Fate of Hurin - Curse of the Dwarf - Middle Earth #2.12 DOCUMENTARY
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- Wizards and Warriors animated fantasy documentary lore video series on the world of Middle-Earth - Lord of the Rings continues with the second video on the First Age. Previously we discussed the creation of the world of Tolkien, its powers and races and we see how and why the Elves became the enemies of the Dark Lord Melkor, who they called Morgoth, after their leader Fëanor cursed him for killing his father Finwë and stealing his prized possession - Silmarils. In this episode we see how the evil first rose in the world of Arda and will talk about Ungoliant and other evils, about the Valar and Maiar, about the Elves and their sub-groups - Vanyar, Ñoldor, Teleri, and Avari ( • Beginning of the Age -... ), while this video will show the continuation of the events. In Middle-Earth, Morgoth attacks the Teleri Elves in Doriath under Thingol and his allies Cirdan and Denethor starting the War of the Jewels with the First Battle of the Beleriand. Meanwhile, in the Valinor, the Noldor Elves of Feanor attack their Teleri relatives in the First Kinslaying in order to take their ships. Afterwards, Feanor and his sons travel to the Middle-Earth in order to fight Morgoth and take the Silmarils, leading to the battles of Dagor-nuin-Giliath and Lammoth and the death of Feanor ( • Feanor Strikes Back - ... ). The third episode showed the aftermath of the death of Feanor, as the Noldor kingdoms rise in the Middle-Earth taking on Morgoth once again, this time at the battle of Dagor Aglareb, where Feanor's sons Fingolfin and Maedhros, and others fought against the Dark Lord and we also talked about the rise of the humans - the House of Edain ( • Dagor Aglareb - Noldor... ). The fourth episode will describe the battle of Dagor Bragollach and the rise of the father of Dragons Glaurung ( • Dagor Bragollach - Ris... ). In the aftermath of the defeat at the hands of Morgoth, the Elves and Men were on the back foot and the evil spread in Middle-Earth, but from those dark days, an unlikely pair rose to challenge the darkness - Beren and Lúthien ( • Beren and Lúthien - Gr... ), and defeated Morgoth ( • How Morgoth Was Defeat... ). Their tragic love story inspired Maedhros to create his Union, which attacked the Dark Lord during the Nirnaeth Arnoediad - the battle of Unnumbered Tears ( • Nirnaeth Arnoediad - B... ). As a result of the battle, many Men and Elf were made hostages, among them Húrin. In the first episode about Children of Húrin, we will talk about Morgoth's curse and the Rise of Húrin's son Túrin ( • Children of Húrin: Ris... ), while the second episode covered the Fall of Nargothrond ( • Fall of Nargothrond - ... ). The third episode is going to set up the biggest tragedy in the world created by Tolkien, as Nienor has exited Dor-Lomin and her meeting with Turin is going to happen soon The third episode is going to set up the biggest tragedy in the world created by Tolkien, as Nienor has exited Dor-Lomin and her meeting with Turin is going to happen soon ( • Biggest Tragedy In the... ). In the fourth and final episode in the mini-series on the Children of Hurin, the tragedy is complete - Turin and Nienor are dead, and so is Glaurung ( • Children of Hurin - Tr... ). After their death, the Dark Lord finally released Hurin. His return would only worsen the situation for the free people's and he would bring the curse of the Petty Dwarf Mim upon them.
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My boy hurin didn't deserve all that suffering
With so much that has happened up to this point, it is a little overwhelming that we still got other major events still to come: The fall of Doriath, fall of Gondolin, and the War of Wrath.
While the Silmarillion book may be considered a rather dry and difficult textbook to get through, when presented in this manner and done well, you can really see and feel how much of a sprawling epic it is.
Yes unfortunately the war of wrath is not written properly! This also a case where a story does not have plot armor for its protagonists!
The War of Wrath is basically just an epilogue to the main story, which is about the hubris and downfall of the Noldor.
Tolkien could have written more tho, I think the silmarillion is actually his magnum opus
Honestly I reread Silmarillion recently and I was suprised how quick I went throught it. Even the slow beginning part in Ainulindale is just like 10 pages long.
Lots of chapters feel like they could be a standalone Hobbit length novel at minimum.
Though I have not yet read it myself, I think much of this is taken from The Fall of Gondolin book. While the Silmarillion is more of a brief overview, The Fall of Gondolin injects much more detail.
