The History of Galadriel | Lord of the Rings Lore | Middle-Earth
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- The History of Galadriel, lady of the Galadhrim, from her birth and early life in Valinor, to her participation in the Rebellion and Flight to Middle Earth. We discuss her history here, the time she spent and the things she learnt with Queen Melian and much more!
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In this series, we explore the history of places in Middle-Earth, Characters or events that took place.
The information is presented in an orderly easy to understand way so that it is friendly to people that are new to the Lord of the Rings Lore and Mythos.
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Regarding the Wizards: “and none save maybe Elrond, Cirdan and Galadriel discovered of what kind they were and whence they came” - Unfinished Tales - page 502
“The Exiles were allowed to return- save for a few chief actors in the rebellion, of whom at the times of the lord of the rings only Galadriel remained. At the same time of her Lament in Lorien she believed this to be perennial, as long as the Earth endured. Hence she concludes her lament with a wish or prayer that Frodo may as a special grace be granted a purgatorial (but not penal) sojourn in Eressea, the solitary isle in sight of Aman, though for her the way is closed. Her prayer was granted- but also her personal ban was lifted, in reward for her services against Sauron, and above all for he rejection of the temptation to take the Ring when offered to her. So at the end we see her taking ship. Unfinished Tales page 295
“Her hair was held a marvel unmatched. It was golden like the hair of her father and of her foremother Indis, but richer and more radiant, for its gold was touched by some memory of the starlike silver of her mother; and the Eldar said that the light of the Two Trees, Laurelin and Telperion, had been sanred in her tresses. Many thought that this saying first gave to Faenor the thought of imprisoning and blending the light of the Trees that later took shape in his hands as the Silmarils. Unfinished Tales Page 296
“For Faenor beheld the hair of Galadriel with wonder and delight. He begged three times for a tress, but Galadriel would not give him even one hair. These two kinsfolk, the greatest of the Eldar of Valinor, were unfriends for ever” Unfinished Tales Page 296
“She had dreams of far lands and dominions that might be her own to order as she would without tutelage” Unfinished Tales Page 297
“and a reverence for the Valar that she could not forget” Unfinished Tales Page 297
“from her earliest years she had a marvellous gift of insight into the minds of others” Unfinished Tales Page 297
“and she withheld her goodwill from none save only Faenor” Unfinished Tales Page 297
““once she had set foot upon that road of exile she would not relent, but rejected the last message of the Valar, and came under the Doom of Mandos.” Unfinished Tales Page 297
“Even after the merciless assault upon the Teleri and tha rape of their ships, though she fought fiercely against Faenor in defence of her mother’s kin, she did not turn back. Her pride was unwilling to return, a defeated spullpiant for pardon. But now she burned with desire to follow Faenor with her anger to whatever lands he might come, and to thwart him in all ways that she could.” Unfinished Tales Page 297
“it was not until too long ages more had passed, when at last all that she had desired in her youth came to her hand, the ring of power and the dominion of middle-earth of which she had dreamed, that her wisdom was full grown and she rejected it, and passing the last test departed from middle-earth forever” Unfinished Tales Page 298
“I never thought no such thing,” answered Sam, in no mood for jest. “If you want to know, I felt as if I hadn’t got nothing on, and I didn’t like it.” She seemed to be looking inside me and asking me about what I would do if she gave me the chance of flying back home to the Shire to a nice little hole with- with a bit of garden of my own” FOTR page 469
“And at times Melian and Galadriel would speak together of Valinor and the bliss of old” -Silmarillion page 145
“the power that dwelt there was too great for any to overcome, unless Sauron had came there himself “ - LOTR appendix tale of years
“I never thought no such thing,” answered Sam, in no mood for jest. “If you want to know, I felt as if I hadn’t got nothing on, and I didn’t like it.” She seemed to be looking inside me and asking me about what I would do if she gave me the chance of flying back home to the Shire to a nice little hole with- with a bit of garden of my own"
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Anyone who says Tolkien didn't have great female characters has to seriously shut it! Elbereth, Melian, Galadriel, Luthian, Elwing, Arwen and Eowyn are all fantastic characters !!
i dont think anyones ever said that. not that ive seen.
TRUTH!!!
@@anthonyward2433
I've read some reviews of the LotR that specifically took the movies to task for "lacking strong female characters".
