The Quendi

The recent Lord of the Rings movie, “The War of the Rohirrim” tells the story of Rohan’s conflict with the Dunlendings and the siege of Hornburg. The original tale, located in Appendix A, under “The House of Eorl”, focuses mainly on the king of Rohan, Helm Hammerhand. The new movie also focuses on Helm’s daughter Hera though. Much of the movie is about how Hera came to be the hero of her people, “But do not look for tales of her in the old songs. There are none.” Warning: this post contains spoilers  What was done well: • Almost nothing from Tolkien’s original tale was removed, staying true to the short passage in the appendices that the movie was based off of.   ◦ This is an uncommon virtue, as most book to movie adaptations remove a lot of original content from books  ◦ Many specific details that were not necessarily crucial to the plot, like Helm using his fists against his enemies, were preserved.  • Most of the storyline added just for the movie was within r...