"Where is the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing? Where is the helm and the hauberk, and the bright hair flowing? Where is the hand on the harpstring, and the red fire glowing? Where is the spring and the harvest and the tall corn growing? They have passed like rain on the mountain, like the wind in the meadow. The days have gone down in the West behind the hills into shadow. Who shall gather the smoke of the dead wood burning, or behold the flowing years of the Sea returning? ....how did it come to this?"
It was largely inspired by a very old English rhyme which lamented the kingless destitution of the land and vulnerability to marauders. Very fitting for the setting of LotR.
@@BigBWolf90 Sorry I had to break it to you, Mate. Yup, 6 feet tail-to-muzzle. I fact, I have it on good word that Gothmog concocted Covid-19 instead of Wuhan - experimented on Morgul Rats.
" And then, sudden and terrible, from the tower above, the sound of the great horn of Helm rang out. All that heard that sound trembled. Many of the Orcs cast themselves on their faces and covered their ears with their claws. Back from the Deep the echoes came, blast upon blast, as if on every cliff and hill a mighty herald stood. But on the walls men looked up, listening with wonder; for the echoes did not die. Ever the horn-blasts wound on among the hills; nearer now and louder they answered one to another, blowing fierce and free. 'Helm! Helm!' the Riders shouted. 'Helm is arisen and comes back to war. Helm for Théoden King!'"
Fantastic video, really well put together and expertly told. Loved it and I love Helms Deep! "Let the horn of Helm Hammer Hand sound in the deep, one last time!"
Easily one of my favorite places in Middle-Earth. The Battle of the Hornburg was so glorious, in movie and in the novel, and one of the events that convinced me to read LotR and forever fall in love with the Tolkien legendarium.
Just as that very cave contains bright and fine jewels, you are bright and fine. Such a rich and wonderful voice, such a powerful and wonderful intellect. Just lovely
You wish none of this had happened? So do all who live to see such times but that is not for them to decide. All you have to do is decide what to do with the time that is given to you.
Sorry, I don't know how to spell your name and would feel bad if I spelt it wrong. Anyway you should make the top ten most powerful Middle earth moments whether it is in the books or movies. By the way, your content is through the roof, you bring the middle earth world to live with your videos, I don't know how it's possible but you are great and thanks for sharing your knowledge and talent with everyone else.
We'll have our own tales to tell the generations after these crazy times have passed. Thank you for helping us all get through it with your awesome videos.
That last drawing at 13:52 its one of the best I ever saw for Tolkien Works. Not only the main 3 characters on front but background as well is so well done and usage of shadows here daamn !
And the horn of Helm Hammerhand shall sound once more! Yoystan! Another fine video! Thank you mellon nin for helping us passing the time as we wait to be able to venture forth safe once again!
@@johnrandolph1989 Gonna have to soak them in buttermilk, Amigo. Never eaten UrukHai but gotta think they're nasty as boar javelina (yeah, I've eaten that). Maybe the sow UrukHai are more tender? Yeck! Don't want to even think of cleaning adolescent UrukHai … I'll stick to pork or beef!
Thanks for all that you do each week. The battle of Helms Deep was such a great read compared to the movies version. Nothing against Peter Jackson, just the talent of a great writer in Tolkien. Thanks again.
I don’t like how the movies made gimli to look kind of like a bumbling sidekick. In the books he was an animal in this battle and none could stand before his ax. Another great video Y. I love your insights at the end of all of these. You speak with a wisdom beyond your years.
It's interesting. In the books Theoden is advised to ride for Helm's Deep. But in the movies he's told to meet the hosts of Isengard in open battle on the plains. Never understood why the change. Theoden's host wasn't large enough to meet Isengard head-on. 🤔 Great video though! 👍
First of all, love your videos and commend your work in creating them for all Tolkein fans to enjoy. They are very informative and feature excellent artwork. I just wanted to bring to your attention the mention of Freca at 3:25. According to the Appendix A of Tolkein's Lord of the Rings, Tolkien makes it clear that Freca "claimed" to be a descendent of King Fréawine, not that he actually had Rohirric blood. The reason I make this point is that I heard another podcast on Helm Hammerhand which questioned Helm's attitude towards Freca since they too thought that Freca may have had a legitimate reason to seek the wedding since they too believed Freca had Rohirric blood. Maybe it's not a big deal, but when reading this story in the Appendix, I came away thinking Helm had every right to protect his people from an audacious and intimidating manner of a man claiming Rohirric blood.
