It's worth noting that the floating lights or "candles of corpses" may be inspired by the concept of Will o' the Wisps - floating lights that lead travelers astray in European folklore. Will o' the wisps are also called corpse-candles. They're sometimes thought to be lost souls or mischievous fairies but more likely, they're caused by the ignition of gases in swamps and marshlands.
I always figured and this is more from the movies than the book, that the corpses gave fule to the body like methane gas. Though even if that is the case each of the candles certainly have a grievous, magical influence on them.
I figured they can't be literal paraffin wick candles, not just for how short they last but also where they'd even have come from in the first place. Methane gases being ignited by some fell magic seems to be the best answer for the corpse-candles, and Peter Jackson's film seems to take that route.
You should do the Barrow Downs/Barrow Wights. I know you Have covered them in other episodes but I was thinking of a dedicated episode of you have not already done one.
I feel as if Matt is doing a series on the scariest places in Middle Earth without saying it… I also love the connection between WW2 and Middle Earth. That one was cool! I’m gonna say either Mirkwood or Barrow Downs might be next…maybe even Fangorn, the Old Forest…many possibilities.
Well,for the past few months I've been abducted on study of the lore of LoTR,so I want to say thank you for helping me with this) And also,you did AWESOME voice of Gollum,when I heard that,for a second,I thought,that it was Andy's voice....!👏👏👏
Just thinking that Tolkien had been to see these sites of dead men after a battle or during a battle in a destroyed land. Must have been some site. He really saw the Dead Marshes. "No Man's Land could be the most terrifying of places. "Men drowning in shell-holes already filled with decaying flesh," wrote one scholar. No Man's Land by Lucien Jonas, 1927, Library of Congress"
Their bodies were turned to soap. (Saponification.) This is something that happens sometimes when dead bodies are trapped underwater. The bodies will be preserved for decades, maybe longer. Spooky chemistry.
This part of Lord of the Rings always fascinated me. I seen the books when I was young and it had pictures of this. Bodies of soldiers long ago preserved in these marshes. I wonder, what was their story, how did they die, what was the war like. I think I think too much.
I know this song you played in the background. Not sure that this game is still available in the US anymore but The black prophecy soundtrack had some amazing tracks.. I recognize this one. I believe it was the login page. I think it's titled bp 80 indoor 2?
Damn, should've been a carpenter dude because you nailed that Gollum voice! Sounds very very close if not exactly the same at some points to Andy Serkis' Gollum voice! Definitely hitting that subscribe and notification bell, great job dude!
I've always been fascinated about them but I didn't know what battle the corpses were from. Bo5Armies? Dagor Dagorath? The bodies of gondolin? 🤷♂️ this is right up my alley.
The way Tolkien wrote the marshes always appeared to me as a presentation of your life on death. Death comes to all no matter your wealth, will, strength, success, or even your hierarchy among the living. The pools in WWI showed the faces of the mightiest soilder was still just a mere human in deaths hands. To even think of a place is a nightmare. For Frodo, Sam, even Golem to walk through a nightmare proves that living a nightmare is tiny in comparison to making a nightmare. For what makes a nightmare is inviting, mesmerizing, alluring, and far more a challenge that walk through one.
it sounds like the light in the dead marshes is taken from some mythologyes where there is either creatures with lights or just lights that makes people following them deep into the wilderness or swamp where they perishes or get killed by the creature and then eaten.
I love this story it helps with my days in this boring world I would love to be Saurdon...The Evil Master only difference I would not depend on a ring is best to make a bracelet
You can say that Tolkien has been in the dead marches in Real life. And we should be lucky that we didnt lose a great man who created our favorite childhood fantasy trillogy the world has ever seen. Tolkien is such a brilliant genius he should have a noble price for not just for being the father of trilogy and fantasy but also making a mythology that was meant for the Brittans. The great Britannia just like the Greek, Egypt and Norse. The Valar that should been the god of England. The Maia the angels that shined upon England. London the great city of men And Germany the land of Mordor that England fought so much in the ww2. I can just imagine schools of England teaches kids about the Valar and world of Middle Earth.