I swear, unless the main character is female, and is surrounded by other females, and endlessly supportive male characters, then a movie will be saddled by bad reviews from extremist feminists. (I self-identify as an Egalitarian, so don't take this as feminist-bashing, okay?)
When you look at the time Tolkien wrote these masterpieces, it's a miracle that there were so many powerful female characters!
Wow so much hate lol
Forget about female extremists
I just want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for making this video. Galadriel is my favorite from Tolkien's legendarium. I re-watch this video very often and always come away feeling happy. I especially like that you tend to sum up your videos with a positive observation of some kind, like you did with this one and the significance of Galadriel's sacrifice. Please keep making videos!
Thanks mate, that really means a lot, I appreciate it! :)
Cate Blanchett was the perfect choice for Galadriel. Her type of beauty is rare-as was Galadriel's even among elves. Blanchett nailed the wisdom filled 'knowing look' she gave as she looked into the various Company member's hearts.
Would've been nice to emphasise that Feanor, mightiest of all elves and the greatest smith ever to have lived, asked for three strands of her hair and was turned down.
But Gimli the dwarf was given the desired three strands of her hair after asking for only one, which he only asked for after being pressed. This unimportant stammering dwarf was given what the mightiest could not acquire because of the former being humble. Extra emphasis on dwarf, the race that destroyed her first home in Middle Earth.
Didn't he ask for one strand, but three times?
I think this is because she saw only good and strong will in Gimli
He’s actually made a whole vid about this btw
Ooh brick james I’ve gotta see this!!!
Hello.. did you watch the same video i just watched?-- the INTENT and which the purpose and behind asking for a hair. Gimli's heart and intent were pure so it was offered freely
Sometimes I wish someone would find a bunch of notes hidden in the Tolkien house
That adds more stories
Oh boy what did we do to deserve a 22 minute video. Nice work as always
Thanks buddy! Hope you enjoyed it!
Yasssss
Great video. Galadriel is one of the best characters from the Tolkien legendarium
Thanks Joe!
How have I missed the notion that Galadriel’s hair captures the blended light of the trees? Thanks so much for introducing me to that idea!
I just finished reading 'The Unfinished Tales' a week or two ago, and the story about Galadriel can get confusing at times! You did an amazing job of smoothing it out. I'm a big fan of your videos, and I found this one to be particularly good!
Thanks for some of the back story it makes her gift to Gimli even more incredible and profound.
One thing to add: the golden hair of Finarfin came from his mother Indis, who was a member of the royal house of the Vanyar, so Galadriel actually combined the royal houses of all three lines of Elves
Great job. Perfect level of detail and great insight into their character, her motivation and her growth.
Thanks mate!
This was beautiful. Thank you for preparing and sharing it. I truly enjoyed your analysis of her character and how much she changed.
As fas as I know Vilya wielded by Elrond is considered the most powerful of the Three Rings.
Ye I correctly in the pinned comment, as I had mistakenly put Nenya as the ring of Air, and Vilya as the ring of water! Goes to show that even the details I feel I'm sure of, it's best to double check them!
To be fair though, it is not entirely cut and dry. I believe VIlya is called "mightiest" of the 3 in Return of the King. In The Unfinished Tales, however, Nenya is referred to as "chief" of the three. Given that Tolkien was working to re-write Galadriel's history, I can see how one might come to the conclusion that Nenya reigns supreme. It could also be the case that Vilya was more powerful, but Nenya was more important or held special significance over the others.
In any case, it's an understandable slip! :)
you are correct
That is correct, Vilya was originally held by Gil Gilad the high king, however by the time of the Third Age and the setting of the Lord of the Ring, Vilya had lost most of its power as its wielder could not unlock its full potential. Nenya, the ring of adament of purity was give to Galadriel, considered one of the most power elves in the third age. Without the one ring, Galadriel could defeat Sauron. With his ring, he would defeat her, but he really would not because if i recall the stories, Suaron wanted her to be his queen and rule with him.
@@Krobra91 Why Gil Galad could not fully exploit Vilya's power? Also, where did u read that Sauron wanted to rule ME with Galadriel?
I LOVE the documentation of quotes. The brilliant simplicity of two symbols, one for each book was flawless.
