Yeah maybe one day someone will do middle earth rpg game where you can participate in the various ages and create your own story, that would be rad. You'd be able to play as the various heroes and make your mark on history, or create your own branching timeline with a brand new hero. Players could get together on forums and share their legends, it would totally rock.
All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king.
This was in the books? I watched movies as a kid and all I remember are hobbits, a sexy elf, and “my previous” which literally sums up my LOTR knowledge
This is a great and concise history of Middle Earth thanks for posting. My understanding Tolkien intended his Middle Earth legendarium as a mythology for England that he thought was lacking - so that the fifth age is in fact the age we are living in now, the elves have all left and dwarves died out - hobbits though should still exist but have become very secretive and scared of the big folk! All of Tolkiens work, particularly TLOTR, is tinged with sadness and loss - Elves leave and diminish, dwarves die out, hobbits become secretive and don't mix with other races, the Ents die out due to losing the entwives and men forget they used to mix with angels :(
I think that middle earth did exist but before the great flood in the bible. It killed and washed away everything magical etc. Then the age of men ( our modern timeline ) begins. We have always had stories and legends of creatures, monsters, magic , etc. I think during the dark ages between 500 a.d - 1200 a.d also had some magic because this era is where we get all of our medieval magical stories and myths.
Yes, the stories of dragons being slain in the middle ages could have some basis in fact. Reptiles can live for a really long time and keep growing if they have the space, to my understanding (like giant sea turtles, snakes, dinosaurs). Loch Ness Monster, dragons, even some sightings deep in the Amazon jungle could be giant reptiles that just weren't killed by natural predators and kept growing. They could be the last of their kind that slowly went extinct. And there are too many Bigfoot sightings to be dismiss- something is being seen, but who knows what.
One correction on the war of Dwarves and Orcs. It was not an attempt to retake Moria but revenge for the treatment of Durin's heir. Thrain thought that they could retake Moria after that last battle, but the other dwarves refused, citing there heavy losses, no connection to Moria by the other clans, and Dain seeing Durin's Bane, knowing that no power of the dwarves could defeat it.
Full of shit. Currently no one knows when it’s coming out but we know it’s coming out next year at the latest and we already know some of the cast. We also know it takes place during the second age.
Amazing work!!! The Silmarillion is my favorite work of fiction ever; I've read it multiple times - yet I still learned some things from your video!!! Well done!!!
In these older videos the pacing is so much faster. Newer ones are calmer and feel more confident and deliberate. Started good, but it's cool to compare with current videos, they're only getting better.
*TheExploringSeries*: I like your narration of the Middle Earth themes much better than other videos I've watched: Your straightforward and informative approach suits me, far more than anyone being flippant, or trying to make light of the subject.
You should do one breaking down the map/georgraphy/locations of Middle-Earth! Things like: How far was the journey from the Shire to Mordor and what did the route look like? How big was the town of Bree? What was Minas Morgol like? Etc, etc.
This...was..amazing!! Thank you so much for making this series I can't wait to watch the rest. I'm trying to explain to my boyfriend how expansive Tolkien's work on Middle Earth is,, and although this video is clearly an extreme summary, it will do the job haha :)
Good job. I waded through the "Unfinished Tales", "The Silmarillion", and the various appendices, especially "The Tale of Years",at the end of the "The Lord of the Ring" 50th anniversary edition. Excellent summary.
Fantastic! It been almost 15 years since fellowship of the ring & I didn't have a good grasp of the history of Middle Earth until now! Thank you so much
Actually, I think that I read somewhere that we are living in the sixth age. Although, Tolkien himself said that Arda is a 'secondary world', meaning that it is, in fact, Earth, just not our version of it.
Lemmy Pop and Blobber: If you are a Dispensational Christian you would say you are living in the sixth age - I know because I am a Conservative, Evangelical Christian that Use To believe in Dispensationalism. (I Dropped it 20 years ago) But that is good food for thought. I know that Tolkien was a strong Christian, but I thought he was Roman Catholic. I don't think Roman Catholics hold to Dispensationalism. Does anybody else here know. And Lemmy, I know that Arda/Middle Earth is a made up fantasy. I just love reading his stories. He and CS Lewis had great imaginations.
Thank you for this. It explains much for those of us who are still learning the works of Tolkien. I await your other great videos with anticipation and appreciation.
