1 00:00:07,273 --> 00:00:09,209 All Middle-Earth knows the tale 2 00:00:09,342 --> 00:00:10,844 of the War of the Ring. 3 00:00:13,813 --> 00:00:15,815 But there are older tales. 4 00:00:20,153 --> 00:00:22,689 Tales told around warm fires 5 00:00:22,822 --> 00:00:26,590 on cold winter nights. 6 00:00:26,192 --> 00:00:29,596 Tales passed down from the old to the young. 7 00:00:32,399 --> 00:00:35,969 Tales that light a path through the dark. 8 00:01:05,532 --> 00:01:07,767 Almost 200 years before the ring 9 00:01:07,901 --> 00:01:10,360 ever came to Bilbo Baggins, 10 00:01:11,710 --> 00:01:13,540 there lived a girl. 11 00:01:13,673 --> 00:01:16,109 Her name was Héra. 12 00:01:16,242 --> 00:01:18,311 Only daughter of Helm ... 13 00:01:18,445 --> 00:01:19,913 ...King of Rohan. 14 00:01:21,810 --> 00:01:23,450 Born under a harvest moon, 15 00:01:23,583 --> 00:01:25,785 her mother did not live to see the dawn. 16 00:01:28,455 --> 00:01:32,759 Raised alongside two brothers by a warrior king... 17 00:01:32,892 --> 00:01:35,829 the girl could ride a horse before she could walk. 18 00:01:38,531 --> 00:01:41,101 "Wild," some called her. 19 00:01:41,234 --> 00:01:44,237 "Headstrong," railed her father. 20 00:01:44,371 --> 00:01:45,772 Though, in truth, 21 00:01:45,905 --> 00:01:48,441 he was so proud of his tearaway child. 22 00:02:02,288 --> 00:02:04,924 Whoa. Whoa. 23 00:03:08,955 --> 00:03:13,393 By her hand, many great deeds were done. 24 00:03:13,526 --> 00:03:16,963 But do not look for tales of her in the old songs. 25 00:03:19,132 --> 00:03:20,900 There are none. 26 00:03:51,231 --> 00:03:52,232 Milady! 27 00:03:54,834 --> 00:03:57,103 ♪ Where is the horse?♪ 28 00:03:57,237 --> 00:03:59,572 ♪ Where is the rider? ♪ 29 00:03:59,706 --> 00:04:02,275 ♪ Passed into shadow where I cannot find her ♪ 30 00:04:02,409 --> 00:04:03,410 There she is! 31 00:04:04,811 --> 00:04:06,713 Lady Héra! 32 00:04:06,846 --> 00:04:08,114 - ♪ Long is the road...♪ - Where were you? 33 00:04:08,248 --> 00:04:10,283 ♪ And far from her home ♪ 34 00:04:10,417 --> 00:04:12,786 ♪ But fear not, my sister ♪ 35 00:04:12,919 --> 00:04:15,722 ♪ You'll ne'er ride alone ♪ 36 00:04:15,855 --> 00:04:18,291 ♪ From mountaintop high... ♪ 37 00:04:18,425 --> 00:04:21,610 ♪ Cross riverbed low ♪ 38 00:04:21,194 --> 00:04:27,100 ♪ To wild, whispered places she's longing to go ♪ 39 00:04:27,233 --> 00:04:31,571 ♪ Fearless she rides into the unknown ♪ 40 00:04:33,473 --> 00:04:34,441 Héra! 41 00:04:36,509 --> 00:04:38,178 You should have seen it, Háma. 42 00:04:41,981 --> 00:04:43,983 The fledgling took the lure. 43 00:04:44,117 --> 00:04:45,585 Haleth said it wouldn't work. 44 00:04:45,719 --> 00:04:47,220 He said, "It would tear you limb from limb." 45 00:04:47,354 --> 00:04:48,988 Wait, Héra... 46 00:04:49,122 --> 00:04:50,490 Did you know that the Great Eagles speak a language... 47 00:04:50,623 --> 00:04:51,658 ...all of their own 48 00:04:51,791 --> 00:04:52,959 but only to wizards? 49 00:04:53,930 --> 00:04:54,461 Will you listen to me? 50 00:04:54,594 --> 00:04:56,830 Wait. Whose horses are those? 51 00:04:56,963 --> 00:04:58,798 That's what I've been trying to tell you. 52 00:04:58,932 --> 00:05:01,100 Messengers arrived from the West-march. 53 00:05:01,134 --> 00:05:04,871 From Lord Freca? Why? 54 00:05:05,500 --> 00:05:07,173 He has called for a Witan. 55 00:05:07,307 --> 00:05:10,143 I thought only the king could summon the lords to council. 56 00:05:10,276 --> 00:05:14,140 That is the custom, not the law. 57 00:05:14,147 --> 00:05:16,160 Olwyn! 58 00:05:16,149 --> 00:05:18,318 It's also the custom to tell your lady's maid 59 00:05:18,451 --> 00:05:20,153 if you're gonna run off 60 00:05:20,286 --> 00:05:22,489 and make a snack of yourself for some great flying beast! 61 00:05:24,924 --> 00:05:26,493 Oh, you... 62 00:05:26,626 --> 00:05:28,461 Come on, you need to change. 63 00:05:29,796 --> 00:05:31,564 What's wrong with what I'm wearing? 64 00:05:32,999 --> 00:05:34,000 Hopeless. 65 00:05:46,413 --> 00:05:48,815 Lord Freca hasn't been to court in years. 66 00:05:48,948 --> 00:05:51,251 Why would he show up now? 67 00:05:51,384 --> 00:05:53,987 You don't think he means to challenge father, do you? 68 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:55,689 I'd like to see him try. 69 00:05:56,990 --> 00:05:57,991 Haleth. 70 00:06:01,940 --> 00:06:02,662 Brother. 71 00:06:02,796 --> 00:06:05,465 I doubt Freca even remembers how to swing a sword. 72 00:06:05,598 --> 00:06:08,301 He's sat idle in the West-march too long, 73 00:06:08,435 --> 00:06:11,371 stuffing his face, and his pocket. 74 00:06:11,504 --> 00:06:13,173 Fat and prosperous 75 00:06:13,306 --> 00:06:15,408 are when men are at their most dangerous, Lord Haleth. 76 00:06:15,542 --> 00:06:18,110 It fills them with false courage, 77 00:06:18,144 --> 00:06:21,247 and false courage breeds discontent. 78 00:06:21,381 --> 00:06:22,916 Which means what? 79 00:06:23,490 --> 00:06:26,353 It means Lord Freca has had a long time 80 00:06:26,486 --> 00:06:28,888 to think about all the things he doesn't have. 81 00:06:33,693 --> 00:06:36,996 Freca has only what we allow. Nothing more. 82 00:06:54,214 --> 00:06:56,516 Lief, you're calling the banners tonight? 83 00:06:56,649 --> 00:06:58,651 My Lord Fréaláf. 84 00:06:59,686 --> 00:07:00,854 Yes. I am. 85 00:07:01,921 --> 00:07:04,570 It's my first council. 86 00:07:04,190 --> 00:07:05,725 I... I thought I'd learned all the sigils. 87 00:07:05,859 --> 00:07:07,560 Hmm. 88 00:07:07,694 --> 00:07:11,765 But I... I don't recognize that one. 89 00:07:11,898 --> 00:07:14,134 The banner of the Shieldmaidens. 90 00:07:14,267 --> 00:07:15,602 My Lady Héra! 91 00:07:16,536 --> 00:07:18,104 Cousin? 92 00:07:18,238 --> 00:07:19,239 Oh... 93 00:07:21,641 --> 00:07:23,610 Look at you. No mud, 94 00:07:23,743 --> 00:07:25,445 no twigs in your hair... 95 00:07:25,578 --> 00:07:27,747 One could almost mistake you 96 00:07:27,881 --> 00:07:29,482 for a princess of Rohan. 97 00:07:36,790 --> 00:07:39,159 The Shieldmaidens were women of The Borderlands. 98 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:44,431 When all the men were slain, they took up arms and fought. 99 00:07:44,564 --> 00:07:47,534 They defended Rohan when no one else could. 100 00:07:47,667 --> 00:07:49,402 Those were darker days. 101 00:07:51,137 --> 00:07:54,541 I've long thought it time to retire that banner. 102 00:07:56,142 --> 00:07:58,144 And I doubt there are any of them left. 103 00:07:59,245 --> 00:08:00,447 They're all gone? 104 00:08:01,748 --> 00:08:02,782 Not all of them. 105 00:08:21,568 --> 00:08:24,871 Helm. Son of Gram, 106 00:08:25,500 --> 00:08:27,700 Lord of the Eorlingas. Ninth... 107 00:08:27,140 --> 00:08:32,412 Yes, yes. They know their king when they see him. 108 00:08:32,545 --> 00:08:35,448 You all look like you're at a funeral! 109 00:08:35,582 --> 00:08:37,617 Fear not, faint hearts. 110 00:08:39,185 --> 00:08:41,354 We'll be done with this business soon enough. 111 00:08:47,560 --> 00:08:50,397 I see you have started without me. 112 00:08:56,360 --> 00:08:59,973 Freca, Lord of the West-march. 113 00:09:00,106 --> 00:09:03,109 Lord Wulf, son of Freca. 114 00:09:04,377 --> 00:09:06,846 General Targg of Dunland. 115 00:09:14,287 --> 00:09:18,124 Lord Freca! It has been a while. 116 00:09:18,258 --> 00:09:20,226 You've missed many a council, 117 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:23,290 though it seems very few meals. 118 00:09:24,831 --> 00:09:28,368 Freca, the King jests. 119 00:09:28,501 --> 00:09:34,441 I see age has not improved your manners, my liege. 120 00:09:34,574 --> 00:09:36,743 Am I not welcome in this great hall? 121 00:09:36,876 --> 00:09:40,580 All loyal men are welcome here. 122 00:09:40,714 --> 00:09:43,883 Ah, but loyal to whom? Hmm? 123 00:09:44,170 --> 00:09:46,219 To Rohan? 124 00:09:46,353 --> 00:09:48,722 Or to Gondor? 125 00:09:48,855 --> 00:09:54,127 A rumor has reached my ears that a Gondorian princeling... 126 00:09:54,260 --> 00:09:56,763 has made an offer for your daughter's hand. 127 00:10:00,900 --> 00:10:01,868 Do you deny it? 128 00:10:03,737 --> 00:10:07,407 It's none of your business whom my daughter marries! 129 00:10:07,540 --> 00:10:08,808 I say it is. 130 00:10:10,410 --> 00:10:13,480 I say it is all of our business. 131 00:10:16,716 --> 00:10:18,651 I come before this council 132 00:10:18,785 --> 00:10:23,189 with an offer to strengthen, not weaken Rohan. 133 00:10:23,323 --> 00:10:25,558 For too long our houses have squabbled 134 00:10:25,692 --> 00:10:28,495 while Gondor usurps our greatness. 135 00:10:28,628 --> 00:10:31,264 They would respect us, nay, fear us, 136 00:10:31,398 --> 00:10:34,601 were we truly united. 137 00:10:34,734 --> 00:10:40,730 It is past time for Rohan to stop being Gondor's lapdog. 138 00:10:40,206 --> 00:10:44,440 Consider instead a son of the West-march. 