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Why didn't Elrond destroy the One Ring? The Lord of the Rings | Middle Earth
According to Elrond's own account in The Lord of the Rings, when the Last Alliance of Elves and Men and Sauron were at war, Isildur cut off Sauron's finger and took the One Ring. But then he refused to destroy it in Orodruin, where it had been made. So why didn't Elrond destroy the One Ring there that day when he had the chance?
#middleearth #silmarillion #thehobbit #tolkien #lordoftheringslore #sauron #gollum
Music: Scott Buckley @ScottBuckley
I use many different sources for the visuals I incorporate. It's not always clear who created some of the works or many individuals share the same work under their own name. Therefore I only credit those I am certain about. If your work is in the video, please get in touch and I will gladly add your name to the list.
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Nico Navarro - www.artstation.com/niconavarro
Donato Giancola - www.artstation.com/artwork/L33XvP
00:00 intro
00:23 Last Alliance
01:43 The Origins of Isildur
03:57 Numenor's help
04:50 The moment of the incident
06:17 First reason
07:08 Second reason
09:04 Third reason
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What Happened After Gandalf and Balrog Fell? The Lord of the Rings | Middle Earth
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The most important battle of the Lord of the Rings was perhaps neither the Battle of Helm's Deep nor the Battle of the Pelennor Fields. The most crucial confrontation took place on the Bridge of Khazad-dûm in Moria between Gandalf and the Balrog. Although the Fellowship did not witness what happened after Gandalf fell, the battle between these two Maiar lasted a long time. So, what happened whe...
The Hunt for Gollum Explained | The Lord of the Rings | Middle Earth
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Gollum, an important character from The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit novels, is getting his own movie. The film, produced by Warner Bros., will have Peter Jackson as the producer and Andy Serkis as the director. But why did they decide to make a movie about Gollum? What kind of story does Gollum have that is worth telling in detail? And what is The Hunt for Gollum? #middleearth #silmarillio...
The Origin of Dragons in Middle Earth | The Lord of the Rings
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What creatures did Melkor use to create the dragons of Middle-earth, the most famous of which is Smaug in The Hobbit? Since Melkor could not create a creature out of nothing, he had to use a creature as a basis for creating them. And what could this creature be? #middleearth #silmarillion #thehobbit #tolkien #lordoftheringslore #sauron Music: Scott Buckley @ScottBuckley Cover Art: Federico Gina...
The real reason why Smaug was Killed | The Lord of the Rings | Middle Earth
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In The Hobbit, the Quest of Erebor, which influenced the events of The Lord of the Rings and the War of the Ring, ended with the death of the great dragon Smaug. Who initiated this quest? What would have happened if the dwarves had undertaken this quest alone? And most importantly, how did a hobbit end up joining this expedition? #middleearth #silmarillion #thehobbit #tolkien #lordoftheringslor...
20 Great Battles that Shaped Middle Earth | The Lord of the Rings
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The history of Middle-earth, as told in The Silmarillion, The Hobbit, and The Lord of the Rings, is filled with numerous battles, both large and small. Some were fought against Melkor, also known as Morgoth, while others were against Sauron and Saruman. While some of these battles had limited impact, others significantly altered the course of history. In this video, you'll find 20 of them that ...
What happened to the One Ring when Sauron lost his body in Numenor? | The Lord of the Rings |
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During the Fall of Numenor, Sauron lost both his physical form and his fair form, returning to Mordor as a dark spirit. So, was the One Ring with him at this time? If it was, what happened to the Ring as Numenor sank and Sauron lost his body? How did Sauron manage to reclaim it later? #middleearth #silmarillion #thehobbit #tolkien #lordoftheringslore #sauron Music: Scott Buckley @ScottBuckley C...
How Did Sauron Feed Massive Orc Army? | The Lord of the Rings | Middle Earth
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In the Silmarillion, Morgoth commands an orc army exceeding hundreds of thousands. In The Lord of the Rings, the armies of Sauron and Saruman are also largely composed of orcs. So, what did these orcs, numbering in the hundreds of thousands, eat, and how did their masters manage to keep them fed even under a siege lasting 400 years? #middleearth #silmarillion #thehobbit #tolkien #lordoftherings...
Werewolves Vampires & Zombies in Middle Earth | The Lord of the Rings
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In The Lord of the Rings, Gandalf mentions that Sauron has werewolves at his command. So, who are the werewolves in Middle Earth, and who created them? Expanding on this, are there vampires and zombies in Middle Earth as well? And what became of them? #middleearth #silmarillion #thehobbit #tolkien #lordoftheringslore #sauron #werewolf #vampires Cover Art: Zsolt Kosa - www.artstation.com/artwork...
Who Created the Uruk-Hai: Sauron or Saruman? The Lord of the Rings | Middle Earth
