The War of the Elves and Sauron - Wars of the Legendarium

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The War of the Elves and Sauron was a very influential war in Tolkien’s Middle-earth, setting up many legacies and impacts in the future of Arda. Thank you all so much for watching, let me know your thoughts about this war in the comments below! As always, a great thanks to the online artists whose visual works made this video possible! If you are one of the artists, please let me know and I will post your name and a link to your work in this description!
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@IronDragon-2143 3 жыл бұрын

To stand against Sauron and his wrath takes immeasurable courage.

@michaelblower7363 2 жыл бұрын

And allies you can count on. :-)

@barrylyndon5552 2 жыл бұрын

Very true, also several of those elves were veterans of Morgoths wars of which Sauron was just a shadow.

@bgcvetan 3 жыл бұрын

Great to see you've recovered. Funny how the Elves read the small text, for the junk that the Door salesman [Sauron] tried to sell them, and Sauron threw up a tantrum. It's bit sad but Sauron reminds me of the tragic tale of Turin Turambar, Pride, thrice damned pride, all he had to do is take a boat go west and apologize, he sought perfection, and yet all that's left in his wake is naught but ruin.

@hughgedney3393 3 жыл бұрын

@bgcvetan "threw up a tantrum" eh well I know one other was like that, his name is Melkor.

@burnedsmackdown4209 3 жыл бұрын

Indeed as it was said he was ready to fully ready to repent for his service to Melkor, but fear of the Valar's judgment and his former master's evil ways were too strong for him to turn back to the ways of good

@DiracComb.7585 3 жыл бұрын

Finally got enough of a break to enjoy another one of these videos. Can’t wait for more Tolkien lore. Keep it up Yoystan 👍

@Jon-pw2ik 3 жыл бұрын

Keeep em cominnn!!!' Comin comim comin comminnnnm in my pants!!!

@christianfarren1179 3 жыл бұрын

Welcome back Yoystan! We’ve all overfeasted and exhausted ourselves in these strange times (I’ve never been one to refuse dwarvish ale and food after all) and your return is a happy one. As the shadows grow long and winter marches from the north, may your hearth always be warm, your flagon full and your family healthy.

@anthonyortiz3142 3 жыл бұрын

This should be top comment.

@NikoHL 3 жыл бұрын

Hello.. I was first introduced to Tolkien's seminal "LOTRs" by my art teacher, Adrienne, in secondary school in 1976. I was 14 and without explanation one day she put a huge tome on my desk (complete LOTR on one volume) and said.. Nick, I think you'll enjoy this.. How right she was. It started a love affair that has lasted to this day. Adrienne has since passed from this Earth, but I am forever grateful to her. Bless you for keeping these stories alive brother.

@peterweeks2066 3 жыл бұрын

I too was introduced to LotR by my art teacher when I was about 12. She used to read it to us whilst we quietly got on with our drawing and painting.

@orrointhewise87 3 жыл бұрын

"I was there Gandalf. I was there 3000 years ago." Yay, another bout into our history:) Yeah this war gets mentioned alot but glad it's being covered today. One of the last times the elves really stand against the forces of evil before handing over the worlds problems to men Here ya go! 😂 But I do also love reading how the armies of men, elves and dwarves came together to fight as one Always inspiring ✊🏼

@johnlittle8975 Жыл бұрын

I think it's kind of hypocritical that the elves gave guardianship to men to save themselves from the corruption then turn around and blame men for becoming corrupt.

@ChiaraSiasat 3 жыл бұрын

This video was definitely worth the wait Yoysten! That’s interesting to know that there is conflicting stories about who gave Durin his ring.

@srimadhumithra2330 3 жыл бұрын

Some believe it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. I found it is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love.. -Gandalf I love this particular quote by Gandalf. Though I replaced the first word Saruman by Some. Because not only Saruman thinks that. Powerful people think that I think..

@lukamijic4335 3 жыл бұрын

8:50 I love how intro music starts playing when Numenorians arrive. It gave me such goosebumps :D They spark with so much class and royalty! Love it!