139 00:10:44,177 --> 00:10:46,446 Hmm. 140 00:10:53,253 --> 00:10:57,590 I, Wulf, son of Freca, 141 00:10:57,724 --> 00:11:00,960 come before you, Héra, daughter of Helm... 142 00:11:01,695 --> 00:11:03,763 Wulf, don't. 143 00:11:07,334 --> 00:11:09,402 ...to seek your hand in marriage. 144 00:11:13,139 --> 00:11:14,207 Well, girl? 145 00:11:15,875 --> 00:11:17,811 What do you say, hmm? 146 00:11:17,944 --> 00:11:19,679 Enough! 147 00:11:22,816 --> 00:11:25,585 You speak of uniting our people, 148 00:11:25,719 --> 00:11:30,190 when it is I who has faced down death, famine, war 149 00:11:30,323 --> 00:11:33,930 to hold these lands together. 150 00:11:33,226 --> 00:11:38,331 I know why you have come, Freca, son of Dunland. 151 00:11:38,465 --> 00:11:43,803 You do not seek an alliance, you seek a throne. 152 00:11:43,937 --> 00:11:47,700 Old kings that refuse a proffered staff 153 00:11:47,140 --> 00:11:49,420 may fall on their knees. 154 00:11:49,175 --> 00:11:53,713 You do not command the loyalty you think you do. 155 00:11:55,382 --> 00:11:57,917 Sire, this is not the place. 156 00:11:59,452 --> 00:12:02,880 My nephew speaks true. 157 00:12:02,222 --> 00:12:04,858 A king does not brawl in his own house. 158 00:12:06,526 --> 00:12:09,896 But men are freer outside. 159 00:12:10,300 --> 00:12:12,465 Wouldn't you agree? 160 00:12:33,520 --> 00:12:35,288 Is this wise, Uncle? 161 00:12:36,256 --> 00:12:37,924 I know Freca. 162 00:12:38,580 --> 00:12:40,226 He hasn't a noble bone in his body. 163 00:12:44,531 --> 00:12:46,660 Mark my word, 164 00:12:46,199 --> 00:12:48,601 he would not be satisfied with marriage to Héra. 165 00:12:48,735 --> 00:12:51,271 He would see his son on my throne 166 00:12:51,404 --> 00:12:53,740 and my boys in a grave. 167 00:12:58,311 --> 00:13:02,148 Time to remind him of his place. 168 00:13:02,282 --> 00:13:06,152 The line of Helm is not so easily broken. 169 00:13:13,560 --> 00:13:16,930 Come away, child. Leave them be. 170 00:13:25,472 --> 00:13:26,973 You did not give an answer. 171 00:13:28,775 --> 00:13:30,343 We should go. 172 00:13:30,477 --> 00:13:31,778 Would it be so bad? 173 00:13:32,645 --> 00:13:34,681 We were inseparable once. 174 00:13:34,814 --> 00:13:36,316 We were children. 175 00:13:38,351 --> 00:13:39,853 Is she with him? 176 00:13:39,986 --> 00:13:41,210 Aye. 177 00:13:44,624 --> 00:13:46,426 Well, I did not think so much had changed. 178 00:13:48,161 --> 00:13:49,529 Wulf, please. 179 00:13:50,330 --> 00:13:52,332 I care about you. 180 00:13:52,465 --> 00:13:54,367 But... 181 00:13:54,501 --> 00:13:57,203 you'd rather marry a stranger from Gondor? 182 00:13:57,337 --> 00:13:59,706 I have no thoughts of marriage at all. 183 00:13:59,839 --> 00:14:03,109 Our fathers speak as if I were not even in the room. 184 00:14:03,243 --> 00:14:04,611 This should be my decision to make. 185 00:14:04,744 --> 00:14:07,247 It should be yours, too. 186 00:14:07,380 --> 00:14:10,150 And what if I told you this is what I want? 187 00:14:10,984 --> 00:14:13,219 What I've always wanted. 188 00:14:13,353 --> 00:14:15,255 - I love you. - No. 189 00:14:16,356 --> 00:14:19,459 I do not want to marry you. 190 00:14:19,592 --> 00:14:22,696 I do not want to marry any man. 191 00:14:22,829 --> 00:14:25,532 You asked for my answer, you have it. 192 00:14:25,665 --> 00:14:26,666 Héra! 193 00:14:28,835 --> 00:14:32,720 Come, sister, or we'll miss all the fun. 194 00:14:49,189 --> 00:14:50,890 Now, Dunlending, 195 00:14:51,240 --> 00:14:53,860 you have only Helm to deal with. 196 00:14:53,993 --> 00:14:57,197 Just you and me. Unarmed. 197 00:14:57,330 --> 00:15:00,700 You will live to regret this, old man. 198 00:15:01,868 --> 00:15:03,303 Dress the girl however you like. 199 00:15:03,436 --> 00:15:04,838 Can't you stop this? 200 00:15:04,971 --> 00:15:07,240 Your daughter's no lady. 201 00:15:07,374 --> 00:15:12,450 No wonder she's wild. Raised by a brute like you. 202 00:15:12,178 --> 00:15:14,614 "Feral" they call her. 203 00:15:14,748 --> 00:15:16,750 Right at home in the rough country. 204 00:15:19,719 --> 00:15:25,225 But, no, she's "too good" for my son. 205 00:15:33,199 --> 00:15:35,680 Hmm. 206 00:15:35,201 --> 00:15:39,406 Your daughter will come crawling on her knees, 207 00:15:39,539 --> 00:15:41,808 begging my son to marry her before the end. 208 00:15:45,712 --> 00:15:46,646 Father! 209 00:15:50,316 --> 00:15:52,318 Get up, Freca! 210 00:15:52,452 --> 00:15:54,387 Get up and fight! 211 00:15:54,521 --> 00:15:55,655 Father? 212 00:16:02,128 --> 00:16:03,496 He's dead. 213 00:16:05,265 --> 00:16:06,332 No! 214 00:16:09,102 --> 00:16:12,872 Impossible! I only struck him the once. 215 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:14,341 You saw. 216 00:16:14,474 --> 00:16:15,508 You all saw. 217 00:16:19,446 --> 00:16:20,647 Hmm. 218 00:16:23,116 --> 00:16:25,118 You killed him. 219 00:16:26,419 --> 00:16:28,210 Put the sword down, lad. 220 00:16:32,920 --> 00:16:33,326 No! 221 00:16:43,470 --> 00:16:47,307 You dare draw your sword against the King, Dunlending? 222 00:16:52,679 --> 00:16:55,582 Father, no! 223 00:16:55,715 --> 00:16:58,510 You're killing him! 224 00:17:08,395 --> 00:17:10,163 Enough blood has been spilt. 225 00:17:13,299 --> 00:17:14,734 There will be no more. 226 00:17:17,804 --> 00:17:20,607 You will pay for this with your life. 227 00:17:21,374 --> 00:17:22,842 I swear it. 228 00:17:22,976 --> 00:17:26,546 Save your breath, boy, lest it be your last. 229 00:17:28,682 --> 00:17:31,718 Wulf, son of Freca, 230 00:17:31,851 --> 00:17:33,820 you are banished. 231 00:17:33,953 --> 00:17:36,790 If you set foot on these lands again, 232 00:17:37,891 --> 00:17:40,894 it will be your head. 233 00:17:51,471 --> 00:17:52,906 Wulf... 234 00:18:07,253 --> 00:18:08,321 Leave him. 235 00:18:38,251 --> 00:18:40,153 Seasons passed. 236 00:18:40,286 --> 00:18:43,456 The death of Freca was talked of for a long time. 237 00:18:45,892 --> 00:18:48,610 Some whispered it was an ill omen 238 00:18:48,194 --> 00:18:50,897 for a king to kill one of his own. 239 00:18:57,570 --> 00:19:00,340 Wulf's fate weighed heavy on Héra's mind. 240 00:19:01,775 --> 00:19:05,178 Banished and reviled... 241 00:19:05,311 --> 00:19:08,515 yet he was still the boy she once called friend. 242 00:19:12,285 --> 00:19:15,722 - We're not supposed to be here. - They're not gonna find us... 243 00:19:18,825 --> 00:19:20,260 Are you ready, Héra? 244 00:19:20,393 --> 00:19:21,361 Of course I'm ready. 245 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:24,798 Come on, Wulf! 246 00:19:39,112 --> 00:19:40,460 Got you! 247 00:19:42,148 --> 00:19:43,350 Wait! Wulf! 248 00:19:52,459 --> 00:19:53,793 I cut you! 249 00:19:53,927 --> 00:19:55,695 I'm sorry. I did not mean to hurt you. 250 00:19:55,829 --> 00:19:57,364 - Leave me. - You're bleeding. 251 00:19:57,497 --> 00:19:58,598 Go! 252 00:19:58,732 --> 00:20:00,500 Before my father finds you here. 253 00:20:01,201 --> 00:20:02,769 I said, "Go!" 254 00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:15,849 Héra tried to find word of Wulf. 255 00:20:17,417 --> 00:20:20,530 No sign of him could ever be found. 256 00:20:20,186 --> 00:20:22,222 It was as if he had vanished, 257 00:20:22,355 --> 00:20:25,392 passing like a shadow into night. 258 00:20:34,334 --> 00:20:37,704 A new threat arose on Rohan's eastern border. 259 00:20:40,573 --> 00:20:42,942 Strange sounds were heard in the night. 260 00:20:45,912 --> 00:20:48,148 The broken bodies of wild horses 261 00:20:48,281 --> 00:20:50,417 were found dead on the morn. 262 00:20:53,186 --> 00:20:55,689 No longer would the king allow his wayward daughter 263 00:20:55,822 --> 00:20:57,123 to ride out alone. 264 00:21:02,950 --> 00:21:05,650 Crebain, from Dunland. 265 00:21:07,567 --> 00:21:08,935 It's a Southron. 266 00:21:09,690 --> 00:21:11,237 The armor marks him as a mercenary. 267 00:21:12,739 --> 00:21:14,474 See where those tracks lead. 268 00:21:14,607 --> 00:21:15,909 Ooh, he's quite big, isn't he? 269 00:21:16,420 --> 00:21:19,145 Okay. This way. Come on, Lief. 270 00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:21,614 Ugh. 271 00:21:21,748 --> 00:21:23,950 What is a Southron doing this far north? 272 00:21:30,290 --> 00:21:32,292 He's been here a few days. 273 00:21:32,425 --> 00:21:34,661 The birds have picked the body clean. 274 00:21:34,794 --> 00:21:37,970 Spear and horn. 275 00:21:37,230 --> 00:21:39,466 I think he was some kind of Beastmaster. 276 00:21:39,599 --> 00:21:41,634 Aye, but master of what? 277 00:21:41,768 --> 00:21:43,737 What was that old poem 278 00:21:43,870 --> 00:21:46,473 you used to recite to me as a child? 279 00:21:46,606 --> 00:21:48,875 Something about "making the earth shake." 280 00:21:53,313 --> 00:21:54,948 Run! 281 00:21:57,784 --> 00:21:59,686 Run! 282 00:22:05,258 --> 00:22:06,459 Mûmak! 