The Witch-king of Angmar - Epic Character History
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- The Witch-king is the most loyal of Sauron's servants, and he is deadly in his own right. I had a great time with the video, and I thank you guys for recommending it! Thank you all for you support, enjoy! A big thank you to the online artists for their visual and audible pieces featured in this video! Also, thank you to Battle for Middle-Earth II: Rise of the Witch-King, and the Lord of the Rings Online for some of their pictures as well! I highly suggest playing those games, they are really good!
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if frodo turned into a wraight. he would be a funny looking mini nazgul
Major Felipe Tangcalagan wight***
70mjc nope actually its wraith
Utkarsh Kumar yeah i know i just thought it would be funny
@@Ediyo87 Wraith is more closer to ghost . Wight is more like Undead . I know the war in the north is not Canon but imo they made the Nazgul look like ghostly figures while the barrow wights were ghost consuming real bones or bodies of soldiers . They way you kill them in the game a green spirit is released and the bones just fly away . So they're almost like Zombies in a way . Except they don't want to eat you . I'm not sure if there is any real descriptions about what they looked like but I think it made more sense from that games point of view . I mean why aren't they called Ringwights then if Wraiths and Wights are mentioned in here .? That wouldn't sound as good .
@@thehunter7422 I don't know about that game, but I know from the "lotro" version the wights are usually "resurrected" beings. Their bodies animated by foul spirits that had previously served Sauron. The original inhabitants most often having flown away after death. They don't have rings or anything to tie them down, and I'm sure calling them into those bodies is more convenient somehow.
Witch King, "Great. 100+ thousand warriors in this battle and I have to find the only woman. Damn."
destiny...shouldnta swiped right...
brian sprinkle damnnn lol
It was the dagger stab that broke the spell
Of course he would meet the only woman. It was his doom.
@@66kaisersoza thank you, finally a Tolkien fan
"The Witch-King's voice was never heard again in that age of the world." Well, seeing as how that age of the world technically ended 10 days later, that's not saying much.
It literally says that his voice was heard at least 10 days later hahaha.
I don't agree
hahahahhaa
Does it matter that he wrote "age" and not "Age?"
😂
Lord of the Rings so so damn complex. There's nothing else like it.
Damn. I was just going to say that. LOL 40k FTW!!!
dark souls is probably the closest in complexity
Oliver Dixon warhammer is based on tolkien
The witcher?
Scott Phillips the Star Wars prequels
It's a mind twister thinking about how Tolkien made all this up!
Most definitely! I love how complex it is with with the many names and dates. Thanks for watching!
Men of the West I know right?! It's awesome!
Men of the West technically he "borrowed" every theme and timeline from a book called the Volsungasaga:) it's a super old book. pretty quick read and super exciting adventure. I highly recommend u make a comparison video. I don't wanna spoil anything for u:))
I'm sort of new to all of the works. Are all the details about the characters mentioned in the trilogy books the Hobbit? Thanks for making these videos!
Travis Bonaventure no, most referenced of the detail come from a book called silmirillion. It's a deeper version of entire history of middle earth from creation till the third age. It coveres many topics not seen in movie or trilogy. Smaller books exist but they are generally covered in silmirillion.
I can imagine the witch King fashioning himself as the third dark Lord in some way in the fourth age. Less than sauron just as sauron was less than morgoth but still a formidable power for men alone to contend with.
Thank goodness for the timing of his death then.
I mean hey. It worked for Sauron.
I think the Witch King is a better villain than Sauron. True, he was merely a servant of Sauron. But he did possess great power and will in his own right, and was not merely a shabby imitation of his master, as Sauron had been for Morgoth. This was an undead being of terrifying power, and perhaps was one of the few Men that truly cheated death.
@@100percentNotaBot More like, DEATH cheated on him... As his existance is hopeless.
He certainly had a free will, because for thousands of years after Sauron was destroyed, he carried on, establishing his own rule and kingdom, and destroying the kingdoms of the enemies of his master. It's probably more accurate to say that he was completely sold out to and enslaved by Sauron, not that he didn't have a mind or will of his own. But he was so enslaved that he couldn't break away from his master.
It's a flawed interpretation of the character to claim that Sauron was simply a shabby interpretation of Morgoth. Indeed his motives, methods and goals all differed significantly from those of Morgoth.
Did you read the Silmarillion or Book of Unfinished Tales? There's more to Sauron than just a shabby imitation, and he inflicted more damage to all Free Peoples in Middle-Earth at a scale tenfold to what anything the Witch King accomplished. Since the WK is a vassal for Sauron what he did himself is in essence an extension of Sauron's designs for what he wanted in Middle-Earth in the first place.
