Theoden’s rally cry on the Pelennor Fields in Peter Jackson’s film, was among the top few favorite speeches/moments in the entire. “Ride now! Ride! …Ride for ruin & the world’s ending! …Forth Eorlingas!” That heroism never fails to make my eyes water… I’d ride to Death with the good King
I wish you had taken the time to elaborate on the Oath of Eorl a bit. It's not just any ol' oath, but one taken on the secret tomb of Elendil, calling Eru Illuvatar himself as witness, something that had not been done since the Last Alliance was formed thousands of years earlier, making the oath basically unbreakable. The story of Cirion Eorl in Unfinished Tales is awesome.
Truly an epic moment in the history of the 3rd age and lovely for a variety of reasons. I love the Eorl gives his oath first in Rohirric and then in the Common Tongue.
"And beyond the Sea of Rhun and the far fields of the South, the thunder of the cavalry of the Mark was heard, and the White Horse upon Green floated in many winds until Eomer grew old" -- pg. 438, the Appendix A of The Return of the King
Keep up the great work Mellon! I love Rohan! They're fierce! I love when Eomer gets rude with Aragorn and Co. Then Aragorn flashes the cold steel, and Eomer apologizes for tripping. Brohirrim for life! "ECTHELION!"
Have to give a slightly biased shout-out to the 3rd & longest reigning King of Rohan, Aldor the Old (reigned 75 years, died at 101 years) My grandfather was named Aldor so although Theodan, Eorl, and Helm are deservedly lauded I humbly submit Aldor as # 4
Eorl the Young. Well now I know where the Eorlingas come from. Anyhow, phenomenal and very informative, further justifying my love for Rohan and the Rohirrim. As for which line of kings I find the greatest........I have to say either Theoden or Eorl. Theoden due to him rallying his armies to aid Gondor in the Pelennor Fields in the War of the Ring and his resistance against Saruman's armies at Helm's Deep. Eorl for having created the Rohirrim as we know them and the alliance between them and Gondor
We would love to do more lives, but sadly our internet in our area has gotten so bad at the moment it’s not been possible :( hopefully it can get fixed before too long!
Wasn't there a story about when Eol and his troops were moving south, there was fear that as they went past Dol Guldur, they would be attacked and destroyed? But as they moved south, a fog surrounded and moved along with them, concealing them from all possible outside observers, but they themselves could still see through the fog, and never got lost while they were in the fog, though they also knew they were surrounded by fog? As for where the fog came from, the description of it does not sound very natural, so there have been theories, like maybe Galadriel made the fog, since while passing by Dol Guldur they were also passing by Lothlorien.
I know this is off subject but I've always wondered this question and your followers are tops! What happens to beautiful Rivendell after all the Elves sail off?
What-if video idea for you to do: What if Gandalf never fell at the Bridge of Khazad-dum and continued with the fellowship to Lothlorien and on forward?
Rohan is easily pointing at Scythian culture of Ukraine, which were an iron age ("third age" in Tolkien work) people and basically have all features of that glorious people from the Ukrainian steppes. When Tolkien says that Rohan (Scythians) descended from middle earth people of the north, we can presume that he was referring to real world "Eastern Hunter Gatherers" or "Sintashta culture" peoples of eastern and north of Europe, which would be the name current archeology and science identifies those ancient peoples who lived there and were ancestral to iron age (third age of Tolkien world) Scythians of Ukraine
NIce! Source? Cause he NEVER mentions Scythian culture as an inspiration..... Rohan is modeled after the Anglo Saxons... Anglo Saxons with horses. Not Scythian Ukrainians
But now is confirmed that anglosaxons are foreign people not related to real European races (male haplogroups R1a, R1b and female haplogroups U and its variants). Anglosaxons were a multicultural group of peoples that came or better said invade from Asia to Europe and intermarried with Europeans, so they are not from the European stock. Anglosaxon male haplogroup is I1 (the Viking race, so to speak, which were not Europeans as recent archaeogenetic studies have demonstrated that Vikings were a multicultural group of peoples of various ethnicities of male and female haplogroup lines mingled with north European lines, surely by force). Further more, anglosaxons didn't have a horse culture like Tolkien showed with Rohans in his work. In real world anglosaxons never started a horse culture because they didn't live in a steppe area like Scythians lived (Ukraine and the hungarian steppe), so they only limited to ride horses in the post iron age period (some 1.500 years ago) in a vague manner as many other cultural groups of peoples in central Europe already did in that period. The only comparable culture in real world we can attach with the horse ride style of living of Rohans is by sure the Scythians, which had male haplogroup R1a, and as Tolkien said, they were related in racial stock terms but not akin or belonging to the same tribe as Gondorians (who were west Europeans of haplogroup R1b in real world). As in the real world is, Scythians are racially related but are not the same tribe compared to west Europeans because Scythians have haplogroup R1a, meanwhile west Europeans have haplogroup R1b, both are different tribes so to speak. We can make this comparation more clear by citing real world ancient cultures of "Corded Ware peoples" (R1a) who were ancestors of Scythians, Slavs of Eastern Europe and "Bell Beaker peoples" (R1b) which were ancestors of west European celts, germans, etc. Both belong to the same European race but are different tribes because they have different haplogroups (male lines). We have a last but not least aspect that can confirm that Scythians comply with all the requirements in real life to be the Rohan culture in Tolkien work is their phenotype or physical characteristics: tall average people, all are blondes, blue eyes and extremely warlike as Scythians were in the past and as Ukrainians, their modern descendants, currently are in present...
