What Do the Rings of Power Do? Middle-Earth Explained
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- Опубликовано: 27 фев 2024
- During the second age of Middle-earth, in the heart of Eregion, there bloomed a craftsmanship divine. Annatar, claiming to be a messenger from the Valar, taught the elves the art of ringcraft. Thus, amid the harmonious song of hammer striking anvil, the Noldor artisans forged the Rings of Power.
Today we will discover exactly what enchantments lie hidden within the rings of power and how they affect their bearers, for good and for ill.
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That's what I love about soft magic worldbuilding, it's so subtle that in many moments you are not even aware the rings are lending someone any power, but then you stop to think about it and "Oh yeah, that makes sense!"
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
As it seems to me, the forging of the various rings by the elves, with Anatar's help, was based on dipping into a realm of magic that existed in Middle-earth which gave them their power. Sauron, in seeking to make a ring that would have dominion over all the magic-infused rings, had to pour much of his native Maiar essence into his ring to give it the necessary power to do this. This is why he wanted the one ring back: not just to dominate the other rings, but to regain that part of himself that was in his ring. As long as he possessed the ring he had access to all his power; without it he lost a large part of his power. This is why it took him so long to recreate a physical shape once the ring had been taken from him - this in a Maiar who was a shape-shifter when the servant of Morgoth.
This is just about the best description of the Rings and their various powers that I've ever seen.
So in a way Sauron's own creations aided in the destruction of the one ring. Elrond's ring was likely used to heal Frodo from the wound inflicted by the morgul blade, had he not had it, perhaps his abilities would have not been so great and Frodo would have succumbed to his wound, leaving the ring without a bearer. The irony is poetic!
🔔 RU: I must say that NO ONE has explained this topic nearly as well as you have (and that is really saying something because I have seen quite a bit about it previously). It is awesomely well done.
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 RUclips 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!
Crazy how much better this is than a billion dollar t.v series.
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
As I have said once before I still consider the Elven rings to be the best three artifacts of the setting, one to protect, one to preserve and one to enkindle.
One of my dogs is called nenya 😍
Your videos are amazing!!! I found your channel the other day, and I can't stop binge watching them all. Please keep up the great work.
Your voice sounds as if Gandalf himself is the narrator.
The mouth of Sauron would have been a candidate to possess one of the lesser rings. His appearance certainly suggested someone living an enhanced lifetime.
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.🧼
The narration, the artwork. Wow! This just blew me away! Liked and subbed. thank you!
Great work and well researched! I always wondered the powers of the Nine and the Seven, especially.
Kind of reminds me of Pippin feeling sheepish about dropping his leaf clasp for his cloak, to let anyone following know they were still alive. His friends commend him for not being enslaved by his understanding of its value, and ability to discard it at need.
It is always fun to come across a channel when it's still in its infancy. You are abiut to get a lot of subscribers: Keep up the great work!
Amazingly well done! You have certainly earned a new subscriber today. Marvelous work!
Glad I found this channel. Fantastic level of quality for such a new channel!
Maybe one of the best videos I've seen about the rings 👏 well done
I love your videos! They're very well thought-out and researched.
They certainly are!
Great job. Thanks for the entertaining breakdown.
Absolutely wonderful and insightful video!
This is great! Best explanation I've heard.
Brilliant, simply brilliant. Thank you Sir.
Wonderfully informative video!
How the narration was presented is so mesmerising
Incredible quality delivered here as usual! Additionally, those rings (art) looks captivating - I bet the ring with a yellow stone must be a citrine one - fengshui says it's "good" for certain signs :D
Thank you, a very interesting video, I'll make sure to watch your other ones. 👍
One thing I realized as you mentioned the lesser rings likely having simular effects to the great ones is that Gandalf should have immediately recognized the one for what it was, had it been the only plain looking ring to grant it's wearer invisibility, so we can be almost certain that it wasn't.
It should have been obvious, but somehow I never connected the dots on that, so thank you again. 😊
Amazing video, thanks!
Beautiful narration. Thank you for creating this channel ❤
Great channel dude!
Wow, this is a masterpiece!
How can you pull of so much art for every video, and with such quality!!!
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
I have long been a Tolkien fan, and have just recently stumbled upon these channels that explain the Silmillarion so well, and the Lord of the Rings trilogy. I first read the books nearly 50 years ago and have been obsessed ever since. I love all of the beautiful artwork that so amazingly describes the people of Middle Earth. I can't help but wonder why the Rings are worn on the right hand middle finger?
