Your Favorite Battle Cry...

[Scott]

There are a many battle cries and laments in Tolkien's writings. I'm interested, what are your favorites... Elendil, Aiya Earendil Elenion Ancalima, Forth Eorlingas?
Your own would be cool too.

[Beren87]

I love Gimli's at Helm's Deep.

Baruk Khazud! Khazud Ai-menu!

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[Túrin Turambar]

'Aure entuluva! Day shall come again!' - Húrin at Nirnaeth Arnoediad.

[Dain]

"Buruk Khazad! Khazad Ai-menu!" is of course, the best.

Not exactly a war-cry, but "You shall not pass!" is excellent as well.

[mark12_30]

"Out of doubt, out of dark to the day's rising
I came singing in the sun, sword unsheathing.
To hope's end I rode, and to heart's breaking;
Now for wrath, now for ruin and a red nightfall!"

--King Eomer of Rohan

[Rynoah, the Overly-Happy]

"For Gondor!" of course! smilies/wink.gif Also Éomer's cry that mark posted before me.

[ March 18, 2003: Message edited by: Rynoah, the Overly-Happy ]

[Lalaith]

I second Turin, most heartily. "'Aure entuluva" is the most moving, stirring battle cry ever.

[eleanor_niphredil]

Theodens red nightfall speech. Or the rubber ducky chant. Whichever you prefere.

[Meela]

battle cries...

anything gondorian.

and rohirric, i spose...

is this only books? cos in two towers eomer yells "Rohirrim", and that gets me every time

[ March 19, 2003: Message edited by: Meela ]

[Rochelle]

I am one for the battle cries of Rohan.

Arise now, arise, Riders of Theoden!
Dire deeds awake, dark is it eastward.
Let horse be bridled, horn be sounded!
Forth Eorlingas!

as well as...

Our King and the White Rider! Forth Eorlingas!

And of course Eomer's cry that was already posted :-D

[Lily Bracegirdle]

Amroth for Gondor! Amroth to Faramir!

Arise, arise, Riders of Theoden!
Fell deeds awake; fire and slaughter!
spear shall be shaken, shield be splintered,
a sword-day, a red day, ere the sun rises!
Ride now, ride now! Ride to Gondor!

-Lily

[the guy who be short]

it depends on my mood. usually i use baruk khazad, khazad ai menu. when im feeling taller i use elendil, sometimes i use ecthelion. i also love aure entuluva, but it only really works against creatures of darkness, which i have never met.

[Scott]

This is one I just thought up -

Elva cotumo lantaluva!
Our enemy shall fall!

~Scott

[Brinniel]

'Aure entuluva! Day shall come again!' - Húrin at Nirnaeth Arnoediad
Couldn't think of a better one. My eyes were glued to the pages of my book during that part.

[Elotareth]

No kidding Meela! I love it when Eomer shouts "Rohirrim"! "Forth Eorlingas" is pretty cool too, but I think those tears in my eyes during that part are from the music.

[Meela]

"Forth Eorlingas" is pretty cool too, but I think those tears in my eyes during that part are from the music.

i start crying the moment the Rohirrim are riding down the slope, and you cant hear anything but the music over the top. I think its generally the music that contributes to the moment. I find that i cry more only when listening to the soundtrack.

[Diamond18]

My favorite war cry?

Let's go fix their little red wagons!

Uh...what, you wanted something from Tolkien? *grumbles*

Seriously, actually. I love all the one's already mentioned, but my most favoritest is definitely:

We come, we come with roll of drum: ta-runda runda runda run!

We come, we come with horn and drum; ta-runa runa runa rom!

To Isengard! Though Isengard be ringed and barred with doors of stone;
Though Isengard be strong and hard, as cold as stone and bare as bone,
We go, we go, we go to war, to hew the stone and break the door;
For bole and bough are burning now, the furnace roars — we go to war!
To land of gloom with tramp of doom, with rool of drum, we come, we come;
To Isengard with doom we come!
With doom we come, with doom we come!

[Afrodal Fenyar]

Aurë entuliva! The day shall come again!

This has to be the best. There's no greater glory than fighting to the bitter end(even though Húrin did not die. Well, his fate was even more terrible than death..) And of course, the quote is great, too smilies/tongue.gif

[the guy who be short]

does anybody please know how to say

dagger of the dwarf, the dwarf is upon you in khuzdul?

if not, how about sword instead of dagger? or even just the dwarf is upon you? plzzzzz

[Balin999]

i think that would be "khazad ai-menu"
but i think that's the dwarfs are among you or sth like that.