@madambutterfly1997 3 жыл бұрын

And thus perished the last of Cursed House of Fëanor just as Calibrimbor had nearly redeemed them

@jesuscoyt-munoz2753 3 жыл бұрын

I feel like maybe celebrimbor had a descendant cause Rivendell has a great smith angmar and I think he may be his son. Making him the great grandson of feanor and the one who reforged the blade of elendil and redeemed his family by creating a great weapon that inspired hope!

@NadaraAchiha 3 жыл бұрын

I feel like this war is honestly one of the most important moments in the entire legendarium. A catalyst to the elves leaving middle earth as well as the fall of numenor.

@maximilianneumeyer2971 3 жыл бұрын

Great to hear you're doing better.

@madambutterfly1997 3 жыл бұрын

I wish I had the Elves' sensory perception to sense Sauron's corruption

@chunwong7205 3 жыл бұрын

It's likely the same as how people can sense trump is evil

@TeacherRobert 3 жыл бұрын

@@chunwong7205 Trump is not evil.

@meduseldtales3383 3 жыл бұрын

Aragorn would say that "Good and evil have not changed since yesteryear, nor are they one thing among Elves and another among Men. It is a man's part to discern them, as much in the Golden Wood as in his own house." One of my all time favorite quotes.

@TeacherRobert 3 жыл бұрын

@@meduseldtales3383 That is so true.

3 жыл бұрын

@@chunwong7205 no thats just the brainwashing from the media.

@madambutterfly1997 3 жыл бұрын

Gilgalad was truly a badass since he had possession of two of the 3 Elven rings

@aleksander8497 3 жыл бұрын

Doubt you could wear two at the same time

@DonMeaker 3 жыл бұрын

Celebrimbor gave away three rings. Gil-Galad gave away two rings. Cirdan gave away one ring. Thror gave away one ring. Bilbo gave away one ring. Samwise gave away one ring.

@xcvi6461 3 жыл бұрын

@@DonMeaker Sauron gave away 16 rings

@Steel-101 3 жыл бұрын

I’m glad you’re feeling OK Mr West!! 😎👍🏼. God bless and stay healthy!! Also after seeing this video , I’m not surprised that the elves went to the gray havens. They were burned out and they wanted to go somewhere peaceful.

@kossend1 3 жыл бұрын

Mr Yoystan Menofthe West. Our favourite Tolkien KZfaqr

@Steel-101 3 жыл бұрын

@@kossend1 Indeed my friend 🍻🍻!

@Dino23968 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder what JRR Tolkien would have reacted if he lived long enough to see the Peter Jackson film trilogy. Would he have hated it or loved it?

@poseidonc1259 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent work brother!

@MenoftheWest 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, my friend!

@donavancasson7291 3 жыл бұрын

I find it starnge to think that Sauron once walked in what would be the peaceful lands of the Shire, this just shows how far Sauron fell throughout the ages.

@Imperialistic82 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder how Sauron's army was so powerful during that war. He didn't have Nazguls, Uruk-hai, Olig-hai trolls and Oliphaunts. But did he have easterlings and haradrims fighting along side with his main orc army? Or was it simply he just used orcs but their numbers were so vast none of the elves could withstand them? I hope the Amazon series can sheed some light on this.

@MenoftheWest 3 жыл бұрын

That's a really great question! I don't believe he had yet conquered the east and south, not in full at least, so I believe his army was mostly hordes of Mordor.

@Imperialistic82 3 жыл бұрын

@@MenoftheWest Ah I see. Then his army must have consisted of orcs\goblins, trolls and possibly wargs. But since the trolls could not walk during sunlight, I guess he had to bring dark clouds through magic to cover them.

@jorgepalomo6417 3 жыл бұрын

Probably some tribes of native men of eriador and the white mountains served him. Remember that the future army of death worshipped and feared sauron before they meeted the dunedain.

@Count.Saruman 3 жыл бұрын

This was Sauron at full strength. Orcs were not simply battle fodder then. Imagine the God you worship being physically present, visible, and fighting alongside you. Sauron's deceptive arts and the sheer terror he brought to the battlefield likely made each of his troops more effective.

