Watched his family die, killed Rises again, bound to a wraith to die again and again, slay thousands of Orcs, face Sauron and the ringwraiths, to be betrayed by the wraith and fight alone for years with Orcs Even then it does not end, as he is broken, and turned into the 9th Ringwraith and finds himself, fighting the very people he defended for years serving the very enemy who took everything, and then finally dies when Sauron falls Talion went through so much, fought for so long, a true hero which will sadly not be remembered in Middle-Earth
That’s why like this game series, sure it’s inaccurate to lore, but I like to see it as that tale that was never told, something living through vague legends, like all those untold tales like in the Silmarrillion when Ungoliant and Morgoth attacked the Trees; it’s not a tale of happiness, it’s a dark one, one everyone who knew, wanted to forget I would like to learn what happened to Hirgon, Ratbag, Idril and Baranor too, and the dwarf too; but not the elf, no thanks
He was a hero is just the evil was on both sides and he chosen the one that hasn't betrayed him which is ironic because serving the dark lord seems he would of but instead it was the bright lord who tossed him aside..
@@weedhoundinfinite3238 its not that he chose a side, he did all he could to fight back for mordor, the game says that he lasted decades with the corrupted ring, he has a true iron will to last that long, no matter what he is the greatest hero of gondor but one with a sad end
R.I.P Talion of Gondor Ranger Husband Father Warrior Gravewalker Bright Lord Nazgul Hero Though you will not be remembered, your story will never be forgotten.
If anything, we will see talion again. Celebrimbor is still stalking middle earth and that needs to be handled. Who better to stop him then the ranger who jailed the lord of Mordor?
I'm sure the amount of individuals throughout history who has made dire sacrifices to themselves with no recognition to show for it is innumerable, but they were never forgotten only because their stories were never known to the world in the first place. Really makes you think
It made me so sad and remind me of by playing the first game Shadow of Mordor different from Shadow of War in the start of the game of Shadow Mordor the gravewalker watch his own family died
a man never being free stuck at the black gate, unable to die, bound to a wraith, betrayed by the wraith, the sole protector of middle earth, fell to the witch king, finally given the freedom just to die dude has been through a lot.
Right? This game was so sad. The fact that he's stuck there until FRODO shows up to do his thing... it's so poetic, really. He was there until the bitter end; and only his enemy's death allowed him to truly rest. It also makes the other wraiths so much more hopeful. The fact that he was able to reclaim his soul after falling to the Witch King, even if only in death... that makes me hopeful that maybe the others could, too. They were ALL once just men, after all.
He fought for nearly 7 decades, no one thanked him, no one knew him, no one even had a clue what was going on in Mordor. He kept fighting until he no longer could stand. He fought and sacrificed everything in order to keep evil at bay. Thats a true heroes call. Edit: I'm don't idolize him, he is no hero. He just answered to a heroes call. He's more of a Shakespearian tragedy figure. The moral dilemma is that he did things Tolkien would be disgusted of, but he did them in order to keep a vicious enemy in chains for as long as he could.
"Stalemate against evil is victory" he laid true to those words and became sauron's jailer as he contains the entirety of the darklord's power all by himself to give galadrield a chance to form the fellowship
The entirey of middle earth thought that sauron laid dormant after his defeat in the 2nd age but the truth there was only one who truly kept him at bay
Even Celebrimbor was willing to walk away after defeating the Black Hand and ending Sauron's plot to subdue Celebrimbor as a new Nazgul-like servant. It was Talion who proposed they stay in Middle Earth. It was Talion who suggested they make a new ring of power. Talion's will held back the Dark Lord of Middle Earth. He wanted nothing more than to his family again, but could not bring himself to rest for all of eternity without knowing for certain he did everything he could to protect other families yet to be destroyed. People he never knew. People who never knew him. He died for them. Over and over again. He gave up his soul for them. And by the time Sauron broke him, he had no idea whether or not the fighting he'd done had been worth it, as the One Ring had not yet been found. He truly gave up everything.
The great truth about Talion is the thing that makes him such an incredibly emotional and empathetic character. He's just a man. Call him what you like; Gravewalker, Bright Lord, Nazgul. Talion was never anything more than a man. He could have given up a thousand times. He could've walked away, left it to greater heroes. But he didn't. Talion embodied the spirit of man, the will to never stop fighting, never give up, never let the crushing tide of darkness overtake that which you swore to protect. Talion of Gondor, husband to Ioreth, father to Dirhael, First Captain of the Rangers of the Black Gate, held the line. Not because he had to, or because he wanted to, but because no one else could. Such a terribly sad and inspiring tale. Makes me want to prove that I can be just as good a man as him.
@@Forsparda I would argue that his holding the line for as long as he did helped more than his existence as a Nazgul hurt. And anyway, there would have been a ninth, regardless of it being Talion or someone else. His keeping the ring meant that there were only eight for a much longer time. Talion made the right call, even if it put him through agony and despair for decades.
@@Forsparda I never said his will was never broken, no man can withstand the rings forever. But he fought against Sauron all the way to the end, right up until he was taken. In a way, "Talion" never broke, refusing to allow Isildur to be taken, in defiance of Celebrimbor, and refusing to quit even when he wanted to more than anything else. And even then, his spirit still went on to the afterlife, which tells me that his will was never really broken, just dominated or masked by Sauron's will through the ring. The rest of the Nazgul we know actively accepted the power of Sauron, where Talion was simply worn down to the point that resistance was infeasible. I don't think Talion ever really broke, he just couldn't resist the Dark Lord any longer.
@@oskarthenarrator 'Talion embodied the spirit of man, the will to never stop fighting, never give up, never let the crushing tide of darkness overtake that which you swore to protect." This is what you said and simply put you are wrong in the end he turned and chose to join the other ring wraiths and its pretty clear from the cutscenes
Talion's corruption at the end of the story kind of shows part of the meaning of that famous Tolkien phrase: "Evil is not capable of creating anything new, it can only distort or corrupts what has been created or invented by the forces of good".
The thing i found most beautiful about this series is that Talion's story was deliberately written to show that his battles and struggles would never be recognized. That to me made it fit into the lore very well, because we would have never known about the shadow wars he fought. To the outside observer, it was just sauron regaining power throughout the millenia, but this game gives a very specific reason as to why sauron's advances were so slow. it was because of the shadow of mordor
Yeah, it's weird that they made it so he could theoretically be canon but then also heavily changed Celebrimbor's story, as well as added him to Sauron's eye when that was never the case.
This just makes me think of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. People mock it and disrespect it but this is what it was for. All those heroes and warriors who will never been seen, found, mentioned, or recognized.
@@happyzone1000 yes they would have, WW2 reshaped the world as an example. The United States and it’s allies during the war would be completely different If the allies had lost the war. It would be far worse today.
@@happyzone1000 Sure they wouldn’t have liked it, but it was the lesser evil than letting the Nazis win. Kinda the choice of “Two evils, but one is lesser than the other”.
Stone by stone Cracked, crushed, fallen Beauty burned Erased, but not forgotten I'll take your melodies May your last breath Fill the air with embers I inhale In their blood I will stand Let the waning light of man Cast my shadow On the fires of war Till our time Burns away Until our embers fade to grey Cast my shadow On the fires of war My grief is swollen In rusty chains Tethered to the killing wheel Sun up, sun down, sun up, sun down again One burning candle One wind whipped flame I carry in my teeth like an animal Vengeance, my strength In their blood I will stand Let the waning light of man Cast my shadow On the fires of war Till our time Burns away Until our embers fade to grey Cast my shadow On the fires of war
@@siyavushkhosrow Hello old friend, where is my ring ? Jokes aside, I don't think jack is a suitable name for a character in lotr, You need a name that gives a fantasy like feeling, like legolas or something like that. But hey its your story, you can name your character any name you want. Hope this was useful, have a nice day.