In the books Sauron is quite different to Morgoth. He was crafty, fond of complexity and industry. Morgoth was more of a pure evil god. Sauron was more of an evil bureaucrat and tree hater. (In that last tree bit he kind of is like Morgoth).
If Frodo became a wraith he would have cramped their style in the process.
KTChamberlain best comment
KTChamberlain “God damnit Frodo. It’s hard to advance ominously when we keep tripping over you.”
If frodo became a wraith he would have been awesome, like Honey badger with power of necromancy.
he would become a mini-me nazgul
Yes, but luckly for them, you cannot turn a hobbit into a wraith
Nazgul, buying a black robe: Excuse me sir. I'd like to purchase... Shopkeeper: Who the hell's there?
*"Come not between a Nazgûl and his prey! Or he will not slay thee in thy turn. He will bear thee away to the houses of lamentation, beyond all darkness, where thy flesh shall be devoured, and thy shriveled mind be left naked to the Lidless Eye."*
Honestly, one of the most goosebump-inducing quotes ever!
I can imagine Frodo as a little 4 foot black dressed boy on a little pony with a butter knife
Tide Pods except Sting was no joke...
I'm not even sure it really is a sword... more like a letter opener really. XD
@@samuelvine it's one hell of a letter opener
@@70mjc he didnt have sting at this point
Tide Pods I’m pretty sure it means he becomes invisible just like them, forced into the shadow realm powerless
*“This is my hour. Do you not know Death when you see it? Die now and curse in vain!”*
I still have no idea why they don't make an HBO show chronicling the details of Middle Earth history and all the incredible stories that took place prior to the films. They could adapt The Silmarillion and the new legends stuff into a pretty amazing series. Game of Thrones, who?
I think this to myself all the time. It would be epic
It's the rights, tolkiens family is extremely stingy who gets to work with the content of LoTR.
The 1ndiegamer yea and a few years ago someone got the rights to silmarillion but i cant remember who i just remember somethibg about a miniseries and that they were working on casting and a script
SandBox H3ro while I would enjoy more movies or very well done tv shows... their is much left to the lore and the joy that tolkien wants for the reader of his books to find the stories and create his own thoughts and imagination from its guide lines. they would never do it justice but yes these stories should be told.
Amazon is doing it. It's called "Wizard in the high Tower"
I just want a backstory about all these once great kings before they succumb to evil
Any man who calls himself the Witch King is no true Witch King. I will teach you that once I have won Sauron's war for him.
Tywin Lannister that's just great.
Now I want to see Tywin be devoured by various Uruk-Hai, They want MANFLESH!
how satisfying it is to actually be able to understand your comment!
Oryx, The Taken King man flesh? Tywin is a god!
Nice. lol
I forgot to mention that it seems that the Witch-King and the other eight fought alongside the Necromancer at Dol Guldor when the White Council assaulted it in 2941 of the Third Age.
Men of the West Does it? I was under the impression Sauron had already left Dol Guldur when the White Council arrived, or that it was ambiguous.
Sivart343 i thought his physical body had left but he left some of his ainur as a shade
Men of the West will you do a vid on Beren one- hand ?
Make the back story of the 9 men that expected the rings
Em it seems? it was in the third hobbit movie!
When the Witch King departs with his army, he rides a black horse and not his fell beast. That's a "movie-ism". Love your videos by the way.
Never noticed how Eowyn was of middle men descent. It's a fascinating piece of information thank you very much for doing these videos.
Martin Truman Thank you so much for watching!
I have never spared a single thought to whether the Witch King was from Westernesse. I guess that makes perfect sense. His death is so freakin' awesome, I swear I stopped breathing for like 10 seconds after reading Eowyns dialog, it was that epic. and the whole Dernhelm disguise is just amazing. I'll type it for any of your commenters who haven't read how much better it is in the books compared to the movie.
"'Hinder me? Thou fool. No living man may hinder me!'
Then Merry heard of all sounds in that hour the strangest. It seemed that Dernhelm laughed, and the clear voice was like the ring of steel. 'But no living man am I! You look upon a woman. Eowyn I am, Éomund's daughter. *You stand between me and my lord and kin. Begone, if you be not deathless! For living or dark undead, I will smite you if you touch him*.'"
Makes me nearly overdose on awesome. Otherwise, the film is actually pretty faithful to the books in this scene. Even the actual fighting plays out the same. With her cutting off the beasts head in three strikes and the number of swings and dodges and shield breaking bit. It so bizarre that they did everything perfect, then lessen it by leaving out the best part.
Bluemilk92 Very true! I agree, the book did it best! Gives me chills every time.
To be honest i think the book version is too long winded
I wouldn't mind if they cut everything except the part that is in bold. Or even just the line "Begone, if you be not deathless! For living or dark undead, I will smite you if you touch him." It's just so badass!