The best part of the Third Age game was that you were allowed to explore this place and Hadhod could actually use the supposed hammer of Helm Hammerhand.
Well some of the battle in this, I really didn't know much about, but then you added it in your information! Thanks for this Video Mellon, Until the Cruses and Oaths in Arda...Marion Baggins having Luncheon!!!
A luncheon? Sorry about the dent in your door. I had to knock to hide the symbol that Gandalf put there. All I could think about was the song ‘That’s what Marion Baggins hates’ as we were cleaning up after eating all ur food and cakes. Lol. Hope I made u smile and laugh, Mellon
Hello Yoystan, As always a wonderful video. I have a video suggestion. Can you make a video of all Craftsmen in Middle Earth (Elves, Dwarves and Men) and their works, and where their works ended up at the end of the tale. Thanks.
It’s an epic scene in the movie and stuff. But the book makes such an epic chapter. I love it. And it really cranks up my imagination. I always see certain things and feel similar emotions. It’s a stacked piece of writing.
There was a grand fortress at the end of Helm's Deep With a mighty thick wall and a very tall keep Built by the men of Gondor and given to the men of Rohan It would see many battles that would go on and on Named for the king who could kill with a single blow In the year of the long winter many enemies he laid low He died frozen standing upright one day still ready for a fight And forever the keep's hornberg would blow when it's men took flight King Theoden gathered there in his people's time of need In hopes of saving his people from Saruman's evil deeds Many orcs, Uruk-hai, and Dunlendings would meet their end here Many were felled by the sword, arrows, horses, and spear. Yet the walls that had held off enemies through many wars Were suddenly breached by a device that belched fire and roars This is the closest the fortress ever came to falling Yet the Men of Rahan turned the tide with the horn's great calling From the break of dawn victory came from an army with shields red The ground was then littered with all the Uruk Hai dead. Yet the story of the fortress does not end there For after the war the men and dwarves did many a repair The glittering caves did the dwarves colonize a new home And the beauty and majesty of the fortress was forever shown!
I loved what happened after the Battle of Helms Deep, when the Ents brought trees and created a makeshift “forest” to lure the fleeing Uruk-Hai into a deathtrap... 😆 🌲🌲☠️🌲🌲☠️🌲🌲
You know, whenever I see a 'Region Spotlight' video in my suggested, I always read it as 'REH-gee-on', as in 'The Forest of Region'. And then I think, "What's he talking about, Helm's Deep (e.g.) isn't in Region?!" And then I realise my mistake... again. Maybe you should make a region spotlight on Region.
The Hornburg, a fortress build by the master of fortress building the men of numenor, maned by the fearsom warriors of rohan and with a legion of drawfs from the cave. I pitty everyone who dares to attack it.
I’ve always found the Battle of Helm’s Deep to be somehow even more inspiring than the Battle of the Pelennor Fields. The victory of the Woods/Huorns over Industry/gunpowder; the victory of Hope and Faith over Despair-it is indeed a great moment in *THE LORD OF THE RINGS.*
Not really related to this video but I thought of it while watching. I’d be interested in a “what if” video about if Thedeid didn’t die at the fords. (I’ve always liked him) Some thought I had…if he didn’t die would he have staid when Rohan went to Gondor or perhaps Eomer would have staid. Would Eowyn then have staid and Merry too. Just a couple thoughts I had already. Hope you make a video about this. 🍻
Sam: those were the stories that stayed with you, that meant something. Even if you were to small to understand. But I think mister Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back only they didn't. They kept going because they were holding onto something. Frodo: what are we holding onto Sam? Sam: that there's some good in the world, mister Frodo. And it's worth fighting for!
Do you have a video on the horn of Gondor? There is a mention of it in the Newline Cinema adaptation of the Fellowship of the Ring, but I can tell there is more to the artifact than what they showed us.
