“Armoures of the hammer, so they’re armourers and that’s why on there shield is an armourer”. Great description Appollo 😂

Great to see you covering our mod.

GOT fans: I've never read the books, there's too many characters to remember. Silmarillion fans: You're adorable

For those who don’t know, the siege of Gondolin happened because the Turgon ‘s nephew was captured and betrayed the location of the city under torture and luckily for the people, not all died because the king’s daughter, Idril, and Tuor son of Huor, brother of Hurin of the house of Hador made a secret passage out. That is where Glorfindel died, fighting with the eagles an ambush of orcs on the fleeing survivors . Thank you for reading.

Fun fact: the armorers of the hammer were actually part of 1 of the 12 houses of Gondolin. Most if not all of the members of the house were once slaves captured by morgoth and their hatred for him was immense. Hence during the battle, they bore heavy hammers or maces (seen there) and heavy shields causing sparks to appear when slashing their foes. They were also the first among elves and men to take down a balrog in the first age. Their leader Rog managed to lead his house outside the walls of Gondolin and pushed the orcs and beasts back to the fields of Tumladen. A fire Drake was loosed upon them and they sadly perished :( and yes they kinda disobeyed orders by leaving the city and fighting out in the plains. Orcs were described to ‘fall like leaves’ once the house pushed through the gates and they slaughtered many balrogs as well

Any Silmarillion fans out there should look up Blind Guardian’s “Nightfall in Middle Earth” album. It’s a collection of power metal ballads covering events from the Silmarillion such as: Morgoth and Ungoliant poisoning the two trees and their subsequent falling out (Into the Storm), Feanor’s mourning and swearing vengeance on Morgoth (Nightfall), Fingolfin’s epic showdown with Morgoth (Time Stand Still (at the Iron Hill)), Feanor’s wrath and misdeeds including the Kinslaying (The Curse of Feanor), and so on.

Pixi the armourers of the hammer charged out of the gates of gondolin without orders from the king and died but they stated there stand was worthy of song

“Thereupon he lifted his mace, and its handle was long; and he made a way before him by the wrath of his onset even unto the fallen gate: but all the people of the Stricken Anvil ran behind like a wedge, and sparks came from their eyes for the fury of their rage. A great deed was that sally, as the Noldoli sing yet, and many of the Orcs were borne backward into the fires below; but the men of Rog leapt even upon the coils of the serpents and came at those Balrogs and smote them grievously, for all they had whips of flame and claws of steel, and were in stature very great.”

"The fall of Gondolin is one of the most epic battles of the first age." Battle of unnumbered tears "Am I a joke to you?"... War of Wrath happens.

Everyone that wants to see the battle of unnumberd tears or one of the sieges of Angband like this comment!

The siege of Gondolin was written about in its own book, and before the battle, the elves were warned by one of the "gods" , known as the Ulmo, that they should meet the army and go out of their hidden city. They refused, an d Turgon, the king, did not really take heed, and mentioned that no amount of orcs could take over the city. Morgoth came, and the city fell, but there were many other creatures besides Balrogs, for steel "worms" would burst forth, and out of these, orcs would come.

If only Tolkien was still alive to see all the fruit that his life's work has bared, But I am sure he's been exploring the real middle earth in his next life(:

Silmarillion is my favourite book in the whole series. So glad for this video

You know what would be awesome? A Lord of the Rings mod for Three Kingdoms. Cause there's so many times in the lore that we hear stories of mighty heroes facing down terrifying enemies in single combat, and Three Kingdoms is the only Total War that incorporates that mechanic. It would be so perfect to watch a duel between like Glorfindel and a Balrog or Eowyn and the Witch king. That would be my favorite mod ever if it was a thing.

thank you mister apollo i hope you enjoy the map and all the effort of the silmarillion team all people did a great job and more to come and im the player cpt gervais and the maker of the map hope to see more silmarillion in the future

Apollo: you can't kill your friends from this angle Blind Archer: YES

One of Gondolins defenders was Ecthelion from the house of the fountain who killed Gothmog the captain of all balrogs by hedbutting him with his spiked helmet. They both died in a fountain.

