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Bree - War in the North
At the Sign of the Prancing Pony - Ted Nasmith
Hobbits in Bree - John Howe
Bree - Ralph Damiani
The Inn at Bree - Alan Lee
bree-land - Matej Cadil
weathertop - Rafael Damiani
Fantasy landscape - Felix Englund
Hillmen and Wolfdogs - Jan Pospíšil
Dunlendings - Jan Pospíšil
Aragorn and King of the Dead - Jerry Vanderstelt
Bree - The White Council
The Ships of the Faithful - Ted Nasmith
The Prancing Pony - Aegeri
I should have said a lot of things - anotherstranger_me
weathertop - dracarysdrekkar
Wootton Major - Alan Lee
Hobbit portrait - Catherine Karina Chmiel
Hobbiton - Catherine Chmiel
Hobbit pipe - John Howe
The Hobbit - Catherine Karina Chmiel
A Hobbit's Garden - Emily Austin
the prancing pony - Matej Cadil
Prancing Pony - John Howe
At the Sign of the Prancing Pony - Tolman Cotton
Battle in the distance - Felix Englund
Witch King of Angmar - Peet
A Ranger of the North - Anna Kulisz
Bree - War in the North
Gandalf and Thorin - Ted Nasmith
Thror's Map - Alan Lee
Erebor - WETA
Saruman - LOTRO
Strider in The Prancing Pony - Peter Xavier Price
brother hobbit - dracarysdrekkar
ringwraith - Jerry Vanderstelt
At the Sign of the Prancing Pony - Anna Kulisz
Dunlending - John_Howe
Hobbit and horse - Catherine Karina Chmiel
Bill the Pony - Christina Kraus
sam+and+bill - Emily Austin
Sam and Bill - Elrodimus Flash
Ranger - The White Council
Barliman Butterbur - John Howe
Entering Mirkwood - Ted Nasmith
Ithilien Ranger - Elrodimus Flash
King Aragorn - Steve Airola
Homeward Bound - Tolman Cotton
Gandalf the White - Andrea Piparo
Refreshed and Encouraged - Miriam Ellis
Sam Gamgee - Anna Kulisz
Gandalf - JG Jones
King Aragorn - Janka Latečková
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@Selrahc_69
@Selrahc_69 2 ай бұрын
I absolutely love Bree - this video was awesome. I've played Lord of the Rings Online for 15 years and run dozens of characters through the Breeland areas (Archet, Combe, Staddle, The Chetwood, etc etc). I'm one of the rare players who, if asked what I would be in real life if I could live in Middle Earth, would not answer "an Elf of Lothlorien" or "a Dwarf of Khazad Dum" or "a Hobbit of the Shire" but would be a Man of Bree-land. It is my home away from home and I really appreciate it getting some love here. Thank you!
@uncletomalex
@uncletomalex 2 ай бұрын
Exactly the same as you ! Bree-land seems to be one of the coziest place in Middle Earth second only to the Shire but for/with Men. Although I'll admit Lothlorien in the game is beautiful exactly like Tolkien described it, the golden atmosphere is dreamy. Dale and Esgaroth are also in this mood (Bree-land mood I mean) I'll say.
@froggirl96
@froggirl96 2 ай бұрын
yes, bree is as fun as the shire to me in lotro!!
@jmarq2283
@jmarq2283 2 ай бұрын
Oh Bree, the hub of LOTRO 😊 possibly favorite place in the game! Breeland is amazing
@TheFloodFourm
@TheFloodFourm Ай бұрын
I want to RP with this guy.
@andersonic
@andersonic 2 ай бұрын
Great voice for Barliman Butterburr at the end! I hope king Elessar found a chance to stop in for a pint.
@tarminas6805
@tarminas6805 2 ай бұрын
It comes in pints?
@abduswabulmusa4461
@abduswabulmusa4461 Ай бұрын
@@tarminas6805 let me go get one!
@tarminas6805
@tarminas6805 Ай бұрын
@@abduswabulmusa4461you've had a whole half already!
@Alfador42
@Alfador42 2 ай бұрын
This whole part about the relationship between the Dunedains and Bree, as well as their positive influence on the region due to the covert protection they provided was awesome. That and the part when the Innkeeper realized that shady dude called Strider was more than he ever thought he was. Pure gold. Warms my heart.