You should take a look at Ardacrafts interpretation of middle earths most famous places. They build the continent 100% by the books and the landscapes are gorgeous. Their screenshots and wallpapers would do marvels for you to illustrate your videos.
Please do a video on “what if Bilbo didn’t find the one ring/what if the ring Bilbo found wasn’t the one ring.” I am interested what you think would’ve happened. Something along those lines would be really cool.
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May Bruce Allpress, actor for Aldor, firer of the first shot at the battle of Helm’s Deep, rest in peace. Great video, by the way!
Rest in Valinor
May the old man have peace
Aye
@@colleenross8752 ❤
Hiro hyn hîdh ab ‘wanath
Helm Hammerhand sounds like the biggest badass in all of Arda. Just wandering the frozen hills punching people to death
Like my last Skyrim play 😆
🤣🤣🤣🤣 dude. He’s too hard
“What’s happening out there?”
“Shall I describe it to you, or would you like me to find you a box?”
*laughs*
Gimli: SEND THEM TO ME! COME ON!!!
Aragorn: Ladders!
Gimli: Good!
I think that cemented their friendship right there
(:
legolas
"Where is the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing? Where is the helm and the hauberk, and the bright hair flowing? Where is the hand on the harpstring, and the red fire glowing? Where is the spring and the harvest and the tall corn growing? They have passed like rain on the mountain, like the wind in the meadow. The days have gone down in the West behind the hills into shadow. Who shall gather the smoke of the dead wood burning, or behold the flowing years of the Sea returning?
....how did it come to this?"
That was beautiful man.
It was largely inspired by a very old English rhyme which lamented the kingless destitution of the land and vulnerability to marauders. Very fitting for the setting of LotR.
"Where is the horse and the rider? … Bryant, Old Boy, they were social distancing!
@@Sprocket-js4nr no. None of that. Shame on you. Shame.
@@BigBWolf90 Sorry I had to break it to you, Mate. Yup, 6 feet tail-to-muzzle. I fact, I have it on good word that Gothmog concocted Covid-19 instead of Wuhan - experimented on Morgul Rats.
" And then, sudden and terrible, from the tower above, the sound of the great horn of Helm rang out.
All that heard that sound trembled. Many of the Orcs cast themselves on their faces and covered their ears with their claws. Back from the Deep the echoes came, blast upon blast, as if on every cliff and hill a mighty herald stood. But on the walls men looked up, listening with wonder; for the echoes did not die. Ever the horn-blasts wound on among the hills; nearer now and louder they answered one to another, blowing fierce and free.
'Helm! Helm!' the Riders shouted. 'Helm is arisen and comes back to war. Helm for Théoden King!'"
For no army has ever set foot inside the Hornburg! Or breached the Deeping Wall!
'Let this be the hour, where we draw swords together... Fell deeds awake, Now for wrath! Now for ruin and the red dawn! Forth Erolingas!!!'
Gandalf: Theoden king stands alone.
Éomer: not alone. Rohirrim! TO THE KING!!!
@@BigBWolf90
Makes my heart race just reading that and remembering!!!
When quarantine finally comes to an end, and we've survived from this horrific crisis: "Victory!!! We have victory!!!"
The walls have never been breached..... except for foul sorcery.
@@davidbrennan660 also known as "gunpowder"
It's funny that china is in the east as well 🤔 stay safe everyone ✌🏻
So true!
@@davidknight2104 Isengard attacked Helms Deep, not Mordor
I used to come home from school an just watch the Battle of Helms deep all the time when it came out. Still holding the line friend, good to see you.
Helms Deep brought hope and Aragorn helped keep that hope alive
"Victory! We have victory!" Great video! When you said Huorn I heard Huan and I was like "what!?"
I'm glad that we have you and your channel during this quarantine. Thanks, man
agreed
When he said I hope you’re doing good in these difficult times my heart melted
The battle of Helm’s Deep is my favorite part of all the LOTR. This video was wonderfully done. Thank you so much!
Man I love this channel so much, you know your stuff man, keep it up!
