Battle of Helm's Deep

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event in Middle-earth fictional battle

The Battle of Helm's Deep is a climactic siege in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, famed for its desperate defense of a mountain fortress against overwhelming forces of Saruman.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of the Hornburg	4
Battle of Helm's Deep canonical	2
Helm's Deep	2
Battle of Helm’s Deep	1
Battle of the Hornburg (Helm's Deep)	1
Ents' assault on Isengard	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	event in Middle-earth ⓘ fictional battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Helm's Deep ⓘ surface form: Battle of the Hornburg
appearsIn	The Lord of the Rings ⓘ The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers ⓘ surface form: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (film) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers ⓘ surface form: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (video game) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers ⓘ surface form: The Two Towers
attackerCommander	Saruman ⓘ Uglúk (film and game adaptations vary) ⓘ
attackingForceSize	over ten thousand Uruk-hai (film depiction) ⓘ
author	J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ
combatant	Elves of Lothlórien (film adaptation) ⓘ Orcs of Isengard ⓘ surface form: Forces of Isengard Rohirrim ⓘ surface form: Men of Rohan Rohirrim ⓘ Orcs ⓘ surface form: Uruk-hai
defenderCommander	Aragorn ⓘ Gamling ⓘ Gimli ⓘ Théoden ⓘ surface form: King Théoden Legolas ⓘ
defensiveStructure	Deeping Wall ⓘ Glittering Caves ⓘ Hornburg tower ⓘ
inUniverseTime	3rd Age of Middle-earth ⓘ March 3–4, 3019 Third Age (approximate) ⓘ
involvesCharacter	Aragorn ⓘ Gandalf ⓘ Gimli ⓘ Legolas ⓘ Saruman ⓘ Théoden ⓘ Éomer ⓘ
literarySignificance	climactic battle of The Two Towers ⓘ
location	Battle of Helm's Deep self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Helm's Deep Hornburg ⓘ Rohan ⓘ
notableFeature	arrival of Gandalf at dawn ⓘ breach of the Deeping Wall ⓘ charge of the Rohirrim from the Hornburg ⓘ night battle ⓘ siege of a mountain fortress ⓘ
opponent	Saruman ⓘ
partOf	War of the Ring ⓘ
reinforcementCommander	Gandalf ⓘ Éomer ⓘ
result	decisive Rohirrim victory ⓘ defeat of Saruman's host at Helm's Deep ⓘ
theme	courage and resilience ⓘ desperate defense against overwhelming odds ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers → notableScene → Battle of Helm's Deep ⓘ

Gimli → appearsInEvent → Battle of Helm's Deep ⓘ

Battle of Helm's Deep → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Helm's Deep ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Hornburg

Battle of Helm's Deep → location → Battle of Helm's Deep self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Helm's Deep

Éomer → participatedIn → Battle of Helm's Deep ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Hornburg

Théoden → notableBattle → Battle of Helm's Deep ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Hornburg

King Théoden in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy → battle → Battle of Helm's Deep ⓘ

subject surface form: King Théoden (film character)

this entity surface form: Battle of Helm’s Deep

War of the Ring → mainTheater → Battle of Helm's Deep ⓘ

this entity surface form: Helm's Deep

War of the Ring → notableBattle → Battle of Helm's Deep ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Hornburg (Helm's Deep)

Rohan → notableBattle → Battle of Helm's Deep ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Hornburg

Ents → participatedIn → Battle of Helm's Deep ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ents' assault on Isengard