Description

Gandalf rode down the mountainside at a frightening pace. His hairs whipping in the wind as he flew down the hill hoping to reach battlefield the in time. The stench of burning flesh filled his nostrils and he choked down the urge to vomit.

On the battlefield below all he could see were two things, hordes of living orcs and burning masses of dead ones. Gandalf's old bones ached as he descended the hill, but he knew it would all be over soon enough. Gandalf’s horse panted for breath, his heart was racing, but he still pressed on toward his goal.

Suddenly the sound of war cries filled the air. At first Gandalf thought it was the orcs yelling in victory, but alas it was his comrades screaming with joy at the site of Gandalf and the reinforcements. Gandalf's mouth watered for the sweet taste of victory that he knew was to come.

Comparison

Gandalf can be viewed as a sunrise. Especially when looked at in the Battle of Helm's Deep. In this battle Gandalf shows up with reinforcements at the sunrise, but this is not why he is like the sunrise. When Gandalf arrives it is at the darkest time for the people of Rohan.


The walls of this so called impenetrable fortress have been breached and many men have been slain, then as if by cue Gandalf appears like the sunrise and with the sunrise. They say that it is darkest before the sunrise and in this situation Gandalf was the human sunrise.


Once Gandalf arrived the battle turned around. They began to slay the orcs that were in the field, and all became light and goodness once more. This is very much like a sunrise in how when a sunrise comes it brings the light of day into a dark situation.