The History of the Seven Dwarven Rings of Power - Artifacts of Arda
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- "Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone"... The Seven Dwarven Rings of Power manifested abilities within their wielders differently than the other thirteen greater rings of power did in Middle-Earth. Thank you all so much for watching, I hope you all enjoyed it! Let me know your thoughts on the Dwarven Rings! As always, a great thanks to the online artists whose visual works made this video possible! If you are one of the artists, please let me know and I will post your name and a link to your work in this description!
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_"If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world."_
ZachValkyrie my favorite quote of The Hobbit.
It would be, very true for our world now
@Possumlove It's more of the fact of people promoting material value above that spiritual value.
Pipe weed cannot forget pipe weed
Amen lol
Due to the dwarves not being creations of melkor nor Eru, they cannot be seduced by his influence directly nor broken in will. They are truly unique creations of Eule and a wildcard in many battles.
Dennis Cleary Holy crap! Never thought about this
The Dwarves couldn't be controlled by the rings because Aulë specifically made them that way:
"they ill endure the domination of others, and the thoughts of their hearts are hard to fathom, nor can they be turned to shadows." - The Silmarillion.
While Aule created their shells, Eru gave them their souls. Aule crafted them with the idea that they were going to inhabit a death world with Melkor in it. To say Aule created them is a bit wrong, he only shaped their base form.
Zaners You're arguing semantics. Aulë created their biological forms while Eru finished the job by granting them souls. But the characteristics that prevented their domination by the Rings stems solely from Aulë's designs.
They are as stubborn and unyielding as the Stone that birthed them.
"I know that dwarves can be obstinate and pigheaded and difficult. They're suspicious and secretive, with the *worst* manners you can possibly imagine. But they are also brave and kind, and..loyal to a fault. I've grown very fond of them, and I would save them if I can."
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What quote is that from?
well, for me personally, I know it from one of the Hobbit movies. Probably Battle of the Five Armies
One of the best lines from an otherwise woeful and unfocused trilogy.
you wouldn't believe how much a simple cutting out of extra scenes improves the movies! try a fan-edit, it's well worth it.
sana__6 I have grown more interested in the “Stunties” (as said by Goblins in Warhammer Fantasy) and these “Long Beards” too, as they are an interesting society and their technology and architecture are interesting.
The Dwarves are my favorite race in Middle Earth. The only race that could truly defy Sauron, due to their hardiness.
Same here. Plus, they are just cool looking, walking fortresses.
Oh also, they are the only race hardy enough to withstand the flames of the dragons in The Silmarillion.
@@Jerminator1984 I remember when Gimli had a dead Warg and a dead orc on top of him and fully extended his arms, he's a tank
The Ents disagree.
As does Tom Bombadil.
Missed out on the chance to call this series ‘Ardafacts’ but whateverrrrrr
The dwarves are in my opinion the coolest and most interesting race in all of Tolkien’s books just the vast lore and the deep tunnels they created
Didn’t know these rings had gems like the elvish ones. Thanks for teaching me something new
Can we get a video about what happens to the various races after they die, especially Dwarves?
"Beware of Geeks bearing gifts" .. old Dwarvish saying :D
Great videos about great topics, always happy to watch these
Me too, your Videos are just really good! You did very great job making these Videos. I'm proud of you Yoystan😊 I'm really am!
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I always enjoy the dwarvish stuff from Tolkien's works the most. :)
Yay! I wanted to see this ! Also, can I suggest a video of Fëanor ? I'd like to hear your thoughts on him and a more in depth look at him.
A few videos that sound like they would be nice, someday down the line .
The south lands past Minas Tirith, what is in them {People, Animals, Lands, the Unknown}.
The east lands past Minas Tirith, what is in them {People, Animals, Lands, the Unknown} .
A deeper look into the other giant spiders of Arda
Great video as always though, I enjoy learning about the lore of Arda
Good, good. I like the little "moral of the story" at the end as well.
Awww ! When the part about how the dwarves are loyal and would give up Bilbo and how it's finally brought to light how virtuous they really are... Heart warming tears !
Gold breeds gold. It was said at the bottom of the seven great dwarf hoards was one of the seven dwarf rings. Such a great video, as usual. Thanks for all you do each week.
I love the name "Yoystan". Is this actually your given name? I was given the (rather bland) name Bill (William), the name of a donkey (LotR books)... lol
Oh my Eru, you actually featured me! :D
Well deserved.
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Can u do one of the black numenorian
I was having a rough day and then I watched this video and something just felt better
Love your video as always, can you do one on the Dead Marsh, such as which battle was fought there and with whom they fought.
*charges in* Woohoo! My weekly lore video!
Wow, that opening comment was absolutely legendary!