@@ingmigueleduardo7 "Further more, anglosaxons didn't have a horse culture like Tolkien showed with Rohans in his work. In real world anglosaxons never started a horse culture because they didn't live in a steppe" YeAh, thats why TOLKIEN said they were Anglo Saxons BUT with horses TOLKIEN said that, not some asshole named Miguel on the internet... Thats cool that you know a lot about the Scythians... not relevant, but cool!
@@benjaminhardesty2106 Anglosaxons were witch invaders of Britain. They were an evil group of parasites. If we can compare they with something in the work of Tolkien, they will better fit the Ringwraiths or Nazgul...
Theoden’s rally cry on the Pelennor Fields in Peter Jackson’s film, was among the top few favorite speeches/moments in the entire.
“Ride now! Ride! …Ride for ruin & the world’s ending! …Forth Eorlingas!”
That heroism never fails to make my eyes water… I’d ride to Death with the good King
A sore day. A red day.
@@neilgoldsmith482 it's a sword day, but yus, it's epic
@@CommunityFan That speech is enough to make me run through a damn wall
Thank you for featuring one of my paintings, The Red Arrow, in this video. It was a nice surprise to see it!
I wish you had taken the time to elaborate on the Oath of Eorl a bit. It's not just any ol' oath, but one taken on the secret tomb of Elendil, calling Eru Illuvatar himself as witness, something that had not been done since the Last Alliance was formed thousands of years earlier, making the oath basically unbreakable. The story of Cirion Eorl in Unfinished Tales is awesome.
Truly an epic moment in the history of the 3rd age and lovely for a variety of reasons. I love the Eorl gives his oath first in Rohirric and then in the Common Tongue.
"And beyond the Sea of Rhun and the far fields of the South, the thunder of the cavalry of the Mark was heard, and the White Horse upon Green floated in many winds until Eomer grew old" -- pg. 438, the Appendix A of The Return of the King
Keep up the great work Mellon! I love Rohan! They're fierce! I love when Eomer gets rude with Aragorn and Co. Then Aragorn flashes the cold steel, and Eomer apologizes for tripping. Brohirrim for life!
"ECTHELION!"
Thank you very much 😁
Have to give a slightly biased shout-out to the 3rd & longest reigning King of Rohan, Aldor the Old (reigned 75 years, died at 101 years)
My grandfather was named Aldor so although Theodan, Eorl, and Helm are deservedly lauded I humbly submit Aldor as # 4
Okay now it makes sense when Theoden mention Eorlingas!
Eorl the Young. Well now I know where the Eorlingas come from. Anyhow, phenomenal and very informative, further justifying my love for Rohan and the Rohirrim. As for which line of kings I find the greatest........I have to say either Theoden or Eorl. Theoden due to him rallying his armies to aid Gondor in the Pelennor Fields in the War of the Ring and his resistance against Saruman's armies at Helm's Deep. Eorl for having created the Rohirrim as we know them and the alliance between them and Gondor
The idea of Saruman using his Power of the Voice for scamming people for $200 is hilarious.
Nice and informative viideo man, bravo!
Appreciate it!😁
The 1st must be the first. He formed the oath, the horse lords, the kingdom.
He laid the foundations of what we read in the third age.
Epic content!!!
Great video, as always.
Thank you so much 😁
There is a very nice part in LOTRO where you read about the history of the pre rohirrim :)
Could we get a video about the Wild men of Dunland?
It’s on the list! 😁
I second this! Haven't seen many videos about them on any other channels
Look forward to Mondays and Thursday for video drops.
Would love to see a few more lives if possible.
My personal best videos are the what ifs.
We would love to do more lives, but sadly our internet in our area has gotten so bad at the moment it’s not been possible :( hopefully it can get fixed before too long!
That incogni plug was epic. This clears up a lot.
Thanks for the content yall never miss.
U guys never disappoint !
Nice work dude
Wasn't there a story about when Eol and his troops were moving south, there was fear that as they went past Dol Guldur, they would be attacked and destroyed? But as they moved south, a fog surrounded and moved along with them, concealing them from all possible outside observers, but they themselves could still see through the fog, and never got lost while they were in the fog, though they also knew they were surrounded by fog? As for where the fog came from, the description of it does not sound very natural, so there have been theories, like maybe Galadriel made the fog, since while passing by Dol Guldur they were also passing by Lothlorien.