@Captain_Insano_nomercy 2 жыл бұрын

Tbh I just feel like these details were under-developed. Of course they served their purpose for Tolkiens back story but it really doesn't add up. Just an army of orcs against Noldor? Seems like he had to have had millions. Same thing with Arnor and Angmar, I don't get how the armies of evil were so much stronger compared to the one that attacked Minas Tirith

@shadowofchaos8932 3 жыл бұрын

The gathering of the the three races to fight Sauron and the dark forces should be a topic or storyline for the Amazon series.

@TheGonnabesomebody 3 жыл бұрын

Nice I'm listening this while I'll m doing Gandalf vs Durins Bane diamond painting

@MenoftheWest 3 жыл бұрын

Oh awesome!

@poseidonc1259 3 жыл бұрын

That sounds fascinating. Do you publish your artwork on a website for people to see?

@TheGonnabesomebody 3 жыл бұрын

@@poseidonc1259 not yet I haven't thought of that

@TheGonnabesomebody 3 жыл бұрын

@@poseidonc1259 I probably will put it in them in some Facebook Tolkien groups I'm in

@theranger6411 3 жыл бұрын

Yes. I love this topic in the lore.

@seoulv8427 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for posting and for all the work that goes into these videos. I look forward, as always, to listening to these. Unfortunately I won’t be able to enjoy for a little bit as work/patients call. But I’m glad to see you are doing well and I hope you and yours are staying safe and healthy!

@jesuscoyt-munoz2753 3 жыл бұрын

Great video yoystan and I’m glad your back. May this coming winter be fast and swift and for us all to be safe in this time of quarantine and to always remember. “There is always hope.” From the wise words of Aragorn elisar greatest of kings in the third age!

@plamen2530 3 жыл бұрын

Great to see new content! Thanks Men of the West!

@ElessarTelcontar9709 3 жыл бұрын

Great video Yostan! It's always exciting to learn about the wars in Middle-Earth.

@michaelpace99 3 жыл бұрын

Love this channel. 👍

@notmr.universe 3 жыл бұрын

For a hot second I thought I heard Elden Ring at 4:56 and it made me perk up a bit lol

@marionbaggins 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder if Sauron knew Elrond is related, to someone who took him out single-handed with a good boy...and him retreating!!! Thanks, Mellon for telling us about this war after Getting better, Until a Spooky Minas Mogul Video for a few days time...Marion Baggins out!!!

@thehighguarduk4820 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video, really well explained and discussed. Nicely done!

@mitchrowell371 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Yoystan for your in depth videos they are really something and bring light to my darkness each day

@Allovimo 3 жыл бұрын

Perfect video to ease me into Monday. Thank you!

@lanehowell605 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic Job exploring the History of Tolkien's Middle Earth, Extremely Well Done..! Thank You~!

@joshsagar6782 3 жыл бұрын

thanks for all the great videos !

@jonahstirbis3408 3 жыл бұрын

We are all very glad to have you back after you have gotten your need rest it's great to have you back!

@owengar3117 3 жыл бұрын

I've read the Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, and the Silmarillion, and your videos really help me keep track of the stories, especially from the Silmarillion, thanks

@flopparn953 3 жыл бұрын

One dislike? Must be Sauron himself.

@gabrielmarquez4029 3 жыл бұрын

2 now, Melkor must get WiFi

@flopparn953 3 жыл бұрын

@@gabrielmarquez4029 3 now, who does this.

@Count.Saruman 3 жыл бұрын

@@gabrielmarquez4029 Nay, Lord Melkor is enjoying his lieutenant's failures from within the Void. He has invented popcorn for this purpose.

@jakolisfinard6988 3 жыл бұрын

Time to be amazed

@ezrad.2900 3 жыл бұрын

feel free to take off more if needed we will support you

@seoulv8427 3 жыл бұрын

That’s so kind of you to say on behalf of all of us. I hope you and yours are staying as safe and healthy as possible during this time.