The fall of Gondolin? Morgoth got his Christmas present early

I just started reading The Fall of Gondolin this morning. What perfect timing for this video!

Hey one of the Attacking players here, if you want to see more Silmarillion battles I would recommend going to JMonster's youtube channel he somewhat frequently streams various battles and progress on the mod, as well as posting videos on the mod about balancing and such. If you've any questions feel free to join the discord so you can coordinate games with others.

This mod is great, everyone install it so we have more players!!!!

I love the way the modders have been able to capture the epicness, grandure and heroism of the first age battles while still keeping it balanced, that requires alot of skill, can't wait to see this mod develop and grow

hye apollo,those uroloki are actually fire dragons in tolkeinverse

Great Mod, Love this time period in Middle Earth. Here are some Helpful hints on pronunciation: Nan Tatharin: NAN TATH - REN. "The Land of Willows" This was a marshy area near the cost where Cirdan the Shipwright's havens are located. Anfauglith: AN - FOW - GLITH. "The Gasping Dust" This was a dessert area where Morgoth's stronghold Angband is located. Uruloki: URU (like URU KAI) LOKI: These were the first dragons bred by Morgoth. The first had no wings and were called the fire drakes of the north.

42:35 Apollo: Oh... there goes another general. Me: It's King Turgon. After a few minutes... Me: But there are two Gondolin armies led by two players, so Turgon apparently has a clone now.| Apollo: ...Lords of the Golden Flower... Me: Nah, The blond-haired warrior is Glorfindel, while the black-haired one is the King. There is only one Lord of the Golden Flower, and one King of Gondolin. The unit is the general unit when the player organized it during the setup of the scenario.

Yo! The first age is an amazing time in Middle Earth. The battles and dramas are of literally epic proportions.

Let's goo!

Mod is great! Merry Christmas to everyone as well hope you all enjoy it!

My favorite part of Silmarillion btw. One of very few instances where Tolkien delves deep into everyday life. The way he describes 12 houses of Gondolin. The way he sets up the invasion, the ultimate betrayal, and the sheer valor of Ecthelion, Tuor, and the ultimate sacrifice of Turgon. Such beautiful story.

Merry Christmas Apollo!

Ahh gondolin, the city which morgoth spent 27 years torturing a man (Hurin) for the location of.

Cool to see Silmarillion TW on the spotlight

Fun fact! the sword "Glamdring" that Gandalf finds in the troll hoard in the Hobbit and proceeds to use for the entire trilogy of both films belonged to Turgon the high king of Gondalin.

This video is great, Apollo. Idk what it's been in your last few videos but you haven't had the same energy you used to have, but this battle feels like classic Apollo is back. Really great energy, keep it up.

30:49 i want a "Life of a Soldier" on this Elf

Dragons fly and Balrogs scream Elven's arrows fly in the sky The city is burning and blood of the first child flow What a battle!

Wow! This mod looks great! I cannot wait to jump into the First Age!

This is one of the battles where melkor unleashes his full strength, he searched for years but could never find the hiding city until the elf betrays its location. He sends all evil creatures lead by balrogs and fire drakes.

Virgin Glorfindel wasn't actually able to beat a balrog without being pushed off a cliff by an eagle vs chad Ecthelion who killed a bunch of them plus gloriously sacrificing himself to kill gothmog, the lord of the balrogs

This is my new favorite total war (in general) mod, and what I most look forward to watching this with your commentary. Please do more after it comes out and any early access matches too. Rise Morgoth, The fortress of Angband in the mountains of Thangorodrim shall rise to greatness.

if your interested in this I highly recommend the fall of Gondolin book book

I'm under one minute in and the amount of nerdy joy I'm experiencing is off the charts.

Hi Apollo! The Urulóki is the Quenya name (that's the language of the Ñoldor) for the great fire-drakes of the First Age. So, these five-headed lizards are dragons, basically. I gather it might've been too difficult for them to have actual dragons in the air, I can't see how you would monitor that, so... there it is.