Silmarillion is one of the best books one can read if they appreciate this world or even if they just want to read some of the best writing by a human being of all time. This book is so rich and full that its almost overwhelming at first few trys but in a good way. One must have a very clear mind to fully grasp all the info this book has to offer
Pretty spot on.Just one thing i wanted to clarify- Ungoliant wasnt exactly a spider, he was just an evil being who took the physical form of a spider to aid melkor in destryoing the trees 9f Valinor.After that he went and mated with spiders in mordor and one of his descendents was Shelob
This is a great summary. Your videos are always great and your voice is very soothing. Have you thought about doing an audiobook? I can only imagine hearing the tale of Beren and Luthien with your voice, it will probably bring tears to my eyes. Oh BTW if you are doing the "legends" universe of Star Wars please begin with all the Dark Horse comics from the Old Republic, imho that is the best that Star Wars has to offer, this "new" age of Yoda, Kenobi and Skywalker is nowhere close to being as majestic as the Revan, Malak, Bastilla, and Mandalore ages
Damn, that picture of Gollum at 11:56 broke my heart. Knowing his history, we all know what a tragic character he is. But in this picture, he looks so broken and miserable.. yup, broke me heart.
, Wow! Whiplash! Having been a reader of the trilogy for more than 50 years, I feel you've done an excellent (yet almost painful) job of condensing all that history . Please keep up your excellent work!
Your pronounciation has greatly improved in this video. Disregard my previpus comments. You display a good mastery of the complex interwoven timelines. The Book of Lost Tales relates how, much later into the Fourth Age, one of the Great Elves (whose name escapes me - Fin.....) either remains on Middle Earth or returns to it from Valinor to visit an Anglo-Saxon chronicler (must look up the names) who has got lost on a sea voyage to the Far North, and relates to him the history of the Elder YeRs. This is the link to our time.
Anglo Saxon, Eriol the Mariner, sails to Tol Eressea and finds the last of the Elves. They relate fairly in-depth Elven history to him through the help of dreams, gardens and Elven elixir. The two books comprising, "The Lost Tales", make an excellent companion to the "Silmarillion". And precursor to much of it. I think I have read, "The Fall of Gondolin", at least 5 times. As "The Lost Tales" give a much more detailed account of many Elven events and history. Well worth the read for the die-hard Tolkien fan. I might also suggest, "Unfinished Tales", for those yearning more.
I hope Tolkien's grandsons will plan to extend the story of Middle Earth during the reign of the returned King in the 4th age. Or create another interesting story happened during 2nd and 3rd age.
I'm pretty content leaving the stories alone. Tolkien was a genius who wrote some masterpieces....I'd rather not have his grandkids attempt to add to it and end up messing things up.
If his grand sons start writing about it there gonna turn it into some shitty story of like teenagers who travel to middle earth and find some sword like all the other fantasy books these days
Noooooo!!!!!!!!!!!! Lord of the Rings must not become like Star Wars! the end of the Third Age is the curtain on LOTR just like Return of the Jedi is the curtain on Star Wars and i refuse to acknowledge TFA because its full of crap. the only thing Tolkien films should do are the predecessors to Lotr time like: The Downfall of Numenor, that would be not only an epic movie but it is extremely relevant to the Lord of the Rings.
+Gerben de Koker To be fair, and it's been a while since I saw the movie so I could be wrong, but the "Necromancer" of Dol Guldur is a prominent part of the hobbit (Gandalf apparently obtains both the map and key to Erebor from Dol Guldur's dungeons), and I believe Gandalf did in fact identify him as Sauron. However, this isn't immediately apparent in the Hobbit because Sauron did not fully crystalize into the being we know him as until the Lord of the Rings (Which Tolkien was beginning to thresh out more and more as he approached completion/publication of the Hobbit.) So it seems that wether or not the Necromancer was originally Suaron, by the time Tolkien put the finishing edits into the Hobbit, he had adapted the Necromancer so that it fit into the overall Meta-narrative by making him Sauron (which Gandalf identifies at the same time he finds Thrain in Dol Guldur's dungeons.) This leads to Gandalf advising Elrond of the threat and the Necromancer/Sauron ultimately being driven from Dol Guldur and back to Mordor where for the next 100 years he devises/employs a much more subtle plan for regaining power via corruption of the rulers of men --Denethor, and Theoden respectively --and a slow, but steady gathering of military strength while his existing Ringwraiths search for the ring. Last, the "dark presence" in Dol Guldur in the Hobbit shouldn't be confused with that during the War of the Ring (not mentioned in the movies) when Dol Guldur is captained by Khamul (3rd in command, beneath the Witch King and Suaron, respectively) and launches several assaults on both Lorien and Mirkwood (before finally getting rocked by a bunch of "angry elves" #buddytheelf). Anyway. This is what I remember it to be, and I checked a couple sites to double check (and have linked them), but if anyone knows something I don't/I got something wrong, PLEASE feel free to chime in! :) middle-earth.xenite.org/how-much-did-tolkien-write-about-gandalfs-journey-to-dol-guldur/ lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Dol_Guldur
CS Lewis dedicated "The Screwtape Letters" to his friend JRR Tolkien. While we have little inkling (yeah, I know) of Tolkien's response, it is a beautiful insight into the humour and friendship of these two greats. Well worth a read!
