@@avrace2708 I just looked up the Place Guards. They are really cool! Standing by my choice of Easterlings as coolest, but Mirkwood is a very close second.
In the books it mentioned that during the battle of the pelennor fields the easterlings were the last faction to be defeated. They fought to the last man against Gondor and their allies.
I guess that means they weren't only fearless, but ferocious in battle too. The fact they were the last to fall is saying they were a force not to be trifled with.
Actually Easterlings do appear in the Return of the King. When Mordor breaks down the gate and the armies come storming in, if you look closely you can see the Easterlings alongside the Orc hoards.
Seeing the Orcs are wild, and the Easterlings are more coordinated. Would make sense they’d form somewhat of a tustudo formation to ram through the Gondorian Phalanx.
"Due to Minimum wage pay, the Trolls have declared a strike on September 27th. They say on that day, they wont smash people to pieces or open the Black Gate, unless Sauron pays them double what he did before."
@@Average_Slav " ..ok.. umm what did you had for breakfast? Our was given just some bread" "We had bread too with Some hum-..um...rhoherim..stew" "....."
I imagine that Men of Darkness’ view on the orcs must be a bit paradoxical. They must acknowledge them as “holy creations” of Melkor but I imagine they disdain them as well for their disorganized and cowardly nature.
Actually, Khamul, the Lieutenant of Dol Guildor and second most powerful Ringwraith, was an Easterling and was known as the Shadow of the East, he helped Sauron bring the Easterlings onto his side.
Sauron didn’t bring them on his side he just summons them they’re a people loyal to morgoth he’s like their god so they’re automatically loyal to sauron too
@@tomas6326 Khamûl was never stated to be THE king of Rhûn. Since he was in possession of a ring of power it is very certain that he may have been a king or at least someone in a position of power. It is stated however, that the nine became known as powerful kings and sorcerers. But Khamûl was never the single sovereign ruler of the entire nation of the easterlings. The reason the easterlings joined Sauron was becuase they viewed him as their God-king. Imagine seeing someone from your own people gaining immortality you'd definitely fight for a God just for the chance to gain that "blessing". In addition to that, the people of Rhûn were mortal enemies to the kingdom of Gondor and hated the men of the west. Any chance to strike at them was taken, so who better to ally yourself with than a perceived god with an innumerable army. Now Khamûl definitely helped in Rhûn joining. But it was never due to Khamûl being their king. So Vorturius is right.
Well most of these races weren't "Evil" just because they fought for Sauron. In the case of Haradrim, they were promised food, water and wealth and a chance to escape their harsh existance.
@@niklask8753 The guy said:" in the case"! Omg are u d*mb as what? Noob cant read while English ain my Native Language yet I understand it, for ur sake I hope u ain a englishman cuz thats just a disgrace💯
@@SmokingzMagiczTreez the video is about Easterlings, so it makes sense for them to think that the comment was about Easterlings. Also you’re a fucking asshole.
@@SmokingzMagiczTreez shut up. You can speak english and now you act like you are the smartest person around. It was a little misunderstanding, zero reason to berate them like that. Such a childish reaction.
The late persian armor seems like those. So middle east people, yes, with middle east armor. But, of course, there's similarities with mongolic armor, turkish tribes armor, as rajput warriors armor as well(Indians - from Deccan Plateau).
Man i want to see easterlings in action, they're far more better than orcs but we can't see much of them. Seriously couldn't just Peter Jackson gave them more scenes
@@JustinSane50 ikr... The extended edition for this film is 4 hours and some people still have the audacity to blame the director for not putting enough stuff in the movie
What are you talking about? They seen more often than you think. This is NOT The only we've seen of them. 1: We see them at the Siege of Minas Tirith. 2: You can also see them at the Last Battle of The Black Gate.
"The fact they were the last to fall is saying they were a force not to be trifled with." I mean, when your entire military force looks like they could be the royal guard for the Shredder from the "Ninja Turtles", yeah, their likely gonna be a problem on the field.
Khand and Rhûn = Easterlings Harad(+Umbar) and far-Harad = Southrons Two totally different races... The Rhûn men hadn't a big role in the movie because they attacked dale and erebor... That part is not shown in the movie... But the easterlings played a big role in The War of the Ring. They captured parts of the the weakened Rhovanion, razed dale and besieged Erebor.
It´s pretty logical that the Easterlings are 'pale' skinned since their land Rhûn is under dominion of Sauron who´s blocking the sun with his dark powers. In the Book they had a big part in the battle of the Pelennor Fields and where pictured as the 'Elite' of the dark forces, disciplined, strong and well armed. That would have looked great in the movie too as something 'different' to the useless rabble of orcs.
@@THE-zx9es the books state that the blue wizards went to aid the people of the East to resist Sauron, but it’s unclear how successful or faithful they were. I personally like the head canon that they made a great attempt, but their forces were subdued by Sauron rather than the theories that they either gave up, or joined the dark lord
@@THE-zx9es ????? bro you really need to make shit up to win an argument about LOTR? And bro Even if you're an expert on tolkein's legendarium, if any but tolkien could claim it, at least double check your facts first.
@@THE-zx9es If you really want to be pedantic, sure, lets scroll through tolkiens writings you claim to have read. This is a really peripheral subject to the legendarium, and tolkien changed his mind often about it often, and even then was vague, but the agreed upon facts are that they went east, maybe south, perhaps with saruman, but did not return, and definitely not to the undying lands. he speculated that even he did not know their fate, early on he said perhaps they founded cults of magic, or maybe they turned, and were destroyed. Regardless, if you take tolkiens most recent writings as canon, as I presume @Adam Khan did, they probably did great work in the east, leading a resistance against the servants of sauron, and significantly reducing the number of eastern and southern allies sauron could draw upon, who otherwise, might have turned the tide of the war of the ring.(note that the easterlings are mentioned as being stalwart and exceptional warriors, and the last of sauron's forces to fall on the pelennor fields.) Whether they died in the attempt, or survived, and perhaps even returned to Valinor after Gandolf is uncertain, though likely not given his previous writings. "Their task was to circumvent Sauron: to bring help to the few tribes of Men that had rebelled from Melkor-worship, to stir up rebellion ... and after his first fall to search out his hiding (in which they failed) and to cause [?dissension and disarray] among the dark East ... They must have had very great influence on the history of the Second Age and Third Age in weakening and disarraying the forces of East ... who would both in the Second Age and Third Age otherwise have ... outnumbered the West." There you go.
