The COMPLETE History of Gondor | Tolkien Explained (Compilation)

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    Glittering Caves - Ted Nasmith
    Saruman's Palantir - John Howe
    Boromir, Lothiriel, Imrahil - Catherine Chmiel
    imrahil - Andrea Piparo
    Watchful peace - John Howe
    Sauron - Shadow of War
    street of minas tirith - Matej Cadil
    Mount Doom - Olanda Fong-Surdenas
    Sauron in Numenor - Soni Bohemian Weasel
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    Annuminas - Lída Holubová
    Osgiliath - Abe Papakhian
    Minas Tirith - Alan Lee
    King of Gondor - Steve Airola
    earnil i of gondor - Matej Cadil
    ciryandil of gondor - Matej Cadil
    hyarmendacil i of gondor - Matej Cadil
    White Ships - Ted Nasmith
    beruthiel - Turner Mohan
    ten cats of queen beruthiel - steamey
    denethor - Tolman Cotton
    Ar-Pharazaon's ships - John Howe Eagles and the Army - Alan Lee
    Seaside tower - Felix Englund
    Dol Amroth - Ted Nasmith
    Umbar - Turner Mohan
    Mage of Harad - Matthew Stewart
    mountains and the sea - Alan Lee
    Amroth and Nimrodel - Alan Lee
    Boromir - Catherine Chmiel
    Departure from Gondor - Anke Eissmann
    atanatar i of gondor - Matej Cadil
    Window on the West - Alan Lee
    romendacil ii of gondor - Matej Cadil
    romendacil i of gondor - Matej Cadil
    umbar userpers - tom romain
    The Argonath - John Howe
    Amon Hen - R Damiani
    Northman - Tolman Cotton
    frea - aegeri
    valacar of gondor - Matej Cadil
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    eldacar of gondor - Matej Cadil
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    castamir the usurper of gondor - Matej Cadil
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    Battle in the distance - Felix Englund isildur - Soni Alcorn-Hender
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    Corsairs - John Howe
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    Stranger in city - Felix Englund
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Комментарии • 292

  • @pioter-1111
    @pioter-1111 3 месяца назад +606

    I have a history exam in 2 days and instead of learning actual history I'm here watching 1 hour of Gondor's history

    • @timwheeler8523
      @timwheeler8523 3 месяца назад +34

      One must respect your priorities .....

    • @PedroHenrique-bp8ts
      @PedroHenrique-bp8ts 3 месяца назад +24

      Definitely more important

    • @jswazy604
      @jswazy604 3 месяца назад +12

      This is the way

    • @johnlawrence7386
      @johnlawrence7386 3 месяца назад +18

      Sorry you failed your history exam, but, hey, at least you know the history of Gondor which is more important.

    • @babylemonade2868
      @babylemonade2868 3 месяца назад

      Most of supposed real history is a lie anyway

  • @skuripandaburns3489
    @skuripandaburns3489 3 месяца назад +95

    Do you know why Gondor and Mordor are mortal enemies?
    Because Mordor stole all the doors from Gondor, so now all the doors in Gondor are gone, and Mordor has more doors.

    • @SonofTiamat
      @SonofTiamat 3 месяца назад +6

      Lol

    • @sulljoh1
      @sulljoh1 Месяц назад +9

      No matter how goth you get, you'll never be more goth than Morgoth

    • @hookseybaby
      @hookseybaby Месяц назад +3

      @@sulljoh1 RUclips comments at its finest... haha... cheers

    • @ridhazangie4759
      @ridhazangie4759 Месяц назад +2

      How does this only have 27 likes?🤣🤣🤣🤣 its a good one!!

    • @AnnieLeonhartAOT
      @AnnieLeonhartAOT Месяц назад +1

      How do you throw a deer?
      You throw doe.

  • @hannahmonroe3094
    @hannahmonroe3094 4 месяца назад +96

    I love when you compile these into long videos! Your voice and cadence when reading is amazingly soothing. I watch while I cook, before bed, when cleaning. Thank you for all the entertainment!