She's saying, if it's physically possible for you to die, if you're anything less than immortal, then you should fuck off. It doesn't matter if you're some great king or some inhuman monster. I will wreck your shit if you touch my family.
Especially because literally everyone except Gandalf was terrified to face him. She's a legit hero
Bluemilk92 Lesson learned. Don't talk just kill.
Bluemilk92 certainly better than the girl Power feminist bullshit that eowyn spouts in Return😕😟😤
everybody says sauron lost the ability to shapeshift entirely but it only says he could no longer assume a pleasing form. that's not the same as not being able to change form at all.
Wait he could shapeshift?
@@TF2Scout.. yea vampire bat and werewolf back in the day.
Great channel Yoystan.
My daughter’s middle name is Eowyn because I love that name and she is badass shield maiden. Funnily though she is now 13 months old youngest of my 4 minions when she is upset and her cry is very loud, my wife and I say she sounds like Nazgûl scream 😳
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He's such a cool character...
The Witch King is one of my favorite villains in all of fiction.
I hope that we meet the man who will become the witch king in rings of power
One of the most interesting things about this character is that he is to Sauron at Sauron is to Melkor. I've often thought it would be an interesting continuation of the Epic to have the witch-king resurface as an enemy of men in the fourth age. The same way that's Sauron himself came forth as an enemy of the free peoples after his master was defeated. But then again I don't know if he's been completely destroyed with the death or banishment of Sauron. That would be a question better left to Scholars such as yourself.
Yeah the Witchking is dead
Morning Star
When the one ring got destroyed he died.
@@MrJumbo-zx1jt well if he had his ring of power, he would have survived his masters demise, & remember the other 8 only died because they were caught in mt doom's eruption as they raced to Frodo.
a volcano may i remind you is magical in nature,. so the witch king may still be out there.
Tolkien left the witch kings ultimate fate vague for a reason.
(yes, i know this comment is old)
The witch king was bound to the ring with the destruction of the ring he was destroEd as well
So anyone want a book about the Origins of the Witch-King and the Nazgul?
hell yeah. And a movie or 3 about the witch-kings raid of arnor
Nah. Maybe some more backstory as part of some other tale, but part of their intrigue is the mystery.
Yes i do
snakes3425 shadow of war kind of went into the nazgul backstory
Didn't the Battle for Middle Earth PC game do that?
Witch king: what a woman !? Ahhh that's just cute. Wait a second ....oh shi....
Narrator: and it was at that moment the witch king knew he fucked up.
S0L1nv1ctus 😂😂😂 you win the internet sir!
I instantly read it with morgan freeman's voice
You sir win life
When the One ring was destroyed the power of the nine rings would also have been broken, so I dont think any of the Nazgul would have been able to return.
Bits and bobs they would have simply died very shortly thereafter due to the rings they wore unnaturally extending their lives
This is correct, Saurons ring is the master ring and the other 19 rings of power draw from the one ring. Once it was destroyed in doom, then all other rings immediately lost their powers. The ringwraiths had their spirits contained within their 9 rings, when the one ring was destroyed, So were their spirits.
@@candlestyx8517 elf rings dont have nathing with one ring
@@adrianciobanu5856 Thay have
@@aleksasestic463 no elf ring was ever used succesfully the elves sensed the rings for what they were and immediately removed them
It's also interesting that the Witch King winds up getting stabbed in the leg by a blade taken from the very Barrow of one of his former enemies. Perhaps the blade had had an enchantment placed on it many centuries ago in case it was ever used against the Witch King, and had sat there in the tomb all that time, waiting to be used.....
Not so much intentionally and directly enchanted to be used against him, but weapons from the 2nd Age or Dunedain/Arnor made hold effect on him.
The enchantment on the blade is "We fucking hate the Nazgul". Here's the relevant text: "So passed the sword of the Barrow-downs, work of Westernesse. But glad would he have been to know its fate who wrought it slowly long ago in the North-kingdom when the Dúnedain were young, and chief among their foes was the dread realm of Angmar and its sorcerer king. No other blade, not though mightier hands had wielded it, would have dealt that foe a wound so bitter, cleaving the undead flesh, breaking the spell that knit his unseen sinews to his will."
"Glorfindel bade Prince Aegnor not to pursue him saying quote: 'do not pursue him'..."
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I really love that you show the different interpretations of characters and events by different artists.
Oh please, please, PLEASE do a nice in-depth video on the Istari from J.R.R., and, if possible, cover Christopher's notes, additions, interpretations, etc. You know, maybe from sources like "Unfinished Tales" and such of the like.
Your educational analysis and explanations of Middle-Earth are FANTASTIC! Keep up the good work...!!
MiddleFingrTeknology Thank you so much it means a lot! I'll add those videos to the video to-do list!