PS: by the way, looking back at this a few minutes after writing this, I came upon a realization. Why are we both so defensive about this? I guess we just really care about the series. But our love of it turns to hate on our lips, as we lower ourselves to the level of children. I understand we both really care about this, but we are both here representative only of the worst of ourselves. I love the works of Tolkien, but if we want his stories to live on in other's hearts as it does in ours, we really need to make this community more approachable. As a whole, it seems we look more like rabble busy shouting at each other over the tiniest minutia, and throwing a tantrum over a dumbass billionaire's fan fiction show, than a wholesome and caring community that others wish to be a part of. I'm really tired of lowering myself to this behavior, and I wish the best for you. We have a lot more that unites us, than divides us, and honestly, factionalism and insults has no part in it.
lol how little you know of them, they are one of the most powerful races, great cavalry, great chariots. generally incredibly effective. THEY ARE BADASS!
As a half middle-eastern people this is exactly HOW I would like to be represented! Not forced, respectful to the lore, self-consistent, and coooool as fuck.
they got featured when the orcs charged on the gondorian forces when the gate of minas tirith was breached by grond if u look closely u will see them alot
I really liked the design of the easterlings in the movie. Its unlike anything ive seen before in movies or games. Yeah you can see the real life persian inspirations, but they really did their own thing with them instead of just making them into pseudo-saracens.
How I wish they'd show the war in the north T.T. Easterlings completely slaughtered the Dwarves and the Men of Dale. They were close to terminate them when Frodo (Gollum :]) destroyed the ring. They got a bit desperate when they heard that the Dark Lord had been destroyed, but still, they proved to be a strong and capable people during the entire war. Easterlings, I salute you! >:-l
I've got a nerd-problem :) the easterlings here are carrying flags with a black snake - but isn't this the symbol of the haradrim? according to tolkien
Apparently from what was told the Easterlings alone could have overwhelmed the west at this point of the 3rd Age but were hindered by the works (supposedly) of the Blue Wizards Alatar and Pallando (probably by causing strife and civil war amongst the tribes in Rhun). Technologically the most advanced human race no doubt. Look at that armor. Compare that to what Rohan, Harad, Cosairs, Gondar and Mordor Orcs have as gear and its no contest. Only the Elves probably can contend with Eastern tech.
While I love the design of the Easterlings, I would politely disagree. I would say Gondor has the most advanced armor, being of plate with chainmail underneath. Similar to 15th century Italian "white" plate armor from Europe.
@@just_ethanj02 Sadly i need to disagree with you, easterlings used dragonscaled armor which is highly resilient to arrows, stabs and slashes i agree chainmail can protect whole body even gaps which regular armor cant cover, but dragonscaled armor is far more superior
@@lukamihailovic282 Sorry, for my late reply. Unfortunately, I also need to disagree with you but from a LORE friendly perspective, not the movies. The soldiers of Gondor are actually the second or third best armoured in the entire LOTR universe aside from the Noldor elves and select dwarvish armies by the time of the War of the Ring. In the movie, they don't explain this, but the soldiers of Gondor are actually technically Numenorean soldiers since Gondor is a Numenorean territory. The soldiers of Gondor wear armour that were modelled off of their ancestors dating back to the late second age. The reason why it looks plain in the movies is because PJ made Gondor look too weak in the movies. In the book, the soldiers wreaked havoc on the Pelennor Fields and the Black Gate even when surrounded with arrows raining down on them while dealing massive damage to the enemies with taking fewer losses. No doubt in part because their armour were even more durable than the Easterlings. Also, forgive me if I am wrong, but JRR Tolkien never gave details of Easterling armour , but, we can extrapolate Gondorian armour due to their heritage. From the movie perspective, we never got to see the Easterling armour in action and for Gondor, well their armour acts like paper.........
Actually, Easterlings are an algomation of various eastern/asian cultures. influences from Arab, Persian, Indian, East Asian, and other parts of asia can clearly be seen in Tolkein's descriptions. More specifically though, Easternlings more definitely corresponde to near earstern civilization, despite having many influences from the further east as well. Moreover they are a unique ethnicity of their own.
They're a materially prosperous civilization in their own right, just under the thrall of Sauron and most likely a false religion worshiping Morgoth. Other than that, if we can take the appearance of that battalion as standard infantry for them, they have an efficiently organized military, which requires an efficient and very powerful economy and a society that can produce disciplined soldiers rather than barely-controlled warriors. A legalist Easterling superstate would well please a mind as obsessed with order as Sauron was. Southrons represent the warrior cultures enthralled by Sauron. Likely confederations of tribes where each warrior has to provide his own weapons and armor and each Mumak is likely a tribe's prized possession.
Tolkien is an Englishman. I "fits" in his head for those cultures to be on the antagonist's side. Sad, but understandable. He remains a genius in light of his humanity.
@@devp3916 he wrote a little about how the Blue Wizards inspired rebel groups in Rhun and Harad who never submitted to Sauron + Dunland, a more European-inspired country west of Rohan, also sided with Sauron. In the end, I don't think Tolkien intended the overall moral standing of all kingdoms of men to be "west good, east and south bad". I also think the Haradrim's oliphaunts are inspired by Hannibal's invasion of Rome with his (alleged) elephants, while the Corsairs of Umbar might be based on irl Ottoman corsairs (usually operating from North Africa) who did raid the coasts of Europe for slaves. If those really were his inspiration, then I don't think he's in the wrong for depicting warlords and slave traders as on the antagonistic faction. In short: I think we should excuse the less progressive seeming parts of Tolkien's legendarium
@@mon_moi Not to enter the oppression olympics but irl europeans weren't that much better, despite what tolkein may or may not have intended, the easterlings still are a bit of a racist antagonist to include although not to the detriment of the plot of the books.
@@mon_moi I am not some woke feminist "professor" of social studies but I think it's pretty clear why in Tolkien's Legendarium the peoples of the West are on the good side and peoples of the East and South are on the evil side. In Western European and especially in British imperialist mindset the East, Southeast and South, have always been portrayed and percieved as "backward", "poor", "undesirable" and/or outright "evil". While the Western, Southwest and Northern Europe and its nations have always been portrayed and percieved as "civilized", "honorable", "good". Tolkien being english, born and raised at the end of the Victorian era would naturally have this mindset and that definitely influenced his writing. As an Eastern European, this (West good, East bad) mentality is very easy to spot. LOTR definitely has some small xenophobic and racist elements in it. Should we now cancel Tolkien? Absolutely not, LOTR has way more positive things than negative, it is a great piece of literature that should be preserved in its unchanged form for future generations.
