The Werewolves and Vampires of Middle-earth
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- Go to www.audible.com/menofthewest or text menofthewest to 500500 to get a free Audiobook, 2 free Audible Originals, and a 30-day free trial. The Werewolves and Vampires of Middle-earth are terrifying and rare servants of Morgoth and Sauron, and we explore them and their lore in this video! Thank you for watching, let me know what you think about the Werewolves and Vampires of Tolkien’s works in the comments below. As always, a great thanks to the online artists whose visual works made this video possible! If you are one of the artists, please let me know and I will post your name and a link to your work in this description!
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“Hmm... sauron is pretty cool, but he isn’t goth enough.”
“Well he just needs... Morgoth.”
Wow that was terrible and genius at the same time
@@MrFilbert28 as our Dark Lord Sauron would have wanted.
🙄
Ah as in more-goth hilarious
😂😂😂😂😂
I totally forgot Christopher Lee did a reading of Children of Hurin.
It's amazing i have it on audible...so epic!!!
Didn't see this comment before posting my comment but yeah his reading is possibly the best audiobook narration I've heard
May he rest in peace
@bluebloodbc
SarumAn not SarumOn.
I own the book, but I will never read it. The audio book is the only way to consume that particular story
Honestly had no idea they even existed, love this world
Same
Same
Same. This is awesome!
Same
Same, I can see them in this World though.
That thumbnail is what nightmares are made of.
The eyes are always what get me.
I just clicked this vid so that demon thumbnail won’t show up in my recommendeds anymore LOL
@@FrostyFyre
😂
Looks like a fruit bat
My mother-in-law makes that thing look like a fluffy kitten.😋🐈
Sauron: Beaten by a dog, captured by men, drowned when their island sank, beaten by men and elves, beaten by hobbits. He was always getting his butt handed to him.
Makes you wonder if he wasn't the underdog all along. Someone should write a story from Sauron's perspective where's he's rather like Lucifer from Paradise Lost
Melkor would be so disappointed.
@@Eagle09ize And how many kings and heroes, mighty nations and armies he brought down during his service for Morgoth and later as Dark Lord? How many years he would forge the fate of great parts of Middle Earth? How often he tricked even the strongest opponents?
He was defeated, yes, and more than once, but in most cases to a really high price, and he did achieve a lot.
Would that make him Sauron the sore one,of middle Earth.😋⚔️
Yet he seemed to win most of the battles against him. Such is the nature of evil. In the end, it cannot sustain itself.
I wished Tolkien had written more about werewolves and vampires. It would've been great to have a gothic monster novel set in Middle Earth.
You could be the change you want to see in the world!
That's stupid gothic horror doesn't fit the world of middle earth
@@Nob911 Dol-Guldur, Beren and Luthien, Queen Beruthiel, the pits of Barad-Dur, Ungoliant and her children, the fact that Sauron's an actual necromancer with a posse of wraiths. There's already a lot of gothic/horror elements in his work, I just wish we had a novel that focused on them.
@@dallinhunter5607 that's not even gothic horror it's dark fantasy swords and spells
@@Nob911 Gothic Horror is an umbrella term that covers fiction combined with horror and death. Dark fantasy and gothic horror are considered synonymous in many different author's works, and seeing something like Dol-Guldur juxtaposed against the Shire or Beren's descent into "Hell" compared to the hobbits meeting Tom Bombadil would definitely classify them as the horrific chapters of the Middle-Earth saga. The Black Riders in Fellowship were designed to not be much of a physical threat at first, since the hobbits don't come into contact with them until Weathertop, but they're meant to be a terrifying, imposing obstacle, much like monsters in classic gothic horror books, namely Dracula for the beginning of Bram Stokers book.
In the chapter "Journey in the Dark" the Fellowship is attacked by wolves after they climb back down from Caradthras but before they enter Moria. These wolves attack during the night, but in the morning there are no remains of the wolves they killed. Legolas' fired arrows look as though they haven't been used, and Gandalf says they were no ordinary wolve hunting in the wilderness. He even refers to one of them as "Hound of Souron" and in his spell uses the elvish word "ngauroth." A fairly strong argument could be made that the Fellowship were attacked by werewolves at this point.
I agree. I was looking for someone to bring this up. I think there is strong evidence to suggest that these wolves were more than regular wolves and were most likely werewolves.
