What preceded

 

After a bloody battle, the army commanders of Gondor and Rohan had teamed up to defeat the dark lord Sauron and his army of orcs and eastern allies.

Théoden, the king of Rohan, had been killed in battle and had passed the torch to his cousin Eomer before his death.

Aragorn was the last descendant of the old line of the kings of Gondor. He had assumed leadership of the Western armies and he too would soon assume kingship. While the victorious army stayed temporarily in a tent camp on the eastern border of the land, the capital of Gondor was preparing for a long-awaited coronation.