@@ErikAdalbertvanNagel Yeah, that's how much of writing works: Dante, Chaucer, Shakespeare rewrote works and borrowed liberally from the earlier Greek works. Tolkien based his works off of folklore but made an original work. That's pretty much writing, bud.
The more resistant to fire thing made sense. In The Hobbit second movie, when I saw Thorin get nearly killed by the fire Smaug unleashed from breath, he was able to get up quickly and had help getting flames off his back. Darn.
wargod26 actually, the dwarves are greedy even in norse mythology. All the traits gotten from jews for the dwarves are good ones, such as bravery and strength of will and kinship.
I think the most notable and interesting depictions of Dwarves in fiction are, Tolkin's Dwarves in LotR, The Dwarves of Orzammar in Dragon Age, and the Dwemer in The Elder Scrolls. The first is Tolkin's depiction and he's pretty much the godfather of modern fantasy, the second is an interesting take on their culture with ancestor worship as a corner stone of their civilization, and the third is a sub-species of Elves that used science and sorcery to create amazing technologies no other race in TES has been able to replicate fore they vanished over 4,000 years ago by the time of the first TES game.
The dwarves tried the hardest out of all beings on Middle Earth. They genuinely cared about every race, except Orcs in which they hated passionately. The Dwarves mined into mountains living in precarious circumstances, surrounded by goblins, orcs and other creatures. They all but established the Kingdom of Dale, while providing the city with everything it needed to survive. Except food and sustenance in which Dale provided for the Dwarves. The Dwarves defended Eriador for as long as they could, while trying to advance middle earth's industrial base. That's how they awoke a Balrog. The Dwarves always lived next to danger, which is why they rarely experienced peace. That, and they absolutely would not compromise with Orcs.
That's partly true, though the Dwarves didn't care for EVERY race out there, and they didn't protect Eriador as long as they could. They only aided their friends when they could, like when they helped the Elves or Eregion, or the Men of Dale. A great example of this is how in the First Age we don't hear much of Durin's folk, only the Dwarves of the West, which were the Firebeards and Broadbeams. Durin's folk kept to themselves until the Balrog finally awoke. The point is that the Dwarves aren't the most caring of folk, and this was proven when they killed the High King of Doriath over a Trinket.
Aaand out of all the races they got fucked the most and were cryminally underused by Tolkien. It felt like he just HATED Dwarves. Fans of Dwarves: What happened with Dwarves at the end of it all? Elves get to heaven and Hobbits still exists (judging from Hobbit book) so they get something right? Tolkien: Fuck you and fuck them, they did nothing except for cleaning their old house (Moria) of orc scum and then died off. The end. Like seriously. WTF!?
Man, I love your videos so much. I came here after getting into Skyrim and the way you open up worlds is so beautiful. Particularly like how in this video you mentioned your personal preference for Tolkiens dwarven race. As far as I've encountered it's the only time we've had a little bit of YOU come through in the writing. Keep up the splendid work. I'm a big fan!
Excellent production. Unlike many other lore-videos, you manage to condense the most important information in a few minutes instead of an hour of boring talk.
I've always liked dwarves considerably more than any other group in Middle Earth. Good video, though you seemed to leave out (by design) some elements such as Mt. Gundabad and Balin's ill-fated expedition.
Interesting note, according to the Silmarillion, the Dwarves ended up short because they shrank under the hammer of Aulë who was ready to destroy them after accepting his wrong-doing. "Then Aulië took up a great hammer to smite the dwares and he wept." "And the dwarves shrank from the hammer and were afraid" They begged for mercy. Iluvatar then said "Thy offer I accepted even as it was made..." Awesome work :)
My favorite race. Always have been. Also in world of Warcraft. I just love their mythology. And design. They are fascinating. That’s why I love the hobbit films. I learn more about the dwarves.
Some of the art is done by the incredible artist, Ted Nasmith. Some art is done by various artists around the world and can be found on places such as DeviantArt, and some of the art comes from professional productions such as video games or board games.
This is such a great series. I love the dwarves. I always thought aule was neat too. Gimli had to get special permission to enter valinor with legolas. This was granted. Gimli did this cuz he was in love with galadriel and wanted to be near to her.
I agree. I would add that mastering the ax is no small feat even for so brawny a race as they. All the weight is at the end of the haft, and in other hands the ax can be clumsy compared to a sword. (a good example of good ax play is the opening fight in The Warlord with Charlton Heston. That fight director knew something)
You missed that, early in the Second Age, Dwarves from Nogrod and Belegost resettled in Khazad-dum. Apparently, some of the Dwarves remained in the Blue Mountains, especially in the southern range (according to LotR, Appendix A).
