earendil-was-a-mariner:

Treebeard: so rohan came to save gondor? that’s so great. How did they know to come?

Gandalf: well…uh…we lit the beacons

Treebeard: the whats?

Gandalf: the beacons…of Gondor. We always keep some wood stacked to light and call for aid.

Treebeard: Next time i need to send a message to an ent i’ll write it on a human and toss it