Man sneezes...
"This was to have devestating consequences..."
Lol that's what it's like with Hurin, even with the whole Silmarillion.
Always was fascinated with Hurin and his kin, such a horrible curse, but glory as well 👍
Tolkien's best fictional take on classical tragedy too.
In the end, Mîm may have had the last laugh. Everyone that played a role in the extinction of the Petty Dwarves, either diretly or indirectly, would suffer.
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Only fair
Such a tragic tale. Gotta love both the Silmarillion and Children of Hürin
Hurin was the mightiest of men, not because of his strength in combat, but by his defiance of morgoth and strength of will
As the tragic life of Húrin meets its conclusion, doom will come to Gondolin and Doriath. The Nauglamír will have destructive consequences in the immediate and long-term for Doriath.
As for Gondolin, we'll have to go back to the story of Maeglin and his father Eöl and mother Aredhel. Since the seeds of the Fall of Gondolin were planted long before Húrin.
Ironically though, the fall of these kingdoms would lead to the foundation of Morgoth's fall.
I look forward to the continuing Middle Earth 1st Age series, and other fantasy and science-fiction lore, including any from anime/manga as major source.
the Elves think like immortals and say their fortresses will survive forever. However they are not Morgoth or Sauron who are true Ainur and will outlast them. So to move on, their fortresses are doomed to fail. Minas Tirith of Gondor survived through stalwart defence and Sauron's sense of creeping victory.
I love the music on this channel,
When Hurin goes to ask Turgon for refuge was so heart wrenching since he cries out loud: "Turgon, Turgon! Remember the Fen of Serech!".
This is your best series, amazing artwork. I wish they got more views!
So many of Tolkien's characters end up topping themselves in utter despair. The Quenta is full of dark tales and this is the darkest of them all.
The curse of Mim didn’t mean anything, in my opinion. The problem was with the Silmaril. Combing the two greatest treasures of each race made the dwarves covet the work. The curse of dragon gold was the problem.
I always wondered just how much are all these curses and oaths and all that meant to be powerful, if they really are some higher power in play or karmic fate.
The likes of Feanor, Thingol, Turin and Mim are all jerks or flawed in various ways, and I always felt, curses/oaths or no, they were going to meet a bad end anyway.
@@myriadmediamusings invoking Eru or the Valar as part of the curse probably gives it some supernatural power. The power of dragons on the gold they stole comes from Morgoth.
Curses especially with gold are quite powerful in middle Earth- Isildur cursed the Dead Men of Dunharrow for centuries with his willpower alone. The Barrow-Wight that terrorizes Merry is cursed to haunt the graveyard forever. Sauron curses his Nine with a wretched form of immortality, Scatha's killer Fram was cursed by the dragon and got killed by the Dwarves who say he took the treasure. Glaurung cursed Turin and his entire family.
This is not Pirates of the Caribbean type of funny curse, this is a lasting negative effect on the land itself that takes a long time to clean up. Minas Morgul is seemingly permanently cursed to the concentration of evil within it, even Aragorn refused to immediately fix the place. Denethor's Palantir is cursed with the image of his burning hands, so much so that Aragorn, who has the strength to bend it away to his will, will not even try it (or cannot).
What pisses me off was how they later told the story as if it was a betrayal by the elves.
Dwarves are not good people.
Yeah the Silmaril already had that effect on people before Mîm's curse.
Man hurin just had a line of badluck
Can make video about wolrd of warcraft and story of Arthas Menethil and how he became Lich King
Love the Animations
Me too😊
It is a Curse of Morgoth that it took me this long to find this video. Excellent video!
Sad but wonderful. It is nice Hurin died, freed from his curse. All this makes you hate Morgoth even more.
When you finish this awesome series on Middle Earth, can you cover the Eragon books? I'd love to see the history of Alagaesia in your style.
Nice Mercian profile picture flag 😍
Pretty much like father like son. I was never a real fan of the Hurin-family and their tendency to bad judgement and rushed ill-advised action. It might be tragic but is often also a little bit baffeling, how much destruction they brought their "own" side. Morgoth can be blamed for this only so far...
Tolkien must have been in a dark place when he wrote the story’s of the house of hador they just couldn’t catch a break smh
yes. He was in Britain.
Man lived through two World Wars, he no doubt saw cruelty and compassion aplenty.