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In The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Merry and Pippin are kidnapped by orcs, among which were the Uruks, a new breed of orc unaffected by sunlight. How did these new orcs come into being, and who created them? Were they the creation of Sauron or Saruman? #middleearth #silmarillion #thehobbit #tolkien #lordoftheringslore #sauron #uruk-hai Music: Scott Buckley @ScottBuckley Thumbnail art: Ca...
What are the Barrow-Wights? | The Lord of the Rings | Middle Eath
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In The Lord of the Rings, Frodo and the other hobbits come to a place called the Barrow-downs while trying to reach Bree. Despite Tom Bombadil's earlier warnings about this place, they become separated and are captured by an entity known as a Barrow-wight. What was the Barrow-wight that captured them? #middleearth #silmarillion #thehobbit #tolkien #lordoftheringslore #sauron #balrog Music: Scot...
Why the entrance to Mount Doom was not protected? | The Lord of the Rings | Middle Earth
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In The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Frodo and Sam reach Mount Doom, where, with Gollum's unintended assistance, they destroy the One Ring by casting it into the fires where it was forged. But how could Sauron neglect such a strategically vital location? Why were there no guards at the entrance of the mountain? In this video you'll discover the reasons why Sauron left the entrance ...
What Was Ungoliant True Nature (and Her Story) | The Lord of the Rings | Middle Earth
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One of Middle-earth's many mysteries is Ungoliant: where did she come from, and how did she change the history of the world? Most importantly, what was Ungoliant truly? Was she a child of darkness? A Maia? Or a creation of Melkor? In this video, we delve into what we know about Ungoliant, the mother of Shelob from The Lord of the Rings, and share our theory on her true nature. #middleearth #sil...
Why Didn't Dragons Conquer Middle Earth | The Lord of the Rings
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At the end of the 1st Age, why didn't the dragons who fled to the north return to conquer the cities of Middle-earth, despite their power and might? Why did only Smaug, many years later, take the Lonely Mountain from the dwarves? Where are the others, and what could have stopped them from returning? Or was Smaug, mentioned in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, the last dragon? #middleearth #...
The Lifespans of Creatures in Middle Earth | The Lord of the Rings
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The Lifespans of Creatures in Middle Earth | The Lord of the Rings
What Happened to Orcs After Sauron's Fall | The Lord of the Rings | Middle Earth
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What Happened to Orcs After Sauron's Fall | The Lord of the Rings | Middle Earth
Fellowship of the Ring Before the War | The Lord of the Rings | Middle Earth
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Fellowship of the Ring Before the War | The Lord of the Rings | Middle Earth
Why did Sauron take a Risk? What does One Ring do? | The Lord of the Rings | Middle Earth
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Why did Sauron take a Risk? What does One Ring do? | The Lord of the Rings | Middle Earth
Where are the Goblins? Things Tolkien Abandoned | The Lord of the Rings | Middle Earth
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Where are the Goblins? Things Tolkien Abandoned | The Lord of the Rings | Middle Earth
Why didn't Sauron Ally with or recruit the Balrog | The Lord of the Rings | Middle Earth
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Why didn't Sauron Ally with or recruit the Balrog | The Lord of the Rings | Middle Earth
Why is there no King in Gondor? | The Lord of the Rings | Middle Earth
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Why is there no King in Gondor? | The Lord of the Rings | Middle Earth
The End of Middle Earth: The Last Battle | The Lord of the Rings
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The End of Middle Earth: The Last Battle | The Lord of the Rings
Where Were the Elves & Dwarves During the War of the Ring? The Lord of the Rings | Middle Earth
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Where Were the Elves & Dwarves During the War of the Ring? The Lord of the Rings | Middle Earth
What are the Fell Beasts of The Lord of the Rings & Middle Earth
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What are the Fell Beasts of The Lord of the Rings & Middle Earth
Facts About Dwarves You Might NOT KNOW | Middle Earth | The Lord of the Rings
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Facts About Dwarves You Might NOT KNOW | Middle Earth | The Lord of the Rings
Why Elves & Dwarves Don't Like Each Other? Middle Earth | The Lord of the Rings
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Why Elves & Dwarves Don't Like Each Other? Middle Earth | The Lord of the Rings
10 Great Mysteries of Middle Earth | The Lord of the Rings
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10 Great Mysteries of Middle Earth | The Lord of the Rings
Who are the Dead Men (and why didn't they go all the way to Mordor) The Lord of the Rings
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Who are the Dead Men (and why didn't they go all the way to Mordor) The Lord of the Rings
What Happened to the Dwarves After The Hobbit? | Lord of the Rings | Middle Earth
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What Happened to the Dwarves After The Hobbit? | Lord of the Rings | Middle Earth
What is the Watcher in the Water? The Lord of the Rings | Middle Earth
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What is the Watcher in the Water? The Lord of the Rings | Middle Earth

