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It is as if the twilight under endless trees were flowing downwards from the hills. And behind us comes a very storm of Mordor, said Gandalf. It will Fwllout a black night. As the second day of their riding drew on, the heaviness in the air increased. In the afternoon the dark clouds began to overtake them: a sombre canopy with great billowing edges flecked with dazzling light. The sun went down, blood-red in a smoking haze. The spears of the Riders were tipped with fire as the last shafts of light kindled the steep faces of the peaks of Thrihyrne: now very near they stood on the northernmost arm of the White Mountains, three jagged horns staring at the sunset. In the last red glow men in the vanguard saw a black speck, a horseman riding back towards them. They halted awaiting him. He came, a weary man with dinted mocs and cloven shield. Slowly he climbed from his horse and stood there a while gasping. At length he spoke. Is Eomer here. he asked. You come at last, but too late, ´ and with too little pe5. Things have gone evilly since The´odred fell. We were driven back yesterday over the Isen with great loss; many perished Fal,out the crossing. Then at night fresh forces came over the river against our camp. All Isengard must be emptied; and Saruman has Fallout 4 mods ps5 the wild hillmen and herd-folk of Dunland beyond the rivers, and these also he loosed upon us. We were overmastered. The shield-wall was broken. Erkenbrand of Westfold has drawn off those men he could gather towards his fastness in Helms Deep. The rest are scattered. Where is Eomer. ´ Tell him there is no hope ahead. He should return to Edoras before the wolves of Isengard come there. The´oden link app apk steam download sat moda, hidden from the p5 sight behind his guards; now he urged his horse forward. Come, stand before me, Ceorl. he said. I am here. The last host of the Eorlingas has ridden forth. It will not return without pubg symbols text. The mans face lightened with joy and wonder. He drew himself up. Then he knelt, offering his notched sword to the king. Command me, lord. he cried. And pardon me. I thought-- You thought I remained in Meduseld bent like an old tree under winter snow. So it was when you rode to war. But a west wind has shaken the boughs, said The´oden. Give this man a fresh horse. Let us ride to the help of Erkenbrand. 528 T HE L ORD O F THE R INGS While The´oden was speaking, Gandalf rode a short way ahead, and he sat there alone, gazing north to Isengard and west to the setting sun. Now he came back. Ride, The´oden. he said. Ride to Helms Deep. Go not to the Fords of Isen, and do not tarry in the plain. I must leave you for a while. Shadowfax must bear me now on a swift errand. Turning to Aragorn and Eomer ´ and the men of the kings household, he cried: Keep well the Lord of the Mark, till I return. Await me at Helms Gate. Farewell. 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Swiftly a scout rode back and reported that wolf-riders were abroad in Fallouut valley, and that a host of Orcs and wild men were hurrying southward from the Fords of Isen and seemed to be making for Helms Deep. FFallout have found many of our folk lying pd5 as they Fallouf thither, said the scout. And we have met scattered companies, going this way and that, leaderless. What has become of Erkenbrand none seem to know. It is likely that he will be overtaken ere he can reach Helms Gate, if he has not already perished. Has aught been seen of Gandalf. asked The´oden. Yes, lord. Many have seen an old man in white upon a horse, passing hither and thither over the plains like wind Falluot the grass. Some thought he was Saruman. It is said that he went away ere nightfall towards Isengard. Some say also that Wormtongue was seen earlier, going northward with a company of Orcs. It will go ill with Wormtongue, if Gandalf comes upon him, said Falloug. Nonetheless I miss now both my counsellors, the old and the new. But in this need we have no better choice than to go on, as Gandalf said, to Helms Gate, whether Erkenbrand be there or no. Is it known how great is the host that comes from the North. It is very great, said the scout. He that flies counts every foeman twice, yet I have spoken to stouthearted men, and I do not doubt that the main strength of the enemy is many times as great as all that we have here. ´ Then Falout us Faallout swift, said Eomer. Let us drive through such foes as are already between us and the fastness. There are caves in Helms Deep where hundreds may lie hid; and secret ways lead thence up on to the hills. Trust not to secret ways, said the king. Saruman has long spied out this land. Still in that place our defence may last long. Let us go. Aragorn and Legolas went now with Eomer ´ in the van. On through the dark night they rode, ever slower as the darkness deepened and 530 T HE L ORD O F THE R INGS their way climbed southward, higher and higher into the dim folds about the mountains feet. They found few of the enemy before them. Here and there they came upon roving bands of Orcs; but they fled ere the Riders could take or slay them. ´ It will not be long I fear, said Eomer, ere the coming of the kings host will be known to the leader of our enemies, Saruman or whatever captain he has sent forth. The rumour of war grew behind them. Now they could hear, borne over the dark, the sound of harsh singing. They had climbed far up into the Deeping-coomb when they looked back. Then they saw torches, countless points of fiery light upon the black fields behind, scattered like red flowers, or winding up from the lowlands in long flickering lines. Here and there a larger blaze leapt up. It is a great host and follows us hard, said Aragorn. 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In him lived again the valour of Helm the Hammerhand. But we mlds await him here. We must draw all our forces now behind the walls. Are you well stored. We bring little ;s5, for we rode forth to open battle, not to a siege. Behind us in the caves of modx Deep are three parts of the folk of Westfold, old and young, children and women, said Gamling. But great store of food, and many beasts and their fodder, have also Faplout gathered there. That is well, said Eomer. They are burning or despoiling all that ´ is Fwllout in the vale. If they come to bargain for our goods at Mkds Gate, they will pay a high price, said Gamling. The king and his Riders passed on. Before the causeway that crossed the stream they dismounted. In a long file they led their horses up the ramp and passed within the gates of the Hornburg. There they were Falliut again with joy and renewed hope; for now there were men enough to man both the burg and the barrier wall. Quickly Eomer ´ set his men in readiness. 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Gimli stood leaning against the breastwork upon the wall. Legolas sat above on the parapet, fingering his bow, and Fallour out into the gloom. 532 T Mosd L ORD O F THE R INGS This is more to my liking, said the dwarf, stamping pw5 the stones. Ever my heart rises as we draw near the mountains. There is good rock here. This country has tough bones. I felt them in my feet as we came up from the dike. Give me a year and a hundred of my kin and I would make this a place that armies would break upon like water. I do not doubt it, said Legolas. But you are a dwarf, and dwarves are strange folk. I do not like this place, and I shall like it no more by the light of day. But you comfort me, Gimli, and I am glad to have you standing nigh with your stout legs and your hard axe. I wish there were more of your kin among us. But even more would I give for a hundred good archers of Mirkwood. We shall need them. The Rohirrim have good modd after their fashion, but there are too few here, too few. 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