1 00:00:57,719 --> 00:00:59,634 All Middle-Earth knows the tale 2 00:00:59,808 --> 00:01:01,245 of the War of the Ring. 3 00:01:04,248 --> 00:01:06,206 But there are older tales. 4 00:01:10,602 --> 00:01:13,083 Tales told around warm fires 5 00:01:13,257 --> 00:01:16,521 on cold winter nights. 6 00:01:16,695 --> 00:01:20,046 Tales passed down from the old to the young. 7 00:01:22,875 --> 00:01:26,357 Tales that light a path through the dark. 8 00:01:55,995 --> 00:01:58,171 Almost 200 years before the ring 9 00:01:58,345 --> 00:02:00,434 ever came to Bilbo Baggins, 10 00:02:01,522 --> 00:02:03,959 there lived a girl. 11 00:02:04,134 --> 00:02:06,571 Her name was Héra. 12 00:02:06,745 --> 00:02:08,747 Only daughter of Helm... 13 00:02:08,921 --> 00:02:10,314 King of Rohan. 14 00:02:11,532 --> 00:02:13,882 Born under a harvest moon, 15 00:02:14,056 --> 00:02:16,189 her mother did not live to see the dawn. 16 00:02:18,974 --> 00:02:23,196 Raised alongside two brothers by a warrior king... 17 00:02:23,370 --> 00:02:26,243 the girl could ride a horse before she could walk. 18 00:02:28,984 --> 00:02:31,509 "Wild," some called her. 19 00:02:31,683 --> 00:02:34,642 "Headstrong," railed her father. 20 00:02:34,816 --> 00:02:36,209 Though, in truth, 21 00:02:36,383 --> 00:02:38,864 he was so proud of his tearaway child. 22 00:02:52,747 --> 00:02:55,315 Whoa. Whoa. 23 00:03:59,423 --> 00:04:03,862 By her hand, many great deeds were done. 24 00:04:04,036 --> 00:04:07,344 But do not look for tales of her in the old songs. 25 00:04:09,563 --> 00:04:11,348 There are none. 26 00:04:41,682 --> 00:04:42,682 Milady! 27 00:04:52,867 --> 00:04:53,867 There she is! 28 00:04:55,217 --> 00:04:57,176 Lady Héra! 29 00:05:23,898 --> 00:05:24,898 Héra! 30 00:05:26,945 --> 00:05:28,599 You should have seen it, Háma. 31 00:05:32,429 --> 00:05:34,387 The fledgling took the lure. 32 00:05:34,561 --> 00:05:35,997 Haleth said it wouldn't work. 33 00:05:36,171 --> 00:05:37,758 He said, "It would tear you limb from limb." 34 00:05:37,782 --> 00:05:39,436 Wait, Héra... 35 00:05:39,610 --> 00:05:41,065 Did you know that the Great Eagles speak a language... 36 00:05:41,089 --> 00:05:42,197 all of their own 37 00:05:42,221 --> 00:05:43,353 but only to wizards? 38 00:05:43,527 --> 00:05:44,876 Will you listen to me? 39 00:05:45,050 --> 00:05:47,269 Wait. Whose horses are those? 40 00:05:47,444 --> 00:05:49,228 That's what I've been trying to tell you. 41 00:05:49,402 --> 00:05:51,448 Messengers arrived from the West-march. 42 00:05:51,622 --> 00:05:55,277 From Lord Freca? Why? 43 00:05:55,452 --> 00:05:57,628 He has called for a Witan. 44 00:05:57,802 --> 00:06:00,544 I thought only the king could summon the lords to council. 45 00:06:00,718 --> 00:06:04,417 That is the custom, not the law. 46 00:06:04,591 --> 00:06:06,463 Olwyn! 47 00:06:06,637 --> 00:06:08,726 It's also the custom to tell your lady's maid 48 00:06:08,900 --> 00:06:10,597 if you're gonna run off 49 00:06:10,771 --> 00:06:13,011 and make a snack of yourself for some great flying beast! 50 00:06:15,341 --> 00:06:16,908 Oh, you... 51 00:06:17,082 --> 00:06:18,866 Come on, you need to change. 52 00:06:20,259 --> 00:06:21,956 What's wrong with what I'm wearing? 53 00:06:23,436 --> 00:06:24,436 Hopeless. 54 00:06:36,884 --> 00:06:39,234 Lord Freca hasn't been to court in years. 55 00:06:39,409 --> 00:06:41,715 Why would he show up now? 56 00:06:41,889 --> 00:06:44,414 You don't think he means to challenge father, do you? 57 00:06:44,588 --> 00:06:46,111 I'd like to see him try. 58 00:06:47,417 --> 00:06:48,418 Haleth. 59 00:06:51,508 --> 00:06:53,074 Brother. 60 00:06:53,248 --> 00:06:55,860 I doubt Freca even remembers how to swing a sword. 61 00:06:56,034 --> 00:06:58,689 He's sat idle in the West-march too long, 62 00:06:58,863 --> 00:07:01,779 stuffing his face, and his pocket. 63 00:07:01,953 --> 00:07:03,607 Fat and prosperous 64 00:07:03,781 --> 00:07:05,901 are when men are at their most dangerous, Lord Haleth. 65 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:08,438 It fills them with false courage, 66 00:07:08,612 --> 00:07:11,658 and false courage breeds discontent. 67 00:07:11,832 --> 00:07:13,355 Which means what? 68 00:07:13,530 --> 00:07:16,794 It means Lord Freca has had a long time 69 00:07:16,968 --> 00:07:19,318 to think about all the things he doesn't have. 70 00:07:24,149 --> 00:07:27,369 Freca has only what we allow. Nothing more. 71 00:07:44,691 --> 00:07:46,911 Lief, you're calling the banners tonight? 72 00:07:47,085 --> 00:07:49,087 My Lord Fréaláf. 73 00:07:50,131 --> 00:07:51,263 Yes. I am. 74 00:07:52,394 --> 00:07:54,484 It's my first council. 75 00:07:54,658 --> 00:07:56,244 I... I thought I'd learned all the sigils. 76 00:07:56,268 --> 00:07:58,009 Hmm. 77 00:07:58,183 --> 00:08:02,187 But I... I don't recognize that one. 78 00:08:02,361 --> 00:08:04,537 The banner of the Shieldmaidens. 79 00:08:04,711 --> 00:08:06,017 My Lady Héra! 80 00:08:06,974 --> 00:08:08,498 Cousin? 81 00:08:08,672 --> 00:08:09,672 Oh... 82 00:08:12,110 --> 00:08:14,025 Look at you. No mud, 83 00:08:14,199 --> 00:08:15,853 no twigs in your hair... 84 00:08:16,027 --> 00:08:18,159 One could almost mistake you 85 00:08:18,333 --> 00:08:19,900 for a princess of Rohan. 86 00:08:27,255 --> 00:08:29,562 The Shieldmaidens were women of The Borderlands. 87 00:08:31,433 --> 00:08:34,828 When all the men were slain, they took up arms and fought. 88 00:08:35,002 --> 00:08:37,962 They defended Rohan when no one else could. 89 00:08:38,136 --> 00:08:39,790 Those were darker days. 90 00:08:41,618 --> 00:08:44,969 I've long thought it time to retire that banner. 91 00:08:46,623 --> 00:08:48,538 And I doubt there are any of them left. 92 00:08:49,669 --> 00:08:50,844 They're all gone? 93 00:08:52,193 --> 00:08:53,194 Not all of them. 94 00:09:11,996 --> 00:09:15,303 Helm. Son of Gram, 95 00:09:15,477 --> 00:09:17,436 Lord of the Eorlingas. Ninth... 96 00:09:17,610 --> 00:09:22,833 Yes, yes. They know their king when they see him. 97 00:09:23,007 --> 00:09:25,836 You all look like you're at a funeral! 98 00:09:26,010 --> 00:09:28,012 Fear not, faint hearts. 99 00:09:29,666 --> 00:09:31,755 We'll be done with this business soon enough. 100 00:09:38,022 --> 00:09:40,851 I see you have started without me. 101 00:09:46,508 --> 00:09:50,382 Freca, Lord of the West-march. 102 00:09:50,556 --> 00:09:53,515 Lord Wulf, son of Freca. 103 00:09:54,821 --> 00:09:57,258 General Targg of Dunland. 104 00:10:04,744 --> 00:10:08,530 Lord Freca! It has been a while. 105 00:10:08,705 --> 00:10:10,620 You've missed many a council, 106 00:10:10,794 --> 00:10:13,448 though it seems very few meals. 107 00:10:15,276 --> 00:10:18,802 Freca, the King jests. 108 00:10:18,976 --> 00:10:24,851 I see age has not improved your manners, my liege. 109 00:10:25,025 --> 00:10:27,158 Am I not welcome in this great hall? 110 00:10:27,332 --> 00:10:30,988 All loyal men are welcome here. 111 00:10:31,162 --> 00:10:34,252 Ah, but loyal to whom? Hmm? 112 00:10:34,426 --> 00:10:36,646 To Rohan? 113 00:10:36,820 --> 00:10:39,170 Or to Gondor? 114 00:10:39,344 --> 00:10:44,566 A rumor has reached my ears that a Gondorian princeling... 115 00:10:44,741 --> 00:10:47,178 has made an offer for your daughter's hand. 116 00:10:51,356 --> 00:10:52,356 Do you deny it? 117 00:10:54,228 --> 00:10:57,797 It's none of your business whom my daughter marries! 118 00:10:57,971 --> 00:10:59,233 I say it is. 119 00:11:00,887 --> 00:11:03,890 I say it is all of our business. 120 00:11:07,154 --> 00:11:09,113 I come before this council 121 00:11:09,287 --> 00:11:13,639 with an offer to strengthen, not weaken Rohan. 122 00:11:13,813 --> 00:11:15,946 For too long our houses have squabbled 123 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:18,905 while Gondor usurps our greatness. 124 00:11:19,079 --> 00:11:21,647 They would respect us, nay, fear us, 125 00:11:21,821 --> 00:11:25,042 were we truly united. 126 00:11:25,216 --> 00:11:30,482 It is past time for Rohan to stop being Gondor's lapdog. 127 00:11:30,656 --> 00:11:34,442 Consider instead a son of the West-march. 128 00:11:34,616 --> 00:11:36,836 Hmm. 129 00:11:43,669 --> 00:11:48,021 I, Wulf, son of Freca, 130 00:11:48,195 --> 00:11:51,372 come before you, Héra, daughter of Helm... 131 00:11:52,156 --> 00:11:54,158 Wulf, don't. 132 00:11:57,814 --> 00:11:59,859 to seek your hand in marriage. 133 00:12:03,602 --> 00:12:04,646 Well, girl? 134 00:12:06,344 --> 00:12:08,215 What do you say, hmm? 135 00:12:08,389 --> 00:12:10,087 Enough! 136 00:12:13,264 --> 00:12:16,049 You speak of uniting our people, 137 00:12:16,223 --> 00:12:20,619 when it is I who has faced down death, famine, war 138 00:12:20,793 --> 00:12:23,535 to hold these lands together. 