 | |
| Organization | |
| Entmoot | |
|---|---|
| Founder | Treebeard |
| Purpose | Discussion for Ents |
| Members | Treebeard, Bregalad, Beechbone |
| Location | Derndingle in Fangorn Forest |
| Notable for | Last March of the Ents |
| Gallery | Images of Entmoots |
Entmoot was the name for a meeting of the Ents of Fangorn Forest, said to be a rare occasion in the later days of the Third Age. The Moot was held by tradition at a dell in the Forest known as Derndingle.[1]
War of the Ring
During the War of the Ring, Hobbits Meriadoc Brandybuck and Peregrin Took came to the Fangorn Forest and related to Treebeard of the Wizard Saruman's treachery.
Treebeard then summoned an Entmoot which, due to the slow thinking and speech of the Ents, lasted for days, between 30 February and 2 March T.A. 3019.[2]
The long, deliberate discussion led to the decision that—facing an inevitable slow extinction—they would attack Isengard to avenge the damage Saruman's Orcs had done to their tree-herds. This 'Last March of the Ents' was a significant event in the War of the Ring.[1]
Portrayal in adaptations
2002: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers:
- Unlike in the book, the Entmoot in the film concludes with the Ents refusing to take action against Isengard. The Ents are apparently unaware of the extent of the devastation wrought by Saruman at the time, and it is only later-after Treebeard has walked to within sight of Isengard-that the moot is summoned to war.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, "Treebeard"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Great Years"