@@djk89 Well, the creatures in question are named 'wargs' at times. There's a distinction. The entities the Fellowship supposedly killed and hence disappeared were more ethereal than corporeal in nature. These are the wargs. Werewolves on the other hand, were probably more corporeal than ethereal yet _inhabited_ with spirits that gave them greater awareness. However, they were not humanoid in any way physically in the vein of modern horror genre. Werewolves were more like dire wolves possessed of foul spirit; evil beings in large lupine form. I don't think many survived the War of Wrath and if they did there weren't any left by the end of the Third Age, assuming they had a supernatural lifespan.
Another possibility is the wargs were remnant werewolves but have begun to 'fade' by the Third Age (speculation), giving them a less than pure physical existence while retaining the ability to inflict grave harm, possibly through augmentation by Sauron's power.
@@jamesaron1967 or those wolves were ust an illusion casted by Sauron to bring fear and to drop the morale of the fellowship.
Because Wargs have physical forms as you can see the Orcs are riding Wargs hence called the Warg-Rider.
@@keizoxd5623 Well, if Sauron was directly employing illusion to create the wargs then that would indicate that he knew the whereabouts of the Fellowship at all times. It would have been relatively easy to apprehend them using the Nazgul had he known exactly where they were.
I think the wargs were semi-corporeal evil beings that came across the Fellowship, possibly because the Ring was calling them. If they were fully physical creatures then their remains would have been found. I need to reread that chapter to get a better picture of the encounter.
Your comment has taught me more about werewolves than this video has.
An appropriate topic for Halloween and the Tolkien mythos
That thumbnail is nightmare fuel
Yo you aint lying dude
I just clicked this vid so that demon thumbnail won’t show up in my recommendeds anymore LOL
My mother-in-law makes that thing look like a fluffy kitten.😋🐈
why do people always leave out the fact that Finrod kills the werewolf not just with his hands but with his TEETH also
The bite of Finrod is legend
Hey, it’s a nautilus online! Do you use your lil tentacles to type? Lol
"O woe-begotten spirit, fall now into dark oblivion, and forget for a while the dreadful doom of life" - aww, just what my mom used to say to me at bedtime :)
In Lord of the Rings Online, there are vampire-like females in rough places like Angmar and Moria. There are werewolf-like males in cold places like Forochel and Misty Mountains. I guess the Silmarillion is where they got their inspiration.
I love how weird and diverse the Silmarillion fandom is.
We have dragons, jewels, heroes, a Dark Lord, lots of Beaowulf-ish gore
AND TWILIGHT
Tolkien loved Beowulf. In fact he is the main reason we see it both as literature, and an important historical piece. Beowulf is one of the oldest pieces of British literature. Historically it shows customs, beliefs and values of the people in it of that time period. For example, it's mixture of pagan and Christianity. This shows that Christianity was becoming more prevalent, while still holding onto the old ways.
Huan sound like the most badass character in the whole legendarium
I thought so when I read it...
He absolutely was!
There’s also an enchantment on him that allowed him to speak on only three occasions in his life, he has some pretty profound advice for Beren and Luthien as he lay dying. Beautiful and sad stuff indeed.
To me Huans tale is one of the saddest in the whole silmarillion.
I would say that title goes to Fingolfin, he was an elf who walked alone to the gates of Angband and then challenged a literal God to a duel and managed to wound him like seven time before being killed.
Tolkein probably went with the original meaning of "werewolf", that being a wolf that acts as a replacement for a man (just as weregold, or weregild, was gold that replaced a man).
Morgoth: Here comes my mightiest servant Sauron, who got beaten by some elven maiden and her trusty hound.
Sauron: Hey, not fair! She put a spell of blind on me.
Morgoth: Was it a spell? Or did she simply put her cloak over your head?
Sauron: I choose not to answer that question. By the way didnt the same elven maiden put you to sleep in order to steal from you and got away with it?
Morgoth: I choose not to answer that question.
Everytime I hear a battle in LOTR I already know the good guys won.
@@serlistogiette4168 well most.
@@hughgedney3393 Quite a lot hehe.
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*The Battle of Sudden Flame and Battle of Unnumbered Tears would like to have a word with you*
@@DISTurbedwaffle918 Only two huh?
Guys if you like this stuff get the Children of Hurin audio book narrated by Saruman himself- Christopher Lee may he rest in peace.