Fantastic video, really well put together and expertly told. Loved it and I love Helms Deep!
"Let the horn of Helm Hammer Hand sound in the deep, one last time!"
Easily one of my favorite places in Middle-Earth. The Battle of the Hornburg was so glorious, in movie and in the novel, and one of the events that convinced me to read LotR and forever fall in love with the Tolkien legendarium.
Just as that very cave contains bright and fine jewels, you are bright and fine. Such a rich and wonderful voice, such a powerful and wonderful intellect. Just lovely
This difficult times will eventually pass. I just hope soon.
You wish none of this had happened? So do all who live to see such times but that is not for them to decide. All you have to do is decide what to do with the time that is given to you.
@@BigBWolf90 this is true
@@BigBWolf90 Gandalf's words 😥
@@AL-ds7px he always did have something comforting to say when someone was feeling down
And Helm Hammerhand’s White Horn still blows.
Gornburg - greatest story !
Thank's friend ! 🖤♥️💜
Sorry, I don't know how to spell your name and would feel bad if I spelt it wrong. Anyway you should make the top ten most powerful Middle earth moments whether it is in the books or movies. By the way, your content is through the roof, you bring the middle earth world to live with your videos, I don't know how it's possible but you are great and thanks for sharing your knowledge and talent with everyone else.
Helms Deep!!!!!!!! Amazing!!! Thank you for another successful video Yoystan, it is much appreciated!
Yes! The Horn of Helm Hammerhand shall sound in the deep. One last time.
We'll have our own tales to tell the generations after these crazy times have passed. Thank you for helping us all get through it with your awesome videos.
one of my favorite stories the Battle of Helms Deep both from the book and the movie it was stunning thank you for bringing it to us
I love how you always reiterate the message and lesson we should learn from each story.
That last drawing at 13:52 its one of the best I ever saw for Tolkien Works. Not only the main 3 characters on front but background as well is so well done and usage of shadows here daamn !
And the horn of Helm Hammerhand shall sound once more! Yoystan! Another fine video! Thank you mellon nin for helping us passing the time as we wait to be able to venture forth safe once again!
Wow!! I never knew that there were so much more to know about this fortress!! Thank you for this video!!! I enjoyed this video very much!!!
Yes i love Helm's Deep. The Epic Battle that was so awesome that it cause Sauron to never have that second breakfest.
Helms Deep is my future retirement dream house.
LMAO … I'll be sure to bring my M923. Serious … gotta have a smoker.
@@Sprocket-js4nr
Uruk Hai ribs smoked with Ent wood?
@@johnrandolph1989 Gonna have to soak them in buttermilk, Amigo. Never eaten UrukHai but gotta think they're nasty as boar javelina (yeah, I've eaten that). Maybe the sow UrukHai are more tender? Yeck! Don't want to even think of cleaning adolescent UrukHai … I'll stick to pork or beef!
I prefer Rivendell
rohan for me
Thanks for all that you do each week. The battle of Helms Deep was such a great read compared to the movies version. Nothing against Peter Jackson, just the talent of a great writer in Tolkien. Thanks again.
I thought eaomer was forced into exile by grima wormtounge
Fluffy To Fit The siege of Helm’s Deep is regarded as one of the best battles depicted in cinema
Yoystan, I haven't seen you show John Howe and Alan Lee artwork very much. They are the best!
Yes! I would love to hear about the oaths
Thank you for making such great content! I'm sure you have given the love Of Tolkien to so many new fans.
This was a fascinating recounting. Really nice work.
Your vids are the best thing in these times!!🙏💗
"And the Horn of Helm Hammerhand will sound in the deep one last time."
Thank you, Yoystan! My apartment is my Helms Deep during this pandemic.
Beautiful synopsis - well done
Great great great video. One of my favorites of yours. Thank You!
I don’t like how the movies made gimli to look kind of like a bumbling sidekick. In the books he was an animal in this battle and none could stand before his ax. Another great video Y. I love your insights at the end of all of these. You speak with a wisdom beyond your years.
Would have loved to see what Helms deep looked like after the Dwarfs made a colony there with the men of Rohan.
I strongly believe that if professor was still living he would admired your work!!