For Sauron it doesnt matter whom he commands, he just wants to be ruler of Middle-earth. So he is not the enemy of human race, and of course he is not orcish lover. Orcs were created by Morgoth, not Sauron
@@thejohnson2328Common misconception actually but the only people that speak black speech are Sauron and his high ranking commanders. The orcs come from hundreds of tribes and clans so they speak "common speech" to understand each other, it's why they're almost always speaking English
They filmed scenes with Easterlings storming Minas Tirith. They were the first to storm the gates of Gondor while covering the orcs. Unfortunately, such scenes didn't get to the final cut, not even in the Extended edition. However, anyone who looks closely as orcs storming in will see a couple of them alongside orcs. The alternative scene is here at 57:45: th-cam.com/video/4CxqTBTAeBQ/w-d-xo.html
I wish we had seen more interaction of the men fighting for Sauron alongside the orcs. I wonder if both the orc and easterlings commanders had trouble with their troops squabbling with one another, or if the orcs just accepted them as allies and got along
The previously animated version of the Return of the King actually touched upon that. An Orc battalion and nameless battalion of Men both needed to use the same stretch of road. The commander of the Men proclaimed that his race came before Orcs.
I think Sauron, while seeing everyone as expendable and cannon fodder, would put men above orcs. Probably knowing that orcs should be sent to tire out the enemy and then finish them off with the easterlings. I think the orcs knew their place and Sauron made sure of it.
The Easterlings look so cool, shame we never got to see them fight in action, I instantly get the impression they're proficient fighters, really wished we had gotten them in LEGO Lord of The Rings Sets, LEGO Dimensions should have jumped at the chance and brought out an Easterling Minifigure and Sauron is well
You know the easterlings leader is khamul the easterling king of rhun. 2nd most powerful nazgul after witch king of angmar. Khamul has seen in shire scenes where he looks for hobbits by the tree
Exactly. Tolkien based his world on modern Europe. Hence why the men of the West are similar to old English/French/Scottish men, and the men of the south and east are similar to the Persians and Egyptians.
In the books they kicked major ass! They were the first soldiers into Minas Tirith right after the trolls came in! Highly regarded in the books as some of the best soldiers in middle earth.
The fact that Frodo somehow knew that his cloak would look exactly like a rock kind of actually amuses me a little, but quick thinking on his part, still. 😂
They committed around 10,000 troops to attack Minas Tirith. Rhûn's main Easterling army of 200,000 Easterlings were one of the largest armies ever gathered in the Middle-earth, and the largest army in the north-eastern parts of Middle-earth.
th-cam.com/video/xcJwKVAaIWM/w-d-xo.html They were there. Idk why they didn't spotlight them during the siege of Gondor, but at 2:25 you can see them standing next to the catapults. At 3:41 they're just behind orcs, blink and you'll miss it. & 4:01 you can see a phalanx of them running through the courtyard with a few warg riders running past them.
I love how that it was the easterlings and southrons that fought to the last man in the battle for pelenor fields, refusing to run when the orcs got the willies
Probably because they were focused on their march And tbf, realistically even the two soldiers who went to inspect the rubble wouldn't have dared break the line without orders
No, they were focussing on the cliff top. Frodo didn't appear in their field of vision because of this. The two Easterling soldiers believed that whatever had caused the ''landslide'' was still at the top of the cliff and just didn't think to look any further. The short answer is: Sam and Frodo was just fucking lucky.
what i heard those easterlings are chanting at 0:05 "These are thee, watch us be! *who we are* Ever long! *who we are* The dark!" at 2:27 "This shall/are be/the (quick)*who we are* Mordor! *who we are* The Dark!"
this scene always pissed me off, even as a kid, i know the hobbits are small but they were like 10 meters away from that column of guys where Sam was trapped and Frodo was running down the hill in the open exactly where those 2 soldiers where looking,they would have 100% been seen
Did you notice that Easterlings came from the south? Black Gate is in the place when Ephel Dúath (surrounds Mordor from the west and south) and Ered Lithui (surrounds from the north) meets so Easterlings should came from the left (when you are looking at the map of the ME) but they came from the bottom like Haradrims should.
Probably put on an extended patrol. Granted it isn't as quick as a warg pack, but it's still a worthy show of force to send a cohort or two of Easterlings to ensure the crossing across the Anduin are secure on their side
The Winkie Guards are the Wicked Witch of the West's foot soldiers from The Wizard of Oz. They are mostly known for their infamous chant, which goes, "Oh-Ee-Yah! Ee-Oh-Ah!". They mostly guard the Castle Grounds.
In the books, the men of the west are also shown to be cruel and ignorant (in my eyes). They assumed that all of the south lands were called Harad and all those in the east were called Rhûn. They also considered them lesser men and tried to conquer both Rhûn and Harad. I think the nations of the south and east had a right to ally with Mordor. They weren't "evil lesser men" as those in the west believed. They were, in fact, simply allying with Mordor against a common foe, in my view anyway.
In the books, the Easterlings share significant collective guilt and darkness that stretches back essentially to the beginning of the human race in the setting. During the first age, when men migrated to Beleriand, Easterlings came later and proferred friendship and an alliance against Morgoth, with whom the elves and the Edain (the tribes of Men who'd come to Beleriand first). The Easterlings betrayed the elves and Edain, allying with Morgoth and taking over kingdoms of Men in the north. They continued to be Morgoth's allies until the War of Wrath and the breaking of the continent to the west of the Blue Mountains (the westernmost Middle Earth mountain range in LotR maps). Edain survivors were given the blessed island of Nûmenór and the Easterlings and other men who had settled to the lands east of the Blue Mountains were left to their own devices. Nûmenór eventually made voyages to Middle-Earth first as gift-givers and teachers, then as settlers and colonists and ultimately as conquerors. When Sauron was brought to the island as a hostage and later advisor to the king, many Nûmenórians had already become enslavers and now they were committing even greater atrocities, including human sacrifice to Morgoth. Ironic that the Easterlings and Haradrim worshiped the same god already, now under Sauron's teachings. The Exile Kingdoms of the Faithful have since the island's sinking been enemies of the peoples under Sauron's thrall, while surviving King's Men in Umbar and other such colonies continued their ways, now falling under Sauron's rule or direction. So while eastern and southern peoples have many historic grievances with the Men of the West, they are hardly faultless or blameless even in their misdirection and thralldom. And to consider the nations to the south and east as just Southrons and Easterlings was enough abstraction needed for as long as they fell under Sauron's hegemony. And as for them being lesser men, they essentially were. They were normal Men, as had awoken in the far east on the first dawn, while many Men of the West were descendants of Nûmenór, the race of Men known as the Dûnedain. They're literal Atlanteans. But those bloodlines fade with the centuries, leading to more ordinary Men taking hold of the kingdoms and forming domains of their own, with their own heroes. Rohan and Dale being examples. Ironically the purest and most numerous Dûnedain bloodlines outside of the heirs of Elendil and the stewards of Gondor might be those of the Black Nûmenórians, the descendants of the King's Men. The aforementioned slavers and human sacrificers. Remember that Aragorn ultimately made peace with nations of the East and South after the War of the Ring, since those nations were now released from the source of their thralldom, though societal inertia remained.