@ezrad.2900 3 жыл бұрын

@@seoulv8427 same to you

@geethakarthikeyani2356 3 жыл бұрын

Your videos are legendary. I watch each and every video of yours.Thankyou for the wonderful videos on lotr

@thedreadtyger 3 жыл бұрын

Yoystan, great friend, may health and long life be yours. Your skrying of the wisdom in this lore is like the finding of a hoard. You are a bracelet-breaker of that wit to many.

@andrewbatist6355 3 жыл бұрын

at this point Sauron was like Anakin killing the separatists. out there always in the action kicking everybodys ass

@MenoftheWest 3 жыл бұрын

Lol, honestly Túrin and his story remind me a lot of Anakin. Returning to Dor-lómin, like Anakin to Tatooine, looking for their mothers, and slaying the ones who drove them away or kidnaped them respectively. It's quite a fascinating parallel character arc.

@andrewbatist6355 3 жыл бұрын

@@MenoftheWest thats a very interesting insight. ive never noticed those paralels.

@genghiskhan4460 3 жыл бұрын

Great video glad you got better. We all need a break from time to time.

@matthewmckendree305 3 жыл бұрын

Nobody: The ring: “I’m single 🥵🥵”

@discomfort5760 3 жыл бұрын

Me: *puts on ring* Ring: "N-n-no, Bearer-San! No! :$"

@demuattius1112 3 жыл бұрын

@@discomfort5760 oh-

@aldrydd1 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing video yoystan

@farahahmed8201 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Youstan, great work as always whenever you decide to make another wars of the legendarium video so it on war of the great jewels

@jmaccsarmiesofmiddleearth 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers for this. Going to be doing this as a campaign in middle earth strategy battle game.

@rasputin589 3 жыл бұрын

I love your introspective thoughts at the end of your videos. Very uplifting and cogent to our current climate

@shadowofchaos8932 3 жыл бұрын

Welcome back!

@ofgondor5312 3 жыл бұрын

This would make for an epic battle in an epic tv show.......oh wait! There could be one in the near future. I hope Amazon covers this in the show.

@shanegauthier2114 3 жыл бұрын

Mind blown as usual!!! Good work!!!

@denniscleary7580 3 жыл бұрын

War of the Elves?! You have my attention sir

@hudsonball4702 3 жыл бұрын

I thought you were going to do a video about ghosts and sprits of middlearth for Halloween this year.

@MenoftheWest 3 жыл бұрын

I think I've actually covered many of the spirits and their homes that I can think of from the legendarium, like the Barrow-downs, Dead Marshes, and Oathbreakers!

@hudsonball4702 3 жыл бұрын

@@MenoftheWest True, but you never talked about the ghosts of tolkien's worldas a general group. What weere ghosts meant to represent, why were some places haunted and others not, how were ghosts created, etc stuff like that. and you never spoke about them in a spooky manner for Halloween.

@frenchsterr4708 3 жыл бұрын

Im a little late but glad you recovered and back in action bud!

@brandonholmes1144 3 жыл бұрын

One of your best videos

@marioskosmidhs9454 3 жыл бұрын

Great video

@valentintihenea 3 жыл бұрын

"Hundred's of thousands or millions" I think you vastly overestimate the amount of forces Sauron had. To put it in perspective, there was never a nation in the history of our planet that had an army of millions until the modern era. Even an army of 100 thousand was very rare, and usually the product of an empire at the peak of it's power. More reasonably, Sauron probably had an army in the 10's of thousands. Another way to look at it is with the battle of unnumbered tears. After the fall of Maehdros's army in the east, Morgoth sent his eastern forces to join his western ones and assault Fingon and Turgon. Even being generous, their army was 20k elves and maybe 5k humans or so at the begining of the battle. At the end of the battle it may have been only half that. So let's say 12k and they were outnumbered 3 to 1 after all of Morgoths forces arrived. So let's say 35k-40k. This is the scale of battle we are talking about here, 10's of thousands, not millions, or even 100's of thousands.