Still waiting for a lore channel to cover the Old Forest 😃
Imagine combining the Anglo-Saxons with the Tartars
Actually it's more like Nordic, Anglo-Saxon and Sarmatian culture which actually happened in the history of Britain.
You mean tatars?
@@ahriskof1 I heard it both ways
Served best with cod.
I know this is off subject but I've always wondered this question and your followers are tops! What happens to beautiful Rivendell after all the Elves sail off?
It is said that by the time Aragorn died it had been abandoned :(
@@TheBrokenSword i had a pretty good monday, but after knowing this i feel kinda depressed😅
@@TheBrokenSword No, Lothlorien was abandoned and grew dark, but Rivendell was never abandoned completely, though Elrond and other great elves left.
I think eorl the Young is joint third with helm hammerhand as Éomer second and theoden first
Between Helm Hammerhand and Fram, i cant pick whos the cooler Rohirrim.
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And to think that, with the union of Faramir and Éowyn, two Númenórëan bloodlines would unite
10:10 you mean like… hehe… Anduril?
Theoden was the greatest. Helm Hammerhand is a close 2nd along with Aeol
What-if video idea for you to do:
What if Gandalf never fell at the Bridge of Khazad-dum and continued with the fellowship to Lothlorien and on forward?
That is indeed interesting
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Rohan is easily pointing at Scythian culture of Ukraine, which were an iron age ("third age" in Tolkien work) people and basically have all features of that glorious people from the Ukrainian steppes. When Tolkien says that Rohan (Scythians) descended from middle earth people of the north, we can presume that he was referring to real world "Eastern Hunter Gatherers" or "Sintashta culture" peoples of eastern and north of Europe, which would be the name current archeology and science identifies those ancient peoples who lived there and were ancestral to iron age (third age of Tolkien world) Scythians of Ukraine
NIce! Source? Cause he NEVER mentions Scythian culture as an inspiration..... Rohan is modeled after the Anglo Saxons... Anglo Saxons with horses. Not Scythian Ukrainians
But now is confirmed that anglosaxons are foreign people not related to real European races (male haplogroups R1a, R1b and female haplogroups U and its variants). Anglosaxons were a multicultural group of peoples that came or better said invade from Asia to Europe and intermarried with Europeans, so they are not from the European stock.
Anglosaxon male haplogroup is I1 (the Viking race, so to speak, which were not Europeans as recent archaeogenetic studies have demonstrated that Vikings were a multicultural group of peoples of various ethnicities of male and female haplogroup lines mingled with north European lines, surely by force).
Further more, anglosaxons didn't have a horse culture like Tolkien showed with Rohans in his work. In real world anglosaxons never started a horse culture because they didn't live in a steppe area like Scythians lived (Ukraine and the hungarian steppe), so they only limited to ride horses in the post iron age period (some 1.500 years ago) in a vague manner as many other cultural groups of peoples in central Europe already did in that period.
The only comparable culture in real world we can attach with the horse ride style of living of Rohans is by sure the Scythians, which had male haplogroup R1a, and as Tolkien said, they were related in racial stock terms but not akin or belonging to the same tribe as Gondorians (who were west Europeans of haplogroup R1b in real world).
As in the real world is, Scythians are racially related but are not the same tribe compared to west Europeans because Scythians have haplogroup R1a, meanwhile west Europeans have haplogroup R1b, both are different tribes so to speak. We can make this comparation more clear by citing real world ancient cultures of "Corded Ware peoples" (R1a) who were ancestors of Scythians, Slavs of Eastern Europe and "Bell Beaker peoples" (R1b) which were ancestors of west European celts, germans, etc. Both belong to the same European race but are different tribes because they have different haplogroups (male lines).
We have a last but not least aspect that can confirm that Scythians comply with all the requirements in real life to be the Rohan culture in Tolkien work is their phenotype or physical characteristics: tall average people, all are blondes, blue eyes and extremely warlike as Scythians were in the past and as Ukrainians, their modern descendants, currently are in present...
@@ingmigueleduardo7 "Further more, anglosaxons didn't have a horse culture like Tolkien showed with Rohans in his work. In real world anglosaxons never started a horse culture because they didn't live in a steppe"
YeAh, thats why TOLKIEN said they were Anglo Saxons BUT with horses TOLKIEN said that, not some asshole named Miguel on the internet... Thats cool that you know a lot about the Scythians... not relevant, but cool!
@@benjaminhardesty2106 Anglosaxons were witch invaders of Britain. They were an evil group of parasites. If we can compare they with something in the work of Tolkien, they will better fit the Ringwraiths or Nazgul...
@@ingmigueleduardo7 tell me you know nothing about Tolkien, without telling me you know nothing about Tolkien… lmao
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