I enjoy your video and would love to see a comparative analysis between the fall of Gondolin and the siege at Gondor. Or anything Gondolin related, a fascinating story.
It’s insane how one man made this universe. I’ll get to thinking of my own alien species and stop, thinking it’s a stupid idea. This dude made his own language.
Of great note is that after Iluvatar brought destruction upon Numenor, He changed the shape of Arda from being flat to round, and set the land of Valinor apart (no longer in Arda) so that only the elves, or those to whom they gave permission, could find the way there.
But sum up. Samwise, peregrin, and mariadoc all marry and have kids. Samwise is elected mayor seven times! Also when Elessar dies he is buried with the great of Gondor, with meriadoc and peregrin buried beside him. It is said Arwen went shortly after too Lorien and gave up her life.
That and not long after the death of Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli both take a ship from the Grey havens and sail to valinor thus the last members of the fellowship leave middle-earth.
it is said that when Queen Varda formed the Valacirca as challenge to Melkor the first race of Elves awoken -- simply one of the most epic moment in Silmarillion
Well done, first person I have seen that actually mentions the Dwarves being in "The Last Alliance", Like the books and not just men and elves like that fake movie story.
Love your's videos. I have read Silmarillion, Hobbit and LOTR few times still always interesting glad to see update on this channel. Also would be glad to hear any thoughts about Gandalf the black. I know this out of canon anyway extremly interesting.
You sorta skipped the founding of Rohan (how the Eorlingas came down from the Upper Anduin and saved Gondor on the Field of Celebrant) and the wars with the Balchoth and Wainriders, which I think would have been worthy of a mention. Other than that, a great addition to an incredible series!
By the beginning of the Fourth Age Arda is 40,589 years old. The oldest elf still in Middle-Earth by that point is Cirdan the Shipwright (Lord of Mithlond: the Grey Havens) and he is roughly 10,981 years old.
You should make each episode for each story in the silmarillion. Give them more detail. E.g. 1. The creation of the world 2. Of the downfall of the Noldor elves 3. Of Bern and Lothian 4. Of the Children of Hurin 5. The fall of Gondolin 6. The battle of wrath 7. The fall of Numinor
Not Fingol!!! Finrod Feleagund the surname may be wrong but the name was given him by the dwarfs who helped in the building of his secret fortress of Nargothrond.
Totally off topic, but a message to the content creator, please read the Beserk Manga and give an overview on it, it is such a good read and touches on some very deep and dark themes.
At 10:48 mins. the Narrator says that no one knows where the hobbits originated. The Tolkien Legendarium in fact says that hobbits first appeared at Gladden Fields near the Anduin River where some hobbits still live and where the Hobbit Beagle found the One Ring from the bottom of the Anduin River and another Hobbit his friend Smeagul (Gollum) took the ring from him. That was the same place the Orcs ambushed Isildur and his men while on their way to Rivendell and where Isildur was killed while swimming in the Anduin River to escape the Orcs and where the ring was lost for thousands of years.
From the letters of Tolkien: "In the middle of this Age [the Third Age] the Hobbits appear. Their origin is unknown (even to themselves) for they escaped the notice of the great, or the civilised people with records, and kept none themselves, save vague oral traditions, until they had migrated from the borders of Mirkwood, fleeing from the Shadow, and wandered westward, coming into contact with the last remnants of the Kingdom of Arnor."
Has anyone figured out a conversion of Middle Earth Age(s) as they relate to our modern Gregorian calendar? Not long ago I came up with this formula. Let’s consider Shire Reckoning. S.R. 1409 (the year of Bilbo’s 111th birthday) would be equal to roughly 4018 BC. So, to convert Shire Reckoning to Gregorian Calendar, subtract 5427; To convert Gregorian Calendar to Shire Reckoning, add 5427. Anyone else come up with their own numbers?
So when you make reference to Sauron being diminished by the destruction of The One Ring, was he slain by this act or is the general idea it wasn't possible to kill a Maiar completely? Along the same lines of why Morgoth was only ever imprisoned??