“They remind me almost of fountain guard” Me: “ hmm yess apollo i wonder why that might be “ 🤣

I think in Gondolin they had twelve houses or clan, thats why you have those golden flowers and pillars... And those fountain boys I think they are the predescessor of what would become the principality of Dol-Amroth. Earendil blood line or something.

This really was a crazy game! I'm glad you are enjoying the mod

(Sees glorious siege battle) Well, time to read the fall of Gondolin again

man i love how the based each unit off the 12 houses of gondolin

Tuor killed 8 balrogs

Finally more LOTR content, you should focus on more stuff like this and 1212 AD. It’s what made your channel!

Uruloki = Fire Serpents. They are wingless dragons, the ancestors of the winged ones.

Yes thank you again pixelated apollo so excited!! Also gondolin is awesome

This mod looks really cool. You should consider showing medieval two with war hammer mod

F in the chat for all those Armorers. They died with swords in hand and love for their people in their hearts.

Watching LOTR fellowship yesterday I totally wanted to know more about the first age, especially during the Great Battle of the marshes, where we see Lord Elrond leading and the archers whisping arrows past his face.

This mod looks so amazing, and I feel like if there were like a series of battles behind it, it would be amazing. I hope there is more to come form this. Like a lot more.

(I won't go into lots of details, but I'll share a few insane feats of what Elves did that day.) Morgoth sent great forces and many evil creatures to Gondolin, because he knew the High King Turgon had gathered many troops in his hidden city. The legions of Angband were lead by a great fire-drake and Gothmog, Lord of the Balrogs. For the Elves, many of the Lords of the Twelve Houses lead their troops into battle alongside Turgon. There was also Tuor, a Man and spouse to Idril, princess of Gondolin. Treasonous acts have been done before and during the battle and I won't talk about them here... but here are the great heroes of the Fall of Gondolin! Glorfindel, Lord of the House of the Golden Flower, lead part of the surviving people (including Tuor and Idril and their son, Ëarendil) into the mountains. There, they were ambushed by a hord of orcs led by a Balrog. Glorfindel and the Balrog fought while the others escaped. The Elven-lord managed to strike down his foe, who fell from the mountain; but as he was falling, he grabbed Glorfindel's hair who lost his balance and thus, both met their doom. Ecthelion was the Lord of the House of the Fontain, and lead troops in the main square of Gondolin, next to the famous fontain. There, he slayed two Balrogs and fought for a long time, often being joined by other captains who retreated to his position. Finally, he entered in a duel with Gothmog and both died while killing the other. Tuor, son of Huor, fought against the traitorous nephew of the King, Maeglin. He defeated him and then slayed five Balrogs during the fall, before fleeing with a handful of survivors and his wife and son. There's a book about the fall, which I would recommend reading. However if you don't want to, there's elements of this siege in The Silmarillion and some other books. Or, you can just look it up online. Anyway, it's one of the greatest battle of the First Age.

Cool new game.thats why pixellated Apollo channel is the first channel i liked .nice to hear your voice like the first time I subscribed 4 years ago

Uruloki is just the Quenya (I think?) name for dragons or dragonkind. The five headed thing I think is just an invention of the modders, I don't recall there being any multiple headed Dragons in Tolkien's works. But I would guess it's to make up for the fact that they have to be small to work in the game.