@andrewfanner2245 3 жыл бұрын

You can also look at the available military population as a % of the population, even if the rest are committed to nthing but the war effort was the concept of a Total War implies. If the Numenoreans sent 100,000 and are not doing anything more than sending the peacetime standing military then that would put that at 5-10% of the population, presuming that they pretty much all come from the homeland as might be inferred from the text. If Sauron's forces are very much on a war footing and 20% of the available population is available to fight then a million orcs gives a total Orc population that seems quite low. Having said tjhat, its a quasi mediaeval world, so population levels will be relatively low.

@Parents_of_Twins 3 жыл бұрын

Perhaps a single attacking force of 100k was rare but there were nations with more than 100k troops available. The Romans, Persians, Chinese, Egyptians, and Greeks to name a few. Xerxes alone brought between 150-250k soldiers with him when attempting to defeat Greece in 480 BC. So Sauron could have had a force that would have number between 750-1000k in an attempt to wipe out all those who stood against him. After all he spent nearly 100 years mustering his forces and Xerxes spent less than 20 years and orcs don't require highly nutritional diets nor good quarters like human soldiers.

@terry7907 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, these numbers are ridiculous. The logistics would have been impossible, no matter how simple a diet they had. Modern military scholars generally express extreme doubt about the reported size of Xerxe’s army, as well as many others in the ancient world.

@hughgedney3393 3 жыл бұрын

@IValentin T what about the War of Wrath, we are also overestimated of Morgoth's army, some people believe Morgoth's orcs numbered in the tens of millions, while I believe there are at least 3,500,000 orcs during the final years of the first age. And I notice as well during the first age that Morgoth's other creatures were not many as his orcs.

@Parents_of_Twins 3 жыл бұрын

@@terry7907 Easy to express doubt when no one is there to prove you wrong.

@christophermadeira2065 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video!

@chimaogeaniuha7773 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video man... Please can you make a video about all the craftsmen that ever existed on Middle Earth and their works. Thanks

@hughgedney3393 3 жыл бұрын

A very extremely great video as always Men of the West.

@croweman6515 3 жыл бұрын

I think Tolkien based alot of his wars on wars in our world, for example, the War of the Elves and Sauron, reminds me of the First World War, Sauron's invasion of Elvish lands reminds me of the German invasion Western Front, the Dwarbish attack on Sauron's forces, before being pushed back, and forced to close the doors of Durin reminds me of Russia in the Eastern Front, and near the end, and when it seemed that Sauron was about to achieve his final victory, suddenly the Numenoreans intervened, reminds me of the American entry into the First World War. Know What I Mean?

@annakester5462 3 жыл бұрын

I love your videos!!!

@Voyagerthe2nd 3 жыл бұрын

Can you do a video on The Nameless Things for Halloween?

@MenoftheWest 3 жыл бұрын

That is a great topic, and I thought about it, but unfortunately I don't think there is enough info on them for a full length video :(

@alexfan2873 3 жыл бұрын

Good video 👍

@andrewjazdzyk1215 3 жыл бұрын

The timing of the distribution of the great rings of power always confuses me. Is it after this that he gives some rings to Numenoreans? Was the witch king a great member of the colonies of Numenor? Why would they accept if they were involved in the war against Sauron? Why would the Dwarves? It's just a part that gets hand waived and it always baffles me.

@michaelgood6852 3 жыл бұрын

Completely agree mate. It’s almost like you have to make your own mind up

@chanonnaluta7958 3 жыл бұрын

Well, why did they accept him as King's counselor and High Priest when he was captured and brought to Numenor? He is Sauron the Deceiver! Only after the Downfall of Numenor did Sauron lose the ability to take fair form and became a truly evil Dark Lord. By the time of this war, the Numenoreans were already becoming arrogant, and winning the war only drove them more power-hungry. There would have been certainly a couple Numenorean nobles that wanted more power by all means and weren't concerned about where it was coming from.

@m_d1905 3 жыл бұрын

Love painting my RPG minis and listen. I miss the artwork, but all good.

@djorion7245 3 жыл бұрын

Great video, its shame that there are no movies about Smilarion and this war

@Censuvius 3 жыл бұрын

God damnit, not again! I have to get up early for work, this isn't good for me.. but I'll do it again.

