The real reason for Helm Hammerhead's nickname

[Elmo]

Helm is completly different to any of the other Kings of the 'good' guys. I mean it is not normal behavour to go round your enemies' camps slaughtering them with your bare hands and killing some guy because his son had a thing for your daughter (well some might say the guy was fat, he had it coming) and not even give up killing when he's dead. Sheesh this guy must have had some issues. I believe I know what they were though.

It obviously goes back to some severe childhood trauma I think it would not be the typical Middle Earth trauma that I'd imagine there would be i.e. I saw my parents getting eaten by orcs and/or peckish hobbits, I think it is something much more mundane and real worldish and it is of course the fault of the parents. I mean what type of sick twisted people would name their child after a piece of headware??? I'm looking at you Mr and Mrs Gram of the House of Earl. Come on what were you thinking, did you not see the abuse he would have had to put up with in Edoras with that name? I believe the children used to encircle and pound him on the head when he'd cry out in pain they'd say 'I'm sorry I didn't know it would hurt, you are a helm after all' This is where he got his nickname because all the children would 'hammer' him on his head with their fists. This of course would give a boy a lot of pent up anger that led him down the path to wraith hood.