Aragorn speaks to you in hushed tones.

'The next few hours will sorely test us all, my friend, but none more than the King of Rohan. It will be Théoden's resolve, as much as the strength of his fighting men, that will govern our chances of survival. He will not speak plainly to me, or to any of us, on this matter. It is not his way, nor the way of most who rule.

'Find Gléowine and ask him what he makes of the King's mood and temperament. I cannot tell if the King is putting on a brave face, but Gléowine has served him for many years and will know better than I the truth of this. I last saw the minstrel below us, by a pile of straw near the western wall.'

Gléowine wants you to show him on the nearby map table what the night may hold for the defenders of Helm's Deep.

Interacting with the map table near Gléowine will allow time to pass. Action will resume after midnight, when the battle is joined.

Objectives

• Study the map table near the western wall, by Gléowine, and time will pass

It is after midnight at Helm's Deep.

Gléowine is by the map table, near the pile of straw by the western wall.

Objectives

• Talk to Gléowine

It is after midnight at Helm's Deep.

Gamling is by the map table with Gléowine, on the lowest level of the fortress, by the western wall.

Objectives

• Talk to Gamling