Personally feel that with Hurin we see the counter side of sticking to your oath in the face of someone far beyond you in ability and power and just highlighting how spiteful and cruel Morgoth can be, which lets be honest is not too far off from some real life dictators.
A noble deed to be sure but one that always would have ended badly.
Funny thing is it probably costed Morgoth as well, since during this point every time he used his magic he diminished in power.
@@visitingforgefather5997 He also saw his beloved England transformed beyound recognition wiht industry.
I believe he wrote it during WWI or soon after. I don’t remember the exact date but according to Christopher Tolkien that’s when the first version of the story was written. So yeah it was written during an extremely dark time in his life, when all his closest friends were dying around him.
Tolkien was a scholar of Beowulf and other Anglo Saxon tales, Norse tales and classical tragedy. This stuff is his bread an butter. The idea was that the whole of Arda is Morgoth's Ring and it is dying slowly, the long defeat the Elves suffer and Men ignore.
Small correction, the House of Durin was not involved in this the Broadbeams and Firebeards were, those are two different Houses.
(for those wondering the House of Durin is also known as the Longbeards, the names of the other Houses are unknown.)
Edit: realized I worded that last part poorly, what I meant was that we don't know the names of the Fathers of the other Houses but their other names are known.
For those interested the names of the Seven Houses are; Longbeards, Broadbeams, Firebeards, Ironfists, Stiffbeards, Stonefoots and Blacklocks.
The House of Durin was the largest and eldest of the Houses (all other Houses acknowledged them as such), they also maintained friendship with the Elves the longest.
The upcoming events did little to strain that, only after the Balrog was unleashed from the depths did their relationship with the elves begin to take a nosedive.
Legolas’s father might have been present during the sack. He might not have. Either way, he didn’t care that the line of Durin wasn’t responsible for the sacking of Doriath. The Sindar elves probably didn’t see any difference. The Longbeards struck up a friendship with the Noldor elves of Hollin.
@@Apollo1989V I don't think that al Sindar saw it that way, the house of Durins relationship with the Elves of Lothlorien seemed fine or at least cordial during the First and Second Age.
Khazad-Dum wasn't rich in iron and had to export a lot of it from the Iron Hills so the East gate probably saw a lot of traffic pass by or around Lothlorien.
Also if I remember correctly Haldirs hostility towards Gimli seemed purely over the fact the house of Durin had unleashed the Balrog.
@@visitingforgefather5997 Gandalf: "The wealth of Moria was not in gold and jewels, the toys of the Dwarves; nor in iron, their servant. Such things they found here, it is true, especially iron;" Iron was found in Moria.
The Hobbit mentions this event in passing, though it doesn't go into detail.
It is mentioned in the Tale of Years that many dwarves from the ruined cities in the Blue Mountains moved to Moria and swelled its numbers.
The elves of Mirkwood were mainly Silvan elves ruled by Sindar elves. Galadriel was a Noldor princess.
@@Apollo1989V You are correct, good eye sir.
My main source for the iron was *The peoples of Middle-Earth* book where it is stated that the Iron Hills was the main source of Iron-ore for the Dwarves of Khazad-dum.
Could be that the quality of iron from Khazad-Dum was not to the liking of the Longbeards or that the amount available, while plentiful, was not sufficient.
@@Apollo1989V In The Sindar Princes it is told that Oropher and his son, Thranduil were in Doriath before its fall but it is not clear if they were actually there when the Nogrodrim sacked it, as Sindar nobles traveled east to look for their own places to rule, often deliberately avoiding the Noldor.
Oropher died in the Last Alliance's war on Mordor, leaving Thranduil to return with one third of the army and become king of the Forest Elves. The bickering and the numerous misunderstandings with both Khazad-dum and its successor state Erebor is what caused Legolas' people to dislike Dwarves of whatever house. It didn't get better with the War of Dwarves and Orcs , where their kin in Lorien saw the entire Dimrill Dale cut down for firewood, or during the War of Five Armies where lots of Elves died but also had imprisoned the King Under The Mountain and his Party on the way. Thranduil was especially haughty here.
On a side note, in the Appendices it is stated that the Dwarves who fled the sinking of Beleriand and the other tragedies in the west fled to Khazad-dum and joined with Durin's own house the Longbeards, living under the three peaks with their kin. Bifur. Bofur and Bombur were "not of the line of Durin" and are noticably all redbeards; which means their blood was likely from Nogrod, who were called the Firebeards. So by this time all Dwarves known to Middle Earth's free people were called "Durin's Folk" even when they were not necessarily his literal kin.