Unfortunately, it's not really clear. Dwarves believe that when they die, Aulë will watch over them in the Halls of Mandos until the Last Battle, when they will return to help rebuild the world. Elves believed that Dwarves just returned to the earth when they die. Tolkien never really stated outright what happens to them.
Added knowledge: the Elven kingdom the dwarves destroyed was called Doriath, and its king was Thingol. As one of the first Elves to be born, he was more than 4,000 years old when dwarves murdered him.
Great video, currently rereading LOTR and this kind of content helps! I dont know if I'd say someone whose known for being proud, would make a good drinking buddy lol. I can imagine a few fights would break out when it comes to pride and alcohol. xD
As Gimli was the most honored Dwarf in Middle Earth, was he gifted with immortality when he sailed west? Though there's is nothing in Tolkiens' writings, I'd like to get your opinion or input of this speculation. Seems that would have been a given.
I find a comparison between Aulë and Melkor interesting, both in the beginning only wanted to create. But the paths both chose to walk could not have been anymore different.
Man love dwarves are my favorites, more so than elfs; mainly cuz elfs always are the center stage everywhere, even tolkien kind of shun them, separating them comepletly from men and elves and talking very little about them cuz in LotR only gimli and gloin appear lel and in TES they are completly dead... and in lore they where basically elves... so sad to be a dwarf
Actually, TES does have Dwarves. They're technically also elves, but humans call the Dwemer Dwarves. As well, they look ALOT like Dwarves, except maybe taller.
Gotrek Gurnisson Apparently they were actually the tallest race of Elves, but were only called Dwarves by the Giants and the name just stuck. "Dwemer" is their official name and means "Deep Elves."
Awesome. As time goes on our world's past it like that if middle earth in south America there are stories told by the indigenous peoples of great cities built under the Andes mountains. Thank you for your videos
Dwarves are my favorite race in Lotr, and in most games realy. now ive got a question for you. if there were 13 dwarves created, and all but Durin was paired... how did he create such a large family? is there no info on that at all or is it all speculation?
I've been going back and revisiting Lord of the rings now in my adulthood not having really done so since I was a child. And it occurs to me now, how alone Gimli is throughout the trilogy. Legolas always gets to be surrounded by elves, and Aragorn by men, and Gimli is always the only dwarf. I much prefer him in the books astute honorable and grandiose, an equal to Legolas in ability as sometimes Gimli is the winner and sometimes Legolas, in their friendly play. I caught myself saying man there should have been a whole bunch more about dwarves Dwarves are freaking awesome. Even throughout the Hobbit you almost learn more about elves dwarf lore is always a side-note it seems even when they're front and center always some place that used to belong to dwarves but doesn't any more
I just imagined a jedi preaching to a dwarf, and them nodding along, before stating, quite seriously, "aye but possessions are nice, 'ere, 'ave a drink!"
I think it's safe to assume that Tolkien didn't care THAT much about the Dwarves. It actually feels like they were his least favorite race only being beat up by Orcs.
I wish they'd make more lotr films exploring the distant past and the many great wars that lead up to the lotr war of the ring films so much potential to make great movies
wait, azog wasn't mentioned in the hobbit (bilbo) book. But I the Movies. was Azog a real character made by Tolkien or by Jackson? if by Tolkien, in what book does it say that?
Azog is in fact mentioned in the Hobbit, in a single line by Gandalf, and he is also mentioned in Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion, but his role was greatly expanded and changed for the Hobbit films.
Azog was mentioned in the book I believe, but unlike in the movie, he was killed by Dain, Thorin's cousin, at the same battle where Azog killed Thror, Thorin's grandfather.
In Tolkien's legendarium dwarves were one of the few races that had no real purpose in the grand scheme of things like men and elves. They were just another fantasy race trying live in a dangerous world, and it shows with their physiology and culture.
TheExploringSeries Great! I'm a long time fan, and it frustrates me sometimes that people often see the more over the top parts of them and dismiss them without looking into the deeper lore.
nick callaghan I agree completely I was in an argument with one particularly stubborn individual who could not accept this is a fantasy universe and that each of the races were different. eventually I just gave up because he was just saying for the multiple days of conversing were "why is X a thing it's dumb" I explain the reasonable lore reason "well that only makes sense in warhammer retarded lore anyway because a fantasy universe can't have fantasy elements for some reason"
If i could choose anything to be it would be a Stoky dwarf with a glorious beard, i love how refreshingly rough they are with each other, true lads and lasses, id like to drink and work in and drink in a mountain hold and drink
I'm surprised there are no records of half-dwarves in Middle Earth's history despite the fact that Thorin Oakensheild looked more like a man than a dwarf in The Hobbit Trilogy.