So a couple of words as always! So working on this video, made me take Murphy's Law seriously. Had many issues with recording it, editing and even post production had many hurdles! At times it cut off the end of a few words such as rings and jewels. I upgraded my recording setting a bit so it should sound clearer than usual, though there were a couple of errors that I had to fix later, and thus had to re record these parts in less favourable conditions. Despite all this I'm very happy with the way the final product turned out, and I hope you enjoy it and learn from it! :)
*Edit* - Just to clarify there's a mistake in this video regarding her ring of power, as I say Nenya is the strongest of the three, while in fact Vilya is! My apologies for this, while preparing my notes for a moment I forgot that Nenya was the ring of water and not of air and I swapped the two!
GeekZone Thank you so much for your hard work and devotion on the videos!!! You deserve more subs than you have!!! Keep up the good work!!!!!!!
GeekZone Yes you did an outstanding job explaining Galadriel's Lore! 💯
Nenya might be the most powerful ring for it is described by the Unfinished Tales as "chief of The Three.."
GeekZone i like your accent. where you from?
I'm from Malta, I'd be surprised if you've heard of it! :)
I felt so sad when they left at the end of lotr, I so wanted them to stay and get om more adventures :(
Same here :(
No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass, and then you see it. White shores, and beyond, a far green country under a swift sunrise
The world was dying to the Elves, Frodo and Bilbo were dying in different ways etc Middle Earth was no longer for them.
You managed to graspes a lot of the facts for broad spectre of the books and condensed them in to 20 min video.
I like how you pointed out her character growth.
Very nice video. Keep them coming. :)
Thanks Ivan!! I'm glad you liked it! :)
I'm so grateful for this wonderful video explaining the life of Our Lady Galadriel, Oh my friend you don't know how happy am I. The way you give life to this Character it's just amazing. You give so much value to the Lady of the Galadriel
Your narrative as well spoken and Your accent adds to it quite nicely.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!
GeekZone - please tell us where your accent is from...🦋
LOL, I too believe his accent adds to the narrative! I am glad that others also enjoy the exotic or richness it seems to add.
@@annalisa14 according to the channel info he is from malta :)
@Accretion Disk : I originally thought he was from Ireland. I never heard a Maltese accent before.
Thank you for assembling all the writings around the subject of Galadriel. I don't have the ability to sift through all the literature to coordinate the histories of ME but your studies are just what I need to understand the deep background of ME. Excellent!
Thanks mate, and you're welcome! :)
Great vid dude, precise and accurate. I might know tlotr pretty well it's always nice to see some work on it and Galadriel being one of my favourite character it's even better when she is the subject... keep making more vids !!!
Cheers mate!
I'm a "silent" Tolkien lover. If it's there. I've read it. I already knew everything that you put in this video, but that does not matter. I'm delighted to see that there are others who think as deeply about the "backstory" of the Elves, after all, this is contained in just a few lines in the LotR and the Silmarillion's first part is enough to put most readers off from reading further (even though it is the most beautiful piece of prose writing I have yet read...). Well done with this video. I shall check out others you have done.
Cheers Andrew, I really appreciate your kind words! I do hope you found my other videos equally as entertaining ;)
love to see more lovers of Tolkien's works
stop bragging
That was very nice. Galadriel was always my favorite among the elves. Thanks for the story.
You're welcome, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
And the second elf left in middle earth at the end of the 3rd age that had seen the light of the two trees of Valinor was the reincarnated Glorfindel, even though Cirdan was as old as an elf could be seeing as he was either born or awoke on the shores of Cuiviénen making him a first or second gen elf born before Melkor was chained for 3 ages in the halls of Mandos.
Joel Whitney Exactly :)
Glorfindel is always missing. It should be he that brings Frodo to Imladris, not Arwen. Learn of his valor at Gondolin. namaste
What about Gildor Inglorion?
Wasn't Maglor still wandering around as well?
Yes, Cirdan was the oldest elf in Middle Earth. He was about 2000 years older than Galadriel but never went to Valinor. I'm not sure if he was one of the original elves that woke up, but I would venture to say he was pretty close.