283 00:22:10,397 --> 00:22:11,831 The beast is rabid. 284 00:22:20,306 --> 00:22:22,976 Héra... get out of here! 285 00:22:24,177 --> 00:22:25,178 Go! 286 00:22:27,414 --> 00:22:28,381 Fréaláf! 287 00:23:49,763 --> 00:23:51,731 Héra! No! 288 00:24:04,678 --> 00:24:07,147 Faster, Ashere! Faster! 289 00:24:09,382 --> 00:24:10,517 Héra! 290 00:24:42,982 --> 00:24:45,652 Does she know what creature lives in those woods? 291 00:24:45,785 --> 00:24:48,188 Of course she does. 292 00:25:35,201 --> 00:25:37,637 Whoa, Ashere, whoa. Whoa. 293 00:25:37,771 --> 00:25:40,106 Okay. 294 00:25:44,100 --> 00:25:47,147 Yeah. Go! Go! 295 00:25:50,283 --> 00:25:55,455 "Beware dark waters that hide old secrets." 296 00:27:54,274 --> 00:27:55,275 The Watcher in the Water. 297 00:27:57,911 --> 00:28:00,513 I never thought I'd live to see such a sight. 298 00:28:01,214 --> 00:28:02,349 General Targg. 299 00:28:04,184 --> 00:28:05,985 What are you doing here? 300 00:28:06,119 --> 00:28:07,187 You were banished. 301 00:28:07,320 --> 00:28:09,220 I was dispatched on a mission, 302 00:28:09,155 --> 00:28:11,725 but it seems that objective may have changed. 303 00:28:11,858 --> 00:28:13,660 What the... Dispatched by whom? 304 00:28:14,627 --> 00:28:17,163 I serve a new commander. 305 00:28:17,297 --> 00:28:19,599 The High Lord of the Hill Tribes. 306 00:28:19,733 --> 00:28:21,768 The Wildmen have no High Lord. 307 00:28:22,736 --> 00:28:23,903 They do now. 308 00:28:27,674 --> 00:28:29,876 How dare you! 309 00:28:31,745 --> 00:28:34,180 Get your hands off me! 310 00:28:34,314 --> 00:28:36,116 Put me down! 311 00:28:36,249 --> 00:28:37,951 She's seen the mumak! 312 00:28:38,840 --> 00:28:39,819 - Why not kill her now? - Let me go! 313 00:28:39,953 --> 00:28:42,822 No. We take her to the High Lord. 314 00:28:42,956 --> 00:28:44,557 No! 315 00:28:44,691 --> 00:28:46,393 I said, "Let me go!" 316 00:29:39,790 --> 00:29:40,613 I found her. 317 00:29:40,747 --> 00:29:42,549 They're holding her in one of the guard towers. 318 00:29:47,420 --> 00:29:49,689 Ashere! 319 00:29:49,823 --> 00:29:51,825 How can you eat at a time like this? 320 00:29:57,630 --> 00:30:00,333 There must be another way out of here. 321 00:30:00,467 --> 00:30:02,836 Who would dare occupy Isengard? 322 00:30:05,472 --> 00:30:08,141 Someone bold enough to kidnap a king's daughter. 323 00:30:08,274 --> 00:30:11,144 I'm going after Héra. Stay hidden. 324 00:30:11,277 --> 00:30:12,746 Keep the horses at the ready. 325 00:30:12,879 --> 00:30:14,447 If I do not return by the hour... 326 00:30:14,581 --> 00:30:15,582 Wait. 327 00:30:17,550 --> 00:30:18,818 I have a plan. 328 00:30:51,284 --> 00:30:52,719 Always too curious... 329 00:30:52,852 --> 00:30:54,187 ...for your own good. 330 00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:56,322 Wulf! 331 00:30:56,456 --> 00:30:58,425 You're alive. 332 00:31:02,996 --> 00:31:05,632 You are the High Lord? 333 00:31:05,765 --> 00:31:07,567 Did you think I would slink away like a cur 334 00:31:07,701 --> 00:31:08,868 and lick my wounds? 335 00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:13,506 No, I have been busy. 336 00:31:16,476 --> 00:31:20,914 All my life, I was scorned for my Dunlending blood. 337 00:31:21,470 --> 00:31:24,718 But look who answered when I needed them. 338 00:31:24,851 --> 00:31:27,454 The Hill Tribes have sworn an oath to me. 339 00:31:29,890 --> 00:31:30,757 Every last one. 340 00:31:30,890 --> 00:31:33,560 You cannot hope to stand against Rohan and Gondor. 341 00:31:35,962 --> 00:31:38,198 Your father will never ask for help from Gondor. 342 00:31:39,265 --> 00:31:41,267 His pride will not allow it. 343 00:31:42,335 --> 00:31:45,438 No. Gondor is not coming. 344 00:31:51,678 --> 00:31:53,947 First, I will kill your brothers. 345 00:31:55,181 --> 00:31:58,151 Then, I will kill your father. 346 00:31:58,284 --> 00:32:01,221 And then, I will take the throne. 347 00:32:01,354 --> 00:32:03,890 And be king of what? 348 00:32:03,223 --> 00:32:06,359 A land in ruins, its people torn apart! 349 00:32:07,727 --> 00:32:10,764 You had your chance to unite Rohan. 350 00:32:10,897 --> 00:32:12,799 And you refused! 351 00:32:12,932 --> 00:32:14,801 Did I disgust you so much? 352 00:32:15,301 --> 00:32:16,903 Hmm? 353 00:32:17,370 --> 00:32:18,905 Was I so easily forgotten? 354 00:32:24,477 --> 00:32:26,279 I never forgot you. 355 00:32:26,413 --> 00:32:28,314 I tried to find you. 356 00:32:53,573 --> 00:32:56,209 The boy I knew would never wish for war. 357 00:32:57,143 --> 00:32:59,120 Don't do this, Wulf. 358 00:32:59,145 --> 00:33:01,140 Innocent people will die. 359 00:33:13,593 --> 00:33:15,729 What if there was a way you could still save them? 360 00:33:22,836 --> 00:33:24,938 A way you could still save your people. 361 00:33:27,474 --> 00:33:29,900 If I agree to this... 362 00:33:30,110 --> 00:33:32,545 If I agree to be your bride, 363 00:33:32,679 --> 00:33:34,347 you swear there will be no war? 364 00:33:35,515 --> 00:33:38,985 If you agree? 365 00:33:39,119 --> 00:33:42,689 Is there no end to the arrogance of your house? 366 00:33:42,822 --> 00:33:45,792 Even now you can barely stomach the thought, can you? 367 00:33:48,280 --> 00:33:50,296 The boy you knew is gone, Héra. 368 00:33:54,934 --> 00:33:57,671 I am the man your father made me. 369 00:34:01,975 --> 00:34:03,900 Olwyn! 370 00:34:03,143 --> 00:34:05,912 Don't just sit there. Move! 371 00:34:18,692 --> 00:34:21,161 You think you're still a Shieldmaiden, old woman? 372 00:34:21,294 --> 00:34:22,929 Your fighting days are over. 373 00:34:26,366 --> 00:34:27,333 Go! 374 00:34:44,551 --> 00:34:46,920 Come on, greedy. We're leaving. 375 00:34:49,756 --> 00:34:50,724 Seize them! 376 00:34:52,359 --> 00:34:54,761 - Ride! - Summon the guards! 377 00:34:54,894 --> 00:34:56,696 - Stop her! - Go! 378 00:34:58,832 --> 00:35:00,266 Cut them off! 379 00:35:01,434 --> 00:35:02,635 Make for the gates! 380 00:35:02,769 --> 00:35:03,803 Move! 381 00:35:09,809 --> 00:35:10,977 To the gate! 382 00:35:11,111 --> 00:35:12,780 They're coming through! 383 00:35:12,212 --> 00:35:13,346 Quickly! 384 00:35:19,520 --> 00:35:21,654 We'll never make it past the archers! 385 00:35:21,788 --> 00:35:24,457 Trust me. I have a plan. 386 00:35:41,408 --> 00:35:44,344 This is your plan? 387 00:35:44,477 --> 00:35:46,513 I didn't say it was a good one! 388 00:35:57,657 --> 00:35:58,858 My lord! 389 00:35:58,992 --> 00:36:01,261 I'm fine. Let's get out of here. 390 00:36:06,332 --> 00:36:08,100 I'll dispatch our fastest horsemen. 391 00:36:09,836 --> 00:36:12,906 Don't bother. She will outride them. 392 00:36:14,708 --> 00:36:16,476 Call the men to arms. 393 00:36:24,751 --> 00:36:26,152 Please, listen to me. 394 00:36:26,286 --> 00:36:29,550 We do not know the full strength of Wulf's army. 395 00:36:29,189 --> 00:36:30,857 Do not underestimate him, Father. 396 00:36:30,990 --> 00:36:33,893 There is more to Wulf's plan, I know it. 397 00:36:34,270 --> 00:36:35,729 The mumak, the Southron we saw. 398 00:36:35,862 --> 00:36:38,832 That is no coincidence. 399 00:36:38,965 --> 00:36:41,868 The beast was diseased, you said so yourself. 400 00:36:42,100 --> 00:36:44,700 We had reports of a column of mumakil 401 00:36:44,204 --> 00:36:46,272 moving west, near our southern border. 402 00:36:46,406 --> 00:36:48,708 One of them must have broken its chains 403 00:36:48,842 --> 00:36:50,810 and crossed into our lands. 404 00:36:50,944 --> 00:36:53,580 It's got nothing to do with the Dunlending boy. 405 00:36:53,713 --> 00:36:57,170 The wisest move is to fall back to our strongholds. 406 00:36:57,150 --> 00:37:00,353 Light the beacons. Call for aid from Gondor. 407 00:37:00,487 --> 00:37:02,550 "The wisest move"? 408 00:37:03,390 --> 00:37:08,128 You would have me abandon Edoras? 409 00:37:08,261 --> 00:37:10,363 Until we are at full strength... 410 00:37:11,331 --> 00:37:12,465 yes. 411 00:37:12,599 --> 00:37:15,680 This is no rabble of Wildmen. 412 00:37:15,201 --> 00:37:18,238 These men are well trained and well-armed. 413 00:37:19,506 --> 00:37:22,275 My liege, if I may? 414 00:37:22,409 --> 00:37:25,110 Lord Fréaláf is young. 415 00:37:26,913 --> 00:37:31,251 He has not fought beside you in battle, as I have. 416 00:37:36,623 --> 00:37:40,960 I pledge 300 riders to protect the eastern flank. 417 00:37:41,940 --> 00:37:42,729 The men of the Wold 418 00:37:42,862 --> 00:37:45,298 stand ready to fight. 419 00:37:45,432 --> 00:37:47,834 I accept your pledge. 420 00:37:47,967 --> 00:37:50,904 Lord Thorne shall have command of the east. 421 00:37:51,370 --> 00:37:55,308 I will lead the vanguard north and meet Wulf on the plains. 422 00:37:56,843 --> 00:37:59,479 Let every man willing step forth. 423 00:38:00,513 --> 00:38:02,816 We fight for Rohan! 424 00:38:02,949 --> 00:38:04,651 Please, Uncle, trust me. 425 00:38:06,252 --> 00:38:10,256 Trust you? I trusted you to protect my daughter. 