    • @Thashiznitov1
      @Thashiznitov1 3 месяца назад +1

      Are you an OOBE master ? :D

  • @nikkik1109
    @nikkik1109 4 месяца назад +52

    Be interesting to see a video of the 7 gates of Gondolin since they all have different trait’s and made of different materials, Another great video NOTR

  • @myriadmediamusings
    @myriadmediamusings 4 месяца назад +89

    The last great city and legacy of Numenor that has made an impact beyond Middle Earth. I wont be surprised if every great city in fantasy is inspired by Gondor in one way or another.

    • @JorikPar
      @JorikPar 4 месяца назад +8

      City??

    • @NP3GA
      @NP3GA 4 месяца назад +7

      ​@@JorikParI think he means minas tirith

    • @onojioboardwalk9748
      @onojioboardwalk9748 4 месяца назад

      8:38 .. Who drew this?

    • @ryancruz1876
      @ryancruz1876 4 месяца назад +6

      Gondor isn’t a city hun.

    • @trueblue1615
      @trueblue1615 3 месяца назад

      Yikes

  • @erikspinks1917
    @erikspinks1917 4 месяца назад +66

    Wow! Excellent video, I believe us Tolkien fans are like hobbits, we like things we already know laid out in an orderly fashion. You definitely achieved that here.

    • @nickwooden5661
      @nickwooden5661 3 месяца назад

      ​@RepentandbelieveinJesusChrist. Please grow and change as a person 🙏

  • @Hollyberye
    @Hollyberye 3 месяца назад +11

    Thank you for a wonderful summary of an incredible part of Tolkien's legendarium. You really did a splendid presentation in all respects.

  • @bobafett8768
    @bobafett8768 4 месяца назад +10

    I should be reading these irrigation plans for work on monday but id rather spend 50 minutes learning information about Gondor

  • @joshuapatrick682
    @joshuapatrick682 3 месяца назад +40

    Somehow, Sauron has returned….

  • @biglawngnome
    @biglawngnome 3 месяца назад +9

    Dang, man. That was epic as hell. You just get better and better every week. Love that you got to do all that sponsored WETA stuff, you definitely deserve the recognition. You're so well spoken and knowledgeable, at this point you could tell me that Tolkien wore his pants inside out every day and I'd take it as gospel lol🎉

  • @Jonathorus
    @Jonathorus 4 месяца назад +15

    I want to use this channel as a source to make a D&D campaign. This provides me with enough information to make one for my friends! Keep up the great work!!!! Also I got Return to Moria and it is tough!

  • @cruiserflyer
    @cruiserflyer 3 месяца назад +3

    At the 21 minute mark, "rallies the other 8 Nazgul". Here I am imagining the Witch King's Braveheart like speech to get the other 8 on board.

  • @finnie4394
    @finnie4394 4 месяца назад +48

    Babe wake up, new Nerd of the Rings video just posted

  • @valentinkambushev4968
    @valentinkambushev4968 4 месяца назад +44

    Gondor really couldn't catch a break. Even after Aragorn took over, they still had to war. I honestly feel sorry for the regular people.

    • @myriadmediamusings
      @myriadmediamusings 4 месяца назад +23

      Middle Earth is really one of those places where it probably sucks to live as a normal citizen.

    • @sukitron5415
      @sukitron5415 4 месяца назад +2

      After Aragorn subdues the haradrim and easterlings it seems like there was peace

    • @butHomeisNowhere___
      @butHomeisNowhere___ 4 месяца назад

      ​@@myriadmediamusingslol yeah, knowing only like a handful of powerful bloodlines will always rule over you, for better or worse. Has to be pretty demoralizing that they can't, like, vote them out haha

    • @barahng
      @barahng 2 месяца назад +2

      ​@@myriadmediamusingsUnless you're a hobbit just chilling. 😂

    • @rudivomschauerberg6344
      @rudivomschauerberg6344 26 дней назад

      if you already feel sorry for this, just think about the life of your real life ancestors who suffered from hunger, poverty, plague, feudal oppression and constant brutal warfare with forced draft for literally thousands of years. They suffered exactly the same as the people in middle earth, but without elves or magic and no happy end

  • @hunterporter8831
    @hunterporter8831 4 дня назад

    Tolkien would be so proud of you for all of the hard work you put into these videos. He would be amazed!

