Eärendil - The Most Powerful Elf | Middle Earth Explained
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Chapters:
Intro 0:00
Escape from Gondolin 0:13
Valinor 2:38
Adventures of Eärendil 3:02
Journey to Valinor 4:00
Eärendil in Valinor 5:34
War of Wrath 7:11
Eärendil's Influence on Middle Earth 8:30
Images used:
- Beleriand Map by hopemaps omripieterse.artstation.com/p...
- Middle-Earth Map from the Rings of Power Series
- Crests by www.deviantart.com/aglargon
Other Images inspired by Alan Lee, Matěj Čadil, Julien Gauthier 
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Do you think Eärendil killed Ungoliant on his journeys?
No. And arguments from silence are garbage.
@@v1e1r1g1e1 in the earlier versions of the silmarillion he did:
"“In the Lay of Eärendel is many a thing sung of his adventures in the deep and in lands untrodden, and in many seas and many isles. Ungoliant in the South he slew, and her darkness was destroyed, and light came to many regions which had yet long been hid."
But later on Tolkien changed her fate
@@RuinsOfGondolin I mean who better to do those things than the mariner himself?
@@RuinsOfGondolinboth could be true. Maybe he beat her back hard enough that she fled in such desperation and fear and was hungry enough to eat herself!
@@RuinsOfGondolin reply to my larger comment below your video. Made just for you. And I'd like to see your response to my comments here.
When I was a kid, I always felt bad for Elrond's children. No matter how strong they get they'll never be able to accomplish and be as incredible as Elrond was....
As I grew older and learned more about the 1st Age. I now feel sorry for Elrond. After everything he's done. He'll still never be as Great as his dad was.
Then react to and or just watch the epic Elrond sad story video by Tolkien Untangled. That guys mastery of prose brought Tolkiens works to life even further! ❤
In my headcanon this is the price of immortality (or blessing of mortality), that Tolkien alludes to in the fall of Numenor. Humans have to succeed their parents, or at least try to do it. Elves? In a way, they are in an arrested development forever. Aragorn, son of Arathorn, became Elessar, and sons of Elrond will be sons of Elrond for eternity (unless they choose human fate like Arwen).
War does not make a man great.
One of the dragon’s powers is the ability to mesmerize. I suspect that Earendil wearing the Silmaril was proof against Ancalagon’s power, and in fact mesmerized the dragon.
Your delivery and presentation are magisterial.
The first of all mortals to set foot in the land of Aman (aay-man) was Eärendil's father, Tuor.
Lovely telling of the story, and beautiful graphics! I have written many songs about Eärendil, his parents, his wife and his sons...I feel one of the saddest stories is the twin boys parted forever from their parents, except to see the star in the night sky. Thank you! Beautiful work.
Thanks! Wow I didn't think there were people like you with such a passion for lotr
Guess my reply got deleted by RUclips again. Tolkien Untangled has mastery of prose and it shows in his epic sad Elrond story which covers all of this perfectly via his mastery of prose.
Eärendil leads into everything special about Elrond & his daughter Arwen (& Aragorn by extension) therefore we must look at Elrond’s Twin Brother Elros, they both were half-elven brothers who can choose to be mortal or immortal because of their parents; (Eärendil & Elwing), both “half elven” made a great sacrifice and went to Valinor to ask for help against Morgoth(who was making everything worse than a living hellscape for 100s of generations) which lead to the greatest events in the early first and second age.
Instead of being punished, the valar listened to them, that led to a great hosts of Valar and Maiar And Vanyar Elves went to Middle Earth that laid waste to Beleriand.
After the War Of Wrath, the valar rewarded them for their sacrifices. They can choose to be elf or men, including their children. They chose immortally, but never return to Middle Earth because they thought that their twin sons had died. But they didnt die. Elrond chose to be immortal while his twin brother Elros chose to be mortal. He founded the Kingdom of Numenor. He lived in Numenor Island and blessed with a long life that include his descendants Those men who fought for the war were rewarded a long life but not their families or children. Only the family of Elrond can choose to be immortal or mortal in which Arwen did. Aragorn is the direct descendant of Elros, thats why he has a long life. The average lifespan of a Numenorean at their height was 500 years maximum! Now remember too that half elves are a common thing and whenever they did come together it was always significant !❤❤❤
Remember this is the SHORT version, there are so many moving parts that will make you want to dive into the books or the audio books or even do reaction videos to the famous lore videos by the biggest lore channels out there!
