First off PJ felt he needed to radically simplify the variety of Dunedainian soldiery in the Films.<P>In the Books I see something of the following Heirarchy of Fighters [amongst Dunedain and Rohirrim].[LIST][*]Dunedain of the North - missing[*]Rangers of Ithilien and Knights of Dol Amroth - both missing from Pellenor Feilds also Knights of the Tower[*]Rohirrim[*]Miscellaneous soldiery of Gondor from the provinces [few full on warriors, most local reserves].<P>Of course one could juggle some the above around, just my take on the books.<P>We do have a few solid bits to go on, The Rohirrim looking like boys besides the Rangers of the North.<P>THe impression given of the Knights of Dol Amroth and of Amroth himself, and legolas' comment.<P>PJ [somewhat understandably] felt a need to drastically simplify things and so virtually all of the above distinctions are lost. Gondor appears to have a relatively large cohgesive army which JRRT nowhere ascribes to them.<P>As for how they seem in Battle, remember that Minas Tirith's leader was fey and doing nothing in the realm of morale, whereas Theoden had in classic Norse fashion whipped his horse boys up into a death chanting frenzy.
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The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night exchanging lore & wisdom such as they still possessed that they should not fall back into the mean estate of those who never knew or indeed rebelled against the Light.
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