A lot of people saying things like: “Nothing you did mattered” “A pointless story” Jesus Christ, have you not watched The Lord Of The Rings at all? Talion held back Sauron for literally decades. If not for Talion, Sauron would have conquered Middle Earth long before the Fellowship even had a chance to defend themselves. But thanks to Talion, Frodo, Sam, Aragorn and the entire fellowship has a head start to destroy the ring. And the sad thing is, is that nobody will ever know of what he did. Nobody will ever know of his sacrifice to save Middle Earth from the forces of darkness. The forgotten hero..
This right here is what i always tell does that never understood talion's purpose, sauron was ready for war he had his armies prepared to march yet talion singlehandedly dominated half of his orcs and fought against him for decades they thought sauron laid dormant but the truth is he was in a tight battle with talion and he didn't even flinched as he faced the dark lord, if it wasn't for him lady galadrield would not have enough time to prepare the fellowship in the first place, talions deeds may never be revealed and honored but he did what he must, he protected middle earth got cursed, broken, and reaped of his soul, what more can someone sacrifice than what he gave for middle earth
I appreciate that, but the thing is that's talion's choice. It was a game about OUR choices and we got feck all. I do adore the game, but I will say I do agree with nothing you did mattered. We didn't do anything, it was all talion.
After I cried for 20 minutes. I started contemplating the story, I read through the comments about him not be canon and that his story goes against Tolkiens legacy. Talion is merely a man. He is supposed to die. And he should have with his family. However, the story is about Light and dark in a lifetime of war trying to dominate and eradicate one another. Talion is simply Celebrimbors host. Talion can be killed but never dies. And even when celebrimbor and him separate he stills fights against all odds to make sure that the darkness never smothers his light. Even though according to Tolkien, if you dominate others you are no less of a villain than Sauron and that's exactly what the ending tells us. Even though Talion was holding Morder he was still doing it in a way that that desecrates life. Talion eventually realized that his battle was lost from the moment it started. Every day he defended morder he became less of a mortal. He strays ever further from memories of normal life and life with his family. He realized that the only way to truly end this was to join the nazguls. He had a choice not to join but what was he fighting for? Celebrimbor left him, the entity that tied him down to this tragedy in the first place. He has no loved ones. To him, Galadriel, himself, Eltariel and the orcs are the only living beings but then again Talion is dead, he is bound to life unending that only brings more death. He is basically a Nazgul just not fighting for Sauron, obviously, until he becomes part of Sauron. The fact that Talion dies with Sauron is to re emphasize that he was never a hero, no matter how much he thought he was. All he wanted was his family. Sauron and Celebrimbor wanted Supremacy. Talion and Celebrimbor are similar to Sauron and Saruman. Talion is just a puppet. Fighting for one side of the war. He still contributed to the burning embers and the blood spilled lands, in what he thought was a painstaking path reuniting him with his family was actually a road that lead to the ultimate draining of his consciousness and stripping him of everything that made him "The Ranger Of Gondor" The thing is that he is an enigmatic character, meaning that we can never get to the bottom of his character. Still made everyone at least shed a tear because he really is just the entity that reminds us that , heros and villain are never remembered and never forgotten. As well as life unending is a curse and the longer you life with eternal life the less you want to be alive even if you're the strongest being in the world. Talion, Celembrimbor, Sauron and the Nazugals are entities that cannot exist without each other. That's why they all die together. ( I'm not sure if Celebrimbor dies but I think he does) In the end they all lose but we can at least hope that Talion can be reunited with his family. Definitely my favourite game with such a compelling story and the reason that there are disputes about its purpose and what it stands for shows how powerful the story was. Whichever side of the battle you choose to fight on you will think you are good and the opposition are evil when in reality, there is good and evil in every being and while the one side shines the other is asleep until it is rested and holds dominion over the other and forcing it to rest and relent until it can hold dominion. The point is that either side removes free will because if you can't beat them join them and you end up fighting who you were what you stood for which shows that neither light nor dark wins and good and evil co exist even though not peacefully.
@meten-saiyanthelombax2970 Sure thing! Just my @ somewhere 🤪. Thanks for commenting so I could come back and listen to this! Truly a rollercaster of emotions🥀
This reminds me of when aragorn (not sure thats spelled right) looked at gandalf before he charged and simply said "For Frodo". He wasn't even sure weither or not Frodo was still alive but fought regardless maybe even only with the hope of him still being alive. Talion didn't know there would be someone later to stop sauron but he also recognised that he had to fight if for no other reason than no one else can. Very well done.
At that point everyone thought Frodo was dead, Aragorn's goal wasn't Victory at that point, it was a worthy last stand, you could see the relief on his face when the tower of Sauron collapsed.
And that, I think, is what makes Talion fit so well into Middle Earth. The war of the ring is all one long story about people fighting for what's right, even when they have no reason to hope for success. Every single person involved in that war, from Talion to Frodo, had every reason to think they would fail. And that's what makes it so powerful that they kept trying anyway. And eventually, through their combined efforts, they do the last thing anyone expected - they won.
Canon be damned. This game and the story of Talion are epic, and worth a few discrepancies. Plus, the added layer of knowing it's Talion you see die in RotK makes that scene even more emotional, which is a feat itself.
Imagine, if this were canon... not a soul in Middle-earth, not Frodo, Aragorn, Legolas, nor even Gandalf, would ever know of his valiant stand against Sauron's relentless forces, nor of the ultimate sacrifice he made in the silent shadows of their grand tale. His heroism would remain a whispered legend, lost in the winds of time, a light unseen amidst the great chronicles of the ages.
A wonderful comment. I think Talion's story should be respected, regardless of the fact it was legit from Tolkien's perspective or not. After all, we do not know much about the ringwraiths' stories. To me, Talion's story is as much as a real one, as I can imagine at least one man of them all trying to fight it for as long as he could. So they pretty much told the story all of us wanted to hear.
Assuming this is Canon to the movies, I think that Talion would be known as some sort of legend or myth, spread by those who met him during the games. Perhaps they would refer to him as "the shadow of Morder"?
I like to think one day in Minas Tirith, Faramir told Aragorn of a legend told by his rangers. Legend of a Gravewalker. A dead man who fought Sauron alone. He thought it was just some legend. But on one occasion, an orc under interrogation verified the story. Someone was there. In the decades before the War of the Ring, someone held out against Sauron from within Mordor. Who was this lost hero? A myth? A legend? Or just a man willing to give up everything in order to give the rest of Middle Earth a chance. Not victory, a chance, that he had no idea if they ever COULD or would take. And he fought anyway.
My journey through the Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of War saga began in 2016. Starting with Shadow of Mordor, I was immediately captivated by the narrative and immersive gameplay. Five years later, in 2021, I returned to Middle-earth to experience the thrilling sequel, Shadow of War. My adventure through Mordor continued, and although I didn't quite reach the end at first, I achieved a significant 60% completion of the game. Finally, on February 16, 2024, I've conquered the remaining challenges and witnessed the culmination of Talion's story. While bittersweet, the final cutscenes provided a satisfying yet tragic closure to his journey. While a part of me wished for Talion's continued existence, the writer masterfully crafted an ending that leaves little room for further adventures. Looking back, this journey spanning eight years (2016-2024) has been truly memorable. I deeply enjoyed the gameplay and the intricate narrative woven throughout both games. The Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of War saga will undoubtedly remain a cherished experience.
Stone by stone Cracked, crushed, fallen Beauty burned, erased But not forgotten I’ll take your melodies May your last breath Fill the air with embers I inhale In their blood, I will stand Let the waning light of man Cast my shadow on the fires of war Till our time burns away Till our embers fade to grey Cast my shadow on the fires of war My grief is swollen In rusty chains Tethered to the killing wheel Sun up, Sun down, Sun up, Sun down, again One burning candle One wind whipped flame I carry in my teeth like an animal Vengeance my strength In their blood, I will stand Let the waning light of man Cast my shadow on the fires of war Till our time burns away Till our embers fade to grey Cast my shadow on the fires of wa
I actually think a movie couldnt do him justice as well as the game did, since only when you've played the game, you know how much he actually did and how long it took
The best ending in any game i have ever damn played. The definition of an emotional rollercoaster. Perfect music. Perfect scene. Still tear up just listening to the start of this song. RIP Talion :(
No one in Middle Earth will remember this Man, but we gamers will. We've been through his journey to know him from start to finish, for now, let him rest eternally with his family, knowing that he had finally found peace in a lifetime of war.
