Armies of the First Dark Lord Morgoth - Middle-Earth Lore DOCUMENTARY

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Previously in our series on the world of Tolkien, the world of the Lord of the Rings, we have talked about the First and Third ages of the Middle-Earth, covering the entire of the Third Age and the war of the ring ( • War of the Ring - All ... ), the rise of Morgoth in the First Age ( • Rise of Morgoth - Midd... ) and his fall ( • Fall of Morgoth - Midd... ), as well as the economy and the societies of the Middle-Earth ( • Economy of Middle Eart... ). Our new season will talk about the Armies of the Middle-Earth, starting with the armies of the Elves of the First Age ( • Elven Armies of the Fi... ), followed by the Dwarven armies of the First Age ( • Dwarven Armies of the ... ), the human armies, as we talk about the race of men - Edain, houses of Beor, Haleth, Hador and the Easterlings ( • Human Armies of the Fi... ), and the armies of the first Dark Lord - Morgoth, also known as Melkor.
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@WizardsandWarriors 14 күн бұрын

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@danielsantiagourtado3430 14 күн бұрын

Can't get enough of your work! Henry V lives please ❤❤❤

@HainiDjokovic1995 14 күн бұрын

When will you cover the GoT universe? It seems you have not posted GoT in a very long time

@comentnine1574 14 күн бұрын

Say in the future is it possible for you guys to do a series on the Ember War Universe by Richard Fox?

@clarkvelasco4697 14 күн бұрын

My boy Fingolfin gave Morgoth a limp before going down like a true Chad.

@greenmountainpokemon2112 9 күн бұрын

If Morgoth didn't take him down, he'd be UNSTOPPABLE by the 2nd & 3rd age 🤯🤯. Came you imagine Azogg trying to stand up to Fingolfin or any of the 1st age "higher-ups"

@richardthomas9497 14 күн бұрын

18:32 One correction; it was Ecthelion of the Fountain that killed Gothmog. As Glorfindel slew another Balrog blocking the path of survivors from Gondolin.

@alexolah1313 14 күн бұрын

Was looking for this

@monmonsterk 14 күн бұрын

Yeah it did not sound right.

@alexolah1313 13 күн бұрын

The problem is that from that point on, for me it sounded like the whole video was made with artificial inteligence, whitout the poster actually reading the books.

@dyutimandas9772 12 күн бұрын

Yeah, quite the mistake, when considering in their actual first age series they mentioned this correctly, while here, they mention this wrong

@myriadmediamusings 14 күн бұрын

Sauron may have been a force to be reckoned with during his time, but he had to have gotten his legions from somewhere, and Morgoth at the height of his power with hordes of orcs, armies of balrogs, dragons, other creatures, and Sauron himself, was a monstrous sight to behold.

@Bionickpunk 14 күн бұрын

So were the elves, humans and Valar. Everyone's power level was higher in the first age.

@williamcortelyou9072 14 күн бұрын

@@Bionickpunk Morgoth was on a whole other level though. His goal was to make all of middle earth his "ring" basically. Even when the Valor came at him.he was still.winning. Took the valar version of the god of war to turn the tides.

@Bionickpunk 14 күн бұрын

@@williamcortelyou9072 Not that he wasnt powerful, he was, its that the rest of the Valar were so inactive until most of Middle Earth was conquered. And yeah, Tulkas is a no-nonsense beast, he was the biggest proponent against Melkor/Morgoth since the creation of the world. Just need to state that power scaling was insane in the first age. The strongest elves, humans, dwarves, dragons, balrogs existed back then. By the time of the third age, we basically are dealing with remnants of what once was.

@baronvonslapnuts 14 күн бұрын

Gotten.

@trilobite2500 14 күн бұрын

More like 3 to 7 balrogs at the most. Tolkien wrote the fall of gondolin before deciding that they should be much more powerful but less numerous.

@TheDannyDeez 13 күн бұрын

Ecthelion went down like a true chad, taking down dragons and balrogs, finishing gothmog before falling himself. One of the most underrated characters in the tolkien legendarium

@ShadowNetWeaver1 12 күн бұрын

"The Alliance of All" honestly goes SUPER hard

@epicazeroth 14 күн бұрын

Oh good, someone else remembers Boldogs exist. You guys went deep for this lore. And the art is really next level, your Glaurung is terrifying.

@richardthomas9497 14 күн бұрын

The Boldogs are only mentioned in The History of Middle-earth volumes, that is really going deep.

@nvmtt1403 14 күн бұрын

I didnt even know vampires existed in this settings, let alone them.

@AndyOdin22 14 күн бұрын

If anything the glossed over the lore in the most casual fashion and made errors.