People always saying Sam saves Frodo all the time (to be honest he did a lot). 1:43 just comes to show that Frodo was also there to save Sam. The two are always watching one another's backs just like any good friend should!
Not always, Frodo, did tell sam to fuck off and when the ring did get a hold of him at the very end he probably would of attacked sam if he tried to get the ring away from him
a lot of thought was put into the easterling armor, really cool to see love the plate faceshields and halberds, would have loved to see extended combat scenes of them
I looked forward to Black Numenorians and Easterlings in ROTK the most and they never even showed up. This was always my favorite part in TTT as a kid and remains so now
I always thought the Easterlings had the coolest design. Twenty years later and I still respect their aesthetic.
I think the coolest design have Mirkwood Palace Guards from Hobbit
@@avrace2708 I just looked up the Place Guards. They are really cool! Standing by my choice of Easterlings as coolest, but Mirkwood is a very close second.
@@iw3892 The Minas Titirth Tower Guards have awesome designs too imo, they're the ones defending the White Tree
Perfect combo of Samurai and Ottoman Jannisari.
imagine if Amazon is gonna try to replace Peter Jackson's masterpiece with a another shit XD
In the books it mentioned that during the battle of the pelennor fields the easterlings were the last faction to be defeated. They fought to the last man against Gondor and their allies.
I guess that means they weren't only fearless, but ferocious in battle too. The fact they were the last to fall is saying they were a force not to be trifled with.
they where plenty trifled and wiped the fuck out by a vastly superior people.
@@astraloutlaw6549 Yeah
@@nepntzerZer vastly superior people??? It's a fantasy book you dumbfk
Helps when you have massive war elephants in your ranks...
And THAT, Boromir, is how some simply walks into Mordor
Imagine if they had Grond on there side...
Good One
They could have just sic Legolas onto the gate.
There isn't a thing that fucker can't do when the plot demands him to.
Nice!! Lol
Now I am imagining the Fellowship of the ring all disguised as Easterlings walking into Mordor with a very grumpy Boromir behind them
Actually Easterlings do appear in the Return of the King. When Mordor breaks down the gate and the armies come storming in, if you look closely you can see the Easterlings alongside the Orc hoards.
Seeing the Orcs are wild, and the Easterlings are more coordinated. Would make sense they’d form somewhat of a tustudo formation to ram through the Gondorian Phalanx.
They're riding on Giant elephants?
@@nicoleelardo7240 Haradrim =/= Easterlings
How do u know that?
@@emman799 There's something called 'pause'
The easterlings don't fear being around the orcs and evils of mordor.... These are some fearless men! Now that's bravery
well i guess its just perspective.
Being under the influence of Sauron will do that to ya
Well its because the king of rhun is the nazgul khamul the easterling. Khamul is nazgul who was near tree hobbits were hiding and chased them to water
@@tomas6326 pure bullshi! Show us links where Tolkien states that, which book? Ur full of lies buddy💯
@@SmokingzMagiczTreez no search of khamul the easterling you will find out. He was an ex king of rhun
"Due to Minimum wage pay, the Trolls have declared a strike on September 27th. They say on that day, they wont smash people to pieces or open the Black Gate, unless Sauron pays them double what he did before."
I was just thinking "that gate could fit another spoke or two for more trolls to help open it."
And a fresh supply of flesh and grog
These Trolls have luxury work conditions compared to some Amazon warehouses I’ve seen
that awkward moment when the easterlings are sitting in the barracks with the orcs.
"... So, You love our lord don't you?"
*"He is my creator and I will die a million times for him"*
"... Y-yeah"
@@Average_Slav " ..ok.. umm what did you had for breakfast? Our was given just some bread"
"We had bread too with Some hum-..um...rhoherim..stew"
"....."
@@Average_Slav except that the dark lord is a fake creator
I imagine that Men of Darkness’ view on the orcs must be a bit paradoxical. They must acknowledge them as “holy creations” of Melkor but I imagine they disdain them as well for their disorganized and cowardly nature.
I can imagine the clean polished elite easterlings holding thier nose the entire team.
Actually, Khamul, the Lieutenant of Dol Guildor and second most powerful Ringwraith, was an Easterling and was known as the Shadow of the East, he helped Sauron bring the Easterlings onto his side.
Sauron didn’t bring them on his side he just summons them they’re a people loyal to morgoth he’s like their god so they’re automatically loyal to sauron too
@@R00SKi the easterling leader is khamul the easterling who used to be king of rhun. Easterlings were khamuls people
@@tomas6326 Khamûl was never stated to be THE king of Rhûn. Since he was in possession of a ring of power it is very certain that he may have been a king or at least someone in a position of power. It is stated however, that the nine became known as powerful kings and sorcerers. But Khamûl was never the single sovereign ruler of the entire nation of the easterlings. The reason the easterlings joined Sauron was becuase they viewed him as their God-king. Imagine seeing someone from your own people gaining immortality you'd definitely fight for a God just for the chance to gain that "blessing". In addition to that, the people of Rhûn were mortal enemies to the kingdom of Gondor and hated the men of the west. Any chance to strike at them was taken, so who better to ally yourself with than a perceived god with an innumerable army. Now Khamûl definitely helped in Rhûn joining. But it was never due to Khamûl being their king. So Vorturius is right.
@@westerncorsair NO. Khamul was indeed the King of Rhûn. Please don't even debate about this one with me, as i am always right.
@@Chris-yi5ez Okay, clearly you're a troll.
When I first saw their armor, i was like "Oh my god! This is so Cool. Finally an armor that has a great and different style."
And then they never got anymore meaningful screentime 😢
Every faction has a unique look to them.
Well most of these races weren't "Evil" just because they fought for Sauron. In the case of Haradrim, they were promised food, water and wealth and a chance to escape their harsh existance.
these are easterlings not haradrim
@@niklask8753 The guy said:" in the case"! Omg are u d*mb as what? Noob cant read while English ain my Native Language yet I understand it, for ur sake I hope u ain a englishman cuz thats just a disgrace💯
@@SmokingzMagiczTreez the video is about Easterlings, so it makes sense for them to think that the comment was about Easterlings. Also you’re a fucking asshole.
@@SmokingzMagiczTreez shut up. You can speak english and now you act like you are the smartest person around. It was a little misunderstanding, zero reason to berate them like that. Such a childish reaction.
@@SmokingzMagiczTreez
Such an idiotic reaction to a misunderstanding grow the fuck up.