139 00:12:23,709 --> 00:12:28,758 I know why you have come, Freca, son of Dunland. 140 00:12:28,932 --> 00:12:34,198 You do not seek an alliance, you seek a throne. 141 00:12:34,372 --> 00:12:37,418 Old kings that refuse a proffered staff 142 00:12:37,592 --> 00:12:39,464 may fall on their knees. 143 00:12:39,638 --> 00:12:44,121 You do not command the loyalty you think you do. 144 00:12:45,818 --> 00:12:48,342 Sire, this is not the place. 145 00:12:49,866 --> 00:12:52,520 My nephew speaks true. 146 00:12:52,694 --> 00:12:55,262 A king does not brawl in his own house. 147 00:12:56,960 --> 00:13:00,311 But men are freer outside. 148 00:13:00,485 --> 00:13:02,922 Wouldn't you agree? 149 00:13:23,943 --> 00:13:25,727 Is this wise, Uncle? 150 00:13:26,685 --> 00:13:28,339 I know Freca. 151 00:13:28,513 --> 00:13:30,645 He hasn't a noble bone in his body. 152 00:13:34,954 --> 00:13:36,477 Mark my word, 153 00:13:36,651 --> 00:13:39,002 he would not be satisfied with marriage to Héra. 154 00:13:39,176 --> 00:13:41,656 He would see his son on my throne 155 00:13:41,831 --> 00:13:44,137 and my boys in a grave. 156 00:13:48,794 --> 00:13:52,580 Time to remind him of his place. 157 00:13:52,754 --> 00:13:56,584 The line of Helm is not so easily broken. 158 00:14:04,027 --> 00:14:07,334 Come away, child. Leave them be. 159 00:14:15,952 --> 00:14:17,388 You did not give an answer. 160 00:14:19,216 --> 00:14:20,782 We should go. 161 00:14:20,957 --> 00:14:22,175 Would it be so bad? 162 00:14:23,089 --> 00:14:25,091 We were inseparable once. 163 00:14:25,265 --> 00:14:26,745 We were children. 164 00:14:28,790 --> 00:14:30,270 Is she with him? 165 00:14:30,444 --> 00:14:31,445 Aye. 166 00:14:35,101 --> 00:14:37,021 Well, I did not think so much had changed. 167 00:14:38,626 --> 00:14:39,932 Wulf, please. 168 00:14:40,759 --> 00:14:42,717 I care about you. 169 00:14:42,892 --> 00:14:44,806 But... 170 00:14:44,981 --> 00:14:47,635 you'd rather marry a stranger from Gondor? 171 00:14:47,809 --> 00:14:50,160 I have no thoughts of marriage at all. 172 00:14:50,334 --> 00:14:53,511 Our fathers speak as if I were not even in the room. 173 00:14:53,685 --> 00:14:55,045 This should be my decision to make. 174 00:14:55,165 --> 00:14:57,689 It should be yours, too. 175 00:14:57,863 --> 00:15:00,561 And what if I told you this is what I want? 176 00:15:01,432 --> 00:15:03,651 What I've always wanted. 177 00:15:03,825 --> 00:15:05,697 - I love you. - No. 178 00:15:06,828 --> 00:15:09,875 I do not want to marry you. 179 00:15:10,049 --> 00:15:13,096 I do not want to marry any man. 180 00:15:13,270 --> 00:15:15,925 You asked for my answer, you have it. 181 00:15:16,099 --> 00:15:17,099 Héra! 182 00:15:19,319 --> 00:15:22,496 Come, sister, or we'll miss all the fun. 183 00:15:39,644 --> 00:15:41,298 Now, Dunlending, 184 00:15:41,472 --> 00:15:44,257 you have only Helm to deal with. 185 00:15:44,431 --> 00:15:47,608 Just you and me. Unarmed. 186 00:15:47,782 --> 00:15:51,090 You will live to regret this, old man. 187 00:15:52,309 --> 00:15:53,701 Dress the girl however you like. 188 00:15:53,875 --> 00:15:55,268 Can't you stop this? 189 00:15:55,442 --> 00:15:57,662 Your daughter's no lady. 190 00:15:57,836 --> 00:16:02,449 No wonder she's wild. Raised by a brute like you. 191 00:16:02,623 --> 00:16:05,061 "Feral" they call her. 192 00:16:05,235 --> 00:16:07,150 Right at home in the rough country. 193 00:16:10,196 --> 00:16:15,636 But, no, she's "too good" for my son. 194 00:16:23,601 --> 00:16:25,472 Hmm. 195 00:16:25,646 --> 00:16:29,824 Your daughter will come crawling on her knees, 196 00:16:29,999 --> 00:16:32,218 begging my son to marry her before the end. 197 00:16:36,135 --> 00:16:37,135 Father! 198 00:16:40,748 --> 00:16:42,707 Get up, Freca! 199 00:16:42,881 --> 00:16:44,752 Get up and fight! 200 00:16:44,926 --> 00:16:46,058 Father? 201 00:16:52,586 --> 00:16:53,935 He's dead. 202 00:16:55,720 --> 00:16:56,764 No! 203 00:16:59,550 --> 00:17:03,293 Impossible! I only struck him the once. 204 00:17:03,467 --> 00:17:04,729 You saw. 205 00:17:04,903 --> 00:17:05,904 You all saw. 206 00:17:09,864 --> 00:17:11,083 Hmm. 207 00:17:13,564 --> 00:17:15,522 You killed him. 208 00:17:16,871 --> 00:17:18,438 Put the sword down, lad. 209 00:17:22,529 --> 00:17:23,748 No! 210 00:17:33,932 --> 00:17:37,718 You dare draw your sword against the King, Dunlending? 211 00:17:43,159 --> 00:17:46,031 Father, no! 212 00:17:46,205 --> 00:17:48,468 You're killing him! 213 00:17:58,870 --> 00:18:00,567 Enough blood has been spilt. 214 00:18:03,744 --> 00:18:05,181 There will be no more. 215 00:18:08,271 --> 00:18:11,056 You will pay for this with your life. 216 00:18:11,796 --> 00:18:13,276 I swear it. 217 00:18:13,450 --> 00:18:16,975 Save your breath, boy, lest it be your last. 218 00:18:19,108 --> 00:18:22,111 Wulf, son of Freca, 219 00:18:22,285 --> 00:18:24,243 you are banished. 220 00:18:24,417 --> 00:18:27,203 If you set foot on these lands again, 221 00:18:28,334 --> 00:18:31,294 it will be your head. 222 00:18:41,869 --> 00:18:43,306 Wulf... 223 00:18:57,711 --> 00:18:58,756 Leave him. 224 00:19:28,699 --> 00:19:30,614 Seasons passed. 225 00:19:30,788 --> 00:19:33,834 The death of Freca was talked of for a long time. 226 00:19:36,359 --> 00:19:38,491 Some whispered it was an ill omen 227 00:19:38,665 --> 00:19:41,277 for a king to kill one of his own. 228 00:19:48,022 --> 00:19:50,764 Wulf's fate weighed heavy on Héra's mind. 229 00:19:52,201 --> 00:19:55,639 Banished and reviled... 230 00:19:55,813 --> 00:19:58,946 yet he was still the boy she once called friend. 231 00:20:02,776 --> 00:20:06,171 - We're not supposed to be here. - They're not gonna find us... 232 00:20:09,305 --> 00:20:10,654 Are you ready, Héra? 233 00:20:10,828 --> 00:20:12,108 Of course I'm ready. 234 00:20:13,526 --> 00:20:15,180 Come on, Wulf! 235 00:20:29,542 --> 00:20:30,542 Got you! 236 00:20:32,589 --> 00:20:33,764 Wait! Wulf! 237 00:20:42,903 --> 00:20:44,209 I cut you! 238 00:20:44,383 --> 00:20:46,124 I'm sorry. I did not mean to hurt you. 239 00:20:46,298 --> 00:20:47,778 - Leave me. - You're bleeding. 240 00:20:47,952 --> 00:20:49,040 Go! 241 00:20:49,214 --> 00:20:50,911 Before my father finds you here. 242 00:20:51,651 --> 00:20:53,174 I said, "Go!" 243 00:21:04,577 --> 00:21:06,231 Héra tried to find word of Wulf. 244 00:21:07,885 --> 00:21:10,453 No sign of him could ever be found. 245 00:21:10,627 --> 00:21:12,629 It was as if he had vanished, 246 00:21:12,803 --> 00:21:15,806 passing like a shadow into night. 247 00:21:24,815 --> 00:21:28,079 A new threat arose on Rohan's eastern border. 248 00:21:31,038 --> 00:21:33,345 Strange sounds were heard in the night. 249 00:21:36,392 --> 00:21:38,568 The broken bodies of wild horses 250 00:21:38,742 --> 00:21:40,831 were found dead on the morn. 251 00:21:43,660 --> 00:21:46,053 No longer would the king allow his wayward daughter 252 00:21:46,227 --> 00:21:47,533 to ride out alone. 253 00:21:52,582 --> 00:21:55,454 Crebain, from Dunland. 254 00:21:58,022 --> 00:21:59,371 It's a Southron. 255 00:21:59,545 --> 00:22:01,634 The armor marks him as a mercenary. 256 00:22:03,201 --> 00:22:04,898 See where those tracks lead. 257 00:22:05,072 --> 00:22:06,441 Ooh, he's quite big, isn't he? 258 00:22:06,465 --> 00:22:09,555 Okay. This way. Come on, Lief. 259 00:22:10,513 --> 00:22:12,036 Ugh. 260 00:22:12,210 --> 00:22:14,343 What is a Southron doing this far north? 261 00:22:20,740 --> 00:22:22,699 He's been here a few days. 262 00:22:22,873 --> 00:22:25,049 The birds have picked the body clean. 263 00:22:25,223 --> 00:22:27,530 Spear and horn. 264 00:22:27,704 --> 00:22:29,880 I think he was some kind of Beastmaster. 265 00:22:30,054 --> 00:22:32,056 Aye, but master of what? 266 00:22:32,230 --> 00:22:34,145 What was that old poem 267 00:22:34,319 --> 00:22:36,887 you used to recite to me as a child? 268 00:22:37,061 --> 00:22:39,324 Something about "making the earth shake." 269 00:22:43,763 --> 00:22:45,374 Run! 270 00:22:48,202 --> 00:22:50,074 Run! 271 00:22:55,688 --> 00:22:56,863 Mûmak! 272 00:23:00,824 --> 00:23:02,260 The beast is rabid. 273 00:23:10,747 --> 00:23:13,402 Héra... get out of here! 274 00:23:14,620 --> 00:23:15,620 Go! 275 00:23:17,841 --> 00:23:18,841 Fréaláf! 276 00:24:40,184 --> 00:24:42,142 Héra! No! 277 00:24:55,112 --> 00:24:57,549 Faster, Ashere! Faster! 278 00:24:59,812 --> 00:25:00,944 Héra! 279 00:25:33,454 --> 00:25:36,066 Does she know what creature lives in those woods? 280 00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:38,590 Of course she does. 281 00:26:25,681 --> 00:26:28,031 Whoa, Ashere, whoa. Whoa. 282 00:26:28,205 --> 00:26:30,511 Okay. 283 00:26:34,472 --> 00:26:37,562 Yeah. Go! Go! 284 00:26:40,739 --> 00:26:45,875 "Beware dark waters that hide old secrets." 