Grabs cup Gets cup full of grog Sips For talion and all the other orks that were gone along the way Dang it now I'm thinking bout the murader maskman that was my saviour more time then he should, saved me from death 20 maby 30 ish times till ... ZOG. THAT ZOG ... THE ONE FROM THE QUEST LINE AMBUSHED THE BOTH OF US AND ABSOLUTLY FUCKED US IN THE SHRARK while dealing with a rebellion (he was the ork chosen to get captured and starts bleeding) Now every time I play again zog will remember what he did.
@@cxs744 The show takes place in the second age not the third. Gondor doesn't even exist yet in the second age. The show will be about their ancestors the Numenoreans, who are basically the peak of humanity in middle earth.
Yeah if some of the lore was tweaked just a bit these games genuinely could fit right into Middle Earth's canon. I hope these games get a remaster in 20 years or something and the core story doesn't change at all, but they clean up the lore inconsistencies. For example it didn't have to be Isildur who Talion freed. They just tried to go with recognisable names for fanservice. Changing it to a new character (as most of the Nazgul in canon are unnamed) would work just as well.
This comment may go unnoticed, but I just have to speak out about this. Nothing except of some deaths and few movie scenes made me sad (not counting tragedies in family). I downloaded Shadow of War on Xbox One, thinking it would be nice to play game about managing orc army. At the beggining I just wanted to get to next act to dominate some uruks, but after few missions, I started to like it anyway. I first got a little feeling of sadness after last humans in the game left Mordor, but it went away. I was playing until I got to true ending. This music, combined with Talion walking away into afterlife, to his family, gave me watery eyes, not gonna lie. I still have this feeling, happines mixed with sadness, when I listen to this song.
@@pabloarambula4627 Not necessarily. Story-wise, Celebrimbor is still around and Eltariel is going to answer his call, which means that they will probably the next foes for Middle-Earth.
@@miguelcondadoolivar5149 but who is gong to be the protagonist? How will the nemesis system work? . Next gen console could really push this to the next level, not to mention one of the beat combat systems in any videogame
It is really rare that you get an ending that is perfect. I loved Shadow of Mordor and wasn’t sure where they could go from there but they really delivered with the story in Shadow of War.
I would love to see a movie about Talion, I mean, the movies are nothing but an adaptation of the books, so, by the logic, there are a lot of things that are not cannon (like Aragorn bringing the spirits to the battle, while in the book he just used them to get into the ships). I feel so bad for Talion, he fought to the last breath, he's inspiring, a really great character and a true warrior, he deserves to be more recognized!
"There comes a time where one must make a sacrifice. Not of flesh and blood, but of spirit and self. Where we must understand that to prolong the rise of darkness, we must accept it unto ourselves. To preserve the light long enough, we must use the shadows own chains against itself and hold it for as long as we can. And when we do fall to the dark, we must pray one can strike us down in turn."
This honestly is one of the most beautiful video game related song i've had the pleasure to listen to i used it as inspiration for a d&d character in the starwars universe who's a grey jedi that survived 66
The story of this game is just fucking amazing! When i beat it for the first time i almost cried! The story development of my orcs and Talion! Its just such a good game and i am sad Talion has to go! When i saw the visualized video of this a tear came. Just such a sad song fitting for the kind of ending!
Talion might be the most selfless hero to ever exist in my mind. He was betrayed again and again and had every right to abandon this world, and yet he chose to fight for a world that truthfully never deserved him. The world didn’t deserve better, Talion deserved a better world.
Troy Baker always plays the best characters except for Kai Leng. Talion is the sweetest individual in Middle Earth and was betrayed by his companions. He deserved better. Celebrimbor aka wannabe Sauron and elf witch Eltariel should be ashamed of themselves and their misdeeds to universe.
I've never been one to cry in video game cutscenes, but in some cases it didn't happen, for example the end of AC Black Flag, seeing Edward leaving and seeing his friends and that beautiful ost playing, brings tears to my eyes and now at the end of this work of art, I followed Talion's journey from my first console until now and the end of his journey, watching him become corrupted and betrayed, so that in the end he could get his much deserved rest, it was simply sad, but a kind of sad beauty, certainly Professor Tolkien would have liked this story
damn... when the first piano note hits, my heart feels like crushed... we've been through so much with this guy, and he'll be erased from history.. Lore of this game is insane.
“If I fall, who will take my place?” Talion was a truly honorable and nearly incorruptible man of Gondor. The will he possessed to wear Isildur’s ring for decades and not succumb to darkness but rather fight it head on. Not only that but he fought to spare Middle Earth from the fate he and his family faced. Such a strong willpower is only capable when you know who and what you are, which keeps you grounded in purpose as well as integrity
he may no be canonical in the actual lotr universe but he deserves the most respect out of every hero in the lotr universe, rest in peace talion, you will never be forgotten
Talion was a beast, he stood alone for decades. Being alone against evil is insanely hard something no one else could do in middle earth, truly a hero feat. Eru himself welcomed him at the end.
There will never be anything good like this adapted to an TV series. All TV series nowadays are pretty shit, haven't seen anything good since Breaking Bad..
I have never been into lord of the rings, never watched it apart from the first LOTR movie in year 6 at school. I liked it, just never watched it. I saw SoW on a youtube video 2 months ago, and saw you could build an army of orcs, so I decided; Why not buy it? So I picked it up, been playing it. I got to the end enjoying every minute of it and Talion has been one of my top favourite characters now, I've very rarely felt this much emotion for someone in a video game, and at the end, felt like I lost someone I loved. I loved the fact he was turning to darkness but was fighting for good. I will probably never see another game this good, and it upsets me.
@@VergilTheLegendaryDarkSlayer Yea might do man, I love this so much. I saw nazgul as the biggest enemy, Knowing some of their (non-canon but still) history and how sad it is to see basically legendary heroes fall to villains is such a touch to the game and franchise. You almost feel bad for them and want them to be free.
@@General-Of-Gaming that's up to personal perspectives. RDR2 isn't really a sadder game, Arthur is a killer at heart. Becoming good because you're dying doesn't make you a saint, if anything it makes you scared.
Talion was a single man who held the line for Middle-Earth to prepare, but he was only one man. May he find peace in the halls of Mandos or in what realm the souls of men go after death.
I feel like Talion is the perfect depiction of everyone fighting battles no one knows about, whether physical, emotional, or mental. It took armies of every race, wizards, and everything they had to beat Sauron. Yet this man held him at bay for years alone. It wasn't the war that broke him, it was the betrayals. And in death he finally found peace. I don't care what anyone says, this was a phenomenal character who was written very well. This song really embodies him.
What is Talion He fought for years against the forces of evil alone. He's been put down countless times and gets back up every time. He never gave up, even when it was 1 against hundreds. He fought for Mordor and its people knowing that he will not get anything out of it. He fought and died until he couldn't grasp breath. What is Talion? A Legend.
He was no hero, but he answered a the call that no one would. He took the place of the hero everyone expected. He fought fire with fire. Evil with evil. He did things many qould consider horrible, horrible acts. All in the name of keeping the Dark Lord at bay. He was not the good guy- far from it- but he answered the hero's call. He did what no one else could. Betrayal after betrayal. Death after death. He fought on. He foight till he had nothing left to fight with. He died a hero, but death denied him. So he was forced to live to see himself fall. To see himself slowly slip onto the grasps of the dark. The evil. But death denied him still. So he embraced that evil. That darkness. That madness. He became something that some would consider worse then the enemy he sacrificed so much to hold back. The things he's done are terrible, all in the name of having people he had never met, have one more day of freedom. He held back the darkness, with a darkness of his own. And even after everything, no thanks were given. His memory- his legacy- faded away. Until all that was left of him, was the shell of cursed darkness. Forced to serve the one he sacrificed so much to hold in place. Forced to slaughter those he had secretly protected for decades. Only to finally be set free after the destruction of the Dark Lord. Finally able to live. Finally able to see his wife nd son again.