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @steakismeat177
    @steakismeat177 Годину тому

    Was Saruman actually corrupted or simply playing his part in the history sang of in the Ainurlinadalae? Ultimately I believe that Illuvatar forgave Aule not because of the explanation. He forgave him because he created Aule to be this way. The great Illuvatar needs some of his Ainu to play the bad guys. It’s all part of his design as he told Melkor himself. Telling him reveling is fruitless because you just contribute to my grand plan either way

  • @miro_lino6211
    @miro_lino6211 3 години тому

    You get your like once you start writing your script yourself instead of this AI crap.

  • @BrianSmith-ql5nj
    @BrianSmith-ql5nj 10 годин тому

    Fell beast.. cross of bat and snake. Dragons.. cross of fire wyrm and eagle.

  • @t.s.adrian8785
    @t.s.adrian8785 15 годин тому

    I love how George RR Martin, as a much younger man, was disappointed that Gandalf "came back." He felt that both lessened the effect of Gandalf's death (and death in general), but also cheated the reader who felt that loss. It really illustrates the difference between these two writers. Tolkien had created a story between gods playing chess. Gandalf was the pawn who made it to the other side and resurrected as a more powerful piece. Martin plays checkers. You die, you stay dead. If you're lucky, you can live long enough to be crowned, but even then you might be sacrificed to win the game (or lost because your player did something stupid; a meaningless death.)

  • @MidnightMaker
    @MidnightMaker 3 дні тому

    It's been a while since I read the books, but in the movie, when Frodo chose to go through Moria, Gandalf reacted with dread, which foreshadowed the Balrog.

  • @ssapp72
    @ssapp72 4 дні тому

    How did he get his ring back?

  • @Waster_War_Boss
    @Waster_War_Boss 4 дні тому

    My personal theory about dragons in middle earth is they are great serpents twisted by morgoth in a more the eagle and the viper style tale but that’s just my theory

  • @tarminas6805
    @tarminas6805 4 дні тому

    Gandolf?

  • @ryanlockhart5328
    @ryanlockhart5328 5 днів тому

    Meat. :)

  • @sweettt321
    @sweettt321 5 днів тому

    If I'm remembering this right, Tolkien wrote Gandalf's confrontation with the balrog before he decided to give Gandalf the ring of fire. By announcing to the balrog that he wields the flames of the very sun itself, something that Morgoth and his servants feared and hated, Gandalf is revealing to the balrog that he, too, is a Maia, but he remained true to his purpose, that he is a force of good and will not let a servant of evil roam free. Anor is the Sindarin word for the sun. Gandalf wields the flame of Anor, the sun that struck fear into all evil.

  • @calebevans3690
    @calebevans3690 5 днів тому

    I think its more likely that the Fellbeasts are a mockery of the Eagles in terms of size and anatomy

  • @Nauda999
    @Nauda999 6 днів тому

    Eru Ilúvatar recreated Gandalf as Gandalf the White and sent back to Middle Earth, why did he recreate the ring of fire Narya? Did Gandal ever use that ring? if yes, then when and how?

  • @suntcineva1406
    @suntcineva1406 6 днів тому

    You see in the movie the eat eachother

  • @youcanttakemyDIGNITY
    @youcanttakemyDIGNITY 6 днів тому

    Thank you Dragon 🧙💛🤍💛

  • @rubenlopezusa
    @rubenlopezusa 6 днів тому

    Even both are Maia, Olorin (Gandalf's Ainu name) has the direct mandate of Eru Iluvatar to help those who opposed Sauron. That is the reason why he could never fail. He is backed-up by the Sacred Fire.

  • @Timelord2001
    @Timelord2001 7 днів тому

    To be fair to the other Istari, I have seen videos discussing how Palandu and Alatar contributed from afar in their own ways. And some (like Peter Jackson) have portrayed Radagast as having been helpful once or twice as well. That would mean is was only Saruman who truly failed, and that was, sadly, quite deliberate. What *I* want to know is why (in Jackson's tale) Gandalf couldn't remember the names of those first two colleagues. I submit that he should have.

  • @jesse_cole
    @jesse_cole 7 днів тому

    10:47 "Then Gandalf was sent back... naked... until his mission was complete..." Gandalf's return: "Gandalf!!" "Yes... that's what they used to call me... Gandalf the Grey... I am..." "Gandalf, where is your robe?!?" "My mission is not yet complete."

  • @kitdacrazephillythekraze7561
    @kitdacrazephillythekraze7561 7 днів тому

    Looks like meat back on the menu boys Orcs use to be human or elves

  • @196cupcake
    @196cupcake 7 днів тому

    I never read the novels. The movies are mostly what I know as LotR. Instead of them eventually coming back up, and the mountain that we see being a mountain on the surface of Middle Earth, I had thought for a long time that the mountain peak was really in some bizarre plane of existence that you eventually get to if you keep falling. Like, after hitting the surface of the water they keep falling, and then somehow (???) they fall through the water into something else, and then something else, etc. .. and then somehow one of the levels below the lake bed is terrestrial with an atmosphere and mountains. What we see if it in the movies, if I remember, is they hit the water, then we see the end of the fight at the mountain top, and then we see Gandalf awaken in the afterlife.

