The Two Towers Scene 21 Summary

  • The women and children make it safely to Helm's Deep, where they're greeted by some guards and peasants already living there.
  • Erwin runs around getting things in order when Théoden and company rides in.
  • There are so few of them, she says, but Théoden is just happy their people are safe.
  • Then Gimli has to deliver the bad news: Aragorn has fallen.