hey apollo, wanted to say something about the first age: sorry for my bad English, Im from Europe:) in the beginniing, eru iluvatar, the one, as they call him, created the ainur, the lesser gods ( for he was an high god or something). then they started making music, beautiful music as they created the world. The most powerful of them, Melkor, didn't like the way it was going and started making his own. That was dreadful music, that spawned evil instead of good like iluvatar intended. three times Melkor was adressed at this, and three times he didn't answer. then, the ainur came down on the newborn earth, which they called arda. melkor destroyed the works of the others, and they destroyed his, till he had driven them out of Middle- Earth, to the Undying Land Valinor. In Middle Earth he created Udun, his first realm, which was an basic representation of Hell. There he created the Balrogs, ( remember gandalfs speech against the balrog in FOTR) and trolls and beasts. Then, the other Ainur, which were now called Valar, created Elves. These awakened far in the East at the lake of Cuivienen under the starlight. They marched west, for they had been summoned by the Valar to Valinor. But Melkor sent his Balrogs and captured some of the Elves, and tortured them in Udun, until they had been tortured so much they had become Orcs; their will was controlled by Melkor now. The other Elves arrived in Valinor over the Great Sea. There they split up in three different sections: the Noldor, the most powerful and able, the Teleri, the ones drung to the sea and singers, and the Vanyar, which isn't that much known about. The Elves were the first children of Iluvatar, the most fairest and wisest. One of the Noldor, Finwe, had an son named Feanor. He was the most able of all and could create masterpieces by hand. He made the Palantiri ( remember from LOTR) and the Silmarils. The latter were the most beautiful jewels in the world who had beautiful light in it. But also he was the most proud and powerful ,and fire breathed in his heart. Then Melkor came to Valinor. He came to destroy it. He teamed up with the giant spider Ungoliant, which was some ten times bigger than Shelob, and destroyed the two trees of Valinor, the main resources of light in Arda before the sun and moon rised. Ungoliant just ate the light, she hated it, and asked Morgoth if she could have the silmarils' beautiful light to eat. In the dark, Melkor fled away and none of the Elves and Valar could find him. First, before he left Valinor, he came at Finwe's house and killed him. Feanor wasn't at home, so Morgoth stole the Silmarils and returned to Middle earth, where he made an new realm, Angband. But Ungoliant wanted the silmarils for her own and battled him, and won, but then Morgoth screamed so loud that all of his Balrogs heard him and came to his aid. Finally they defeated the spider, who crawled back to her home and ate herself because of all the hunger that she had. When Feanor returned, he became very angry and led the Noldor, of which he was the king, to pursue Morgoth over the Great Sea to Middle Earth. Such an power was hidden in him that all who heard him believed him. He and his seven sons swore an dreadful oath that they would kill anyone that had the Silmarils. The Noldor came to the Teleri and asked if they could borrow their ships. The Teleri refused and the Noldor, in their fury, started an whole slaughter and killed an good portion of the Teleri. Then they sailed with the stolen ships. Feanor's brother, Fingolfin, was the most forgiving and loving of the two, and didn't partisipate ( if that's spelled correctly) in the fight, for he hated it. For this Feanor abandoned him and sailed without him. Then Fingolfin had to walk over the ice in the north, which was very coslty, but after two years he finally made it. Feanor sailed over the Sea, but then an voice came from behind. He saw Mandos, the God of Doom, on the shores of Valinor, and Mandos said that all Noldor, wherever they came and what they would do, they would always have bad luck, tears and die an dreadful death. Feanor laughed at it and arrived in Middle earth. Melkor, or Morgoth as Feanor called him, set up an big force of Orcs at the beaches of Middle Earth to defeat the incoming Noldor, but though they had smaller forces, the Noldor crushed them with all of their skill. They celebrated their victory and marched inland. Then Morgoth said he would give back the Silmarils at an meeting, and Feanor agreed. But this was an trick, as Morgoth didn't give anything but Balrogs and Orcs. But the host of Angband was defeated and Feanor pursued his enemies all the way to the gates of Angband itself, but lost himself in