Helm Hammerhand (Shadow of War)

Helm Hammerhand is a posthumous character and major antagonist in the Lord of the Rings movies franchise. He is the deceased king of Rohan who built the great walls of Helm’s Deep. Prior to his death, Hammerhead was a violent and dangerous man who ruled with great power. However, he was ambushed and fatally injured by a rival warlord who wanted his daughter’s hand in marriage. On his deathbed, Helm was visited by Annatar, the fair disguise of the Dark Lord of Mordor, Sauron. Desiring vengeance against the enemy that wounded him, Hammerhead agreed to done one of Sauron’s Rings of Power, thus becoming his servant upon his death. In return, Hammerhead would regain his strength and obtain revenge against his enemies. Though he killed his foes, he also inadvertently killed his daughter as well, filling him with even more destructive rage turning him into a brutal tyrant of Rohan. Following his death, he would be resurrected as one of the Nazgul and would serve the Dark Lord in his quest to conquer Middle Earth.
Category:War characters