Sauron dosnt spy out Gollum ...its clearly said that Gollum is drawn to Mordor by the power of Sauron and is captured there and brought to him.
video on Númenor and the Numenorians pls. Great docs, keep them coming.
battle for middle earth 2 rise of the witch king anyone?
Lord bob Hell yeah
I adored the campaign of that game, it was the first time for me that the world of Tolkien was stretched much further than the Hobbit and the lord of the rings events. Feel like playing it again now ..
hell yeah, too bad they took away online :(
Lord bob good luck. Three good books shouldn’t take you more than 15 years to write
Wrath of the Witch King
I would like to thank you truly; and from the bottom of my heart, for this excellent video! I own The Hobbit and all of the Lord of the Rings' books along with 'The Silmarillion' and 'Unfinished Tales'; (which I absolutely adore!) and I have read them all.
I also have all the hardback appendices/additional writings (3 LARGE volumes) and have been either too busy/lazy to read them in depth...
Thank you so much for: your research, your time and your knowledge!. I can assure you it is very much appreciated!
I loved your video (so informative!) and am now a happy subscriber! J.R.R. Tolkien was a genius. His world-building/mythology/lore/philology is off the charts! May he rest in peace, and may you continue to honour his work with you dedication.
Thank you very much!
I love that you included the "Mordirith" plot from LOTRO. When I first played through it my jaw was hanging open, and then again when the plot twist came in Vol 4. I love how they include all of those tiny details that were left out of the movies, like the hobbit skeletons inside Fornost (of the hobbit bowmen that went to the battle and never came home), how LOTRO-Aragorn wears the green stone (and later on, the Elendilmir), and any reference to Arnor in general. Excellent video!
The Witch King should get his own story in the expanded universe of Middle Earth. Any who do what if Morgoth/Melkor was never captured
This is so fascinating!!! The world that has been conjured up by Tolkien is so detailed and rich! I’ve only seen the movies, but watching this channel has ignited my desire to read the books!!! Thank you so much for opening a window into this world!!! ☮️🖖🏽
I've always loved Eowyn's response to the Witch King's boast quoted at the beginning of this video: "But no living man am I!...". I was rather disappointed that Peter Jackson didn't use it in his movie.
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The Witch King is one of the coolest charters in the series!
Good video!
He could be the next dark lord just like sauron took the place of Morgoth
the witch king died during the war of ring when sauron was defeated .. you know that?
@@xabun hence the word *could*
Nazgul is one badass looking intimidating beast. Just the sight of it is terrifying enough to send chills down one’s spine. Ones from the movies. Btw. Thanks for the great insight on this character. It is definitely my favorite too and I just wished he had more screen time in the trilogy.😊
Did the Witch King and Sauron have the same tailor?
Perhaps...
Yes. Hugo Boss.
Yep, it was the Gap of Rohan.
@@KamikazeChinaman considering Hugo Boss was a nazi, it would seem appropriate that he would make their clothes
I need...a tailor.
Great video! The Witch King is my favorite bad guy from Lord of the Rings!
soooo... what if Frodo DID became a wraith?
Templar of Dreams I'll add it to the list of videos to do! It's a very good question! Thanks for watching and commenting!
i do believe that if Frodo became a wraith a lot of things would change ( of course ) and i believe that he would eventually kill One of his friends (Sam or pippin, i dont think he would be able to challenge aragorn).
By the way if Frodo became a wraith would he become taller or would he stay as short as an Hobbit? i am sincerelly curious to know. continue your great work!
Templar of Dreams Thank you very much! I could definitely see him defeating one of his friends as a wraith. As for the height question, he would ultimately become invisible to the physical-realm, but in the shadow-realm he would (I think) stay the same height if not grow slightly taller due to his transformation but not anywhere near a man's height.
Men of the West i find the thought of him becoming a nazgul hilarious, could you immagine It? the 9 nazgul enter the Battlefield , striking fear on the enemy, and then the 10th midget nazgul appears..
Templar of Dreams XD haha I mean, he wouldn't have the power of a Nazgûl due to their rings and lives as men before they were wraiths, but he would be something akin to the fell spirits that infested the Barrow-Downs. He would just be a servant in the shadow-realm.
The Witch King of Angmar has to be my favorite out of the nine his character and history is just so interesting great video I love it! 👏🏻👍🏻
"Give up the halfling she elf" - Witch-King of Angmar lmao gotem
Your passion for Lord of the Rings makes it more and more interesting to hear more lore, thank you for that.
I personally don't buy the whole "Eowyn was no man" theory on his death. I think Glorifindel meant "no human" and thus it was Merry who ended the Witch King
"So passed the sword of the Barrow-downs, work of Westernesse. But glad would he have been to know its fate who wrought it slowly long ago in the North-kingdom when the Dúnedain
were young, and chief among their foes was the dread realm of Angmar
and its sorcerer king. No other blade, not though mightier hands had
wielded it, would have dealt that foe a wound so bitter, cleaving the
undead flesh, breaking the spell that knit his unseen sinews to his
will."