I'm continuously amazed by the Lord of the Rings. Truly an epitome of human achievement, struggle, culture, conflict, and self reflection in the form of a tale in fantasy. Long may it be remembered
Yes lord!!!!!!*
Thankyou, I enjoyed this video very much. Currently I am listening to the Silmarillion and have just completed the part where Galadriel and her husband first meet. Listening to you give your take on her story helped me to better understand what I heard this afternoon.
Extraordinary, and it makes me love Galadriel even more.
Thanks Jaime! :)
What a wonderful, erudite and accurate telling of her story. Galadriel has always been my favorite Tolkien character, an archetype of the feminine Divine - the power of Nature, the power of Light over Darkness, but also, she was real, and had her shadows and her struggles she grew from. Such a great character arch, practically unmatched in all of human literature. Very resonant. Thank you.
Thank you, that's a really nice compliment, I appreciate it! :) I'm glad you enjoyed the video, took a while to gather all the information though I was really happy with the way it turned out!
Well I know what I'm binge watching for the next few hours.
Very cool videos, thank you.
This was very incredible to watch! I had to read some of the Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales for my LOTR class, and watching this summary of Galadriel's presence in Middle Earth really tied all of the information together. Thank you for taking the time to make this video!
I really enjoy the way you explan the lore of Middle Earth. You've help to answer many of my questions and the imagery you've used is quite lovely. Please continue making your videos. Thank you.
There are a few Tolkien summarisers here on TH-cam and Mr GeekZone is unquestionably one of the best in that he casts a new and arguably dramatic light on very well-trodden paths. It's the wonder of Tolkien's magnificent work that it affords such fascinating retelling and reinterpretation. Thank you, Mr GeekZone.
Also, loved the way you executed the video and length which IMO was perfect!
Thanks, I wasn't sure if I included too much extra information about what was going on (such as the information on Faenor, Celebrimbor etc), but I felt that if I were to exclude some parts concerning them, it would remove some pieces of the puzzle!
Galadriel is easily my favorite character in the entire series of books and clearly the movie I've been watching your videos for quite a while now and have fun least subscribed why it took me this long I will never know thank you for the videos
I just noticed this.. how the hell? The Ring of Air represents the power of The Vanyar. The Ring of Water Represents The Teleri. The Ring of Fire Represents The Noldor.
Even though different Kin and Folk contradict the powers. Like how Cirdan had the Ring of Fire instead of Ring of Water. The Rings still represents the iconic attributes of each elven race.
Dominic Labriola damn, I never really noticed that either! Nicely spotted!
Dominic Labriola
Cirdan was a Noldo, I think.
It's likely a reflection of the three elements, air, fire, and water. I suppose the Dwarves might represent earth, but they get no Elven ring.
The Dwarves get Dwarven Rings, 7 of them! " Seven for the Dwarf Lords in their Halls of Stone…"
Even though I'm getting more and more impressed with the scope and history of GRR Martin's 'Song of Ice and Fire', I always come back to the world of Middle Earth and realize how much I love it. :)
This was a absolutely awesome video GeekZone I love the way you described Galadrials long and great history she is honestly one of my most favorite characters in Tolkiens Legendarium and im so thankful you did a history video on it keep up you're truly amazing work! :)
Thanks mate, I really enjoy seeing familiar names in the comments from my other videos, it truly makes me appreciate all your support, so thanks for that also buddy! :)
GeekZone Your welcome anytime man ill support ya till the end (or Dagor Dagoroth lol :) )
The forging of the rings would be an awesome story arch for the new Amazon series.
they will
The fall of gondolin would be better
Yasssss
Her beauty is beyond compare 🧝♀️
This was so awesome and so well described! Thank you also for explaining which symbol correlates with the book then displaying that symbol. Love knowing the sources! Mahalo
Thankyou karl so much !! these videos are a masterclass in middle earth history . Such a shame there wasnt more books written as theres such a wealth of great stories from the history of middle earth.
An outstanding video. Well thought out and researched. Congratulations on your fight (and I think victory) over Murphy's Law.
Thanks Roland :)
Just started watching your videos over the last week and I got to say they are very informative...good job and thanks for these.
Thanks for the vids man, always loved lotr , never had access to the lore books.
You're welcome! I hope it's easy to follow, cause at times it doesn't take much to get lost with all the character names and places that are thrown at you, especially if they'd all be new to you :)
I have most of the lore in PDF if you need it..
Ebay
@@Utroz can i have the link?