All artwork in this video it's on the left hand.
Good to find some talent in a genre I like. Subbed!
A stunning video yet again. I am happy you have come to us. You have a unique perspective to offer on the Legendarium that it's quite exciting to listen to your words of wisdom.
But I noticed something today that you missed; you forgot to greet us! An oversight of course. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. I look forward to each new installment of your views on Middle Earth.
Well done, thanks
what a great video thank you
Cannot wait ‘til I have some time to watch this.
What a great video! The production value is really good! I was positively entranced by the insanely high quality art, but I couldn't find the artists mentioned anywhere. Does anyone know?
Great video.
We actually don't know that much about the ring we call Nenya, maybe not even its name. Someone asked Galadriel about the ring once, and she just said Nenya. Some scholars believe she meant "Nenya business".
great artwork at the begining
Shame it's stolen
I think the Nazgul are among the most interesting characters in history...
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
I find it interesting that the ring helps Sam vs the Orcs, but tries to tempt Frodo to reveal himself to the Ringwraiths
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).
High level quality, this.
love the artwork
More people should subscribe to your channel! ❤
Big lotr fan , sir you read beautifully
The really gives deeper understanding of the movies!
I love these readings
The books stomp the movies...the books give you the whole adventure and the parts the movies left out were some of the coolest most badass moments
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.
Art work is so sick. This is way better than reading the books lol Thank you
Please read the books in an audio book! Perfect voice for it.
@ 0:45 Those elves all look like guitarist Steve Vai when he was in David Lee Roth's band in the mid 1980s. 😎 🎸
A good one amd I think Steve would chuckle at that.
5:15 will this art work be an available print sometime in the future? Absolutely love this one.
Thank you
Very Lovely :D
that artwork of Lothlorien at 11:20 is one of the most beautifull pictures I have ever seen in my life, who made it, and where can I buy it?
Sir you have the ability to tell these stories in the most epic way 👏as Tolken intended, bloody good!!!
Great job describing the stretching-thin that occurs with artificially or magickally extended life. There is no “extra” life, and quality-of-life is not improved. What life the person had is not “added to,” it is stretched and pulled: elongated, but made less hale. I think H.P. Lovecraft probably intuited this same idea in his short story about the wizard who keeps on living and living and living… (because the wizard doesn’t seem to be doing well or “living his best life” when revealed)
I guess the Elven rings are OP in that regard.
I know it is not canon, but the way Shadow of War and Shadow of Mordor animated Sauron giving the rings to the kings of men was pretty awesome. How King Helm came to Sauron's fort comes out in the iron and darkness form looks like he's about to destroy the army then converts into Anaatar and bends his knee to Helm and presents him with the ring. Such a cool depiction of something not explicitly laid out in the books.
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 would love a video on what happened to the remaining Dwarven Rings.
Probably the Mouth of Sauron had one of them.
Smaug...imagine if he torched Bilbo, he touches the glowing ring in the ashes. It grows larger, and he puts it on... Good thing he's often quite sleepy.
Tolkiens dragons are evil spirits inhabiting lizards. Like the balrog and shelob he might not be into Rings.
I guess the strangest thing to me is how ineffective the rings really were. The ones made for the Dwarves were total failures. The Elven ones gave away their taint of evil. Only the humans really fell to their sway, and that's a pretty low bar, heck, he maintained control over them even after losing the One Ring, where as the loss of that allowed the Elves and Gandalf to wear the Elven rings without fear it seems. None of them seemed nearly as potent as Sauron's power over the Orcs.
Very very entertaining. 👏👏👏👏👏👍
The rings reflect the nature of sin… Cain was warned that sin sought to master him… the rings reflect the lust of wearer as the rings sought to master the wearer
I never once thought that the one ring, created by Sauron, also led to his own demise! I thought that his will and the rings will was one and the same? I could use some help in better understanding that. Im blown away by that thought!
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.
The powers of preservation and invisibility common to all the rings seem like they are almost certainly interrelated: because the unseen realm is that world of things eternal and undying, while the visible world is subject always to change and decay. The rings thus preserve things in the visible world against decay by pulling them partly into the unseen realm.
The idea that all the rings have a form of preservation in some way seems best backed up by Galadriel; it’s pretty consistently remarked upon by her contemporaries that, even for a Noldor, she is exceptionally powerful and consistent in that power; she never seems to grow any fainter or weaker in her strength unlike nearly all other elves. It also makes sense as to why Cirdan was so consistent in his power and capabilities; even for being one of the oldest elves. I know he didn’t have it until the end of the series; (having given his to Gandalf when he arrived from Valinor) but it would make sense for it to have preserved him for as long as Cirdan did have it.