If you haven't already, watch Peter Jackson's tribute to the WW1 soldiers, "They Shall Not Grow Old". Extremely moving. Preview here: ruclips.net/video/IrabKK9Bhds/видео.html
Not Going to lie, but boy the Dead Marshes are one of the most Creepy areas in all of Arda!!! And Another Thing, I can not say tricky or my Brain says it. Instead, I can't help it, I say Tricksy...I hope to all I say that to know about LOTR in some way because my brain thinks when I want to say Tricky, it turns my LOTR part of my Brain on and says tricksy!!!
With Noldor armor and weapons being so valuable, I'm surprised that salvage operations were not conducted. Yes it is a bit morbid, but the quality would be far beyond what people at the end of the TA could create.
Is there any information about what happened with the Dead Marshes in the Fourth Age, after Sauron's fall? Maybe it's written somewhere, but I can't find it.
Thanks for asking! I don’t have anything like that at the moment. I’ve never really looked into it to be honest. However, if you ever catch one of my livestreams, you can do super chats or super stickers which are one-time things.
Hope the tricksy lights is just gas from the corpses, not luring ghosts. Gotta take up lots of cleaning so to purify this battlefield back in favorable conditions. At least the Somme is most likely flowery again and well populated by living folk as of 2024.
i've forgotton. how many new LOTR things are coming out? i know of the amzon rings of power show, but i've heard that there's something else coming out soon
I liked that too. I think it’s pretty important to understand the mind and experiences of an author/artist to really understand the work they create. This channel especially is a favorite of mine. I’m getting educated on Tolkien’s stories and having a great time doing so. You really put your all into this and it shows. Thank you!
Creepiest places in Middle Earth: 5. Barrow Downs 4. Dol Guldur 3. Khazad-Dum 2. Minas Morgul 1. The Dead Marshes. The description in the book is so great. I actually got nightmares as a kid after reading the chapter on the Dead Marshes.
Shelob is strong. Utter oppressive darkness with constant webs, unfathomable foul stench, and dozens of hidden passages. Just sheer terror and unyielding doom
I think it would be a bit creepy if we could use scuba gear and explore underwater Beleriand. Just imagine being down there and realising you just discovered what's left of the gates of Angband.
Too add another layer to Tolkien’s personification off the pools in the dead marsh the idea off “not being able to touch them” in reference to the bodies Is because the pools of water that coalesced in the shell craters would also be tainted by the chemical agents such a chlorine or mustard gas. Because the chemicals involved were so heavy they would stick low to the ground and contaminate the water and make it undrinkable as well as causing chemical burns to those that touched it. The old black and white photos don’t do it justice because of how yellow the mustard gas was. The marshes were the scariest place in Tolkien’s world to me because you could see his own trauma bleed through into the pages
Oh, dear. I hope that poor man received some love and support after all the horrors he must have seen and endured. God bless his soul and his legacy through you. Best wishes for you and your family.
With all the beautiful and lovely places in Middle Earth, I love that Tolkien also provided us with plenty of horrifying places as well. The world feels so real that way.
On top of the Somme battlefields, I think it is interesting to mention what could have been another inspiration. In Brittany, northwestern France is located the Yeun Elez, a big marshy region that fits the description of Tolkien's dead marshes. A lot of local legends (youdig gates to hell, deepless ponds and tricking lights) are associated to it. Tolkien was familiar with these legends via the recollection done by people such as Anatole Le Bras. Nowadays, parts of the marshes are submerged under an artificial lake. But the rest is preserved and still gives a creepy and earie feeling (I have camped in it by night and trust me the noises in the mist were freaking us out). I highly recommend the hikes around it from saint Michel de braspart to roc'j trevezel.