Beautiful video, so glad I found this channel!!! Cheers
You're welcome Randy, and thanks for joining!
Amazing! I really appreciate longer, 20-30min videos like this
Thanks mate, when it comes to longer ones, I'd be worried it might tire out the viewer, which is why I didn't focus too much on Galadriel's daughter (what happened to her, etc), as It would have felt off topic and prolonged it unnecessairily
Then she can be a topic for another video! :)
Great video. Just finished reading The Silmarillion and this really helped me appreciate her character a lot more. Thanks!
So when Gimli asked for 3 lochs of Galadrial's hair, it was truly profound that she granted his bequest when she refused her kinsman and uncle Feanor.
He asked for one. She granted him three.
I love your video's, It's ignited a love for the lore i had once as a child as the Hobbit was one of the first books I read, The lore can sometimes be confusing but you break it down to a more understandable level. Thank you and you have gained a sub!
great video! I have always loved Galadriel's extensive history that goes back so many years. really cool to see it all compiled in one place!!
Cheers!
So interesting I have not read all the books. Yet. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and information. This is really very interesting. Thank you so much!
Very good video and nice art work. Top notch quality, keep it up!
Thanks Gianluca!
Thank you for acknowledging the differences between the Sil and Unfinished Tales. (Excellent recap of the Sil, which I haven’t read in awhile. )
This was so very well done! I'm hooked on your videos now.
Thanks mate!
Love the Skyrim soundtrack at the end! Big fan! Great video!
I love your channel. I'm learning more than even I knew of lord of the rings.
Thank you for your wonderful videos. You beautifully capture the world of Tolkien.
I love the amount of research and detailed notes you put into your videos. This one doesn't have matching subtitles though, would it be possible to add them in please so we can fully grasp the spelling of the names, that would do your research justice? :) Thank you!
Hey man, since this is one of my older videos the subtitles are probably automated, while I manually transcribe the ones in my newer ones :) However I'll try and update it in the following weeks!
GeekZone, thank you for all your research and video-making. I enjoyed this on Galadriel very much and the only thing I missed in it was that you never said directly that Celebrian was Arwen's mother. I particularly liked the part about Melian. She's one of my favorite characters in the Silmarillion. Very very good. I'm going to explore your channel more!
I would shiver to imagine her having the one ring in her possession
Love the Spider Man 3 music in the background near the beginning (seriously though, Sandman's theme is such an underrated masterpiece)
I am so glad to have seen this video, and I certainly do appreciate your work.
I have just discovered you. You have opened my eyes and inquisitiveness towards learning more of the characters of the Lord of the Rings and the one book. I shall like to see more of your videos.
Galadriel was intended by Tolkien to be a complete reference to the Norns - beings from Norse paganism that created and controlled the fates of every creature in the world.
Not only was Galadriel supposed to be the oldest and wisest living elf in Middle Earth at the time of the war of the ring, lending to the immense wisdom of the norns, The Norns were said to live at the very bottom of the world tree Yggdrasil at the well of Mimir - a fountain of knowledge that Odin scarified one of his eyes to for a taste of that knowledge. The Mirror of Galadriel was a fountain that gave its viewer knowledge of the past, present and future, and was located at the foot of a great tree.
edit: also, in the Silmarillion, it says that the ban to return to Valinor was placed solely on Galadriel - and possibly, Maglor - because she was the last remaining leader of the Noldor revolt. All the sons of Feanor, save Maglor, died.
Another great video! I appreciated the visual stamps that show which book you are giving information from.
Thanks! I felt it makes it easier to follow, cause the two do overlap at times! :)
Thank you for all of the hard work and dedication that you put into these videos... it is evident by their quality! Regarding Nenya, I hadn't heard that it was the most powerful among the three Elven rings, but rather that Vilya was. Is it one of those cases where there are conflicting sources, perhaps? Thanks again, and keep up the great work!
Also, I must say that I have never come across a source that summarizes Galadriel's story so succinctly, and yet so fully. I really learned a lot from this video :)
Fr. Andy Gutierrez Hey first of all I'm glad you enjoyed it! I actually made a mistake there, the ring of air Vilya is the strongest. I think while preparing this I had forgotten that Vilya was the ring of air and not of water and i switched the two around! Thanks for pointing it out! :)
Really great video, good to see such an in depth look at Galadriel, one of my favourite characters
Thanks mate, and you're welcome! :)
She's the best, her story is epic. A true boss.