Legolas "The Easterlings are approaching from the West!"
That awkward moment when orcs are chanting "Death to men" and the Eaterlings are just like : |
Right lmfao
The Easterlings were probably chanting "Death to the West!" and "Death to Gondor!"
XD
@B3 Ultra Battle Droid lol love it
They don’t mean us right? No we are so stronk we are no longer near men!
These Easterlings are so badass, They look like like middle east people, but they're dressed a bit like samurai, They're so badass
I believe it's based on hunic army
@@magosreditus295 iranian tribes
The late persian armor seems like those. So middle east people, yes, with middle east armor. But, of course, there's similarities with mongolic armor, turkish tribes armor, as rajput warriors armor as well(Indians - from Deccan Plateau).
@@gabrieldossantoscampos5127 their cavalry resembles the parthian/sassanid cataphracts so yeah, they may be inspired by ancient Iranian army
@@wilmerbesitan1200 👍🏼✌🏼
Easterling Soldier: Hey look guys, we are simply walking into Mordor!
What about the Ringwraiths? They easily get to ride into Mordor 😅
Man i want to see easterlings in action, they're far more better than orcs but we can't see much of them.
Seriously couldn't just Peter Jackson gave them more scenes
Where and instead of what? The extended films are already pretty long
@@JustinSane50 ikr... The extended edition for this film is 4 hours and some people still have the audacity to blame the director for not putting enough stuff in the movie
@@lukilsn crazy isn’t it? And the scary thing is his comment has 3.4K likes!!
They’re present at the defence of minas tirith, they’re among the orcs when they charge through the breached gate
"Evil for the sake of evil" enemy faction just works better in the movie context.
I really wish the Easterlings of Rhun were featured more often in the movies. They are so cool.
I think their lack of scenes adds to their cool factor. Kinda like Boba Fett in the original trilogy.
What are you talking about? They seen more often than you think. This is NOT The only we've seen of them.
1: We see them at the Siege of Minas Tirith. 2: You can also see them at the Last Battle of The Black Gate.
They should film the part, Easterlings besiege Erebor, I want to see dwarves and men of Dale fight Easterlings.
"The fact they were the last to fall is saying they were a force not to be trifled with."
I mean, when your entire military force looks like they could be the royal guard for the Shredder from the "Ninja Turtles", yeah, their likely gonna be a problem on the field.
Now that you mentioned it, I do see a bit of resemblance between them 🤣
For those of you who don't know, you can see the easterlings charge through the gate at Minas Tirith
One thing I got a bit mad bout cuz they took them out of the battle😭would’ve been good if they were in it too even they were
@giodominguez365 What are you talking about? In the movie you can see them. They didn't took them out. YOU CAN SEE THEM. Read again what Hollis said.
This is 100% true but it shows for like a nano second
I wish we could have seen these guys in action. I bet they would have a devastating spear wall.
I love the war chants. whoever that one guy who is leading the chant is - he must have one hell of a voice to be heard from the top of the cliff.
I need to know what they say!!
@@salvatoreconte5249 "Za dashu snaku Zigur, Durbgu nazgshu, Durbgu dashshu!"
Or, in English, "Hail, Sauron, Lord of the Ring, Lord of the Earth!"
@@Tadashi2 Yeah except it sounds nothing like that.
I love their armor and weapons, the eyeliner also gives them this Egyptian look that just astetically fits so well.
Bravo to whoever designed the Easterlings armour. 👨🍳💋
Their chants are so freightening.
Khand and Rhûn = Easterlings
Harad(+Umbar) and far-Harad = Southrons
Two totally different races...
The Rhûn men hadn't a big role in the movie because they attacked dale and erebor... That part is not shown in the movie... But the easterlings played a big role in The War of the Ring. They captured parts of the the weakened Rhovanion, razed dale and besieged Erebor.
They actually would have won but news of saurons destruction made them lose morale and flee.
That's how many Warriors of erebor died Including Dain
Men of Khand are actually called Variags.
When I was little I thought they were so beautiful with their wild eyes and their armor, I had a cut out of one in a collage on one of my notebooks.
It´s pretty logical that the Easterlings are 'pale' skinned since their land Rhûn is under dominion of Sauron who´s blocking the sun with his dark powers. In the Book they had a big part in the battle of the Pelennor Fields and where pictured as the 'Elite' of the dark forces, disciplined, strong and well armed. That would have looked great in the movie too as something 'different' to the useless rabble of orcs.
Useless? The orcs? 4 times out of 5 in these movies, when the orcs are shown, they’re fucking shit up.
@@THE-zx9es the books state that the blue wizards went to aid the people of the East to resist Sauron, but it’s unclear how successful or faithful they were. I personally like the head canon that they made a great attempt, but their forces were subdued by Sauron rather than the theories that they either gave up, or joined the dark lord
@@THE-zx9es ????? bro you really need to make shit up to win an argument about LOTR? And bro Even if you're an expert on tolkein's legendarium, if any but tolkien could claim it, at least double check your facts first.
@@THE-zx9es If you really want to be pedantic, sure, lets scroll through tolkiens writings you claim to have read. This is a really peripheral subject to the legendarium, and tolkien changed his mind often about it often, and even then was vague, but the agreed upon facts are that they went east, maybe south, perhaps with saruman, but did not return, and definitely not to the undying lands. he speculated that even he did not know their fate, early on he said perhaps they founded cults of magic, or maybe they turned, and were destroyed. Regardless, if you take tolkiens most recent writings as canon, as I presume @Adam Khan did, they probably did great work in the east, leading a resistance against the servants of sauron, and significantly reducing the number of eastern and southern allies sauron could draw upon, who otherwise, might have turned the tide of the war of the ring.(note that the easterlings are mentioned as being stalwart and exceptional warriors, and the last of sauron's forces to fall on the pelennor fields.) Whether they died in the attempt, or survived, and perhaps even returned to Valinor after Gandolf is uncertain, though likely not given his previous writings.
"Their task was to circumvent Sauron: to bring help to the few tribes of Men that had rebelled from Melkor-worship, to stir up rebellion ... and after his first fall to search out his hiding (in which they failed) and to cause [?dissension and disarray] among the dark East ... They must have had very great influence on the history of the Second Age and Third Age in weakening and disarraying the forces of East ... who would both in the Second Age and Third Age otherwise have ... outnumbered the West."
There you go.
PS: by the way, looking back at this a few minutes after writing this, I came upon a realization. Why are we both so defensive about this? I guess we just really care about the series. But our love of it turns to hate on our lips, as we lower ourselves to the level of children. I understand we both really care about this, but we are both here representative only of the worst of ourselves.