I'm going to announce this on Tuesday, but as a special heads-up for those commenting here - we've got a couple special guests returning to NOTR for a LIVE interview on July 5! ruclips.net/video/qmphKZCSghs/видео.html
Scariest places in Middle Earth according to me: 5) Mirkwood(book version particularly).It’s a vast forest, with dimmed light due to the thick canopy, a place where the water is enchanted to make you fall asleep or drown, where animals become shadows and the flesh can’t be eaten, where people can go insane and never find their way out.Adding to that, the giant spiders exist, able to snap and devour anyone who comes through.Then the mirkwood elves, who don’t like outsiders and can sneak around you without a sound.And then Dol Guldur where orcs and Sauron as the necromancer live.It’s one giant forest of death. 4)Moria.It’s a giant underground realm, long since abandoned.Not only is it dark, eerily empty, and maze like with numerous tunnels and passages, but it’s filled with orcs, trolls, and even a balrog.Not to mention littered with the corpses of the dwarves who attempted to settle there before the fellowship came.Lastly, there is the lake that laps right up to the door, where the watcher in the water lives, and there are tunnels down to the base of the mountains where the nameless things, essentially lovecraftian beings live. 3) The Barrow downs.A selection of hills inhabited by evil and dangerous spirits or wrights, who have the ability of magic to make people their captives, and only by Tom Bombadil can people escape. 2) The dead marshes, as explained in this video. 1) Mordor.Enough said.
Two questions: What are the 'Watchers' Frodo and Sam find in Cirith Ungol? Is there another secreted mountain path into Mordor other than the Morgul Vale?
They were probably evil spirits that Sauron got to work for him. I am sure they thought it was cake job because, after all, who would dare try to enter with Sauron and the Witch King in complete control of the Valley. Little did they know.....
There's a main path up from Morgul... That they Don't Take, The Cirith Ungol path is a side path. I could quote chapter and verse PROVING this, because i spent a LONG many rereads checking this out. I won't bother you with it, but; it's true. Meanwhile; i have NO IDEA how the Watchers worked.. Some sort of spooky magic
Is there a theory or can u do a theory on if Bilbo never found the Ring in Gollum's cave? But like if the free peoples still attempted to make war on Mordor without knowing where the Ring is.
But Bilbo never found the Ring, the Ring found him. The Ring was sentient and as such it was always going to be found by either a human or dwarf who would be tempted by it and the Ring could sense it. At least that is what I get from reading about the ring, its not just an inanimate object. Its endgame was to go back to Sauron.
I'd love to see you do a video on Celeborn, Galadrial's husband. I can't really find much information on him myself but I know he and Galadriel have been married since the first age.
They Dead Marshes are more horror inducing to me than any book or movie. It makes sense that they are reflections of the Battle of the Somme. Your reading (which was excellent) of Tolkien's lines made me remember just how well written the LotR is.
In Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, the Dead Marshes are shown foggy ponds with jets of fire rather than the misty candle-flames described in the book. Frodo actually falls into a marsh, in which ghostly figures surround and reach for him before Gollum pulls him out.
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Your Gollum impression is brilliant! I could imagine you doing audiobooks for the Silmarillion and LOTR.
Hobbit too
I came here to like this comment.
Andy Serkis himself should come and be a guest star on one of his pod casts. They could do a Gollum vs Smegol argument together.
oh yes very professional
good impressions overall
Bro what!?!? The Sméagol impression ON POINT!!
It's worth noting that the floating lights or "candles of corpses" may be inspired by the concept of Will o' the Wisps - floating lights that lead travelers astray in European folklore. Will o' the wisps are also called corpse-candles. They're sometimes thought to be lost souls or mischievous fairies but more likely, they're caused by the ignition of gases in swamps and marshlands.
I always figured and this is more from the movies than the book, that the corpses gave fule to the body like methane gas. Though even if that is the case each of the candles certainly have a grievous, magical influence on them.
I figured they can't be literal paraffin wick candles, not just for how short they last but also where they'd even have come from in the first place. Methane gases being ignited by some fell magic seems to be the best answer for the corpse-candles, and Peter Jackson's film seems to take that route.
Gollum Impression = spot on friend, well done! I like the Sam voice as well
Thanks so much my friend!
That Gollum voice is flipping amazing!! Unbelievably great!!!
You should do the Barrow Downs/Barrow Wights. I know you Have covered them in other episodes but I was thinking of a dedicated episode of you have not already done one.