426 00:38:10,390 --> 00:38:13,526 To keep her safe. And look what happened. 427 00:38:13,660 --> 00:38:16,196 Kidnapped, by a filthy upstart. 428 00:38:16,329 --> 00:38:19,466 It was not his fault! Fréaláf saved me. 429 00:38:19,599 --> 00:38:21,301 She could have died! 430 00:38:30,610 --> 00:38:33,646 Go back to Dunharrow, Fréaláf Hildeson. 431 00:38:33,780 --> 00:38:38,180 Dig some trenches and crawl into them. 432 00:38:38,151 --> 00:38:40,620 When the songs of this day are sung, 433 00:38:40,754 --> 00:38:44,290 when the names of its heroes are read, 434 00:38:44,424 --> 00:38:47,527 yours will not be amongst them. 435 00:38:47,660 --> 00:38:49,162 He's our kin. 436 00:38:49,295 --> 00:38:52,799 He is no kin of mine! 437 00:38:52,932 --> 00:38:57,937 Nor do I need a sword offered by such a faithless hand. 438 00:39:03,410 --> 00:39:04,444 My Lord. 439 00:39:05,812 --> 00:39:07,681 Fréaláf, wait! 440 00:39:12,152 --> 00:39:13,920 The king has spoken. 441 00:39:17,157 --> 00:39:20,226 You will always have my sword, Uncle, 442 00:39:20,360 --> 00:39:22,162 whether you value it or not. 443 00:39:28,201 --> 00:39:31,137 No. 444 00:40:03,300 --> 00:40:04,704 They know the attack is coming. 445 00:40:04,838 --> 00:40:07,407 From here, we have a clear path to Edoras. 446 00:40:07,540 --> 00:40:09,900 Helm will expect us to make camp 447 00:40:09,142 --> 00:40:10,744 on the northern plains. 448 00:40:10,877 --> 00:40:11,878 Good. 449 00:40:22,550 --> 00:40:23,490 War is upon us. 450 00:40:24,691 --> 00:40:27,627 What do you say, old friend? 451 00:40:27,761 --> 00:40:30,864 Will you carry me once more? 452 00:40:37,404 --> 00:40:38,471 What are you doing? 453 00:40:38,605 --> 00:40:40,607 I pledge to fight for my king. 454 00:40:42,542 --> 00:40:45,512 Don't be a fool, child. 455 00:40:45,645 --> 00:40:48,314 If you will not listen to me, then at least let me fight. 456 00:40:50,830 --> 00:40:52,152 You know nothing of war. 457 00:40:52,285 --> 00:40:54,654 I'm the fastest rider you have. 458 00:40:54,788 --> 00:40:56,823 I can carry messages between the commanders. 459 00:40:57,924 --> 00:41:00,393 I said "no." 460 00:41:00,527 --> 00:41:04,230 The line of Helm does not rest on you, Héra. 461 00:41:04,364 --> 00:41:07,333 It resides in Haleth and Háma. 462 00:41:07,467 --> 00:41:10,270 My brothers can defend their home, but yet I cannot? 463 00:41:11,204 --> 00:41:13,506 One day, you will marry. 464 00:41:13,640 --> 00:41:15,175 You will live in Gondor 465 00:41:15,308 --> 00:41:18,845 and have children who know nothing of our ways. 466 00:41:18,978 --> 00:41:23,616 To see me gone... is that what would please you? 467 00:41:23,750 --> 00:41:27,954 Yes, it will please me. I will rejoice. 468 00:41:28,880 --> 00:41:34,794 You will be alive because I will have protected you. 469 00:41:34,928 --> 00:41:37,497 Wulf's army is 20 leagues from Edoras. 470 00:41:37,630 --> 00:41:40,330 They're not setting up camp! They're not resting! 471 00:41:40,834 --> 00:41:42,369 What? 472 00:41:42,502 --> 00:41:44,371 They're continuing to advance? 473 00:41:44,504 --> 00:41:45,872 The Hill Tribes are used to attacking 474 00:41:46,600 --> 00:41:47,574 under cover of dark. 475 00:41:47,707 --> 00:41:49,476 He means to strike tonight. 476 00:41:54,214 --> 00:41:55,682 Muster the Rohirrim. 477 00:42:04,591 --> 00:42:05,692 Wait! 478 00:42:14,534 --> 00:42:16,870 Do not look so grim, little sister. 479 00:42:19,673 --> 00:42:22,750 Helm Hammerhand has never lost a battle. 480 00:42:30,150 --> 00:42:33,386 Háma... you need a faster horse. 481 00:42:34,621 --> 00:42:36,220 Take Ashere. 482 00:42:36,156 --> 00:42:39,492 Ashere will have no one but you. 483 00:42:39,626 --> 00:42:42,328 Besides, I trust the old girl. 484 00:42:50,603 --> 00:42:51,905 Keep this safe for me. 485 00:42:52,706 --> 00:42:53,740 Always. 486 00:43:01,848 --> 00:43:04,351 Maybe, one day, 487 00:43:04,484 --> 00:43:06,386 someone will sing ballads of me. 488 00:43:19,532 --> 00:43:21,401 On the morrow, little sister. 489 00:43:22,902 --> 00:43:25,710 Ride strong, brothers. 490 00:43:45,558 --> 00:43:48,610 Where is Thorne? He's late. 491 00:43:48,194 --> 00:43:50,597 His men should be covering the eastern flank. 492 00:43:50,730 --> 00:43:52,432 [grimly] hmm. 493 00:44:00,440 --> 00:44:02,542 I fought beside your father once. 494 00:44:06,446 --> 00:44:07,781 He saved my entire village 495 00:44:07,914 --> 00:44:10,517 from a pack of Dunlending raiders. 496 00:44:10,650 --> 00:44:12,452 I broke my shield in that battle. 497 00:44:14,721 --> 00:44:16,856 Afterwards, I wanted a new one. 498 00:44:16,990 --> 00:44:18,758 But "No," he told me, 499 00:44:18,892 --> 00:44:21,895 "it's not broken, it's just broken in." 500 00:44:27,701 --> 00:44:29,135 There's so many of them. 501 00:44:31,438 --> 00:44:34,641 Your father is no ordinary man. 502 00:44:34,774 --> 00:44:37,110 It'll take more than an army of Dunlending 503 00:44:37,243 --> 00:44:38,345 to bring him low. 504 00:44:41,514 --> 00:44:44,617 The blood of the ancients flows in his veins. 505 00:44:46,586 --> 00:44:48,855 The same blood that flows in yours. 506 00:44:56,863 --> 00:44:58,980 Oh! 507 00:44:59,999 --> 00:45:01,701 Oh, the pledges! 508 00:45:01,835 --> 00:45:04,170 Oh, no! No, no, no, no! 509 00:45:04,304 --> 00:45:07,207 The king left these in my charge for safekeeping. 510 00:45:07,340 --> 00:45:08,708 It's all right, don't fret, lad. 511 00:45:08,842 --> 00:45:10,377 The king's got other things on his mind. 512 00:45:15,882 --> 00:45:17,751 - Whose mark is this? - Oh... 513 00:45:19,152 --> 00:45:21,354 That? That's the seal of Lord Thorne. 514 00:45:21,488 --> 00:45:22,889 What is it? 515 00:45:24,324 --> 00:45:26,292 What's wrong? 516 00:45:26,426 --> 00:45:28,595 I've seen this before. 517 00:45:28,728 --> 00:45:31,865 Lord Thorne is in league with Wulf. 518 00:45:31,998 --> 00:45:33,900 He means to betray my father. 519 00:45:36,336 --> 00:45:38,380 We have to get our people out. 520 00:45:38,171 --> 00:45:40,540 Sound the alarm. Now! Go! 521 00:45:43,343 --> 00:45:44,844 Evacuate the city! 522 00:46:06,399 --> 00:46:12,372 Riders of the Mark, brothers of Rohan, arise! 523 00:46:13,506 --> 00:46:16,209 Arise now! 524 00:46:16,343 --> 00:46:20,814 We will paint the dawn red with the blood of our foes! 525 00:46:25,180 --> 00:46:27,520 Draw your weapons! 526 00:46:34,928 --> 00:46:37,263 Forth Eorlingas! 527 00:46:37,397 --> 00:46:39,466 - For Rohan! - Rohan! 528 00:46:55,882 --> 00:46:59,452 - Death! - Death! 529 00:46:59,586 --> 00:47:01,554 Death! 530 00:47:14,634 --> 00:47:16,169 Archers ready! 531 00:47:16,302 --> 00:47:17,504 Aim! 532 00:47:17,637 --> 00:47:19,339 Mark your targets! 533 00:47:21,141 --> 00:47:23,977 Fire! 534 00:47:36,489 --> 00:47:37,991 Charge! 535 00:47:57,210 --> 00:47:58,645 Wulf! 536 00:47:58,778 --> 00:48:00,413 Where is he? 537 00:48:00,547 --> 00:48:02,582 Where is their high command? 538 00:48:04,517 --> 00:48:05,685 Find him! 539 00:48:09,255 --> 00:48:10,924 Keep moving! 540 00:48:11,570 --> 00:48:12,759 You've a long march ahead of you. 541 00:48:12,892 --> 00:48:14,127 Where are we going? 542 00:48:14,260 --> 00:48:15,195 What about the children? 543 00:48:15,328 --> 00:48:16,763 Carry only what you need. 544 00:48:16,896 --> 00:48:18,331 Stay together. 545 00:48:18,465 --> 00:48:21,835 Keep the children to the middle! Go! 546 00:48:25,338 --> 00:48:28,241 Come on, Ashere. Time to leave. 547 00:48:28,375 --> 00:48:32,645 I fear it is too late for that... my lady. 548 00:48:39,190 --> 00:48:40,420 Traitor! 549 00:48:40,553 --> 00:48:43,323 My father will see you hang for this. 550 00:48:43,456 --> 00:48:46,526 You will never know, will you? 551 00:49:33,773 --> 00:49:35,308 Hold the line! 552 00:49:37,410 --> 00:49:39,179 Wulf's nowhere to be seen. 553 00:49:39,312 --> 00:49:40,814 Something's not right. 554 00:49:46,486 --> 00:49:48,788 Mumakil! 555 00:49:48,922 --> 00:49:50,857 He's using Variag mercenaries. 556 00:49:50,990 --> 00:49:52,926 Edoras is completely exposed. 557 00:49:58,965 --> 00:50:03,336 Royal Guard! To me! 558 00:50:53,787 --> 00:50:54,988 Háma! 559 00:51:03,463 --> 00:51:05,765 They may sing of your valor yet, little brother. 560 00:51:05,899 --> 00:51:09,690 Forward! Keep moving! 561 00:51:13,239 --> 00:51:14,474 Whoa! 562 00:51:23,160 --> 00:51:24,684 You sure about this, my lady? 563 00:51:26,386 --> 00:51:27,387 Do it. 564 00:51:34,600 --> 00:51:35,462 Take the city! 565 00:51:41,134 --> 00:51:42,802 Haleth! Háma! 566 00:51:43,603 --> 00:51:44,804 Call the retreat. 567 00:51:44,938 --> 00:51:46,272 No! 568 00:51:46,406 --> 00:51:48,108 Listen to me, Haleth. 569 00:51:48,241 --> 00:51:50,910 You must reach the city before Wulf. 570 00:51:51,440 --> 00:51:53,113 Find Héra. Go. 571 00:51:53,246 --> 00:51:54,481 Go! 572 00:52:02,355 --> 00:52:04,591 Break it down! Move! 573 00:52:04,724 --> 00:52:07,761 No! It's afraid of the fire! 574 00:52:23,977 --> 00:52:25,979 Look out! 575 00:53:05,418 --> 00:53:06,519 Where is everyone? 