So technically the hatred between the dwarves and elves started because they made a necklace so beautiful that they themselves wanted it and killed an elf king because he told them no with an insulated?
I appreciate the thought that went into this video, but there was simply too much flawed or incorrect information provided. I'll provide an example: When Eru came to know of Aule's creation and disobedience, he ordered them to be destroyed as punishment. Aule had given them free will and agency, however, so they cowered in fear when Aule went to obey Eru's command. Seeing that they had wills of their own (rather than mindless creatures motivated solely by Aule's thought and will, as Melkor would have done), Eru decided to spare them, on the condition that they and his first-born shall always be at odds with one another.
That would imply that beings other than Eru could create true life. In fact, Eru's words in the Silmarillion seem to directly contradict yours: "Why hast thou done this? Why dost thou attempt a thing which thou knowest is beyond thy power and thy authority? For thou hast from me as a gift thy own bring only, and no more; and therefore the creatures of thy hand and mind can live only by that being, moving when thou thinkest to move them, and if thy thought be elsewhere, standing idle. Is that thy desire?"
TheExploringSeries And yet the fact that they cowered, or reacted at all, to Aule's actions showed that they had minds of their own. They might have only been able to act when Aule gave thought to them, but they were distinct from him and possessed self-awareness. They were up to that point without a soul, which was later granted by Eru. Aule had the power to create things, as did all the Valar, but they could not create a soul. Only Eru had that power. So yes, they had self-awareness and did not wish to perish, but neither did they possess a soul. That was what was given to them when Eru blessed them.
Perhaps others can disagree with me, but I didn't interpret the text that way. The dwarves went from "...the creatures of thy hand and mind can live only by that being, moving when thou thinkest to move them," to "Dost thou not see that these things have now a life of their own, and speak with their own voices?" And right after this, Aulë gives thanks to Eru. I think most people interepret it this way, as you're the first to bring this up. Also, as more of a factual thing, Eru did not order Aulë to destroy the dwarves, Aulë just assumed he should do so.
That theory basically comes from the Arkenstone being a highly lustrous jewel that everybody wants, as well as Tolkien basically using the old English from of Arkenstone to originally describe the Silmarils. The problem is that The Hobbit states that the Dwarves dug and cut the Arkenstone out of the mountain, so I doubt it was meant to be a Silmaril.
Yeah The Arkenstone seems to be a good fit for the Silmaril of Maedhros brought back out of the earth, I mean the Khazad uncovered a balrog who knows what other things they found from the Elder Days.
I know that when Elves die their souls go to the Halls of Mandos and when Men die their souls leave Arda forever never to return but what happens to the souls of Dwarves when they die?
I thought the Orc who killed the Dwarf King was fake? I remember reading this on many LOTR sites. They were saying that was purely from the movie, not book lore.
Again I wonder what the final fate of the Dwarven race was. We know that Elves and Men reach the halls of Mandos (if I'm not mistaken) where Elves's immortality allows them to emerge from the halls where the souls of Men achieve some unknown fate outside of the world. So what happens to Dwarves?
The dwarves believed that their spirits would gather in Aüle's halls after death. After all, they were granted life and spirits as any other race by the main goddess. Humans were believed to travel to the main goddess after death since she loved them so which made the elves super bitter and jealous since they just go to Mandos.
@@42Nightsyesterday Forgive me, you are correct. I read silmarillion about 4 years ago and for some reason thought of Iluvatar as female until now that I checked again.
Noah Severwright there were dwarves in the battle of the last alliance just not shown in the film. also they were not in lord of the rings because it focused around the south and all the dwarves are in the north
In the books Sauron attacks Lothlorien, Mirkwood, Dale and Erebor as well, not only Minas Tirith. The Battle of Dale was a battle fought between the Kingdom of Dale(45.000 men) allied with the Dwarves of Erebor(55.000 dwarves), against the Easterlings of Rhûn(200.000 easterlings) in the valley of Dale during the War of the Ring in the late Third Age. A few sturdy warriors led by Brand(the son of Bain and the grandson of Bard the Bowman) and Dáin II Ironfoot fought bravely before the Gate of Lonely Mountain, which was not taken. In the end, Dáin was killed as he stood defending the body of his ally Brand. Meanwhile, the defenders of the Mountain were able to withstand the siege. To the misfortune of the Easterlings, the forces of Gondor and Rohan defeated the main power of Sauron in the southern theatre, causing the northern army to lose heart. Seeing the morale of their foes being sapped by news of victory in the south, the Armies of Dale and Erebor under the new Kings, Bard II and Thorin III Stonehelm managed to lift the siege and drove the Easterlings out of Dale.