Morgoth is triumphant, Hurin is dead, and Nargothrond has fallen. Doriath and Gondolin still remain, but for how long is anyone's guess. But all is not yet lost, for the hope of the Eldar and Edain lieth in the West, and across the sea, and there would be a final reckoning before the end.....
Tuor will arrivee
Tuor is technally already here. He was already in Gondolin when Hurin appeared outside the gates (Tuor had passed Turin after the sack of Nargothrond while he, Tuor, was going to Gondolin). In fact, the reason why the gates were sealed were due to the message Tuor brought from Ulmo to Turgon.
@@thomasrinschler6783 Yes you are right. Tuor actually crosses paths with Turin in the Falls of Ivrin, while one is heading for his downfall and the other is beginning his rise. I think that will be in the next video or the one after
@@jeremypaillotin9801 as they grew up separately, the tragedy is that neither recognizes the other. Tuor has the golden hair of his people while Turin has dark hair like Morwen.
While I enjoy all of these & love all fantasy fandoms I would love to see a video on Elder Scrolls during The Elder Scrolls Online period
Remember The Ala... I mean Gondolin😅
The first age is full of great stories
My absolute favorite story of Tolkien's life work. The Children of Húrin and the aftermath
Wonderful cap to the series! 🧙🔥⚔🧝🙌
finally
Very well explained
Hurin may finally be at peace and free of Morgoth's curse that tainted and destroyed his family at last. His last actions under it have set in motion events, that will lead to the downfall of the remaining kingdoms of elves that still keep Morgoth's from reigning supreme over middle earth.
@@mr.s2005 Indeed and that's on;ly because a desperate plea for help rouses the valar from their slumber and gets them to deal with their fallen kin, once and for all in the war of wrath.
Possibly my favourite passage from The Silmarillion [and Silm.- related notes in History of Middle-earth
"It is told that a seer and harp-player of Brethil named Glirhuin made a song, saying that the Stone of the Hapless[*] should not be defiled by Morgoth nor ever thrown down, not though the sea should drown all the land; as after indeed befell, and still Tol Morwen stands alone in the water beyond the new coasts that were made in the days of the wrath of the Valar."
[*]: Stone of the Hapless: monument over the tombs of Túrin, Niënor and Morwen.
Thanks guys
Great work
I really felt about the tragedy upon hurin. It was a great tragedy for this clan. A brilliant animated video about the LOTR universe . A huge fan of you from Sri Lanka ❤️🇱🇰🤝🏴
Such a great sad story of the first age!
I just fought the two of them (it's a tear), and it is indeed awful. I was getting pretty frustrated with their kill move. Did eventually do it though, but only on Jedi Master.
Mim sure was a petty Dwarf🤓😎✌🏻
Weep weep for the Children of Hurin
This whole effort for covering first age of middle earth is amazing. I wish the season for first age to be made like this
When are we going to see the next Warhammer video? I can’t wait.
It’s ridiculous how some petty and weak characters can lay curses left and right that affect greater characters.
Mîm was always a petty excuse for a dwarf
The saddest story I ever read.
Ohh
Still waiting on your fall of Dorithath and Gondolin videos
do battletech pls.
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Feels bad man....
Dwarfs are creations of Aulë. The same guy that brought you Saruman, Sauron and the shit show that was Feanor. Are we sure that Aulë isn't one of the baddies?
Is there a plot hole here? It seems Hurin should have known he was bringing a cursed artifact to Thingol and would have advised against keeping it after regaining his senses.
Hurin was broken by Morgoth and allowed to wander Beleriand, as the Dark Lord knew he would cause troublle. Hurin was crazy by this point and completely lost in mind and body. Remember, he offs himself rather than try defying Morgoth one last time in the end.
The curse itself is not mentioned on the Published Silmarillion. It appears only in one of the drafts published in History of Middle-earth.
@@juergen4ever Ahh, that makes sense. Thank you.
Yo bruh
The story was told wrong. HURIN was alone when he killed Mim. And other things are wrong
A lot was cribbed from History of Middle-earth (specifically, 'The Wanderings of Húrin'. Húrin's visit to Nargothrond went through multiple drafts, none of them definitive.
Great work