I cried like a little bitch when I watched the ending. I don't even shed a tear when I watch the titanic but when I reach the end of a fantasy video game.
Its honestly amazing how good this game is. I have gotten a platinum trophy on this game and more than 300 hours of gameplay on this game. What a masterpiece. 100% recommend this game to anyone.
Amazing ending. I never played the second game, heck I never even finished the first one, but after watching all the cuts scenes from both I see how beautiful a story it was.
I cried so many happy tears for Talion when I got to see his long long struggle end. Such an emotionally charged ending. Love this song, I'm thinking of putting it in my wedding quartet playlist😅
![Middle-earth: Shadow of War OST - Fires of War [EXTENDED] (End Credits Scene)](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/_N9UDBoNpNw/mqdefault.jpg)
I cannot believe that my video reached a 100k views. Thanks a lot guys i really appreciate it.
Well you did a great job with the music😁
Yeah good job m8
Davy Jones - 79 views, Time - 60 views, Fires Of War - 103k views. Your magnum opus)
just here to pay respect
tis a good song. This will certainly be helped with PS4 making Shadow of war this month's free game of the month.
Watched his family die, killed
Rises again, bound to a wraith to die again and again, slay thousands of Orcs, face Sauron and the ringwraiths, to be betrayed by the wraith and fight alone for years with Orcs
Even then it does not end, as he is broken, and turned into the 9th Ringwraith and finds himself, fighting the very people he defended for years serving the very enemy who took everything, and then finally dies when Sauron falls
Talion went through so much, fought for so long, a true hero which will sadly not be remembered in Middle-Earth
We'll remember him. Talion is now my favourite Middle Earth character.
It's the sad truth to many in real life too so it's even more powerfull
He endured a life of endless suffering, without him, Sauron would’ve gotten the ring, and destroyed all that is good
The end he fought for
That’s why like this game series, sure it’s inaccurate to lore, but I like to see it as that tale that was never told, something living through vague legends, like all those untold tales like in the Silmarrillion when Ungoliant and Morgoth attacked the Trees; it’s not a tale of happiness, it’s a dark one, one everyone who knew, wanted to forget
I would like to learn what happened to Hirgon, Ratbag, Idril and Baranor too, and the dwarf too; but not the elf, no thanks
"I grow weaker with each year I wear Isildur's ring, but my mission remains the same. Hold Mordor."
Yeah.
Hold Mordor...Hold Mordor...Hold Mordor...Hold...dor...Hol Dor... Hodor.
They both knew the burden of keeping evil at bay, but they never backed off.
@@samirSch noooooo dont do this to me! Fucking Hodor man, He was great. I fucking love Kristian Nairn, he played Hodor so well.
@@RustyARMPIT12 I don’t know who hodor is. Is it someone from lotr?
@@Skinned_fried_n_cut_up_potato Game of Thrones.
"Celebrimbor's lust for power clouded his vision... and yet I miss him. No war should be fought alone."
very cool line but gets *SLIGHTLY* annoying by the 647th time you hear it
@@mewfishmeowscles we need to get to the PALANTIER
@@dragondojima We need more Mirian Talion we need to get to Lithlad
@@bobisnotmeme TALION, TALION!!! WE NEED TO COOK, TALION!!
Imagine being so lonely you miss the guy that betrayed you
Dont care what anyone says.
This game and this character will always hold a special place in my heart
Same bro 😭
Talion and Arthur Morgan
Me too
Don’t make me cry bro 😭😭😭
same for me to such a great game.
This game was literally going by the saying “Either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain”
He was a hero is just the evil was on both sides and he chosen the one that hasn't betrayed him which is ironic because serving the dark lord seems he would of but instead it was the bright lord who tossed him aside..
Talion chose no side but the one of Mankind, he simply used all that he could to protect it
@@weedhoundinfinite3238 its not that he chose a side, he did all he could to fight back for mordor, the game says that he lasted decades with the corrupted ring, he has a true iron will to last that long, no matter what he is the greatest hero of gondor but one with a sad end
True man so true and believe this game was the stuff for me, is miss it so much, the moment when I saw the ending for the first time
He's a hero who is just "helping" the bad guy but all he was is to save what's left of his people
"Death came. Death to Sauron. Death to his dominion. And death to Talion, who walked out of darkness and found freedom."
Yes nothing will be forgotten
@@seanraines8459 But none shall remember what Talion sacrificed for Middle-Earth 😭
@mazharimam6827 the valar probably know.
R.I.P Talion of Gondor
Ranger
Husband
Father
Warrior
Gravewalker
Bright Lord
Nazgul
Hero
Though you will not be remembered, your story will never be forgotten.
His legend may be here by sone worriers
I never trusted celembrimbor, and now I'll never forgive him. Shelob was right, he was no different than sauron.
@@thepianobirb4388 he will get what he deserves.... eventually...
@@Too_Lazy_To_Finish he Must get what he deserves, and even more because she mislead elatriel into te point where they betrayed Talion
If anything, we will see talion again. Celebrimbor is still stalking middle earth and that needs to be handled. Who better to stop him then the ranger who jailed the lord of Mordor?
Titanic: Never cried
Endgame:not a single tear
Shadow of war: *a literal waterfall*
Yep
Try crying 7 times
I don’t think endgame was meant to make you cry
Yep,i'm crying for the End
My eye are literally a water park at the end
It's funny how this game made me realize, how many heroes through the history of the world were forgotten .
Soon we'll be too
@@ozzylepunknown551 fitting name
"erased but not forgotten"
I'm sure the amount of individuals throughout history who has made dire sacrifices to themselves with no recognition to show for it is innumerable, but they were never forgotten only because their stories were never known to the world in the first place. Really makes you think
Tbh I almost threw my ps4 through my window after calebrimbor betrayed talion I think I spelt everything right idk I got bad English
when I finished the game and saw Talion walking his final path....dear Lord....I admit my eyes got so watery
Yup
It made me so sad and remind me of by playing the first game Shadow of Mordor different from Shadow of War in the start of the game of Shadow Mordor the gravewalker watch his own family died
a man never being free stuck at the black gate, unable to die, bound to a wraith, betrayed by the wraith, the sole protector of middle earth, fell to the witch king, finally given the freedom just to die dude has been through a lot.
Right? This game was so sad.
The fact that he's stuck there until FRODO shows up to do his thing... it's so poetic, really. He was there until the bitter end; and only his enemy's death allowed him to truly rest.
It also makes the other wraiths so much more hopeful. The fact that he was able to reclaim his soul after falling to the Witch King, even if only in death... that makes me hopeful that maybe the others could, too. They were ALL once just men, after all.
after all those killings
finally got peace
I nearly cry/laugh with joy whenever I think of his story. I’m sad to see him go, but glad he has been reunited with loreth and Dírhael
Yes I just finished the game 😞
😢😢😢
fucking same bro
He will all ways live on as a hero no matter what
Ryan Colbert I also almost cry when I hear Ioreth when you kill the Balck Hand in Middle earth shadow of Mordor
Death: It is finally time for you to go to the shore, son of Gondor.
Tallion: Was i a good ranger?
Death: No... you were the best.
Always be best ranger
Wich ranger?
@@whatdadogdoin6178 what do you mean?
@@thanos_karagiannhs5320talion better then Aragon
@@thanos_karagiannhs5320 he meant which type of ranger, Ithilien, Dunedain, etc.
He fought for nearly 7 decades, no one thanked him, no one knew him, no one even had a clue what was going on in Mordor. He kept fighting until he no longer could stand. He fought and sacrificed everything in order to keep evil at bay. Thats a true heroes call.
