Available Heroes: Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli
As Aragorn continues his quest to obtain help against the advancing hordes of Sauron, he clashes with the King of the Dead, and must force him to yield before him and pledge his allegiance to Strider's cause. Right off the bat, the dead king makes it quite clear that he has no intention of bowing before the returning king of the living.
This battle will span several phases, in general alternating between attacking the king directly and knocking off his minions. First, he will float toward you. As he advances, you can get a ranged attack or two in. Parry away his strikes, then rush in and attack. Repeat until you've hit him a few times and he retreats. He'll summon in a few weak melee spirits. You'll have no trouble taking them out from afar, which the king won't take too well. He'll come at you again. Use the same strategy as before to get in a few hits without taking any damage yourself, and he'll retreat once more, this time summoning four archers on ledges out of reach. Toss your ranged artillery of choice at them while dodging or parrying their arrows, and they'll fall just as quickly as the previous spirits. If you run out of ranged ammo, more will automatically spawn in behind the boulder at the bottom portion of the level.
Once the archers are gone, the king attacks once more. Hit him a few more times, and he'll retreat back to his starting location and show off an amazing case of halitosis. Hide behind a boulder as he calls forth the wind, then sidestep out from cover and launch some ranged attacks at him in-between bouts. Again, if you run out of ammo, more will be waiting behind the lowermost boulder. After he takes a few arrows, he'll retreat yet again and call forth more minions, in this case spirits bearing shields--as with all shielded enemies, you'll have the most success with your fierce attack. When they go down, His Highness will advance at you again. Fight him off, and this time you'll get to deal with archers and shielded spirits at once. Take a page out of the king's book and retreat behind the lowermost boulder. You'll then be able to concentrate on the shield-bearers without worrying about incoming arrows.
The king will attack once more, then retreat and pull out another volley of wind attacks. You'll want to hide behind the lowermost boulder, as the others will be destroyed by the end of this attack. After another round of close combat, the king retreats and calls forth his nastiest minions. (Note: at this point you should have him down to nearly no health, if you haven't killed him already) Use the lower boulder once more as cover from the archers, and you shouldn't have an inordinate amount of trouble. After the king finally falls, his entire stronghold will begin to collapse--be ready to run. This next section is one of the most difficult in the game, and it can quickly become quite frustrating if you don't approach it methodically.
You'll meet back up with your two companions, and will be on the move immediately. Follow your friends, and shortly a large group of enemies will form up and attack, blocking you off from the other members of the Fellowship. Thankfully, none of them is very strong, and they'll go down fairly easily. Continue on as soon as you can (and we mean as soon as you can, or you'll quickly find yourself buried).
Keep moving along the linear path, and in a short while you'll be beset with enemies once more, and these are a bit of a challenge. Parry often, and deal out fierce blows when you can until the shields are no more and/or you get one of the extremely strong enemies backpedaling, then dish out whatever you can. Stay toward the bottom of the area, away from the spawn point, to avoid getting surrounded. When they're all a little bit more dead then before, continue on. You'll travel through another curiously misty area, before catching up to the other Fellowship members once again. Not a moment too soon, as it happens, for there are more spirits arriving, and they're not here to have a drink. Stay with the others to ensure you're not the only target, and hack away. Try not to dilly-dally, as an avalanche is coming if you're not fast enough. After they're all dead, run through the exit and complete the level.
