that an invisible Frodo was pushing the boat, Sam caught up to Frodo, and convinced him to let him accompany him to Mordor.The Atlas of Middle-earth, The Lord of the Rings, "Rauros to Dunharrow"
=== The battle ===
Meanwhile, Aragorn, who had reached the Seat of Seeing, heard the sounds of Orcs and of Boromir blowing his horn. He ran to Boromir's aid, but arrived too late, as did the battle-worn Legolas and Gimli shortly thereafter. Boromir fought valiantly, redeeming himself for trying to steal the Ring from Frodo, but fell to many arrows allowing Merry and Pippin to be captured. With Frodo and Sam heading off to Mordor on their own, Aragorn decided that the fate of the Ring was no longer in their hands, so he, Legolas, and Gimli set out to rescue Merry and Pippin.The Atlas of Middle-earth, The Lord of the Rings, "Rauros to Dunharrow"
== In adaptations ==
In Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), the attacking forces are comprised entirely of Isengard Uruk-hai led by Lurtz. Whilst in the book Aragorn does not engage in any combat, he fights in the film alongside Legolas and Gimli, and they slay many Uruk-hai. Once they head Boromir's horn, they fight their way to his vicinity.
In contrast to the books, Merry and Pippin encounter Frodo hiding, with Uruks nearby, and are aware of his intention to leave the Fellowship. They willingly create a diversion to allow Frodo to escape -- they are eventually forced to stand and fight with Boromir, who protects them valiantly before Lurtz arrives and mortally wounds Boromir with three arrows. Merry and Pippin are then taken, as the Uruk host depart together for Isengard. Before Lurtz, who has stayed behind, can finish Boromir off, Aragorn intervenes and knocks Lurtz aside. He brutally duels the Uruk chief before decapitating him. He sees Boromir among the fallen Orcs, and rushes to him, but finds that he is beyond saving. As in the book, Boromir admits that he had tried to take the One Ring by force, and begs forgiveness, lamenting that the strength of Men will fail and that Sauron may succeed. Aragorn swears that Minas Tirith "will not fall, nor will the strength of Men fail." Boromir accepts Aragorn as his king, before succumbing to his wounds and passing away.
== Translations ==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Skermutseling by Amon Hen
Albanian 	Luftim në Amon Hen
Arabic 	مناوشة في آمون الدجاجة
Azerbaijani 	Amon Hen at atışma
Cambodian 	ការប៉ះទង្គិចគ្នានៅហែអាំម៉ូន
Chinese 	阿摩漢的冲突
Croatian 	Okršaj na Amon Hen
Czech 	Šarvátka v Amon Hen
Danish 	Træfningen ved Amon Hen
Dutch 	Schermutseling bij Amon Hen
Esperanto 	Bataleto en Amon Hen
Estonian 	Amon Heni kokkupõrge
Filipino 	Maliit na labanan sa Amon Hen
Finnish 	Taistelu Amon Hen
French 	Attaque d'Amon Hen
Frisian 	Skermutseling by Amon Hen
Galician 	Escaramuzas en Amon Hen
Georgian 	შეტაკება ამონ ჰენ
German 	Gefecht am Amon Hen
Greek 	Αψιμαχία στο Αμον Ηεν
Gujarati 	અમોન હેન પર અથડામણમાં
Haitian Creole 	Akrochaj a Amon Hen
Hebrew 	תגרה שהתרחשה באמון חן
Hungarian 	Küzdelem az Amon Hen
Italian 	Battaglia di Amon Hen
Japanese 	スカンディッシュアモン編
Kannada 	ಅಮಾನ್ ಹೆನ್ ನಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆದ ಸ್ಕಿರ್ಮಿಶ್
Kazakh Cyrillic 	Амон Һен кезінде Атыс ?
Korean 	아 몬헨에서 논쟁
Kurdish 	Pevçûnên li Hen Amon (Latin)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Амон Hэн боюнча атышуу
Latvian 	Sadursmē pie Amon Hen
Lithuanian 	Susigrūmimas ne Amon Hen
Macedonian Cyrillic	Судир на Амон Кокошка
Maori 	Whakaekenga i Amono Hen
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Амон дэргэд тулаан Hэн ?
Norwegian 	Sammenstøtet på Amon Hen
Persian 	زد و خورد در مرغ آمون
Portuguese 	Escaramuça em Amon Hen
Romanian 	încăierare la Amon Hen
Russian 	Стычка на Амон Хэн
Sinhalese 	ආමොන් හෙන් දී සටනකින්
Slovak 	Bojova‌ v Amon Hen
Slovenian 	Spopadu na Amon Hen
Spanish 	Escaramuza en Amon Hen
Swedish 	Skärmytsling på Amon Hen
Telugu 	అమోన్ హెన్లో ఘర్షణ
Thai 	การสู้รบที่ Amon Hen ?
Turkish 	Amon Hen çatışma
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Перестрілка в Амон Ген
Urdu 	امون مرگی میں جھڑپ
Yiddish 	סקירמיש ביי ײַמאָן חענ
== References ==
Category:Battles
Category:War of the Ring
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