QUESTION!!
The rings of power were infused with Sauron's power. All except the 3 for the Elves. Where did the 3 rings get their power from?
Buddy of mine in college: "What did the rings of power actually do?"
Me: "Basically, just cause problems for everyone in Middle Earth."
Well done, Sir. We'll done. (Golf Claps)
Hear, hear (golf claps)
I wonder if Sauron gave one or two of the Nine Rings to people fighting oppression, to make absolutely CERTAIN that sooner or later (but before the bearer Faded) the new leadership would become even more oppressive than the old.
Awesome video
I want to see a Morgoth video.
Amazing. But The Ring had another weakness, apparently. Dragon fire, from what I understand
Ring prohecified it's own doom by daming gollum with that curse!🤯
I really wish Tolkien had specified what gem-colored stones granted what magical powers or abilities beyond the three rings used by Elrond, Gandalf, and Galadriel. It would have been so much more interesting, but I suppose the four he spoke of in the series were all that were really required.
So if the dwarves can be shielded from the power of the rings, does that mean the Arkenstone is more powerful than the rings?
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.
Just watched the rings of power TV show finally and I found it kind of comical that a single leaf fell down to the depths beneath kazadun and that's all it took to piss off the balrog. It's just a leaf bro.
Does anyone know the names of the 16 Elves to whom Sauron gave the 16 rings of power he was involved in crafting before he made the One Ring?
Hearing the Ring Spell makes me wonder about a contradiction of intent for the rings. There are some RUclips videos that indicate Sauron intended the Nine plus the Seven were all originally to dominate the Elves, and he was also unaware the Elves made the final Three. But when Sauron made the One, its poetry mentions the final distribution 9-7-3-1, a distribution that he couldn't have known when he created the One.
Do some enchantments and carvings change through time? As the situation changes, the carving updates? So as the Rings found new homes, the poem updated itself to match? Like how the Doors of Durin eventually mentioned Moria, but it wasn't called Moria until long after the Doors were completed?
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.
Tom Bombadil has like 20 of these things laying around, I think Goldberry uses them for arts and crafts?
If and BIg if. If they portray the blue wizards in tv show… I may be get interested again. More for books and movies.
I just realized this guy only has 15 videos? I felt like I’d watched a lot more than 15😅
It's said that the dwarves possessed the hardihood to resist the influence of the rings in regard to becoming invisible, but it makes me wonder- when Sauron put on the One ring in the second age, what happened to those dwarf lords who were wearing the 7 rings at the time? Would they have still fallen under Sauron's sway since he had the Master ring? Would they have perceived that he was trying to dominate their minds, as the elves perceived it? Or would something else have happened?
Dragons, maybe?
One thing I'm unclear on, is the Wraith world the same world the Ainur exist in when they're not sleeved in flesh? Or is it a different realm?
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
They make you look DAMN good is what they do!
Where is the artwork from?
you know when you flip a light switch but it ends up being the wrong light, with rings of power you always flip the right switch
If you didn't read the poem of the One Ring with narrator, are you really a Tolkien fan?
I will forever be vexed that Tolkien chose to make the elven ring of air blue and the elven ring of water white.
What's with the pointed ears on the Elves? Who did that first?
so where were these during the movies?
Time stamps would be very helpful
Something I've always wondered- How was Galadriel allowed to return to the West despite being subject to the curse of the Noldor?
Didnt the arkenstone cause dragon sickness? not the rings?
smeagol was saurons nemesis, it wasn't intended to be that way, but, without smeagol and his greed for the ring, it would never have been destroyed
One thing I've always wondered, why couldn't Sauron wear the ring on a chain around his neck?
Also, a quick question if you know the answer, please: are dragons immortal?
Why would he? It's his Ring and his power to use.
Unlike Mortals, he feels no ill effects from using it (and the Ring is aligned with his goals so there's no fear of temptations), while Mortals gradually feel a searing pain as the Wraith-world begins to try and consume them fully. (The whole reason Gollum lost the ring in hte first place is because even keeping it on his person was becoming painful, so he put it away and periodically go back and wear it until the pain of wearing it outweighed the pain of longing for it).
Essentially elements of creation decay is the last holder?
Parts are realms of existence?
There was nothing in this video that I didn’t already know from reading the books.
Oh LAWD DEM RAAAAANGZ