My favourite war cry: "Charge" by any unknown and forgotten captain at the battle of the Pelennor-Fields.

smilies/biggrin.gif

[Oddwen]

"Baruk Khazad! Khazad ai menu!" means "The axes of the dwarves! The axes of the dwarves are upon you!"

That's cool, but my favorite is "Death, death," upon the Pellenor fields, after Eomer sees Eowyn. That gives me chills.
My personal battle cry would be "Agh! Help!"


smilies/rolleyes.gif

[One Axe to Rule them All]

My favorite battle cry is already in my sig, so there's no need to repeat it.

but i think the one i'd be most likely to say would be "The Battle is at hand"
i'm sure all of you Icewind Dale fans recognize that one.

[Lady Alasse]

Aule entaluva (probably didn't spell that right, sorry! is definetly one of the best as well as Out of doubt, out of dark to the day's rising
I came singing in the sun, sword unsheathing.
To hope's end I rode and to heart's breaking:
Now for wrath, now for ruin and a red nightfall!



Another one I really really like is- Arise now, arise, Riders of Théoden!

Dire deeds awake, dark is it eastward.
Let horse be bridled, horn be sounded!
Forth Eorlingas!

that almost always brings a lump to my throat.

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[Mitheithel]

I like Gimli`s too (Baruk khazad! Khazad ai-menu!)

[Rindoien, elf of Lothlorien]

I just like yelling 'A Elbereth, Gilthoniel!'

[Yavanna228]

I don't know if this counts as a battle-cry, but I love the spirit it shows. This one is from Sam when he is in the Tower of Cirith Ungol.
'Yes! The Elf-warrior is loose!' he cried. 'I'm coming. Just you show me the way up, or I'll skin you!'
I love Sam's great heart shown in that, and his good humour! smilies/biggrin.gif
Peace

[GaladrieloftheOlden]

"Out of doubt, out of dark to the day's rising
I came singing in the sun, sword unsheathing.
To hope's end I rode, and to heart's breaking;
Now for wrath, now for ruin and a red nightfall!" is definitely my favorite. I don't know why, but I guess it seems sad and hopeful and 'fell' at the same time.

~Menelien

[Tinuviel the Nightingale]

Well if I really came upon a deadly foe I think I would just scream, "AAAAAAA!" and run the opposite way, but if I actually was a noble warrior, I would yell an elven cry before bravely plunging into battle.

[GaladrieloftheOlden]

Well if I really came upon a deadly foe I think I would just scream, "AAAAAAA!" and run the opposite way I would run towards the foe, but still screaming "AAAAAAAAA!" Or maybe something more along the lines of "!@#$ AAAAA *&^%" but that's besides the point. smilies/rolleyes.gif

~Menelien

[Helkahothion]

Or maybe something more along the lines of "!@#$ AAAAA *&^%" but that's besides the point.

I second that. It is always good to swear at a foe, it will get him mad. And madness is a bad advisor in battle.

Gimli's Baruk Khazud! Khazud Ai-menu!is cool. But I forgot what it meant. Part of it means the dwarves have come I believe. Someone explain please.

The best cry is always from The Tick: SPOON!!!

And a good JIHAAAA is always good.

[DayVampyre]

I can't help but wonder if anyone's country's army has a real cry other than

"AAAAAAARRRRRRRRR"

or something of the sort....


And still not Tolkien but moving is the Rebel's Yell from the Civil War.

[Scott]

Helkahothion,
The translation for the battle cry of the dwarves you seek is:
The axes of the dwarves! The axes of the dwarves are upon you.!
(Baruk Khazad! Khazad ai menu!).

Suilad,
Scott

[Helkahothion]

Thanks man. smilies/biggrin.gif

[Luthien_ Tinuviel]

My favorites have already been posted, but I'll repeat them:

Forth Eorlingas!

Aure entuluva!

Out of doubt, out of dark to the day's rising
I came singing in the sun, sword unsheathing.
To hope's end I rode, and to heart's breaking;
Now for wrath, now for ruin and a red nightfall!

Elendil!
(I use that one a lot).