@bitterzombie 12 күн бұрын

Boldogs are really important to the lore I think, despite barely getting mentioned. They offer hints to how the orcs and other monsters were originally created, by fusing an otherworldly spirit with a physical being until their "souls" are fused into one

@billysunday7507 11 күн бұрын

Pretty common knowledge .

@ZacharyReaper 14 күн бұрын

I've been a huge fan of Tolkien for 20 years, read the books, silmarilion, watched the movies, played the games, and I've never know about these Vampires and Boldogs. You guys really did your absolute best for this huh?

@Draxynnic 13 күн бұрын

Vampires are mentioned in the Silmarillion, but Tolkein's vampires very different to how they're normally pictured ("werebats" might be a more accurate appellation) and they don't exactly get much of the spotlight. Sauron's vampire messenger gets some mention in the story of Beren and Luthien, but from memory it's pretty much "she causes them some problems, gets killed, and then Luthien takes her form as a disguise".

@richardthomas9497 11 күн бұрын

The Boldogs are only mentioned in the The History of Middle-earth volumes.

@UndeadBrett 14 күн бұрын

"I would have followed you my brother, my captain, my dark lord."

@AndyOdin22 14 күн бұрын

Gothmog was slain by Ecthelion not Glorfindel who died vanquishing an unnamed balrog.

@ricardoandre7049 14 күн бұрын

It is a good reminder that all of these numbers is but speculation from the OG sources as Tolkien gave us numbers extremely rarely. Never did he give numbers on Melkor's hosts, and even those he gave changed over time. (The Balrogs started as extremely high quality formation with a few hundreds among their number to 7 at the end of his writings (making the fights of Gandalf, Glorfindel and Ecthelion much more impactfull)

@c.antoniojohnson7114 14 күн бұрын

Tulkas standing over Morgoth,he had the mastery that day.....

@morgothfromangband6082 11 күн бұрын

It is a total plothole in the history of Middleeaerth in my opinion that Tulkas didn't just capture Sauron when he rose to power after the fall of Morgoth.

@Kevin-vc3jf 14 күн бұрын

i dont remember ungoliath being morgoth's follower if i recall correctly he just enticed the great spider to do his bidding since ungoliath have this insatiable hunger/thirst. So i guess its just a temporary agreement.

@donglerongle3109 13 күн бұрын

yeah then ungoliant kidnaps morgoth and old morgy has to cry for all his balrogs to be saved

@leftifornian2066 11 күн бұрын

@@donglerongle3109it was all his master plan

@SeptimoBasico-nu8uh 10 күн бұрын

@@leftifornian2066 That admitedly backfired horribly near the end and almost ended with him being spider food. That being said, how hilarious would it be if Morgoth ended up being devoured by Ungoliant, his phisical body dissolved but his spirit remaining trapped inside, having to be rescued by one of the other Ainur, possibly one of the Valar like Tulkas? The wound to his pride if that had came to pass would probably be the worst seen in all of the history of Arda.

@johnsteiner3417 14 күн бұрын

You neglected to mention what they did to Morgoth before throwing him through the Door of Night.

@ninjagoandstopmotion2590 13 күн бұрын

correction it was not glorfindel it was actually ecthalion who slew gothmog in singlecombat glorfindel killed another balrog

@jeffcordova9633 14 күн бұрын

A new upload about MORGOTH!!!

@reaver5 11 күн бұрын

This series is amazing, love this warhammer and horus heresy stuff!

@danielsantiagourtado3430 14 күн бұрын

Thanks For this Guys! You're the Best! ❤❤❤❤

@thestanleys3657 14 күн бұрын

Orcs. lots and lots of orcs with a side of monsters

@franzbesup9575 13 күн бұрын

Always glad to see new middle earth content on this Chanel! Will the 2nd age videos eventually be edited as one long documentary, like you did for the 1st age?

@shawnberry760 12 күн бұрын

Man, do I love your videos!!!!

@Xevos701 14 күн бұрын

The First Dark Lord

@hello7032 13 күн бұрын

Anytime I think the elves are arrogant pricks I remind myself of the heavy lifting they did in those first two ages

@Byenie0912 14 күн бұрын

If there ever will be a silmarillon strategy game in the future, I hope the devs punish the player if he cheats by allowing Morgoth to copy a cheat Like for if player typed infinite money, Morgoth would have that as well. And if the player typed faster production, Morgoth would have that as well Because I’m the silmarillon, it seems like Morgoth has a cheat engine. There’s no way he can feed millions of orca and hundreds of dragons from his territory alone. He had to have used Valar magic to spam a resource cheat.