@redcounterstrikemk2878
@redcounterstrikemk2878 2 ай бұрын
Heh, that "WHHAAT ?" moment.
@55tranquility
@55tranquility 2 ай бұрын
I've always been fascinated by Bree, largely because as you state its the only place where two races live together and mix, drink together in the Prancing Pony and work together - ie Hob works at the Prancing Pony. I also love any place where travellers come and go, and Dwarves also visit Bree and stay at the Prancing Pony, and thats completely normal and of course wizards too - 'elderly gentleman with a pointy hat'.
@55tranquility
@55tranquility 6 күн бұрын
One thing, I live near Oxfordshire and Combe is an actual small village outside of Oxford. I always wondered if this influenced Tolkien in his naming, its very rural surrounded by woods and fields.
@briangarrow448
@briangarrow448 Ай бұрын
As a citizen of Bree, I appreciate your history of our incredibly important crossroad village. See you soon at the Prancing Pony!
@deathsythelui
@deathsythelui 2 ай бұрын
Could you do a video on how populated Middle Earth actually was? Perhaps even work on some population density maps? I've never quite squared in my head just how many settlements, villages, and towns there are supposed to be in Tolkien's legendarium. I feel this is not helped by most maps being pretty bare of these spots except for the major cities and other areas important to the plot...
@imaginaryfool11
@imaginaryfool11 2 ай бұрын
I think this is a great idea. I also find myself struggling to imagine how many people actually live in middle earth sometimes. And despite being an absolutely beautiful map it dose fill a little bare as far towns go
@danielcharba8342
@danielcharba8342 2 ай бұрын
I believe there were many sparse and and bare areas due to the plagues, wars in the north/orc incursions etc. Tolkien based much of Middle Earth on Brittania and Ireland, the north and west in particular on the latter. The Irish population was a mere quarter of what it was half a century prior to Tolkien growing up (even to this very day less than half). I have walked in that ancient land and it is sad, errie and mysterious to see so many rocky stones, old villages and castles once inhabited and long left to disuse and time.
@przemek3251
@przemek3251 Ай бұрын
This is an amazing idea! I hope Nerd of the Rings sees it :)
@robgeraghty6205
@robgeraghty6205 20 күн бұрын
Considering the size of the armies fielded, you could estimate the population of young, elderly and female (since few were shield maidens). Most of Middle Earth was a vast wilderness in the Third Age, while populations in earlier ages were in many cases larger; hence many regions where there were signs of former glory, even in the Shire. However, it's harder to estimate the populations of some of the outlying areas which didn't see much involvement in the War of the Ring.
@Jayjay-qe6um
@Jayjay-qe6um 2 ай бұрын
J.R.R. Tolkien chose the name Bree to represent the survival of a trace of the former language of the Men of Bree and modelled it on a British (i.e. Celtic) word, which meant "hill". He referred to Brill in his Nomenclature of the Lord of the Rings when he explained that the name Chetwood was a compound of a Celtic word for "wood" and the english word "wood" and stated that the Brill was derived from the Celtic word bree and the English word "hill". Christopher Tolkien explains that the name Bree is based on Brill in Buckinghamshire, which his father knew well. Tom Shippey also suggests that Tolkien was inspired by the inspired by the town of Brill, which is located on a hill ten miles from Oxford, when he chose the names Bree and Bree-hill.
@colinbaldwin313
@colinbaldwin313 2 ай бұрын
I've always thought that the Shire would be the most wonderful place to live in all Middle-Earth. Now, however, I think I will thus declare Bree. It's a stable, quiet, and safe settlement, but it also has the Men needed to repel Saruman's attempted scouring.
@markmuller7962
@markmuller7962 2 ай бұрын
Me 2 minutes in: "OK this is going deeper than expected" ... As always 😄
@positivelynegative9149
@positivelynegative9149 2 ай бұрын
That's what she said.
@markmuller7962
@markmuller7962 2 ай бұрын
@@positivelynegative9149 lol man of culture
@Pixellated-kb3vx
@Pixellated-kb3vx 2 ай бұрын
I never knew Bree had so much history. If I could live anywhere in Middle-Earth, that's where I would live. Thanks for helping me finally make up my mind!
@hermanmelville3368
@hermanmelville3368 2 ай бұрын
Me too
@fingersTitan
@fingersTitan 2 ай бұрын
I'll give you a knock on my way to the Pony. See you in there.