I love wake up Saturday, make some coffee and having breakfast watching your videos. Great job Matt, best channel on RUclips :D
Thanks so much for spending your Saturday with me! 😁
Ah man! I wish you would do Audiobooks for Middle Earth. You do such a great job! You make it very immersive!
Wow! I’ve become more invested in Tolkien’s work because of your exemplary story telling.
Your voicework is top notch. I would listen to you reading audiobooks any day.
I feel as if Matt is doing a series on the scariest places in Middle Earth without saying it…
I also love the connection between WW2 and Middle Earth. That one was cool!
I’m gonna say either Mirkwood or Barrow Downs might be next…maybe even Fangorn, the Old Forest…many possibilities.
WW1, not 2.
@@Duiker36 My bad, meant WW1
Well,for the past few months I've been abducted on study of the lore of LoTR,so I want to say thank you for helping me with this) And also,you did AWESOME voice of Gollum,when I heard that,for a second,I thought,that it was Andy's voice....!👏👏👏
That Golllum impression was S tier
Do a video about everything east of rhun
The south and east, more unknown areas of middle Earth
Your gollum impression is really spot on
That one shot in TTT of the elf corpse opening its eyes gave me nightmares for a week.
your gandalf and smeagol impressions are spot on!
great to see the channel gaining subs well deserved
its been said a million times in the comments already, but your gollum impression is superb
Just thinking that Tolkien had been to see these sites of dead men after a battle or during a battle in a destroyed land. Must have been some site. He really saw the Dead Marshes. "No Man's Land could be the most terrifying of places. "Men drowning in shell-holes already filled with decaying flesh," wrote one scholar. No Man's Land by Lucien Jonas, 1927, Library of Congress"
Especially since Tolkein suffered from trench foot from the horrific conditions there and lost two of his friends at the Somme.
That’s a crazy good gollum impression
Nice work dude thanks
That was a very good Gollum!
Thanks! 😊
Their bodies were turned to soap. (Saponification.) This is something that happens sometimes when dead bodies are trapped underwater. The bodies will be preserved for decades, maybe longer.
Spooky chemistry.
This part of Lord of the Rings always fascinated me. I seen the books when I was young and it had pictures of this. Bodies of soldiers long ago preserved in these marshes. I wonder, what was their story, how did they die, what was the war like. I think I think too much.
I hated how the films stated "A Last Alliance of Men and Elves" when Durin's Folk absolutely took part.
You definitely should do some LOTR related audiobooks, but with artwork your storytelling provides perfect experience!
Outstanding work!
An excellent presentation on the Dead Marshes!
They live for centuries, yet they are to impatient to wait for reinforcements.
Elves.
I know this song you played in the background. Not sure that this game is still available in the US anymore but The black prophecy soundtrack had some amazing tracks.. I recognize this one. I believe it was the login page. I think it's titled bp 80 indoor 2?
Damn, should've been a carpenter dude because you nailed that Gollum voice! Sounds very very close if not exactly the same at some points to Andy Serkis' Gollum voice! Definitely hitting that subscribe and notification bell, great job dude!
Your Gollum is *superb*
Damn thats a great gollum impression
I've always been fascinated about them but I didn't know what battle the corpses were from. Bo5Armies? Dagor Dagorath? The bodies of gondolin? 🤷♂️ this is right up my alley.
The way Tolkien wrote the marshes always appeared to me as a presentation of your life on death.
Death comes to all no matter your wealth, will, strength, success, or even your hierarchy among the living. The pools in WWI showed the faces of the mightiest soilder was still just a mere human in deaths hands.
To even think of a place is a nightmare. For Frodo, Sam, even Golem to walk through a nightmare proves that living a nightmare is tiny in comparison to making a nightmare. For what makes a nightmare is inviting, mesmerizing, alluring, and far more a challenge that walk through one.
Hey, that's a good Gollum voice!
When you say the Wayne riders, all I can think of is Dave Chappelle going, "Wait, like the Wayne brothers? Theres more of them?"
Always have loved the lord off the rings I also love listening to Ur RUclips vids why I lay in bed
I'm glad I'm not the only one lol
it sounds like the light in the dead marshes is taken from some mythologyes where there is either creatures with lights or just lights that makes people following them deep into the wilderness or swamp where they perishes or get killed by the creature and then eaten.
