37. The Corsairs of Umbar
[The corsairs of Umbar sail upriver. Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas stand alone on the shore watching them.]
Aragorn: "You may go no further. You will not enter Gondor."
Corsair: "Who are you to deny us passage?"
Aragorn: "Legolas, fire a warning shot past the bosun's ear."
[Legolas prepares to fire.]
Gimli: "Mind your aim!"
[As he fires, Gimli nudges Legolas' bow, causing the arrow to hit a pirate square in the chest.]
Pete the Pirate: "Ah!" [dies]
Gimli: "Oh!"
Gimli: "That's it. We warned you. Prepare to be boarded."
[The sailors laugh at the threat.]
Corsair: "Boarded, by you and whose army?"
Aragorn: "This army."
[The King of the Dead appears and runs through Aragorn, leading his men in a charge to the ships. The sailors recoil and yell in terror.]
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