@martins.4240
@martins.4240 2 ай бұрын
You do you, but I would prefer Rivendell or Ithilien any day.
@jimjames6074
@jimjames6074 2 ай бұрын
​@@martins.4240I would feel crude and out of place, like walking around a museum. Bree is best for common folk
@mon_moi
@mon_moi 2 ай бұрын
Cool linguistic facts: Bree has placenames that are Celtic in origin ('Bree' and 'Combe' are common placename prefixes and suffixes in Britain that likely came from the Brittonic languages, instead of Old English). Dunland is also probably pseudo-Celtic in contrast to the pseudo-Anglo-Saxon Rohan. Since hobbits lived in Bree for a long time, it explains them having Celtic-origin names like Meriadoc (there's a Breton saint of the same name irl) All of the Brandybuck family of hobbits have such names
@pamelah6431
@pamelah6431 2 ай бұрын
....?
@philiphumphrey1548
@philiphumphrey1548 Ай бұрын
Possibly why there is also a Bree in the Chronicles of Narnia, a talking horse in The Horse and His Boy.
@petertaysum8947
@petertaysum8947 Ай бұрын
At some time between Asterix and Charlemagne (you can tell my history is hazy) there were two tribes in neighbouring valleys in NE France, the Meriadocs and the Peregrines.
@littlejonathorn6860
@littlejonathorn6860 2 ай бұрын
“Bree, Its not just Cheese 🧀!!!”
@verhalenvrouwe
@verhalenvrouwe 2 ай бұрын
I love the videos that zoom in on sections of the world that seem insignificant. Great video, very informative, and, as a side note, you have a pleasant voice to listen to.
@Eowyn3Pride
@Eowyn3Pride 2 ай бұрын
Wow Matt! That Butterbur accent was Stellar!😂❤❤❤🍻🥔🧙‍♂️
@matthewdykeman8149
@matthewdykeman8149 2 ай бұрын
His voices are genuinely only matched by the Trilogy cast. His Gollum is absurdly good.
@LeviSmith-bp4yv
@LeviSmith-bp4yv 2 ай бұрын
Who needs fancy voice AI when you have the nerd of the rings around
@starrynight6268
@starrynight6268 2 ай бұрын
There is an inn, a merry old inn beneath an old grey hill, And there they brew a beer so brown That the Man in the Moon himself came down one night to drink his fill.
@Omashu2425
@Omashu2425 2 ай бұрын
The Ostler keeps a tipsy cat; that plays a five-stringed fiddle. And up and down, he strings his brow Now squeaking, high now purring low Now sawing down the middle.
@Dr_Cole
@Dr_Cole 2 ай бұрын
These videos, where you provide an in-depth review of the history of an area, personal, object, or any item of relevance, is deeply satisfying. It helps us understand how much effort was created by Tolkien as a way of making his world have history, interconnectivity with the rest of the world, political machinations, culture, and so much more. As a bit of a Hollywood type of story lover, I tend to enjoy the stories with a happy ending, and this one absolutely did. Keep up the great work!
@Farmer_JC
@Farmer_JC 2 ай бұрын
For my hope was founded on a fat man in Bree; and my fear was founded on the cunning of Sauron. But fat men who sell ale have many calls to answer; and the power of Sauron is still less than fear makes it.
@massimogazzola1427
@massimogazzola1427 2 ай бұрын
Pov Bree: why does Peter Jackson always come here just eating carrots....
@Donathon-qx8kq
@Donathon-qx8kq 2 ай бұрын
Carrots??? Wouldn't it have been mushrooms???
@1Butcher
@1Butcher 2 ай бұрын
@@Donathon-qx8kqmovie cameo
@annecarter5181
@annecarter5181 2 ай бұрын
He does LOVE those 🥕!!!!!
@charliecovert576
@charliecovert576 2 ай бұрын
A secret getaway for Jackson.
@Chadius_Maximus-on9mo
@Chadius_Maximus-on9mo 2 ай бұрын
Ngl I thought you were referencing the lego game.
@tomwhaley3335
@tomwhaley3335 2 ай бұрын
lol what was with the bill the pony thirst trap pic 😂
@donaldwatson7698
@donaldwatson7698 7 күн бұрын
Haven't played Lord of the Rings Online in many a year now, but it's astonishing how many details the game's creators got right regarding Bree and the surrounding lands and villages. I learned so much Tolkien lore from that game.
