Fierce and shrill rose the yells of the Orcs, and suddenly the horn-calls ceased.

Where is Sam?'Īs he ran the cries came louder, but fainter now and desperately the horn was blowing. 'Alas! An ill fate is on me this day, and all that I do goes amiss. 'He is in need!' He sprang down the steps and away, leaping down the path. Then suddenly with a deep-throated call a great horn blew, and the blasts of it smote the hills and echoed in the hollows, rising in a mighty shout above the roaring of the falls. There were cries, and among them, to his horror, he could distinguish the harsh voices of Orcs. He runs back down the hill towards the sound as quickly as he can:Įven as he gazed his quick ears caught sounds in the woodlands below, on the west side of the River. He is at this point unaware that there is an attack going on, though he has forecast that one is likely. In the book, Aragorn runs up the hill to the Seat of Seeing at the summit. Given that he started as soon as the horn blew, I conclude that he came as soon as he was aware there was a problem, and this was not soon enough for him to prevent Boromir's death. One orc gets in his way, and he whacks it dead, an interaction that takes about 3 or 4 seconds.īoromir takes at least a couple of minutes to die (he is still alive when Merry and Pippin are taken at 2:40) it doesn't appear that Aragorn's delay of a few seconds to kill the orc makes any difference to his time of arrival.

Based on review of this clip, Aragorn hears the horn of Boromir and immediately begins running towards the sound (about 0:11 of the clip).

Thats no orc horn