I love the works of Tolkien, but if we want his stories to live on in other's hearts as it does in ours, we really need to make this community more approachable. As a whole, it seems we look more like rabble busy shouting at each other over the tiniest minutia, and throwing a tantrum over a dumbass billionaire's fan fiction show, than a wholesome and caring community that others wish to be a part of. I'm really tired of lowering myself to this behavior, and I wish the best for you. We have a lot more that unites us, than divides us, and honestly, factionalism and insults has no part in it.
Ah my brothers,i was once a high king of the east......now look at me i am unstoppable.
lol how little you know of them, they are one of the most powerful races, great cavalry, great chariots. generally incredibly effective. THEY ARE BADASS!
The film should contain the part, Easterlings besiege Erebor, fight Dwarves and Men of Dale the lake town.
I mean, we've also seen the Easterlings at the Siege of Minas Tirith?
the easterlings are the strongest out of the evil people because they killed the king of dale and dwarves
And there leader is khamul the easterling 2nd most powerful Nazgul. He was one who was in frodo shire and chased them to boat
As a half middle-eastern people this is exactly HOW I would like to be represented! Not forced, respectful to the lore, self-consistent, and coooool as fuck.
Nah, these are like Asians. I believe the Haradrim are meant to be middle eastern
No one cares. Bring me sushi
@@jesuschrist7499 Go pay for it with your enormous western bank account, piece of trash
@@jesuschrist7499Jesus Christ💀
The Haradrim are based more Middle Eastern and African societies.
ABSOLUTE BADASS ELITES. Really annoyed we never got these guys kicking lot of ass on screen.
they got featured when the orcs charged on the gondorian forces when the gate of minas tirith was breached by grond
if u look closely u will see them alot
I really liked the design of the easterlings in the movie. Its unlike anything ive seen before in movies or games. Yeah you can see the real life persian inspirations, but they really did their own thing with them instead of just making them into pseudo-saracens.
poor easterlings, this is pretty much their only scene in the whole of the movies
nah bro u could see the when they charge with the orcs after the gate of minas tirith was breached u gotta watch the details closely
The only scene? Bruh, you are f*cking Blind. You can See them at the Siege of Minas Tirith. They have 2 Black Gate scenes. You have NO IDEA.
How I wish they'd show the war in the north T.T. Easterlings completely slaughtered the Dwarves and the Men of Dale. They were close to terminate them when Frodo (Gollum :]) destroyed the ring. They got a bit desperate when they heard that the Dark Lord had been destroyed, but still, they proved to be a strong and capable people during the entire war. Easterlings, I salute you! >:-l
Even Dain Was Slaughter
@@Real_Meeeee Albeit he fought while surrounded by Easterlings and Orcs on all sides as his and Brand's forces withdrew into Erebor.
I've got a nerd-problem :) the easterlings here are carrying flags with a black snake - but isn't this the symbol of the haradrim? according to tolkien
Apparently from what was told the Easterlings alone could have overwhelmed the west at this point of the 3rd Age but were hindered by the works (supposedly) of the Blue Wizards Alatar and Pallando (probably by causing strife and civil war amongst the tribes in Rhun).
Technologically the most advanced human race no doubt. Look at that armor. Compare that to what Rohan, Harad, Cosairs, Gondar and Mordor Orcs have as gear and its no contest. Only the Elves probably can contend with Eastern tech.
You forget dwraves
While I love the design of the Easterlings, I would politely disagree. I would say Gondor has the most advanced armor, being of plate with chainmail underneath. Similar to 15th century Italian "white" plate armor from Europe.
@@just_ethanj02 Sadly i need to disagree with you, easterlings used dragonscaled armor which is highly resilient to arrows, stabs and slashes i agree chainmail can protect whole body even gaps which regular armor cant cover, but dragonscaled armor is far more superior
@@lukamihailovic282 Sorry, for my late reply. Unfortunately, I also need to disagree with you but from a LORE friendly perspective, not the movies. The soldiers of Gondor are actually the second or third best armoured in the entire LOTR universe aside from the Noldor elves and select dwarvish armies by the time of the War of the Ring. In the movie, they don't explain this, but the soldiers of Gondor are actually technically Numenorean soldiers since Gondor is a Numenorean territory. The soldiers of Gondor wear armour that were modelled off of their ancestors dating back to the late second age. The reason why it looks plain in the movies is because PJ made Gondor look too weak in the movies. In the book, the soldiers wreaked havoc on the Pelennor Fields and the Black Gate even when surrounded with arrows raining down on them while dealing massive damage to the enemies with taking fewer losses. No doubt in part because their armour were even more durable than the Easterlings. Also, forgive me if I am wrong, but JRR Tolkien never gave details of Easterling armour , but, we can extrapolate Gondorian armour due to their heritage. From the movie perspective, we never got to see the Easterling armour in action and for Gondor, well their armour acts like paper.........
@@just_ethanj02 That's the movies. Plate armour is barely used in the books.
Actually, Easterlings are an algomation of various eastern/asian cultures. influences from Arab, Persian, Indian, East Asian, and other parts of asia can clearly be seen in Tolkein's descriptions. More specifically though, Easternlings more definitely corresponde to near earstern civilization, despite having many influences from the further east as well. Moreover they are a unique ethnicity of their own.
They're a materially prosperous civilization in their own right, just under the thrall of Sauron and most likely a false religion worshiping Morgoth. Other than that, if we can take the appearance of that battalion as standard infantry for them, they have an efficiently organized military, which requires an efficient and very powerful economy and a society that can produce disciplined soldiers rather than barely-controlled warriors.
A legalist Easterling superstate would well please a mind as obsessed with order as Sauron was.
Southrons represent the warrior cultures enthralled by Sauron. Likely confederations of tribes where each warrior has to provide his own weapons and armor and each Mumak is likely a tribe's prized possession.
Tolkien is an Englishman. I "fits" in his head for those cultures to be on the antagonist's side. Sad, but understandable. He remains a genius in light of his humanity.
@@devp3916 he wrote a little about how the Blue Wizards inspired rebel groups in Rhun and Harad who never submitted to Sauron + Dunland, a more European-inspired country west of Rohan, also sided with Sauron. In the end, I don't think Tolkien intended the overall moral standing of all kingdoms of men to be "west good, east and south bad". I also think the Haradrim's oliphaunts are inspired by Hannibal's invasion of Rome with his (alleged) elephants, while the Corsairs of Umbar might be based on irl Ottoman corsairs (usually operating from North Africa) who did raid the coasts of Europe for slaves. If those really were his inspiration, then I don't think he's in the wrong for depicting warlords and slave traders as on the antagonistic faction. In short: I think we should excuse the less progressive seeming parts of Tolkien's legendarium
@@mon_moi Not to enter the oppression olympics but irl europeans weren't that much better, despite what tolkein may or may not have intended, the easterlings still are a bit of a racist antagonist to include although not to the detriment of the plot of the books.