@Ian-Saxon
@Ian-Saxon 2 ай бұрын
Tongues are still wagging in Bree to this day about Longshanks and his band of strange Shire-folk.
@Matthewwithers33
@Matthewwithers33 2 ай бұрын
When I read the silmarillion I kept looking back to the map with it to keep up. I finally found a map online that had both 1st and 3rd age maps combined so it made it easier to reference in comparison
@diamondbackdtb
@diamondbackdtb 2 ай бұрын
Good to know I just bought the books
@petertaysum8947
@petertaysum8947 Ай бұрын
I'm still waiting for Google Middle Earth.
@Transilvanian90
@Transilvanian90 11 күн бұрын
I love the music choice here! It reminds me quite a bit of Elder Scrolls Oblivion, and just enjoying the nature and medieval peace of mind of the hills, fields and towns in that game.
@Pooter-it4yg
@Pooter-it4yg Ай бұрын
Combe rhymes with either pronunciation of "room" (long or short "oo", but not "home" - it's the Early Celto-Saxon word for valley and a common suffix in many British south-western place names. See also the Welsh word "cym" (valley).
@kirbymarchbarcena
@kirbymarchbarcena 2 ай бұрын
For me, Aragorn is the hero who binded all races against evil, the will of Samwise lead to the destruction of the One Ring, and, the Prancing Pony made every night drunkin' fine.
@grafspe807
@grafspe807 2 ай бұрын
Bree as depicted in LOTRO is a great hub for a MMO i just love it
@constantinebodien1887
@constantinebodien1887 2 ай бұрын
Bree is like the weird Star Wars bar for Middle Earth.
@Enerdhil
@Enerdhil 2 ай бұрын
A little less dangerous.
@liamhiggins3787
@liamhiggins3787 2 ай бұрын
Great video. Love hearing about the history of Eriador, the men who live there, and hobbit culture. Very interesting 👍
@Prepared_Suburbanite
@Prepared_Suburbanite 2 ай бұрын
Wow! What a great tale you tell. Thank you for the research you do and your story-telling!
@erichtomanek4739
@erichtomanek4739 2 ай бұрын
In time, Bree will grow to a small city, thanks to its location. Who knows, a descendant of the Inn Keeper may become the Duke of Breeland.
@fingersTitan
@fingersTitan 2 ай бұрын
A great insight to this place I think we would all love to visit, esp the Pony to just sample a pint at the very least. OK. Probably several pints.
@Enerdhil
@Enerdhil 2 ай бұрын
🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺👍
@scooterdtx
@scooterdtx 2 ай бұрын
Any estimates of the population of Bree village plus the surrounding settlements? And as always, thank you for the video and really excellent voice work!
@bmcg4977
@bmcg4977 2 ай бұрын
Trent Reznor as Aragorn in the thumbnail.
@NomadUrpagi
@NomadUrpagi 2 ай бұрын
For some reason i would want to spend my evenings in Bree getting drunk at the Prancing Pony waiting for Gandalf
@jeffreyhornblower6515
@jeffreyhornblower6515 2 ай бұрын
I'm a simple human I see lord of the rings lore I click on it
@itsatrap1017
@itsatrap1017 2 ай бұрын
Shoutout to War in the North and Lord of the Rings Online. Maybe non-canon, but great for Bree!
@jornspirit
@jornspirit 2 ай бұрын
...love Bree, the strategic position of it, and the mix of different races... my favourite spot would be on top of Bree hill (with a small tower to watch the stars at night)... and hopefully retire eventually in the undying lands... I could study and interview the trespassing folks, and write about the on-goings in the lands between the mountains and the sea... from the revenue of my books I would invest in restoring the Forsaken Inn (and re-name it)... travelers between Bree and the misty mountains need a place for sustenance, some good ale, and a bed for the night... 🍺🛌🌜
@Enerdhil
@Enerdhil 2 ай бұрын
No, thanks. I'll have my bed and breakfast at Imladris.😅
@jornspirit
@jornspirit 2 ай бұрын
@@Enerdhil - well, Imladris is the ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐one! ...just be aware: Frodo and Sam walked 300 miles from Bree to Rivendell ...there are several opportunities for B&Bs to be established on the way. And taking ponies or horses would make the trip faster... PS. mine will have to be first a big renovation job, and I think I'll call it the 'Weathertop Inn' as you can see that hill from there 😎
@Enerdhil
@Enerdhil 2 ай бұрын
@@jornspirit Weathertop Inn??!!❤️❤️❤️😁👍 How can I not stay there??