According to the internet, the Arkenstone is worth $800,000,000. Whereas all of the gold is Erebor is worth $133,000,000,000, whereas Bilbo's share would've been worth $9,500,000,000. But instead, he took the Arkenstone.
Kevin Lane all gold in erebor would worth about trillion of trillion of dollars and the arkenstone would worth 20,000,000 dollars while the mithril armor would worth about 6,000,000 dollars All the gems of erebor worth same of trillion While the 3 silmarils would worth 30,000,000 each of them and the light of the two tress would worth 3X of trillion all the wealth of moria and erebor is enough to buy the 2 trees of light
Have you heard the theory: The Dwarves' creator is none other than Tom Bombadil, husband of Goldberry! The proof is in comparing the qualities and traits of Goldberry and one of the lofty angelic ladies from the Silmirillion* ...
It was Tolkien who gave us the depiction of dwarves being warriors that we're all so familiar with. All of today's "fantasy" warrior dwarves come from LOTR.
dwarves are definitely one of the best things from Tolkein's work
they can be greedy but they are loyal to each other and are kind
@@gregorbegger9291 People acted like they're the only greedy race in Middle-earth. The Elves and Men say, Hi! 😂
@@rosalinacv1996 well JRR Tolkien was pointing out that racism is stupid
Tolkien just copied germanic mitology and changed it.
@@ErikAdalbertvanNagel Yeah, that's how much of writing works: Dante, Chaucer, Shakespeare rewrote works and borrowed liberally from the earlier Greek works. Tolkien based his works off of folklore but made an original work. That's pretty much writing, bud.
Dwarves are by far my favorite race
Yes indeed.
Gary Oak hobbits are my favorite.
Hobbits are prob my 2nd favorite
Gary Oak same as me baw khazar
ya Thank u mate
The more resistant to fire thing made sense. In The Hobbit second movie, when I saw Thorin get nearly killed by the fire Smaug unleashed from breath, he was able to get up quickly and had help getting flames off his back. Darn.
Soon master elf you will enjoy the fabled hospitality of the Dwarves. Roaring fires malt beer red meat off the bone!
Geerladenlad NOOOOOOO THEYR ALL DEAD NOOOOOO
This is not a mine, it's a tomb
They have a cave troll!!
Little did he know
Fly you fools
I adore this series. I particularly like the little quotes you have at the end. Hoping to see more Middle Earth videos from you!
Yes, there will be plenty more.
Of course dwarves are more resistant to fire than elves. all that aqua net the elves use is flammable.
wargod26 actually, the dwarves are greedy even in norse mythology. All the traits gotten from jews for the dwarves are good ones, such as bravery and strength of will and kinship.
"Its the dwarves that go swimming...with little hairy women" - Gimli son of Gloin.
I think the most notable and interesting depictions of Dwarves in fiction are, Tolkin's Dwarves in LotR, The Dwarves of Orzammar in Dragon Age, and the Dwemer in The Elder Scrolls.
The first is Tolkin's depiction and he's pretty much the godfather of modern fantasy, the second is an interesting take on their culture with ancestor worship as a corner stone of their civilization, and the third is a sub-species of Elves that used science and sorcery to create amazing technologies no other race in TES has been able to replicate fore they vanished over 4,000 years ago by the time of the first TES game.
The dwarves tried the hardest out of all beings on Middle Earth. They genuinely cared about every race, except Orcs in which they hated passionately. The Dwarves mined into mountains living in precarious circumstances, surrounded by goblins, orcs and other creatures. They all but established the Kingdom of Dale, while providing the city with everything it needed to survive. Except food and sustenance in which Dale provided for the Dwarves. The Dwarves defended Eriador for as long as they could, while trying to advance middle earth's industrial base. That's how they awoke a Balrog. The Dwarves always lived next to danger, which is why they rarely experienced peace. That, and they absolutely would not compromise with Orcs.
That's partly true, though the Dwarves didn't care for EVERY race out there, and they didn't protect Eriador as long as they could. They only aided their friends when they could, like when they helped the Elves or Eregion, or the Men of Dale. A great example of this is how in the First Age we don't hear much of Durin's folk, only the Dwarves of the West, which were the Firebeards and Broadbeams. Durin's folk kept to themselves until the Balrog finally awoke. The point is that the Dwarves aren't the most caring of folk, and this was proven when they killed the High King of Doriath over a Trinket.
Aaand out of all the races they got fucked the most and were cryminally underused by Tolkien. It felt like he just HATED Dwarves.