@@mon_moi I am not some woke feminist "professor" of social studies but I think it's pretty clear why in Tolkien's Legendarium the peoples of the West are on the good side and peoples of the East and South are on the evil side. In Western European and especially in British imperialist mindset the East, Southeast and South, have always been portrayed and percieved as "backward", "poor", "undesirable" and/or outright "evil". While the Western, Southwest and Northern Europe and its nations have always been portrayed and percieved as "civilized", "honorable", "good". Tolkien being english, born and raised at the end of the Victorian era would naturally have this mindset and that definitely influenced his writing. As an Eastern European, this (West good, East bad) mentality is very easy to spot. LOTR definitely has some small xenophobic and racist elements in it. Should we now cancel Tolkien? Absolutely not, LOTR has way more positive things than negative, it is a great piece of literature that should be preserved in its unchanged form for future generations.
nice war chant.
I really loved playing Easterling faction in the Medieval Total War LOTR mode because of their cool aesthetics. 🤣
POV you’re an Easterling working with the forces of Mordor and hear some orc say “The age of men is over”
For Sauron it doesnt matter whom he commands, he just wants to be ruler of Middle-earth. So he is not the enemy of human race, and of course he is not orcish lover. Orcs were created by Morgoth, not Sauron
The fact that Sam and Frodo with their 5 brain cells decide to try and rush through the front gate and Gollum has to tell them how dumb they are.
oof
it would have been better if the easterlings and haradrim were on the good side. They fight very well. Do you agree?
No? Being the Villains Is f*cking badass.
you never see them fighting really so...
@@matzejohannes8559 What are you talking about? We see them Fighting! Both of them!
The Easterlings and Haradrim are awsome
What do the easterlings say? that chant is awesome.
Hail Sauron! Lord of the Ring! Lord of the Earth!, in their language
@G E T R E K T do we have a timestamp for each phrase? I wanna hear them but I can't really spot what you've written
@@andreasderycke42 it's not black speech? I thought the easterlings can also speak it, like the Orcs
@@thejohnson2328Common misconception actually but the only people that speak black speech are Sauron and his high ranking commanders. The orcs come from hundreds of tribes and clans so they speak "common speech" to understand each other, it's why they're almost always speaking English
@@holocaustguy1007 ah okay thanks for that info. So no one is speaking it except a few people?
People say that orcs voice is so cool but the easterlings are badass
Borimir: One does not simply walk into Mordor.
Easterling: I’m sorry. Where’s your invitation?
Let's be honest: the easterling at 2:03 has nice eyes.
Behind the easterlings with the golden armor entering Mordor, there were women to make that role in the film
@@EtnanGradul Makes sense.
I actually thought the Easterling people were kind of cool.
They filmed scenes with Easterlings storming Minas Tirith. They were the first to storm the gates of Gondor while covering the orcs. Unfortunately, such scenes didn't get to the final cut, not even in the Extended edition. However, anyone who looks closely as orcs storming in will see a couple of them alongside orcs. The alternative scene is here at 57:45: th-cam.com/video/4CxqTBTAeBQ/w-d-xo.html
I wish we had seen more interaction of the men fighting for Sauron alongside the orcs. I wonder if both the orc and easterlings commanders had trouble with their troops squabbling with one another, or if the orcs just accepted them as allies and got along
The previously animated version of the Return of the King actually touched upon that. An Orc battalion and nameless battalion of Men both needed to use the same stretch of road. The commander of the Men proclaimed that his race came before Orcs.
they probably treated orcs like cannon fodder, from what I know orcs are enslaved to some degree by the black numenorians living in Mordor
@@blueshit199Bro, you're everywhere
I think Sauron, while seeing everyone as expendable and cannon fodder, would put men above orcs. Probably knowing that orcs should be sent to tire out the enemy and then finish them off with the easterlings.
I think the orcs knew their place and Sauron made sure of it.
They should make a huge cosplay event where members are supplied with Easterling equipment, then they'd march around cities with that horn. :D
The Easterlings look so cool, shame we never got to see them fight in action, I instantly get the impression they're proficient fighters, really wished we had gotten them in LEGO Lord of The Rings Sets, LEGO Dimensions should have jumped at the chance and brought out an Easterling Minifigure and Sauron is well
Indeed, basically the entire east has some influence on Rhun and the Easterlings.
They are marching like I do early in the morning before i have had my Turkish coffee. I even yell at everyone I meet.
they look awesome!
uruk hai, easterlings and the witch king are my favorite characters from the movie
You know the easterlings leader is khamul the easterling king of rhun. 2nd most powerful nazgul after witch king of angmar. Khamul has seen in shire scenes where he looks for hobbits by the tree
they definitely look awesome despite being enemies
Exactly. Tolkien based his world on modern Europe. Hence why the men of the West are similar to old English/French/Scottish men, and the men of the south and east are similar to the Persians and Egyptians.
For people wondering what the easterlings were saying, they said "Hail Sauron Lord of the Ring, Lord of the Earth.
"Kill the men,
Kill the Elves!
Take the gold,
For ourselves!"
In the books they kicked major ass! They were the first soldiers into Minas Tirith right after the trolls came in! Highly regarded in the books as some of the best soldiers in middle earth.
2:28
Boromir - "one does not simply walk intro Mordor"
Haradrim - :yaoming:
The fact that Frodo somehow knew that his cloak would look exactly like a rock kind of actually amuses me a little, but quick thinking on his part, still. 😂
The Easterlings look so hawt and badass, shame they didn't take over middle earth like they rightfully should have.
I've always liked these watchful Easterlings.
The easterling armour is the most awsome armour i have ever seen in a movie .. what a brutal combination of beauty and wickedness
They don't look like a huge army... quite small.
There leader was 2nd most powerful nazgul khamul the easterling lieutant of dol guldur king of rhun
that most likely just a small detachment of their main force
@@mostdefinitelynotadurian and considering by this point the Easterlings were made out to be basically saurons delta force
They committed around 10,000 troops to attack Minas Tirith. Rhûn's main Easterling army of 200,000 Easterlings were one of the largest armies ever gathered in the Middle-earth, and the largest army in the north-eastern parts of Middle-earth.
@G E T R E K T Oh believe me there was a lot more, the main army was around a quarter of a million strong
This is my favorite movie ever!!!!!:):)
If anyone is wondering these are eastelings they march to do battle against the men of dale and the dwarves of mount erebor
I was so disappointed these guys weren't in thw last movie. Such bad ass costumes
th-cam.com/video/xcJwKVAaIWM/w-d-xo.html
They were there. Idk why they didn't spotlight them during the siege of Gondor, but at 2:25 you can see them standing next to the catapults.