THAT THUMBNAIL IS SIIIIIICCKKK
Vampires are some of my favorite monsters. Even though Tolkien doesn’t fully describe what exactly his vampires are, I am still glad he added them in Middle-earth.
Happy Halloween everyone! 🎃
If we follow the pattern of Mandos and Sauron creating monsters as ruined and corrupted versions of 'true' creatures... It is possible that they were intended to be counterpart to the Great Eagles.
@@michaelatanasio223 I always thought the Fell Beasts were supposed to be that counterpart? Though, I suppose both could be - after all, trolls are fucked up Ents, and they have various forms based on where they live/evolve.
You could say werewolves and vampires were the vision of what wolves and bats should be like according to Morgoth.
That sounds interesting. When it came to werewolves, I imagined them as wolf-like monsters possessed by fallen Maiar. Is that theory alright? I remember somewhere in The Silmarillion that werewolves embodied “fell spirits,” and this made me think those spirits were fallen Maiar.
@@danewilliams4041 I remember a thread on Reddit... one guy had the idea that werewolves were wargs with the Fea of men whom Sauron converted to Morgoth.
Regardless, I like to think there is some higher being (whether it be man or Maia) within these creatures.
As I remember, in the silmarillion it's said that Sauron not only took shape of werewolf when he fought Huan, but also as serpent, yet he cant beat the hound of Orome before at the end he flew away in vampire's shape.
The Beren and Luthien story is so great!! Yet my favourite character of this story is Huan. The hound of Valinor. He was faithful even when Celegrom take him exile from Eldamar into Middle Earth. But he choose Luthien over his own master untill the end. He not even talk to other people save Beren and Luthien only.
Faithful and mighty creature!
Honestly Huan was a coward. He fled when he faced Sauron at the bridge. He catched Sauron by his throat when Sauron got stunned for a second by Lithien's magical cloak. So if she couldn't throw her cloak to Saurons eyes on time, Sauron would slay Huan and then Luthien easily
Excellent video Master Yoystan! Two very iconic creatures made purely new in the Legendarium. I think like you said that Thuringwethil could've been the Mother of the Monstrous Bats that lived in Middle Earth and that such Bats were at many major battles of Middle Earth such as the Battle of the Five Armies. As for the Werewolves of Middle Earth I'd imagine that over time they became the Wargs of Middle Earth and only the few Werewolves that remained would've been close to Sauron as personal hounds in the Tower of Barad-Dur.
Thank you, my friend! Those are some really interesting thoughts! Indeed, Thuringwethil may have been the mother of bats as Ungoliant was the mother of spiders! It is a possibility for sure!
@@MenoftheWest I wondee what kind of "terrors" Sauron created during his time as vampire you mentioned. More werewolves, or also others?
@Samuel Dimmock Not in the fact that he created them in that time (after he was beaten by Luthien and Huan), since Luthien disguised herself shortly after that as the vampire Thuringwethil (as far as I know the only named Vampire ever beside Sauron when he choosed that form). So vampires were already part of Morgoths forces. Maybe she was the "mother" of them.
But I could imagine that he created them before in a similar way as werewolves were created or later the "mounts" of the Nazgul. That he took living beings and formed them by magic and the use of dark spirits to transform them.
well that was definitely awesome and on-theme! I always liked the wolves of Tolkien. Vampires are a dime a dozen in fantasy, as are the werewolves like in Harry Potter, but Tolkien drew on the old European tales from the days when people didn't add shapeshifting or exotic powers, wolves in the woods were scary enough, and I like that in a world of Ainur-level spirits, he wrote wolves as real threats without making them silly.
also, the logo art is SO FREAKING COOL!!!
I always hate how in a lot of fantasy books and games real beasts get treated as little more than warm-ups to fight monsters. Like, dude, actual wolves and bears and snakes and things are frickin dangerous enough!
Even his laugh is immersive
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I believe Werewolves and Vampires were lesser Evil Maiar given physical form by Morgoth.
They bred with regular wolves and bats to produce monstrous offspring.
Over time their offspring became less sizable and monstrous and more like regular animals.
So by the time of the third age, most had become the Wargs and Giant Bats that served in goblin armies.