285 00:28:44,733 --> 00:28:45,797 The Watcher in the Water. 286 00:28:48,345 --> 00:28:50,913 I never thought I'd live to see such a sight. 287 00:28:51,652 --> 00:28:52,741 General Targg. 288 00:28:54,612 --> 00:28:56,396 What are you doing here? 289 00:28:56,570 --> 00:28:57,615 You were banished. 290 00:28:57,789 --> 00:28:59,443 I was dispatched on a mission, 291 00:28:59,617 --> 00:29:02,141 but it seems that objective may have changed. 292 00:29:02,315 --> 00:29:04,056 What the... Dispatched by whom? 293 00:29:05,057 --> 00:29:07,581 I serve a new commander. 294 00:29:07,756 --> 00:29:10,019 The High Lord of the Hill Tribes. 295 00:29:10,193 --> 00:29:12,195 The Wildmen have no High Lord. 296 00:29:13,196 --> 00:29:14,327 They do now. 297 00:29:18,114 --> 00:29:20,290 How dare you! 298 00:29:22,205 --> 00:29:24,555 Get your hands off me! 299 00:29:24,729 --> 00:29:26,557 Put me down! 300 00:29:26,731 --> 00:29:28,385 She's seen the mumak! 301 00:29:28,559 --> 00:29:30,239 - Why not kill her now? - Let me go! 302 00:29:30,387 --> 00:29:33,216 No. We take her to the High Lord. 303 00:29:33,390 --> 00:29:34,957 No! 304 00:29:35,131 --> 00:29:36,785 I said, "Let me go!" 305 00:30:29,533 --> 00:30:31,056 I found her. 306 00:30:31,230 --> 00:30:33,070 They're holding her in one of the guard towers. 307 00:30:37,846 --> 00:30:40,109 Ashere! 308 00:30:40,283 --> 00:30:42,285 How can you eat at a time like this? 309 00:30:48,117 --> 00:30:50,771 There must be another way out of here. 310 00:30:50,946 --> 00:30:53,252 Who would dare occupy Isengard? 311 00:30:55,951 --> 00:30:58,562 Someone bold enough to kidnap a king's daughter. 312 00:30:58,736 --> 00:31:01,565 I'm going after Héra. Stay hidden. 313 00:31:01,739 --> 00:31:03,132 Keep the horses at the ready. 314 00:31:03,306 --> 00:31:04,829 If I do not return by the hour... 315 00:31:05,003 --> 00:31:06,003 Wait. 316 00:31:07,963 --> 00:31:09,225 I have a plan. 317 00:31:41,735 --> 00:31:43,278 Always too curious... 318 00:31:43,302 --> 00:31:44,564 for your own good. 319 00:31:44,738 --> 00:31:46,740 Wulf! 320 00:31:46,915 --> 00:31:48,873 You're alive. 321 00:31:53,443 --> 00:31:56,054 You are the High Lord? 322 00:31:56,228 --> 00:31:57,969 Did you think I would slink away like a cur 323 00:31:58,143 --> 00:31:59,275 and lick my wounds? 324 00:32:01,451 --> 00:32:03,932 No, I have been busy. 325 00:32:06,935 --> 00:32:11,330 All my life, I was scorned for my Dunlending blood. 326 00:32:11,504 --> 00:32:15,160 But look who answered when I needed them. 327 00:32:15,334 --> 00:32:17,902 The Hill Tribes have sworn an oath to me. 328 00:32:19,556 --> 00:32:21,210 Every last one. 329 00:32:21,384 --> 00:32:23,952 You cannot hope to stand against Rohan and Gondor. 330 00:32:26,432 --> 00:32:28,608 Your father will never ask for help from Gondor. 331 00:32:29,740 --> 00:32:31,698 His pride will not allow it. 332 00:32:32,786 --> 00:32:35,876 No. Gondor is not coming. 333 00:32:42,144 --> 00:32:44,363 First, I will kill your brothers. 334 00:32:45,625 --> 00:32:48,585 Then, I will kill your father. 335 00:32:48,759 --> 00:32:51,631 And then, I will take the throne. 336 00:32:51,805 --> 00:32:53,503 And be king of what? 337 00:32:53,677 --> 00:32:56,767 A land in ruins, its people torn apart! 338 00:32:58,203 --> 00:33:01,163 You had your chance to unite Rohan. 339 00:33:01,337 --> 00:33:03,208 And you refused! 340 00:33:03,382 --> 00:33:05,210 Did I disgust you so much? 341 00:33:05,732 --> 00:33:07,299 Hmm? 342 00:33:07,473 --> 00:33:09,301 Was I so easily forgotten? 343 00:33:14,915 --> 00:33:16,700 I never forgot you. 344 00:33:16,874 --> 00:33:18,702 I tried to find you. 345 00:33:44,032 --> 00:33:46,643 The boy I knew would never wish for war. 346 00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:49,428 Don't do this, Wulf. 347 00:33:49,602 --> 00:33:51,430 Innocent people will die. 348 00:34:04,052 --> 00:34:06,141 What if there was a way you could still save them? 349 00:34:13,322 --> 00:34:15,324 A way you could still save your people. 350 00:34:17,935 --> 00:34:19,415 If I agree to this... 351 00:34:20,546 --> 00:34:22,983 If I agree to be your bride, 352 00:34:23,158 --> 00:34:24,768 you swear there will be no war? 353 00:34:25,986 --> 00:34:29,425 If you agree? 354 00:34:29,599 --> 00:34:33,124 Is there no end to the arrogance of your house? 355 00:34:33,298 --> 00:34:36,171 Even now you can barely stomach the thought, can you? 356 00:34:38,477 --> 00:34:40,697 The boy you knew is gone, Héra. 357 00:34:45,397 --> 00:34:48,052 I am the man your father made me. 358 00:34:52,404 --> 00:34:53,405 Olwyn! 359 00:34:53,579 --> 00:34:56,321 Don't just sit there. Move! 360 00:35:09,160 --> 00:35:11,554 You think you're still a Shieldmaiden, old woman? 361 00:35:11,728 --> 00:35:13,338 Your fighting days are over. 362 00:35:16,820 --> 00:35:17,820 Go! 363 00:35:35,012 --> 00:35:37,319 Come on, greedy. We're leaving. 364 00:35:40,191 --> 00:35:41,191 Seize them! 365 00:35:42,802 --> 00:35:45,153 - Ride! - Summon the guards! 366 00:35:45,327 --> 00:35:47,111 - Stop her! - Go! 367 00:35:49,244 --> 00:35:50,680 Cut them off! 368 00:35:51,898 --> 00:35:53,030 Make for the gates! 369 00:35:53,204 --> 00:35:54,205 Move! 370 00:36:00,255 --> 00:36:01,386 To the gate! 371 00:36:01,560 --> 00:36:02,624 They're coming through! 372 00:36:02,648 --> 00:36:03,780 Quickly! 373 00:36:09,525 --> 00:36:12,092 We'll never make it past the archers! 374 00:36:12,267 --> 00:36:14,834 Trust me. I have a plan. 375 00:36:31,851 --> 00:36:34,767 This is your plan? 376 00:36:34,941 --> 00:36:36,900 I didn't say it was a good one! 377 00:36:48,085 --> 00:36:49,304 My lord! 378 00:36:49,478 --> 00:36:51,654 I'm fine. Let's get out of here. 379 00:36:56,789 --> 00:36:58,400 I'll dispatch our fastest horsemen. 380 00:37:00,315 --> 00:37:03,318 Don't bother. She will outride them. 381 00:37:05,145 --> 00:37:06,886 Call the men to arms. 382 00:37:15,199 --> 00:37:16,548 Please, listen to me. 383 00:37:16,722 --> 00:37:19,464 We do not know the full strength of Wulf's army. 384 00:37:19,638 --> 00:37:21,292 Do not underestimate him, Father. 385 00:37:21,466 --> 00:37:24,339 There is more to Wulf's plan, I know it. 386 00:37:24,513 --> 00:37:26,123 The mumak, the Southron we saw. 387 00:37:26,297 --> 00:37:29,257 That is no coincidence. 388 00:37:29,431 --> 00:37:32,303 The beast was diseased, you said so yourself. 389 00:37:32,477 --> 00:37:34,523 We had reports of a column of mumakil 390 00:37:34,697 --> 00:37:36,699 moving west, near our southern border. 391 00:37:36,873 --> 00:37:39,136 One of them must have broken its chains 392 00:37:39,310 --> 00:37:41,225 and crossed into our lands. 393 00:37:41,399 --> 00:37:44,010 It's got nothing to do with the Dunlending boy. 394 00:37:44,184 --> 00:37:47,449 The wisest move is to fall back to our strongholds. 395 00:37:47,623 --> 00:37:50,756 Light the beacons. Call for aid from Gondor. 396 00:37:50,930 --> 00:37:52,454 "The wisest move"? 397 00:37:53,846 --> 00:37:58,547 You would have me abandon Edoras? 398 00:37:58,721 --> 00:38:00,766 Until we are at full strength... 399 00:38:01,767 --> 00:38:02,899 yes. 400 00:38:03,073 --> 00:38:05,510 This is no rabble of Wildmen. 401 00:38:05,684 --> 00:38:08,644 These men are well trained and well-armed. 402 00:38:09,949 --> 00:38:12,691 My liege, if I may? 403 00:38:12,865 --> 00:38:15,390 Lord Fréaláf is young. 404 00:38:17,392 --> 00:38:21,657 He has not fought beside you in battle, as I have. 405 00:38:27,097 --> 00:38:31,362 I pledge 300 riders to protect the eastern flank. 406 00:38:31,536 --> 00:38:33,146 The men of the Wold 407 00:38:33,321 --> 00:38:35,714 stand ready to fight. 408 00:38:35,888 --> 00:38:38,282 I accept your pledge. 409 00:38:38,456 --> 00:38:41,329 Lord Thorne shall have command of the east. 410 00:38:41,503 --> 00:38:45,724 I will lead the vanguard north and meet Wulf on the plains. 411 00:38:47,291 --> 00:38:49,902 Let every man willing step forth. 412 00:38:50,947 --> 00:38:53,210 We fight for Rohan! 413 00:38:53,384 --> 00:38:55,081 Please, Uncle, trust me. 414 00:38:56,735 --> 00:39:00,652 Trust you? I trusted you to protect my daughter. 415 00:39:00,826 --> 00:39:03,960 To keep her safe. And look what happened. 416 00:39:04,134 --> 00:39:06,658 Kidnapped, by a filthy upstart. 417 00:39:06,832 --> 00:39:09,879 It was not his fault! Fréaláf saved me. 418 00:39:10,053 --> 00:39:11,707 She could have died! 419 00:39:21,064 --> 00:39:24,067 Go back to Dunharrow, Fréaláf Hildeson. 