+fromeggman I originally watched the films before reading LOTR and even without taking into account his role in The Silmarillion, Sauron was really given next to no respect onscreen.
Exactly. Galadriel says it and people take it to mean she will simply leave Middle Earth. It is said of Sauron and that equates to him being dead, *Cue Tower collapse and Mordor itself literally sinking into a chasm* XD
OK Peter Jackson...... I like how the music in the background includes The Houses of Healing track from Return of the King with Liv Tyler......one of my favourite bits of that soundtrack
VulpeCasta- no you are right. The dwarves were made first bust could only move and speak when Aule willed it. Illuvatar adopted them but put them back to sleep until after the elves awoke.
Imagine an elder scrolls style game with all of the tolkien lore and places to vist, it would be amazing.
paul slade
Yeah. I’m playing Skyrim right now and it keeps popping up in my mind
Yeah maybe one day someone will do middle earth rpg game where you can participate in the various ages and create your own story, that would be rad. You'd be able to play as the various heroes and make your mark on history, or create your own branching timeline with a brand new hero. Players could get together on forums and share their legends, it would totally rock.
Middle Earth: Shadow Of War. Not as open, but still get to see a lot of Mordor.
It's called the minecraft lotr mod
Never heard of LOTRO?
Melkor introduced Discord into the creation, thereby killing Skype and Teamspeak
MerryMerryJerry but but I love teamspeak. Damn Melkor.
After that he had to hide and change is online account to Morgoth
He didn't mean that by discord, discord means disagree but good joke tho
@Gerardo Elon fuck off copy paste comment
All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.
reminds me of another lifetime.. and
Led Zeppelin lol
This was in the books? I watched movies as a kid and all I remember are hobbits, a sexy elf, and “my previous” which literally sums up my LOTR knowledge
Tolkien was a genius. Crazy imagination.
This was very informative, and, well presented. Thank you for taking the time, and effort, to produce this video.
Packing for trip
So many commas...
Sweet! I literally just found your channel and binge watched all your LOTR lore videos last night, lol. Thanks for all the content and hard work.
Jeremey Esquivel
Same here. I just finished The Children Of Turin and it left me with unrest
Ive watched a few now but dont know which is the first?
same
This is a great and concise history of Middle Earth thanks for posting. My understanding Tolkien intended his Middle Earth legendarium as a mythology for England that he thought was lacking - so that the fifth age is in fact the age we are living in now, the elves have all left and dwarves died out - hobbits though should still exist but have become very secretive and scared of the big folk! All of Tolkiens work, particularly TLOTR, is tinged with sadness and loss - Elves leave and diminish, dwarves die out, hobbits become secretive and don't mix with other races, the Ents die out due to losing the entwives and men forget they used to mix with angels :(
I think that middle earth did exist but before the great flood in the bible.
It killed and washed away everything magical etc.
Then the age of men ( our modern timeline ) begins.
We have always had stories and legends of creatures, monsters, magic , etc.
I think during the dark ages between 500 a.d - 1200 a.d also had some magic because this era is where we get all of our medieval magical stories and myths.
Yes, the stories of dragons being slain in the middle ages could have some basis in fact. Reptiles can live for a really long time and keep growing if they have the space, to my understanding (like giant sea turtles, snakes, dinosaurs). Loch Ness Monster, dragons, even some sightings deep in the Amazon jungle could be giant reptiles that just weren't killed by natural predators and kept growing. They could be the last of their kind that slowly went extinct. And there are too many Bigfoot sightings to be dismiss- something is being seen, but who knows what.
tolkien said in a letter that the speed of ages has accelerated, so we're probably in the sixth or seventh age
One correction on the war of Dwarves and Orcs. It was not an attempt to retake Moria but revenge for the treatment of Durin's heir. Thrain thought that they could retake Moria after that last battle, but the other dwarves refused, citing there heavy losses, no connection to Moria by the other clans, and Dain seeing Durin's Bane, knowing that no power of the dwarves could defeat it.
I would love for the first two ages to come to the big screen....or have a Netflix series about it all !!
A Scott it’s happening (:
@@antihypocrite510 hello, could you give me some info on how/when it's happening?
Full of shit. Currently no one knows when it’s coming out but we know it’s coming out next year at the latest and we already know some of the cast. We also know it takes place during the second age.
@@antihypocrite510 andd now its out on prime video
@@mrone263 And boy, what a load of shit that show was..