  • @micheleshave323
    @micheleshave323 4 месяца назад +8

    I love the longer videos, they are wonderful and informative. I am wondering if you might consider adding textural references for those of us who would very much like to read them.

  • @missyme2673
    @missyme2673 4 месяца назад +6

    You've filled in so many gaps in my head with this well researched and wonderfully presented video, great work, thank you! 😊

  • @paulmcleod8370
    @paulmcleod8370 4 месяца назад +8

    Hi Matt - I really enjoyed this video - you are such a fountain of knowledge its so much fun finding out the true stories behind Tolkiens lands. Thank you for your insight, could you possibly do one on Gondolin - I would love to know more about its rise and fall. Its not really mentioned much in TLOR. It’s only in the Rings of Power that we see a little of it. Thanks again take care keep up the good work

    • @paulmcleod8370
      @paulmcleod8370 3 месяца назад

      Really enjoyed the history of Gondolin thank you keep up the great work 👍

  • @Byenie0912
    @Byenie0912 4 месяца назад +7

    how did they manage to build such huge cities and fortresses in a few decades? any theories?
    and how did they manage to grow a population strong enough to challenge Mordor?

  • @freakon2009
    @freakon2009 3 месяца назад +11

    47:23 Tolkien's writing of Eomer's reaction at the ships in black sails coming up the Anduin and their subsequent unfurling still gives me chills even though I had forgotten a lot of the words.

  • @Firenutz
    @Firenutz 4 месяца назад +38

    Would you please consider doing a “What If Sam Kept The One Ring?” video, Matt? I know it likely means a spectrum of ever darkening alternate endings, but I’d love to see where you take it by using the primary text as well as any and all Tolkien letters that reference Sam’s character, his loyalty to Frodo, and his interactions with the One Ring.
    What would happen if Sam never witnessed Gorbag and crew retrieving Frodo’s paralyzed body, and he truly believed Shelob killed Frodo? How would the last stage of his presumably tragic journey change his fate and the fates of Frodo, Gollum, the Fellowship, the Shire and all of Middle Earth? Would Sam make it through Mordor to the peak of Mount Doom? Where and how would he confront Gollum? Would he sacrifice himself to destroy the Ring if presented with the opportunity, or would he keep it? And perhaps most tragically, how would it change Sam’s heart and spirit?
    Apologies if you’ve already done something like this and I missed it. Just point me where to find it!

    • @vyzion980
      @vyzion980 4 месяца назад +1

      No you sinner

    • @Jacksonmoonstar1714
      @Jacksonmoonstar1714 4 месяца назад +2

      I think gollum would end up getting the ring and then shortly after the Nazgûl get it from him forcefully. Then Sauron has the power to win the war and kill everyone we love.

  • @sgefrascz8123
    @sgefrascz8123 4 месяца назад +8

    Thank you for all the information in this video. As someone who read the LOTR decades ago, it's great to have such a source of information. The events in this video could give material for 5 to 10 seasons of a TV Series alone. I would love to see these stories come to life one day.❤😊

    • @soulbot119
      @soulbot119 3 месяца назад +1

      I've read all the works of Tolkien, but I learn so much from this guy that it feels like I absorbed nothing from all the books

  • @drewr8992
    @drewr8992 4 месяца назад +3

    I have just got into this channel and your videos are fantastic. The level of detail is tremendous!

  • @gregwillams8324
    @gregwillams8324 4 месяца назад

    I love these longer videos. The narrator can give us a great back story with the extra time.

  • @josephhoskins7354
    @josephhoskins7354 3 месяца назад +2

    After reading as lot of these comment i have say people really like these longer videos. Myself included. Thank you for all your hard work

  • @starkilr101
    @starkilr101 3 месяца назад +15

    Personal headcanon: Sauron threw the rock.