When you’re done the trilogy try doing reaction videos just like Moviejoob did now with the lore recently as well as OmarioRPG. I recommend videos by GirlNextGondor and The Red Book, and Tolkien Untangled and especially Men Of The West. Many other cool ones I’ll recommend in the comments section of those reaction videos you do from Tolkiens Legendarium lore videos. They are super engaging. You’ll be in love. Nothing would have existed if Tolkiens works never hit the light of day as they were meant to stay private and sometimes be shared with his children and so on. No Game Of Thrones. No Skyrim. No ElderScrolls, No World Of Warcraft, no Dungeons&Dragons. None of it. Not even Star Wars. Not even Harry Potter! They took inspiration from his works which were souly to give back a forgotten history of the Anglo Saxons that had their culture & history destroyed as the larger empires were riding around them. His works reflect the Elder Edda(Norse) The Kalevala(Finnish) and the Welsh people from Wales as well as Irelands cultures of the Tuatha De Danaan as well! His languages are fully fleshed out too resembling Finnish & Welsh
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By the way Elrond is around 6870-8000 years old & nearly a full Elf year (as they age very very differently to Men) is close to 144 man years(solar years for them). but if you want a more true age you must realize that he may be 8000 but in human years after the sun and moon were created from the flower from of the two trees of Valinor as well as one fruit from the other of the two trees; they experience the TIME and the way men experience it but their clock is different! They live as long as the world/Arda/Ëa does. Essentially. Which is why they are so in synch with the world around them and the nature responds to them ! Think of when Legolas walked ontop of all that snow on the Mountain of Caradhras!! They continue to endure as long ad the world itself does. (Arda) and speaking of age, Legolas is also 3000+years old by the time he becomes a member of The Fellowship Of The Ring! If you look back on the original trilogy movies: The fellowship had a 3000year old Elven PRINCE in their party. And a clandestine angelic being who was Gandalf originally known Olòrin to those such as Galadriel who knew him when she lived in Valinor, Elrond also knew would be one of the only others who’d know this save Círdan The Shipwright(Oldest Elf in the world but even he was a few generations down from the original elvish peoples to awake to the stars) & kin to Thingol who also is a semi distant cousin to Legolas as Legolas’ grandfather was the close cousin to Thingol(same with Galadriel’s Husband Celeborn through his father, their capital within Lothlòrien was named after his father(Caras Galadhon) Galadhon being the name indicating that which belongs to the father. And a 87 year old Númenorean man named Aragorn!, a 335 year old Dwarven Prince named Gimli. And as a microcosm they resembled the coalition of all the races of middle earth uniting under one banner which is another reason it sort of metaphysically set into motion the world uniting at the macrocosm !
Galadriel's Phial (gift to Frodo) is something really special. light & dark have a spiritual dimension in Tolkien. way back before the First Age Valinor was lit by two very special Trees that waxed & waned in opposition to each other. a master craftsman Elf named Fëanor fashioned three gems that captured their light, the Silmarils. (And it’s same power and light was drawn into it from the very firmament where it now stands amongst the stars as Eärendil himself (Elrond’s father stands watch over The Doors Of Night where Melkor still is held until fate holds him no longer.)