Edit: I'm don't idolize him, he is no hero. He just answered to a heroes call. He's more of a Shakespearian tragedy figure. The moral dilemma is that he did things Tolkien would be disgusted of, but he did them in order to keep a vicious enemy in chains for as long as he could.
"Stalemate against evil is victory" he laid true to those words and became sauron's jailer as he contains the entirety of the darklord's power all by himself to give galadrield a chance to form the fellowship
@@Mezha07 why
If only he was a canon character
@@RNGesus826 really fun game tho
He always will be
Even though he isn't canon, Talion's sacrifice will be remembered by all. Nothing will be forgotten!
No who will tell his story Galadriel I highly doubt it.
But from the player perspective yes i cant think of that we will forget that hero
@@vincent9540 Yup
I wish he was canon he did so much for the world
Nobody will top his story! 😭
still a really good what if scenario which has roots in canon
The entirey of middle earth thought that sauron laid dormant after his defeat in the 2nd age but the truth there was only one who truly kept him at bay
Even Celebrimbor was willing to walk away after defeating the Black Hand and ending Sauron's plot to subdue Celebrimbor as a new Nazgul-like servant. It was Talion who proposed they stay in Middle Earth. It was Talion who suggested they make a new ring of power.
Talion's will held back the Dark Lord of Middle Earth. He wanted nothing more than to his family again, but could not bring himself to rest for all of eternity without knowing for certain he did everything he could to protect other families yet to be destroyed. People he never knew. People who never knew him. He died for them. Over and over again. He gave up his soul for them. And by the time Sauron broke him, he had no idea whether or not the fighting he'd done had been worth it, as the One Ring had not yet been found. He truly gave up everything.
I think with Talion doing what he did he pretty much delayed the war of the ring
The great truth about Talion is the thing that makes him such an incredibly emotional and empathetic character. He's just a man. Call him what you like; Gravewalker, Bright Lord, Nazgul. Talion was never anything more than a man. He could have given up a thousand times. He could've walked away, left it to greater heroes. But he didn't. Talion embodied the spirit of man, the will to never stop fighting, never give up, never let the crushing tide of darkness overtake that which you swore to protect. Talion of Gondor, husband to Ioreth, father to Dirhael, First Captain of the Rangers of the Black Gate, held the line. Not because he had to, or because he wanted to, but because no one else could. Such a terribly sad and inspiring tale. Makes me want to prove that I can be just as good a man as him.
except in the end his will did fail and he fell into darkness, he could have chosen to die a man and deny the enemy a mighty servant but he didnt
@@Forsparda I would argue that his holding the line for as long as he did helped more than his existence as a Nazgul hurt. And anyway, there would have been a ninth, regardless of it being Talion or someone else. His keeping the ring meant that there were only eight for a much longer time. Talion made the right call, even if it put him through agony and despair for decades.
@@oskarthenarrator Im not commenting on if he made the right or wrong call in the end simply that his will broke and he willingly joined sauron
@@Forsparda I never said his will was never broken, no man can withstand the rings forever. But he fought against Sauron all the way to the end, right up until he was taken. In a way, "Talion" never broke, refusing to allow Isildur to be taken, in defiance of Celebrimbor, and refusing to quit even when he wanted to more than anything else. And even then, his spirit still went on to the afterlife, which tells me that his will was never really broken, just dominated or masked by Sauron's will through the ring. The rest of the Nazgul we know actively accepted the power of Sauron, where Talion was simply worn down to the point that resistance was infeasible. I don't think Talion ever really broke, he just couldn't resist the Dark Lord any longer.
@@oskarthenarrator 'Talion embodied the spirit of man, the will to never stop fighting, never give up, never let the crushing tide of darkness overtake that which you swore to protect." This is what you said and simply put you are wrong in the end he turned and chose to join the other ring wraiths and its pretty clear from the cutscenes
Talion's corruption at the end of the story kind of shows part of the meaning of that famous Tolkien phrase: "Evil is not capable of creating anything new, it can only distort or corrupts what has been created or invented by the forces of good".
"I feel as if I've been fighting this war for hundreds of years."
"May you not experience to what it is like to fight for thousands."
Talion, Arthur Morgan, and John Marston were the only video game character deaths that made me cry/ emotional
@Shen Cannon who?
I understand, but I think you should also look into Ezio Auditore
@gmillov Fair. Still sad to see a legend pass
Same for me.
Dom gears of wars 3…. Sincerely
The thing i found most beautiful about this series is that Talion's story was deliberately written to show that his battles and struggles would never be recognized. That to me made it fit into the lore very well, because we would have never known about the shadow wars he fought. To the outside observer, it was just sauron regaining power throughout the millenia, but this game gives a very specific reason as to why sauron's advances were so slow. it was because of the shadow of mordor
Yeah, it's weird that they made it so he could theoretically be canon but then also heavily changed Celebrimbor's story, as well as added him to Sauron's eye when that was never the case.
Talion. The Nazgul who would’ve dominated Sauron.
And the Ranger who said “Lmao I’m alive” after 50 deaths on Gravewalker difficulty...
Talion: The Hero of Middle-Earth
Celebrimbor: The Bright Lord
Eltariel: plot convenience
@@actuallytweakin Brúz: I don’t want the fort
That one deranged orc “wooo wooo woo woo”
@@MRVNUnit That one undead orc: *angry hisses*
@@MRVNUnit If you have that orc. *instantly promote him*
I love Shadow of war
Glad to see you here shadow.
Me2 it's the best game I've ever played
You again? You really love shadow of war
Shadow the dark hedgehog King they may make another one
@@ultragoku5391 Nani?!
Best story I've ever experienced, and I still can't get over this song.
true i will always remember this as the greatest game series
Tra dying light, it is a good game, I know ,its so different by this masterpiece, but try
You need to play witcher 3
@@goblincleaver_mshm.9751 fax my bro
@@jens2049 you need Jesus jk
“Power is always dangerous it attracts the worst and corrupts the best”. This quote best fits this game
This just makes me think of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. People mock it and disrespect it but this is what it was for. All those heroes and warriors who will never been seen, found, mentioned, or recognized.
And never rembered
If they had any idea how the world would turn out, they probably wouldn't have picked up a rifle.
@@happyzone1000 yes they would have, WW2 reshaped the world as an example. The United States and it’s allies during the war would be completely different If the allies had lost the war. It would be far worse today.
@@happyzone1000 Sure they wouldn’t have liked it, but it was the lesser evil than letting the Nazis win.
Kinda the choice of “Two evils, but one is lesser than the other”.
@@forgottendragonpriestartem3414 communism killed more than nazism. That's the irony🤣
Stone by stone
Cracked, crushed, fallen
Beauty burned
Erased, but not forgotten
I'll take your melodies
May your last breath
Fill the air with embers
I inhale
In their blood
I will stand
Let the waning light of man
Cast my shadow
On the fires of war
Till our time
Burns away
Until our embers fade to grey
Cast my shadow
On the fires of war
My grief is swollen
In rusty chains
Tethered to the killing wheel
Sun up, sun down, sun up, sun down again
One burning candle
One wind whipped flame
I carry in my teeth like an animal
Vengeance, my strength
In their blood
I will stand
Let the waning light of man
Cast my shadow
On the fires of war
Till our time
Burns away
Until our embers fade to grey
Cast my shadow
On the fires of war
rest in peace talion...
@@coldenhanses4249 OK 👍
Thanks bro :)
"I'm not crying, you're crying! Shut up!"
IM NOT CRYING NOT OVER THE GRAVE WALKER YOU ARE SHUT IT..
@@Too_Lazy_To_Finish - talions loyal lads
@@ozzylepunknown551 OH TALION
Fucking ninjas cutting onions
I AM crying, but so are you.
Hoping for another sequel, gotta deal with Celebrimbor.
I wonder what happened to him anyways. After his spirit was released from Sauron's we never found out where he went or what happened to him.
Please, when you find that asshole tell him to give me back my damn ring.
@@thedarklord5882 rip it from his corpse or ectoplasm?
@@thedarklord5882 Yo
@@siyavushkhosrow Hello old friend, where is my ring ?