Fans of Dwarves: What happened with Dwarves at the end of it all? Elves get to heaven and Hobbits still exists (judging from Hobbit book) so they get something right?
Tolkien: Fuck you and fuck them, they did nothing except for cleaning their old house (Moria) of orc scum and then died off. The end.
Like seriously. WTF!?
Man, I love your videos so much. I came here after getting into Skyrim and the way you open up worlds is so beautiful.
Particularly like how in this video you mentioned your personal preference for Tolkiens dwarven race. As far as I've encountered it's the only time we've had a little bit of YOU come through in the writing.
Keep up the splendid work. I'm a big fan!
Excellent production. Unlike many other lore-videos, you manage to condense the most important information in a few minutes instead of an hour of boring talk.
I've always liked dwarves considerably more than any other group in Middle Earth. Good video, though you seemed to leave out (by design) some elements such as Mt. Gundabad and Balin's ill-fated expedition.
Gotta leave a few things for new readers to learn on their own.
4:55- The bearded genius on the far left who decided to start running as soon as things went south. He is my anscestor somehow...
Tom bombadill at some point there's so much to go into
Interesting note, according to the Silmarillion, the Dwarves ended up short because they shrank under the hammer of Aulë who was ready to destroy them after accepting his wrong-doing. "Then Aulië took up a great hammer to smite the dwares and he wept." "And the dwarves shrank from the hammer and were afraid" They begged for mercy. Iluvatar then said "Thy offer I accepted even as it was made..." Awesome work :)
My favorite race. Always have been.
Also in world of Warcraft.
I just love their mythology. And design.
They are fascinating.
That’s why I love the hobbit films.
I learn more about the dwarves.
Some of the art work is fantastic! Is there a book on co concept art you took them from? Great video
Some of the art is done by the incredible artist, Ted Nasmith. Some art is done by various artists around the world and can be found on places such as DeviantArt, and some of the art comes from professional productions such as video games or board games.
Oisin Staines like for instance battle for middle earth 2.. gotta miss that game
2.35 - nice to see my old awful drawing here ^^
Bartosz Milewski m8 it's lit
That drawing is really good, much better than I could have done.
dwarves are just the best race ever
This is such a great series. I love the dwarves. I always thought aule was neat too. Gimli had to get special permission to enter valinor with legolas. This was granted. Gimli did this cuz he was in love with galadriel and wanted to be near to her.
I agree. I would add that mastering the ax is no small feat even for so brawny a race as they. All the weight is at the end of the haft, and in other hands the ax can be clumsy compared to a sword.
(a good example of good ax play is the opening fight in The Warlord with Charlton Heston. That fight director knew something)
My favorite race in Middle Earth! A pity, that there is not more to tell about them. Great video btw, I always love your Middle Earth based videos!
I really like your vids man, thanks for the good content.
Your channel is absolutely fantastic. Keep it up!
Awesome video, can't wait for more!
You missed that, early in the Second Age, Dwarves from Nogrod and Belegost resettled in Khazad-dum. Apparently, some of the Dwarves remained in the Blue Mountains, especially in the southern range (according to LotR, Appendix A).
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Thank you, I try.
And what happens to them when they die?
Unfortunately, it's not really clear. Dwarves believe that when they die, Aulë will watch over them in the Halls of Mandos until the Last Battle, when they will return to help rebuild the world. Elves believed that Dwarves just returned to the earth when they die. Tolkien never really stated outright what happens to them.
They are the middle child, so of course they get the short end of the stick.
Sounds alot like Asatro :) taking out ragnarök and valhall
Its elaborated on that they might even go to the halls of aule, instead of mandos.
They go to hell
Added knowledge: the Elven kingdom the dwarves destroyed was called Doriath, and its king was Thingol. As one of the first Elves to be born, he was more than 4,000 years old when dwarves murdered him.
But most of the dwarfs got slain when they flew back
Aule: *creates dwarves*
Iluvatar: “and I took that personally”
Also Iluvatar: “I’ll allow it”
I cant help but like the phrasing of "Until the world grew old and days of Durin's race ended".
thats such a great video. feels like an interesting history lesson! :)
Great video, currently rereading LOTR and this kind of content helps! I dont know if I'd say someone whose known for being proud, would make a good drinking buddy lol. I can imagine a few fights would break out when it comes to pride and alcohol. xD
Ser Hunts Reviews that's where the fun comes in.
Pride + alcohol = Rock
I️ thoroughly enjoyed this video! To me it was highly entertaining.