Everyone who saw them was captivated by them, even the Melkor(Morgoth); the first Dark Lord. Wars were fought over them called the Kinstrife after Morgoth had the Trees destroyed the Silmarils were the only light from them left and he stole them as you may remember, they changed hands a few times & eventually one was left after one fell into the sea & another was lost in a pit of magma. a Half Elf named Eärendil (the first one! Who was Elrond’s father.) came into its possession & sailed it to Valinor as a gift to the Valar to ask for their help in defeating Morgoth, which they did. the Valar turned it into a star & hung it in the sky with Eärendil as its guardian. the fountain of Galadriel's
Mirror is lit by light captured from the star Eärendil & her Phial has water from the fount. I've left out about 90% of the story but it's quite important & central to the story of Middle Earth. for her to give the Phial to Frodo is quite extraordinary. its light does burn & blind Shelob (that's the spider's name) but doesn't kill her outright. oh also, before he was put in the sky to guard the last Silmaril Earendil had two children, Elrond & his brother Elros the first King of Numenor. Tolkien's lore is deep & vast & the Silmarils are at the center of it.
The Star of Eärendil is the light that shines in the horizon both in the morning and the evening. It consists in a boat raised by the Valar and led by Eärendil, who carries a shining Silmaril while watching the Doors of Night. The Door of Night was a portal in the distant Uttermost West that leads to heaven, and/or the Void. Eärendil's ship Vingilot was taken by the Valar from the rim of the world, passed through the Door and was lifted into the "oceans of heaven". PS: Eärendil is ELROND’s half Vanyar Elf half human father, that father was the son of the great Tuor of the great stories of The Children Of Húrin book!❤❤❤❤
Aragorn is a CLOSE descendant of a direct bloodline to Elros(Elrond’s Twin Brother)
The title of half elven (Peredhel) was due to the combined history of Beren&Lúthien, his mother Elwing was the granddaughter of Lùthien! Eärendil was the husband of Elwing. The true half elf; son of the best elvish women ever who rescued hundreds from the highest of elvish kingdoms(Gondolin); her name is Idril & one of the best most powerful men around named Tuor. Who later on when they went to Valinor together through their own way lead to him choosing to be counted as One Of The Eldar for Idril. Eärendil did the same for Elwing. ❤
Great summary
@@RuinsOfGondolin oh for sure. But now I wish to hear what you have to add or what questions you have! I’ve been at this for like 17 years
I know the Tolkien Universe pretty well so I don't have many questions 😅
@@Makkaru112 I enjoyed yr very lengthy summary.
The whole video with BFME2 Sound. Love it! And the voice and speed of spelling is very good. I didn´t consume english videos very often, but it´s very good to understand. Thanks for the video
Wait. Why no English videos? That’s how one improves no?
This is one of my favourite of all Tolkien's stories.
great story told and nice sketches, thanks😉
Magnificent artwork.
God... love your edits and how you doing videos. You have a new subscriber!
Thank you!
great video as usual, ty
When single shines the triple sun, what what sundered and undone, shall be whole, the two made one, by Hobbit hand, or else by none.
I give you the light of Eärendil, our most beloved star. May it be a light for you in dark places, when all other lights go out.
I fucking love this. Perfect mix of AI and Lore👏🏼
Best Tolkien videos yet
Absolutely gorgeous video -- many of the pronunciations though....
Hey thanks, which pronunciations do you mean?
@@RuinsOfGondolin
Hi. Again, I thought this video was gorgeous & I really appreciate the hard work that went into it.
Just on pronunciation, I’m going by the pronunciation guide in Appendix E to The Lord of the Rings and on the Note on Pronunciation at the end of The Silmarillion. So “ae” is like “eye.” “C” is always hard like “k.” “G” is always hard as in “give.” “A” is like “ah” as in the sound of “father.”
First though, for Eärendil, I sooooo appreciate that you get right that Eä is 2 syllables (as in Eä, the name of the universe created by Eru), not 1 (like how Galadriel mispronounced it in Peter Jackson’s LotR).
Other words:
Maeglin: my-glin
Círdan: keer-dan
Ancalagon: an-kal-ah-gon (3rd syllable like “ah” rather than long “a” as in “bake”)
Vingilot: vin-gee-lot (hard g)
Valar (val-ahr) was usually correct. Once or twice, though, it sounded more like “valor.”
(Again, your work is beautiful & something beyond my ability to create. I sincerely apologize if anything I’ve said sounds insulting or pedantic.)
