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==Summary== | ==Summary== | ||
On the second day of their journey to [[Isengard]], a messenger who told them that [[Saruman]] had almost won met the group. [[Gandalf]] left them with the excuse of having an errand to run. When they reached Helm's Deep, the battle was fierce and the [[Orcs]] seemed to be winning. Suddenly, [[Théoden]] and his men rode up from behind, trapping the Orcs. Gandalf appeared with a contingent of reinforcements, led by [[Erkenbrand]]. The Orcs fled into the nearby forest, but the [[Ents]] captured them and the battle was over as quickly as it had begun. | On the second day of their journey to [[Isengard]], a messenger who told them that [[Saruman]] had almost won met the group. [[Gandalf]] left them with the excuse of having an errand to run. When they reached Helm's Deep, the battle was fierce and the [[Orcs]] seemed to be winning. Suddenly, [[Théoden]] and his men rode up from behind, trapping the Orcs. Gandalf appeared with a contingent of reinforcements, led by [[Erkenbrand]]. The Orcs fled into the nearby forest, but the [[Ents]] captured them and the battle was over as quickly as it had begun. | ||
==Composition== | |||
Tolkien wrote this chapter, along with the five final chapter of Book III were writen as a whole (not in consequence) during his spare time in summer and autumn [[1942]]. In successive drafts of the chapter, the Deep's fortifications, and the battle, became increasingly more elaborate and complex.<ref>{{CG|CG}}, p. xxiv</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 09:08, 26 November 2022
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| Helm's Deep | |
| Chapter of The Two Towers | |
| Number | 7 |
| Synopsis | |
| Event | The Battle of the Hornburg is won by Théoden; Saruman's forces are defeated. |
| Date | 3 March 3019 |
| Location | Helm's Deep |
| Navigation | |
| < The King of the Golden Hall | |
| The Road to Isengard > | |
Helm's Deep is the seventh chapter of the first book in The Two Towers.
Summary
On the second day of their journey to Isengard, a messenger who told them that Saruman had almost won met the group. Gandalf left them with the excuse of having an errand to run. When they reached Helm's Deep, the battle was fierce and the Orcs seemed to be winning. Suddenly, Théoden and his men rode up from behind, trapping the Orcs. Gandalf appeared with a contingent of reinforcements, led by Erkenbrand. The Orcs fled into the nearby forest, but the Ents captured them and the battle was over as quickly as it had begun.
Composition
Tolkien wrote this chapter, along with the five final chapter of Book III were writen as a whole (not in consequence) during his spare time in summer and autumn 1942. In successive drafts of the chapter, the Deep's fortifications, and the battle, became increasingly more elaborate and complex.[1]
References
- ↑ Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond (2006), The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide, p. xxiv