576 00:53:07,987 --> 00:53:09,456 The city's deserted. 577 00:53:11,224 --> 00:53:12,325 Find Héra! 578 00:53:31,440 --> 00:53:32,379 Héra! 579 00:53:32,512 --> 00:53:34,581 Háma! Lord Thorne, he has betrayed us. 580 00:53:34,714 --> 00:53:37,250 We know. You've already called the evacuation. 581 00:53:37,384 --> 00:53:38,651 - Yes. - Good. 582 00:53:38,785 --> 00:53:41,187 Get everyone to Dunharrow. 583 00:53:41,321 --> 00:53:43,757 The road to Dunharrow is crawling with Wildmen. 584 00:53:43,890 --> 00:53:46,590 The Hornburg is our only chance. 585 00:53:46,192 --> 00:53:47,627 Olwyn is leading the retreat. 586 00:54:06,312 --> 00:54:08,782 Riders! Fall back! 587 00:54:08,915 --> 00:54:10,417 Cover the retreat! 588 00:54:57,630 --> 00:54:59,132 It's heading for the Great Hall! 589 00:55:28,862 --> 00:55:31,765 For Rohan! For our people! 590 00:55:33,500 --> 00:55:34,534 Haleth! 591 00:55:41,274 --> 00:55:42,275 No! 592 00:55:47,881 --> 00:55:49,150 Haleth! 593 00:55:50,500 --> 00:55:52,886 Archers! Ready! 594 00:56:00,160 --> 00:56:01,194 Fire! 595 00:56:04,831 --> 00:56:06,320 No! 596 00:56:22,148 --> 00:56:23,350 Father! 597 00:56:24,918 --> 00:56:26,190 Hold on. 598 00:56:29,556 --> 00:56:31,925 Get him out of here! 599 00:56:43,203 --> 00:56:44,337 Run them down. 600 00:56:45,739 --> 00:56:47,173 Get after them. 601 00:56:47,307 --> 00:56:49,242 Now! Move it! 602 00:57:06,593 --> 00:57:09,462 Royal guard, protect the king! 603 00:57:09,596 --> 00:57:10,964 To the king! 604 00:57:11,970 --> 00:57:12,265 To the king! 605 00:57:20,907 --> 00:57:22,750 Háma! 606 00:57:23,143 --> 00:57:25,311 Go, Héra! I'll catch you. 607 00:57:25,445 --> 00:57:28,581 Come on, old girl. Come on! 608 00:58:05,618 --> 00:58:07,287 Songs of valor, old girl. 609 00:58:17,397 --> 00:58:18,498 This is it. 610 00:59:01,740 --> 00:59:03,243 Come on with the last of you! 611 00:59:03,376 --> 00:59:05,612 You're nearly there! 612 00:59:05,745 --> 00:59:07,180 Hurry now! 613 00:59:07,313 --> 00:59:10,483 Inside the keep! Come on, fast as you can! 614 00:59:10,617 --> 00:59:13,219 A healer! The king needs a healer. 615 00:59:13,353 --> 00:59:15,210 My lord. 616 00:59:15,155 --> 00:59:16,890 Sire. 617 00:59:24,330 --> 00:59:26,990 Háma... 618 00:59:26,232 --> 00:59:27,367 Where is he? 619 00:59:28,501 --> 00:59:29,602 Where's Háma? 620 00:59:31,371 --> 00:59:33,390 - This way. - Leave me. 621 00:59:33,173 --> 00:59:34,207 Sire... 622 00:59:35,675 --> 00:59:36,810 Hmm. 623 00:59:39,512 --> 00:59:40,747 No. 624 00:59:43,490 --> 00:59:44,184 Háma! 625 00:59:58,365 --> 01:00:00,400 He was right behind us. 626 01:00:02,969 --> 01:00:03,970 Enough! 627 01:00:10,410 --> 01:00:12,278 You have won, Wulf! 628 01:00:12,412 --> 01:00:13,646 I surrender. 629 01:00:14,547 --> 01:00:18,418 Let this end now. 630 01:00:18,551 --> 01:00:21,870 My life for my son's. 631 01:00:21,221 --> 01:00:22,589 No! 632 01:00:44,377 --> 01:00:46,980 Kill me! Take the crown. 633 01:00:47,113 --> 01:00:50,830 Leave my people in peace. 634 01:00:50,216 --> 01:00:53,820 Let my boy live! 635 01:00:53,953 --> 01:00:55,655 No! Father, don't! 636 01:00:56,389 --> 01:00:58,425 Peace? 637 01:00:58,558 --> 01:01:01,461 There will be no peace for you, Helm Hammerhand. 638 01:01:01,594 --> 01:01:05,298 No! Wulf, please, I beg you! 639 01:01:11,371 --> 01:01:14,808 End this now. Make the exchange. 640 01:01:14,941 --> 01:01:16,876 Once they withdraw behind those walls, 641 01:01:17,100 --> 01:01:18,678 you will never get them out. 642 01:01:22,282 --> 01:01:24,517 Let them. 643 01:01:28,688 --> 01:01:29,656 Murderer! 644 01:01:29,789 --> 01:01:31,257 What have you done? 645 01:01:37,697 --> 01:01:42,102 You will suffer as I have suffered. 646 01:01:42,235 --> 01:01:47,574 You will know what it means to be alone, as I was! 647 01:01:47,707 --> 01:01:52,145 Then, and only then, will I let you die. 648 01:01:52,278 --> 01:01:54,414 Murderer! 649 01:01:56,160 --> 01:01:57,851 No! No! No! 650 01:02:00,353 --> 01:02:01,888 Sire! 651 01:02:02,220 --> 01:02:03,590 No! No! 652 01:02:03,723 --> 01:02:05,258 - My lord! Quickly! - Get the king! 653 01:02:05,392 --> 01:02:07,127 Get him inside! Hurry! 654 01:02:07,260 --> 01:02:08,762 - Help the king! - Come on! 655 01:02:08,895 --> 01:02:10,196 All right! All right! 656 01:02:10,330 --> 01:02:11,765 Come. Come inside. 657 01:02:11,898 --> 01:02:13,299 I... I've got you! 658 01:02:13,433 --> 01:02:15,468 - Come on! - Please. No! 659 01:02:24,911 --> 01:02:26,746 Close the gates! 660 01:02:26,880 --> 01:02:28,782 Close the gates! 661 01:02:32,552 --> 01:02:34,554 Prepare the men for a siege. 662 01:02:35,522 --> 01:02:38,124 Sire, winter is coming on. 663 01:02:38,258 --> 01:02:40,126 A siege will cost both sides. 664 01:02:40,260 --> 01:02:42,629 I don't care what it costs! 665 01:02:42,762 --> 01:02:44,731 Surround the keep. 666 01:02:44,864 --> 01:02:48,368 If anyone tries to escape, even a rat, kill it. 667 01:02:50,937 --> 01:02:52,539 What of the boy's body? 668 01:02:56,910 --> 01:02:58,278 Let it rot. 669 01:03:20,233 --> 01:03:21,735 My lady? 670 01:03:24,904 --> 01:03:26,506 You're needed, my lady. 671 01:03:55,135 --> 01:03:56,302 Any word? 672 01:03:56,436 --> 01:03:59,105 I'm sorry, milord. 673 01:03:59,239 --> 01:04:01,875 High in the stronghold of Dunharrow, 674 01:04:02,800 --> 01:04:04,310 Fréaláf waited. 675 01:04:04,444 --> 01:04:07,480 Yet the fate of his kin remained unknown. 676 01:04:08,882 --> 01:04:11,251 Had they survived? 677 01:04:11,384 --> 01:04:15,388 Or were they buried now amongst the ashes of Edoras? 678 01:04:43,516 --> 01:04:44,551 Hmm... 679 01:04:52,792 --> 01:04:55,950 Summon the lords of Rohan to Edoras. 680 01:04:56,529 --> 01:04:59,165 It's time they swear their loyalty to me. 681 01:04:59,299 --> 01:05:02,235 The king who last wore that crown still lives. 682 01:05:04,204 --> 01:05:07,674 Helm Hammerhand is but a shadow of what he once was. 683 01:05:07,807 --> 01:05:09,909 He will perish soon enough. 684 01:05:11,378 --> 01:05:12,779 Fear not, Targg. 685 01:05:14,114 --> 01:05:16,116 Shadows cannot hurt you. 686 01:05:20,220 --> 01:05:21,921 Return to the Hornburg. 687 01:05:27,270 --> 01:05:30,797 She thinks she is safe behind those walls. 688 01:05:30,930 --> 01:05:32,599 She will learn soon enough. 689 01:05:33,500 --> 01:05:35,535 She is mistaken. 690 01:05:39,372 --> 01:05:40,907 We have a chance, 691 01:05:41,410 --> 01:05:43,243 if we can just outlast Wulf's army. 692 01:05:50,450 --> 01:05:52,352 This is all of it? 693 01:05:52,485 --> 01:05:54,200 It's not enough. 694 01:05:54,154 --> 01:05:56,556 Search all the rooms. Take stock of everything. 695 01:06:31,658 --> 01:06:32,792 What's that? 696 01:06:34,327 --> 01:06:39,320 I've been keeper of these halls for 40 years. 697 01:06:39,165 --> 01:06:42,402 I never thought I'd see such times. 698 01:06:45,205 --> 01:06:50,643 Supplies are running terribly low. 699 01:06:50,777 --> 01:06:53,790 It's going to be a long winter. 700 01:06:53,213 --> 01:06:55,682 I can feel it in my bones. 701 01:06:55,815 --> 01:06:57,317 Hmm. 702 01:07:02,856 --> 01:07:06,626 Don't touch that, my lady. 703 01:07:08,461 --> 01:07:12,298 That gown was made for a bride 704 01:07:12,432 --> 01:07:15,502 that was pledged to the captain of the keep. 705 01:07:15,635 --> 01:07:18,672 But she never got to wear it. 706 01:07:18,805 --> 01:07:25,478 A strange fever took her the night before her wedding. 707 01:07:25,612 --> 01:07:30,517 Some say many a lost soul wanders these halls. 708 01:07:31,384 --> 01:07:34,254 And worse. 709 01:07:36,489 --> 01:07:38,158 Who says it? 710 01:07:40,493 --> 01:07:41,928 I do. 711 01:07:43,563 --> 01:07:44,631 Nonsense. 712 01:07:46,399 --> 01:07:49,102 Here, give me that. 713 01:07:56,676 --> 01:07:59,450 I've tried to send for help. 714 01:07:59,179 --> 01:08:01,281 All our messenger birds are shot down. 715 01:08:01,414 --> 01:08:03,550 None can get past their archers. 716 01:08:03,683 --> 01:08:06,386 What other choice is there but to submit? 717 01:08:06,519 --> 01:08:08,388 Don't be a fool. 718 01:08:08,521 --> 01:08:10,590 There will be no surrender, 719 01:08:10,724 --> 01:08:12,258 only slaughter. 720 01:08:14,600 --> 01:08:16,429 We've barely any food or fuel. 721 01:08:16,563 --> 01:08:17,931 The other lords of Rohan 722 01:08:18,640 --> 01:08:20,233 have retreated to their strongholds. 723 01:08:20,367 --> 01:08:22,569 We are cut off! 724 01:08:22,702 --> 01:08:24,270 How are we to survive? 725 01:08:24,404 --> 01:08:25,705 We find a way. 726 01:08:28,174 --> 01:08:30,760 We cannot fight amongst ourselves. 727 01:08:30,210 --> 01:08:33,246 That is exactly what he wants us to do. 728 01:08:33,380 --> 01:08:36,716 Despair is Wulf's greatest weapon against us. 729 01:08:36,850 --> 01:08:38,718 We cannot succumb. 