- Back inside the hall, Gandalf council's Théoden to ride against the armies of Isengard, but Théoden doesn't want to risk open war.
- He thinks his people have shed enough blood and decides to move them all to the fortress of Helm's Deep, where they can defend themselves.
- As they prepare the horses to leave, Aragorn helps calms Brego, who may have been Théodred's horse. Erwin is surprised to hear him speak elvish.