@mensahkofisamuel5789 3 жыл бұрын

After delivering the palatir, the witch king said "my Lord I have delivered the palatir and we have located the new ring, it is with the spider." Then Sauron said "you have served me well. Minas Morgul is yours. Now bring me Celebrimbor's ring." But the Nazgul Lord asked "what of Shelob?" Sauron replied "send the Nazgul, all of them!" Now my question is why was Sauron so desperately in demand for Celebrimbor's ring?

@rossmullen7826 3 жыл бұрын

Can you please cover the Wainrider-Balchoth War, I've always found it interesting and i would really like it if you'd be able to cover it.

@johnpatricktan5545 3 жыл бұрын

an interesting video this is

@giuliostrammiello 3 жыл бұрын

Question: Which kind of shape assumed Sauron during these events? Annatar?

@Aurora2097 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a perfect plot for LOTRONPRIME season 1.

@onur97able 3 жыл бұрын

I got a question for you MOW when was dagor dagorath was supposed to take place and do you think when it happened the races of middle earth would be the same as we find them in LOTR or would their technology br advanced the way we have by the time morgoth returned ?

@Tommy-bm8ig 3 жыл бұрын

Greetings from Belgium friend !

@kristopherspence8053 3 жыл бұрын

Bard the Bowman's been mentioned a bunch of times in your videos, but there was never an independent video about him,his descendants,Dale, or the people of Dale I believe the last thing I heard about them was that his grandson died during the siege of Erebor can you make a video

@gazza6294 3 жыл бұрын

Great reading voice dude chill blazing 1 for the dwarves/ Scotland ,Ayr ! Do you think the dwarves are based of Scottish people plus Fond of English ? Great videos 🌋⛰

@gazza6294 3 жыл бұрын

Gondor on English 😑

@CONTINGENCY_sys 2 ай бұрын

If SAURON could sense the other ringbearers and influence them, thoughts fall to when Bilbo or Frodo wore the one ring near those with rings, and in the presence of those with their rings why they did or did not fall under the influence of Bilbo or Frodo at those times. Just was thinking about it today when they took theirs off but did not when Bilbo or Frodo was in possession or use of it, and how they could track Bilbo or Frodo through the ring on its journey.

@GuukanKitsune Жыл бұрын

Sauron 'learned of the location of the Seven', it doesn't say he ever got or distributed them. It is possible that Celebrimbor distributed them and gave Durin his, as written, without contradicting this. That Sauron would later go to GREAT efforts to collect the surviving Rings of the Seven later implies he never had them, and was tying up loose ends.

@ryansutter9434 3 жыл бұрын

The Second Age is my favorite Age

@LordTelperion Жыл бұрын

So, except for The Three, all the Rings were at Ost-in-Edhil when Sauron attacked, correct?

@otaku-sempai2197 3 жыл бұрын

There is at least one issue with your video Yoystan. Yes, for the year 1700 (Second Age) Tolkien does write in LotR, Appendix B: "Tar-Minastir sends a great navy from Númenor to Lindon. Sauron is defeated. The issue is that Tar-Minastir's reign did not begin until S.A. 1731. In the year 1700, his aunt Tar-Telperiën reigned as the second Ruling Queen from 1556 to 1731. We must guess that Minastir somehow persuaded his aunt to allow him to send military aid under the command of the admiral Ciryatur to the Elves.

@bdavis24fan 3 жыл бұрын

I think if that Amazon show ever happens they should do seasons surrounding this war. It honestly sounds like a great Game of Thrones like storyline (minus boobs).

@seankelly7211 3 жыл бұрын

I`m guessing that the Woodland Elves of King Thranduil didn`t take part in these Second Age battles? Was that Realm not established yet? Also, what about Celeborn and Galadriel in Lothlorian? Was their Realm also involved, or established as yet?

@jorgepalomo6417 3 жыл бұрын

I can't remember if they helped to their cousins I. Eriador. But both realms participe in the war of the last alliance, and the king of the woodland (Oropher, father of Thranduil) is killed along side 2/3 of their army

@seankelly7211 3 жыл бұрын

@@jorgepalomo6417 Thank you!