Amazing work!!! The Silmarillion is my favorite work of fiction ever; I've read it multiple times - yet I still learned some things from your video!!! Well done!!!
The dwarves were complete idiots for demanding the necklace they just modified as payment for modifying that necklace.
They were being influenced by the silmaril
In these older videos the pacing is so much faster. Newer ones are calmer and feel more confident and deliberate. Started good, but it's cool to compare with current videos, they're only getting better.
*TheExploringSeries*: I like your narration of the Middle Earth themes much better than other videos I've watched: Your straightforward and informative approach suits me, far more than anyone being flippant, or trying to make light of the subject.
You should do one breaking down the map/georgraphy/locations of Middle-Earth!
Things like: How far was the journey from the Shire to Mordor and what did the route look like? How big was the town of Bree? What was Minas Morgol like? Etc, etc.
This...was..amazing!! Thank you so much for making this series I can't wait to watch the rest. I'm trying to explain to my boyfriend how expansive Tolkien's work on Middle Earth is,, and although this video is clearly an extreme summary, it will do the job haha :)
Marianna Botte hi
Melkor/Morgoth was kinda destined to become rebellious
Good job. I waded through the "Unfinished Tales", "The Silmarillion", and the various appendices, especially "The Tale of Years",at the end of the "The Lord of the Ring" 50th anniversary edition. Excellent summary.
these videos are so beautifuly done. I got chills towards the end.
YOur videos have helped me understand the Whole Tolkien legenderium, thank you, i have also been introduced to OTHER older stories, thanks again
Fantastic! It been almost 15 years since fellowship of the ring & I didn't have a good grasp of the history of Middle Earth until now! Thank you so much
We are living in the fourth age right now.
Greg Wiens yes february 6 of the fourth age 2017
Actually, I think that I read somewhere that we are living in the sixth age. Although, Tolkien himself said that Arda is a 'secondary world', meaning that it is, in fact, Earth, just not our version of it.
Wrong,its seventh age
Lemmy Pop the sixth age sucks! too many orcs with hair dye and signs
Lemmy Pop and Blobber: If you are a Dispensational Christian you would say you are living in the sixth age - I know because I am a Conservative, Evangelical Christian that Use To believe in Dispensationalism.
(I Dropped it 20 years ago)
But that is good food for thought. I know that Tolkien was a strong Christian, but I thought he was Roman Catholic. I don't think Roman Catholics hold to Dispensationalism.
Does anybody else here know.
And Lemmy, I know that Arda/Middle Earth is a made up fantasy. I just love reading his stories. He and CS Lewis had great imaginations.
Nice summary man, makes me appreciate the stories even more!
Great work mate! looking forward to see this channel grow big with more content.
Thank you for this.
It explains much for those of us who are still learning the works of Tolkien.
I await your other great videos with anticipation and appreciation.
the singing to create middle earth in the opening of the silmarion is the most beautiful description I think has ever slipped into this world.
Dude, I am absolutely lovin' your videos!
Thank you for this. I wanted a recap before diving into The Fall of Gondolin.
thanks for making this, it really helps to put everything together
You've got 'Fëanor' right. Well done!
Just what I was looking for! Well made!
I enjoyed this video. And I love Middle Earth. I am always drawn to the Story of This.
Thanks for the Like. Have a good night.
I too would like to leave a note of thanks and appreciation. Any chance that The Silmarillion gets made into a movie/trilogy of sorts?
Tolkien estate hasn't sold the movie rights like they did hobbit and lotr.
Excellent video! Was hoping you would make one like this and you did!
Silmarillion is one of the best books one can read if they appreciate this world or even if they just want to read some of the best writing by a human being of all time. This book is so rich and full that its almost overwhelming at first few trys but in a good way. One must have a very clear mind to fully grasp all the info this book has to offer
Have you done a video on Tom bombadil?
Next week.
TheExploringSeries yessssss
YAY!!!!!!
holycrap!!! cant wait for this!! sooo excited!
Travis Sloan ur mother did a video WITH tom bombadil
Just fell back in love with Tolkien’s work
Great video as always!
Pretty spot on.Just one thing i wanted to clarify- Ungoliant wasnt exactly a spider, he was just an evil being who took the physical form of a spider to aid melkor in destryoing the trees 9f Valinor.After that he went and mated with spiders in mordor and one of his descendents was Shelob
dranzer firebird ungoliant was a she.
Tips for packing
Liam Bowditch, Ungoliant was a she and he and it in one time... It is a demon.
