"Quite strange," Eowyn agreed. "There are those here whose lands have never been at war and never been threatened by other peoples. I do not truly understand this, though I sometimes envy them their innocence of such things."

The Mark had been threatened for more than a generation. Peaceful times were desired, but not looked for. Perhaps if the Armies of the West were triumphant in the battle Aragorn had joined, there would be peace.