"breaking the spell that knit his unseen sinews to his
will" This is when the Witch-King left this realm. Eowyn just knocked over an empty suit of armor.
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I believe the exact wording was: "Not by the hand of a man shall he fall." So both Eowyn and Merry would fit the bill.
Don't want to be a party pooper here, but Hobbits are a branch of Men. It was a woman with a big fuckoff sword that killed the Witch King dead. Proof? it's in the book.
From the book:
"cleaving the undead flesh, breaking the spell that knit his unseen sinews to his will."
The very definition of death the spirit leaving this realm. At this point he lost control of his meat puppet. That's dead. Beside the fact he died when he gave him self over the the power of The One.
I dont have the book to hand: could you read further and describe where Eowyn stabs the Witch King in the face. Also, Hobbits are a branch of Men, therefore, by the prediction, Merry could not deliver the killing blow. Besides, spells can be remade, given time. Merry gave us the vicarious pleasure of torturing the torturer, I think we all enjoyed that, the ancient sword broke the spell of invulnerability, and gave Eowyn the time to take advantage of the Witch King's temporary vulnerability.
And haven't we all had nightmares of evil creatures coming after us, wake up in a cold sweat. This nightmare had a happy ending, it goes deep.
I havent watched this since it premiered and forgot what awesome artwork it had. Can you imagine facing the Witch King on a battlefield?
DANG HE LOOKS BADASS!!!!
I seem to remember that Frodo and Sam in the books saw a shadow (presumably of a defeated Witch-king) rushing towards Sauron, but when the Dark Lord was destroyed, it dwindled as well.
Ok well i dont remember to much but if i dont recall wrong in the highmen speach his real name was ErMurazor, he was a prins of Numenor second son or something like that but not in line for the crown so he sett out for middle earth to forge his own Kingdom. I might be wrong. there he was courted by Sauron and soon fell to the shadow.
I am expecting a new blade that is forged in the likeness of the Witch King and if you wish I can take a photo with it later.
Made out of 5160 High Carbon Steel and only 4 pounds at 51 inches.
Plus in Texas now, it's legal to have it as open carry, but as Gandalf has mentioned once "True courage is not knowing whether to take a life, but knowing when to spare one" and "Many who live deserve death, some who die deserve life. Can you give it to them Frodo?"
Wise words indeed.
The Witch King left Minas Morgul on horseback at the head of his army in the book, not on his fell beast. Just a minor detail.
Yeah and this sounds about right. The good army leaders are always in front of their army, giving them courage. RIP Witch-King of Angmar.
Loved it 😎Thank you. The Witch King is one of my favourite characters and it is intriguing to think he may return for the final battle at the end of time.
Video idea: What if the fellowship never broke up?
CLASHINGwithAK Good idea, I'll add that to the list! Thanks for watching!
Thank you you were a great help in unlocking these mysteries and bring to my attention new light over characters of Middle Earth I appreciate it!
Debate: Did Sauron take back the 9 rings of power after the men were wraiths? We know Sauron had 4 of the 7 dwarven rings, yet wouldn’t Sauron want even more power?
I believe the ring wraiths kept the rings because if they took them off, what says that Sauron could still control them? In fellowship, Frodo is stabbed with a morgul blade which would turn him into a wraith, but not necessarily a RING wraith, if the 9 had that kind of weapon, then why aren’t there more ring wraiths? The blade was probably meant to place Frodo solely in the wraith world so those who saw in the wraith world, like the ring wraiths or Sauron, could see him with ease.
I don't think they'd wear the rings because if they were destroyed (like in the Fellowship of the Ring) then the Rings would be lost. The Rings were probably kept in Mordor and they'd return there to take form again. The Witch King probably would have come back too, but the One Ring was destroyed before he could take form again.
Really appreciated this suggestion from TH-cam. Well versed and it leaves me wanting to know more. Thanks you for the effort.
The Witch-King is my main man. I thought only one of the 9 was from Numenor...the witch-king only...
I thought he only ruled from Minas Morgul. I didnt know that he also rule Barad Dür in Sauron's stead for awhile....he also ruled from Angmar in the North, ofcourse
PS: isnt Minas Ithil renamed Minas Morgul?
Lot of people talking about Frodo as a tiny ringwraith, which is funny to imagine for sure. But if Frodo had succumbed to the morgul blade, he would have been stripped of the ring, imprisoned in Barad Dur, and tortured for eternity. Just because he sought to keep the ring from Sauron and doing so would demoralize others fighting against him.