@SkagulTV 13 күн бұрын

Warpten from wc3 basically

@Byenie0912 13 күн бұрын

@@SkagulTV haha i forgot about Warcraft III. I'm more of a Total War guy

@Licht.von.Stein. 13 күн бұрын

Not completely sure about references, but in my head I belive the difference between orcs, goblins, and uruks are goblins - mockery of dwarves, orcs - mockery of man, uruks - mockery of elves. P.S. I am aware of the interchangability of orcs and goblins; goblins being used in the hobbit while orcs on the LoTR books.

@JustFlemishMe Күн бұрын

While the three terms are simply the same in different languages (Goblins English, Orcs (Orc/Yrch) Elvish and Uruks (Uruk-hai) Orcish), I think there is a sort of 'hierarchy' to it; the different languages being used actually a mark of varying respect levels. The strongest subspecies or variety of Orc being referred to in their own tongue.

@morgothfromangband6082 11 күн бұрын

I have always imagined the Angband orcs like the orcs in the animated Bakshi movie.

@Reoh0z 13 күн бұрын

I enjoyed this video very much, thank you!

@GarethOB_ 14 күн бұрын

Please release a complete video of your second age series

@richardthomas9497 14 күн бұрын

It's good to see more Middle-earth lore, with the artwork, presentation and story. I hope we'll see the continuation and completion of previous lore videos; including the Thrawn Campaign, Wheel of Time and First Law.

@napoleon6071 11 күн бұрын

Gothmog slew and was slain by Ecthelion of the Fountain, not Glorfindel. Glorfindel slew and was slain by a lesser Balrog during the flight from Gondolin.

@DagorBragollach 11 күн бұрын

Glaurung is terrifying

@samsondonxavier3774 14 күн бұрын

Guys I’m your biggest fan!! Could you do a detailed video on Feanor please. Of a similar length to the on one ‘The rise of Morgoth’. Morgoth and Feanor being the two most fascinating and intriguing characters ever penned by mankind!!

@Charlie.a 14 күн бұрын

Best LOTR lore videos!!!!! Thank you brother 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

@Snek407 14 күн бұрын

Me when there's still no First Law vid: 😔

@richardthomas9497 14 күн бұрын

I also hope the Thrawn Campaign hasn't been forgotten. 😔

@TheRavenLord1 13 күн бұрын

For the Dark Lord Morgoth.

@user-vf3pe9ce5x 14 күн бұрын

Please do some ancient mythologies. Greek mythology, Norse mythology, celtic mythology,egyptian,mythology,indian mythology,sub saharan folkore, the grim brothers tales original forms. Sub saharan and native american folklore is quite interesting too.

@richardthomas9497 12 күн бұрын

Covering mythology, legends and folklore would be a different subject from more recent fantasy, Sci-fi and alternate history worlds. The best way they could cover it is something like Homer's The Iliad, covering the War of Troy.

@jonbaxter2254 13 күн бұрын

I wonder what the Union Orc from Two Towers is up to? Is he helping create better working environments and sick pay for his orcs?

@ethanpf449 11 күн бұрын

Can you continue the First Law series

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@Lycurgus1982 13 күн бұрын

No matter Morgoth's ultimate fate. He still had the last laugh as he had infused his power into the world Arda itself.

@kek105 14 күн бұрын

The cooler dark lord

@thomasrinschler6783 14 күн бұрын

What gets me is that after the Noldor arrive in Middle-Earth, they go to Angband... and just sit there for 400 years doing nothing. Yes, the Prophecy of Mandos stated that they were doomed to failure, but... why didn't they try? The Gates of Angband weren't unassailable - Gwindor and his company burst through them in the Battle of Unnumbered Tears. Orcs are repeatedly portrayed as falling like dry chaff before the flame when the elves attack them, and we've seen that Maiar like the Balrogs and even Sauron can be defeated by them. And Morgoth himself isn't invulnerable - Fingolfin wounds him pretty badly seven times. If just one elf can do that, what would happen when tens of thousands of elves, joined by tens of thousands of dwarves, just zerg rush Angband? Especially right after the rising of the Sun, when the orcs were at their weakest, the Noldor are still strengthened with the light of the Two Trees having not faded in them yet, and Morgoth not having grown his forces or created things like the dragons yet. They would have annihilated the orcs with ease, taken down the Balrogs, and made their way to Morgoth himself. Could Morgoth all alone prevail personally over 100,000 elves and dwarves? I personally like to think that they would have defeated him and Sauron, dragged them back over the Helcaraxe to Valinor, thrown them bound into the Ring of Doom in front of the Valar, and just return to Middle Earth saying nothing. Manwe just looks at Mandos, who shrugs and says that sometimes free will trumps prophecy.