    • @TheEquus92
      @TheEquus92 3 месяца назад +1

      Now I have the funniest image in my head 😆

  • @user-ig1vo1es7e
    @user-ig1vo1es7e 20 дней назад

    Love the content mate. And thankyou for no adds. Much love. :3

  • @cat_pb
    @cat_pb 3 месяца назад

    I meal prepped to this video and it was amazing to have this as company while cooking! Thank you 🤩 🤗

  • @JamesLee-ky4dx
    @JamesLee-ky4dx 3 месяца назад

    Huge video! Thanks NerdoftheRings! I hope you are enjoying NZ!

  • @SaberBrickStudios
    @SaberBrickStudios 4 месяца назад

    This was a fantastic video really enjoyed it. Thank you for your hard work and dedication to making the best videos!

  • @joaoprado9385
    @joaoprado9385 3 месяца назад

    30:59 I remember reading this passage on Unfished Tales (?) and I literally gasped, my favorite of entire book. Great video!

  • @hermodnitter3902
    @hermodnitter3902 3 месяца назад +1

    What a gem of a video! Thanks NOTR :)

  • @matthewanderson9754
    @matthewanderson9754 4 месяца назад

    What an amazing way to start off the new year!!!!!❤😊

  • @matthewdunham1689
    @matthewdunham1689 4 месяца назад +1

    I always look forward to these videos ❤

  • @RJCE420
    @RJCE420 4 месяца назад +1

    Thanks for the awesome content👏🏼

  • @Mexit98
    @Mexit98 3 месяца назад

    This was very nice to watch and listen to.

  • @jayneharding6546
    @jayneharding6546 4 месяца назад +3

    This is an amazing video! Thank you for sharing your love of Middle Earth with us!

  • @MisterKnightly
    @MisterKnightly 3 месяца назад +2

    I quite like the Byzantine style art in some of the pictures.

  • @danielrogers2142
    @danielrogers2142 4 месяца назад +6

    Incredible work, as always.

  • @paulbrickler
    @paulbrickler 4 месяца назад

    Ooh, a long-form video! Nice.

  • @OnlyGhostMusic
    @OnlyGhostMusic 3 месяца назад

    What an amazing video. Thank you.

  • @guyguytx
    @guyguytx 4 месяца назад

    Nicely done.

  • @rogerb1667
    @rogerb1667 3 месяца назад

    That was bad ass. I enjoyed everything about it

  • @yourmaninlondoncollecting5749
    @yourmaninlondoncollecting5749 3 месяца назад

    Great Video and History lesson. I'm subscribing 🙂👍

  • @harrisonfletcher5623
    @harrisonfletcher5623 9 дней назад

    Great video !!

  • @stormstrider1990
    @stormstrider1990 4 месяца назад +2

    Speaking of Gondor, you should really do a "What if Boromir took the ring?". I would really like to know what Boromir would have done if he had actually succeeded in taking the One Ring from Frodo. Whether he would knock out Frodo or kill him doesn't matter, he would most likely escape just in time to avoid the orc attack. But what would he do? Would he give the ring to Denethor, or would he be tempted by the ring to kill his father Arthas- style and usurp the throne. What would the Fellowship do? Would the orcs still capture Merry and Pippin, and possibly Frodo too this time, or would things be different? Would the rest of the Fellowship go after the hobbits, or would they pursue Boromir to Gondor. What would Gondor do with the Ring? These are some interesting questions. I'd like to know your thoughts.

  • @JopeyPajatrick
    @JopeyPajatrick 4 месяца назад +1

    This is literally the best channel to nap to

  • @markendicott6874
    @markendicott6874 Месяц назад

    Excellent summary. Tolkien was great at so many things, but estimating how many Stone Masons and Carpenters you could pack onto Nine Ships presumably wasn't one of them........

  • @elizabethscott6502
    @elizabethscott6502 4 месяца назад

    Great video! I had no idea this much was written about Gondor's history. What is the source material for most of this? I'm guessing Unfinished Tails?