@@Patrick-qed ahh thanks dont worry I appreciate your feedback
gg! great prod!
Cirdan has a hard "C",making it Kirdan. It's a fixed rule from the Tolkien pronunciation guide on Sindarin words. Don't start waffling about now.
It’s easy for Finnish and welsh and even Italian and Spanish speaking people to talk in elvish languages with ease as if they were already fluent in it! Speechify shows this when you paste any elvish or neo elvish it sounds perfect. Especially with the names of people and places. It’s lovely to just listen. ❤
Great video! I can always spot a channel created by true Tolkien fans when they add BFME sound fonts to the video haha
Yes I used to be addicted to it 😅
Do you think earendil was there as a the shining star when his son Elros pass away.
Yes. He was. Facts!❤
How can he be the most powerful elf when he’s not an elf.
I can't believe that he actually wanted to be human. as an elf you live thousands of years until you don't want to live anymore and you stay looking like you're in your thirties and human years.
Hrm. I am generally against AI videos. However, this one was actually rather tastefully done. Someone actually took time to ensure pronunciation, flow, art work, etc.
Yes this took too much time 😅
It is like AI is a mere tool that can be spammed uncreatively for profit or help people of great taste realize the products of their imagination, who knew
Half elf
elf? even the valar question that asking if he was man or elf.
He became and elf to live with Elwing and not leave his mate like Tuor did for Idril. It’s a thing that elves mate for live and they can’t shake it. It’s primordial.
The Valar yes but the Vanyar in Valinor recognized him as one of their kin for many reasons many due to the fact his mother was Idril and he had her likeness etc. they are the main reason aside from Elwing herself and the Silmaril they bore that played into the veil of Valinor being lifted.
Tolkien said himself, Feanor was the most powerful elf in body, intellect and spirit. He literally killed his mom just from him carrying him in the womb.
I recall her passing away afterwards and he knew her for a time. Either way it’s why he went nuclear. He loved his mother. Galadriel succeeded his title of most powerful as she grew in power and wisdom over the ages which elf years are longer than a whole lifetime of man each. And she never spent her Fëa spirit needlessly as she just accumulated more and more. Survived all r had killed her entire family including Fëanor. She special. ❤
@@Makkaru112 in the trilogy Gandalf explains who the most powerful people free people's had beside himself, when talking about who could contest with Saruman. He named galadriel and elrond.
Tolkien said in his letters twice that Galadriel was “the greatest of the Noldor, except Feanor, maybe, and she was wiser than he.”
Another Tolkien letter: “Galadriel was in every way the equal of Feanor, though differently endowed …”
Another excerpt from the Silmarillion, speaking of Feanor and Galadriel, after Feanor asked for a strand of her hair and Galadriel refused him … “so it was that these two Noldor, equals in power and nobility, remained unfriends forever …”
@@jonathankieranwriterfeels bad for faenor LOL. Galadriel gave a strand of hair to a dwarf, but not to faenor lol.
Galadriel was essentially a gardener, while Fëanor was an artificer.
The most powerful of the children of Eru is Fëanor.
It is debatable, but I excluded dead elves (but of all elves it would be probably Fingolfin, not Feanor).
No its feanor
@@RuinsOfGondolinIt's Feanor, followed by Galadriel and Thingol. In that order. That's a canon.
@@likac92009 Thingol no way he has no feat of strengh except as a leader
@@skaraturbo you can't argue with Tolkien. Thingol indeed was that powerful. That's how he was able to sustain his relationship with Melian, who was a Maia. He was one of the most powerful firstborns. What he did with the power he had in himself and if he reached his full potential is another thing
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It's pronounced Keerdan(Cirdan) !!!!!!
Key r Dan
@@Makkaru112 No, all one word.
AI trash
why do you think so?
@@RuinsOfGondolinyou did some the one wonderful. Many people don’t realize how much work goes into this sort of thing. Especially with it comes to post editing work with ones own hands via photoshop and other sorts of things. Turning it into something original.