@jornspirit
@jornspirit 2 ай бұрын
@@Enerdhil you're very welcome! Pre-reservations will soon be available! 👍🤣😎
@twiceborn_by_grace
@twiceborn_by_grace 2 ай бұрын
Tolkien must have liked to make names rhyme. Kili and Fili, Balin and Dwallin, Gloin and Oin, and Nob and Bob.
@joelwalden5504
@joelwalden5504 2 ай бұрын
A really great video, as usual -- highly entertaining and well-researched. Very well done!
@frostdova
@frostdova 2 ай бұрын
I have to say youre one of the few youtubers who go and credit the artists, thank you for that
@Clyde-S-Wilcox
@Clyde-S-Wilcox 2 ай бұрын
I really wish that Tolkien had written the scene where the royal entourage passed through Bree and Aragorn met with Butterbur and ennobled him for aiding the Hobbits. You know it happened.
@kevinmoore4845
@kevinmoore4845 2 ай бұрын
I recall Strider stating how Butterbur was in a stones throw from creatures that would freeze his blood. Yet, the scion he and his men received from the citizens of Bree he thought was worth it if it kept them safe. Classic line.
@marciofelipejustino2563
@marciofelipejustino2563 2 ай бұрын
Um bom lugar pra relaxar e tirar férias. ❤❤
@kojinaoftheinvertedeye810
@kojinaoftheinvertedeye810 Ай бұрын
Some needs to make a video on how long a pub crawl in middle earth would take.
@Darkgeran7
@Darkgeran7 2 ай бұрын
Bree is just one place in middle earth in my opinion to be a chill place you don’t want to leave
@enriquehartmann8642
@enriquehartmann8642 2 ай бұрын
I really enjoyed this one. Thank you.
@ANON....
@ANON.... 2 ай бұрын
the fall of Númenor breaks my heart to middle earth
@TheHoneyBadger-yh5vj
@TheHoneyBadger-yh5vj 2 ай бұрын
God bless you and your work sir Nerd of the Rings 😇😇😇 respect from Croatia Europe 😎😎😎
@Cabin_Pat
@Cabin_Pat 2 ай бұрын
Deserves a like not least for the Butterbur accent 👏 🙌
@ladyalaina42
@ladyalaina42 Ай бұрын
Thank you! Love knowing more about Bree...which I mindfully convert to charming town of stone houses on hillsides with your help. God bless!
@yardarm5
@yardarm5 2 ай бұрын
. thanks for changing my Bree sleep over trick, always went for the animated version in my head .
@LifeFX856
@LifeFX856 2 ай бұрын
Another video! This is great
@D.Rivera-bh6xc
@D.Rivera-bh6xc 2 ай бұрын
This is a great refresher on Bree... Strider just met Frodo and his company there.
@SunnyLovetts
@SunnyLovetts Ай бұрын
Amazing content!! :D
@mattcarnevali
@mattcarnevali 2 ай бұрын
Was the Southerner spy an otherwise known character? I almost expected it to be Wormtongue
@davidjameshancey681
@davidjameshancey681 2 ай бұрын
Would love to see a video on the Dunlendings.
@MartieD
@MartieD 2 ай бұрын
I would like to know more about Bree hobbits. I wonder if their mentality is very different.
@_mrcrypt
@_mrcrypt 2 ай бұрын
Good story! Thanks 🍷
@morbidone88
@morbidone88 2 ай бұрын
Happy birthday you Ole goat!!
@procrastinator9
@procrastinator9 14 күн бұрын
Thanks, Debbie.
@virgnthermostat5928
@virgnthermostat5928 2 ай бұрын
Great video
@artistpoet5253
@artistpoet5253 2 ай бұрын
I really enjoy these videos. The Professor's words can be a bit purple at times and there are so many notes outside of the four books that having your efforts to bring these tidbits of lore to light is a boon. Thank you.
@Enerdhil
@Enerdhil 2 ай бұрын
Except Matt said Arnor was abandoned in 1945 (5:45), but actually it was 1974.
@artistpoet5253
@artistpoet5253 2 ай бұрын
@@Enerdhil oh cool! You know it all. Do you have a channel too?
