With the coming of the dark times, Theodan, King of Rohan, rescued from the malevolent grip of Saruman the White by the wizard Gandalf, leads his people from the wooden city of Edoras to the mighty fortress of Helm's Deep. Seeing an opportunity to inflict a grievous defeat upon the enemy, Saruman orders Sharku to lead out his Warg Riders to intercept the rustic country-folk of Rohan and spread unimaginable terror across the land!
The camp of the refugees... an idyllic country scene about to be rudely interrupted!
Sharku and his warband of repugnant Warg Riders smell human flesh and hasten into battle.
Sensing an easy victory and an opportunity to slaughter defenceless peasants, a group of Wildmen of Dunland, Lurtz, a plethora of Uruk-Hai scouts and a passing Troll, decide to join in the attack!
Theodan, gallant King of Rohan, Aragorn and the Royal Guard heroically leap into the saddle and prepare to repel Saruman's vile marauders...
while the courageous Eowyn assembles the peasant masses and prepares to lead them to safety.
From his lofty perch, atop the great flat topped hill, gallant Legolas sends forth a barrage of Eleven arrows and the leader of the Wildmen, The Headtaker, having injudiciously placed himself at the head of his forces, takes a nasty wound, but forges ahead, with his warband swarming around him to protect their much beloved and feared leader.
Theodan the King, leads his Royal Guard around the hill to intercept the approaching hordes of Saruman and Gimli makes a prodigious leap from the hill to join the coming fray.
With Saruman's forces advancing across the entire front, the Rohirrim are forced to divide their warband to meet the disparate threats and one of the valiant Royal Guard is unhorsed and overwhelmed by The Headtaker and his Wildmen.
Sharku's plan to outflank the enemy and strike the fleeing peasants is thwarted by Aragorn and a party of the mounted men of Rohan who bravely hurl themselves between the Warg Riders and their prey. Eowyn refuses to be intimidated by the vicious Wargs and continues to encourage the peasants to press onwards towards safety.
However, some of the Wargs do manage to break through to attack the peasants, who bravely engage the beasts, encouraged by the indomitable Eowyn.
As the battle rages, Aragorn makes a heroic move against Sharku and the two become locked in a mortal struggle. Sharku fights with demonic determination, matching his enemy blow for blow but, with his superior strength and skill, Aragorn overwhelms his opponent and Saruman's Warg Riders lose their leader, slain by a mighty torrent of blows.
Aragorn's victory gives Eowyn and the peasants a brief respite and once again gives them the opportunity to make their escape to the safety of Helm's Deep.
Over by the hill, the Wildmen are in danger of being wiped out, as the Rohan cavalry, lead by Theodan and Legolas, with his unerring bow fire, but large numbers of Uruk scouts begin to advance towards Gimli, who suddenly finds himself alone and at risk of being overwhelmed.
The advantage begins to swing further in favour of Saruman's horde, as Lurtz and the Troll advance menacingly towards Theodan and his few remaining warriors. The Uruk bowmen launch volley after volley of their deadly arrows towards the hill and Legolas is soon brought down under the deluge of the arrow storm.
Too late, King Theodan realises the peril about to befall him and the remaining Riders of Rohan. Beset on all sides by Wildmen, Uruks and the mighty troll, the riders fight desperately to force back the enemy.
Under the unyielding onslaught, King Theodan is laid low and the remaining men of Rohan are left to face the enemy without their beloved and heroic leader. With the tragic death of their king, the peasants lose heart and begin a desperate flight away from the field of battle. Eowyn, however, has only vengeance upon her mind and launches into a despairing charge across the battlefield, intent upon bringing down those responsible for the death of the king.
Can the gallant lady wreak her vengeance before she is ploughed down by passing carts or intercepted by yet more reinforcement Wargs hastily arriving on the battlefield?
Long before Eowyn can arrive, Aragorn thunders into the troll, Gimli blusters into Lurtz with Dwarf Axes flailing and the two remaining mounted Rohan desperately engage Wildmen and Uruk Scouts.
The situation now turns desperate for the enemies of Saruman as Gimli and Aragorn are surrounded, and even their extraordinary powers can no longer save them from the inevitable conclusion. Both heroes are hacked down by their vile foes, leaving only the valiant Lady Eowyn to stand against the forces of darkness.
And even she fell under the vicious onslaught of Uruk-hai scouts, leaving just a single Rohan Royal Guardsman to face Saruman's horde.
With their enemies slain, Lurtz, the troll, Uruk Scouts, Warg Riders and Wildmen were left to celebrate their victory in their own inevitable style. The forces of Goodness had paid a heavy price in their attempt to escort the peasants of Rohan to the relative safety of Helm's Deep and the virtuous of Middle Earth could only wait to see if new heroes would arise to lead them in their fight against the forces of darkness!
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