Thank you for the great videos! I think the Angmar storyline in lotro, from Witch King to Amarthiel is pretty amazing. In the game, Witch-king of Angmar is identified as a Black Numenorean, but I was wondering if this was also just for the game. I was suspicious about this, but the idea fits since Black Numenoreans are the ones dwelled in Black Magic. What do you think?
I actually cried when the story of Amarthiel ended, such beauty, such love, such courage, all destroyed with lies and deception. The ending was nearly as heart breaking as other losses, not many games can evoke an emotional reaction and love for NPCs as LOTRO does.
"WITCH-KING OF ANGMAR" is absolutely the most badass name/title ever.
Absolutely annoys me in the extended edition of the return of the king, when the witch king breaks Gandalfs staff -_-
I see that as an inconsitency as Gakdaf is Maiar and send back with even more power tha before. According to the Silmarillion only the valar were more powerfull, and of course Erú
Me too!!
why? Gandalf may be a maia, but an istari is nowhere close to a maiar. He has the limitations of a human.
@@potita24 *GAkdaf* 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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- "nowhere close to a Maiar"
-> defeats a Balrog
You see the problem here?
This Channel is super helpful for me, I really wanted to expand on my knowledge on the lore and this has helped a lot. Thanks
awesome video man, very well done and explain. thanks!
i have a theory about why the nazgul and sauron (after his "death" in numenor) have those shadow-metal like shapes. maybe the shapeshift power that sauron lost was to shapeshift into something biological... but i dont know much about this what do you think?
Julian Lago Thank you so much! I definitely could subscribe to that theory, as his Ainur was still active and could move, but he could only take one physical form. That's a very good point!
yesss the lotro reference! i love it!
for years i was on brandywine. i havent played the last few years as ive been traveling and working too much. but I love and miss it! I really want to re-download it and check out the mordor expansion but i think my character is still level 85 lol
Landroval! 👍🏻
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7 PM Saturday 28th of October 2017, I have always enjoyed anything and everything to do with "The Lord of the Rings"but I have never heard anyone else comment on the " musical nature"of the text in the chapters about Tom Bombadil, it is almost "lilting language" and I really like the dramatic uses of "thou and thine" does anyone else feel this way.
l always thought that much of the style was lost when it became adapted for the screen. l am most disappointed at the change in Gollum's speech patterns. Much more like Yoda they should be.
Hey Yoystan!
Great video, I never would have guessed he had such a fascinating story!
Two questions though: were Minas Ithil and Anor built before or after the sinking of Numenor?
Secondly, I don't have a Facebook account, but I looked at the poll. Do you mind if I vote here?
If I may vote here, my vote is: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Also, you have gained 7 subscribers in less than 24 hours, congratulations!
Lastly, kind of irrelevant, but: 4:20
I never realized just how much Zant looks like the Witch King until seeing this picture.
Michael Davis Hey thanks for watching! Minas Ithil and Anor were built after the destruction of Númenor. Elendil and his sons came over the seas and Anárion and Isildur established Gondor while Elendil established Arnor. And of course you can vote here! I looked at some pictures of Zant and that is very true! Thank you for all of your support, and I'm very excited to see the community keep growing with all of you fantastic people!
I would really enjoy a Game of Thrones style TV show surrounding the North fighting the Witch King. That could be epic.
I see a few LotRO screenshots in there. Nice.
Really adds significance to Aragorn fighting and defeating the Witch King along with a few of the other nazgul.
How is it that the Witch-King was able to shatter Gandalf's staff at the gates of Minas Tirith (or was it only in the movie)? Gandalf is a Maiar and should not have been so defenseless against a Nazgul, even the leader.
Meatwaggon I don't believe he shattered Gandalf's staff at the gates, but Gandalf was weary from the battle and using his powers to give hope, but he wasn't completely powerless. Thanks for watching!
+ Meatwaggon
That was just put in the movie for effect. A crappy addition in my opinion. In reality, Gandalf had just killed a BALROG! Compared to a Balrog, a Nazgul is a weakling! I imagine, if things had gone on undisturbed (by Rohan), Gandalf would have destroyed or at least temporarily incapacitated the Witch-King (like what happened at the Ford of Rivendell).
And if he had killed the Witch-King, the prophecy would still have held true, too. Gandalf is not a man, he's a Maia wearing the form of a man.
Not in the book!! One of the most annoying parts in the films!
@@MenoftheWest That was a lousy contradiction. Gandalf had driven off, not just him but other nazgul in the first book. Gandalf was not afraid of him even when he broke down the gates (on a horse). I wish they had not changed that in the film
I kinda wanted the Witch-King to win the war. To me he's badass. Rides a dragon, wears black robes, cool backstory, bbfs with Sauron, and bringer of much torment and suffering. :/ Shame such a good guy went down like that.
I think the Mouth of Sauron is the lost King Earnur!!
