[Dondagnirion]

Quoting myself..."This would also mean that Rohan would have fallen to Saruman because Aragorn would not have been at the Battle Of Helms Deep to lead the defense (I am not dissing Boromir in this saying he could not have done Aragorns job but he just did not have Narsil and that was a big part of it, plain and simple)."

Let me explain this a little bit more thoroughly. Yes, it is true that Gandalf would still have been there. This does mean that he would have been able to get Treebeard to call the Entmoot. Even with that though (him contacting the ents when they were done attacking Saruman) by the time Gandalf got back with Erkenbrand and his men, and the Huorns had gotten there, everyone at Helms Deep would have been dead. Although they would have still been able to destroy the rest of Saruman's army that does not make a difference in my arguement. This means that they would not have come to Minas Tirith in time or with enough men to win the battle. Yes Gandalf would still have been there to help in the defense but the Witchking would have gone undestroyed by Merry and Eowyn. Gandalf, some may say, would probably have been able to destroy the Witchking. I completely agree there. However, with only what was left at the diminished host of Rohan and no Theoden to "slay the black serpent", the battle would not have been able to been won or not won with enough forces to leave Minas Tirith sufficiently defended and still go to The Battle in front of the black gate to distract the eye from Frodo (and yes, it would have been easier for Frodo with Strider, Gimli, and Sam, instead of just Sam, but Sauron would have picked up on them without the nessecary distraction).

I am sorry for the long explanation and the massive run-on sentences but I felt I needed to explain myself.

P.S. Sorry for the last run-on also.

Dondagnirion
"There is no spoon."