Yes the dead marshes! That is its name
What everybody else said: Your Gollum is fire
Fantastic Video!
Your channel is incredible and you do very very good work . keep going please.
The Dead Marshes were actually much more horrifying in my imagination from reading the book than as depicted in the movie.
Siempre quise saber ésta parte de la historia. Gracias.
The pictures are interesting but also horrifying
Amazing topography as always, defending isn’t always black n white, marsh crypts ( many places) reveal un named forces, with lanterns 🎃
Your Gollum impression also sounds like Yoda :D
At this point I feel like I’m best mates with TomDaBombadil19
I love this story it helps with my days in this boring world I would love to be Saurdon...The Evil Master only difference I would not depend on a ring is best to make a bracelet
That was an absolutely terrifying Gollum! 😆 I’d say you’re tied (w/Tolkien and Rob Ingles) for my second favorite Gollum!
I do Gollum's voice every once in a while when my mom tells me to.
Please do if Sauroman got the one ring before and after he changes sides
Can you make a video covering the life of Huan?
Damn you do Gollum better than the man himself.
nice, truely wonderful
Very interesting
Did you ever think about just reading the books and make each chapter a video like this?
You can say that Tolkien has been in the dead marches in Real life. And we should be lucky that we didnt lose a great man who created our favorite childhood fantasy trillogy the world has ever seen. Tolkien is such a brilliant genius he should have a noble price for not just for being the father of trilogy and fantasy but also making a mythology that was meant for the Brittans. The great Britannia just like the Greek, Egypt and Norse. The Valar that should been the god of England. The Maia the angels that shined upon England. London the great city of men And Germany the land of Mordor that England fought so much in the ww2. I can just imagine schools of England teaches kids about the Valar and world of Middle Earth.
I did not know the easterlings was also in the Dead marshes
If you haven't already, watch Peter Jackson's tribute to the WW1 soldiers, "They Shall Not Grow Old". Extremely moving. Preview here: ruclips.net/video/IrabKK9Bhds/видео.html
the trenches of WW1 was a low point in human history.
Tolkien experiences in the trenches during the First World War really show in The Dead Marshes.
when you have to fart so you bring the hobbits to a smelly bog to cover the smell
Not Going to lie, but boy the Dead Marshes are one of the most Creepy areas in all of Arda!!!
And Another Thing, I can not say tricky or my Brain says it.
Instead, I can't help it, I say Tricksy...I hope to all I say that to know about LOTR in some way because my brain thinks when I want to say Tricky, it turns my LOTR part of my Brain on and says tricksy!!!
TomdaBombadil19 i love u man
With Noldor armor and weapons being so valuable, I'm surprised that salvage operations were not conducted. Yes it is a bit morbid, but the quality would be far beyond what people at the end of the TA could create.
Or maybe they were attempted and resulted in the salvagers joining the marshes as permanent residents. Who knows what lives in the Marshes?
I always thought The Dead Marshes had something to do with bog bodies.
Dank god you exist
Easterling's? Attacking from the east you say?
I wonder is Oropher's tomb outside or inside the Dead marches.
I would think the king would’ve been taken back to Greenwood for burial, but that’s just a guess.
@@NerdoftheRings then his tomb is outside.
Is there any information about what happened with the Dead Marshes in the Fourth Age, after Sauron's fall? Maybe it's written somewhere, but I can't find it.
Do you have a Ko-Fi or something like that for one time appreciation payments? You do a great job here.
Thanks for asking! I don’t have anything like that at the moment. I’ve never really looked into it to be honest. However, if you ever catch one of my livestreams, you can do super chats or super stickers which are one-time things.
Hope the tricksy lights is just gas from the corpses, not luring ghosts.
Gotta take up lots of cleaning so to purify this battlefield back in favorable conditions. At least the Somme is most likely flowery again and well populated by living folk as of 2024.
do you do Gollum voice by urself??!