420 00:39:24,241 --> 00:39:28,463 Dig some trenches and crawl into them. 421 00:39:28,637 --> 00:39:31,030 When the songs of this day are sung, 422 00:39:31,204 --> 00:39:34,686 when the names of its heroes are read, 423 00:39:34,860 --> 00:39:37,950 yours will not be amongst them. 424 00:39:38,124 --> 00:39:39,561 He's our kin. 425 00:39:39,735 --> 00:39:43,216 He is no kin of mine! 426 00:39:43,391 --> 00:39:48,352 Nor do I need a sword offered by such a faithless hand. 427 00:39:53,836 --> 00:39:54,837 My Lord. 428 00:39:56,229 --> 00:39:58,101 Fréaláf, wait! 429 00:40:02,584 --> 00:40:04,368 The king has spoken. 430 00:40:07,632 --> 00:40:10,635 You will always have my sword, Uncle, 431 00:40:10,809 --> 00:40:12,550 whether you value it or not. 432 00:40:18,643 --> 00:40:21,516 No. 433 00:40:53,461 --> 00:40:55,114 They know the attack is coming. 434 00:40:55,288 --> 00:40:57,813 From here, we have a clear path to Edoras. 435 00:40:57,987 --> 00:40:59,379 Helm will expect us to make camp 436 00:40:59,554 --> 00:41:01,120 on the northern plains. 437 00:41:01,294 --> 00:41:02,295 Good. 438 00:41:12,480 --> 00:41:13,916 War is upon us. 439 00:41:15,134 --> 00:41:18,050 What do you say, old friend? 440 00:41:18,224 --> 00:41:21,271 Will you carry me once more? 441 00:41:27,843 --> 00:41:28,887 What are you doing? 442 00:41:29,061 --> 00:41:31,020 I pledge to fight for my king. 443 00:41:32,978 --> 00:41:35,981 Don't be a fool, child. 444 00:41:36,155 --> 00:41:38,723 If you will not listen to me, then at least let me fight. 445 00:41:40,508 --> 00:41:42,597 You know nothing of war. 446 00:41:42,771 --> 00:41:45,077 I'm the fastest rider you have. 447 00:41:45,251 --> 00:41:47,253 I can carry messages between the commanders. 448 00:41:48,341 --> 00:41:50,822 I said "no." 449 00:41:50,996 --> 00:41:54,609 The line of Helm does not rest on you, Héra. 450 00:41:54,783 --> 00:41:57,786 It resides in Haleth and Háma. 451 00:41:57,960 --> 00:42:00,658 My brothers can defend their home, but yet I cannot? 452 00:42:01,616 --> 00:42:03,922 One day, you will marry. 453 00:42:04,096 --> 00:42:05,620 You will live in Gondor 454 00:42:05,794 --> 00:42:09,275 and have children who know nothing of our ways. 455 00:42:09,449 --> 00:42:14,019 To see me gone... is that what would please you? 456 00:42:14,193 --> 00:42:18,371 Yes, it will please me. I will rejoice. 457 00:42:18,546 --> 00:42:25,204 You will be alive because I will have protected you. 458 00:42:25,378 --> 00:42:27,946 Wulf's army is 20 leagues from Edoras. 459 00:42:28,120 --> 00:42:30,470 They're not setting up camp! They're not resting! 460 00:42:31,254 --> 00:42:32,777 What? 461 00:42:32,951 --> 00:42:34,779 They're continuing to advance? 462 00:42:34,953 --> 00:42:36,393 The Hill Tribes are used to attacking 463 00:42:36,433 --> 00:42:38,000 under cover of dark. 464 00:42:38,174 --> 00:42:39,871 He means to strike tonight. 465 00:42:44,659 --> 00:42:46,095 Muster the Rohirrim. 466 00:42:55,017 --> 00:42:56,061 Wait! 467 00:43:04,983 --> 00:43:07,290 Do not look so grim, little sister. 468 00:43:10,119 --> 00:43:12,512 Helm Hammerhand has never lost a battle. 469 00:43:20,608 --> 00:43:23,785 Háma... you need a faster horse. 470 00:43:25,047 --> 00:43:26,439 Take Ashere. 471 00:43:26,614 --> 00:43:29,878 Ashere will have no one but you. 472 00:43:30,052 --> 00:43:32,707 Besides, I trust the old girl. 473 00:43:41,063 --> 00:43:42,325 Keep this safe for me. 474 00:43:43,152 --> 00:43:44,153 Always. 475 00:43:52,291 --> 00:43:54,729 Maybe, one day, 476 00:43:54,903 --> 00:43:56,774 someone will sing ballads of me. 477 00:44:09,961 --> 00:44:11,789 On the morrow, little sister. 478 00:44:13,356 --> 00:44:15,488 Ride strong, brothers. 479 00:44:35,987 --> 00:44:38,468 Where is Thorne? He's late. 480 00:44:38,642 --> 00:44:40,992 His men should be covering the eastern flank. 481 00:44:41,166 --> 00:44:42,820 hmm. 482 00:44:50,915 --> 00:44:52,961 I fought beside your father once. 483 00:44:56,878 --> 00:44:58,183 He saved my entire village 484 00:44:58,357 --> 00:45:00,925 from a pack of Dunlending raiders. 485 00:45:01,099 --> 00:45:02,840 I broke my shield in that battle. 486 00:45:05,147 --> 00:45:07,279 Afterwards, I wanted a new one. 487 00:45:07,453 --> 00:45:09,151 But "No," he told me, 488 00:45:09,325 --> 00:45:12,284 "it's not broken, it's just broken in." 489 00:45:18,160 --> 00:45:19,552 There's so many of them. 490 00:45:21,903 --> 00:45:25,080 Your father is no ordinary man. 491 00:45:25,254 --> 00:45:27,473 It'll take more than an army of Dunlending 492 00:45:27,647 --> 00:45:28,736 to bring him low. 493 00:45:32,000 --> 00:45:35,003 The blood of the ancients flows in his veins. 494 00:45:37,048 --> 00:45:39,268 The same blood that flows in yours. 495 00:45:47,319 --> 00:45:48,494 Oh! 496 00:45:50,453 --> 00:45:52,107 Oh, the pledges! 497 00:45:52,281 --> 00:45:54,587 Oh, no! No, no, no, no! 498 00:45:54,762 --> 00:45:57,634 The king left these in my charge for safekeeping. 499 00:45:57,808 --> 00:45:59,114 It's all right, don't fret, lad. 500 00:45:59,288 --> 00:46:00,848 The king's got other things on his mind. 501 00:46:06,338 --> 00:46:08,166 - Whose mark is this? - Oh... 502 00:46:09,602 --> 00:46:11,779 That? That's the seal of Lord Thorne. 503 00:46:11,953 --> 00:46:13,302 What is it? 504 00:46:14,738 --> 00:46:16,696 What's wrong? 505 00:46:16,871 --> 00:46:19,003 I've seen this before. 506 00:46:19,177 --> 00:46:22,267 Lord Thorne is in league with Wulf. 507 00:46:22,441 --> 00:46:24,313 He means to betray my father. 508 00:46:26,794 --> 00:46:28,447 We have to get our people out. 509 00:46:28,621 --> 00:46:30,928 Sound the alarm. Now! Go! 510 00:46:33,757 --> 00:46:35,237 Evacuate the city! 511 00:46:56,867 --> 00:47:02,786 Riders of the Mark, brothers of Rohan, arise! 512 00:47:03,918 --> 00:47:06,616 Arise now! 513 00:47:06,790 --> 00:47:11,229 We will paint the dawn red with the blood of our foes! 514 00:47:15,451 --> 00:47:17,932 Draw your weapons! 515 00:47:25,374 --> 00:47:27,680 Forth Eorlingas! 516 00:47:27,855 --> 00:47:29,857 - For Rohan! - Rohan! 517 00:47:46,308 --> 00:47:49,833 - Death! - Death! 518 00:47:50,007 --> 00:47:51,966 Death! 519 00:48:05,066 --> 00:48:06,545 Archers ready! 520 00:48:06,719 --> 00:48:07,938 Aim! 521 00:48:08,112 --> 00:48:09,722 Mark your targets! 522 00:48:11,594 --> 00:48:14,379 Fire! 523 00:48:26,914 --> 00:48:28,393 Charge! 524 00:48:47,630 --> 00:48:49,023 Wulf! 525 00:48:49,197 --> 00:48:50,807 Where is he? 526 00:48:50,981 --> 00:48:52,983 Where is their high command? 527 00:48:54,942 --> 00:48:56,073 Find him! 528 00:48:59,729 --> 00:49:01,339 Keep moving! 529 00:49:01,513 --> 00:49:03,167 You've a long march ahead of you. 530 00:49:03,341 --> 00:49:04,560 Where are we going? 531 00:49:04,734 --> 00:49:05,754 What about the children? 532 00:49:05,778 --> 00:49:07,171 Carry only what you need. 533 00:49:07,345 --> 00:49:08,738 Stay together. 534 00:49:08,912 --> 00:49:12,220 Keep the children to the middle! Go! 535 00:49:15,788 --> 00:49:18,661 Come on, Ashere. Time to leave. 536 00:49:18,835 --> 00:49:23,057 I fear it is too late for that... my lady. 537 00:49:29,454 --> 00:49:30,847 Traitor! 538 00:49:31,021 --> 00:49:33,763 My father will see you hang for this. 539 00:49:33,937 --> 00:49:36,940 You will never know, will you? 540 00:50:24,205 --> 00:50:25,728 Hold the line! 541 00:50:27,860 --> 00:50:29,601 Wulf's nowhere to be seen. 542 00:50:29,775 --> 00:50:31,212 Something's not right. 543 00:50:36,913 --> 00:50:39,176 Mumakil! 544 00:50:39,350 --> 00:50:41,265 He's using Variag mercenaries. 545 00:50:41,439 --> 00:50:43,311 Edoras is completely exposed. 546 00:50:49,404 --> 00:50:53,756 Royal Guard! To me! 547 00:51:44,198 --> 00:51:45,373 Háma! 548 00:51:53,903 --> 00:51:56,166 They may sing of your valor yet, little brother. 549 00:51:56,340 --> 00:51:59,474 Forward! Keep moving! 550 00:52:03,695 --> 00:52:04,870 Whoa! 551 00:52:13,444 --> 00:52:15,098 You sure about this, my lady? 552 00:52:16,839 --> 00:52:17,839 Do it. 553 00:52:24,499 --> 00:52:25,848 Take the city! 554 00:52:31,593 --> 00:52:33,203 Haleth! Háma! 555 00:52:34,030 --> 00:52:35,205 Call the retreat. 556 00:52:35,379 --> 00:52:36,685 No! 557 00:52:36,859 --> 00:52:38,513 Listen to me, Haleth. 558 00:52:38,687 --> 00:52:41,298 You must reach the city before Wulf. 559 00:52:41,472 --> 00:52:43,518 Find Héra. Go. 560 00:52:43,692 --> 00:52:44,910 Go! 561 00:52:52,788 --> 00:52:55,007 Break it down! Move! 562 00:52:55,182 --> 00:52:58,141 No! It's afraid of the fire! 563 00:53:14,418 --> 00:53:16,377 Look out! 564 00:53:55,851 --> 00:53:56,939 Where is everyone? 565 00:53:58,419 --> 00:53:59,855 The city's deserted. 566 00:54:01,683 --> 00:54:02,727 Find Héra! 567 00:54:21,485 --> 00:54:22,791 Héra! 568 00:54:22,965 --> 00:54:25,010 Háma! Lord Thorne, he has betrayed us. 569 00:54:25,184 --> 00:54:27,665 We know. You've already called the evacuation. 