2:15 Durin the deathless has awoken in Gundabad exactly :)
7:53 ................smash😌
thx so much for this video and your others, I love them
As Gimli was the most honored Dwarf in Middle Earth, was he gifted with immortality when he sailed west? Though there's is nothing in Tolkiens' writings, I'd like to get your opinion or input of this speculation. Seems that would have been a given.
I find a comparison between Aulë and Melkor interesting, both in the beginning only wanted to create. But the paths both chose to walk could not have been anymore different.
One knew his place. The other didnt
hate to nitpick but i think you meant before the destruction of the trees, and or before the time of the lamps. around 1:15
strike that. i always mix up the lamps and the last fruits of the trees.
Man love dwarves are my favorites, more so than elfs; mainly cuz elfs always are the center stage everywhere, even tolkien kind of shun them, separating them comepletly from men and elves and talking very little about them cuz in LotR only gimli and gloin appear lel and in TES they are completly dead... and in lore they where basically elves... so sad to be a dwarf
TES doesn't have dwarves fyi ^^
Jesse Macaspac Random dwemer: Yea you pansy, we're dwemer not dwarves nor dwarfs...ya nit!
AiryDreams gaymer. gaymer everywhere
Actually, TES does have Dwarves. They're technically also elves, but humans call the Dwemer Dwarves. As well, they look ALOT like Dwarves, except maybe taller.
Gotrek Gurnisson Apparently they were actually the tallest race of Elves, but were only called Dwarves by the Giants and the name just stuck. "Dwemer" is their official name and means "Deep Elves."
"The elf king refused and insulted the dwarves " i love that part idk maybe the proud-ness of the dwarves
When your done with exploring middle earth you should explore the elder scrolls
you mean tamriel?
that was well made. and it gives me answers to many questions, thanks 😄👍👍
Nothing stands taller than the might of the dwarf
are dwarves meant to have brute strength as one of their traits?
I wonder if the Dwarfs most of them had to vote to eliminate Elves in general if most of them would vote yes
Awesome. As time goes on our world's past it like that if middle earth in south America there are stories told by the indigenous peoples of great cities built under the Andes mountains. Thank you for your videos
Hey my guy. You do great work. Thank you.
In some parallel universe, these things actually happened !!!
Rahul Kachru
Multiverse theory huh ??
Dwarves are my favorite race in Lotr, and in most games realy. now ive got a question for you. if there were 13 dwarves created, and all but Durin was paired... how did he create such a large family? is there no info on that at all or is it all speculation?
I've been going back and revisiting Lord of the rings now in my adulthood not having really done so since I was a child.
And it occurs to me now, how alone Gimli is throughout the trilogy. Legolas always gets to be surrounded by elves, and Aragorn by men, and Gimli is always the only dwarf. I much prefer him in the books astute honorable and grandiose, an equal to Legolas in ability as sometimes Gimli is the winner and sometimes Legolas, in their friendly play.
I caught myself saying man there should have been a whole bunch more about dwarves
Dwarves are freaking awesome. Even throughout the Hobbit you almost learn more about elves
dwarf lore is always a side-note it seems even when they're front and center always some place that used to belong to dwarves but doesn't any more
if there was 6 pairs and Durin on his own whose women did he steal??
mike devaney the real question
pimp took all the women?
What are you talking about? Dwarves reproduce by springing out of holes in the ground!
I just imagined a jedi preaching to a dwarf, and them nodding along, before stating, quite seriously, "aye but possessions are nice, 'ere, 'ave a drink!"
The dwarfish language is pretty cool.thank you for the videos. Is there anything on the Elvish languages? That would be another neat video.
So how did Durin procreate if he was created all alone? Did the other Dwarves eventually find him? Is it just unclear?
Nathan Grosh he fucked himself until he created a town, so much incest
ew
He didn't, he just created them with his mind, because he's Durin
They jumped out of the holes in the ground.
I think it's safe to assume that Tolkien didn't care THAT much about the Dwarves. It actually feels like they were his least favorite race only being beat up by Orcs.
They were my favorite faction in Warhammer.
I'd drink with dwarves, although I might not be able to keep up lol
Awesome series. Subbed
I wish they'd make more lotr films exploring the distant past and the many great wars that lead up to the lotr war of the ring films so much potential to make great movies
Good video but the earliest Dwarven city was not Khazad dum (a.k.a. Moria). It was the cities of Belegost and Nogrod.
wait, azog wasn't mentioned in the hobbit (bilbo) book. But I the Movies. was Azog a real character made by Tolkien or by Jackson? if by Tolkien, in what book does it say that?
Azog is in fact mentioned in the Hobbit, in a single line by Gandalf, and he is also mentioned in Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion, but his role was greatly expanded and changed for the Hobbit films.
