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What is a fanlisting?
A fanlisting is - quite bluntly - a list of fans.
Quoted from TFL.org: "A fanlisting is simply an online list of fans of a subject, such as a TV show, actor, or musician, that is created by an individual and open for fans from around the world to join. There are no costs, and the only requirements to join a fanlisting are your name and country. Fanlistings do not have to be large sites (although some are), they are just a place where you can sign up with other fans."

What is the Battle of the Hornburg?
The Battle of the Hornburg is a fictional battle in J. R. R. Tolkien's novel The Lord of the Rings. The battle pitted the forces of Saruman against the Rohirrim under King Théoden, who had taken refuge in the mountain fortress of the Hornburg at Helm's Deep.

After being released from Gríma Wormtongue's influence by Gandalf, Théoden set out to the Fords of Isen, where Erkenbrand was fighting Saruman's forces. However, Théoden found out that they had been scattered, and Gandalf advised him to take refuge in the Hornburg, where many of the folk of the Westfold were taking refuge. Then Gandalf left to find the Rohirrim and bring them back to aid the the defence of Helm's Deep. The Rohirrim went to Helm's Deep, where the people were commanded by a captain called Gamling the Old. Many there were too old or too young, but the women and children of Edoras were at least safe in Dunharrow, led by Éowyn.

The forces of Saruman, common Orcs and Uruk-hai, together with some orc-human hybrids (called "half-orcs and goblin-men" — which may have referred to or included the Uruk-hai themselves) and human Dunlendings, arrived at the valley of Helm's Deep in the middle of the night.

The attackers quickly scaled over the first defence, Helm's Dike, forcing the Rohirrim there to fall back to the fortress. They approached and shot arrows at the defenders, some finding their mark. When they were close, the defenders loosed arrows and threw stones at them, driving them back, but they managed to get close to the wall after multiple charges. They attempted to break down the fortress's gate with a battering ram, but a sortie led by Aragorn and Éomer scattered the forces threatening the doors.

The Orcs and Dunlendings then raised hundreds of ladders to scale the wall. Aragorn and Éomer repeatedly motivated the tired defenders to repel the Orcs coming up the ladders and crossing the wall. However, some Orcs had crept in through a culvert which let a stream out of Helm's Deep, and while the defenders were busy with the assault on the wall, they were suddenly attacked from behind. The defenders, led by Gimli and Gamling, quickly reacted and drove back the Orcs, and the culvert was blocked up under Gimli's expert supervision.

However, the enemies reentered the culvert and made a wide hole in the wall using an explosive device invented by Saruman, a "blasting-fire". The defenders retreated to the Glittering Caves, Éomer and Gimli among them, or to the fortress proper.

Soon Saruman's forces broke through the gate and gained entrance to the fortress. At this moment, however, the horn of Helm's Deep was sounded, and after a moment a sortie led by Théoden and Aragorn rode forth, followed by all the Rohirrim left inside. Théoden and Aragorn cut through the Orcs and Dunlendings and arrived at Helm's Dike.

Both armies then noticed that many Huorns had moved to block a possible escape route for the Orcs. Then Gandalf arrived on Shadowfax, with Erkenbrand and a thousand swordmen on foot - the remaining strength of the Rohirrim that had been routed at the Fords of Isen. They charged into the fray. The Dunlendings were so terrified of Gandalf that they could no longer fight. The Orcs lost control and ran into the "forest" of Huorns, where they were destroyed. Thus, the battle ended with Rohan victorious.

After the battle those Dunlendings who surrendered were given amnesty by King Théoden and allowed to return home (much to their surprise, since Saruman had told them that the men of Rohan would burn all survivors alive). The Rohirrim required that all hostilities cease, and that the Dunlendings retreat behind the River Isen again and never recross while bearing arms. The slain Dunlendings were buried in a mound of their own apart from the Orc carcasses.

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