570 00:54:27,839 --> 00:54:29,058 - Yes. - Good. 571 00:54:29,232 --> 00:54:31,626 Get everyone to Dunharrow. 572 00:54:31,800 --> 00:54:34,193 The road to Dunharrow is crawling with Wildmen. 573 00:54:34,368 --> 00:54:36,457 The Hornburg is our only chance. 574 00:54:36,631 --> 00:54:38,067 Olwyn is leading the retreat. 575 00:54:56,738 --> 00:54:59,175 Riders! Fall back! 576 00:54:59,349 --> 00:55:00,829 Cover the retreat! 577 00:55:48,093 --> 00:55:49,613 It's heading for the Great Hall! 578 00:56:19,342 --> 00:56:22,127 For Rohan! For our people! 579 00:56:23,912 --> 00:56:24,956 Haleth! 580 00:56:31,702 --> 00:56:32,702 No! 581 00:56:38,317 --> 00:56:39,406 Haleth! 582 00:56:40,494 --> 00:56:43,279 Archers! Ready! 583 00:56:50,591 --> 00:56:51,592 Fire! 584 00:56:55,247 --> 00:56:56,423 No! 585 00:57:12,569 --> 00:57:13,744 Father! 586 00:57:15,354 --> 00:57:16,399 Hold on. 587 00:57:20,011 --> 00:57:22,361 Get him out of here! 588 00:57:33,634 --> 00:57:34,722 Run them down. 589 00:57:36,201 --> 00:57:37,551 Get after them. 590 00:57:37,725 --> 00:57:39,640 Now! Move it! 591 00:57:57,048 --> 00:57:59,877 Royal guard, protect the king! 592 00:58:00,051 --> 00:58:01,357 To the king! 593 00:58:01,531 --> 00:58:02,663 To the king! 594 00:58:11,323 --> 00:58:12,499 Háma! 595 00:58:13,587 --> 00:58:15,763 Go, Héra! I'll catch you. 596 00:58:15,937 --> 00:58:18,983 Come on, old girl. Come on! 597 00:58:56,064 --> 00:58:57,674 Songs of valor, old girl. 598 00:59:07,815 --> 00:59:08,903 This is it. 599 00:59:51,554 --> 00:59:53,687 Come on with the last of you! 600 00:59:53,861 --> 00:59:56,037 You're nearly there! 601 00:59:56,211 --> 00:59:57,604 Hurry now! 602 00:59:57,778 --> 01:00:00,868 Inside the keep! Come on, fast as you can! 603 01:00:01,042 --> 01:00:03,653 A healer! The king needs a healer. 604 01:00:03,827 --> 01:00:05,437 My lord. 605 01:00:05,612 --> 01:00:06,632 Sire. 606 01:00:14,751 --> 01:00:16,492 Háma... 607 01:00:16,666 --> 01:00:17,754 Where is he? 608 01:00:18,929 --> 01:00:20,017 Where's Háma? 609 01:00:21,845 --> 01:00:23,412 - This way. - Leave me. 610 01:00:23,586 --> 01:00:24,631 Sire... 611 01:00:26,110 --> 01:00:27,242 Hmm. 612 01:00:29,940 --> 01:00:31,159 No. 613 01:00:33,465 --> 01:00:34,597 Háma! 614 01:00:48,829 --> 01:00:50,787 He was right behind us. 615 01:00:53,398 --> 01:00:54,398 Enough! 616 01:01:00,841 --> 01:01:02,669 You have won, Wulf! 617 01:01:02,843 --> 01:01:04,061 I surrender. 618 01:01:04,975 --> 01:01:08,805 Let this end now. 619 01:01:08,979 --> 01:01:11,460 My life for my son's. 620 01:01:11,634 --> 01:01:12,983 No! 621 01:01:34,831 --> 01:01:37,399 Kill me! Take the crown. 622 01:01:37,573 --> 01:01:40,489 Leave my people in peace. 623 01:01:40,663 --> 01:01:44,232 Let my boy live! 624 01:01:44,406 --> 01:01:46,060 No! Father, don't! 625 01:01:46,800 --> 01:01:48,845 Peace? 626 01:01:49,019 --> 01:01:51,848 There will be no peace for you, Helm Hammerhand. 627 01:01:52,022 --> 01:01:55,722 No! Wulf, please, I beg you! 628 01:02:01,858 --> 01:02:05,209 End this now. Make the exchange. 629 01:02:05,383 --> 01:02:07,298 Once they withdraw behind those walls, 630 01:02:07,472 --> 01:02:09,083 you will never get them out. 631 01:02:12,695 --> 01:02:14,915 Let them. 632 01:02:19,136 --> 01:02:20,136 Murderer! 633 01:02:20,224 --> 01:02:21,704 What have you done? 634 01:02:28,145 --> 01:02:32,541 You will suffer as I have suffered. 635 01:02:32,715 --> 01:02:38,025 You will know what it means to be alone, as I was! 636 01:02:38,199 --> 01:02:42,507 Then, and only then, will I let you die. 637 01:02:42,681 --> 01:02:44,814 Murderer! 638 01:02:46,468 --> 01:02:48,252 No! No! No! 639 01:02:50,820 --> 01:02:52,300 Sire! 640 01:02:52,474 --> 01:02:54,041 No! No! 641 01:02:54,215 --> 01:02:55,801 - My lord! Quickly! - Get the king! 642 01:02:55,825 --> 01:02:57,566 Get him inside! Hurry! 643 01:02:57,740 --> 01:02:59,326 - Help the king! - Come on! 644 01:02:59,350 --> 01:03:00,612 All right! All right! 645 01:03:00,787 --> 01:03:02,267 Come. Come inside. 646 01:03:02,353 --> 01:03:03,746 I... I've got you! 647 01:03:03,920 --> 01:03:05,879 - Come on! - Please. No! 648 01:03:15,366 --> 01:03:17,151 Close the gates! 649 01:03:17,325 --> 01:03:19,196 Close the gates! 650 01:03:22,983 --> 01:03:24,941 Prepare the men for a siege. 651 01:03:25,942 --> 01:03:28,553 Sire, winter is coming on. 652 01:03:28,727 --> 01:03:30,555 A siege will cost both sides. 653 01:03:30,729 --> 01:03:33,036 I don't care what it costs! 654 01:03:33,210 --> 01:03:35,169 Surround the keep. 655 01:03:35,343 --> 01:03:38,781 If anyone tries to escape, even a rat, kill it. 656 01:03:41,392 --> 01:03:42,916 What of the boy's body? 657 01:03:47,355 --> 01:03:48,704 Let it rot. 658 01:04:10,682 --> 01:04:12,119 My lady? 659 01:04:15,339 --> 01:04:16,906 You're needed, my lady. 660 01:04:45,587 --> 01:04:46,718 Any word? 661 01:04:46,893 --> 01:04:49,547 I'm sorry, milord. 662 01:04:49,721 --> 01:04:52,289 High in the stronghold of Dunharrow, 663 01:04:52,463 --> 01:04:54,726 Fréaláf waited. 664 01:04:54,901 --> 01:04:57,904 Yet the fate of his kin remained unknown. 665 01:04:59,340 --> 01:05:01,690 Had they survived? 666 01:05:01,864 --> 01:05:05,781 Or were they buried now amongst the ashes of Edoras? 667 01:05:33,940 --> 01:05:34,941 Hmm... 668 01:05:43,253 --> 01:05:45,516 Summon the lords of Rohan to Edoras. 669 01:05:46,996 --> 01:05:49,564 It's time they swear their loyalty to me. 670 01:05:49,738 --> 01:05:52,654 The king who last wore that crown still lives. 671 01:05:54,656 --> 01:05:58,051 Helm Hammerhand is but a shadow of what he once was. 672 01:05:58,225 --> 01:06:00,314 He will perish soon enough. 673 01:06:01,793 --> 01:06:03,186 Fear not, Targg. 674 01:06:04,579 --> 01:06:06,537 Shadows cannot hurt you. 675 01:06:10,672 --> 01:06:12,326 Return to the Hornburg. 676 01:06:17,505 --> 01:06:21,204 She thinks she is safe behind those walls. 677 01:06:21,378 --> 01:06:22,989 She will learn soon enough. 678 01:06:23,902 --> 01:06:25,948 She is mistaken. 679 01:06:29,821 --> 01:06:31,301 We have a chance, 680 01:06:31,475 --> 01:06:33,651 if we can just outlast Wulf's army. 681 01:06:40,876 --> 01:06:42,747 This is all of it? 682 01:06:42,921 --> 01:06:44,488 It's not enough. 683 01:06:44,662 --> 01:06:46,969 Search all the rooms. Take stock of everything. 684 01:07:22,091 --> 01:07:23,179 What's that? 685 01:07:24,789 --> 01:07:29,446 I've been keeper of these halls for 40 years. 686 01:07:29,620 --> 01:07:32,841 I never thought I'd see such times. 687 01:07:35,670 --> 01:07:41,067 Supplies are running terribly low. 688 01:07:41,241 --> 01:07:43,504 It's going to be a long winter. 689 01:07:43,678 --> 01:07:46,072 I can feel it in my bones. 690 01:07:46,246 --> 01:07:47,725 Hmm. 691 01:07:53,340 --> 01:07:56,995 Don't touch that, my lady. 692 01:07:58,910 --> 01:08:02,697 That gown was made for a bride 693 01:08:02,871 --> 01:08:05,917 that was pledged to the captain of the keep. 694 01:08:06,092 --> 01:08:09,095 But she never got to wear it. 695 01:08:09,269 --> 01:08:15,884 A strange fever took her the night before her wedding. 696 01:08:16,058 --> 01:08:20,932 Some say many a lost soul wanders these halls. 697 01:08:21,803 --> 01:08:24,675 And worse. 698 01:08:26,895 --> 01:08:28,549 Who says it? 699 01:08:30,899 --> 01:08:32,335 I do. 700 01:08:33,989 --> 01:08:35,077 Nonsense. 701 01:08:36,861 --> 01:08:39,516 Here, give me that. 702 01:08:47,133 --> 01:08:49,439 I've tried to send for help. 703 01:08:49,613 --> 01:08:51,702 All our messenger birds are shot down. 704 01:08:51,876 --> 01:08:53,965 None can get past their archers. 705 01:08:54,140 --> 01:08:56,794 What other choice is there but to submit? 706 01:08:56,968 --> 01:08:58,796 Don't be a fool. 707 01:08:58,970 --> 01:09:00,972 There will be no surrender, 708 01:09:01,147 --> 01:09:02,670 only slaughter. 709 01:09:04,498 --> 01:09:06,848 We've barely any food or fuel. 710 01:09:07,022 --> 01:09:08,328 The other lords of Rohan 711 01:09:08,502 --> 01:09:10,634 have retreated to their strongholds. 712 01:09:10,808 --> 01:09:12,941 We are cut off! 713 01:09:13,115 --> 01:09:14,682 How are we to survive? 714 01:09:14,856 --> 01:09:16,118 We find a way. 715 01:09:18,599 --> 01:09:20,470 We cannot fight amongst ourselves. 716 01:09:20,644 --> 01:09:23,647 That is exactly what he wants us to do. 717 01:09:23,821 --> 01:09:27,085 Despair is Wulf's greatest weapon against us. 718 01:09:27,260 --> 01:09:29,131 We cannot succumb. 719 01:09:29,305 --> 01:09:32,874 We find a way to survive, and we do it together. 720 01:09:47,541 --> 01:09:51,327 Pretty words. Pretty words will not save us. 721 01:10:21,401 --> 01:10:22,619 Thank you. 722 01:10:25,753 --> 01:10:27,537 Here! Come take a look at this! 723 01:10:31,324 --> 01:10:32,779 What are they doing down there? 