Fun fact: the author of the Witcher series used random Welsh words for magic things, so Welsh speakers were surprised to hear Yennefer mention sewers for no reason

“And I know better than to disrespect the dragon lords.” This man gets it.

"Welsh is of this soil, this island, the senior language of the men of Britain; and Welsh is beautiful." - J.R.R. Tolkien

i’m a welsh gal, and it’s so good to see wales finally being talked about in an educational manner without being made fun of for once!

On Wales feeling older: "Welsh is of this soil, this island, the senior language of the men of Britain; and Welsh is beautiful." - J. R. R. Tolkien.

Oh no he's found out we exist, Damn I kinda liked being the stealth nation 😂😂

I live in Wales and they also have Welsh speaking schools. My son is 4 and he can speak both Welsh and English fluently. The Welsh language is wales is going from strength to strength.

Honestly I’ve always been disappointed that the Union Jack flag never incorporated the Welsh dragon into its design. As well as actually representing Wales on the flag as part of the UK, it would have just been baller to see. The world could always use more dragon flags.

Blue: “I know better than to disrespect the dragon lords” credits roll. And the suggested video that pops up above the credits is Reds Trope Talk on dragons.

As a Welsh person, this video makes my heart sing. No sheep jokes, great attempts at pronunciation, a real respect for the people and culture. We are so used to being shat on. Diolch yn fawr iawn!

I took a trip to Northern Wales a few years back and it was absolutely amazing! Everyone there seemed pretty shocked to see a family of American tourists lol. But I had been researching Wales for years and its history just fascinates me so much. We were all also so surprised at how much Welsh we heard being spoken. I’m so glad that the language has had such a resurgence because it is such a beautiful language!

I fully understand what you mean about Wales feeling ancient. Living in Wales my whole life, there's just something about it that feels like it's straight out of a fairy tale

i love seeing this as a welsh person also it is entirely possible to stumble off the edge of a hiking trail and end up in narnia ive done it

As a welsh teenager this makes me smile, wales is a beautiful country with alot of history as well as a semi-large mythos.

As a cornish person, whilst I feel some companionship with the Welsh I cannot help but feel like our people are overlooked generally. Often you see people talking about Wales as the most overlooked celtic nation, or just ignore us completely. I would love to see a video done on the history of the Cornish in a similar style.

I’m American, but my family came here from Wales about 6 generations ago and I know nothing about wales. Finally decided to look up some history about it and always like your videos

"A red cross on white, for St. George!" "A white saltire on blue, for St. Andrew!" "A red saltire on white, for St. Patrick!" "DRAGON!!!" "Dammit Wales we said no dragons" "A rose!" "A thistle!" "A shamrock!" "LEEK!!!" "*Dammit* Wales..."

"Welsh sounds like the language dragons would speak" - never thought about that, but actually true.

CYMRU AM BYTH

I'm Welsh and my bampi (grandad) was a coal miner - love this video! It's taught me so much! We don't even have our own history taught here as it's mainly based on English GCSEs but it's amazing to hear the history and learn new things!

2:15 England: "WHY CAN'T YOU BE NORMAL!?" Wales: *Eldritch Screeching*

“Wales drew the shortest of the imperial sticks.” **Cries in Cornish and Manx**

I really appreciate that you made an effort with Welsh pronunciation. You did very well! I'm always pleased when people take notice of our insanely successful language safeguarding process. At one time the language was in danger of dying out, and whilst we still have problems - particularly with massive non-welsh-speaking immigration into rural areas, the language is no longer in danger, and is getting stronger! Diolch o galon am greu'r fideo 'ma, mae mor neis clywed am ein hanes ein hunain o rywun sy ddim yn dod o Gymru!

Being from Wales a buttload of castles is an understatement, feels like you're never more than a mile away from castle ruins where I am. In terms of pronunciation you made a really good job and actually aren't that far off most of them :)

Am Welsh, can confirm that we are run by dragons. Seriously though having my country not lumped in with England for once is amazing.

I know my grandfather was stationed over in Wales just prior to the D-Day invasion and he told me that the people there were very friendly because a lot of them are coal miners and my grandfather and a lot of his friends in his unit came from the West Virginia coal mines. Also my grandfather is Black and they felt solidarity with the Welsh people because they were often times look down upon by the English.

I recently learned how to pronounce that Welsh "double-L" sound, and have not been happier in a while, can't stop doing it and I'm going to see if I can learn anything else about Wales (or Cymry)!

As a Welsh man this video makes me happy. We have the single most impressive world flag out there

Ay Welsh the forgotten ones that everybody knows but no one talks about

Love the fact you actually put effort into pronouncing the welsh words right when 90% of British media don’t bother

I was born in the states, but my ancestry comes from Wales, Ireland, and Germany. I’ve made it my mission to learn as much as I can and hopefully someday visit these places and experience the culture first hand 💖

As a welsh teenager, this makes me smile, thanks so much for making our country feel noticed.

It's a history full of hunting and slaughter, but in recent times things look better for them. ...no, I'm not confusing Wales with whales. Though that applies to them, too.

