Lore of Middle-earth - Helm's Deep 

I forgot to mention that Gimli leads a small band of Dwarves to the Glittering Caves after the War of the Ring and a small enclave is established there. Their ultimate fate is supposed to be the same of all Dwarves: to fade into myth.

Gotta admit though the Elves fighting on the Deeping wall was very cool. The music was perfect, I'm glad we got to see elves fight on screen where they are done justice. The brief clash with the Dwarves in the Hobbit was so incredibly stupid.

@ arachir galudirithon, please dont stop your middle earth lore videos....they are the best by far that we are blessed with....thank you so much!

I do remember reading somewhere, I'll have to find it, that while the Uruk-Hai were present at the battle/siege of Helms Deep, there weren't that many compared to the regular Orcs and Dunlandings who took up a majority of the army, it's my opinion and thought that they were the elite/heavy troops and commanders of the army, since that is what they were initially bred for. But then again it is hard to tell since Tolkien did sort of skim over the battles.

Amazingly informative and wonderfully presented as always!

It's lunch time , After the morning spent at the university . Now sit back relax and enjoy a Galu Video :)

Absolutely love these. Never stop.

The brief but epic charge of the elves into the breach was one of my fav moments of the film

You are the real MVP I have a long hall flight today and this is exactly what I need.

Gamling directly translate in swedish to old. So for a swedish person his name would be old the old.

Divide 4 dev diary,? Eazy love your videos

Got to say, Rohan doesn't receive much love from DAC so I'm really enjoying this Rohan content atm in the lord videos

Great lore as always, though what about Gimil and the dwarfs that he led to the glittering cave to start a colony after the war??

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Epic, gimme more of those pleas sir!

So cavalry in the lore is just as overpowered as it is in DaC? Nice.

Galu! I absolutely love your lore videos and listen to them all them time as I work! Could I get the link to the old videos? Please and thank you! Keep up the awesome work!

"Helm! Helm! Helm is arisen and comes back to war! Helm for Théoden King!"

How in the name of Eru does this only have ~8,900 views? RU-vid's bullshit algorithm leaves much to be desired. Extremely high quality, as usual.

Woo-hoo, time to bask in more glorious lore. Thank you much

I would argue regarding the culvert that there was probably a metal grate that sappers either removed it in the chaos or slipped underwater through it if it had degraded and that had somehow missed attention. On the note of Théoden's charge, the gate being blown up by a second bomb at the end of Aragorn's speech is when he orders it.

I saw in a recent stream you mentions a hidden playlist of the old lore videos? Any way I could see them? Absolutely love these videos

I think the key distinctions between film and books are in the details of the uruk hai vs human soldier dichotomy. In the books human soldiers were quite capable of killing 10+ orc/uruks to a man, which isnt as scary/dramatic on film if basically every rank a file rohirrim looks like a superhero. So jackson inflated their capabilities to be more menacing, and so needed a more significant force for the good guys. Also i believe the actor who played haladir had asked if there was a way to have more screen time, and show off the elves more, because he enjoyed the role.

I feel like I have to disagree with you on the subject of elves: their arrival and subsequent death is highly symbolic of the Third Age in general that dosent neccesarily lessen the impact of Rohan. The elves are very clearly portrayed as fading, a shadow of the force that could once gather hosts to challenge Sauron. Its also noteworthy that the elves are only ever shown during the night time sequence, fighting under the stars and by the time that the sun rises (symbolizing a new age) that only men and orcs are left in the battlefield to in balance.

It is interesting that you mention the power of cavalry within the works of Tolkien. It reminds me of something I heard, potentially within the special features of the films, but potentially elsewhere. The story goes that Tolkien himself was much put out by the Norman conquest of 1066 (as someone who is descended from Norman knights Tolkien and I take different views on this matter). In particular Tolkien believed that it was the Norman cavalry that was the deciding factor and had the Anglo-Saxons their own cavalry they could have won. The Rohirrim are clearly derived from the Anglo-Saxons and in essence represent the very Anglo-Saxons who would have been able to win the Battle of Hastings. Now I would not go so far as to place equivalence between Isengard and the Normans. Rather than being analogous to historical events the strength of the Rohirrim cavalry is representative of Tolkien's (over)estimation of the real historical power of cavalry. Tolkien's belief that an Anglo-Saxon force with a strong cavalry component could have reversed the outcome of the Norman invasion of 1066 is reflected in the ability of Rohan to fight off the overwhelming force of Isengard. At least that's what I would put forward based on Tolkien's opinion.

To put it like this. The conflict between Rohan and Dunland started when the ancestors of Theoden drove out the dunlendings that had already settled half of the land. Of course it didn't get any better when Helm killed Freca

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Also known as Helm's Holler! :-)

Fun fact: Gamling simply means "old person" in Norwegian

After this video I will start Rohan campaign in DAC :D

So what you are telling me is Tolkien's cavalry is med 2 cavalry.

*Plug the hole in the deeping wall* *the water rises* *unplug in the hole when the uruks attacks* "Break the dam! Release the river!"

Well, technically Helm is a murderer - he killed Freca, which led to the whole war in the first place.

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Could it be that Tolkin had very pessimistic spin on genetics and phenotypes ? Everytime he metions the Numenorian line in history and their Genetics its always : inbreeding = strong, noble, advanced refreshing the gene pool = weakness , watering the blood , degeneration As if all good Numenorian phenotypes would be rezessive and weak.

And then Helm became a ring wraith /s

Here it is today - imgur.com/gallery/AbieNCU Yes, Middle Earth is, er was, real...