724 01:10:39,027 --> 01:10:40,246 What are they doing? 725 01:10:51,953 --> 01:10:53,824 He's building a siege tower. 726 01:10:53,998 --> 01:10:55,652 He means to breach the walls. 727 01:11:14,845 --> 01:11:17,065 It is not easy to hold on to hope 728 01:11:17,239 --> 01:11:18,936 when an ill wind blows. 729 01:11:20,503 --> 01:11:23,158 Winter bit hard that year. 730 01:11:23,332 --> 01:11:25,987 None were spared the endless cold. 731 01:11:26,161 --> 01:11:29,164 Yet still the siege held fast. 732 01:11:29,338 --> 01:11:32,298 The Rohirrim could do nothing but watch and wait, 733 01:11:32,472 --> 01:11:34,952 as their doom drew ever near. 734 01:11:36,563 --> 01:11:37,738 Any change? 735 01:11:37,912 --> 01:11:39,870 It makes no sense. 736 01:11:40,044 --> 01:11:44,135 His body is mending, and yet he does not wake. 737 01:11:44,310 --> 01:11:46,399 I fear it is his mind that is broken. 738 01:12:15,558 --> 01:12:18,387 What are you doing? That's for the king. 739 01:12:18,561 --> 01:12:20,041 Hmm. 740 01:12:24,524 --> 01:12:26,308 What about that? 741 01:12:28,005 --> 01:12:29,964 What? No, not that. 742 01:12:30,138 --> 01:12:31,139 Take it. 743 01:12:32,314 --> 01:12:33,881 But, my lady... 744 01:12:35,883 --> 01:12:37,580 that was Master Háma's. 745 01:12:37,754 --> 01:12:39,495 And what use is it without him? 746 01:12:42,672 --> 01:12:43,717 Ah. 747 01:12:51,464 --> 01:12:55,859 I know this sickness is not born of any mortal wound. 748 01:12:58,601 --> 01:13:00,908 It is grief that pulls you under. 749 01:13:02,953 --> 01:13:07,349 Grief that you will never again see your sons. 750 01:13:10,874 --> 01:13:12,572 You think all is lost. 751 01:13:15,488 --> 01:13:18,665 But I am here, Father. 752 01:13:19,927 --> 01:13:21,972 I am still here. 753 01:13:23,626 --> 01:13:25,323 Please don't give up. 754 01:13:52,481 --> 01:13:55,049 Huh? 755 01:13:55,223 --> 01:13:56,659 Who's out there? 756 01:13:57,747 --> 01:13:59,140 Show yourself! 757 01:14:18,289 --> 01:14:19,421 What happened here? 758 01:14:20,944 --> 01:14:21,944 Speak! 759 01:14:22,032 --> 01:14:25,688 He killed them all. I saw. 760 01:14:25,862 --> 01:14:28,343 He tore them apart with his bare hands. 761 01:14:28,517 --> 01:14:29,692 Who did? 762 01:14:29,866 --> 01:14:31,738 Helm Hammerhand. 763 01:14:31,912 --> 01:14:33,740 He's no living man. 764 01:14:33,914 --> 01:14:36,482 It's not natural, the thing I saw. 765 01:14:36,656 --> 01:14:38,571 He's coming for us all! 766 01:14:48,015 --> 01:14:49,103 Save us. 767 01:14:59,287 --> 01:15:01,289 Father? 768 01:15:08,165 --> 01:15:09,340 Father? 769 01:15:13,388 --> 01:15:14,824 Night after night, 770 01:15:14,998 --> 01:15:17,218 a ghostly horn echoed in the Deep. 771 01:15:19,568 --> 01:15:21,570 A harbinger of death. 772 01:15:21,744 --> 01:15:24,486 Fear took hold of Wulf's men. 773 01:15:24,660 --> 01:15:26,880 Whispers spread that Helm Hammerhand 774 01:15:27,054 --> 01:15:29,099 was human no more. 775 01:15:29,273 --> 01:15:33,626 He bore no weapon, and no weapon could smite him. 776 01:15:33,800 --> 01:15:37,368 A terror born of madness and grief. 777 01:15:38,282 --> 01:15:39,282 A wraith. 778 01:15:48,510 --> 01:15:52,427 Wulf returned to a camp stalked by death, 779 01:15:52,601 --> 01:15:55,256 his carefully-laid plans in disarray. 780 01:15:56,953 --> 01:15:58,999 He was king of nothing. 781 01:16:02,176 --> 01:16:06,049 But Wulf, son of Freca, 782 01:16:06,223 --> 01:16:09,705 would be damned before he was defeated by a ghost. 783 01:16:13,796 --> 01:16:15,668 Is it true what they say? 784 01:16:15,842 --> 01:16:16,842 What? 785 01:16:16,973 --> 01:16:18,496 Has the king become a monster? 786 01:16:20,847 --> 01:16:23,284 A terrible, unholy sight. 787 01:16:23,458 --> 01:16:29,072 Eyes that burn like coals as he feasts on the flesh... 788 01:16:29,246 --> 01:16:32,554 Helm Hammerhand is no wraith. 789 01:16:32,728 --> 01:16:34,774 Then how did he disappear 790 01:16:34,948 --> 01:16:37,124 from a locked and guarded room? 791 01:16:37,298 --> 01:16:38,995 Answer me that. 792 01:16:39,169 --> 01:16:43,826 I don't know. But I do know he can't walk through walls! 793 01:16:44,000 --> 01:16:45,959 Perhaps he can. 794 01:16:46,133 --> 01:16:48,962 Perhaps he can do many unnatural things. 795 01:16:49,136 --> 01:16:50,703 Oh, aye? Such as what? 796 01:16:50,877 --> 01:16:53,531 First comes the sound of the horn. 797 01:16:53,706 --> 01:16:55,359 Three blasts. 798 01:16:55,533 --> 01:16:59,276 Then he appears, fierce and gaunt, 799 01:16:59,450 --> 01:17:01,583 stalking his prey! 800 01:17:01,757 --> 01:17:04,281 The only ghoul haunting these halls is you! 801 01:17:10,070 --> 01:17:13,160 Héra? Héra? 802 01:17:13,334 --> 01:17:14,814 Olwyn, can you hear me? 803 01:17:17,033 --> 01:17:18,208 Héra? 804 01:17:19,470 --> 01:17:20,558 Where's she gone? 805 01:17:22,517 --> 01:17:23,649 Olwyn! 806 01:18:05,995 --> 01:18:07,693 Huh... The bodies... 807 01:18:08,868 --> 01:18:10,521 The bodies. 808 01:18:10,696 --> 01:18:12,306 They're gone! 809 01:18:12,480 --> 01:18:15,135 The wraith! It's eaten them. 810 01:18:15,309 --> 01:18:18,138 It's eaten them all! 811 01:18:18,312 --> 01:18:20,140 I told you! We shouldn't be here! 812 01:18:28,626 --> 01:18:29,715 My lady? 813 01:18:30,933 --> 01:18:32,282 Any sign of Héra? 814 01:18:32,456 --> 01:18:33,457 No. 815 01:18:46,557 --> 01:18:47,645 Father? 816 01:18:56,959 --> 01:18:58,047 Wait! 817 01:19:01,442 --> 01:19:02,443 Father! 818 01:19:28,512 --> 01:19:29,512 Wait! 819 01:19:53,450 --> 01:19:56,889 Nasty. I don't like them ginger ones. 820 01:19:57,063 --> 01:20:00,544 Nothing worse than a bit of ginga stuck in your teeth. 821 01:20:02,285 --> 01:20:03,809 Oi! Wrot! 822 01:20:03,983 --> 01:20:06,420 Check 'em before you eat 'em. 823 01:20:06,594 --> 01:20:08,291 Ya fat slug. 824 01:20:10,554 --> 01:20:11,729 Orcs. 825 01:20:14,820 --> 01:20:17,257 I told you before, 826 01:20:17,431 --> 01:20:19,520 orders from on high. 827 01:20:22,697 --> 01:20:26,701 What does Mordor want with rings anyway? 828 01:20:26,875 --> 01:20:30,705 Hey, the less I know, the better. 829 01:20:30,879 --> 01:20:31,879 Hmm. 830 01:20:33,142 --> 01:20:35,841 You smell that? 831 01:20:37,712 --> 01:20:40,062 They can smell you from Mount Doom. 832 01:20:41,281 --> 01:20:43,370 No. No. 833 01:20:43,544 --> 01:20:45,807 I smell fresh meat. 834 01:20:59,995 --> 01:21:00,996 Here, Shank. 835 01:21:01,170 --> 01:21:02,389 No! 836 01:21:02,563 --> 01:21:04,043 We got ourselves a live one. 837 01:21:04,217 --> 01:21:05,871 Not much meat on her. 838 01:21:06,045 --> 01:21:08,351 May as well feed her to the beast. 839 01:21:40,949 --> 01:21:42,951 What is that infernal noise? 840 01:21:43,125 --> 01:21:44,605 It's the wraith. 841 01:21:44,779 --> 01:21:46,999 The wraith of Helm Hammerhand. 842 01:21:47,173 --> 01:21:49,653 Get me General Targg! 843 01:22:03,493 --> 01:22:05,278 No. 844 01:22:52,194 --> 01:22:53,369 Huh... 845 01:22:58,505 --> 01:22:59,505 Héra... 846 01:23:02,074 --> 01:23:03,727 I'm sorry, child. 847 01:23:03,901 --> 01:23:05,338 I'm so sorry. 848 01:23:09,124 --> 01:23:10,821 I thought I'd lost you. 849 01:23:12,736 --> 01:23:15,000 I was trying to protect you. 850 01:23:17,350 --> 01:23:20,179 You can't tear Wulf's army apart one man at a time. 851 01:23:23,095 --> 01:23:24,618 I can try. 852 01:23:25,967 --> 01:23:28,361 I should have listened to you. 853 01:23:28,535 --> 01:23:30,798 You're brave and clever, 854 01:23:30,972 --> 01:23:32,669 and stronger than I knew. 855 01:23:33,931 --> 01:23:36,151 And I was blind not to see it. 856 01:23:38,327 --> 01:23:39,676 I've failed you. 857 01:23:40,460 --> 01:23:41,460 All of you. 858 01:23:41,548 --> 01:23:43,985 No. 859 01:23:44,159 --> 01:23:47,510 Everything you've ever done was for Rohan. 860 01:23:47,684 --> 01:23:49,208 For those you love. 861 01:23:51,079 --> 01:23:53,125 When I was little, you told me, 862 01:23:53,299 --> 01:23:55,475 "You only fail when you stop trying." 863 01:23:56,389 --> 01:23:57,912 You never gave up. 864 01:23:58,086 --> 01:23:59,086 Never. 865 01:24:11,491 --> 01:24:12,796 You're freezing. 866 01:24:18,280 --> 01:24:20,326 Come on, move! 867 01:24:22,241 --> 01:24:25,287 Come. We have to make a break for the gates. 868 01:24:25,461 --> 01:24:27,289 It's the only way back in. 869 01:24:35,602 --> 01:24:37,125 Don't let go! 870 01:25:16,643 --> 01:25:18,601 Help! 871 01:25:18,775 --> 01:25:20,473 - What is that? - Open the gates! 872 01:25:21,474 --> 01:25:23,258 Open the gates! 873 01:25:24,694 --> 01:25:26,000 It's the king! 874 01:25:26,174 --> 01:25:27,958 Open the gates! 