Let the Horn of Helm Hammerhand Sound in the Deep One Last Time!
Gimli: YES!!!!
Gives me chills.
@@BigBWolf90 gimli is a fucking war machine
Let this be the hour that we draw swords together
Fine work. Familiar with the battle from Peter Jackson's film take on it, which was very well done.
Another great video Yoysten! How about a regional spotlight on Eryn Galen (Greenwood the Great)?
Great video yoystan I’ve always liked helms deep! And I can’t wait for the new video about oaths and curses!!
The Battle of Helm's Deep was my favorite battle.
Me too, its really iconic!!
Love the glitter caves... also erebor... Also Khazad-dûm lol.
Another great video. Thanks my dude 👍
Thank you love these videos
Let this be the hour where we draw swords together!
*Epic Music Plays*
It's interesting. In the books Theoden is advised to ride for Helm's Deep. But in the movies he's told to meet the hosts of Isengard in open battle on the plains. Never understood why the change. Theoden's host wasn't large enough to meet Isengard head-on. 🤔
Great video though! 👍
First of all, love your videos and commend your work in creating them for all Tolkein fans to enjoy. They are very informative and feature excellent artwork. I just wanted to bring to your attention the mention of Freca at 3:25. According to the Appendix A of Tolkein's Lord of the Rings, Tolkien makes it clear that Freca "claimed" to be a descendent of King Fréawine, not that he actually had Rohirric blood. The reason I make this point is that I heard another podcast on Helm Hammerhand which questioned Helm's attitude towards Freca since they too thought that Freca may have had a legitimate reason to seek the wedding since they too believed Freca had Rohirric blood. Maybe it's not a big deal, but when reading this story in the Appendix, I came away thinking Helm had every right to protect his people from an audacious and intimidating manner of a man claiming Rohirric blood.
The best part of the Third Age game was that you were allowed to explore this place and Hadhod could actually use the supposed hammer of Helm Hammerhand.
“Let this be the hour when we draw swords together. Fell deeds awake. Now for wrath, now for ruin, and the red dawn. Forth, Eorlingas!
I Love the Tolkein Legendarium SOOOOOO MUCHH. I legit have Heartache from just thinking about it.. You guys can prolly relate
Great video!
Well some of the battle in this, I really didn't know much about, but then you added it in your information!
Thanks for this Video Mellon, Until the Cruses and Oaths in Arda...Marion Baggins having Luncheon!!!
Tea is at 4 Marion. You are welcome anytime
@@BigBWolf90 Thanks!!!
@@MarionBaggins welcome...don't bother knocking
@@BigBWolf90 Good!!!
A luncheon? Sorry about the dent in your door. I had to knock to hide the symbol that Gandalf put there. All I could think about was the song ‘That’s what Marion Baggins hates’ as we were cleaning up after eating all ur food and cakes. Lol. Hope I made u smile and laugh, Mellon
Hello Yoystan, As always a wonderful video. I have a video suggestion. Can you make a video of all Craftsmen in Middle Earth (Elves, Dwarves and Men) and their works, and where their works ended up at the end of the tale. Thanks.
So excited to see more Rohan Lore!
The long winter, lasted from the end of the year into the next year. So like every winter
Lol, fair enough
It’s an epic scene in the movie and stuff. But the book makes such an epic chapter. I love it. And it really cranks up my imagination. I always see certain things and feel similar emotions. It’s a stacked piece of writing.
"I cannot jump the distance you'll have to toss me"
The horn of hammerhand shall sound in the deep, one last time!
A very extremely great video as always Men of the West.
Good as always.
I love Helm Hammerhand.
We must give boxes to our dwarven friends!
Love your videos man keep it up!
Love this one
There was a grand fortress at the end of Helm's Deep
With a mighty thick wall and a very tall keep
Built by the men of Gondor and given to the men of Rohan
It would see many battles that would go on and on
Named for the king who could kill with a single blow
In the year of the long winter many enemies he laid low
He died frozen standing upright one day still ready for a fight
And forever the keep's hornberg would blow when it's men took flight
King Theoden gathered there in his people's time of need
In hopes of saving his people from Saruman's evil deeds
Many orcs, Uruk-hai, and Dunlendings would meet their end here
Many were felled by the sword, arrows, horses, and spear.