730 01:08:38,852 --> 01:08:42,455 We find a way to survive, and we do it together. 731 01:08:57,700 --> 01:09:00,940 Pretty words. Pretty words will not save us. 732 01:09:30,970 --> 01:09:32,205 Thank you. 733 01:09:35,308 --> 01:09:37,143 Here! Come take a look at this! 734 01:09:40,847 --> 01:09:42,215 What are they doing down there? 735 01:09:48,555 --> 01:09:49,856 What are they doing? 736 01:10:01,501 --> 01:10:03,403 He's building a siege tower. 737 01:10:03,536 --> 01:10:05,238 He means to breach the walls. 738 01:10:24,357 --> 01:10:26,659 It is not easy to hold on to hope 739 01:10:26,793 --> 01:10:28,528 when an ill wind blows. 740 01:10:30,630 --> 01:10:32,732 Winter bit hard that year. 741 01:10:32,866 --> 01:10:35,568 None were spared the endless cold. 742 01:10:35,702 --> 01:10:38,738 Yet still the siege held fast. 743 01:10:38,872 --> 01:10:41,875 The Rohirrim could do nothing but watch and wait, 744 01:10:42,800 --> 01:10:44,544 as their doom drew ever near. 745 01:10:46,146 --> 01:10:47,347 Any change? 746 01:10:47,480 --> 01:10:49,449 It makes no sense. 747 01:10:49,582 --> 01:10:53,720 His body is mending, and yet he does not wake. 748 01:10:53,853 --> 01:10:55,989 I fear it is his mind that is broken. 749 01:11:25,850 --> 01:11:27,987 What are you doing? That's for the king. 750 01:11:28,121 --> 01:11:29,622 Hmm. 751 01:11:34,940 --> 01:11:35,895 What about that? 752 01:11:37,564 --> 01:11:39,599 What? No, not that. 753 01:11:39,733 --> 01:11:40,734 Take it. 754 01:11:41,901 --> 01:11:43,470 But, my lady... 755 01:11:45,438 --> 01:11:47,140 that was Master Háma's. 756 01:11:47,273 --> 01:11:49,109 And what use is it without him? 757 01:11:52,245 --> 01:11:53,313 Ah. 758 01:12:00,987 --> 01:12:05,458 I know this sickness is not born of any mortal wound. 759 01:12:08,128 --> 01:12:10,497 It is grief that pulls you under. 760 01:12:12,465 --> 01:12:16,903 Grief that you will never again see your sons. 761 01:12:20,373 --> 01:12:22,175 You think all is lost. 762 01:12:25,780 --> 01:12:28,281 But I am here, Father. 763 01:12:29,482 --> 01:12:31,551 I am still here. 764 01:12:33,186 --> 01:12:34,954 Please don't give up. 765 01:13:02,150 --> 01:13:04,684 Huh? 766 01:13:04,818 --> 01:13:06,252 Who's out there? 767 01:13:07,320 --> 01:13:08,722 Show yourself! 768 01:13:27,841 --> 01:13:29,420 What happened here? 769 01:13:30,510 --> 01:13:31,444 Speak! 770 01:13:31,578 --> 01:13:35,248 He killed them all. I saw. 771 01:13:35,382 --> 01:13:37,951 He tore them apart with his bare hands. 772 01:13:38,840 --> 01:13:39,285 Who did? 773 01:13:39,419 --> 01:13:41,354 Helm Hammerhand. 774 01:13:41,488 --> 01:13:43,356 He's no living man. 775 01:13:43,490 --> 01:13:46,920 It's not natural, the thing I saw. 776 01:13:46,226 --> 01:13:48,194 He's coming for us all! 777 01:13:57,604 --> 01:13:58,672 Save us. 778 01:14:08,882 --> 01:14:10,850 Father? 779 01:14:17,757 --> 01:14:18,925 Father? 780 01:14:22,929 --> 01:14:24,431 Night after night, 781 01:14:24,564 --> 01:14:26,833 a ghostly horn echoed in the Deep. 782 01:14:29,135 --> 01:14:31,171 A harbinger of death. 783 01:14:31,304 --> 01:14:34,740 Fear took hold of Wulf's men. 784 01:14:34,207 --> 01:14:36,476 Whispers spread that Helm Hammerhand 785 01:14:36,609 --> 01:14:38,678 was human no more. 786 01:14:38,812 --> 01:14:43,183 He bore no weapon, and no weapon could smite him. 787 01:14:43,316 --> 01:14:46,953 A terror born of madness and grief. 788 01:14:47,821 --> 01:14:48,822 A wraith. 789 01:14:58,640 --> 01:15:02,100 Wulf returned to a camp stalked by death, 790 01:15:02,135 --> 01:15:04,838 his carefully-laid plans in disarray. 791 01:15:06,506 --> 01:15:08,575 He was king of nothing. 792 01:15:11,711 --> 01:15:15,582 But Wulf, son of Freca, 793 01:15:15,715 --> 01:15:19,319 would be damned before he was defeated by a ghost. 794 01:15:23,323 --> 01:15:25,258 Is it true what they say? 795 01:15:25,392 --> 01:15:26,393 What? 796 01:15:26,526 --> 01:15:28,940 Has the king become a monster? 797 01:15:30,363 --> 01:15:32,866 A terrible, unholy sight. 798 01:15:32,999 --> 01:15:38,672 Eyes that burn like coals as he feasts on the flesh... 799 01:15:38,805 --> 01:15:42,108 Helm Hammerhand is no wraith. 800 01:15:42,275 --> 01:15:44,377 Then how did he disappear 801 01:15:44,511 --> 01:15:46,713 from a locked and guarded room? 802 01:15:46,846 --> 01:15:48,548 Answer me that. 803 01:15:48,682 --> 01:15:53,420 I don't know. But I do know he can't walk through walls! 804 01:15:53,553 --> 01:15:55,555 Perhaps he can. 805 01:15:55,689 --> 01:15:58,558 Perhaps he can do many unnatural things. 806 01:15:58,692 --> 01:16:00,260 Oh, aye? Such as what? 807 01:16:00,393 --> 01:16:03,129 First comes the sound of the horn. 808 01:16:03,263 --> 01:16:04,931 Three blasts. 809 01:16:05,650 --> 01:16:08,868 Then he appears, fierce and gaunt, 810 01:16:09,200 --> 01:16:11,137 stalking his prey! 811 01:16:11,271 --> 01:16:13,873 The only ghoul haunting these halls is you! 812 01:16:19,612 --> 01:16:22,749 Héra? Héra? 813 01:16:22,882 --> 01:16:24,417 Olwyn, can you hear me? 814 01:16:26,586 --> 01:16:27,787 Héra? 815 01:16:29,220 --> 01:16:30,123 Where's she gone? 816 01:16:32,920 --> 01:16:33,259 Olwyn! 817 01:17:15,568 --> 01:17:17,303 Huh... The bodies... 818 01:17:18,438 --> 01:17:20,140 The bodies. 819 01:17:20,273 --> 01:17:21,875 They're gone! 820 01:17:22,800 --> 01:17:24,711 The wraith! It's eaten them. 821 01:17:24,844 --> 01:17:27,714 It's eaten them all! 822 01:17:27,847 --> 01:17:29,716 I told you! We shouldn't be here! 823 01:17:38,224 --> 01:17:39,292 My lady? 824 01:17:40,493 --> 01:17:41,928 Any sign of Héra? 825 01:17:42,620 --> 01:17:43,290 No. 826 01:17:56,142 --> 01:17:57,210 Father? 827 01:18:06,519 --> 01:18:07,654 Wait! 828 01:18:11,240 --> 01:18:12,250 Father! 829 01:18:38,840 --> 01:18:39,520 Wait! 830 01:19:03,900 --> 01:19:06,446 Nasty. I don't like them ginger ones. 831 01:19:06,579 --> 01:19:10,150 Nothing worse than a bit of ginga stuck in your teeth. 832 01:19:11,851 --> 01:19:13,386 Oi! Wrot! 833 01:19:13,520 --> 01:19:16,560 Check 'em before you eat 'em. 834 01:19:16,189 --> 01:19:17,891 Ya fat slug. 835 01:19:20,930 --> 01:19:21,294 [gasps] Orcs. 836 01:19:24,364 --> 01:19:26,833 I told you before, 837 01:19:26,966 --> 01:19:29,102 orders from on high. 838 01:19:32,238 --> 01:19:36,276 What does Mordor want with rings anyway? 839 01:19:36,409 --> 01:19:40,313 Hey, the less I know, the better. 840 01:19:40,447 --> 01:19:41,448 Hmm. 841 01:19:42,716 --> 01:19:45,452 You smell that? 842 01:19:47,253 --> 01:19:49,656 They can smell you from Mount Doom. 843 01:19:50,857 --> 01:19:52,926 No. No. 844 01:19:53,930 --> 01:19:55,395 I smell fresh meat. 845 01:20:09,576 --> 01:20:10,610 Here, Shank. 846 01:20:10,744 --> 01:20:11,978 No! 847 01:20:12,112 --> 01:20:13,646 We got ourselves a live one. 848 01:20:13,780 --> 01:20:15,448 Not much meat on her. 849 01:20:15,582 --> 01:20:17,951 May as well feed her to the beast. 850 01:20:50,483 --> 01:20:52,552 What is that infernal noise? 851 01:20:52,686 --> 01:20:54,154 It's the wraith. 852 01:20:54,320 --> 01:20:56,556 The wraith of Helm Hammerhand. 853 01:20:56,690 --> 01:20:59,225 Get me General Targg! 854 01:21:13,390 --> 01:21:14,874 No. 855 01:22:01,755 --> 01:22:02,956 Huh... 856 01:22:08,610 --> 01:22:09,620 Héra... 857 01:22:11,664 --> 01:22:13,366 I'm sorry, child. 858 01:22:13,500 --> 01:22:14,934 I'm so sorry. 859 01:22:18,705 --> 01:22:20,407 I thought I'd lost you. 860 01:22:22,275 --> 01:22:24,577 I was trying to protect you. 861 01:22:26,880 --> 01:22:29,783 You can't tear Wulf's army apart one man at a time. 862 01:22:32,652 --> 01:22:34,187 I can try. 863 01:22:35,488 --> 01:22:37,957 I should have listened to you. 864 01:22:38,910 --> 01:22:40,360 You're brave and clever, 865 01:22:40,493 --> 01:22:42,262 and stronger than I knew. 866 01:22:43,463 --> 01:22:45,765 And I was blind not to see it. 867 01:22:47,901 --> 01:22:49,269 I've failed you. 868 01:22:50,360 --> 01:22:51,400 All of you. 869 01:22:51,137 --> 01:22:53,540 No. 870 01:22:53,707 --> 01:22:57,770 Everything you've ever done was for Rohan. 871 01:22:57,243 --> 01:22:58,812 For those you love. 872 01:23:00,613 --> 01:23:02,682 When I was little, you told me, 873 01:23:02,816 --> 01:23:05,850 "You only fail when you stop trying." 874 01:23:05,952 --> 01:23:07,520 You never gave up. 875 01:23:07,654 --> 01:23:08,655 Never. 876 01:23:21,340 --> 01:23:22,369 You're freezing. 877 01:23:27,841 --> 01:23:29,909 Come on, move! 878 01:23:31,778 --> 01:23:34,881 Come. We have to make a break for the gates. 879 01:23:35,150 --> 01:23:36,883 It's the only way back in. 880 01:23:45,158 --> 01:23:46,726 Don't let go! 881 01:24:26,199 --> 01:24:28,201 Help! 882 01:24:28,334 --> 01:24:30,700 - What is that? - Open the gates! 