Éowyn didn’t give up her sword to become a healer or Faramir’s wife; she expanded and learned to take pride in additional things beyond war and glory. But Ithilien in the nascent fourth age still needs its princess-shieldmaiden, for there is brave work to be done, and healing a war-raveged land cannot be done with herbs alone.
Moreover, “healed” Éowyn is not some fundamentally different character who quenches her fire and suppresses her will. She is the same as she always was, and she becomes even more herself because she is not trammeled by expectation.
