بخش 07

Gandalf the Grey.

I will draw you, Saruman, as poison is drawn from a wound.

Wait.

If I go, Theoden dies.

You did not kill me…

you will not kill him.

Rohan is mine.

Be gone.

I know your face.

Eowyn.

Eowyn.

Gandalf?

Breathe the free air again, my friend.

Dark have been my dreams of late.

Your fingers would remember their old strength better…

if they grasped your sword.

I’ve only…

ever served you, my lord.

Your leechcraft would have had me crawling on all fours like a beast!

Send me not from your sight.

No, my lord! No, my lord.

Let him go.

Enough blood has been spilt on his account.

Get out of my way!

Hail, Theoden King!

Where is Theodred?

Where is my son?

Simbelmyn?

Ever has it grown on the tombs of my forbearers.

Now it shall cover the grave of my son.

Alas that these evil days should be mine.

The young perish and the old linger.

That I should live…

to see the last days of my house.

Theodred’s death was not of your making.

No parent should have to bury their child.

He was strong in life.

His spirit will find its way to the halls of your fathers.

They had no warning.

They were unarmed.

Now the Wild Men are moving through the Westfold, burning as they go.

Rick, cot and tree.

Where is Mama?

This is but a taste of the terror that Saruman will unleash.

All the more potent for he is driven now by fear of Sauron.

Ride out and meet him head on.

Draw him away from your women and children.

You must fight.

You have 2000 good men riding north as we speak.

Eomer is loyal to you.

His men will return and fight for their king.

They will be 300 leagues from here by now.

Eomer cannot help us.

I know what it is you want of me…

but I will not bring further death to my people.

I will not risk open war.

Open war is upon you, whether you would risk it or not.

When last I looked…

Theoden, not Aragorn, was king of Rohan.

Then what is the king’s decision?

By order of the king…

the city must empty.

We make for the refuge of Helm’s Deep.

Do not burden yourself with treasures. Take only what provisions you need.

Helm’s Deep.

They flee to the mountains when they should stand and fight.

Who will defend them if not their king?

He’s only doing what he thinks is best for his people.

Helm’s Deep has saved them in the past.

There is no way out of that ravine. Theoden is walking into a trap.

He thinks he’s leading them to safety.

What they will get is a massacre.

Theoden has a strong will, but I fear for him.

I fear for the survival of Rohan.

He will need you before the end, Aragorn.

The people of Rohan will need you.

The defenses have to hold.

They will hold.

The Grey Pilgrim.

That’s what they used to call me.

Three hundred lives of Men I’ve walked this earth, and now I have no time.

With luck, my search will not be in vain.

Look to my coming at first light on the fifth day.

At dawn, look to the east.

Go.