𝐈𝐋𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐄̈ || A.

𝟎𝟐𝟎 ⸺ the battle of the hornsburg

It is night time. Men stand ready and armed on the battlements of Helms Deep and along the top of the Deeping Wall elves are lined up. They watch as the Uruk-hai armies advance with lit torches. Legolas, Iladya, and Gimli stand next to each other on the Deeping Wall.
"You could have picked a better spot," Gimli grunts, too short to see over the Wall. Aragorn walks through the elves and stops behind Legolas, Iladya and Gimli.
"Well, lad, whatever luck you live by, let's hope its lasts the night."
"Your friends are with you, Aragorn," Legolas says. Aragorn shifts his eyes to Iladya, who sends him a small smile. They only have eyes for each other, since it could be their last.
"Let's hope they last the night."
Aragorn walks away. Lighting flashes and thunder rumbles through the skies. Rain starts to fall, the drops can be heard falling on the metal armour of Theoden and his soldiers. The Uruk-hai armies draw closer. The women and crying children in the caves can hear their advancing footsteps and look up in fear. As the Uruk-hai reach Helms Deep, and Uruk captain stands on a rock and raises his hand.
"A Eruchîn, ú-dano i faelas a hyn an uben tanatha le faelas!" Aragorn yells, walking amongst the lines of elves.
"Show them no mercy, for you shall receive none," Iladya translates to Gimli while staring at the Uruk-Hai outside the wall.

The Captain Uruk raises his hand and signals for the Uruk to stop moving forward. The people in the caves wonder at the silence. The Uruks grunt and growl.
Gimli jumps up and down trying to see over the wall. ''What is happening out there?'' Gimli asks.
''Shall I describe it to you? Or would you like me to find you a box?'' Legolas' comment made Gimli laughs. "Heheheh."
The Uruk-hai begin stamping their spears on the ground in unison and beating their chests.

Aragorn takes out his sword and holds it in front of him. The men load their bows and draw them back ready to fire. An old man loses his grip on his arrow and it shoots an Uruk in the neck. Aragorn holds his hand up.
''Dartho!'' Aragorn demands.
"Hold it!" Iladya commands to the men. The Uruk falls to the ground dead. The others growl ferociously. Captain Uruk thrusts forward his scimitar and shouts and the Uruk-hai advance upon Helm's Deep at a run.
''So it begins,'' Theoden comments, standing overlooking the battle with his captains.
''Tangado a chadad!'' The elves load and aim their bows. Iladya and Legolas do the same.
''Faeg i-varv dîn na lanc a nu ranc!'' she yells, "their armour is weak at the neck!"
''Hado i philinn!'' Aragorn commands. Arrows rain down on the Uruks and many fall dead.
''Did they hit anything?'' Gimli asks.
''Give them a volley,'' Theoden speaks to Gamling.
''Fire!'' Gamling yells, throwing his arm forward. ''FIRE!'' More arrows hit the Uruks killing many. Aragorn raises his sword to the elves on the ground behind the Deeping Wall.
''Ribed bant!'' More Uruks fall from the enslaught of arrows, but more come. ''Send them to me! Come on!'' Gimli yells.
The Uruks begin to fire at the elves with their cross-bows killing some. Other Uruks set ladders against the Deeping Wall.
''Pendraith!'' Aragorn yells.
''Good!'' Gimli laughs, readying his axe. The bezerker Uruks are raised on the ends of the ladders as they are pushed to the top of the Wall.
''Swords!'' Aragorn yells. "Swords!'' Aragorn, Iladya, Legolas, Haldir and Gimli and the elves fight and kill the bezerkers as they appear.
''Legolas! Two already!'' Gimli yells proudly.
''I'm on seventeen!'' Legolas grins.
''I'll have no pointy-ear outscoring me!'' Gimli grunts and kills a bezerker.
''Nineteen!''
Gimli is standing on top of the Deeping Wall swinging his axe and killing Uruks with each sweep as they climb up the ladders to the top of the wall.
''Seventeen! Eighteen! Nineteen! Twenty! Twenty-one!''
A pack of Uruk-hai are advancing up the causeway towards the Main Gates, shielded by their shields on their backs and at the front of the group.
Aragorn suddenly notices them and rushes through the elves pointing at them. ''Causeway!'' Aragorn points. The elves turn to fire arrows at them, and the ones at the side of the group fall away dead.