875 01:25:28,133 --> 01:25:29,525 Open them! 876 01:25:34,704 --> 01:25:37,533 Stop them! 877 01:26:08,608 --> 01:26:10,218 The gate is stuck! 878 01:26:22,143 --> 01:26:25,146 Go! Go! 879 01:26:51,694 --> 01:26:53,106 They're coming. 880 01:26:53,130 --> 01:26:54,290 Hurry! 881 01:26:56,656 --> 01:26:57,656 Hurry! 882 01:27:07,449 --> 01:27:09,364 What are you doing? No. 883 01:27:09,538 --> 01:27:11,584 No! please! 884 01:27:12,367 --> 01:27:13,368 I need you. 885 01:27:14,413 --> 01:27:16,328 Rohan still needs you. 886 01:27:16,502 --> 01:27:18,330 No, Héra, 887 01:27:18,504 --> 01:27:20,375 they need you. 888 01:27:20,549 --> 01:27:22,290 You must lead them now. 889 01:27:22,899 --> 01:27:24,249 I can't. 890 01:27:30,298 --> 01:27:31,298 You can. 891 01:27:32,387 --> 01:27:34,998 You are a daughter of kings. 892 01:27:36,261 --> 01:27:37,914 The day you were born, 893 01:27:38,088 --> 01:27:39,264 I was brought to my knees. 894 01:27:41,222 --> 01:27:42,397 My pride... 895 01:27:43,572 --> 01:27:44,660 my joy. 896 01:27:46,140 --> 01:27:49,143 You could rule the world. 897 01:27:55,062 --> 01:27:56,062 No. 898 01:28:11,165 --> 01:28:12,514 Father! 899 01:28:12,688 --> 01:28:14,168 - Come away, child! - Father! 900 01:28:14,342 --> 01:28:16,301 Come away before you freeze to death! 901 01:28:33,970 --> 01:28:35,276 Is there no one left? 902 01:28:36,669 --> 01:28:40,063 Is there no one left to face me? 903 01:28:52,989 --> 01:28:54,295 Fall back! 904 01:28:55,731 --> 01:28:57,820 Sire! Come away! 905 01:28:57,994 --> 01:29:00,432 You'll die out here! 906 01:29:00,606 --> 01:29:03,086 Not while I live! 907 01:29:03,260 --> 01:29:05,654 Do you hear me, Wulf? 908 01:29:05,828 --> 01:29:07,352 By my life, 909 01:29:07,526 --> 01:29:09,832 Rohan still stands. 910 01:29:11,181 --> 01:29:13,053 Helm Hammerhand 911 01:29:13,880 --> 01:29:17,362 still stands! 912 01:30:08,282 --> 01:30:10,153 That is how they found him. 913 01:30:12,852 --> 01:30:14,375 Frozen in place, 914 01:30:15,420 --> 01:30:17,422 still standing guard 915 01:30:17,596 --> 01:30:19,380 before the gates of the Hornburg. 916 01:30:20,468 --> 01:30:21,904 His will unbroken, 917 01:30:23,210 --> 01:30:24,951 his knees unbent. 918 01:31:04,207 --> 01:31:05,208 Dead? 919 01:31:08,473 --> 01:31:11,476 I'll give the order to call off the siege. 920 01:31:11,650 --> 01:31:13,570 We can decamp and be out of here within the week. 921 01:31:14,740 --> 01:31:16,742 We are not going anywhere. 922 01:31:18,221 --> 01:31:19,962 You have won. 923 01:31:20,136 --> 01:31:21,616 There is nothing left to conquer 924 01:31:21,790 --> 01:31:23,662 but a group of starving refugees. 925 01:31:25,272 --> 01:31:28,841 Sire, you need to look to your own people. 926 01:31:29,015 --> 01:31:30,233 They are suffering. 927 01:31:31,713 --> 01:31:35,238 This long winter has taken its toll. 928 01:31:35,412 --> 01:31:37,632 Your stores of gold are all but gone. 929 01:31:38,764 --> 01:31:40,156 I implore you, 930 01:31:41,375 --> 01:31:42,811 abandon this place. 931 01:31:42,985 --> 01:31:45,422 Do you think I want to be here? 932 01:31:45,597 --> 01:31:48,338 Stuck in this filthy, forsaken valley? 933 01:31:49,426 --> 01:31:51,428 I cannot leave! 934 01:31:51,603 --> 01:31:54,562 Don't you understand? This is all I have. 935 01:31:54,736 --> 01:31:56,042 Without vengeance, 936 01:31:56,216 --> 01:31:57,957 this will have been for nothing. 937 01:32:01,134 --> 01:32:02,309 No. 938 01:32:02,483 --> 01:32:04,093 We cannot show weakness. 939 01:32:06,052 --> 01:32:07,227 Not to her. 940 01:32:09,882 --> 01:32:12,058 This keep will be her tomb. 941 01:32:22,634 --> 01:32:24,766 How long do you think we have? 942 01:32:24,940 --> 01:32:26,768 A few days before he breaches the walls. 943 01:32:26,942 --> 01:32:28,248 We cannot fight him. 944 01:32:29,423 --> 01:32:30,859 We cannot call for aid. 945 01:32:32,861 --> 01:32:35,864 Even if we could, who would answer now? 946 01:32:38,954 --> 01:32:40,347 I'm afraid, Olwyn. 947 01:32:41,696 --> 01:32:42,871 I cannot save them. 948 01:32:45,221 --> 01:32:48,007 Perhaps not. But there is something you can do. 949 01:32:49,617 --> 01:32:50,923 You can choose. 950 01:32:53,926 --> 01:32:55,928 You ask who would come if you called for aid? 951 01:32:57,712 --> 01:32:59,148 Rohan would answer. 952 01:33:01,498 --> 01:33:03,413 People need hope, Héra. 953 01:33:04,458 --> 01:33:06,068 Something to believe in, 954 01:33:06,242 --> 01:33:09,245 no matter how out of reach it may be. 955 01:33:09,419 --> 01:33:11,204 So, you can wait and worry, 956 01:33:11,378 --> 01:33:12,727 or you can choose. 957 01:33:12,901 --> 01:33:15,600 You can choose how this ends. 958 01:33:50,722 --> 01:33:51,897 Hmm. 959 01:34:06,128 --> 01:34:07,608 This is your plan? 960 01:34:07,782 --> 01:34:09,436 I never said it was a good one. 961 01:34:20,447 --> 01:34:25,234 Not that I mind carrying this up 898 steps, my lady, 962 01:34:25,408 --> 01:34:28,194 but why do you need your father's armor? 963 01:34:28,368 --> 01:34:29,650 My father's helmet and horn 964 01:34:29,674 --> 01:34:30,874 are known throughout the land. 965 01:34:32,589 --> 01:34:34,113 Why do I need the king's armor, Lief? 966 01:34:35,984 --> 01:34:36,984 For hope. 967 01:34:39,118 --> 01:34:40,380 Hope? 968 01:34:40,554 --> 01:34:41,686 Don't ask. 969 01:34:44,384 --> 01:34:46,104 If I don't come back, will you look after... 970 01:34:46,255 --> 01:34:48,736 Right, enough of that talk. You're coming back. 971 01:36:37,714 --> 01:36:40,195 I have read that the Great Eagles 972 01:36:40,369 --> 01:36:43,155 can understand the common tongue of men. 973 01:36:46,288 --> 01:36:49,117 Please, I beg of you. 974 01:36:50,858 --> 01:36:52,381 I need your help. 975 01:36:53,513 --> 01:36:55,950 My people need your help. 976 01:37:25,501 --> 01:37:26,938 We've had enough! 977 01:37:27,112 --> 01:37:28,983 Where's the money we were promised? 978 01:37:29,157 --> 01:37:31,029 This isn't about money. 979 01:37:31,203 --> 01:37:32,813 Your mission is to take that fortress 980 01:37:32,987 --> 01:37:35,555 so we can end this damn war! 981 01:37:35,729 --> 01:37:38,210 We care not for your stone towers. 982 01:37:39,124 --> 01:37:40,212 You should. 983 01:37:45,478 --> 01:37:49,351 That fortress is full of such riches. Room upon room. 984 01:37:51,876 --> 01:37:55,357 Those miserable rebels inside that keep cannot use it. 985 01:37:55,531 --> 01:37:58,752 They cannot burn it. They cannot eat it. 986 01:38:00,449 --> 01:38:03,322 It's yours, all of it. 987 01:38:03,496 --> 01:38:06,803 Yours for the taking. 988 01:38:23,081 --> 01:38:24,821 What are you doing? 989 01:38:24,996 --> 01:38:27,650 The Hornburg has never been used to store gold! 990 01:38:29,914 --> 01:38:31,350 But they don't know that, do they? 991 01:38:39,097 --> 01:38:42,013 We can wait no longer. Give the order. 992 01:38:42,187 --> 01:38:44,754 Right, you lot. You heard Lord Fréaláf, 993 01:38:44,929 --> 01:38:46,800 time to abandon Dunharrow. 994 01:38:46,974 --> 01:38:49,542 We make for Gondor at first light. 995 01:39:18,919 --> 01:39:20,616 Leave none alive! 996 01:39:21,443 --> 01:39:23,402 Kill them all! 997 01:39:23,576 --> 01:39:26,666 He's moving the siege tower! We're out of time. 998 01:39:27,884 --> 01:39:29,277 Then all is lost! 999 01:39:29,451 --> 01:39:31,410 On the contrary. 1000 01:39:31,584 --> 01:39:35,849 An attack gives us a chance, one small chance, to escape. 1001 01:39:38,069 --> 01:39:39,949 Wulf will throw everything at us, which means... 1002 01:39:40,027 --> 01:39:43,117 His camp will be empty. 1003 01:39:43,291 --> 01:39:45,337 If we can clear the secret tunnel, 1004 01:39:45,511 --> 01:39:48,035 our people can reach the mountain pass. 1005 01:39:48,209 --> 01:39:50,124 From there, they can make for Dunharrow. 1006 01:39:50,298 --> 01:39:52,997 It's too risky. Wulf will see us. 1007 01:39:54,694 --> 01:39:56,304 No, he won't. 1008 01:39:57,827 --> 01:39:59,960 Because his eye will be fixed on me. 1009 01:40:13,539 --> 01:40:14,801 Are you ready? 1010 01:40:14,975 --> 01:40:15,975 Yes. 1011 01:40:16,063 --> 01:40:17,151 Good. 1012 01:40:21,025 --> 01:40:22,461 Where are we going? 1013 01:40:22,635 --> 01:40:23,897 Somewhere safe. 1014 01:40:28,032 --> 01:40:29,598 Are your soldiers ready? 1015 01:40:29,772 --> 01:40:31,600 Aye, they are. 1016 01:40:31,774 --> 01:40:33,472 We'll get them to Dunharrow. 1017 01:40:33,646 --> 01:40:35,256 Or die trying. 1018 01:40:36,562 --> 01:40:37,563 Shh. 1019 01:40:56,016 --> 01:40:57,148 Lief? 1020 01:40:59,759 --> 01:41:02,240 No. No, this is all wrong. 1021 01:41:03,241 --> 01:41:04,633 I'm your guard, miss. 1022 01:41:04,807 --> 01:41:07,201 I want to fight by your side till the end. 1023 01:41:11,379 --> 01:41:14,252 I need you to protect what is most important. 