TheIndependentMind ooooooooh.
I like that
Nice idea
why?
Could be
On second thoughts, this isn't remotely likely. Tolkien's notes on return of the king states that the Mouth of Sauron, is a living man, a renegade from Gondor, and one likely to be a black Numenorean. This rules the King of Gondor out completely.
Big LotRO fan here, too! It's an amazing game. I started when it came out, and lover it immediately. Unfortunately, i moved about 8 years ago to place I can't get good internet, so haven't played in years ☹️ Love all your LotRO screenshots ❤️
when I heard "The End Times" the only picture I had is Witch King is standing near Archaon. the forces of Good are so screwed.
Sounds like HERESY!
You’re not a nerd bro you’re an entertainer with your awesome videos
"It's the Witch-King of Angmar! What do we do?"
Eowyn, "Hold my beer!"
Edwin Lindley “But no living man am I! You look upon a woman. Éowyn I am, Éomund’s daughter
Merry: "LLLLERRRROOOOYYYY JENNNNNKKKIINNNSSSSS!!"
Edwin Lindley Its funny in the strategy game she will lost with 6 swing of his mace or from his fellbeast.
*Hold my horse
I'm totally loving what you're doing here. I'm a complete Middle-earth nerd, too, and my favorite video game of all time is LOTRO, so I got a kick out of you talking about that part of the main quest (Book 1?) of the game storyline. That game is just amazing, and I'm so glad they based it on Tolkien's writings, and not Jackson's movies. (which are also amazing, don't get me wrong)
Witch King is all hype and no substance... sorry bad wraith joke
better that Snoke
Zennofobic ii
Pfft-
Tell that to the kingdoms of Arnor.
This is truly the best I ever seen as far as back story explanations!
umm Merry killed the Witch King stabbing him with the Barrow Down blade which had spells of unmaking... says in the book that it broke the spells that "knit his unseen sinews to his will" Eowyn just applied the coup de grace but Merry did the real work
Zennofobic as discussed earlier, merry is a halfling, of the race of men. So he does no fit the the prophecy. Merrys blow breaks a spell, but it is eowyn that ends the witchking.
“But no living man am I! You look upon a woman. Éowyn I am, Éomund’s daughter
First of all, a halfling is not of the race of men. Eowyn as a Rohirrim is of the race of men so that negates the point you were trying to make about Merry. True, Eowyn is a female and no living "man" but she wouldn't have been able to do jack diddly to the Witch King if it had not been for the Barrow Blade that made the Nazgul vulnerable. So I still think that Merry did 90% of the work.
Hobbits are of the race of men actually. " Hobbits were strictly an offshoot of Men rather than a separate race. The origin of Hobbits is obscure; they first appeared in the records of other Men in the Third Age."
It doesn't matter how much of a percentage of the work Merry did, he did NOT kill the Witchking.
The final and crucial blow was by a woman, deal with it!
Merry and the barrow blade were essential, but the prophecy was fulfilled by Eowyn, the fact that Tolkien has her say those lines directly to contradict the Witchking's use of the prophecy is not coincidence.
can't fault your logic, I accept your explanation but as a misogynist I don't like it!!! lol
I wondered what the agenda was. Us men have to suck it up and accept there are some badass women in legend and in life...thank god!
I still suspect anyone close to Sauron, or in possession of the one ring, will have their physical forms changed...and become something unearthly...which in this case, his form became more ghostly, yet his face became fiery like his master-with hellfire eyes.
Witch King: no man can hinder me!
Vegeta: what was that!??
Witch King: I said I can't hear you from down there
Vegeta: speak up boy I can't hear you from up there
I never thought I'd get into lord of the rings until I discovered your channel, now I can't stop watching these, and I'm going to start watching the movies.
Freddy Pedraza the books are a lot better. I'd suggest reading them first.
Vegeta would just destroy the entire planet under the Witch-King's feet, and then leave, laughing at the Nazgul floating helplessly in space. So much for immunity to being harmed by a man.
The Witch King has my permission to bed Princess Trunks.
how to ruin lotr
Excellent Video!!!! loved it, well professional and Correct! You sir know your Tolkein Lore!
awsome!
Alexandros Mathaiou Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it! :)
Men of the West :)
I love saying "The Witch-King of Angmar" like Gandalf did in the movies
Been really enjoying your videos but your recorded voice sounds super low on my laptop, I can barely hear it on my comp with my volume fully up. If you could just raise it, that'd be great. Dope vids, been looking for a channel like this.