Jokes aside, I don't think jack is a suitable name for a character in lotr,
You need a name that gives a fantasy like feeling, like legolas or something like that.
But hey its your story, you can name your character any name you want.
Hope this was useful, have a nice day.
A lot of people saying things like:
“Nothing you did mattered”
“A pointless story”
Jesus Christ, have you not watched The Lord Of The Rings at all? Talion held back Sauron for literally decades. If not for Talion, Sauron would have conquered Middle Earth long before the Fellowship even had a chance to defend themselves. But thanks to Talion, Frodo, Sam, Aragorn and the entire fellowship has a head start to destroy the ring. And the sad thing is, is that nobody will ever know of what he did. Nobody will ever know of his sacrifice to save Middle Earth from the forces of darkness.
The forgotten hero..
This right here is what i always tell does that never understood talion's purpose, sauron was ready for war he had his armies prepared to march yet talion singlehandedly dominated half of his orcs and fought against him for decades they thought sauron laid dormant but the truth is he was in a tight battle with talion and he didn't even flinched as he faced the dark lord, if it wasn't for him lady galadrield would not have enough time to prepare the fellowship in the first place, talions deeds may never be revealed and honored but he did what he must, he protected middle earth got cursed, broken, and reaped of his soul, what more can someone sacrifice than what he gave for middle earth
@@Mezha07 fax
I appreciate that, but the thing is that's talion's choice. It was a game about OUR choices and we got feck all. I do adore the game, but I will say I do agree with nothing you did mattered. We didn't do anything, it was all talion.
@@dragonlfwgaming6008 yeah I know that’s what I’m saying. Talion did it therefore he is a hero
Technically the story doesn’t matter because it isn’t canon
After I cried for 20 minutes.
I started contemplating the story,
I read through the comments about him not be canon and that his story goes against Tolkiens legacy. Talion is merely a man. He is supposed to die. And he should have with his family. However, the story is about Light and dark in a lifetime of war trying to dominate and eradicate one another.
Talion is simply Celebrimbors host. Talion can be killed but never dies. And even when celebrimbor and him separate he stills fights against all odds to make sure that the darkness never smothers his light. Even though according to Tolkien, if you dominate others you are no less of a villain than Sauron and that's exactly what the ending tells us. Even though Talion was holding Morder he was still doing it in a way that that desecrates life. Talion eventually realized that his battle was lost from the moment it started. Every day he defended morder he became less of a mortal. He strays ever further from memories of normal life and life with his family. He realized that the only way to truly end this was to join the nazguls. He had a choice not to join but what was he fighting for? Celebrimbor left him, the entity that tied him down to this tragedy in the first place. He has no loved ones. To him, Galadriel, himself, Eltariel and the orcs are the only living beings but then again Talion is dead, he is bound to life unending that only brings more death. He is basically a Nazgul just not fighting for Sauron, obviously, until he becomes part of Sauron. The fact that Talion dies with Sauron is to re emphasize that he was never a hero, no matter how much he thought he was.
All he wanted was his family.
Sauron and Celebrimbor wanted Supremacy.
Talion and Celebrimbor are similar to Sauron and Saruman. Talion is just a puppet.
Fighting for one side of the war.
He still contributed to the burning embers and the blood spilled lands, in what he thought was a painstaking path reuniting him with his family was actually a road that lead to the ultimate draining of his consciousness and stripping him of everything that made him "The Ranger Of Gondor"
The thing is that he is an enigmatic character, meaning that we can never get to the bottom of his character.
Still made everyone at least shed a tear because he really is just the entity that reminds us that , heros and villain are never remembered and never forgotten. As well as life unending is a curse and the longer you life with eternal life the less you want to be alive even if you're the strongest being in the world.
Talion, Celembrimbor, Sauron and the Nazugals are entities that cannot exist without each other. That's why they all die together. ( I'm not sure if Celebrimbor dies but I think he does) In the end they all lose but we can at least hope that Talion can be reunited with his family.
Definitely my favourite game with such a compelling story and the reason that there are disputes about its purpose and what it stands for shows how powerful the story was. Whichever side of the battle you choose to fight on you will think you are good and the opposition are evil when in reality, there is good and evil in every being and while the one side shines the other is asleep until it is rested and holds dominion over the other and forcing it to rest and relent until it can hold dominion. The point is that either side removes free will because if you can't beat them join them and you end up fighting who you were what you stood for which shows that neither light nor dark wins and good and evil co exist even though not peacefully.
This really made me emotional, amazing story telling and an amazing game ❤️
Celebrimbor escapes at the end when Sauron is destroyed
All that typing for 37 likes (my like included)
Great comment! I loved it! Would like me to post it on Quora?
@meten-saiyanthelombax2970
Sure thing! Just my @ somewhere 🤪.
Thanks for commenting so I could come back and listen to this!
Truly a rollercaster of emotions🥀
This reminds me of when aragorn (not sure thats spelled right) looked at gandalf before he charged and simply said "For Frodo". He wasn't even sure weither or not Frodo was still alive but fought regardless maybe even only with the hope of him still being alive. Talion didn't know there would be someone later to stop sauron but he also recognised that he had to fight if for no other reason than no one else can. Very well done.
At that point everyone thought Frodo was dead, Aragorn's goal wasn't Victory at that point, it was a worthy last stand, you could see the relief on his face when the tower of Sauron collapsed.
Talion literally said “if not me… who?”
And that, I think, is what makes Talion fit so well into Middle Earth. The war of the ring is all one long story about people fighting for what's right, even when they have no reason to hope for success. Every single person involved in that war, from Talion to Frodo, had every reason to think they would fail. And that's what makes it so powerful that they kept trying anyway.
And eventually, through their combined efforts, they do the last thing anyone expected - they won.
Talion is the very example of never giving up no matter the odds....
Canon be damned. This game and the story of Talion are epic, and worth a few discrepancies. Plus, the added layer of knowing it's Talion you see die in RotK makes that scene even more emotional, which is a feat itself.
Imagine, if this were canon... not a soul in Middle-earth, not Frodo, Aragorn, Legolas, nor even Gandalf, would ever know of his valiant stand against Sauron's relentless forces, nor of the ultimate sacrifice he made in the silent shadows of their grand tale. His heroism would remain a whispered legend, lost in the winds of time, a light unseen amidst the great chronicles of the ages.
A wonderful comment. I think Talion's story should be respected, regardless of the fact it was legit from Tolkien's perspective or not. After all, we do not know much about the ringwraiths' stories.
To me, Talion's story is as much as a real one, as I can imagine at least one man of them all trying to fight it for as long as he could.
So they pretty much told the story all of us wanted to hear.
Assuming this is Canon to the movies, I think that Talion would be known as some sort of legend or myth, spread by those who met him during the games. Perhaps they would refer to him as "the shadow of Morder"?
@@blomp5374bruz telling the story : NOT MY FORT
I like to think one day in Minas Tirith, Faramir told Aragorn of a legend told by his rangers. Legend of a Gravewalker. A dead man who fought Sauron alone. He thought it was just some legend. But on one occasion, an orc under interrogation verified the story. Someone was there. In the decades before the War of the Ring, someone held out against Sauron from within Mordor.
Who was this lost hero? A myth? A legend? Or just a man willing to give up everything in order to give the rest of Middle Earth a chance. Not victory, a chance, that he had no idea if they ever COULD or would take. And he fought anyway.
Brûz: **kills talion**
Talion: **can't die**
Brûz: *OH SHIT OH FUCK OH GOD*
Brûz: *can die *
Brûz: O H F U C K O H S H I T
F U C K
Brûz later that month: *IT'S YOUURRR FORRRT!*
Hard to believe this game came out 6 years ago. I still feel that twinge in my heart for Talion when I hear this song
Me too bro🥺
Same
One of the best games ever
Correction: the best one
Correction the greatest
Y'all need to play witcher 3
@@jens2049
I played it, sow is still better imo since, i am not into witcher 3 gameplay, but witcher has way better story, i admit.
