I realised, when I read it back, that a defence is exactly what they were meant to be - Éowyn would actually have been acting more in the tradition of the shield maidens if she had actually done what Théoden asked and gone to lead the people at Édoras.
But Wilburga Queen would have been proud of her riding to battle.
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Date: 2015-03-15 09:00 am (UTC)I realised, when I read it back, that a defence is exactly what they were meant to be - Éowyn would actually have been acting more in the tradition of the shield maidens if she had actually done what Théoden asked and gone to lead the people at Édoras.
But Wilburga Queen would have been proud of her riding to battle.