Arise now, arise, Riders of Theoden!
Dire deeds awake, dark is it eastward.
Let horse be bridled, horn be sounded!
Forth Eorlingas!



Arise, arise, Riders of Theoden!
Fell deeds awake; fire and slaughter!
spear shall be shaken, shield be splintered,
a sword-day, a red day, ere the sun rises!
Ride now, ride now! Ride to Gondor!



Death, death!

A Elbereth, Gilthoniel!

'Yes! The Elf-warrior is loose!' he cried. 'I'm coming. Just you show me the way up, or I'll skin you!'

Out of doubt, out of dark, to the day's rising
he rode in the sun, sword unsheating.
Hope he rekindled, and in hope ended;
over death, over dread, over doom lifted
out of loss, out of life, unto long glory.

Not a battle cry, but really good all the same.

Ride now! Ride now! Ride to Gondor!

Theoden King! Theoden King!...Mourn not overmuch! Mighty was the fallen,
meet was his ending. When his mound i raised,
women then shall weep. War now calls us!

Wow! That was a long list! As you can see, every Tolkien battle cry is my favorite. But some good non-Tolkien ones include The Song That Never Ends, evil laughter, "The metallic blue rats are upon you!", "Stand and fight!" (in a duel), and something along the lines of "Kill them!"

[Helkahothion]

do the elves have battle cries or are they their own cool selves in battle? That's what Dwarves do better than elves. They let go in battle. Elves never smile.

[Aule]

Buruk Khazad! Khazad Ai-menu!
&
ELENDIL!!!!!
both very cool
There are a few in the Silm that are cool, but haven't got it to hand so i can't quote them smilies/frown.gif

[Scott]

Again in response to Helkahothion,
I think Elves can go a bit crazy in battle. Just look at Hurin. Running around killing (what, seventy?) trolls screaming "Day shall come again" doesn't really seem too calm and collected to me.
Then again, in the movies the elves do seem pretty under control during the battle scenes. Tangado haid. Hado i philinn. (Hold your positions. Fire the arrows) Doesn't really seem to strike too much fear into my heart.

[Voralphion]

I think Elves can go a bit crazy in battle. Just look at Hurin. Running around killing (what, seventy?) trolls screaming "Day shall come again" doesn't really seem too calm and collected to me.

Hurin was a man not an elf, although I think elves can go crazy in battle, just look at Feanor when he arrived in Middle Earth and killed all those orcs and gave the balrogs a run for their money.

My favourite battle cry is either:
'Baruk-Khazad. Khazad-ai-menu' or
'Aure entuluva.'

[ May 12, 2003: Message edited by: Voralphion ]

[Scott]

My fault Voralphion,
That's what I get for trying to post intelligently so late.

[lore_master]

TO DEATH!!

Eomer king at the charge of the Rohirrim

[GaladrieloftheOlden]

It is always good to swear at a foe, it will get him mad. What, you've tried? And just try to hold an image of Pipping swearing at an Uruk in your head for 5 seconds with a straight face, really. smilies/tongue.gif

~Menelien

[Salix]

One of my favorites is definetely
We come, we come with roll of drum: ta-runda runda runda run!
We come, we come with horn and drum; ta-runa runa runa rom!

To Isengard! Though Isengard be ringed and barred with doors of stone;
Though Isengard be strong and hard, as cold as stone and bare as bone,
We go, we go, we go to war, to hew the stone and break the door;
For bole and bough are burning now, the furnace roars — we go to war!
To land of gloom with tramp of doom, with rool of drum, we come, we come;
To Isengard with doom we come!
With doom we come, with doom we come!
and of course
Baruk Khazud! Khazud Ai-menu!
and
Arise, arise, Riders of Theoden!
Fell deeds awake; fire and slaughter!
spear shall be shaken, shield be splintered,
a sword-day, a red day, ere the sun rises!
Ride now, ride now! Ride to Gondor!

[Scott]

One of my all time favorites is admittedly non-Tolkien - so I translated it into Quenya for the sport of it.
Inigo Montoya ea essenya. Elle mance atarinya. Avaleryal qualmen!
My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die. (lit. "Inigo Montoya is my name. You killed my father. Make ready for death!")
~The Princess Bride

I'm not so sure about the swearing thing... Even though it could throw your enemy off guard, it's a little un chilvalric.
But then again, if you're trying to kill or mame someone, chivalry is pretty low on the priority list.