@Hatguy23 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! So, what happens to the spirits of the elves that were made into orcs?

@Taistelukalkkuna 3 жыл бұрын

Sauron at the Gate of Moria: "Pssst kid. Want some magic rings?"

@77777Spooky 3 жыл бұрын

It doesn't seem to take much to earn Sauron's wrath.

@anatoldenevers237 3 жыл бұрын

77777Spooky he's got anger issues

@Count.Saruman 3 жыл бұрын

He was defeated by a girl and her dog; I fear that may have given rise to self-esteem issues

@77777Spooky 3 жыл бұрын

@@Count.Saruman It was a pretty big dog Luthien had :)

@Count.Saruman 3 жыл бұрын

@@77777Spooky He was a good boy.

@hughgedney3393 3 жыл бұрын

@@anatoldenevers237 oh just like his master Melkor.

@ryanvergara3603 3 жыл бұрын

I hope the upcoming LOTR series will include this epic war :)

@187pennywise 3 жыл бұрын

Welcome 🙏 back Man of the West 🎊🤪🎉🍾

@morrigandanae 3 жыл бұрын

These wars are all so sad. Stupid Dark Lords ruining everyones lives. So glad you're better Yoystan!!

@artemismoonbow2475 3 жыл бұрын

But that is the point. Melkor came of Illuvitar's mind, he was an aspect of the same as are all of the Ainu and the Children. They are a part of this as are we and all are one. Play the game. If you are at war with yourself in life, so is Eru.

@vitanus 2 жыл бұрын

Everytime Numenor flexed its muscles, Sauron got his ass kicked

@JayGC 3 жыл бұрын

Healing? What happened man? Glad you’re okay

@MenoftheWest 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, my friend. I should say it was a mental health healing day (and a hangover healing day haha).

@rg2cents157 3 жыл бұрын

I never knew this part of the history of the rings that were given to the dwarves and men.

@kenparsons7686 3 жыл бұрын

The high-water point of Númenor... the battle at the mouth of the Gwathlō... what a time that would have been... before the shadow of Akallabêth...

@dementus420 3 жыл бұрын

I so love fantasy and Tolkien's work is some of, if not the, best out there. I would love to go stay in hobbiton. If I had endless money, I would probably have a place like rivendell and a hobbit hole.

@malachi5707 3 жыл бұрын

2:17 BFME 2 :)

@marcomongke3116 3 жыл бұрын

Off topic question if someone knows. Where does the name middle earth come from? Why is it called so? How many worlds and earths are there in Tolkeins lore? Ancient China was also called middle kingdom. I assume they are totally different.

@scottcameron174 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting that the Noldor never received a ring I didn't realize this until this video.

@KTChamberlain 3 жыл бұрын

If I was Tolkien I would've called this conflict the Sauronian Wars, much like how the wars waged by Napoleon Bonaparte were called the Napoleonic Wars

@davidmiddleton7958 Ай бұрын

This is purely a mental exercise. The Last Alliance has defeated Sauron, the cost of victory was terrible. But, what if Elrond managed to prevail upon Isidur to throw the One Ring into the fires that made it. Obviously, Mordor would be broken beyond repair. Important note here, Orcs were able to survive without Sauron's rule! Now, many surviving Noldorian Elves would make there way to the Grey Havens, even some Sindarian Elves from Lothlorien following Galadriel and Celebrimborn into the West. With the power of the One Ring gone, the Elven Rings were powerless, meaning Middle Earth would see the Elves diminish. So, Cirdan would remain in the Grey Havens, his job to aid any remaining Elves passage to the West. A small group of young Elves would remain in Rivendel. I think the bulk of remaining Elves would be under King Thranduil of Greenwood, but Lothlorien would have a token Elven presence. The surviving Orcs fleeing to dark places to hide and grow again in strength in the Grey Mountains, Gundabad and Misty Mountains.

@kenparsons7686 3 жыл бұрын

... and Númenor thus sealed its fate...