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The Battle of Helm's Deep, also called the Battle of the Hornburg, is a fictional battle in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings that saw the total destruction of the forces of the Wizard Saruman by the army of Rohan, assisted by a forest of tree-like Huorns.
Helm's Deep, a pivotal part of the film's narrative, was built at Dry Creek Quarry with its gate, a ramp, and a wall, which included a removable section as well as the tower on a second level. A 1:4-scale miniature of Helm's Deep that ran 50 feet (15 m) wide was used for forced perspective shots, [22] as well as the major explosion sequence. [21]
Saruman, also called Saruman the White, later Saruman of Many Colours, is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings.He is the leader of the Istari, wizards sent to Middle-earth in human form by the godlike Valar to challenge Sauron, the main antagonist of the novel.
Hilary Wynne, in The J. R. R. Tolkien Encyclopedia, writes further that where both Théoden and Denethor had despaired, Théoden, his courage "renewed" by Gandalf, went to a hopeless-seeming battle at Helm's Deep and won, and then again on the Pelennor Fields where "his attack saved the city of Minas Tirith from sack and destruction". [2]
The Battle of Helm's deep is the first of a series of large-scale engagements between the Free People's and the forces under Saruman and Sauron to be represented in-game. This new addition replaces the more traditional endgame content such as raids or instances, and during it one can play solo or in groups of two, three, six, or twelve.
It allows the Ents and Huorns to appear suddenly and decisively in a eucatastrophe on the battlefield of Helm's Deep; [16] and readers share the characters' shock and bewilderment when the Mouth of Sauron shows Frodo's mithril mail-shirt before the Battle of the Morannon; a similar image is presented in Jackson's film, but viewers there know ...
He described the battle as "survival horror" comparable to Assault on Precinct 13 in its focus on a group besieged by outsiders. [9] The episode is said to contain the longest battle sequence in cinematic history, longer than the 40-minute Battle of Helm's Deep, as seen in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. [10] [11]
Marshall avoided watching the Battle of Helm's Deep in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers because it was, according to him, "an obvious comparison"; instead, he studied films such as The Vikings and Kingdom of Heaven. [12] The indoor scenes were filmed in Croatia. [8]