Yet the walls that had held off enemies through many wars
Were suddenly breached by a device that belched fire and roars
This is the closest the fortress ever came to falling
Yet the Men of Rahan turned the tide with the horn's great calling
From the break of dawn victory came from an army with shields red
The ground was then littered with all the Uruk Hai dead.
Yet the story of the fortress does not end there
For after the war the men and dwarves did many a repair
The glittering caves did the dwarves colonize a new home
And the beauty and majesty of the fortress was forever shown!
Love lord of rings and the Elves Warriors
Imagine it's Corona outbreak and you are stuck with thousand within Helm's deep.
I loved what happened after the Battle of Helms Deep, when the Ents brought trees and created a makeshift “forest” to lure the fleeing Uruk-Hai into a deathtrap... 😆
🌲🌲☠️🌲🌲☠️🌲🌲
You know, whenever I see a 'Region Spotlight' video in my suggested, I always read it as 'REH-gee-on', as in 'The Forest of Region'. And then I think, "What's he talking about, Helm's Deep (e.g.) isn't in Region?!" And then I realise my mistake... again. Maybe you should make a region spotlight on Region.
The Hornburg, a fortress build by the master of fortress building the men of numenor, maned by the fearsom warriors of rohan and with a legion of drawfs from the cave. I pitty everyone who dares to attack it.
Love this channel so so mutch! ❤️👍
I remember that scene from The Two Towers it was like the Olympic torch Runner🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Gotta love those old Gondorian forts repurposed as national castles. :)
“Would you like me to get you a box”
Mae govannen Yoystan, hope you are doing well :)
Can't wait to see a video about Barrow-Downs...
Great video guys!
Awesome.....as always!
I’ve always found the Battle of Helm’s Deep to be somehow even more inspiring than the Battle of the Pelennor Fields. The victory of the Woods/Huorns over Industry/gunpowder; the victory of Hope and Faith over Despair-it is indeed a great moment in *THE LORD OF THE RINGS.*
The battle of helm's deep is my favorite. Gimli son of Glóin, takes the lead on the game of kills. A bloodied head, but still stern!
43 to 42
Not really related to this video but I thought of it while watching. I’d be interested in a “what if” video about if Thedeid didn’t die at the fords. (I’ve always liked him) Some thought I had…if he didn’t die would he have staid when Rohan went to Gondor or perhaps Eomer would have staid. Would Eowyn then have staid and Merry too. Just a couple thoughts I had already. Hope you make a video about this. 🍻
Darkness must pass
A new day will come
And when the sun shines
It will shine out the clearest
Sam: those were the stories that stayed with you, that meant something. Even if you were to small to understand. But I think mister Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back only they didn't. They kept going because they were holding onto something.
Frodo: what are we holding onto Sam?
Sam: that there's some good in the world, mister Frodo. And it's worth fighting for!
Do you have a video on the horn of Gondor?
There is a mention of it in the Newline Cinema adaptation of the Fellowship of the Ring, but I can tell there is more to the artifact than what they showed us.
My favorite map/ level in bfme1&2+rotwk
You should take a look at Ardacrafts interpretation of middle earths most famous places. They build the continent 100% by the books and the landscapes are gorgeous. Their screenshots and wallpapers would do marvels for you to illustrate your videos.
I can still hear the horn of Helm Hammerhand in my ears😮😮
Please do a video on “what if Bilbo didn’t find the one ring/what if the ring Bilbo found wasn’t the one ring.”
I am interested what you think would’ve happened. Something along those lines would be really cool.
Thanks for this.
Great video
where do u find all the art for your videos? So good!
0:27 where is this picture from?
looks like a game
wait, there was a long winter in the silmarillion? yet another thing “borrowed” by grrm and his “long night”
Yes. It was even described in the Hobbit and LotR on a number of occasions.
it has happened in real life history too
Borrowed from fimbulwinter from Norse mythology
Borrowed from ice ages
Borrowed from before the ice age