[GaladrieloftheOlden]

Scott- I didn’t think of Inigo’s one. That’s my favorite battle “cry” of all non Tolkien, and some Tolkien ones too, except my Quenya is not near good enough to start translating things myself yet. smilies/rolleyes.gif

~Menelien

[Minyataurien]

I love For Gondor! Me and my sis have pretend battles with our neighbors and my team is always Gondor. We blow this horn and say For Gondor, For Gondor! I might add we always win. smilies/biggrin.gif

[Lalaith]

Salix, on a cd I have of Tolkien doing his own readings, there is an excerpt of him reading the Ents battle march - it is really good.

[Scott]

Well, battle cries were pretty well covered, but what about laments as well? my obvious first choice (first to mind as well) was, of course, the "A Elbereth Gilthonniel" poem.
Any others?

[Helkahothion]

Nope a Elbereth Gilthoniel is quite cool. smilies/biggrin.gif

[Mirendabeth]

I liked in in FotR when Pippin and Merry were messing about with Boromir, and they shouted "For the Shire!". Some people don't count it as a battle cry, but I thought I'd share anyway! smilies/smile.gif

[The Flame Of Anor]

The best battle cry is in my signature. Anyone who says otherwise is asking for my to smite them. Although some others might be close....

[The Flame Of Anor]

Also, although its not exactly a battle cry:

The Horn Of Helm Hammerhand will sound once more in the deep!

Also, "For the Shire!" Is almost as good, but you have to yell it, not jokingly as in the movie.

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[Niluial]

"Out of doubt, out of dark to the day's rising
I came singing in the sun, sword unsheathing.
To hope's end I rode, and to heart's breaking;
Now for wrath, now for ruin and a red nightfall!"
What more can I say?

[aragornreborn]

I'm not so sure about the swearing thing... Even though it could throw your enemy off guard, it's a little un chilvalric.
But then again, if you're trying to kill or mame someone, chivalry is pretty low on the priority list.

Awww, that takes the fun out of it. If you're gonna go out, go out with dignity and style - not flailing and screaming expletives. Although that could be just me... You could at least say something profound. Or silence. Complete silence. Silence can be very intimidating and kind of creepy. With perhaps one simple word or phrase upon victory. That's how I'd do it anyway. smilies/biggrin.gif (hoping for victory of course smilies/wink.gif )

But no one has hit the all-time best battle cry yet! I couldn't believe it! Are you telling me that NONE of you would yell Attercop? I mean c'mon... If you're not going out with style and dignity, at least shock them with your insanity. So, I'd have to get into two battles. One for each. smilies/biggrin.gif

But all the other posted cries have been good. (And I do like Inigo Montoya's. See, now there's style and dignity.) But Tolkien was really good in the sayings department...

[Sillabub]

FOR GONDOR!!!!!!! (In case u people don't know already, I'm VERY patriotic about beautiful Gondor)

TOUCH THE MONKEY, DAMMIT!!! (thanx to the middle-earth races quiz for that one)

[Numenorean]

Don't know if this one by Hurins phalanx has been done yet, but it always feels madly inspiring to me:


And the sun glittered on fifty blades as they leaped forth, and the court rang with the battle-cry of the Edain of the North: Lacho calad! Drego morn! Flame Light! Flee night!

[Oddwen]

I had forgotten about Attercop! That's one of the best, sure.
Alas, I used to have it memorized.
"I'm far more sweet than other meat, and still they cannot find me!"

[Nerindel]

quote:
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"Out of doubt, out of dark to the day's rising
I came singing in the sun, sword unsheathing.
To hope's end I rode, and to heart's breaking;
Now for wrath, now for ruin and a red nightfall!"
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this is also one of my favourite cries as are most of the cries made by Eomer and Theoden, but my Favourite has to be :
'But no living man am I! You look upon a woman. Éowyn I am, Éomund's daughter. You stand between me and my lord and kin. Begone, if you be not deathless! For living or dark undead, I will smite you, if you touch him.

If it can be counted as a battle cry?

[Lindril Arvilya]

Eulalia! (Sorry, Redwall coming through... anyone read those?)

At the dentists, in my mind I'm chanting A Elbereth! Gilthoniel! and imagining the dentists running away from the light.

Uh, anyhow.