I do indeed. 😁
i've forgotton.
how many new LOTR things are coming out?
i know of the amzon rings of power show, but i've heard that there's something else coming out soon
We've got:
the Rings of Power series
The War of the Rohirrim anime film
Gollum video game in September
4th age Return to Moria game coming next year.
Always wondered how everyone knew about gollum
You do one of the best Gollum impressions I've heard.
Thanks so much!
He really does! I was convinced for a minute that it was from the film!
100% agree,best Gollum. Andy Serkis would be proud
It was mandu pandu jk lol
Yes he does!! Nice!
Love it when you include Tolkien's real life experiences and how it influenced his work. Such an interesting dude
I liked that too. I think it’s pretty important to understand the mind and experiences of an author/artist to really understand the work they create.
This channel especially is a favorite of mine. I’m getting educated on Tolkien’s stories and having a great time doing so. You really put your all into this and it shows. Thank you!
Exactly he fought IN BOTH World War 1 and 2 with this Marsh being based on the battles of World War ONE.
This, His and Edith's love became many great Love Stories, and many more became impactful moments in this Epic Lore!!!
I feel like Tolkien was a big Tolkien nerd, lol. Sometimes his writings seem like fan theories on his own works.
@Fone could anyone alive today give so much of themselves to their creative endeavours?
Creepiest places in Middle Earth:
5. Barrow Downs
4. Dol Guldur
3. Khazad-Dum
2. Minas Morgul
1. The Dead Marshes.
The description in the book is so great. I actually got nightmares as a kid after reading the chapter on the Dead Marshes.
Every gigantic place is creepy prove me wrong
You forgot to mention the dead men of dun harrow
Fangorn forest, the old forest and mirkwood was creepy, as well as the two Watchers guarding the entrance into Mordor and also Shelob's Lair
You forget the forests!
Shelob is strong. Utter oppressive darkness with constant webs, unfathomable foul stench, and dozens of hidden passages. Just sheer terror and unyielding doom
I think it would be a bit creepy if we could use scuba gear and explore underwater Beleriand. Just imagine being down there and realising you just discovered what's left of the gates of Angband.
Could be worse you could find the entirety of Numenor with all those bodies below the waters.
@@ollyravenhill7341 or finding the biggest hill that was made by the corpses of men and elves during the battle of unnumbered tears
@@QuincyVollstandigThe pits of Tol in Gaurhoth must be pretty bad
How about diving for Smaug gold?😱
For the truly fearless it might be a good entrepreneurial opportunity XD though I think this venture would be a little out of scope for even Nori
Too add another layer to Tolkien’s personification off the pools in the dead marsh the idea off “not being able to touch them” in reference to the bodies Is because the pools of water that coalesced in the shell craters would also be tainted by the chemical agents such a chlorine or mustard gas. Because the chemicals involved were so heavy they would stick low to the ground and contaminate the water and make it undrinkable as well as causing chemical burns to those that touched it. The old black and white photos don’t do it justice because of how yellow the mustard gas was. The marshes were the scariest place in Tolkien’s world to me because you could see his own trauma bleed through into the pages
My grandfather survived the Somme and I always think of him and the horrors he faced when I'm reading the dead marshes.
All respect for your grandfather
Thank you.
Wasn't Tolkien also at the Somme? Or was it one of his close friend?🤔🤔
One thing for sure is that the Shelby brothers were theredigging tunnels.😉😉
@@Zhoshyn yes, Tolkien fought at the Somme.
Oh, dear. I hope that poor man received some love and support after all the horrors he must have seen and endured. God bless his soul and his legacy through you. Best wishes for you and your family.
With all the beautiful and lovely places in Middle Earth, I love that Tolkien also provided us with plenty of horrifying places as well. The world feels so real that way.
On top of the Somme battlefields, I think it is interesting to mention what could have been another inspiration.
In Brittany, northwestern France is located the Yeun Elez, a big marshy region that fits the description of Tolkien's dead marshes. A lot of local legends (youdig gates to hell, deepless ponds and tricking lights) are associated to it.
Tolkien was familiar with these legends via the recollection done by people such as Anatole Le Bras.