I got oddly...emotional watching this video. Honestly it's so nice for someone to actually talk about Wales as if it's it's own country and not just lumped in with England.

It is fascinating, and a huge tribute to the Welsh, that their methods of language instruction and minority-language resurgence are being used as the model for many other countries whose native minority languages have been lost, supressed, or are endangered. And, for such a small country, she has had a HUGE influence on world culture, arts, literature, and music - not to mention the fact that a disproportionately large number of extremely influential industrialists, bankers, and entrepreneurs have been Welsh or of Welsh lineage (we're looking at you J.P. Morgan and Griffith J. Griffith). The Welsh are a fascinating people who are known both for their innate sense of humility, and for their ferocious national pride. Their History is truly as brilliant, and engaging as they are, themselves. Cymru am Byth!

As someone with welsh heritage currently living in wales for uni… this country is severely underrated

As a Welsh person my favorite Welsh history fact is that time when French soldiers surrendered to some Welsh women thinking they were the English because they wore red

“How could anyone gloss over the country with the dragon flag?” *sad Bhutan noises*

My wife is Welsh, the language is beautiful and the people are so friendly! Cymru am Byth!

Would’ve liked to hear Owain Glyndwr mentioned but apart from that, as a whistle stop tour of the last 2,000 years it was pretty good. I applaud the effort on the pronunciation too - most don’t don’t even bother, including the people we have a so-called union with. 🙄

The Welsh had longbows? That must’ve been quite the discovery for the Normans... Lord:”don’t worry, on this hill they can’t reach us with their - Whatthefuckisicomingoutofthesky?!?”

Round of applause to blue for saying the “Ll” correctly

even in modern life, we have a very visible celtic culture. Our hospitals have a Celtic cross instead of a Red cross, and the language is growing. Cultural traditions are still commonly practiced (especially in the west, where welsh is the majority language) and some old practices are coming back. We also get valentine's day twice in a year.

I'm not from the UK, but I have always been fascinated by Wales because of this one beautiful book I've read.

I speak Welsh. I can confirm that it sounds like some sort of ancient magic language. Our national anthem is an older version of welsh and we don’t know any direct translations. We also have a dragon flag. Suck it other countries.

"You can wander off a hiking trail and stumble into Narnia" Well, into Annwfn at the very least.

"Wales has been sidelined from the historical narrative of the Isles" Cornwall sitting in the corner: my time will come

It's so nice to have my country recognised by someone outside of Britain and appreciate its history. We didn't mess about and stuck our ground thats for sure. I'm extremely proud to be cymraeg. Bendigedig!

Blue said "our first indication Wales has Big Eldritch Energy" but the never listed what other indications there are. I demand a video all about Wales' Big Eldritch Energy.

I live in Llandaff in cardiff, there are two castles at the end of my street. Opposite three pubs. What more could a man want ?😂

I'm Irish and I will always be biased for my own country but I gotta love our friends across the sea, love ya wales

I'm glad you had the exact same first reaction I had when learning about Wales. "I'm sorry... a DRAGON FLAG?!" and the following "Wait... so that celtic-ass language... STILL EXISTS?!"

"Sire! The Welsh are revolting!" "Well then build more castles! I already retitled my son after that God forsaken country it is damn well staying conquered!"

"Wales has been tragically side-lined from the historical narrative of the isles. And I will not stand for it." FUCKING THANK YOU BLUE, I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOREVER! I can't wait to watch the rest of this. Edit: Thank you Blue for doing this video. I never thought of dragons using the Welsh language to speak, but when I write my urban fantasy story, I'm going to absolutely make that happen now, thank you so, so much.

wales seems like it's the one place where the folklore may well be true, like you might just find dragons or fairies and such if you wander too far into the wilderness.

Mining is a huge part of our history. I encourage you to have a read about the Senghenydd explosion. I grew up in Abertridwr, another mining village right next to Senghenydd. Almost 450 miners died that day. Absolutely devastating. Many lost multiple family members in the explosion. Brothers, sons and fathers. It's gone down as the worst mining disaster in the history of the UK

It's Blue! Heck Yeah! New Favorite Quote: "I know better than disrespect the dragon lords."

As a Welshman, this genuinly makes me happy. You did however forget to mention Hywel Dda's 'Welsh Laws', which is an elder and more legitimate version of Henry the 8th's laws for Wales, who has a very questionable Welsh ancestry

It's extremely refreshing and lovely to hear anything about Wales on the internet especially in such a positive manor. Regarding the castle they're everywhere as in I've moved like 5/6 times now and there always been a local castle or two for me to visit. For I final not it's funny to hear Wales being rushed about by someone who house by the name Blue online as that is my actual birthday name and is what's name I go by.

Thanks for the summarized history of Wales, I'm actually going to Wales in September learning about the country was a big help to learn about its culture

As a Welsh gal, I can confirm that you are correct: never disrespect the dragon lords.

