Gondorian Soldiers Vs. Rohirrim Soldiers - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Finwe · 12-30-2003, 03:53 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> whereas Theoden had in classic Norse fashion whipped his horse boys up into a death chanting frenzy. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> *sigh* So true. So true. You'd be surprised at the difference between an armored warrior who's gone so fey that he embraces death, and an armored warrior who is fighting out of fear that he will die. I daresay that most of the Gondorians were fighting out of the fear that they would die and their city would fall. The Rohirrim, on the other hand, had already tasted near defeat and the advent of a new hope, not to mention the adrenaline coursing through their veins in that charge. You just CAN'T charge an army like that without getting a MAJOR rush of adrenaline.

12-30-2003, 03:53 PM	#12
Finwe Deathless Sun Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Royal Suite in the Halls of Mandos Posts: 2,609	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR><BR>whereas Theoden had in classic Norse fashion whipped his horse boys up into a death chanting frenzy.<BR><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P><BR>sigh So true. So true.<P><BR>You'd be surprised at the difference between an armored warrior who's gone so fey that he embraces death, and an armored warrior who is fighting out of fear that he will die. I daresay that most of the Gondorians were fighting out of the fear that they would die and their city would fall. The Rohirrim, on the other hand, had already tasted near defeat and the advent of a new hope, not to mention the adrenaline coursing through their veins in that charge. You just CAN'T charge an army like that without getting a MAJOR rush of adrenaline. __________________ But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.