Azog was mentioned in the book I believe, but unlike in the movie, he was killed by Dain, Thorin's cousin, at the same battle where Azog killed Thror, Thorin's grandfather.
Regal99 azog also killed nain, dain's father.
In Tolkien's legendarium dwarves were one of the few races that had no real purpose in the grand scheme of things like men and elves. They were just another fantasy race trying live in a dangerous world, and it shows with their physiology and culture.
Hey, just curious, are you a fan of Warhammer, either Fantasy or 40k?
I am interested in them, and will likely discuss one or both at some point.
TheExploringSeries Great! I'm a long time fan, and it frustrates me sometimes that people often see the more over the top parts of them and dismiss them without looking into the deeper lore.
nick callaghan I agree completely
I was in an argument with one particularly stubborn individual who could not accept this is a fantasy universe and that each of the races were different. eventually I just gave up because he was just saying for the multiple days of conversing were
"why is X a thing it's dumb"
I explain the reasonable lore reason
"well that only makes sense in warhammer retarded lore anyway because a fantasy universe can't have fantasy elements for some reason"
Can't wait :D
satisfy the grudge! common we want to hear another rant about how bad the end times are.
Dwarves are awesome. Most badass Dain and Gimli
If i could choose anything to be it would be a Stoky dwarf with a glorious beard,
i love how refreshingly rough they are with each other, true lads and lasses,
id like to drink and work in and drink in a mountain hold and drink
I'm surprised there are no records of half-dwarves in Middle Earth's history despite the fact that Thorin Oakensheild looked more like a man than a dwarf in The Hobbit Trilogy.
did you get most of your information from sillmarillion?
From the Silmarillion as well as the History of Middle-Earth books.
Top notch work!
I would like to know more about the arkenstone
I agree
In the movie we understand that the arkenstone is getting Thorin's hearth dry but nothing else.
Vincent Judakov if I’m not mistaken it was confirmed that the arkenstone was not a silmaril, simply a gem of all-surpassing beauty and worth
warhammer fantasy is what got me to like dwarves so much. I'm glad LOTR was made so I could find such characters in literature.
where is it mentioned that khazad dum was restored?
Gimli: Dwarf women are so alike to the men, some people assume there are no Dwarf women. Aragorn: It's the beards
So technically the hatred between the dwarves and elves started because they made a necklace so beautiful that they themselves wanted it and killed an elf king because he told them no with an insulated?
Masters of stone, the stunted people, dwarves... Sounds like the beginning of your Hobbit video
I appreciate the thought that went into this video, but there was simply too much flawed or incorrect information provided. I'll provide an example: When Eru came to know of Aule's creation and disobedience, he ordered them to be destroyed as punishment. Aule had given them free will and agency, however, so they cowered in fear when Aule went to obey Eru's command. Seeing that they had wills of their own (rather than mindless creatures motivated solely by Aule's thought and will, as Melkor would have done), Eru decided to spare them, on the condition that they and his first-born shall always be at odds with one another.
That would imply that beings other than Eru could create true life. In fact, Eru's words in the Silmarillion seem to directly contradict yours: "Why hast thou done this? Why dost thou attempt a thing which thou knowest is beyond thy power and thy authority? For thou hast from me as a gift thy own bring only, and no more; and therefore the creatures of thy hand and mind can live only by that being, moving when thou thinkest to move them, and if thy thought be elsewhere, standing idle. Is that thy desire?"
TheExploringSeries And yet the fact that they cowered, or reacted at all, to Aule's actions showed that they had minds of their own. They might have only been able to act when Aule gave thought to them, but they were distinct from him and possessed self-awareness. They were up to that point without a soul, which was later granted by Eru. Aule had the power to create things, as did all the Valar, but they could not create a soul. Only Eru had that power. So yes, they had self-awareness and did not wish to perish, but neither did they possess a soul. That was what was given to them when Eru blessed them.
Perhaps others can disagree with me, but I didn't interpret the text that way. The dwarves went from "...the creatures of thy hand and mind can
live only by that being, moving when thou thinkest to move them," to "Dost thou not see that these things have now a life of their own, and speak with their own voices?" And right after this, Aulë gives thanks to Eru. I think most people interepret it this way, as you're the first to bring this up. Also, as more of a factual thing, Eru did not order Aulë to destroy the dwarves, Aulë just assumed he should do so.
1:23 and a very stubborn nature
Do you know if there's any credence to the theory that the Arkenstone is one of the Silmarils?
That theory basically comes from the Arkenstone being a highly lustrous jewel that everybody wants, as well as Tolkien basically using the old English from of Arkenstone to originally describe the Silmarils. The problem is that The Hobbit states that the Dwarves dug and cut the Arkenstone out of the mountain, so I doubt it was meant to be a Silmaril.