Tolkien does NOT get enough praise, I’ve always been a HUGE sci go fan, lord of the rings, Star Wars especially, Star Wars itself is a massive fleshed our universe with so much lore, but compared to the LOTR universe, SW is a short story. It is INSANE the amount of stories and history Tolkien has mad, just watching a video explaining how Sauron came to be from start to LOTR trilogy is 2 hours long? There is easily enough content for 1000 movies. If you think about it, as far as the movie adaptations of Tolkien’s world, we’ve seen the microscopic world of the tip, that’s on the tip of a continent sized ice berg. It’s like the Sol system compared to the vast size of the Milky Way galaxy. There is Soooooooooooooooo much cool as fuck stuff they could turn into movies, ENDLESS stuff really. Yea the hobbit and LOTR had cool stuff in it but by that time in the LOTR universe, the magic and mystery of the universe was literally at 11:59pm. Is essentially devoid of what I once was with all the magical creatures and people and places and gods. With today’s technology they could properly portray Tolkien’s world. I think a trilogy of saga on Morgoth is needed. Army’s with balrogs riding dragons, morgoth fighting a giant spider easily capable of killing him ( a god ) , there is just so much mind blowing shit they could put on screen. I believe in years to come they will flesh out the universe. LETS JUST HOPE DISNEY DOESNT BUY THE LICENSE!!!!
i would like to see something like a return of the elfs and dwafs because of some greater evil or evils are coming back and man is corrupted maybe causing the return of the dragons ridden by orcs sent by a new necromancer and only the uniting of all the old alliances and new ones yet to be seen would be cool
I’m pretty sure Tolkien has made it clear that he doesn’t want stories from the Silmarillion to be made into movies
When I heard the music from skyrim, I almost expected you to weave in some dragonborn lore ;)
This video is simply amazing. Just like every other one you did. Subd :)
its fascinating to think that in the beginning all that she desired was a dominion of her own. yet, as many evil came forth with those who crave too much power, in the end all she wanted was to come back to valinor and she desired peace not power.
Also interesting, that Galadriel denied Feanor strands of her hair for the Silmarils, but then gave her strands of hair without regret to a 'dwarf', who of course were responsible for the sack of Menegoroth. What irony! Galadriel's foresight in deducing the character of Feanor, Annatar, Sarumann, Aragorn, and Gandalf....truly she is the one who knows best "all that is gold does not glitter, all that wander are not lost"
I reckon it wasn’t that Galadriel craves power and overcame that tempatation but it’s that she craved a dominion and power to protect those within it. She does this with Lorien and it’s the reason why she ultimately refuses the ring and only sticks with her own ring as it is specifically said to not have the powers to attack but only defend whereas the one ring was only a tool for destruction. Therefore she was always pure of heart rather than power hungry as Feanor was
Great video! Galadriel is an amazing character. I’d love to see a video on Fëanor as well, he’s quite a character himself
Alright, I'll say it... The Skyrim and Game of Thrones music in the background was heaven for me
i LOVED the casting of Cate as Galadriel. From her otherworldly beauty, to her "mannish" voice, she really immersed herself into this role and rather than making the character her own, she made herself into the character. Even though something about her (Cate) makes her look more Vanyar than Noldor (not just the hair, but her bone structure as well), I think that she was the best person in the world for this role!!
Hey! I noticed that cheeky Ciri&Geralt reunion music you used in the video :D and the skyrim freeroam!
2:32 Feanor seems really proud of having created the Deadlights...lol
Awesome story... awesome voice-over.
You did a fine job.
Do more.
I will certainly watch.
Hey bro awesome vid! I have got something which i found really cool. Tolkien wrote about an britton sailor named eirol or elfwine (elf friend) who sailed to tol erresea and talked to elves in " our" timeline. This al happend during the time the romans started to occupy britton. He was the direct link between the old world as we read in the books and our "new" world, where we live in today. That would be an very interesting topic i think!
Oh that's pretty cool, any idea where you read it, or perhaps where I could find it?
Good question, i think i found it once in on of his letters. You can find some information on the interwebs. I find it really interesting only there is not much information.