  • @NuisanceMan
    @NuisanceMan 4 месяца назад +4

    12:27 Castamir needs a new barbermir

    • @Zoeaxel
      @Zoeaxel 3 месяца назад

      some of these drawings are so poorly done lol fantastic video though

  • @bryanmatthews2370
    @bryanmatthews2370 3 месяца назад +3

    I'd love to see an Aragorn and eomer movie, with the same actors, set after the return of the king. That'd be so cool

    • @bryanmatthews2370
      @bryanmatthews2370 3 месяца назад

      I'll say rings of power is an amazing show before I "repent to Jesus". AVE SATANAS

  • @parishjohnson5844
    @parishjohnson5844 3 месяца назад

    Dope af !!!! Thank you

  • @jimsteele9559
    @jimsteele9559 4 месяца назад +1

    Oh yeah, now this is true Nerdism. Well done!

  • @afolsom685
    @afolsom685 4 месяца назад

    Oh my! Wow. Kudos!

  • @Firenutz
    @Firenutz 4 месяца назад +1

    Oh. And if I haven’t said so recently, you are the single best resource and voice for all things Tolkien, and you just keep getting better. The Tom Shippey of our generation. I mean that. Thank you.

  • @Jussimania
    @Jussimania 4 месяца назад

    Great video! I believe it's Minas Anor and not Minas Arnor as mentioned at 1:30.

  • @ianallardyce4222
    @ianallardyce4222 3 месяца назад

    Wow, thanks. I never knew so much happended for Men in the second age. Imagine how many TV series only this period makes!

  • @iq-mz7oy
    @iq-mz7oy 3 месяца назад

    I’ve nearly watched every video this guy has made

  • @Lostinamomentillnevergetback
    @Lostinamomentillnevergetback 4 месяца назад

    Oh man I can’t watch this right now. I’m gonna come back to it.

  • @WhoIsCalli
    @WhoIsCalli 3 месяца назад +1

    Love it when the parts are grouped together. Thanks Matt

  • @Cp.Chaos707
    @Cp.Chaos707 13 дней назад

    I have my final math exam tomorrow and instead of sleeping i‘m lerning about the history of gondor

  • @TheWindcrow
    @TheWindcrow 3 месяца назад

    Nerd of the Rings, I'd like to see the histories of the Beacons of the mountains. If anything actually exists about them. I think it would be cool to hear about and why they were built or what event set them in motion.

  • @user-ki2mb9mq2l
    @user-ki2mb9mq2l 3 месяца назад

    Awesome video

  • @ericsbricks
    @ericsbricks Месяц назад

    Bro got me in my feelings about R2KT 😩
    Seriously, great addition by the team. At the end of the day they’re plastic figures. Love the move!

  • @erichtomanek4739
    @erichtomanek4739 4 месяца назад +1

    This is an excellent video. Beautifully presented and full of information.
    I have a question?
    Why did Gondor not extend to control Mordor at least at the times when its power was high? And during the Fourth Age, do you think they may have?

    • @evilproducer01
      @evilproducer01 4 месяца назад +1

      At some point Gondor had watch towers and fortifications in and around Mordor. I think those were more to guard against evil re-inhabiting the land rather than to occupy or settle it.

    • @istari0
      @istari0 4 месяца назад +1

      Mordor had been under Sauron's control for thousands of years before Gondor was founded. I doubt anyone would even want to try and live there as bad as it must have been.

  • @1forthepriceof218
    @1forthepriceof218 4 месяца назад

    Have you ever thought about reviewing some of the old Middle Earth Role Playing modules? They came with nice maps and artwork, and their content ranged from fitting nicely into Tolkien’s world to some pretty ridiculous stuff.

  • @phengyang00
    @phengyang00 28 дней назад

    By far, my favorite! Felt like I watched a movie.

  • @reinholdenator
    @reinholdenator 4 месяца назад +1

    Thank you, this was a great video! Curious if anyone has a recommendation for a LOTR themed atlas? I’d like to see all these places on a map in order to visualize it better. Thanks in advance!

  • @Firenutz
    @Firenutz 4 месяца назад +2

    Thanks, Matt. After that Rings of Pooper season two rumor list, I really needed this. ❤️

  • @user-se7rq3hn4j
    @user-se7rq3hn4j 3 месяца назад

    It would be interesting to see the video about the fact that the First Age actually began with the Awakening of the Elves.