the fight and was killed by the master of the Balrogs, Gothmog. It was at this moment that the sun and moon appeared and the Men awakened, far in the East. The most served Morgoth, but some, named the Edain joined the elves. They were the second children of Iluvatar and fierce and brutal compared to the Elves. They settled west of Angband in Hithlum and another kingdom which I cant remember. The sons of Feanor were deeply saddened and the eldest, Maehdhros, would take up the role of High King of The Noldor, but handed it over to Fingolfin instead. Fingolfin was an far better king than Feanor. He built great Elven realms, such like Nargothrond and Gondolin, in which his second son Turgon got to live. For 300 years there was peace, but then from Angband an great fire came and an great host of orcs, balrogs and an dragon, named Glaurung the Great Worm, came. The Elves closest to Angband were chrushed and the surprise attack had driven back the remaining Noldor south. Finglofin was very angry and sad at the sight of all that was his belonging to Morgoth, and alone he rode out towards Angband, just like his brother had done before him. All the Orcs that saw shook in terror as they saw him in all his fury galloping over the wastelands. Arrived in Angband, he challenged Morgoth to an dual. Morgoth didn't want to, but in front of all his officers he must. In his hand was the great hammer Grond, the battering ram in ROTK was named after this hammer. Morgoth is said to be as big as an tower and heavy as an mountain. Seven times Finglofin wounded Morgoth, but at last Morgoth killed him, by stepping on him with his enormous feet and breaking his neck. Now Fingon, eldest son of Fingolfin, indeed was High King. He marched with Feanor's son Maehdhros forth in an counterattack, and together with the men of the east they battled against Angband. But they lost due to the treason of the eastern men, and they had to flee. An last escort of western men held back the orcs, but at last were killed. Along them was Hurin, father of the legendary Turin Tarambar. Now Turgon, younger brother of Fingon, who was killed in the battle, was High King. he settled in Gondolin, where the siege began. turgon was killed, then the survivors fled south. in the meantime, Maehdhros learned that two lovers, Luthien and Beren, an elf and men, had stolen one of the silmarils of Morgoth's crown. Beren had died and Luthien also, but the silmaril rested in Doriaht, realm of luthien's father Thingol. Therefore, Maehdros, as his oath long ago had told him, was to raid Doriath, but the elves fled and one of them, Elwing, who was the granddaughter of Luthien, had the silmaril. She had an man Earendil, who was an child in the siege of Gondolin, and he wanted to sail to Valinor for help from the Valar in the losing war. He built an ship, Vingilot, and finally, with the Silmaril from Elwing in his habd, came to Valinor. He told the Valar of all the dead and all the bad luck in Middle Earth and that Mandos's prophecy was true. First the valar wouldn't help, but finally they agreed and asked the Teleri and Vanyar to sail with the Valar to Middle earth. The Teleri refused because the slaughter from long ago, but finally borrowed their ships when the Valar told them to. The great host of the west sailed, with Earendil with the silmaril in his ship Vingilot, which had made to fly by the Valar, and battled all of Morgoth's forces. There were millions of orcs and elves and balrogs and men and the battle lasted 18 years(!) until Morgoth's forces were destroyed. Then the dragons came forth and pushed back the Elves and Men, but also the Great Eagles and the flying Earendil came and an real battle in the air took place. Then Earendil slew the mightiest of the dragons, Ancalagon, and Ancalagon fell from the sky upon Angband and destroyed it in it's fall. Morgoth was captured and threw out of Arda, back to Iluvatar, by the Valar and the Silmarils were held by the Valar. Five of the sons of Feanor had been killed and the remaining two, of which Maehdros, stole the two remaining Silmarils( the third was in Earendil's hands). But they didn''t belong to the Sons anymore, because they had killed the Teleri and the People of Doriath for the jewels and no long had the right. And so, the Silmarils burned them, something they always did when they didn't belong to someone evil, and Maehdhros fell in an fiery pit and died. The remaining son Maglor threw the last silmaril into the sea and began to wander the beaches in despair and loneliness. In the meantime, Sauron, Morgoth's lieutenant, escaped and settled down in Mordor, and the second age began. Now, thanks for reading. This was all memorized:) cheers!