@@jens2049 shadow of war is better imo
This song is criminally underrated
yes, the game is as well
It's a masterpiece and the one and only one of its kind
My journey through the Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of War saga began in 2016. Starting with Shadow of Mordor, I was immediately captivated by the narrative and immersive gameplay.
Five years later, in 2021, I returned to Middle-earth to experience the thrilling sequel, Shadow of War. My adventure through Mordor continued, and although I didn't quite reach the end at first, I achieved a significant 60% completion of the game.
Finally, on February 16, 2024, I've conquered the remaining challenges and witnessed the culmination of Talion's story. While bittersweet, the final cutscenes provided a satisfying yet tragic closure to his journey. While a part of me wished for Talion's continued existence, the writer masterfully crafted an ending that leaves little room for further adventures.
Looking back, this journey spanning eight years (2016-2024) has been truly memorable. I deeply enjoyed the gameplay and the intricate narrative woven throughout both games. The Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of War saga will undoubtedly remain a cherished experience.
Stone by stone
Cracked, crushed, fallen
Beauty burned, erased
But not forgotten
I’ll take your melodies
May your last breath
Fill the air with embers
I inhale
In their blood, I will stand
Let the waning light of man
Cast my shadow on the fires of war
Till our time burns away
Till our embers fade to grey
Cast my shadow on the fires of war
My grief is swollen
In rusty chains
Tethered to the killing wheel
Sun up, Sun down, Sun up, Sun down, again
One burning candle
One wind whipped flame
I carry in my teeth like an animal
Vengeance my strength
In their blood, I will stand
Let the waning light of man
Cast my shadow on the fires of war
Till our time burns away
Till our embers fade to grey
Cast my shadow on the fires of wa
we need a film or 3 about Talion and the events of his games....he deserves so mich more appreciation and recognition 🤧
Yes we do
If done well and without being butchered like other video game movies it could be a masterpiece
I know this is super unoriginal. But if Talion isn't played by Troy Baker, it should at least be Henry Cavill as second choice.
@@thewonderfullymadejaraid7015 I agree his Witcher take is great waiting on that next season
I actually think a movie couldnt do him justice as well as the game did, since only when you've played the game, you know how much he actually did and how long it took
The best ending in any game i have ever damn played.
The definition of an emotional rollercoaster.
Perfect music.
Perfect scene.
Still tear up just listening to the start of this song.
RIP Talion :(
Huh.
A hero doomed to suffer
He held back Sauron and his army until the fellowship arrived
What's The FellowShip
The story of a tragic hero is always the best.
@@oldhunterhenrik6558 Watch the Original movies. 🤙
@@Attack_Pillow ok
@@oldhunterhenrik6558 The fellowship in lord of the rings
No one in Middle Earth will remember this Man, but we gamers will. We've been through his journey to know him from start to finish, for now, let him rest eternally with his family, knowing that he had finally found peace in a lifetime of war.
After all these years, coming back to this song, just brings tears to my eyes. Biggest nostalgia hit I've had so far in my life
They say "For Frodo"
I say "For Talion"
You are not i alone
I also say “for talion”
@@AshWilliams1234We say "for talion"
FOR TALION!
For Talion
Grabs cup
Gets cup full of grog
Sips
For talion and all the other orks that were gone along the way
Dang it now I'm thinking bout the murader maskman that was my saviour more time then he should, saved me from death 20 maby 30 ish times till ... ZOG. THAT ZOG ... THE ONE FROM THE QUEST LINE AMBUSHED THE BOTH OF US AND ABSOLUTLY FUCKED US IN THE SHRARK
while dealing with a rebellion (he was the ork chosen to get captured and starts bleeding)
Now every time I play again zog will remember what he did.
After so many years, hearing this song again just brings tears in my eyes
Every orc that killed talion when they realised he can't die.
"Oh shit, oh SHIT, oh F*CK!!"
You either die a Hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the Villain
Rest in Peace son of Gondor
Talion did both.
Rest in peace talion
Talion is canon in my head
But sadly he isn't but he will not be forgotten in all are gaming hearts
It would be a big financial mistake if he isn't in the new show
@@cxs744 The show takes place in the second age not the third. Gondor doesn't even exist yet in the second age. The show will be about their ancestors the Numenoreans, who are basically the peak of humanity in middle earth.
me too he's canon and idc
Yeah if some of the lore was tweaked just a bit these games genuinely could fit right into Middle Earth's canon. I hope these games get a remaster in 20 years or something and the core story doesn't change at all, but they clean up the lore inconsistencies.
For example it didn't have to be Isildur who Talion freed. They just tried to go with recognisable names for fanservice. Changing it to a new character (as most of the Nazgul in canon are unnamed) would work just as well.
That's how you end a Hero's long and treacherous journey through war, hell, and sadness:
Walking into Freedom with Peace.
Beautiful music, Beautiful game,. Talion's sacrifice will be remembered by all. Nothing will be forgotten!
This comment may go unnoticed, but I just have to speak out about this. Nothing except of some deaths and few movie scenes made me sad (not counting tragedies in family). I downloaded Shadow of War on Xbox One, thinking it would be nice to play game about managing orc army. At the beggining I just wanted to get to next act to dominate some uruks, but after few missions, I started to like it anyway. I first got a little feeling of sadness after last humans in the game left Mordor, but it went away. I was playing until I got to true ending. This music, combined with Talion walking away into afterlife, to his family, gave me watery eyes, not gonna lie. I still have this feeling, happines mixed with sadness, when I listen to this song.
Who knew the first time we'd see talion smile
Would be the last time...
Didn't he smile when he gave his wife the flowers? I think he also smiled a couple of times when he was with Torvin.
Gave me chills
Sad because this probably means no sequel 😔
@@pabloarambula4627 Not necessarily. Story-wise, Celebrimbor is still around and Eltariel is going to answer his call, which means that they will probably the next foes for Middle-Earth.
@@miguelcondadoolivar5149 but who is gong to be the protagonist? How will the nemesis system work? . Next gen console could really push this to the next level, not to mention one of the beat combat systems in any videogame
It is really rare that you get an ending that is perfect. I loved Shadow of Mordor and wasn’t sure where they could go from there but they really delivered with the story in Shadow of War.
He held back Mordor for 60 Years till Aragorn was ready to be king and the fellowship could be formed to take down Sauron once and for all.
70 years
Correction, his story is an alternative timeline but still lore friendly(sadly not canon) he lived 138 years wearing isildurs ring.
@@sterbensrevenge5846 but is "cool" take the option that talion protect gondor until the movies
No one was more deserving of a rest than Tailon.
I love how he drops Urfael without even caring but gives one last bittersweet glance at Acharn.
I would love to see a movie about Talion, I mean, the movies are nothing but an adaptation of the books, so, by the logic, there are a lot of things that are not cannon (like Aragorn bringing the spirits to the battle, while in the book he just used them to get into the ships). I feel so bad for Talion, he fought to the last breath, he's inspiring, a really great character and a true warrior, he deserves to be more recognized!
"There comes a time where one must make a sacrifice. Not of flesh and blood, but of spirit and self. Where we must understand that to prolong the rise of darkness, we must accept it unto ourselves. To preserve the light long enough, we must use the shadows own chains against itself and hold it for as long as we can. And when we do fall to the dark, we must pray one can strike us down in turn."
Where's that from?
This honestly is one of the most beautiful video game related song i've had the pleasure to listen to i used it as inspiration for a d&d character in the starwars universe who's a grey jedi that survived 66
The story of this game is just fucking amazing! When i beat it for the first time i almost cried! The story development of my orcs and Talion! Its just such a good game and i am sad Talion has to go! When i saw the visualized video of this a tear came. Just such a sad song fitting for the kind of ending!
Nothing will be forgotten
@@seanraines8459 and nothing remembered
Talion might be the most selfless hero to ever exist in my mind. He was betrayed again and again and had every right to abandon this world, and yet he chose to fight for a world that truthfully never deserved him. The world didn’t deserve better, Talion deserved a better world.
