Eomer⁵

(This time I'm going to, so to speak, disobey the canon or logic of the film universe. This will take place after the fall of Sauron.)

After the war in Gondor and the fall of Sauron with the destruction of the Ring, peace seemed to reign in Middle-earth. Éowyn married Faramir and remained in Gondor with Aragorn and Arwen on the throne, and with the death of King Théothen, Éomer took the throne in Rohan. All seemed to be going well after all, until news reached Rohan forcing Éomer to depart immediately for Gondor.

His sister fell ill, and despite the passing days, they found no cure or relief from her illness. Human and elven healers investigated further, but found no solution. In desperation, they sought help from Lord Elrond. The wise elf examined her and noticed a certain darkness that had been engulfing the young Éowyn. But it was no ordinary darkness. Having defeated the leader of the Nazgûl, a darkness belonging to the power of Sauron had entered her blood. Even though he was defeated, this darkness was not removed from her blood, and now it was consuming her.

Elrond told them that only Sauron or someone with his power could remove it, thus recounting the old story of that being. Sauron the Dark Elf had a sister, a witch. No one knew of her, not for many ages, but it was said that she lived three weeks south of Mordor in a forest, and that only she could help if he agreed to do so.

Desperate, they had no other options, and Éomer would be the one to undertake the journey to the forest and try to find such a witch, to ask her to save his sister.

Eomer traveled for those three weeks, without rest, until he reached a wooded area, full of different shades of green. Without going any further, he looked into the forest.