Yeah The Arkenstone seems to be a good fit for the Silmaril of Maedhros brought back out of the earth, I mean the Khazad uncovered a balrog who knows what other things they found from the Elder Days.
what about the other 6 dwarves clans? where did they settle?
Why and how did the dwarves ultimately leave middle-earth? They persisted into the fourth age, was it just attrition?
thank u for explaining My Kins orgin and stuff
I know that when Elves die their souls go to the Halls of Mandos and when Men die their souls leave Arda forever never to return but what happens to the souls of Dwarves when they die?
Awsome video thanks
The thumbnail is from The Lord Of the Rings The Battle For middle Earth II video game. I love that game haha.
Rock and Stone Brother!
In referring to Tolkien's books it is Dwarfs and Elfs, not elves and dwarves.
I thought the Orc who killed the Dwarf King was fake? I remember reading this on many LOTR sites. They were saying that was purely from the movie, not book lore.
Dwarfs are just awesome.
Dain ironfoot is such a badass he died like a fucking badass
"...until the world grew old and the days of Durins race ended."
I wanna know more about that
Dwarves grow cave wheat and plump helmets
So what happened to the dwarfs at the end of the seventh age? They died off?
Again I wonder what the final fate of the Dwarven race was. We know that Elves and Men reach the halls of Mandos (if I'm not mistaken) where Elves's immortality allows them to emerge from the halls where the souls of Men achieve some unknown fate outside of the world. So what happens to Dwarves?
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What do you mean by ”Reach the halls”?
The dwarves believed that their spirits would gather in Aüle's halls after death. After all, they were granted life and spirits as any other race by the main goddess. Humans were believed to travel to the main goddess after death since she loved them so which made the elves super bitter and jealous since they just go to Mandos.
@@kesasika thought Illuvatar was a male
@@42Nightsyesterday Forgive me, you are correct. I read silmarillion about 4 years ago and for some reason thought of Iluvatar as female until now that I checked again.
Tolkien to Dwarves fans: They died off! You liked them? Too bad.
Why were no dwarves in any battles or even mentioned much (apart from gimli and his father) in the lord of the rings
Noah Severwright there were dwarves in the battle of the last alliance just not shown in the film.
also they were not in lord of the rings because it focused around the south and all the dwarves are in the north
In the books Sauron attacks Lothlorien, Mirkwood, Dale and Erebor as well, not only Minas Tirith. The Battle of Dale was a battle fought between the Kingdom of Dale(45.000 men) allied with the Dwarves of Erebor(55.000 dwarves), against the Easterlings of Rhûn(200.000 easterlings) in the valley of Dale during the War of the Ring in the late Third Age. A few sturdy warriors led by Brand(the son of Bain and the grandson of Bard the Bowman) and Dáin II Ironfoot fought bravely before the Gate of Lonely Mountain, which was not taken. In the end, Dáin was killed as he stood defending the body of his ally Brand. Meanwhile, the defenders of the Mountain were able to withstand the siege. To the misfortune of the Easterlings, the forces of Gondor and Rohan defeated the main power of Sauron in the southern theatre, causing the northern army to lose heart. Seeing the morale of their foes being sapped by news of victory in the south, the Armies of Dale and Erebor under the new Kings, Bard II and Thorin III Stonehelm managed to lift the siege and drove the Easterlings out of Dale.
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Because LOTR is focused on the story of men.
In Norse mythology dwarves represent minerals!
According to the internet, the Arkenstone is worth $800,000,000. Whereas all of the gold is Erebor is worth $133,000,000,000, whereas Bilbo's share would've been worth $9,500,000,000. But instead, he took the Arkenstone.
Kevin Lane all gold in erebor would worth about trillion of trillion of dollars and the arkenstone would worth 20,000,000 dollars while the mithril armor would worth about 6,000,000 dollars
All the gems of erebor worth same of trillion
While the 3 silmarils would worth 30,000,000 each of them and the light of the two tress would worth 3X of trillion all the wealth of moria and erebor is enough to buy the 2 trees of light
I love Dwarves.
Have you heard the theory: The Dwarves' creator is none other than Tom Bombadil, husband of Goldberry! The proof is in comparing the qualities and traits of Goldberry and one of the lofty angelic ladies from the Silmirillion* ...
i love dwarfs and thay are great drinking partners
Dwarves, The Khazad!
It was Tolkien who gave us the depiction of dwarves being warriors that we're all so familiar with. All of today's "fantasy" warrior dwarves come from LOTR.