Troy Baker always plays the best characters except for Kai Leng. Talion is the sweetest individual in Middle Earth and was betrayed by his companions. He deserved better. Celebrimbor aka wannabe Sauron and elf witch Eltariel should be ashamed of themselves and their misdeeds to universe.
I've never been one to cry in video game cutscenes, but in some cases it didn't happen, for example the end of AC Black Flag, seeing Edward leaving and seeing his friends and that beautiful ost playing, brings tears to my eyes and now at the end of this work of art, I followed Talion's journey from my first console until now and the end of his journey, watching him become corrupted and betrayed, so that in the end he could get his much deserved rest, it was simply sad, but a kind of sad beauty, certainly Professor Tolkien would have liked this story
I wonder if Tolkien would have liked his story
Probably not the lore aspect but definitely would have enjoyed what it was
@@jakegodfrey1382 yeah probably
What happened with Biden???
@@denebalgedi uhh
We don't know
@@denebalgedi Problably in prison soon, as many democrats.
“I had a family once… a wife… and a son… and I buried them along with everyone that I ever knew”
damn... when the first piano note hits, my heart feels like crushed... we've been through so much with this guy, and he'll be erased from history.. Lore of this game is insane.
“If I fall, who will take my place?” Talion was a truly honorable and nearly incorruptible man of Gondor. The will he possessed to wear Isildur’s ring for decades and not succumb to darkness but rather fight it head on. Not only that but he fought to spare Middle Earth from the fate he and his family faced. Such a strong willpower is only capable when you know who and what you are, which keeps you grounded in purpose as well as integrity
he may no be canonical in the actual lotr universe but he deserves the most respect out of every hero in the lotr universe, rest in peace talion, you will never be forgotten
A son of gondor has left us. But never forgotten
And never remembered
@@stellarfusion-4217 "I do not care who knows the truth now, tomorrow, or in ten thousand years. Loyalty is its own reward."
Talion was a beast, he stood alone for decades. Being alone against evil is insanely hard something no one else could do in middle earth, truly a hero feat. Eru himself welcomed him at the end.
I loved the little smile on Talion's face when he dropped his weapons and armour and walked into the light. His battle was over and he found peace.
i don't understand how people can dislike this ending
Honestly his story deserves an TV series adaption like Witcher
Witcher
@@simonjameskenway6933 Yes, Witcher. You can spell. Would you like a cookie?
@@henrycrabs3497 I prefer chips
There will never be anything good like this adapted to an TV series. All TV series nowadays are pretty shit, haven't seen anything good since Breaking Bad..
not canon so doubt it. it be lit though
I have never been into lord of the rings, never watched it apart from the first LOTR movie in year 6 at school. I liked it, just never watched it.
I saw SoW on a youtube video 2 months ago, and saw you could build an army of orcs, so I decided; Why not buy it? So I picked it up, been playing it. I got to the end enjoying every minute of it and Talion has been one of my top favourite characters now, I've very rarely felt this much emotion for someone in a video game, and at the end, felt like I lost someone I loved.
I loved the fact he was turning to darkness but was fighting for good. I will probably never see another game this good, and it upsets me.
You should buy Shadow Of Mordor as well it's also a really good game
@@VergilTheLegendaryDarkSlayer Yea might do man, I love this so much. I saw nazgul as the biggest enemy, Knowing some of their (non-canon but still) history and how sad it is to see basically legendary heroes fall to villains is such a touch to the game and franchise. You almost feel bad for them and want them to be free.
Oh you don't know rdr2 yet that's a sadder game man
@@cal8707 rdr2 is the best I recommend you buy it if you can
@@General-Of-Gaming that's up to personal perspectives. RDR2 isn't really a sadder game, Arthur is a killer at heart. Becoming good because you're dying doesn't make you a saint, if anything it makes you scared.
This game will always hold a special place in my heart. It was even the first game i finished to a 100%
Middle earth will never know what he did for them. How long he fought to keep sauron at bay
Talion was a single man who held the line for Middle-Earth to prepare, but he was only one man. May he find peace in the halls of Mandos or in what realm the souls of men go after death.
never wanted to give a video game character a hug so bad before honestly.
I cannot express my feelings to this game. Talion will never be forgotten he is a truehero
I know what you mean pal, this game is unreal!
Yes my favorite game to bad it's not cannon
And never remembered
This game had no right to be this good
I absolutely Loved every second I played it
I feel like Talion is the perfect depiction of everyone fighting battles no one knows about, whether physical, emotional, or mental. It took armies of every race, wizards, and everything they had to beat Sauron. Yet this man held him at bay for years alone. It wasn't the war that broke him, it was the betrayals. And in death he finally found peace. I don't care what anyone says, this was a phenomenal character who was written very well. This song really embodies him.
What is Talion
He fought for years against the forces of evil alone. He's been put down countless times and gets back up every time. He never gave up, even when it was 1 against hundreds. He fought for Mordor and its people knowing that he will not get anything out of it. He fought and died until he couldn't grasp breath.
What is Talion?
A Legend.
This song is one of those songs which gives you that weird but great feeling.
It's a crime against music that this is not on Spotify.
fr
Always legal actions and property rights getting in the way 😡
He was no hero, but he answered a the call that no one would. He took the place of the hero everyone expected. He fought fire with fire. Evil with evil. He did things many qould consider horrible, horrible acts. All in the name of keeping the Dark Lord at bay. He was not the good guy- far from it- but he answered the hero's call. He did what no one else could. Betrayal after betrayal. Death after death. He fought on. He foight till he had nothing left to fight with. He died a hero, but death denied him. So he was forced to live to see himself fall. To see himself slowly slip onto the grasps of the dark. The evil. But death denied him still. So he embraced that evil. That darkness. That madness. He became something that some would consider worse then the enemy he sacrificed so much to hold back. The things he's done are terrible, all in the name of having people he had never met, have one more day of freedom. He held back the darkness, with a darkness of his own. And even after everything, no thanks were given. His memory- his legacy- faded away. Until all that was left of him, was the shell of cursed darkness. Forced to serve the one he sacrificed so much to hold in place. Forced to slaughter those he had secretly protected for decades. Only to finally be set free after the destruction of the Dark Lord. Finally able to live. Finally able to see his wife nd son again.
So many memories, and a beautiful song :')
No man such as Talion should have ever been denied his death. It was a relief to know he finally got his rest.
This song literally gives me the chills and makes me so sad, the devs of this game did a fantastic job and really made this so personal
I cry everytime I hear this song, you will always be remebered dear Talion, the best Ranger ever
I cried like a little bitch when I watched the ending. I don't even shed a tear when I watch the titanic but when I reach the end of a fantasy video game.
The truest statement ever to be said
Difference is that the Titanic sucked
The Titanic was probably sad irl but the movie ain't sad
Same but didn't see the Titanic
This man has been through hell and has finally earned his freedom
Its honestly amazing how good this game is. I have gotten a platinum trophy on this game and more than 300 hours of gameplay on this game. What a masterpiece. 100% recommend this game to anyone.
This makes me tear up every time. What a phenomenal game series, a true diamond in the rough. Not many games can affect me except Planescape: Torment.
Amazing ending. I never played the second game, heck I never even finished the first one, but after watching all the cuts scenes from both I see how beautiful a story it was.
"I asked you once... how much. Are you willing to Sacrifce?"
Every day requires sacrifice.
This has to be one of the most beautiful endings for an amazing and really human hero. R.I.P. Talion, Mordor greatest Ranger (imo)
I cried so many happy tears for Talion when I got to see his long long struggle end. Such an emotionally charged ending. Love this song, I'm thinking of putting it in my wedding quartet playlist😅
"I fight for my family, I fight for Middle-Earth, I fight for the man I once was"
cannot believe that song isnt allready on spotify or apple music this is a masterpiece.... best game i ever played
Top tier game ❗️🔥
This game will forever be goated. Cannot describe how in love this story had me. The characters and the gameplay. Perfection.