While I may not be a welsh person myself I do have family members that are welsh and I’m so glad you mentioned “How Green Was My Valley” it’s a great movie and one that my grand uncle was in! And both me and my sister have welsh names which poses a slight issue on the first day of school but nothing I’m not used to at this point haha So glad to see a video truly showing off how awesome wales is!

I'm a Welsh girl, I couldn't stop smiling at this. Thank you :D And yes, our castles, poetry, landscapes and dragons are awesome.

On the subject of castles: here (in wales) nearly every city and bigger town has a castle in the centre. Like you have all these highstreets and shopping centres then BAM Castle!

I heard Wales and arrived for the dragon on the flag.

It's so awesome to see you cover Wales! Your pronunciation of some of our Welsh words was surprisingly good

Welsh dude here, thank you blue you did a great job man

Gotta admit, I’m pretty impressed with the welsh pronunciation. Not perfect but still better than I tend to expect especially with the LL In Llewelyn. Glad you actually tried to learn how to say it!

THE AMOUNT OF TIMES THAT OVE TOLD SOMEONE IM FROM WALES AND THEY’VE SAID “oh is that in England” IS INFURIATING THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO

Thank you for respectfully talking about my peoples history, its refreshing :)

This video made me way more emotional than it should, thank you so much for the recognition

Hoo boy does Wales have a ton of castles. I once visited Wales with some friends and we got separated. What proceeded was one of the funniest phone conversations I've ever had. "Where are you?" "Near the castle?" "Which castle??" "Uh..." "This isn't an issue we have in America."

As a latinamerican kid who didn't know much about Europe as a child, the only thing I knew of Wales was that it had a badass flag so I chose it anytime I played a football videogame with my cousins, thanks for the information about them!

This is genuinely lovely - thank you from a Welsh woman watching some Welsh-related to get pumped up for the rugby. Diolch yn fawr.

I grew up reading the Prydain Chronicles and the Dark is Rising sequence, so I've always found the Celtic roots of Wales and Cornwall enchanting.

I’ve been waiting for the entire history of Wales for this video.

“OSP good, watch OSP and you win life.” -Sun Tzu, The Art of War.

Stumbled upon this vid in my feed today, loved it, and subscribed! Looking forward to going through the library!

4min in, and I plan to subscribe to this channel. This video has well-written narration, effective visuals, and a relatable sense of humor that doesn’t seem forced. Ok - on with the show…

As someone with Welsh heritage, I'm so happy to see this video.

Shortest stick was drawn by Wales Cornwall: *sad Kernewek noises

The fact you kept showing pictures of my hometown of Conwy, made this video beyond perfect.

"Perhaps the most transformative thing the Romans did in Wales was leave" - Pwy sy'n cofio Macsen? Also, thank you from the bottom of my heart for the lack of offensive stereotypes! It's a rare thing to see an English-speaking historian actually respect us, so this was a welcome breath of fresh air!

Diolch yn fawr, Blue! I am so happy that you chose to talk about Wales to today so that more people around the world will know about our history... Ps, we are still waiting on Red to do more of The Mabinogion seeing as she's already done Pywll Prince of Dyfed

The last time I was this early, Wales was still being sidelined Edit: wow, thanks for the likes

Really really great video!! I loved it!

Great video. Thanks for reflecting a light on our great country my friend

My man did NOT just gloss over Glyndwr as "a thwarted independence rising", you're gonna hear "Men of Harlech" outside your house tonight the Cymraeg are coming for you now, boyo

Went to Wales last year and it was probably the most enchanting time of my life

It is nice to see someone talking about our country and it’s history luckily it seems we are being seen more

Well done! A good informative video. Missed a couple of key things however: Wales was a unified country with one king for only 7 years from 1057-1063, just before the Normans arrived in Britain, and the 16th century Laws of Wales Acts were very heavily discriminatory against Welsh speakers and Welsh culture. The only representation in parliament for Wales were mostly descendants of Norman earls in the Marches, rather than from the more Welsh-speaking "Pura Wallia" areas in the north and west. This was changed in the mid-1800s due to the increased industrialisation you spoke about. Really great video tho. And excellent pronunciation!

Wales, the land where the line between fantasy and history is blurred.

Wales: has big eldritch energy. H.P. Lovecraft has entered the chat, and he is inexplicably scared.

I've lived in Wales all my life. What a nice video that is very accurate, especially on the cultural aspects. The Welsh language is very widely spoken, I can speak it passingly and most of my family are fluent. There is only one small Motorway so most of the country feels untouched. There are so many castles, like my small town has one in it and nobody thinks it is anything special.

I'm always interested to hear about Hywel Dda, and it never happens.

I can confirm about the castle thing. I've got three within 5 miles of where I live.

"And England learned about Welsh Longbows the hard way." England looks at France *Soon.*

This video makes me so happy!!! As someone from Wales it makes me so happy when someone actually realises that Wales exists because we are always forgotten about. Also I like that you at least TRIED to pronounce our names because 99% of people who talk about us don't even try to pronounce any of our words.

Brilliant pronunciation of Cymru, I'm impressed!!!!

J.R.R Tolkien himself used the welsh language for the elves in lord of the rings. Proud to be welsh lol