Nick Sibilla Thank you so much my friend! I will definitely look at that with my new videos, thank you for letting me know! Make sure the TH-cam volume is all the way up, it could be that as well. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Nick Sibilla Hey man, I just put up my new video, let me know if the audio is better. I saw this comment as I was making it so I went through and turned it all up a bit. Thanks!
just watched, much better man! thanks so much
It was Merry and Eowyn combined that killed him, but Merry was the crucial one, because the spells in the barrow-blade were made for that purpose, and the book states that Merry's blow breaks the spell that holds together his undead form, making him vulnerable to Eowyn's non-magical blow. Otherwise Eowyn could not have killed him. Plus a minor bit of foreshadowing, long before this, when the hobbits were caught by the barrow-wight, Merry wakes up out of a mystical dream where he thought he was a human warrior fighting the forces of the Witch-King long ago, or else he was temporarily possessed by the spirit of one of the warriors interred in the barrow
I still don't understand how a normal steel sword can kill a ghost lol. It should just have go in without doing any damage.
Pascal Gagnon it's something more I think it's something to do with the cloth on him and armour that made him be able to be killed
Pascal Gagnon it's explained perfectly well that the blade that Merry stabbed him with was from the barrow downs. The Dunedain crafted blades that were specifically enchanted to fight the wraiths and break the curse that bound them to the world even after death. When the witch king was stabbed by one of those blades, he effectively became mortal and was able to be killed by a conventional weapon.
Pascal Gagnon You have a misunderstanding of what the Nazgul are. They're not immaterial ghosts, they have physical bodies which are just invisible in the Seen world. This is how they can ride horses, wield real weapons, and wear real robes (note how Frodo sees them wearing grey robes and silver helms while he wears the ring, this being what they wore as they became permanently wraiths and are faded like they are).
A lot of people have the misconception that the barrow-blade Merry strikes the Witch-king with was fatal to him, or it was somehow more important than Eowyn's blow. Tolkien wrote "No other blade, not though mightier hands had wielded it, would have dealt that foe a wound so bitter, cleaving the undead flesh, breaking the spell that knit his unseen sinews to his will." The blade was particularly potent compared to normal weapons, but it didn't break any of the sorcery surrounding the Witch-king; we know this because Eowyn's sword still broke, as all blades do (including the barrow-blade itself) that pierce him. The "spell that knit his unseen sinews to his will" is a poetic way of saying his mental faculties. Merry's strike to the back of the knee paralysed the Witch-king, bringing him to his knees (which wouldn't have happened from a normal blade) which creates the momentary opening for Eowyn to drive her sword straight through his face! This is what kills him.
Pascal Gagnon merry stabbed him with an enchanted blade that Tom bombadil gave him, read the books
I think he was weakened by the dagger of the noldor
Very good editing! Actually got chills when you quoted Glorfindel
Do video about other nazguls
Sir, everyone loves LOTRO. Thank you for these videos, I most appreciate your work
Ignore the confusion introduced by the shitty Hobbit movies retconning the Ringwraiths as reanimated spooks: since the Witch King was a mortal man, not a Maia like Sauron or the Istari, he was tied closely to his physical form like any other mortal. His life had been greatly extended (or as Tolkien points out, stretched), but he was still a living man (which was key to the prophecy about his eventual demise). So his death when it came was as definitive as anyone else's. If his voice was to be heard again it would either be at the Last Battle, or perhaps as a spirit through necromancy - but the latter is *not* how he manifested previously.
What are you actually talking about? the Necromancer is Sauron.
What I love about LOTRO was that they stayed so true to the Lore of Tolkiens universe. Not only do they include things like Mordrith, but include shout outs to Baleriand and the 1st age. I would have to say LOTRO is in my top 5 games of all time, and by FAR my favorite MMO of all time. They just put so much good work into it, it's a shame I haven't been able to play for so long :/ I really wanted to see their representation of Rohan and Gondor. And eventually Mordor I would assume.
The game just lets you explore and delve even deeper into Middle Earth, and it is so chalk full of lore that it gives me (and other lore nerds) nerdgasms lol
how powerful was Gandalf?
Shade's Archives Gandalf was a Maia and Istari who was nearly equal in power to Sauron, but in a different way. He had strength of wisdom and advise, rather than force and power. If you want to know more, I just made a video on the Wizards! Thanks for watching, have a good one!
Men of the West - So the Witch-King as an undead Numenorian is more powerful than Gandalf, a Maia? Doesn't seem to add up to me.
gun10ck he was never more powerful. they were going to duel before the Rohan riders came.
But Istari were can not be compared with normal Maiar, they forgotten their origins and have a less power too (compared to elven magic, they are by mind fixed on body, Maiar were instead of it were not fixed to one form).
The Wizards is LOTR are Istari like angels ton help guide the ppl's of Middle Earth & weren't fight others fights i.e. show their full power. The Balrog & Gandalf are of the same kind Maia much like fallen angels that followed Morgoth in the dissidence marring of the Song of Ea i.e. "God" that he sang w/the created ones teaching them the way.