Nowadays, parts of the marshes are submerged under an artificial lake. But the rest is preserved and still gives a creepy and earie feeling (I have camped in it by night and trust me the noises in the mist were freaking us out).
I highly recommend the hikes around it from saint Michel de braspart to roc'j trevezel.
Pourquoi pas les deux?
-ahem-
Once again, masterpiece of a video, fueling my love of Tolkien's work! Thank you!
I'm going to announce this on Tuesday, but as a special heads-up for those commenting here - we've got a couple special guests returning to NOTR for a LIVE interview on July 5! ruclips.net/video/qmphKZCSghs/видео.html
That is super cool! Love Dom and Billy!
Scariest places in Middle Earth according to me:
5) Mirkwood(book version particularly).It’s a vast forest, with dimmed light due to the thick canopy, a place where the water is enchanted to make you fall asleep or drown, where animals become shadows and the flesh can’t be eaten, where people can go insane and never find their way out.Adding to that, the giant spiders exist, able to snap and devour anyone who comes through.Then the mirkwood elves, who don’t like outsiders and can sneak around you without a sound.And then Dol Guldur where orcs and Sauron as the necromancer live.It’s one giant forest of death.
4)Moria.It’s a giant underground realm, long since abandoned.Not only is it dark, eerily empty, and maze like with numerous tunnels and passages, but it’s filled with orcs, trolls, and even a balrog.Not to mention littered with the corpses of the dwarves who attempted to settle there before the fellowship came.Lastly, there is the lake that laps right up to the door, where the watcher in the water lives, and there are tunnels down to the base of the mountains where the nameless things, essentially lovecraftian beings live.
3) The Barrow downs.A selection of hills inhabited by evil and dangerous spirits or wrights, who have the ability of magic to make people their captives, and only by Tom Bombadil can people escape.
2) The dead marshes, as explained in this video.
1) Mordor.Enough said.
It’s not just the history that keeps me coming back, but your audio. It’s soothing and well balanced. So pleasant to listen to. Good job, mate.
Two questions:
What are the 'Watchers' Frodo and Sam find in Cirith Ungol?
Is there another secreted mountain path into Mordor other than the Morgul Vale?
They were probably evil spirits that Sauron got to work for him. I am sure they thought it was cake job because, after all, who would dare try to enter with Sauron and the Witch King in complete control of the Valley. Little did they know.....
There's a main path up from Morgul... That they Don't Take, The Cirith Ungol path is a side path.
I could quote chapter and verse PROVING this, because i spent a LONG many rereads checking this out. I won't bother you with it, but; it's true. Meanwhile; i have NO IDEA how the Watchers worked.. Some sort of spooky magic
These stories make the Battle of Dagorlad feel so immense, like a throwback to the Wars of Beleriand
Wow that reference of no man land. never though about it. This is why i love this channel.
“Don’t follow the lights!”
-Gollum
The drawing on gollum was so creepy but perfect at the same time
IMO better than the movie's at this specific scene. Captures the tone of Gollum 's words better.
Is there a theory or can u do a theory on if Bilbo never found the Ring in Gollum's cave? But like if the free peoples still attempted to make war on Mordor without knowing where the Ring is.
But Bilbo never found the Ring, the Ring found him. The Ring was sentient and as such it was always going to be found by either a human or dwarf who would be tempted by it and the Ring could sense it. At least that is what I get from reading about the ring, its not just an inanimate object. Its endgame was to go back to Sauron.
@@indianmota yeah i know. But the point of the theory is to think about other possibilities.
I'd love to see you do a video on Celeborn, Galadrial's husband. I can't really find much information on him myself but I know he and Galadriel have been married since the first age.
I love your Gollum voice, well done video.
They Dead Marshes are more horror inducing to me than any book or movie. It makes sense that they are reflections of the Battle of the Somme.
Your reading (which was excellent) of Tolkien's lines made me remember just how well written the LotR is.
In Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, the Dead Marshes are shown foggy ponds with jets of fire rather than the misty candle-flames described in the book. Frodo actually falls into a marsh, in which ghostly figures surround and reach for him before Gollum pulls him out.