This is a great summary. Your videos are always great and your voice is very soothing. Have you thought about doing an audiobook? I can only imagine hearing the tale of Beren and Luthien with your voice, it will probably bring tears to my eyes.
Oh BTW if you are doing the "legends" universe of Star Wars please begin with all the Dark Horse comics from the Old Republic, imho that is the best that Star Wars has to offer, this "new" age of Yoda, Kenobi and Skywalker is nowhere close to being as majestic as the Revan, Malak, Bastilla, and Mandalore ages
I did a reading of Call of Cthulhu a little while back, so there might be some more audiobooks in the future.
Damn, that picture of Gollum at 11:56 broke my heart. Knowing his history, we all know what a tragic character he is. But in this picture, he looks so broken and miserable.. yup, broke me heart.
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Wow! Whiplash! Having been a reader of the trilogy for more than 50 years, I feel you've done an excellent (yet almost painful) job of condensing all that history . Please keep up your excellent work!
so whats the plan after you're done with lotr? decided what your gonna move on to? if you haven't then maybe 40k? theres sooooo much stuff there
RandomAsshole there are too many channels already doing 40k, so I think he could move to something different.
I'd like to see him move on to another similar series to Tolkien, Lovecraft etc Conan The Barbarian would be a good fit.
yea conan would be pretty cool, i know fuck all about it so a series on it wouldn't be bad
Star Wars is next, although I plan on eventually covering every major franchise and fictional universe.
That is Amazing. You are by far the best lore channel guy on youtube.
Terrific summary...well done!
Your pronounciation has greatly improved in this video. Disregard my previpus comments. You display a good mastery of the complex interwoven timelines. The Book of Lost Tales relates how, much later into the Fourth Age, one of the Great Elves (whose name escapes me - Fin.....) either remains on Middle Earth or returns to it from Valinor to visit an Anglo-Saxon chronicler (must look up the names) who has got lost on a sea voyage to the Far North, and relates to him the history of the Elder YeRs. This is the link to our time.
Anglo Saxon, Eriol the Mariner, sails to Tol Eressea and finds the last of the Elves. They relate fairly in-depth Elven history to him through the help of dreams, gardens and Elven elixir. The two books comprising, "The Lost Tales", make an excellent companion to the "Silmarillion". And precursor to much of it. I think I have read, "The Fall of Gondolin", at least 5 times. As "The Lost Tales" give a much more detailed account of many Elven events and history. Well worth the read for the die-hard Tolkien fan. I might also suggest, "Unfinished Tales", for those yearning more.
nice video! I've watched most of your videos about middle earth and really like it. Keep on buddy you're doing a great job ! :)
I hope Tolkien's grandsons will plan to extend the story of Middle Earth during the reign of the returned King in the 4th age. Or create another interesting story happened during 2nd and 3rd age.
I'm pretty content leaving the stories alone. Tolkien was a genius who wrote some masterpieces....I'd rather not have his grandkids attempt to add to it and end up messing things up.
Yea you got a point dude. But this story will pass to generations to generations imagine 500 years had passed from now, who knows. :)
If his grand sons start writing about it there gonna turn it into some shitty story of like teenagers who travel to middle earth and find some sword like all the other fantasy books these days
Noooooo!!!!!!!!!!!! Lord of the Rings must not become like Star Wars! the end of the Third Age is the curtain on LOTR just like Return of the Jedi is the curtain on Star Wars and i refuse to acknowledge TFA because its full of crap. the only thing Tolkien films should do are the predecessors to Lotr time like: The Downfall of Numenor, that would be not only an epic movie but it is extremely relevant to the Lord of the Rings.
SomekidWhoMakesMemes ose
Why is it that it's always a shitty story if it include teenagers...not all teens are stupid and selfish y'know
The art was great! Good work!
+Gerben de Koker
To be fair, and it's been a while since I saw the movie so I could be wrong, but the "Necromancer" of Dol Guldur is a prominent part of the hobbit (Gandalf apparently obtains both the map and key to Erebor from Dol Guldur's dungeons), and I believe Gandalf did in fact identify him as Sauron. However, this isn't immediately apparent in the Hobbit because Sauron did not fully crystalize into the being we know him as until the Lord of the Rings (Which Tolkien was beginning to thresh out more and more as he approached completion/publication of the Hobbit.)