Already cleared it with the boss, no meetings this Wednesday morning ;-)
Haha good to hear Perry! See you then!
All the positive stuff you say always cheers me up, thank you!
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Yoysten, I like the screenshots of Kingdoms of Middle Earth app. That was a great app!
“Farin” was a great dwarf in the video game “War in the North”
You have exactly nailed the story of the Dwarven rings
The story of wealth vs virtue is powerful indeed; the men of stone I always enjoyed
Excellent narration Man of the West
108k ohhh how the deserving are rewarded;) keep up the great research!
Great video. Anyone else think they look like class rings? Erebor High class of 2770?
Ive always liked the way Tolkien tackled magic in his works. You never really know how how it works and it makes it much more mystifying and memorable, at least for me. Great video Yoystan.
The art in your videos is stellar.
I was introduced to LOTR over 40 years ago, and it's taken me this long to click about the significance of having seven dwarf lords. Seven Dwarves. I remember reading that JRRT HATED the Disney Snow White cartoon, so perhaps there's a subtext of "Now, this is what the Seven Dwarves should be like, not those... things."
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OMG been waiting patently all week for this video. Thank you Yoisten! and second
Simply beautiful
Looking at all the art of the Dwarven Rings of Power - how nice of the Elves to use dwarven esthetics despite never originally planning on giving the rings to the dwarfs.
Thanks for the History, my Dear Mellon!!!
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Did you think Andy Serkis was Perfect for Gollum...or did performance change for the book?!!!
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Sauron: Submit to my will...
Dwarves: No thanks mate, got shiny stuff to dig up
Well done! I sometimes feel the dwarves better represent humans in Tolkien's world more than Man actually did. And I enjoy you touched on the inner turmoil amongst dwarves. This is often overlooked and part of their downfall. That and the few dwarrowdames to exist. You mentioning the rings possibly lost in the rubble of Mordor really intrigued me though. I never considered whether people came later to loot amongst the rubble. While I am sure the lands were guarded, I think it's no secret some may have snuck through. I can't imagine a thief with a whole lot of patience and time on their hands could find amongst the rubble.
Always watch your vids. Keep it up. An epic character vid for Dwalin would be cool since he outlived everyone in Thorins company. Maybe even a Most Powerful Beings lore would be fun to watch.
🤟😫 that's it!! Love this Channel
Dwarves can be obstinate, secretive, pig-headed, with the worst manners you can possibly imagine, yet they are also brave, kind, and loyal to a fold.
Can anyone explain why Gollum didn’t die after he lost the ring? Shouldn’t he have died without the ring prolonging his life?
CrownMe13 the ring appears to basically stop aging when one possesses it, bilbo barely aged until he gave up the ring and then started aging again. Also he had the ring for so long that he mutated and his new form may have adapted that trait, slower aging by default.
If I were to actually keep up with these others intelligent commenters, I’ll actually have to watch to video. I’m so screwed
Haha you'll have to binge some videos then ;)
Oh yessss!! This makes me so excited thanks so much for uploading this!!
I think I saw this in the old lord of the rings buyers booklet back in the good ol days of merchandising for buyable jewelry and collectibles.
How exactly do you think the Rings helped to amass wealth?
Good question! Perhaps it helped the Dwarves find certain materials or more of them.
Men of the West I remind reading a very good theory somewhere, about the presence of the "Morgoth Element" in the materials of Arda. It stated that gold(officially noted as more corrupted than silver for example) was specially "gifted" with said element, and that this was what attracted dragons to it: they could become more powerful by amassing wealth and therefore Morgoth Element. Maybe the rings helped to track this element and inspire the desire of it in others(so they were helpful in commercial dealings).
João Pedro ive envisioned it changing the dwarves to be more posessive of their valuables, as well as more focused on the material accumulation instead of the equitable dispersion/utility of the wealth. Less trading and more hoarding, more personal defenses instead of neighbor trust? But its open ended 4 sure!
I feel that it's a kind of dowsing for materials.
Never really delved into it, but I imagined that it helped them in locating ores and other such things undergound
In other words: dwarf kings could use the rings to know, where to dig in order to find something shiny
I always liked the dwarves after I read the Hobbit.That story showed the good and bad that they could be, but in the end like you said Yoystan valor and honor won out. Kind of what we all want to see, but often it doesn't happen in our world, the honor and valor we find in the Legendarium is sorely missing all around us. It is the reason we all want to go to Middle Earth, or in my case Valinor, I'm old and tired of the struggle and decline.
So did the dwarven rings have any ability or did they just helped to increase riches passively?
I always enjoy your practical moral applications at the end of all your videos. Thank you.