883 01:24:31,370 --> 01:24:32,872 Open the gates! 884 01:24:34,240 --> 01:24:35,608 It's the king! 885 01:24:35,742 --> 01:24:37,577 Open the gates! 886 01:24:37,711 --> 01:24:39,112 Open them! 887 01:24:44,250 --> 01:24:47,120 Stop them! 888 01:25:18,184 --> 01:25:19,819 The gate is stuck! 889 01:25:31,664 --> 01:25:34,701 Go! Go! 890 01:26:01,227 --> 01:26:02,495 They're coming. 891 01:26:02,662 --> 01:26:03,663 Hurry! 892 01:26:06,232 --> 01:26:07,200 Hurry! 893 01:26:17,100 --> 01:26:18,978 What are you doing? No. 894 01:26:19,112 --> 01:26:21,181 No! [sobs] please! 895 01:26:21,948 --> 01:26:22,982 I need you. 896 01:26:23,983 --> 01:26:25,919 Rohan still needs you. 897 01:26:26,520 --> 01:26:27,921 No, Héra, 898 01:26:28,540 --> 01:26:29,989 they need you. 899 01:26:30,123 --> 01:26:31,891 You must lead them now. 900 01:26:32,492 --> 01:26:33,860 I can't. 901 01:26:39,866 --> 01:26:40,867 You can. 902 01:26:41,968 --> 01:26:44,571 You are a daughter of kings. 903 01:26:45,839 --> 01:26:47,507 The day you were born, 904 01:26:47,640 --> 01:26:48,875 I was brought to my knees. 905 01:26:50,810 --> 01:26:52,120 My pride... 906 01:26:53,146 --> 01:26:54,247 my joy. 907 01:26:55,682 --> 01:26:58,718 You could rule the world. 908 01:27:04,624 --> 01:27:05,592 [sobbing] No. 909 01:27:20,707 --> 01:27:22,108 Father! 910 01:27:22,242 --> 01:27:23,743 - Come away, child! - Father! 911 01:27:23,877 --> 01:27:25,845 Come away before you freeze to death! 912 01:27:43,530 --> 01:27:44,831 Is there no one left? 913 01:27:46,232 --> 01:27:49,669 Is there no one left to face me? 914 01:28:02,549 --> 01:28:03,883 Fall back! 915 01:28:05,285 --> 01:28:07,387 Sire! Come away! 916 01:28:07,554 --> 01:28:09,989 You'll die out here! 917 01:28:10,123 --> 01:28:12,726 Not while I live! 918 01:28:12,859 --> 01:28:15,261 Do you hear me, Wulf? 919 01:28:15,395 --> 01:28:16,963 By my life, 920 01:28:17,970 --> 01:28:19,432 Rohan still stands. 921 01:28:20,767 --> 01:28:22,635 Helm Hammerhand 922 01:28:23,436 --> 01:28:26,906 still stands! 923 01:29:17,824 --> 01:29:19,726 That is how they found him. 924 01:29:22,429 --> 01:29:23,963 Frozen in place, 925 01:29:24,998 --> 01:29:26,966 still standing guard 926 01:29:27,133 --> 01:29:28,968 before the gates of the Hornburg. 927 01:29:30,360 --> 01:29:31,504 His will unbroken, 928 01:29:32,772 --> 01:29:34,541 his knees unbent. 929 01:30:13,813 --> 01:30:14,781 Dead? 930 01:30:18,180 --> 01:30:21,540 I'll give the order to call off the siege. 931 01:30:21,187 --> 01:30:23,189 We can decamp and be out of here within the week. 932 01:30:24,324 --> 01:30:26,359 We are not going anywhere. 933 01:30:27,827 --> 01:30:29,562 You have won. 934 01:30:29,696 --> 01:30:31,197 There is nothing left to conquer 935 01:30:31,331 --> 01:30:33,266 but a group of starving refugees. 936 01:30:34,834 --> 01:30:38,438 Sire, you need to look to your own people. 937 01:30:38,571 --> 01:30:39,806 They are suffering. 938 01:30:41,241 --> 01:30:44,811 This long winter has taken its toll. 939 01:30:44,944 --> 01:30:47,247 Your stores of gold are all but gone. 940 01:30:48,314 --> 01:30:49,749 I implore you, 941 01:30:50,917 --> 01:30:52,419 abandon this place. 942 01:30:52,552 --> 01:30:54,954 Do you think I want to be here? 943 01:30:55,121 --> 01:30:57,924 Stuck in this filthy, forsaken valley? 944 01:30:58,992 --> 01:31:00,994 I cannot leave! 945 01:31:01,127 --> 01:31:04,164 Don't you understand? This is all I have. 946 01:31:04,297 --> 01:31:05,632 Without vengeance, 947 01:31:05,765 --> 01:31:07,567 this will have been for nothing. 948 01:31:10,737 --> 01:31:11,938 No. 949 01:31:12,720 --> 01:31:13,673 We cannot show weakness. 950 01:31:15,608 --> 01:31:16,810 Not to her. 951 01:31:19,446 --> 01:31:21,648 This keep will be her tomb. 952 01:31:32,225 --> 01:31:34,327 How long do you think we have? 953 01:31:34,461 --> 01:31:36,363 A few days before he breaches the walls. 954 01:31:36,496 --> 01:31:37,831 We cannot fight him. 955 01:31:38,965 --> 01:31:40,467 We cannot call for aid. 956 01:31:42,369 --> 01:31:45,472 Even if we could, who would answer now? 957 01:31:48,508 --> 01:31:49,909 I'm afraid, Olwyn. 958 01:31:51,277 --> 01:31:52,479 I cannot save them. 959 01:31:54,781 --> 01:31:57,584 Perhaps not. But there is something you can do. 960 01:31:59,185 --> 01:32:00,520 You can choose. 961 01:32:03,456 --> 01:32:05,525 You ask who would come if you called for aid? 962 01:32:07,293 --> 01:32:08,728 Rohan would answer. 963 01:32:11,970 --> 01:32:12,999 People need hope, Héra. 964 01:32:14,340 --> 01:32:15,668 Something to believe in, 965 01:32:15,802 --> 01:32:18,805 no matter how out of reach it may be. 966 01:32:18,972 --> 01:32:20,807 So, you can wait and worry, 967 01:32:20,940 --> 01:32:22,342 or you can choose. 968 01:32:22,475 --> 01:32:25,145 You can choose how this ends. 969 01:33:00,280 --> 01:33:01,481 Hmm. 970 01:33:15,695 --> 01:33:17,163 This is your plan? 971 01:33:17,330 --> 01:33:19,320 I never said it was a good one. 972 01:33:30,100 --> 01:33:34,814 Not that I mind carrying this up 898 steps, my lady, 973 01:33:34,948 --> 01:33:37,784 but why do you need your father's armor? 974 01:33:37,917 --> 01:33:39,850 My father's helmet and horn 975 01:33:39,219 --> 01:33:40,320 are known throughout the land. 976 01:33:42,122 --> 01:33:43,690 Why do I need the king's armor, Lief? 977 01:33:45,558 --> 01:33:46,526 For hope. 978 01:33:48,661 --> 01:33:49,996 Hope? 979 01:33:50,130 --> 01:33:51,231 Don't ask. 980 01:33:53,933 --> 01:33:55,635 If I don't come back, will you look after... 981 01:33:55,769 --> 01:33:58,338 Right, enough of that talk. You're coming back. 982 01:35:47,247 --> 01:35:49,783 I have read that the Great Eagles 983 01:35:49,916 --> 01:35:52,752 can understand the common tongue of men. 984 01:35:55,855 --> 01:35:58,725 Please, I beg of you. 985 01:36:00,427 --> 01:36:01,961 I need your help. 986 01:36:03,630 --> 01:36:05,565 My people need your help. 987 01:36:35,610 --> 01:36:36,496 We've had enough! 988 01:36:36,629 --> 01:36:38,598 Where's the money we were promised? 989 01:36:38,732 --> 01:36:40,600 This isn't about money. 990 01:36:40,734 --> 01:36:42,435 Your mission is to take that fortress 991 01:36:42,569 --> 01:36:45,138 so we can end this damn war! 992 01:36:45,271 --> 01:36:47,807 We care not for your stone towers. 993 01:36:48,708 --> 01:36:49,809 You should. 994 01:36:54,981 --> 01:36:58,952 That fortress is full of such riches. Room upon room. 995 01:37:01,421 --> 01:37:04,958 Those miserable rebels inside that keep cannot use it. 996 01:37:05,910 --> 01:37:08,328 They cannot burn it. They cannot eat it. 997 01:37:09,996 --> 01:37:12,899 It's yours, all of it. 998 01:37:13,330 --> 01:37:16,336 Yours for the taking. 999 01:37:32,652 --> 01:37:34,387 What are you doing? 1000 01:37:34,521 --> 01:37:37,223 The Hornburg has never been used to store gold! 1001 01:37:39,459 --> 01:37:40,960 But they don't know that, do they? 1002 01:37:48,635 --> 01:37:51,571 We can wait no longer. Give the order. 1003 01:37:51,705 --> 01:37:54,374 Right, you lot. You heard Lord Fréaláf, 1004 01:37:54,507 --> 01:37:56,376 time to abandon Dunharrow. 1005 01:37:56,509 --> 01:37:59,790 We make for Gondor at first light. 1006 01:38:28,508 --> 01:38:30,210 Leave none alive! 1007 01:38:31,110 --> 01:38:32,946 Kill them all! 1008 01:38:33,790 --> 01:38:36,249 He's moving the siege tower! We're out of time. 1009 01:38:37,484 --> 01:38:38,885 Then all is lost! 1010 01:38:39,190 --> 01:38:40,954 On the contrary. 1011 01:38:41,870 --> 01:38:45,425 An attack gives us a chance, one small chance, to escape. 1012 01:38:47,594 --> 01:38:49,462 Wulf will throw everything at us, which means... 1013 01:38:49,596 --> 01:38:52,732 His camp will be empty. 1014 01:38:52,866 --> 01:38:54,934 If we can clear the secret tunnel, 1015 01:38:55,680 --> 01:38:57,604 our people can reach the mountain pass. 1016 01:38:57,737 --> 01:38:59,739 From there, they can make for Dunharrow. 1017 01:38:59,873 --> 01:39:02,542 It's too risky. Wulf will see us. 1018 01:39:04,244 --> 01:39:05,912 No, he won't. 1019 01:39:07,380 --> 01:39:09,582 Because his eye will be fixed on me. 1020 01:39:23,960 --> 01:39:24,431 Are you ready? 1021 01:39:24,564 --> 01:39:25,498 Yes. 1022 01:39:25,632 --> 01:39:26,766 Good. 1023 01:39:30,603 --> 01:39:32,720 Where are we going? 1024 01:39:32,205 --> 01:39:33,473 Somewhere safe. 1025 01:39:37,610 --> 01:39:39,179 Are your soldiers ready? 1026 01:39:39,312 --> 01:39:41,147 Aye, they are. 1027 01:39:41,314 --> 01:39:43,830 We'll get them to Dunharrow. 1028 01:39:43,216 --> 01:39:44,851 Or die trying. 1029 01:39:46,152 --> 01:39:47,153 Shh. 1030 01:40:05,605 --> 01:40:06,740 Lief? 1031 01:40:09,309 --> 01:40:11,845 No. No, this is all wrong. 1032 01:40:12,812 --> 01:40:14,214 I'm your guard, miss. 1033 01:40:14,347 --> 01:40:16,816 I want to fight by your side till the end. 1034 01:40:20,887 --> 01:40:23,857 I need you to protect what is most important. 