So it seems that wether or not the Necromancer was originally Suaron, by the time Tolkien put the finishing edits into the Hobbit, he had adapted the Necromancer so that it fit into the overall Meta-narrative by making him Sauron (which Gandalf identifies at the same time he finds Thrain in Dol Guldur's dungeons.) This leads to Gandalf advising Elrond of the threat and the Necromancer/Sauron ultimately being driven from Dol Guldur and back to Mordor where for the next 100 years he devises/employs a much more subtle plan for regaining power via corruption of the rulers of men --Denethor, and Theoden respectively --and a slow, but steady gathering of military strength while his existing Ringwraiths search for the ring.
Last, the "dark presence" in Dol Guldur in the Hobbit shouldn't be confused with that during the War of the Ring (not mentioned in the movies) when Dol Guldur is captained by Khamul (3rd in command, beneath the Witch King and Suaron, respectively) and launches several assaults on both Lorien and Mirkwood (before finally getting rocked by a bunch of "angry elves" #buddytheelf).
Anyway. This is what I remember it to be, and I checked a couple sites to double check (and have linked them), but if anyone knows something I don't/I got something wrong, PLEASE feel free to chime in! :)
middle-earth.xenite.org/how-much-did-tolkien-write-about-gandalfs-journey-to-dol-guldur/
lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Dol_Guldur
Very well indeed. More power to you my friend!
excelent review. know the story by heart and still get fired up when some one does justice to it. love the vids. hello from Argentina
This is SO HELPFUL! Thank you!
CS Lewis dedicated "The Screwtape Letters" to his friend JRR Tolkien. While we have little inkling (yeah, I know) of Tolkien's response, it is a beautiful insight into the humour and friendship of these two greats. Well worth a read!
I enjoy your video and would love to see a comparative analysis between the fall of Gondolin and the siege at Gondor. Or anything Gondolin related, a fascinating story.
Don't Dwarves go extinct at some point in the Fourth Age?
a lot of creatures go extinct in that age
No, they stopped being seen by men because they mined deep into the earth.
@@simonpijnenburg4406 so they died from lava? damn dwarves dont know minecraft 101: dont mine straight down!
Ser Gawain They didn’t die out.
@@simonpijnenburg4406 what? did they just put a colony deep inside the earth and live there forever until the world goes dead?
You can tell Tolkien got some cues from the Bible.
Nah. Lord of the Rings is cool. The Bible is gay.
Yeah well they’re both fiction
This classroom is gay. The venting machine is gay. Basketball is gay. The heat from the sun is gay. The french fries in the cafeteria are gay.
And the Bible got its inspiration from the Egyptians and Sumerians. LOTR much less violent and creepy.
Tolkien was a devout Catholic. I highly recommend listening to Peter Kreeft’s talks on TH-cam.
wow great art!! Excellent recap!
Where do you get all of this fantastic artwork? Great video by the way.
It’s insane how one man made this universe.
I’ll get to thinking of my own alien species and stop, thinking it’s a stupid idea.
This dude made his own language.
Of great note is that after Iluvatar brought destruction upon Numenor, He changed the shape of Arda from being flat to round, and set the land of Valinor apart (no longer in Arda) so that only the elves, or those to whom they gave permission, could find the way there.
your videos on middle earth are amazing 😀
But sum up. Samwise, peregrin, and mariadoc all marry and have kids. Samwise is elected mayor seven times! Also when Elessar dies he is buried with the great of Gondor, with meriadoc and peregrin buried beside him. It is said Arwen went shortly after too Lorien and gave up her life.
That and not long after the death of Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli both take a ship from the Grey havens and sail to valinor thus the last members of the fellowship leave middle-earth.
thedarknesscallingme yes and that Lol
AYYYE
it is said that when Queen Varda formed the Valacirca as challenge to Melkor the first race of Elves awoken -- simply one of the most epic moment in Silmarillion
We need a movie on Similarion and the 4th age
yeah, or maybe a show
Well done, first person I have seen that actually mentions the Dwarves being in "The Last Alliance", Like the books and not just men and elves like that fake movie story.
thank you!
that was really nice to watch subbed
Love your's videos. I have read Silmarillion, Hobbit and LOTR few times still always interesting glad to see update on this channel. Also would be glad to hear any thoughts about Gandalf the black. I know this out of canon anyway extremly interesting.
Hey! Love your videos. They would make great podcasts!
You sorta skipped the founding of Rohan (how the Eorlingas came down from the Upper Anduin and saved Gondor on the Field of Celebrant) and the wars with the Balchoth and Wainriders, which I think would have been worthy of a mention. Other than that, a great addition to an incredible series!
My afternoon is now dedicated to binging your LOTR videos 👍👍💯
Pretty cool. There is so much history.
