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When [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]], [[Samwise Gamgee|Sam]], and [[Gollum]] came to the Cross-roads they were in a belt of trees of vast size.  Next to the road leading to [[Osgiliath]] they found the statue befouled by the [[Orcs]].  The head had been knocked off and replaced by a stone effigy, but seeing it gave Frodo hope, for the head was crowned with flowers.<ref>{{TT|IV7}}</ref>
When [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]], [[Samwise Gamgee|Sam]], and [[Gollum]] came to the Cross-roads they were in a belt of trees of vast size.  Next to the road leading to [[Osgiliath]] they found the statue befouled by the [[Orcs]].  The head had been knocked off and replaced by a stone effigy, but seeing it gave Frodo hope, for the head was crowned with flowers.<ref>{{TT|IV7}}</ref>


Sometime later, in the evening of [[March 18]], a vanguard of [[Army of the West]] passed by the Cross-roads. [[Aragorn]] ordered a fanfare of trumpeteers and reclaimed the lands. Soldiers broke the defiling stone-head and restored the statue also washing the scrawls away.
Sometime later, in the evening of [[March 18]], a vanguard of [[Army of the West]] passed by the Cross-roads. [[Aragorn]] ordered a fanfare of trumpeteers and ceremoniously reclaimed the lands in the name of the Lords of Gondor. Soldiers broke the defiling stone-head and restored the statue also washing the scrawls away.


The [[March 19|next day]] they were joined by the main Host. Before leaving, they stationed a strong force of archers there, to guard against any attack from the East or South.<ref>{{RK|V10}}</ref>
The [[March 19|next day]] they were joined by the main Host. Before leaving, they stationed a strong force of archers there, to guard against any attack from the East or South.<ref>{{RK|V10}}</ref>

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Ted Nasmith - At the Cross-roads

The Cross-roads of the Fallen King where the point in the land of Ithilien were the road running northward from the Harad (Harad Road) was crossed by the east-west road from Osgiliath to Minas Ithil (later Minas Morgul).[1]

History

Originally maintained by the Men of Gondor, who grew tall trees and built a statue of a king, the Cross-roads had effectively fallen under the control of Sauron at the time of the War of the Ring.

When Frodo, Sam, and Gollum came to the Cross-roads they were in a belt of trees of vast size. Next to the road leading to Osgiliath they found the statue befouled by the Orcs. The head had been knocked off and replaced by a stone effigy, but seeing it gave Frodo hope, for the head was crowned with flowers.[2]

Sometime later, in the evening of March 18, a vanguard of Army of the West passed by the Cross-roads. Aragorn ordered a fanfare of trumpeteers and ceremoniously reclaimed the lands in the name of the Lords of Gondor. Soldiers broke the defiling stone-head and restored the statue also washing the scrawls away.

The next day they were joined by the main Host. Before leaving, they stationed a strong force of archers there, to guard against any attack from the East or South.[3]

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