  • @colinbaldwin313
    @colinbaldwin313 4 месяца назад +2

    Learning the history of Denethor's resentment towards Aragorn makes me realize how short-changed the final Steward was in the movie. I think that would be okay in regard to the theatrical cut, but I wish the extended editions of Two Towers and Return of the King had fleshed out that aspect of his past to give his character more dimension.

    • @captainflamson
      @captainflamson Месяц назад +1

      In the books, upon meeting Denethor Pippin thinks to himself that Denethor looked more like a great Wizard than Gandalf did. Gandalf tells Pippin that regardless the generations between, the blood of Numenor ran nearly pure in Denethor, and in Faramir also. The great cares Denethor was burdened with, losing his wife, and later his son Boromir, and especially using the palantir giving Sauron the opportunity to poison his mind with fear and dread all had made him the way he had become by the time of the War of the Ring.

    • @colinbaldwin313
      @colinbaldwin313 Месяц назад

      @@captainflamson That really should have been included in the ROTK movie. Audiences would have already been very familiar with Saruman's ability to poison Men's minds, and that would have made Denethor's descent into madness and subsequent suicide even more tragic.

  • @b.d.hampton
    @b.d.hampton 3 месяца назад +1

    Fastidiously researched and beautifully sourced imagery. 👏

  • @TheHoneyBadger-yh5vj
    @TheHoneyBadger-yh5vj 4 месяца назад

    God bless you and your work sir 💜💜💜😇😇😇💜💜💜

  • @SpyClawtt
    @SpyClawtt 13 дней назад

    The parallels between Gondor and Byzantium. Both great civilizations.

  • @davidmiddleton7958
    @davidmiddleton7958 24 дня назад

    Something of a mental exercise, what would the Realm on Gondor be like if the Last Alliance had seen the destruction of Sauron and The One Ring? The early part of the Third Age would see Gondor subservient to Arnor. Many Elves would leave to go into the West. This would see the dwindling of Elves in Middle Earth. Gondor's main enemy would be the Black Numenoreans. I suspect a secret alliance with Orcs would have been made to put pressure on both Gondor and Arnor. With Arnor having a smaller population, this would be a serious situation for the joint realm.

  • @TTUGStudios
    @TTUGStudios 3 месяца назад

    Thank you for lighting the beacons

  • @TheBlacOfficial
    @TheBlacOfficial 3 месяца назад

    I've always found Anarion to be vastly underrated. He held the line against the Mordor and gained enough time for the Last Alliance to be a success. We know little about him, but without him, there's no victory

  • @XimGama
    @XimGama 3 месяца назад

    Love this long videos, they really keep me going in the morning and later I tend to rewatch them with my wife. ❤

  • @the_atomic_kebab
    @the_atomic_kebab 3 месяца назад

    I have only 4 days until the deadline of the submission of the scientific article, for which I still have to work on it, but here am I, at 2:00AM watching the history of Gondor

  • @Sekiro_007
    @Sekiro_007 3 месяца назад +3

    Imagine this as a Game of Thrones style 10 series show, faithful to the source material 😊 better than ahem ROP

  • @Dahnnylee
    @Dahnnylee 4 месяца назад

    Amazing 🎉

  • @TheWindcrow
    @TheWindcrow 3 месяца назад

    Tolkien's imagination and storytelling is unrivaled imo.

  • @erikbender1967
    @erikbender1967 4 месяца назад

    Bravo! Bravo! Excellent indepth video. A quick question though, Aragorn ruled in Gondor, but historically the rule was in the north. Did he reestablish this?

    • @istari0
      @istari0 4 месяца назад +1

      If memory serves, the capitol remained in Minas Tirith. The rule being in the north was only true for a couple of centuries until the kingdoms split after Isildur's death, which was 3000 years before Aragorn's reign began.

    • @erikbender1967
      @erikbender1967 3 месяца назад

      @@istari0 thank you.

