Yeah. Elrond, Galadriel and Gandalf all possess rings, but if you asked somebody to pin down exactly when they use them and how, beyond persevering Lothlorien and Rivendell it would be hard. The rings seem to be fairly subtle artefacts when used by powerful individuals.

In one mission of _Protectors of the Plot Continuum_ an Elven Agent plundered a magic ring off a slain Mary Sue, but when he later used it against a character replacement and against a cavern of orcs, its power killed him too. Maybe it was a lesser ring that Celebrimbor botched, and the Mary Sue's influence reached back in time to make him forget he hadn't melted it down to try again.

Right. Soft magic. At what point in the story did the magic change?

I hate the lord of the rings because of this the bad guys seem to not be limited in scale but the good guys are limited.

@@genechanloui like in real life

I know, right ? So many in show-biz don’t understand that you can’t just buy the rights to someone else’s cool creation and then wield or possess such coolness. And that idea seems impossible for those types to understand. Those business types could just hire-on some “superfans” or “fandom-nerds” and give them editing power. methinks such a solution wouldn’t even be very expensive. (Tolkein’s works, Star Trek new works, Star Wars extras, Marvel Superhero Movies, y’know-anyplace where deep fandom exists. This video here is truly excellent, as you say. I agree, and adore this content-making guy. 🙌

One reason why, this channel cares about Tolkiens writings

@@miahconnell23 and it's so ironic that lotr main villains can't create they can only corrupt.Thats exactly what amazon has done they corrupted lotr cause they can't create.Its wild they don't even see it.Thats how you know they know nothing about Lotr.All they did was try to cash in on the name and interject far left L.G.B.T identity politics and the gay agenda.

Well the alphabet community ruin everything

Not at all, any fool has know hand drawn pics would be infinitely better than anything new we get. This is why we didn't beg people decades to make a movie or show we knew would suck That show was stated its not for the fans....like all reboots, not meant for OG fans...so if you're an old fan, of course its better..seriously stop asking for reboots. anyone who does is responsible for killing the franchise

Mouth of Sauron was a black numenorean, so he had a longer lifespan. He got that Appearance because he had to express the words of Sauron and since they were so dark and evil his mouth became to decay and bleed.

While it is not cannon the high elf in Lord of the Rings online starts with a lesser ring

The Rings of Power were not and are not necessary to extend the life-span of anyone in Middle-earth. This is part of the reason why Tolkien refers to “Magic” as both “Satanic” and “Necromancy.” Because those seeing to “Stretch their Life-span beyond its Natural Limit” MUST steal the Lives of others to provide the “Substance” needed to maintain both their Hroä and Fëa (which are NOT EXACTLY two “different things,” identical to how in our Universe Space and Time are an indivisible “thing” composes of two different Metrics - means of Measuring). Some people in Middle-earth had a greater affinity for such things. The Rings of Power/Authority (That is what “Power” means to Tolkien: “The God-Given Authority/Right over a given domain or subject) make this a BIT easier to accomplish, but at the expense of the Hröa, which is consumed by the Fëa, in EXACTLY THE SAME WAY as is the Elves’ Hröar, consumed by their Fëar in what Tolkien calls “Fading” (But the “Fading” of the Elves who remain in Middle-earth is a “Natural thing.” That of the Nazgûl is enormously UN-Natural). But they grant ONE-AND-ONLY-ONE THING: The Sub-Creative Power/Authority over Arda. Something that Catholicism considers to be the gravest sin imaginable, from which no penance can redeem the Fallen. Or at least Pre-Vatican II they couldn’t, despite this subject STILL being debated by the Catholics. Tolkien DID NOT like this aspect of Catholicism, but being who he was, rarely raised the issue save tangentially. Tolkien believed that even Satan and The Devil (Two Beings who are akin to the Trinity, save as “Fallen” beings. “Satan” Rules from his Throne in Hell, unable to leave it, but having the means to tell everything occurring in the “Natural World” of the Earth. And The Devil walks the surface of the Earth, tempting Humanity away from the “God” they worship, and toward the Satanic) were redeemable. Which is pretty obvious if you watch the few Video interviews with Tolkien, he invariably calls Melkor Morgoth “Satan” and Sauron “The Devil.” Again… This is a part of the 19th Century Thomist Revival that Tolkien grew-up being taught by his Guardian: Fr. Francisco Morgan (More Spanish than Irish), and which IS the Basis of Middle-earth.

@@dalohe82probably a better warning and deterrent to children than soap in the mouth.🧼

One of my dogs is called nenya 😍

If you enjoy thought-out explanations of Tolkien’s works, you’ll love the “Prancing Pony Podcast” (if you like long form audio. It’s something I totally adore, but I think some people prefer KZfaq videos because they have a visual component and they’re often shorter than podcasts)

@@miahconnell23 Wow! (You sound like me!) I'll check it out, thanks very much! 🙂

@@Rocket_Man232 dude, you’re gonna love it. They started their podcast opus with the Simarillion, but I recommend that listeners begin their podcast journey with either the beginning of LOTR or the Hobbit, and then hit the Simarillion and essay podcasts afterwards: something about the linear story nature of the LOTR podcasts seems to make for better “pod.” ✌️

@@miahconnell23 @miahconnell23 Thanks. (FYI My first two replies to your last post were immediately removed so I've had to do temporary test replies to try to ascertain the problem.) Anyway, if you haven't done so already, check out the assortment of such things that you get when you search here for "Lord Of The Rings dramatized audiobooks". 😉

@@miahconnell23 @miahconnell23 Thanks. (FYI My first two replies to your last post were immediately auto-deleted so I've had to do temporary test replies to try to ascertain the problem.) Anyway, if you haven't done so already, check out the assortment of such things that you get when you search here for dramatized audiobooks. 😉 And don't miss Zach Rider videos!

