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where is everyone

in rotk after the seige of gondor and the gandalf gets everyone ready to march against mordor where r the elves and the dwarves and the men of dale and the ents why don't they help out. why do only the men of gondor,rohan and the other people that defended gondor have to go to there deaths against mondor

ENTS They were too busy guarding Isengard and keeping Saruman inside.

DWARVES It would have taken them far too long to get to Gondor

ELVES Again, it would have taken some time to get there. Also, Lorien had been attacked during this so they would have been dealing with that as well.

The Men of Dale were fighting with Dain Ironfoot against Sauron's armies in the North. As Gandalf says:

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When you think of the great Battle of the Pelennor, do not forget the battles in Dale and the valour of Durin's folk. Think of what might have been. Dragon-fire and savage swords in Eriador, night in Rivendell. There might be no Queen in Gondor. We might now hope to return from the victory here only to ruin and ash.

(The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A)

As for the Ents, it's a long way from Fangorn to Minas Tirith and they were mainly only interested in defeating Saruman, whom you'll recall they were left to guard. I don't think that they regarded the defence of Gondor as their concern.

[ August 10, 2002: Message edited by: Squatter of Amon Rudh ]

I read somewhere that the Ents helped defend Rohan from attacks of orcs out of Moria after Saruman had left Isengard.