  • @markanthony1004
    @markanthony1004 2 месяца назад

    GRRM really took a bit of names and ideas from Tolkien's works and that's a great homage considering how great ASOIF is

  • @milosstojanovic4623
    @milosstojanovic4623 4 месяца назад

    2000 years in 53 minutes, that must be some kind of record :D

  • @JorikPar
    @JorikPar 4 месяца назад +2

    In the German translation the Gondorians name for Amon Amarth is basically "Mount Destiny". I am not sure if Tolkien was involved in this change. He was involved in the change from Shelob to Kankra in German - because he was aware that the sound of the word does not connect with a spiderlike being in German - Kankra does work much better.

    • @twell1984
      @twell1984 4 месяца назад +2

      Do you mean "Schicksalsberg" for Mount Doom? I don't think that is a change. A "doom" is someone's fate or ultimate destiny, at least in the original sense of the word.
      That is a cool fact about Shelob, though!

  • @hanagara1907
    @hanagara1907 Месяц назад

    I always have the thought during the 7-year siege that both sides were awfully nice to take a break to let the other side sleep, go bathroom etc

  • @tylerbarrett6652
    @tylerbarrett6652 2 месяца назад

    This is just too much history to put into one video. How am I ever going to keep all this straight in my head? You mentioned that in the future you intend to cover a few of these events in their own videos. I'd LOVE to see you do that... sort of choose a major event from every 500 year (approx) period and give us some way... some outline or structure... that could help us remember more of this. Great overview... but I'll need to come up with some sort of memory technique so that I have a better chance of remembering all of this.

  • @meme_addict55
    @meme_addict55 4 месяца назад +1

    can you make a video about the invasion of the shire by the white wolves

  • @joshuapatrick682
    @joshuapatrick682 3 месяца назад +1

    44:30 do they flee North east, or do they head South East into Lebinnin?

  • @robk8463
    @robk8463 3 месяца назад +1

    I absolutely love your narrator's voice! It's perfect you know that? Is there some way you could narrate the books? Like an audiobook?

    • @soulbot119
      @soulbot119 3 месяца назад

      ... there's this new thing called "copyright", which means that if NotR uploaded an audiobook of LotR he would get banned from youtube and most likely sued
      If you're into audiobooks, check out any or all of the LotR audiobooks narrated by Andy Serkis, the actor who plays Gollum. He is a *master* of voices... you might call him Lord of the Voices. I have listened to all of the books, including The Silmarillion, which was just released last year with Serkis as narrator, and his are the best audiobooks I have ever listened to, hands down. The man is incredible.

    • @robk8463
      @robk8463 3 месяца назад

      @@soulbot119 Yes I'm aware of copyright laws. It was just a wish I've mine. You may now go back to scouring the internet for other potential law-breakers.

  • @colinleat8309
    @colinleat8309 4 месяца назад

    Fantastic video Matt 👍👍. I'm actually glad Tolkien didn't pursue the sequel. It could have been a disservice to the overall Legendarium. 🖖😁🤘🇨🇦🕊️

  • @JoyThiefTheBand
    @JoyThiefTheBand Месяц назад

    Is it possible to show a timeline at the bottom of your next videos that could help visualize the passage of time and what age it is?

  • @OkIPullUp.
    @OkIPullUp. 2 месяца назад

    5:15 Clearly that rock was thrown by Sauron it had so much plot behind it.

  • @onangarodney7746
    @onangarodney7746 4 месяца назад

    I loved it

  • @i_DONT_get_IT
    @i_DONT_get_IT 3 месяца назад

    Next video idea: “What if Frodo had left the ring in Rivendell with the Elves?”

  • @ShawnChapman
    @ShawnChapman 3 месяца назад +1

    The most transmissable disease in LOTR was easily Gondorrhea

  • @luudest
    @luudest 4 месяца назад +1

    Crazy!

  • @user-fp8ot5us8t
    @user-fp8ot5us8t 4 месяца назад

    Could you make a video on if Denethor was not driven mad by the palanter?

  • @ChuckDarwin1909
    @ChuckDarwin1909 4 месяца назад

    I'm interested to know where in particular the story of Cirion sending the riders to the Eotheod with the red arrow is sourced from?