I suspect that if you had a large enough host and scoured the ruins of Barad Dur for long enough and with the skills of an archaeologist, you would find the rings. Probably those of the Nine and many other treasures, too. They are probably bereft of any powers that they once held, but they would be good for a museum or memorial to those who died during the long fight against Sauron. ❤❤❤❤❤❤
These videos are always the best part of Sunday.
Thanks. I was wondering if there was any lore on the dragons of Middle Earth and if so could you do a video on it please?
I find it funny that Sauron couldn't break the dwarves, because the Dwarves were creations of Aulë, and Sauron was once a servant of Aulë. i suppose the student couldn't surpass the teacher.
your videos are amazing they improve each time, i find these rings interesting for it gave them luck however also mis-fortune.... keep it up!
No, I think the one ring can be destroyed by dragonfire. Gandalf at least states so in the Fellowship, he mentions that no more dragons are to be found in middle earth and that the threat they pose to Sauron is the reason why.
The man in the intro should be given a comment award
I asked this question on Geekzone as well but as I love both channels I submit it to you both.
I have been an avid fan of your videos since I discovered them on TH-cam. I am no Lore Master, merely a savant; but I have two questions regarding the rings of power.
1. When Gandalf was captured by Saruman, was he wearing the Elven ring of Fire? If so, why didn't Saruman take it?
2. In appendix A of Lord of the Rings, chapter 3 'Durin's Folk', page 1051(of my edition) it says: "The only power over them that the Rings wielded was to inflame their hearts with greed of gold and precious things, so that if they lacked them all other things seemed profitless, and they were filled with wrath and desire for vengeance on all who deprived them. But they were made from their beginning of a kind to resist most steadfastly any domination. Though they could be slain or broken, they could not be reduced to shadows enslaved to another will; and for the same reason their lives were not affected by any Ring, to live either longer or shorter because of it. " So why couldn't a dwarf be a ring bearer of the one ring if they were indeed resistant to its overall power? From this it would appear that the dwarf was indeed made as a better ring bearer than a hobbit. It would also seem possible from this quote that the dwarfs like Tom Bombadil were immune from the power of the rings of power overall intent.
Just a thought:
I don’t remember this for sure but aren’t the dwarves in the world of Tolkien almost literally “made of the hardiness of Arda itself”, meaning the rock, and other sturdy things?
Can’t say that the Elves relate to trees in any ways as much. Trees live long, yes, but rocks “live” a lot longer. The term “Wood Elves” is mostly just “Elves living in the Woods”.
Can you make a video about the nine rings of power that would be great. They are the only rings left to cover. Nice video!
That opening comment is so funny!
What if Fram was killed by Scatha?
What if Smaug survived the events of the Hobbit?
What if Elrod took the Ring?
What if Tar-Miriel had become queen of Numenor instead of Ar-Farazon?
What if king Earnur was not killed by the witch-King?
What if Saruman was not a traitor?
What if Smaug took the Ring?
What if Durin's Bane took the Ring?
What if Glaurung killed Turin?
What if the battle of Un-numbered tears never took place?
(sorry for my bad spelling)
What if the witch king fell in love with gandalf?!
What if gollum became a dwarf shoe maker?! Hmmm.....
Fantastic vid yoystan! U keep getting better with the visuals and music not to mention the content.
great message in the end, Yoystan. Right on brotha.
One ring for Bashful, one for Doc, one for Grumpy one for Happy...
I will see myself out.
I was always curious as to WHY Sauron wanted the Dwarven Rings back. What did he intend to do with them? I suppose the easy answer would be to modify them somehow, but that seems too simple.
Great video. More please.
You lowkey should make a video of you reading part of the story... You seem to have the regal voice for it. A dash more of base and seriousness and you could make a craft of it. Your commontary is stellar and your research delightful.
truly great video
Those rings look like Sports Championship ones!!!!!!! I want one!
The dwarven rings sauron retrieved were among the rings he gave to the kings of men.... All the rings were originally meant for the elves but they refused to wear them. The elves kept three so he tried to enslave the dwarfs with the rest but they refused to wear them too. When wearing them, all the ring bearers became aware of saurons presence the moment he put his on and he could see and hear everything they did, even read their minds. So the three remaining elven rings were hidden away while sauron was still in middle earth. The kings of men were his third resort. Its a misconception that he made the 3, 7 and 9. There were only 16 rings all up not 19
4:30 It is said, that one ring can be also destroyed by dragons, but there was none powerfull after Smaugs death in Middle Earth
There is a pronunciation segment at the end of ROTK
I do recall them saying in the books that the One Ring could be destroyed by dragon's fire. The only problem is there were no more dragons.