@Enerdhil
@Enerdhil 2 ай бұрын
@@artistpoet5253 Oh, hold on! I read that on this comment board. I enjoy reading and posting comments on various Tolkien KZfaq comment boards. I do not have a channel because I have too much fixed headcanon that would irritate most people if I talked about it.😅
@elanacurl
@elanacurl 2 ай бұрын
Ty, I enjoy your videos ❤😊
@69fabin
@69fabin 18 күн бұрын
We need a video on the History of The Rangers!
@ianonymous3524
@ianonymous3524 Ай бұрын
I have often wondered what forces Aragorn is referring to when he says that there were enemies a days march from Bree who would see it destroyed if it was not protected
@beerfishtv
@beerfishtv 2 ай бұрын
Hmm, didn’t Butterbeer buy Bill the pony to compensate the company? Butterbeer would later be compensated himself when (part of) the fled animals returned.
@thebasementonlinegaming5394
@thebasementonlinegaming5394 2 ай бұрын
Thank you !
@moguera
@moguera 2 ай бұрын
After hearing so many of your reading excerpts, I can honestly say that, if you made audiobooks of Tolkien’s works…I’d pay money for them.
@TheGeneralGrievous19
@TheGeneralGrievous19 2 ай бұрын
The history of Bree is really interesting, kinda suprisingly. I always imagined Bree has really immersive atmosphere If I would be able to visit it. A small town but with many travelers visiting.
@cjimmer4877
@cjimmer4877 2 ай бұрын
Did anybody catch that at 7:10, the laundry hanging in the top right corner in the painting says f*** you.
@BosseWolff
@BosseWolff 2 ай бұрын
I think you should do a Reading of the whole Book. 😄
@Enerdhil
@Enerdhil 2 ай бұрын
Just get the audiobook.😂
@STMukr
@STMukr 2 ай бұрын
Yess ❤❤❤ Thks Nerd for new video. Yeah ❤❤❤
@Strength-Honor-Courage
@Strength-Honor-Courage Ай бұрын
It's amazing to me that Bree survived the wars with Angmar and the war of the ring....I also wonder why other settlements of men did not survive?
@WMfin
@WMfin 2 ай бұрын
Nicely done! What is the music used here?
@biglawngnome
@biglawngnome 2 ай бұрын
Long live Bill The Pony. The true hero of The Fellowship
@hermanmelville3368
@hermanmelville3368 2 ай бұрын
My favourtie place in Middle Earth
@Garfunkels_Funky_Uncle
@Garfunkels_Funky_Uncle 17 күн бұрын
I'm not sure if there was anything in the writings that would disprove this, but I always wondered if the "Squinty-eyed" Southerner was actually Sauron in disguise.
@garyyoung4074
@garyyoung4074 2 ай бұрын
The genius and depth of Tolkiens work is SO evident when you look at the "history" of even the most minor of places in the books. I always liked reading about the Gwathlow and Tharbad in the lost tales of the 2nd age.
@MathiasYmagnus
@MathiasYmagnus Ай бұрын
Thank you :)
@Shirebaggins.
@Shirebaggins. 2 ай бұрын
a video about tharbad
@baystated
@baystated 2 ай бұрын
Which came first? The town or the roads? An existing town would make it wise to route roads to/through it. Or, a connection of major roads is an ideal location for development and settlement. I wonder if in the fourth age the town evolves into the second city of Arnor.
@Enerdhil
@Enerdhil 2 ай бұрын
Those are good questions. Was Bree a village before the Greenway was made?🤔 Road First Theory: Since the Greenway was used to connect Minas Anor/Tirith to Fornost, it makes sense that the location was perfect to meet the travel needs of people going from one place to the other. Therefore people would have had opportunities to sell and provide things the itinerants needed. Bree First Theory: That would mean that the Greenway was made to give Men from the south a path to go to Bree in the north. That seems unlikely to me. Making a main road like the Greenway takes a lot of time and manpower. Even the LotR Bree could not have been able to complete such a demanding infrastructure project. It took the Numenoreans, Dunedain, other men of Arnor a long time to make this path to Bree from the Old South Road.
@petertaysum8947
@petertaysum8947 Ай бұрын
@@EnerdhilRoad 1st. Old Geography Lesson, settlements often occur at cross-roads, but the road/track/trail has to be there first.