Not really. They’re just weak willed greedy men that have in to Sauron. Not much more interesting than that lol

Who's history? Surely you realize this is all out of J.R.R. Tolkien's amazing imagination?

Obviously in ​all matters of fiction, considering he said "characters" meaning not just tolkeins but all works of fiction from all author's and fantasy worlds......@MSDG62

Sauron didn't want the orcs to find the Ring because they weren't under his absolute thrall like the Wraiths were, and was somewhat worried what those idiots would do with it. The Ring knows that the Wraiths will be able to safely return it to Sauron, since once they have the ring, they can simply strip and run unclad and unseen back to Mordor (which is how they were originally looking for it back before Sauron's return had been discovered).

They certainly are!

You know how. its 2024. Note the lack of any artists signature in the wall art. Note the lack of any flaw in the narration...not even to take a breath.

@@CheerfuEntropyyou do realize that you can narrate a section, not like how it turns out, then redo it or edit that particular part

Yep, I am a voice actor and sound editor. Specifically i work as an ADA cleaning up audio which is why i noticed the absence. Perhaps imperfections might be a better word than mistakes because I'm talking about mouth noise that most people don't notice and isn't generally removed. Not like flubbed lines. You might remove breaths during pauses or using a noise filter but that would leave its own artifacts. It would be nice if i am wrong. Hopefully i am.@3lyas134

@@CheerfuEntropy so is all IA isn't it...?

probably curated but ...yeah@@Canario_27

All artwork in this video it's on the left hand.

Shame it's stolen

A good one amd I think Steve would chuckle at that.

It's kinda sad, if they made it into a TV series (Honestly it would be an amazing anime, Im gonna get flamed for saying this and I don't care) we'd have a much better adaptation, not saying the movies aren't good, but read the books

@@ravenstales6457 No, I agree with the animated series. Any art style would be great but some over others would be appreciated lol. Even a series of voice acted graphic art comic style mini episodes would be great! I've been a huge fan of this whole universe since I was a child in elementary school reading The Hobbit with my friends and we were hooked lol 😂

@@lowaqooz8314 Working on it… Bakshi technically can “George Lucas” the Movie he made, and even complete it. I have seen some of the artwork that might become such a thing if it is pursued.

There needed to be a prequel series covering these rings and the Great War. It pretty much introduced a follow up story without the details. Star Wars got away with it because George Lucas has all 9 stories written out in outline and core script framework in place. Main issue is the 4-6 occurred at a less tech potential for making it fit well among the prequels. The prequels had issues meshing to 4-6 due to it being a love story gone tragic. Along with building a world with an active Jedi Order and past political system. Here we see Lord of the Rings was actually a battle of lost magic few understood and those who did kept the knowledge quiet due to their power. Yet what we got was a short guy freaking out about a ring with an antagonist which was tossed in with Smiegal. The main antagonist was a simple eye with way too much power that made no real sense. Somehow mass armies were erected from seemingly nothing as well. Really they needed the party to find random tomes or information as they passed through the secret mountain door. It would have cast better understanding. The wraiths part would have made sense as well. Instead we got out of know where over powered warriors.

Probably the Mouth of Sauron had one of them.

Tolkiens dragons are evil spirits inhabiting lizards. Like the balrog and shelob he might not be into Rings.

That was Suladan not Helm. Helm was ambushed in a forest and then left to die, that's when Sauron gave him the ring.

@@karimmezghiche9921 Thanks for the correction... its been quite some time since I played it last

I guess the Elven rings are OP in that regard.

The effect seemed pretty similar to the ring - magnify greed.

I think thats more of a dwarven character flaw rather than the gem being magical

I believe it was called the heart of the mountain. So it kinda makes sense the dwarves would want to keep it. The very heart of their home.

@@austincapshaw3395or maybe the heart under the mountain. Either way, you’re right it was the heart of the Lonely Mountain sacred to the dwarves.

Sauron poured his own essence into the creation of the ring, so it's sort of a copy of him, loosely speaking. It wants to survive and be whole again, just like he does; they are drawn inexorably back to each other.

Hear, hear (golf claps)

Dragons, maybe?

It's my understanding that the answer is a loose yes... But it isn't the "Wraith" world as it is the "Unseen" world. The Wraith world possibly being a realm within the Unseen world. Could be totally wrong 😅

It seems that it is, since Glorfindel was in the same "dimension" as the Nazgul (while also being in the Seen, of course). It seems that in Tolkien's cosmology there is only the Seen and the Unseen within the confines of Ëa. I would say that the wraith world isn't a dimension of its own, just a mode of existence in the Unseen, an unnatural alien cancerous invasion of it

Think of it as a Lesser Dimension, and the Realm of the Ainur as a Greater Dimension. Arda is the "Middle Earth" (the Realm in-between). All bound by the Divine Chorus

I think that's right. Things are existing in the unseen world in a way that they shouldn't be. The result is unnatural, imperfect, and twisted.​ The wraith world isn't a separate world per se, it is a mode of existence within that world that is wrong, a kind of metaphysical tumour. @igorlopes7589

A rather strange coincidence is that Tolkien passed away in the year of 1973.. one ring to rule them all, 9 rings for men who are doomed to die, 7 rings to dwarves in their halls of stones and three rings for elven kings under the sky.