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Victariongreyjoy · 08-11-2020, 01:06 PM

If Elrond sent Haldir and the elves with Aragorn to take the Corsairs ships together with the dead army, would that have worked? Could the Helms Deep battle still be spectacular without the elves coming to their aid?

Inziladun · 08-11-2020, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Victariongreyjoy

If Elrond sent Haldir and the elves with Aragorn to take the Corsairs ships together with the dead army, would that have worked? Could the Helms Deep battle still be spectacular without the elves coming to their aid?

Sure. It was quite spectacular in the book, with Legolas the only Elf present.

mhagain · 08-11-2020, 03:06 PM

And also in the book, the sons of Elrond and Rangers of the North went with Aragorn through the Paths of the Dead/etc.

William Cloud Hicklin · 08-11-2020, 09:53 PM

Are we talking book or movies? If movies, then Haldir and his company were all dead. If books, they don't exist (Haldir does, as a marchwarden of Lorien, but has nothing to do with Elrond).

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Victariongreyjoy Haunting Spirit Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 99	If Haldir and the elves went to Minas Tirith instead If Elrond sent Haldir and the elves with Aragorn to take the Corsairs ships together with the dead army, would that have worked? Could the Helms Deep battle still be spectacular without the elves coming to their aid?

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mhagain Wight Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: The best seat in the Golden Perch Posts: 219	And also in the book, the sons of Elrond and Rangers of the North went with Aragorn through the Paths of the Dead/etc. __________________ Then one appeared among us, in our own form visible, but greater and more beautiful; and he said that he had come out of pity.

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William Cloud Hicklin Loremaster of Annúminas Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,321	Are we talking book or movies? If movies, then Haldir and his company were all dead. If books, they don't exist (Haldir does, as a marchwarden of Lorien, but has nothing to do with Elrond). __________________ The entire plot of The Lord of the Rings could be said to turn on what Sauron didn’t know, and when he didn’t know it.