Nice job on the dwarves rings
But that’s also how Sam Could get to his friend the orcs and forget the other Bad guys names
Castle where everybody was dead because they had the other dwarf rings there which causes greed.
Which caused him to fight against each other and kill them selves
I was looking for a video like this, and im so glad I found you! Subscribed!!
Just a point of order that is sometimes overlooked: The 7 rings were not forged to be wielded by dwarves nor intended for them. They were rings of power made by elves for elvish reasons, but Sauron captured them and gave them to the dwarves for his own purposes. The same with the 9. The powers of these great rings then shaped themselves to the character of their owners, but in another owner's hands would have shaped themselves differently. If they had later been worn by other people, they would have adapted themselves to the traits of those people.
We see this trait of a great ring shaping itself to the owner in both Gollum's use of the one ring for pure stealth, and in how it futilely tried to tempt Samwise into being "the mighty gardener." The great rings enhanced what was already inherent in their wearer, rather than having any particular attitude of their own, other than generalized aggrandizement. The 3 elf rings, on the other hand, seemed to be imbued with a particular elemental affinity, which was Celebrimbor's take on the issue. He seems to have wanted rings that were a more guided than just wild ambition.
If you think about it logically, the other 16 great rings were all of a kind, so if more of them had been retained by the elves, there would be more elf-rings, etc. What made the 3 "elf-rings" different is that Celebrimbor made them secretly on the side so that Sauron never knew of them. This also means Sauron must have gotten hold of the other 16 great rings and distributed them before the poem about them was written. When he wrote "One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them..." etc on his ring, he only knew of the ones he had helped make.
The curious result of all this is that the "One ring to rule them all..." etc inscription was written first on One Ring as a catchall phrase, and the poem we all know about how many rings ended up with which people was a later writing, from one who knew which rings had finally ended up with whom. Personally, I nominate Glorfindel as the author of that full poem, because he had both the vision to perceive it, and just that kind of sense of humor.
PS: For obscure reasons, there could have been 1 more great ring made, and it could have prevented Sauron's ring from ruling the others. In fact, if that 20th ring was made before his, Sauron could not have made his ring rule the others, but it might have actually healed his madness to make it. Such a fine edge!
I read that comment at the start as if Aragon had said it and it kinda hyped me up
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You should name the videos about the history and power of the magical rings of middle earth as "The Lore of The Rings"
The one ring could be destroyed with dragon fire, they talk about it in the council of Elrond in the books. But by then there were no dragons left to melt it down that the council knew of
Nice video. Could have mentioned the Thror's ring also probably led to the downfall of Moria as the greed for mithril led them to dig too deep.
One what if I was thinking of is what if bilbo didn’t leave the ring for Frodo? Or what if Frodo went to Rivendell either with bilbo or much earlier then when he did
A question. It’s been said dwarves cannot be corrupted. Does that mean there has never been an evil dwarf?
Has anyone done a video on specifically the Dragon Scatha and his slayer? That's a truly obscure piece of ME Lore.
Between you and Arachir Galudirithon, I've got my two main sources for all kinds of Lord of the Rings lore. Keep up the good work, brother!
And the one dislike of this video is from Sauron himself. Still salty about not being able to corrupt the dwarves in the way he wanted to, I'm guessing. :P
I prefer the idea that the rings actually allowed the dwarves to literally Breed wealth. Invisibility to dwarves would be pointless, they Dug for wealth and were not stealthy at all. The ultimate goal of the rings were to instill evil and gold possession does that to dwarves. And everyone else (battle of five armies). If gold is itself dark, than increasing it alone would be an evil goal achieved - and such a power would go a long way to swaying dwarves to your cause.
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Btw long or short these videos are a weekly treat
Also in addition to next weeks video I would also suggest a review on other lotr games and how they help contribute to the overall lore
Awesome video! I really want to see some on the lossoth or drueidain!
I seem to remember a passage where Gandalf is discussing Sauruman. He says that Saruman was wearing a ring.
Could it have been one of the Seven?
Or was it perhaps of his own forging and, if so, did it fail in the fall of the One Ring? If not then there is a ring of power, admittedly a minor one, in the Shire.
I'm back. Keep it up, I love these videos so much. Thank you
That comment was written very well!!
My one question,when bilbo took ring from gollum.. So how he was still alive in lord of the rings movie.. Which was set in 60 yrs after the event of hobbit movie
Im having a banga of a day Yoystan. Hope you are top, great video as well!
I always imagined that the dragon sickness, which it said Thorin's line was suscepptible to, was a symptone of their ring of power who had been passed down the line, to a point where it's effects remained in the family even after Sauron had reclaimed the ring.
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As a suggestion. What if the Fellowship stuck together. (Mary and Pippin and Boromir not being captured/killed is your choice.)
Great video