Huan is such a good doggo 😊
yes! i've always wanted to know more about this topic
so basically when Carcharoth ate the Silmaril, he got coked tf out and went nuts, pretty epic power boost
we need authors like tolkein on this world. he's such a legend.
its not that we dont have anyone like him its more that there are so many people like him but the best are drowned out by the numerous creators who make the endless amounts of generic fantasy book
Similars are Brandon Sanderson and king that's about it
I’ve been waiting for this! Yes!!
I love Tolkien, his lore is just incredible, I love that there is always more to learn! Great video by the way, scary but great!
For a possible video, could you please show how the map of middle earth has evolved over the ages? I'm very familiar with the map at the time of the war of the ring. But quite often as I watch your videos, I get confused as you reference places on the either only exist in previous ages or were re-named in later ages.
Or alternatively can anyone in the comment section point me to any online resources that do the same thing.
Check the silmarillion, mine has a map of beleriand in it. Beleriand encompasses what is called middle earth in the 3rd age, but is maybe 3 times as large. There is a war between the valar and morgoth at the end that destroys much if it, leaving middle earth the only visible portion. Thats where taur nu fuin and doriath and the other named places are, not in middle earth.
@@anthonypeltier4039 rats! The one thing left out of the audiobook I just picked up.
I'll look into it though. Thanks friend.
@@thomasmcgraw8778 lol yes sir you're welcome. There are doubtless plenty of maps on google if i could attach one here i would.
I’ve been waiting for this video!!!
I always learn new info from your channel, and I have been a Tolkien fan for ages having re read his works multiple times. Never knew he brought in vampires. Thanks; Happy Halloween!
Fantastic vid as always, Yoystan! Don't know if if had anything to do with our discussion FB last week about Tevildo, thanks so much for this history of dark creatures.
Wonderful - explained simply with lots of details - thank you! ❤️
Great video as always
Opened up my RUclips app and this is what greeted me. Thanks for that.
Awesome video! Keep up the good work!
Finally, now I can fall to slumber yet again.
Another amazing video!
Pretty sure the wargs (war wolves) in LOTR are descendants of werewolves, just given a new name. It's also likely that they are less powerful and intelligent than the werewolves of the eldar days, as the dark spirit that morgoth possessed them with likely faded considerably after his demise. Wargs retain some of the size and viciousness of their ancestors, but have reverted to a more bestial state over time
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This is awesome I only noticed on mentioning of werewolves in the fellowship of the ring. Thanks for the in-depth presentation
Happy Halloween, Yoystan! Thanks for this great video!
Amazing artwork! Thank you for this
10:07 "Rocks fell and"
My brain immediately filled in the rest of the sentence with "and everyone died, the end."
Well done, I enjoy the pictures/art especially😊
7:27 I never thought about this before but as it was read aloud it made me wonder, did Morgoth actually feed the Carcaroth part of his own hand? I used to think that it meant that Morgoth hand-fed the wolf but now I am not so sure. Hearing it read aloud puts a different spin on it.
I always thought that Sauron might have managed to capture one of Orome’s wolves during the War for the Sake of the Elves and corrupted it. That’s how the werewolves were so great.
Didn't even realize there were vampires in Middle-earth
That's interesting
It seems you didnt read the book
Same
@@boriskostic6964 Most people don't read the Silmarillion, and in fairness to them it's a challenging read
Great video! Wasn’t expecting this at all and loved every moment of it. Great video. Could you by any chance do a theory on the red dwarves of the orocarni mountains. (Ones in the West past Mordor)
I try to imagine a film scenes where Sauron is sitting in the throne of Tol in gaurhoth with his own werewolves! Could you imagine?
We could see that in the New Amazon seires
@@silvijakucej3696 no. Amazon's Lord of the rings series are about the second age not first one
@@_semih_ but still,he could take a form of werewolf,I wonder who Will play Sauron
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I kind of imagine the vampires of middle earth are very much so the classic Dracula vampires, and can shape themselves like a bat and make flight when needed.
It's more or less my own headcanon, but I like the idea of Sauron being able to be a bit of a Dracula.
It is interesting that if I remember right it is said that the Nine both hate, desire and sense the blood of living people, may it be night or day.
I believe that Tharingwythil was a Maiar of minor power that served Sauron. I believe that because the being held a position of responsibility that was before any of the living mortal servants of the enemy and the level of trust and responsibility to be a messanger between himself and Melkor says "Shes a Maiar".
Recently I have gotten a real fascination with vampire lore. So I really enjoyed learning about them in one of my favorite stories.