@Byenie0912 13 күн бұрын

I believe the Noldor tried to enter Angband but it was too difficult to occupy. Imagine an ant colony. But it's as big as the Himalayan Mountain Range. Goodluck trying to map and secure each and every cavern inside and outside the mountain. Look at the Misty Mountains. No matter how many orcs and goblins they slay from Gundabad down to Moria, there were still enemies everywhere. Even the Valar gave up on invading Utumno That's why they just nuked Angband and sunk it under the sea. It's the only way to win.

@Anglomachian 13 күн бұрын

Hey guys, just reminding you again that the Legacy of Kain is still a series that needs an awesome Wizards and Warriors series to its name. Would be happy to lend any assistance in the lore if needed.

@richardthomas9497 12 күн бұрын

What is Legacy of Kain about?

@Anglomachian 12 күн бұрын

@@richardthomas9497 In short, it’s a Shakespearean-style gothic tragedy which follows the story of Kain, the eponymous vampire main character, and Raziel, the wraith deuteragonist, as they uncover and battle against a sinister plot by enigmatic forces to subvert the natural order of the world of Nosgoth. I could give a slightly more in-depth description of the story, but that’s the prospectus of sorts. It’s my favourite video game series of all time. If you type “Kain Raziel Pillar cutscene” into KZfaq, you should find a 6-7 minute video that gives a particularly sublime example of the crème that is the Legacy of Kain.

@Anglomachian 12 күн бұрын

@@richardthomas9497 in short -and I do stress the word short - Legacy of Kain is a grand gothic tragedy of the Shakespearean sort, following the story of the eponymous anti-hero vampire Kain, and the deuteragonist messianic wraith Raziel, as they battle through sinister forces to uncover a millennia spanning plot by dark forces to subvert the life cycle of the world of Nosgoth. It’s a video game series, and I can say with no hesitation, is my favourite series of all time.

@Anglomachian 12 күн бұрын

@@richardthomas9497 if you want a brief example of the series sublime writing and dialogue, type “Kain Raziel Pillars cutscene” in, and you should find a 6-7 minute video that shows it off particularly well.

@greenmountainpokemon2112 9 күн бұрын

2:44 i dont think Ungoleant was originally was a "follower" of Morgoths... Much like the un-nameless things, she came from beyond the dark void 🤷‍♂️

@nvmtt1403 14 күн бұрын

Hol up.........he had vampires? how did we miss that?

@Draxynnic 13 күн бұрын

They're not the vampires you're picturing. "Werebats" might be more accurate. Thuringwethil appears in the Silmarillion, but only across a couple of pages as Luthien uses her form as a disguise.

@socratrash 11 күн бұрын

Did Tolkien or his son ever clarified what Dragons were corrupted from? What is their origin being? Are they maiar aswell as balrogs?

@funkeyfreddy 10 күн бұрын

You can’t make people hate you more if eu already hate you completely. Kick a bear and act surprised when it turns around and bites you

@pyeitme508 14 күн бұрын

Wow

@alexcount5130 14 күн бұрын

Let go

@user-ue2sg9wv7s 5 күн бұрын

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@SamuelViana 14 күн бұрын

I know that this is an old discussion and I will remember it : how the black races reproduced themselves? There is no reference to female orcs, female trolls or female goblins? Morgoth only twisted and corrupted former races like elves or dwarves to turn them into monsters. But surely there was not enough "pure" individuals to be twisted in order to fill the numbers of armies that Morgoth needed. My only answer is that they reproduced assexually, parthenogenesis, or in simpler words, cloning.

@zacharythode3601 14 күн бұрын

Orcs and all other foul creatures “reproduce after the manner of the children of Iluvatar”. This confirms they reproduce sexually and thus there are male and females of all of them. They are not directly referenced since it’s never relevant to the main stories.

@emerestthisk990 10 күн бұрын

Yes, same way Saruman made the Uruk-Hai with the orc emerging out of pupae fully formed? I mean I never saw a kid orc...

@johnsteiner3417 14 күн бұрын

I do wonder what it suggests that we never see women orcs.

@AlphariusDominatus 14 күн бұрын

Ecthelion killed Gothmog. Not that overrated loser Glorfindel

@theawesomeman9821 13 күн бұрын

My peeve with Tolken is that he makes humans and their allies significantly militarily inferior to the Dark Lord who has demons and dragons but expects his audience to accept that the good guys some how come up on top without any formidable magical power ups or advance technological weapons.

@Draxynnic 13 күн бұрын

First and to a lesser extent Second Age Noldor did have a significant power up, and in the Edain were much more powerful before the long decline in the Third Age. Dragons shifted the balance of power and the good guys were steadily losing after they appeared, until the Valar themselves (and the even-more-powered-up-than-Noldor Vanyar) showed up. The end of the Second Age had the Elves and Numenoreans still retaining enough of their power to take down Sauron. The Third Age really had no hope of a military victory, just holding out long enough to take Sauron out some other way.