My man Apollo churz for the Christmas video big fan for many years

I left my families Christmas for this😂😂This is absolutely amazing pixie ❤️❤️

The Uruloki are the dragons, or ''Fire-breathers'' if I am correct. They are mounted by the Balrogs during the Fall of Gondolin. Imagine that, Balrogs mounting dragons like horsies.

Nan-tath-ren. An-fow-glith. You're welcome pixie lol

Gondolin was the final stronghold of the Noldorin elves, with the fall of the city Morgoth had no real enemies left. Only thing he didn't count on was Earendil and his mother getting away. He took the city but hope still lived in him. He eventually makes the harrowing journey to the Undying Lands to beg the Valar for help and they agreed. Sending over an army of Caliquendi and Maiar under Eonwe, but Morgoth is so powerful it took them 40 years to finally defeat him. Earendil in his flying white ship, Silamril on his brow fighting dragons alongside Thorondor and the Great Eagles. I'm such a loser I'm tearing up just thinking about it. So Epic.

Every time theres an intense battle Pixalated apollo: imagine being one of these soldiers...

Love the music of the LOTR mods. The music is so good. Glad they took it from the movies

I think Apollo should do a life of the soldier on that catapult crew member who power walk away from the orcs

“Oh yea this is getting juicy here”

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍👍 The wars of the first stage were so epic that the second and third ages could never compare, Feanor and his sons really brought the good stuff.

I love the look of the Ironshod

I'm not sure about this but I'm pretty sure the 5 headed serpents are meant to represent the many unspecified allies of Morghoth that are mentioned in the Silmmarilion and LOTR, if so I that is really cool as no other game/ film has ever covered them despite the fact that it gives writers/ devs/ modders an opportunity to showcase their own interpretation of what these creatures might be

I would love to see a crossover with you and Nerd of the Rings. Would be wonderful to see

Unit design and variety is top tier

@Apollo . if you didnt know bannerlord had a new update!!! You can fight in keeps now!

"This is a custom city." I could've sworn i played this in Vanilla Total war!

Well I’m happy i got to see glorious siege and I have tamales Today’s a good day

I am getting ready more 2 years of snacks and drinks. This mod is awesome! A true revival!

Just for the enjoyment of the game, I love all the different units

Apollo: says he hopes were sitting down Me: laying down

those troll swords kinda look like an ancient Egyptian Khopesh

There should be a 'Battle of a Thousand Tears' scenario where the easterlings betrayed the elves and dwarves in the middle of the battle and finally drove the elves into hiding against Melkor also the Kinslayings when some of the Feanor and the Noldor were trying to leave the undying lands

That Girion Lord of Sale slow music is so good

KEEP UP THE FANTASTIC WORK, APOLLo!!!!

'Do not feed the trolls' - PA

Im fairly certain that the house of the golden flower was Glorfindels house

I cant freaking wait for the Christmas special tomorrow Apollo!! Have a merry Chrysler to all!!

Woah, I didn't know that Gondolin was available as a faction for STW yet. Thought that was still under development, along with Nargothrond. Cool to see it, though!

Really need a Battle of Unnumbered tears recreation

These videos get me through please don't stop! Much love from Houston

You know apollo is excited when he starts personifying statues 18:07

i absolutely love the look of the unit sergeants love the look of medievil knights

Elves cant die, even if they are slain. Their soul goes to the hall of Mandos who is the Vala/Demigod who keeps the elven souls until they can be reborn. Glorfindel was probaly reborn in Valinor and sailed to middle earth again.

For the Golden Flower!

No views, 3 likes, and 3 comments? Sounds about right for KZfaq! Props to you for new ideas for your videos, Apollo. I never regret being your knight, even if I’m not the oldest one. Let’s see what else this mod does for the community!(:

fun fact: Morgoth had THOUSANDS of balrogs in his forces and a crap-ton of dragons just like (and in many cases more powerful than) Smaug. the third age had it easy

The statue at 18:14 is fingolfin and his sword ringil

Glorfindel was also known as the Balrog hunter. He killed a lot of them throughout his life time.

Great stuff. Can't wait for more First Age battles - some good lore stuff plus some one-off pitched battles. Multi-part scenarios like you recently did in the Third Age would be good.

The catapult crewman we know who's going to get the next life of a soldier