Yes, my favourite has to be "Forth Eorlingas!" It was a wonderful sound to it. *jumps on the bandwagon*

[Tarien Ithil]

OK, I know this is cliché but I like Buruk Khazad! Khazad ai menu!
It’s quite aggressive smilies/evil.gif smilies/wink.gif

[Estella Brandybuck]

"For the Shire!". Some people don't count it as a battle cry, but I thought I'd share anyway!

"For the Shire!" definitely counts in my book. smilies/biggrin.gif

My personal favorite is "A Elbereth, Gilthoniel!", though who doesn't get chills with "Forth Eorlingas!"? And of course, the Ents' song is just amazing. I sing that to myself every now and then. smilies/tongue.gif

"Day shall come again!" is another one that gave me chills. Also from the Silmarillion, though I don't know if this counts as a battle cry:

"Auta i lomë! The night is passing!"

But all the ones mentioned before are great, especially the Rohirrim ones. Those are usually the ones that make me want to jump up and cheer. Or something to that effect. smilies/tongue.gif

Also, to whoever mentioned Inigo's - I heartily agree on that one. smilies/wink.gif smilies/biggrin.gif

[Scott]

Why, thank you kindly smilies/rolleyes.gif
Also, where'd you find auta i lome? I don't think I've ever seen that one before.
~Scott

[Sophia the Thunder Mistress]

My favorite's only been mentioned once!

Amroth for Gondor! Amroth to Faramir!

Although my second favorite:
Aure Entuluva! has had quite a few mentions. This really is rather an inspiring topic. smilies/biggrin.gif

Sophia

[Tarien Ithil]

"I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the Flame of Anor. You cannot pass. The dark fire will not avail you, flame of Udun. Go back to the Shadow. You cannot pass!"

Dunno if this is a battle cry but it’s a great bunch of writing! smilies/smile.gif smilies/wink.gif

[Estella Brandybuck]

Also, where'd you find auta i lome? I don't think I've ever seen that one before.

It was in The Silmarillion, in the chapter about the Fifth Battle. Since I have no life, I looked up the actual passage. smilies/wink.gif

"Then when Fingon heard afar the great trumpet of Turgon his brother, the shadow passed and his heart was uplifted, and he shouted aloud: 'Utúlie'n aurë! Aiya Eldalië ar Atanatari, utúlie'n aurë! The day has come! Behold, people of the Eldar and Fathers of Men, the day has come!' And all those who heard his great voice echo in the hills answered crying: 'Auta i lómë! The night is passing!'"

I just really love that passage. smilies/smile.gif

And I think "You cannot pass!" can count as a bit of a war cry. And even if you don't think of it like that, then you're right, it's fantastic writing. smilies/smile.gif

[Sophia the Thunder Mistress]

Here's one that hasn't been mentioned at all, truly stirring: "Anduril for the Dunedain!"
"Guthwine for the Mark!"
"Anduril! Anduril goes to war! The Blade that Was Broken shines again!"

Of course, in the book there's more description between the cries, but the first part is Aragorn, the second part is Eomer, and the third is the Rohirrim army at Helm's Deep. Makes me shiver all over, think of the prophecy fulfilled in that moment.

[maikafanawen]

My two favorites are:

We come, we come with roll of drum: ta-runda runda runda run!
We come, we come with horn and drum; ta-runa runa runa rom!
To Isengard! Though Isengard be ringed and barred with doors of stone;
Though Isengard be strong and hard, as cold as stone and bare as bone,
We go, we go, we go to war, to hew the stone and break the door;
For bole and bough are burning now, the furnace roars — we go to war!
To land of gloom with tramp of doom, with rool of drum, we come, we come;
To Isengard with doom we come!
With doom we come, with doom we come!

mentioned already by Diamond and Salix, and

"Out of doubt, out of dark to the day's rising
I came singing in the sun, sword unsheathing.
To hope's end I rode, and to heart's breaking;
Now for wrath, now for ruin and a red nightfall!"

mentioned by Nerindel. There's probably a billion more in the Silmarilion--I've got to read that!!!

-Maikafanawen

[Ophelia]

The fave of mine? "Let's kick some ... well ....places where back loses it's honourable name " !!!
But if we're talkin' Tolkienologicly : "Hoooom Boom , Hrrrmm Boom Booooom" (I belive that means "The Ents go to war" or somethin' like that) .