At 3:41 they're just behind orcs, blink and you'll miss it.
& 4:01 you can see a phalanx of them running through the courtyard with a few warg riders running past them.
I love how that it was the easterlings and southrons that fought to the last man in the battle for pelenor fields, refusing to run when the orcs got the willies
Awesome scene but how did they not see Frodo stumbling down the cliff? thx for upload
Probably because they were focused on their march
And tbf, realistically even the two soldiers who went to inspect the rubble wouldn't have dared break the line without orders
It's a gift from elf that hypnotized their foe and protect the owner.
No, they were focussing on the cliff top. Frodo didn't appear in their field of vision because of this. The two Easterling soldiers believed that whatever had caused the ''landslide'' was still at the top of the cliff and just didn't think to look any further. The short answer is: Sam and Frodo was just fucking lucky.
Big dust cloud and random rock appearing out of nowhere. Easterlings: Nah all good nothing going on.
One of my favorite scenes! Too bad we didnt see these troops in battle in the movie, anyway thanks for uploading!
what i heard those easterlings are chanting
at 0:05
"These are thee, watch us be! *who we are* Ever long! *who we are* The dark!"
at 2:27
"This shall/are be/the (quick)*who we are* Mordor! *who we are* The Dark!"
khamul is the king of rhun, right?
No, He WAS The King.
this scene always pissed me off, even as a kid, i know the hobbits are small but they were like 10 meters away from that column of guys where Sam was trapped and Frodo was running down the hill in the open exactly where those 2 soldiers where looking,they would have 100% been seen
The Easterlings are awesome.
The Easterlings are so fuckin cool
Did you notice that Easterlings came from the south? Black Gate is in the place when Ephel Dúath (surrounds Mordor from the west and south) and Ered Lithui (surrounds from the north) meets so Easterlings should came from the left (when you are looking at the map of the ME) but they came from the bottom like Haradrims should.
Probably put on an extended patrol. Granted it isn't as quick as a warg pack, but it's still a worthy show of force to send a cohort or two of Easterlings to ensure the crossing across the Anduin are secure on their side
The Winkie Guards are the Wicked Witch of the West's foot soldiers from The Wizard of Oz.
They are mostly known for their infamous chant, which goes, "Oh-Ee-Yah! Ee-Oh-Ah!". They mostly guard the Castle Grounds.
Armor drip on point
The easterlings played a large role in the war for middle earth but you hardly ever see them
Shouldnt they be comming from the left side of Black Gate? The way they are comming from leads south to the crossing and then to Near Harad : /
I just love how the bad guys in LoTr have just impeccable drip.
In the books, the men of the west are also shown to be cruel and ignorant (in my eyes). They assumed that all of the south lands were called Harad and all those in the east were called Rhûn. They also considered them lesser men and tried to conquer both Rhûn and Harad. I think the nations of the south and east had a right to ally with Mordor. They weren't "evil lesser men" as those in the west believed. They were, in fact, simply allying with Mordor against a common foe, in my view anyway.
I'm a Central Asian Turk, so I'm from the East.
In the books, the Easterlings share significant collective guilt and darkness that stretches back essentially to the beginning of the human race in the setting.
During the first age, when men migrated to Beleriand, Easterlings came later and proferred friendship and an alliance against Morgoth, with whom the elves and the Edain (the tribes of Men who'd come to Beleriand first). The Easterlings betrayed the elves and Edain, allying with Morgoth and taking over kingdoms of Men in the north. They continued to be Morgoth's allies until the War of Wrath and the breaking of the continent to the west of the Blue Mountains (the westernmost Middle Earth mountain range in LotR maps).
Edain survivors were given the blessed island of Nûmenór and the Easterlings and other men who had settled to the lands east of the Blue Mountains were left to their own devices. Nûmenór eventually made voyages to Middle-Earth first as gift-givers and teachers, then as settlers and colonists and ultimately as conquerors. When Sauron was brought to the island as a hostage and later advisor to the king, many Nûmenórians had already become enslavers and now they were committing even greater atrocities, including human sacrifice to Morgoth. Ironic that the Easterlings and Haradrim worshiped the same god already, now under Sauron's teachings.
The Exile Kingdoms of the Faithful have since the island's sinking been enemies of the peoples under Sauron's thrall, while surviving King's Men in Umbar and other such colonies continued their ways, now falling under Sauron's rule or direction.
So while eastern and southern peoples have many historic grievances with the Men of the West, they are hardly faultless or blameless even in their misdirection and thralldom.
And to consider the nations to the south and east as just Southrons and Easterlings was enough abstraction needed for as long as they fell under Sauron's hegemony. And as for them being lesser men, they essentially were. They were normal Men, as had awoken in the far east on the first dawn, while many Men of the West were descendants of Nûmenór, the race of Men known as the Dûnedain. They're literal Atlanteans. But those bloodlines fade with the centuries, leading to more ordinary Men taking hold of the kingdoms and forming domains of their own, with their own heroes. Rohan and Dale being examples. Ironically the purest and most numerous Dûnedain bloodlines outside of the heirs of Elendil and the stewards of Gondor might be those of the Black Nûmenórians, the descendants of the King's Men. The aforementioned slavers and human sacrificers.
Remember that Aragorn ultimately made peace with nations of the East and South after the War of the Ring, since those nations were now released from the source of their thralldom, though societal inertia remained.
The Easterlings give me the same feel as the Uruk-Hai from Isengard. Diciplined, trained, proffesional, lethal.
People always saying Sam saves Frodo all the time (to be honest he did a lot). 1:43 just comes to show that Frodo was also there to save Sam. The two are always watching one another's backs just like any good friend should!
Not always, Frodo, did tell sam to fuck off and when the ring did get a hold of him at the very end he probably would of attacked sam if he tried to get the ring away from him
And so the Easterlings and Orcs and Trolls can leisurely stroll into Mordor 24/7
They look like a mix of japanese and alom of persian
That one Easterling got real purdy eyes.
That chant from 0:05 to 0:12 is the best
These are just orcs shouting orders I believe
a lot of thought was put into the easterling armor, really cool to see
love the plate faceshields and halberds, would have loved to see extended combat scenes of them
Love their equipment and battle gear.
I what world do people consider this to be high quality? I might as well spin up an old VHS tape.
I looked forward to Black Numenorians and Easterlings in ROTK the most and they never even showed up. This was always my favorite part in TTT as a kid and remains so now
Man their armor looks so friggen cool.
Why didn`t we see them at the battle at Minas Tirith?