1024 01:41:15,601 --> 01:41:17,864 I need you to protect our people. 1025 01:41:22,347 --> 01:41:23,739 Well, go on with you then. 1026 01:41:25,437 --> 01:41:26,699 A straight line, mind you. 1027 01:41:26,873 --> 01:41:28,614 Don't be leading them in circles. 1028 01:42:38,118 --> 01:42:41,730 He wanted a bride and so a bride he shall have. 1029 01:42:46,126 --> 01:42:47,258 It's time. 1030 01:42:49,260 --> 01:42:53,394 I swore to your father, from your very first breath, 1031 01:42:53,568 --> 01:42:55,440 that I would always be by your side. 1032 01:42:55,614 --> 01:42:58,834 I swear it still. 1033 01:42:59,008 --> 01:43:02,316 To my very last. 1034 01:43:02,490 --> 01:43:04,971 What's so funny? Why are you laughing? 1035 01:43:08,235 --> 01:43:10,106 Uh... 1036 01:43:10,281 --> 01:43:12,021 Because I get to choose... 1037 01:43:13,675 --> 01:43:16,112 and I choose not to be afraid. 1038 01:43:16,287 --> 01:43:20,421 Ride strong, child. 1039 01:43:34,174 --> 01:43:35,306 let's go. 1040 01:43:36,872 --> 01:43:39,397 We can't go out there! They'll catch us! 1041 01:43:40,311 --> 01:43:41,964 No, they won't. 1042 01:43:42,138 --> 01:43:44,924 Someone stayed behind to make sure they wouldn't, 1043 01:43:45,098 --> 01:43:46,230 to protect us. 1044 01:43:47,187 --> 01:43:48,841 Who did? 1045 01:43:49,015 --> 01:43:51,757 Have you ever heard of the Shieldmaidens? 1046 01:43:52,366 --> 01:43:53,541 No. 1047 01:43:53,715 --> 01:43:55,804 They were women of The Borderlands. 1048 01:44:00,592 --> 01:44:02,942 When all the soldiers had died, 1049 01:44:03,116 --> 01:44:05,292 they took up arms. 1050 01:44:05,466 --> 01:44:09,644 They defended Rohan when no one else could. 1051 01:44:09,818 --> 01:44:12,952 Some believe they're all gone now. 1052 01:44:13,126 --> 01:44:14,126 Are they? 1053 01:44:16,042 --> 01:44:17,261 Not all of them. 1054 01:45:40,039 --> 01:45:41,345 Advance! 1055 01:45:55,141 --> 01:45:56,534 Hold! 1056 01:46:09,938 --> 01:46:11,331 What is this? 1057 01:46:15,291 --> 01:46:17,685 You come before me as a bride? 1058 01:46:17,859 --> 01:46:20,601 You think, after everything, I would marry you? 1059 01:46:20,775 --> 01:46:23,474 I am bride to no man. 1060 01:46:23,648 --> 01:46:26,955 Tell me then. To whom are you pledged? 1061 01:46:30,872 --> 01:46:31,872 Death. 1062 01:46:33,266 --> 01:46:35,573 Let us end this, Wulf, 1063 01:46:35,747 --> 01:46:40,578 as it began, with you and I. 1064 01:46:40,752 --> 01:46:44,843 If I best you in combat, you let my people go. 1065 01:46:45,017 --> 01:46:47,236 Why would I agree to such terms? 1066 01:46:47,411 --> 01:46:50,065 You have nothing to offer me. 1067 01:46:50,239 --> 01:46:52,938 You may wear a crown upon your head, 1068 01:46:53,112 --> 01:46:56,376 but that does not make you a king. 1069 01:46:56,550 --> 01:47:00,075 I am the last of the true bloodline of Rohan. 1070 01:47:00,249 --> 01:47:02,295 I offer you a chance to prove yourself 1071 01:47:02,469 --> 01:47:04,602 worthy of that throne. 1072 01:47:04,776 --> 01:47:07,996 You were too much of a coward to face my father. 1073 01:47:08,170 --> 01:47:12,087 So, face me now. 1074 01:47:12,261 --> 01:47:15,177 The girl is clever. She is up to something. 1075 01:47:15,351 --> 01:47:17,179 Do not take the bait. 1076 01:47:20,748 --> 01:47:23,403 I accept your challenge. 1077 01:47:23,577 --> 01:47:25,361 You think I am afraid of you? 1078 01:47:27,755 --> 01:47:29,278 You should be. 1079 01:47:40,899 --> 01:47:43,684 Hold positions. 1080 01:47:56,523 --> 01:47:58,264 This way. 1081 01:47:58,438 --> 01:47:59,718 Keep moving, keep moving. 1082 01:49:11,598 --> 01:49:13,034 Call off your men. 1083 01:49:15,123 --> 01:49:16,516 You gave me your word. 1084 01:49:26,613 --> 01:49:27,658 I did. 1085 01:49:35,317 --> 01:49:36,580 Launch the attack. 1086 01:49:38,320 --> 01:49:39,539 No. 1087 01:49:40,975 --> 01:49:42,890 The girl was right. 1088 01:49:43,064 --> 01:49:45,632 You're a coward. 1089 01:49:45,806 --> 01:49:48,417 A coward with no honor. 1090 01:49:56,121 --> 01:50:01,605 With or without honor, men bleed just the same. 1091 01:50:04,520 --> 01:50:07,001 Attack! Attack! 1092 01:50:07,175 --> 01:50:09,569 Leave the girl to me! 1093 01:50:16,576 --> 01:50:17,751 Hold your positions! 1094 01:50:20,624 --> 01:50:22,234 They're closin' in! 1095 01:50:22,408 --> 01:50:23,975 Move the last group now! 1096 01:50:24,149 --> 01:50:25,367 Go! Hurry! 1097 01:50:26,673 --> 01:50:28,806 You take care of this. 1098 01:50:28,980 --> 01:50:33,462 Our people still have a song or two left in them yet. 1099 01:50:45,561 --> 01:50:46,911 Héra! 1100 01:50:54,875 --> 01:50:56,181 Fire! 1101 01:50:57,225 --> 01:50:58,313 Fire! 1102 01:51:19,726 --> 01:51:21,902 You have lost, Héra. 1103 01:51:41,879 --> 01:51:43,663 The Hornburg will fall... 1104 01:51:45,970 --> 01:51:47,362 just like your brothers. 1105 01:51:48,886 --> 01:51:52,367 Just like the great Helm Hammerhand. 1106 01:52:18,045 --> 01:52:19,133 Hammerhand? 1107 01:52:31,624 --> 01:52:33,365 The wraith! The wraith! 1108 01:52:34,366 --> 01:52:35,976 Helm Hammerhand has come! 1109 01:52:36,150 --> 01:52:39,937 The dead are upon us! Run for your life! 1110 01:52:41,416 --> 01:52:44,245 For Rohan! 1111 01:52:44,419 --> 01:52:47,292 Forth Eorlingas! 1112 01:53:04,526 --> 01:53:06,050 Our people do not call this keep 1113 01:53:06,224 --> 01:53:07,529 the Hornburg anymore. 1114 01:53:08,922 --> 01:53:09,922 Héra! 1115 01:53:12,273 --> 01:53:14,798 They have named it for its true king. 1116 01:53:17,061 --> 01:53:18,845 Helm's Deep. 1117 01:53:52,836 --> 01:53:53,837 I knew it. 1118 01:54:00,234 --> 01:54:01,342 From the moment I first met you, 1119 01:54:01,366 --> 01:54:03,020 I knew you would be my doom. 1120 01:54:16,381 --> 01:54:17,382 Héra... 1121 01:54:58,858 --> 01:55:00,642 Héra! 1122 01:55:54,827 --> 01:55:55,827 After them! 1123 01:55:57,090 --> 01:55:58,700 Cut off the retreat! 1124 01:56:02,704 --> 01:56:04,619 Héra, you're hurt. 1125 01:56:13,715 --> 01:56:14,716 Let them go. 1126 01:56:17,154 --> 01:56:18,807 Let them return to their homes, 1127 01:56:19,721 --> 01:56:20,722 their loved ones. 1128 01:56:22,637 --> 01:56:24,596 Rohan has seen enough war. 1129 01:56:25,466 --> 01:56:26,946 Show mercy, cousin. 1130 01:56:28,252 --> 01:56:30,428 Then let mercy rule this day. 1131 01:57:20,913 --> 01:57:22,673 Can't catch me! 1132 01:57:26,005 --> 01:57:27,615 Come on, now, supper's ready! 1133 01:57:33,056 --> 01:57:35,710 The long winter had ended, 1134 01:57:35,884 --> 01:57:38,931 the green promise of spring had come. 1135 01:57:39,105 --> 01:57:42,456 So began the second line of kings, 1136 01:57:42,630 --> 01:57:45,111 and the hope for a more peaceful age. 1137 01:57:46,460 --> 01:57:50,812 Fréaláf Hildeson, tenth king of Rohan, 1138 01:57:50,986 --> 01:57:53,250 first lord of the second line... 1139 01:57:54,773 --> 01:57:59,169 I present to you the new master of Isengard... 1140 01:58:10,180 --> 01:58:12,095 Saruman the White. 1141 01:58:14,358 --> 01:58:17,839 If you should ever be in need of assistance, my lord. 1142 01:58:26,892 --> 01:58:29,155 It should have been you, Héra. 1143 01:58:35,683 --> 01:58:37,729 I never wanted a crown. 1144 01:58:37,903 --> 01:58:39,861 It was always meant for others. 1145 01:58:40,035 --> 01:58:42,864 Even so, you would have worn it well. 1146 01:58:44,866 --> 01:58:46,520 I hear you've received a message. 1147 01:58:48,218 --> 01:58:49,218 Yes. 1148 01:58:49,306 --> 01:58:50,916 An unexpected invitation. 1149 01:58:52,091 --> 01:58:54,876 Of course. Adventure beckons. 1150 01:59:00,969 --> 01:59:02,493 Go well, cousin. 1151 01:59:10,892 --> 01:59:14,287 But should your king ever need you... 1152 01:59:17,421 --> 01:59:19,727 The king will always have my sword, 1153 01:59:19,901 --> 01:59:22,077 my loyalty, and my love. 1154 01:59:41,967 --> 01:59:43,118 What are you doing here? 1155 01:59:43,142 --> 01:59:45,188 What does it look like? 1156 01:59:45,362 --> 01:59:47,233 You're no longer bound to my service. 1157 01:59:48,452 --> 01:59:50,149 I know. 1158 01:59:53,239 --> 01:59:55,850 So, where are we going? 1159 02:00:03,031 --> 02:00:06,034 We ride for the Fords of Isen to meet a wizard. 1160 02:00:06,209 --> 02:00:08,472 He has questions about the Orcs I encountered 1161 02:00:08,646 --> 02:00:09,926 and the rings they were stealing. 1162 02:00:12,345 --> 02:00:15,696 Oh, aye? And does this wizard have a name? 1163 02:00:18,003 --> 02:00:19,004 He has many. 1164 02:00:32,844 --> 02:00:36,761 But in the common tongue, he's simply known as Gandalf. 1165 02:00:52,167 --> 02:00:55,954 Her name was Héra, the only daughter of Helm. 1166 02:01:00,698 --> 02:01:04,528 "Wild," some called her. "Headstrong and free." 1167 02:01:08,401 --> 02:01:11,752 And so she remained, to the end of her days.