By the beginning of the Fourth Age Arda is 40,589 years old. The oldest elf still in Middle-Earth by that point is Cirdan the Shipwright (Lord of Mithlond: the Grey Havens) and he is roughly 10,981 years old.
I need to know the music that's playing at 4:52 PLEASE. I recognize it, but can't place it and it's driving me insane.
Darude sandstorm 👍
It's called "The Houses of Healing (feat. Liv Tyler)", in case you never found it lol
Love your videos!
You should make each episode for each story in the silmarillion. Give them more detail.
E.g.
1. The creation of the world
2. Of the downfall of the Noldor elves
3. Of Bern and Lothian
4. Of the Children of Hurin
5. The fall of Gondolin
6. The battle of wrath
7. The fall of Numinor
It's interesting the much of the motivation in these stories is jealousy of one sort or another.
Not Fingol!!! Finrod Feleagund the surname may be wrong but the name was given him by the dwarfs who helped in the building of his secret fortress of Nargothrond.
Fantastic overview
Nice channel man!! Lovecraft and Tolkien, who's next?
Asimov would be amazing
Warhammer would be good too
PLEASE CONTINUE
War never changes
Totally off topic, but a message to the content creator, please read the Beserk Manga and give an overview on it, it is such a good read and touches on some very deep and dark themes.
This makes everything understandable. Thank you
Amazing narrator. Thank you :) !
I like how you show destructive pics in the start of your lotr vids like the flooding of numenor
cant wait to see what your next explore series will be, Lovecraft to tolkien, WHOS NEXT!?
Lucas.
TheExploringSeries YES THE ORIGINAL EXPANDED UNIVERSE, FUCK DISNEY!
KBlackman Sir im gonna have to ask you to go fuck yourself.
At 10:48 mins. the Narrator says that no one knows where the hobbits originated. The Tolkien Legendarium in fact says that hobbits first appeared at Gladden Fields near the Anduin River where some hobbits still live and where the Hobbit Beagle found the One Ring from the bottom of the Anduin River and another Hobbit his friend Smeagul (Gollum) took the ring from him. That was the same place the Orcs ambushed Isildur and his men while on their way to Rivendell and where Isildur was killed while swimming in the Anduin River to escape the Orcs and where the ring was lost for thousands of years.
From the letters of Tolkien: "In the middle of this Age [the Third Age] the Hobbits appear. Their origin is unknown (even to themselves) for they escaped the notice of the great, or the civilised people with records, and kept none themselves, save vague oral traditions, until they had migrated from the borders of Mirkwood, fleeing from the Shadow, and wandered westward, coming into contact with the last remnants of the Kingdom of Arnor."
Very good narrative, the trilogy Song of Albion, is also a good fictional book to read, best regards.
Has anyone figured out a conversion of Middle Earth Age(s) as they relate to our modern Gregorian calendar?
Not long ago I came up with this formula. Let’s consider Shire Reckoning. S.R. 1409 (the year of Bilbo’s 111th birthday) would be equal to roughly 4018 BC.
So, to convert Shire Reckoning to Gregorian Calendar, subtract 5427;
To convert Gregorian Calendar to Shire Reckoning, add 5427.
Anyone else come up with their own numbers?
So when you make reference to Sauron being diminished by the destruction of The One Ring, was he slain by this act or is the general idea it wasn't possible to kill a Maiar completely? Along the same lines of why Morgoth was only ever imprisoned??
pious83 he wasn't dead, he just would not leave his strong hold.
+fromeggman I originally watched the films before reading LOTR and even without taking into account his role in The Silmarillion, Sauron was really given next to no respect onscreen.
pious83 yeah people don't seem to know what diminished means lmao.
Exactly. Galadriel says it and people take it to mean she will simply leave Middle Earth. It is said of Sauron and that equates to him being dead, *Cue Tower collapse and Mordor itself literally sinking into a chasm* XD
pious83 miar don't truly die.
THANK YOU!! I'm making it a life goal to fully understand the world of middle earth lol
OK Peter Jackson......
I like how the music in the background includes The Houses of Healing track from Return of the King with Liv Tyler......one of my favourite bits of that soundtrack
this is so awesome!
I love this series
Good stuff! Thank you!
imagine a Zelda breat of the wild game but in the middle earth universe... that would be dope
VulpeCasta- no you are right. The dwarves were made first bust could only move and speak when Aule willed it. Illuvatar adopted them but put them back to sleep until after the elves awoke.
Awesome job
i love this so much!
I know it may be an outrageous thing to ask, but may you be interested to cover in the near/far future Warhammer 40k lore?
nice video learned a lot