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Nice work dude thanks
Spooky video! Nice for Halloween! I guess next year you can do one about the ghosts and spirits of Middle Earth!
silmarillion read by martin shaw is amazing. i think i have gone through it 7 times this year. "lovely" video, as always ^^
Love that they are in the legendarium, but I'm glad that he didn't overuse them! What a great topic for right before Halloween!!! Thanks for the great vid!
Good work my friend! I love to get a notification from you. Do you think you could look into the hobbit’s calendar and their holiday and cultural observances sometime? Thank you!
Hey could you do a video on Minas morgul. It's always been my favorite place in Middle Earth and I'd love to know more about it!
"Wherever zou are in middle earth"
Me : "Traveling southeast on a stag in the LOTR mod for MC while the bloodmoon rises" Aye my friend !
Shoutouts are good, they give a sense of community.
I already have all the Tolkien Audible books. I love them!!
You should make a video on the different weapons and tactics of the races.
PS I love your videos
Can you do a video on the lesser characters of lord of the rings and what happened to them after the war of the ring such as elronds sons, faramir, prince imrahil, celeborn, glorfindel ect ect plz I wouls love to know what happened to them all
If I remember correctly faramir married eeowyn(butchered spelling ik) the one who slew the witch king. They get the happily ever after sorta thing
I think I remember also that Elrond's sons, Elladden and Elrohir chose to be men and stayed in Middle-Earth.
I looked up a video to clarify a few things about this series. I had only watched the films and was curious about the language created for the books. I went down a rabbit hole on your channel and it lead me to purchase and read the lotr books as well as the hobbit and now im on Fall of Gonodilin. I just wanted to thank you for inspiring me to read. I went most of my life without realizing how much of an escape reading can be. Its literally like living in another world/dimesnion. I feel jaded knowing I could have been reading my whole life. This is a weird rant, I know. Im not illiterate or anything I just never actually took time to read a book.
Cool, welcome to MADNESS!
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I'm sorry, but starting here I couldn't stop laughing, because I had a dog named Finrod. He was *very* fluffy.
LOL!!!
Excellent this would be epic if it were to ever hit the movie screen thank you Sir for your videos keep up the Great Work!
I didn't mind the extended shoutouts, "Get Your Ticket" is amazing music. Is there a stand alone video of that song?
Hmmmm, this gives me more ideas for my books and, well, mini stories i write, as i draw heavy inspiration from middle earth. I never knew there were wear wolves and vampires in middle earth, i learn something new every time i watch your videos
Really cool video!
Your said a lot about other readers, but did you forget Saurman reading a tragedy about a family?!!!
Thanks for the video mellon...Your videos are very enjoyable for all, and really help out my week!!!
Thanks again for your videos...Until more of the Adra History...Marion Baggins Out!!!
I now have even more reason to read this book now.
Literally bought the Silmarilion last month, great video btw.
sick logo!! I wish I could use that as my phhone wallpaper
It's natural that with so little actual author's written information, much on that topic would be in large part speculative. Werewolves and vampires used in Tolkien stories are incredibly fascinating though. Thuringwethil, and werewolves of Draugluin's brood (it may be part of the werewolf traits that they have poisonous bite, though it may be something only attributed to Carcharoth, who specifically had "venom of Morgoth"). I also often wondered about connection between ordinary wolves, Wargs and Werewolves, we certainly know there should be natural animal wolves out there (also dogs in Middle-earth had to come from somewhere ;)) and how they were used in breeding new kind of demonic creatures, Wargs and werewolves are differentiated by Gandalf in Third Age when he speaks of Sauron's servants. I wonder also if the vampire connection is not seen (probably unintentionally) with the 'great bats' of The Hobbit book, who knows maybe just like giant spiders (the sapient ones) are demonic offspring of Ungoliant, maybe those blood sucking huge bats were related to Thuringwethil? Hehe.
"They could not stand that, nor the huge bats, black as a top-hat, either; so they gave up fires and sat at night and dozed in the enormous uncanny darkness."
The Hobbit, Ch 8, Flies and Spiders
"'Halt!' cried Gandalf, who appeared suddenly... between the advancing dwarves and the ranks awaiting them. ... 'The Goblins are upon you! ... Behold! the bats are above his army like a sea of locusts.' ...
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"Soon ... the bat-cloud came, flying lower, over the shoulder of the [Lonely] Mountain, and whirled above them shutting out the light and filling them with dread. ...