I think it's in the book of lost tales
It is in the complete history of middle earth.
The lost road and other writings
It is written in the beginning of the book of beren and luthien
You have a new subscriber sir! The way you delve into the lore is awesome. I feel like I'm listening to an audiobook when I view your videos. Great work!
+noah jones Thanks Noah, and welcome to the Fellowship! :)
Awesome video. Thanks for the info GeekZone.
i knew Her Ladyship was kickass didn't know She was this kickass thank you for the vid.
Galadriel knew of Gandalf’s fate, as he was the bearer of one of the three. Círdan gave him Narya, the Ring of Fire, when Gandalf arrived in Middle Earth.
I keep wondering how before the sun and the moon were existed, was there any day and night in middle earth?
Sort of, in Valinor, the two trees rhythmically waxed and waned in the light they emmitted, but Middle-Earth was probably mostly dark, with only starlight
Great video as always! Can you make one about Black Numenoreans and Haradrim?
Thanks mate; I've got both on my list for the future, will have to try and set a date for them :)
Love your videos!! I’ve never been the biggest LOTR fan but your videos have got me seriously interested! Great job and keep it going!
Thanks Chad, I'm glad you enjoy them mate!
The bearers of the Three and the One could sense each other just as Celebrimbor could sense when Sauron set the One on his hand. Which is why Frodo could see Nenya on Galadriel's hand. The One gave power based upon the strength of will of the bearer. It's written that if Sauron had regained the One all the works wrought by the Three as well as the minds of the bearers would be laid bare to Saurons malice.
Amazing video yet again GeekZone, loved it.
Thanks mate! :)
Do you take suggestions?
Beren and Luthien? Did you do them yet?
Maybe a compilation on the Lords of the Noldor, my favorite is Fingolfin, or The Sons of Feanor... :)
Just reading this June 28 2020 so may be corrected by now. Celeborn did not leave with Galadriel, he,went to Rivendell where his twin grandsons still were and followed her sometime later.
Plus Galadriel gave Legolas a fancy bow and quiver as a gift for visiting Lorien with which he shot down the Nazgul soon after.
One thing. The three elven rings. Galadriel has one of the rings. Gilgalad gave his to Elrond. The third was given to Gandalf by Cirdan the shipwrights of the havens. Galadriel sailed west with Bilbo, Frodo, Gandalf. Celeborn did not sail west with Galadriel. He stayed behind to rule part of what was to become Greenwood with Thranduil ruling the other half
p.s. I've REALLY enjoyed your videos and narratives!!! (Especially since I've sat and listened for a marathon 8+ hours!!!)!!!
Beautiful. Galadriel is my favorite character.
I really liked the format. Very helpful knowing where the source material is located while the video is going. A little confusing when the symbol drops away. Maybe have a symbol for all the books and use your profile pick when it's your own thoughts?
My main issue with that is that if there are too many symbols it could get confusing. A symbol for The fellowship of the Ring, for the Two towers, for the Return of the King, for Tolkien's letters, for the appendices and one for my own thoughts. And when it comes to in-depth lore videos, I'd want to avoid over complicating things cause it's very easy to get lost amidst all the names, dates and story. So for this particular video, I wanted to differentiate between two sources that overlap a lot and cover the same parts of her history, as one is favoured over the other. However for the future, in simpler or more applicable scenarios, I'll try and use more symbols for sure. Thanks once again for the feedback!
I totally agree that too many symbols would get confusing and you do a good job of referencing things in the audio. Maybe you could have just three symbols (unquestioned cannon, extra lore that doesn't contradict cannon, and your own theories). I'm just throwing out ideas. Even if you got rid of the symbols I'd still be happy because you do great videos.
hmm that might be possible, I'll try and implement it in one of my next videos if it's applicable! Thanks for the suggestion!
Yaaass. I have been so looking forward to this!!!
You're welcome!
Great video with a lot of detail. Nice work
Thanks mate!
Great video like all your other just a quick note Celeborn did not sail to the undying land with Galadriel “It is said that Celeborn went to dwell there [Rivendell] after the departure of Galadriel; but there is no record of the day when at last he sought the Grey Havens, and with him went the last living memory of the Elder Days in Middle-earth.”
I'm a newbie and this was great. Thank you.