1035 01:40:25,158 --> 01:40:27,427 I need you to protect our people. 1036 01:40:31,931 --> 01:40:33,333 Well, go on with you then. 1037 01:40:35,100 --> 01:40:36,302 A straight line, mind you. 1038 01:40:36,436 --> 01:40:38,204 Don't be leading them in circles. 1039 01:41:47,674 --> 01:41:51,311 He wanted a bride and so a bride he shall have. 1040 01:41:55,715 --> 01:41:56,883 It's time. 1041 01:41:58,785 --> 01:42:02,956 I swore to your father, from your very first breath, 1042 01:42:03,890 --> 01:42:05,250 that I would always be by your side. 1043 01:42:05,158 --> 01:42:08,428 I swear it still. 1044 01:42:08,561 --> 01:42:11,865 To my very last. 1045 01:42:11,998 --> 01:42:14,534 What's so funny? Why are you laughing? 1046 01:42:17,804 --> 01:42:19,706 Uh... 1047 01:42:19,839 --> 01:42:21,608 Because I get to choose... 1048 01:42:23,243 --> 01:42:25,679 and I choose not to be afraid. 1049 01:42:25,812 --> 01:42:30,160 Ride strong, child. 1050 01:42:43,730 --> 01:42:44,931 let's go. 1051 01:42:46,433 --> 01:42:49,200 We can't go out there! They'll catch us! 1052 01:42:49,903 --> 01:42:51,538 No, they won't. 1053 01:42:51,671 --> 01:42:54,541 Someone stayed behind to make sure they wouldn't, 1054 01:42:54,674 --> 01:42:55,842 to protect us. 1055 01:42:56,776 --> 01:42:58,445 Who did? 1056 01:42:58,578 --> 01:43:01,348 Have you ever heard of the Shieldmaidens? 1057 01:43:01,948 --> 01:43:03,149 No. 1058 01:43:03,283 --> 01:43:05,352 They were women of The Borderlands. 1059 01:43:10,123 --> 01:43:12,525 When all the soldiers had died, 1060 01:43:12,659 --> 01:43:14,828 they took up arms. 1061 01:43:14,994 --> 01:43:19,232 They defended Rohan when no one else could. 1062 01:43:19,366 --> 01:43:22,535 Some believe they're all gone now. 1063 01:43:22,669 --> 01:43:23,670 Are they? 1064 01:43:25,572 --> 01:43:26,806 Not all of them. 1065 01:44:49,622 --> 01:44:50,957 Advance! 1066 01:45:04,738 --> 01:45:06,139 Hold! 1067 01:45:19,486 --> 01:45:20,854 What is this? 1068 01:45:24,824 --> 01:45:27,227 You come before me as a bride? 1069 01:45:27,360 --> 01:45:30,196 You think, after everything, I would marry you? 1070 01:45:30,330 --> 01:45:33,330 I am bride to no man. 1071 01:45:33,166 --> 01:45:36,536 Tell me then. To whom are you pledged? 1072 01:45:40,440 --> 01:45:41,441 Death. 1073 01:45:42,809 --> 01:45:45,178 Let us end this, Wulf, 1074 01:45:45,311 --> 01:45:50,150 as it began, with you and I. 1075 01:45:50,283 --> 01:45:54,454 If I best you in combat, you let my people go. 1076 01:45:54,587 --> 01:45:56,823 Why would I agree to such terms? 1077 01:45:56,956 --> 01:45:59,659 You have nothing to offer me. 1078 01:45:59,793 --> 01:46:02,529 You may wear a crown upon your head, 1079 01:46:02,662 --> 01:46:05,965 but that does not make you a king. 1080 01:46:06,990 --> 01:46:09,669 I am the last of the true bloodline of Rohan. 1081 01:46:09,803 --> 01:46:11,905 I offer you a chance to prove yourself 1082 01:46:12,380 --> 01:46:14,174 worthy of that throne. 1083 01:46:14,307 --> 01:46:17,577 You were too much of a coward to face my father. 1084 01:46:17,711 --> 01:46:21,681 So, face me now. 1085 01:46:21,815 --> 01:46:24,751 The girl is clever. She is up to something. 1086 01:46:24,884 --> 01:46:26,753 Do not take the bait. 1087 01:46:30,323 --> 01:46:33,260 I accept your challenge. 1088 01:46:33,159 --> 01:46:34,894 You think I am afraid of you? 1089 01:46:37,330 --> 01:46:38,865 You should be. 1090 01:46:50,477 --> 01:46:53,279 Hold positions. 1091 01:47:06,590 --> 01:47:07,827 This way. 1092 01:47:07,994 --> 01:47:09,295 Keep moving, keep moving. 1093 01:48:21,167 --> 01:48:22,635 Call off your men. 1094 01:48:24,671 --> 01:48:26,390 You gave me your word. 1095 01:48:36,182 --> 01:48:37,250 I did. 1096 01:48:44,858 --> 01:48:46,126 Launch the attack. 1097 01:48:47,927 --> 01:48:49,950 No. 1098 01:48:50,530 --> 01:48:52,465 The girl was right. 1099 01:48:52,632 --> 01:48:55,201 You're a coward. 1100 01:48:55,335 --> 01:48:58,380 A coward with no honor. 1101 01:49:05,679 --> 01:49:11,151 With or without honor, men bleed just the same. 1102 01:49:14,120 --> 01:49:16,556 Attack! Attack! 1103 01:49:16,690 --> 01:49:19,920 Leave the girl to me! 1104 01:49:26,166 --> 01:49:27,367 Hold your positions! 1105 01:49:30,170 --> 01:49:31,805 They're closin' in! 1106 01:49:31,938 --> 01:49:33,540 Move the last group now! 1107 01:49:33,673 --> 01:49:34,941 Go! Hurry! 1108 01:49:36,242 --> 01:49:38,378 You take care of this. 1109 01:49:38,511 --> 01:49:43,490 Our people still have a song or two left in them yet. 1110 01:49:55,161 --> 01:49:56,529 Héra! 1111 01:50:04,437 --> 01:50:05,772 Fire! 1112 01:50:06,773 --> 01:50:07,907 Fire! 1113 01:50:29,295 --> 01:50:31,498 You have lost, Héra. 1114 01:50:51,418 --> 01:50:53,219 The Hornburg will fall... 1115 01:50:55,555 --> 01:50:56,956 just like your brothers. 1116 01:50:58,425 --> 01:51:01,961 Just like the great Helm Hammerhand. 1117 01:51:27,620 --> 01:51:28,722 Hammerhand? 1118 01:51:41,167 --> 01:51:42,936 The wraith! The wraith! 1119 01:51:43,903 --> 01:51:45,538 Helm Hammerhand has come! 1120 01:51:45,672 --> 01:51:49,542 The dead are upon us! Run for your life! 1121 01:51:50,977 --> 01:51:53,813 For Rohan! 1122 01:51:53,980 --> 01:51:56,883 Forth Eorlingas! 1123 01:52:14,670 --> 01:52:15,668 Our people do not call this keep 1124 01:52:15,802 --> 01:52:17,103 the Hornburg anymore. 1125 01:52:18,505 --> 01:52:19,506 Héra! 1126 01:52:21,841 --> 01:52:24,344 They have named it for its true king. 1127 01:52:26,613 --> 01:52:28,448 Helm's Deep. 1128 01:53:02,415 --> 01:53:03,450 I knew it. 1129 01:53:09,789 --> 01:53:10,790 From the moment I first met you, 1130 01:53:10,924 --> 01:53:12,625 I knew you would be my doom. 1131 01:53:25,972 --> 01:53:26,973 Héra... 1132 01:54:08,448 --> 01:54:10,216 Héra! 1133 01:55:04,371 --> 01:55:05,338 After them! 1134 01:55:06,673 --> 01:55:08,341 Cut off the retreat! 1135 01:55:12,245 --> 01:55:14,214 Héra, you're hurt. 1136 01:55:23,323 --> 01:55:24,290 Let them go. 1137 01:55:26,726 --> 01:55:28,361 Let them return to their homes, 1138 01:55:29,262 --> 01:55:30,296 their loved ones. 1139 01:55:32,198 --> 01:55:34,167 Rohan has seen enough war. 1140 01:55:35,350 --> 01:55:36,469 Show mercy, cousin. 1141 01:55:37,804 --> 01:55:40,600 Then let mercy rule this day. 1142 01:56:30,457 --> 01:56:32,920 Can't catch me! 1143 01:56:35,528 --> 01:56:37,197 Come on, now, supper's ready! 1144 01:56:42,602 --> 01:56:45,305 The long winter had ended, 1145 01:56:45,438 --> 01:56:48,475 the green promise of spring had come. 1146 01:56:48,641 --> 01:56:52,120 So began the second line of kings, 1147 01:56:52,145 --> 01:56:54,681 and the hope for a more peaceful age. 1148 01:56:55,982 --> 01:57:00,353 Fréaláf Hildeson, tenth king of Rohan, 1149 01:57:00,520 --> 01:57:02,856 first lord of the second line... 1150 01:57:04,324 --> 01:57:08,795 I present to you the new master of Isengard... 1151 01:57:19,773 --> 01:57:21,641 Saruman the White. 1152 01:57:23,877 --> 01:57:27,414 If you should ever be in need of assistance, my lord. 1153 01:57:36,423 --> 01:57:38,758 It should have been you, Héra. 1154 01:57:45,231 --> 01:57:47,300 I never wanted a crown. 1155 01:57:47,434 --> 01:57:49,402 It was always meant for others. 1156 01:57:49,569 --> 01:57:52,439 Even so, you would have worn it well. 1157 01:57:54,407 --> 01:57:56,109 I hear you've received a message. 1158 01:57:57,777 --> 01:57:58,745 Yes. 1159 01:57:58,878 --> 01:58:00,480 An unexpected invitation. 1160 01:58:01,614 --> 01:58:04,451 Of course. Adventure beckons. 1161 01:58:10,557 --> 01:58:12,920 Go well, cousin. 1162 01:58:20,433 --> 01:58:23,903 But should your king ever need you... 1163 01:58:26,940 --> 01:58:29,309 The king will always have my sword, 1164 01:58:29,442 --> 01:58:31,611 my loyalty, and my love. 1165 01:58:51,464 --> 01:58:52,599 What are you doing here? 1166 01:58:52,732 --> 01:58:54,768 What does it look like? 1167 01:58:54,901 --> 01:58:56,836 You're no longer bound to my service. 1168 01:58:58,400 --> 01:58:59,672 I know. 1169 01:59:02,809 --> 01:59:05,445 So, where are we going? 1170 01:59:12,585 --> 01:59:15,588 We ride for the Fords of Isen to meet a wizard. 1171 01:59:15,755 --> 01:59:18,910 He has questions about the Orcs I encountered 1172 01:59:18,224 --> 01:59:19,492 and the rings they were stealing. 1173 01:59:21,861 --> 01:59:25,298 Oh, aye? And does this wizard have a name? 1174 01:59:27,600 --> 01:59:28,601 He has many. 1175 01:59:42,349 --> 01:59:46,353 But in the common tongue, he's simply known as Gandalf. 1176 02:00:01,668 --> 02:00:05,538 Her name was Héra, the only daughter of Helm . 1177 02:00:10,210 --> 02:00:14,147 "Wild," some called her. "Headstrong and free." 1178 02:00:17,951 --> 02:00:21,321 And so she remained, to the end of her days.