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"Soon actual darkness was coming into a stormy sky; while still the great bats swirled about the heads and ears of elves and men, or fastened vampire-like on the stricken.
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The Hobbit, Ch 17, The Clouds Burst
Of course it's completely my own speculation but I kind of like this idea :). Other works of Tolkien more obscure ones like Lay of Leithian may indicate some things for example Carcharoth in Lay of Leithian says:
"Though wingéd creatures to and fro
unnumbered pass here, all I know.
I know not this. Stay, vampire, stay! (245)
I like not thy kin nor thee. Come, say
what sneaking errand thee doth bring,
thou wingéd vermin, to the king!"
But it's only a funfact.
I was imagining an army of Werewolves after you had mentioned in one of your other videos about how other werewolves fought under Morgoth, then Sauron lost the ability completely.
Honestly no. He didn't lost the ability of shapeshiftig completely. He only lost his "fair form" after Akhalabeth. There is no any quote which saying Sauron cannot do shape shifting again. He just didn't need to became a wampire of a werewolf because he had massive armies to fight against his enemies
The bats in the five armies were vampires that never came out of bat form, out of shame. We call them “Shame Bats”.
No,they are just war bats
Shame Bats are funny. : )
Vampires in Tolkien’s writings didn’t change forms, they were always in “bat form” cuz they were mostly like big bats lol
I've played Rob's at least 4 times. And I've played my favorite parts over and over!
I love Werewolves they're the best and I like Werewolves more than Vampires.
Werewolves can go in the light of day and not get burned they also can do things Vampires can't do.
When we purchase that sweet T-shirt does all of the proceeds go to you or to the merchant ? Thanks so much for what you do.
I stumbled across this October 1st 2022 lol Perfect timing!
Hi from middle earth , New Zealand. Love lord of the rings. Thanks for these videos.
Would recommend Children of Hurin on audible as it is narrated by Christopher Lee and it really is a wonder listening to him read a story he loved
It's truly amazing there's stuff i have no clue about Middle earth and it's all interesting
You can read about the battle between Huan and Tevildo in the History of Middle Earth!! There’s the old version of Berem and Luthien there!!
"I hope you're doing well wherever you are in middle earth."
I didn't know middle earth had internet connection. Probably a wizard thing.
What, you don't have a palantiri wifi connection? it's close to 5g.
I love your channel! Would you consider doing a video on the Old Forest and Fangorn Forest? They are both left overs from the First Age and both have sentient trees though no Ents in the Old Forest (maybe that's why it was so controlled by Old Man Willow). I think they're interesting since they are the only places in Middle Earth that have seen all the Ages. I always wanted to see Tom and Treebeard meet and Treebeard do something about the great Willow. Speaking of left overs from the First Age, have you found any evidence that there might be a connection between the Forest Realm of the wood elves and Menegroth? I have seen suggestions that Thranduil's halls are what was left of Menegroth after it was abandoned and after the War of Wrath. Is it or is it an entirely new settlement? Thanks so much and keep up the great work!
Despite their similarities, Thranduil’s halls and Menegroth are two different locations. Menegroth was in Beleriand, which was in the far west of the continent and was later sunk beneath the sea. Thranduil’s halls in Mirkwood were far to the west of where Menegroth and Beleriand used to be.
@@MerkhVision Then could it be Nargothrond? I can't find it now but I remember there being some connection between the Halls of Thranduil and the Silmarillion.
What a great episode for the season, I play a worgan warrior on wow too. Awesome!
Worgen Hunter from world of warcraft would be appropriate also! That is a Worgen- which is a werewolf and his class is Hunter, for those not familiar with W.O.W.
Audible is awesome! I recommend the "Fall of Gondolin" on it.
Very fascinating!
I suddenly wish that Tolkien had included such creatures in Lord of the Rings to do battle alongside orcs, trolls, and the Nazghul. It's too bad he never actually finished any of his other stories (Silmarillian?) and all of his other books are based off the notes his son collected.
love the redesign of the logo
great as always... any new info about the amazon middle earth show?
Thank you - very cool
when are you gonna do your next live stream? I wanted to ask what would happen if one of those ghosts got into a fight with a ring wraith?
im suprised you havent mentioned in your plug the bbc radio LoTR dramatised version, which im sure is also available on audible....