@Enerdhil
@Enerdhil Ай бұрын
@@petertaysum8947 Good point.😁👍
@GarrettCantrell
@GarrettCantrell 2 ай бұрын
What a great Middle Earth lesson this is. Thanks Matt.
@ResoluteRebellion
@ResoluteRebellion 2 ай бұрын
So I always assumed the “dark figure” that hopped the gate at Bree was Aragorn, but was it?
@Enerdhil
@Enerdhil 2 ай бұрын
Yes. That was Strider, a.k.a. Aragorn.
@Kvasiraz
@Kvasiraz 2 ай бұрын
I rolled around in street mud, was mugged by a toothless vagrant and got so drunk at the Prancing Pony I woke up next to a troll. 5/5 Stars, would recommend.
@paulsarnik8506
@paulsarnik8506 Ай бұрын
Why do i hear Winkies singing 🎵Er ee oohh dor🎶 Eriador🎵😮😏🤓😎✌🏻🇬🇧
@kitsune2858
@kitsune2858 2 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for this :) Im going to name my humble apt The Prancing Pony =D
@Enerdhil
@Enerdhil 2 ай бұрын
I'll have a pint!🍺 Or two!🍺🍺🙏😁
@ilo2224
@ilo2224 2 ай бұрын
Always thought Bree would've made more sense being a great city, not a small village
@MrLePov
@MrLePov 9 күн бұрын
Pure headcannon, but I like to think Bree is partly based on my hometown: Rugeley. 😅 Tolkien lived in Great Haywood, a nearby village, for a time, which to me even now is somewhat Shire-esque. 😊 Rugeley and Stafford are the nearest towns to Great Haywood, and Rugeley is more run down than Stafford, so it would make more sense for Bree to be based on Rugeley. 😂 I do mean it when I say this is PURE headcannon, as another place in Tolkien's writings has been confirmed to be based on Greag Haywood, but I still like to believe Rugeley is Bree, nonetheless. 😂
@brandonvarnado4216
@brandonvarnado4216 2 ай бұрын
To my knowledge you haven’t done a video on this, but I may be wrong. I think an interesting video would be comparing/contrasting Morgoth/Melkor and Sauron.
@user-dj5mf9jq4d
@user-dj5mf9jq4d 2 ай бұрын
I always thought that the Nazgul broke into the Pony. I never thought that it could have been Bill Ferny and company.
@yudeok413
@yudeok413 Ай бұрын
Something I still don't understand is that there is this settlement of Hobbits in a fairly busy crossroad on major roads frequented by many races, even working in the inn.. and yet still nobody outside of it knows of the shire or the Hobbits?
@rogerbrownreacts8528
@rogerbrownreacts8528 2 ай бұрын
Bree would have been Amon Sulls supply point.
@Rashnak66
@Rashnak66 2 ай бұрын
one thing doesn't make sense about Bree- its supposed to be at a crossroads and get it's business from road travelors... but Tolkien made pretty clear that both roads were seldom traveled.
@feanor1865
@feanor1865 2 ай бұрын
Can u please do celegorm or caranthir
@richardrowland2898
@richardrowland2898 18 күн бұрын
Bree is also a town in Belgium
@Chuck-kc3pg
@Chuck-kc3pg 2 ай бұрын
I am reading ‘The Fall of Numenor’ - I would love to see a video on the building of Armenelos. Was it built for Elros and his people by the Valar, Miar and/or elves or did the Edain arrive on an island with no where to live and have to build it?
@Enerdhil
@Enerdhil 2 ай бұрын
That's a really good question. I am not sure if there is an answer. It is also called "Andor," which means " the land of gift." Having to make everything yourself is not much of a gift.😅
@dammmmdan6103
@dammmmdan6103 2 ай бұрын
Nice video. can you make a theory video where frodo escape mt.doom with the one ring.
@ruckustomfoolery9441
@ruckustomfoolery9441 2 ай бұрын
Please make a video on the Stone Giants in the hobbit
@benkosakladen5349
@benkosakladen5349 2 ай бұрын
"Squint-eyed Southerner or goblin man". Now that I've heard the criticism of Hayao Miyazaki, it's hard not to see the construction of Middle Earth in those terms.
@phoenixmilburn6598
@phoenixmilburn6598 2 ай бұрын
Peter Jackson orders his carrots from there
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