  • @BrucknerMotet
    @BrucknerMotet 8 днів тому

    Answer: He couldn't get up. By now it has become canon that Gandalf yelled out "I've fallen and I can't get up." Followed by a quick visit to a non-Wendys fast food restaurant where Gandalf tried a burger and exclaimed "Where's the beef?!"

  • @jasonsoto5273
    @jasonsoto5273 8 днів тому

    I'm betting on the nameless things. For there always exists a grain of truth in old tales. Why are they called wyrms anyways, and why do they take such offense to it? I think their origin is etched, unreadable deep, but still etched onto every dragon.

  • @terryschoenith5249
    @terryschoenith5249 8 днів тому

    On the movies he became about 200% more gay

  • @davidnelson7786
    @davidnelson7786 8 днів тому

    He fought, died, got resurrected and got up again. Maybe people should learn to read.

  • @AbstractStew
    @AbstractStew 8 днів тому

    Aren't there elves with a Maiar ancestor? Edit: Never mind. You mentioned it.

  • @ianmclaughlin8987
    @ianmclaughlin8987 9 днів тому

    He gained allot of experience, levelled up, learned new spells, rolled lots of 20's

  • @jamesw.scarber4924
    @jamesw.scarber4924 9 днів тому

    He has to have the months ...to explain the years of middle earth...I'm thinking it's because a different name for them would throw us off topic ...

  • @Edward-nf4nc
    @Edward-nf4nc 9 днів тому

    Sauron created the Uruks, that were known as the Black Uruks of Mordor, and Saruman created the Uruk hai. Saruman improved the Uruks, if an orc can be improved!, and I think it was his ring that allowed the Uruk-hai to endure the sun. I think the orc that says the Gate of Minas Tirith is too strong is a Black Uruk as he is tall, straight backed, has Black skin and seems to be of a high rank, but is not Gothmog.

  • @ronerrodrigues8600
    @ronerrodrigues8600 10 днів тому

    Nice video tnx

  • @alexhulea2735
    @alexhulea2735 10 днів тому

    Something else made at least Glaurung unique: he could use magic. He froze Turin in place, wiped and restored Nienor's memory, created mist.

  • @berjo77
    @berjo77 10 днів тому

    That was interesting.

  • @johnt.inscrutable1545
    @johnt.inscrutable1545 10 днів тому

    This would be better narrated by a human.

  • @Tony-sq8vq
    @Tony-sq8vq 10 днів тому

    Skip to 10:12 to get what the title promise

  • @technodrone313
    @technodrone313 10 днів тому

    whats in Legolas's butt?

  • @Luis-jl6oh
    @Luis-jl6oh 10 днів тому

    🤖

  • @100percentzane
    @100percentzane 11 днів тому

    this is ai

  • @scottdavis0801
    @scottdavis0801 11 днів тому

    I noticed that white suit was a finer texture than the old bloody unwashed grey. Kinda like vader's threads.😂😂

    • @ivarwillis7829
      @ivarwillis7829 11 днів тому

      Keep your forked tongue behind your teeth we shall not speak of such evil here..

  • @klaushermann6760
    @klaushermann6760 11 днів тому

    They certainly ate anything in there path wherever they went and conquered.

  • @Red1Green2Blue3
    @Red1Green2Blue3 11 днів тому

    The AI voice is somewhat distracting :(

  • @Matthew-to2tu
    @Matthew-to2tu 12 днів тому

    The voice actors who played the orcs we’re supposed to have a couple women, they replaced them with guys. I’m guessing the female orcs would look the same as the male, same masculine type body and hard to separate the genders

  • @janach1305
    @janach1305 12 днів тому

    None of these facts is unknown to anyone who has read the books.

  • @Ipsifendis
    @Ipsifendis 12 днів тому

    allied, not aligned.

  • @SuperSpinWheel
    @SuperSpinWheel 12 днів тому

    This is just my opinion but I don’t feel like you answered your own question. You did not touch on where the elves were at the war but only mentioned the one that occurred in the hobbit

  • @tslfrontman
    @tslfrontman 12 днів тому

    Cool comcept but the uncanny valley of the the AI voice is... Unsettling.

  • @BramptonHughes
    @BramptonHughes 12 днів тому

    I always thought he could have pushed him

  • @avernvrey7422
    @avernvrey7422 12 днів тому

    The irony is that orc women were more beautiful than any elf.

  • @Wyrd92
    @Wyrd92 12 днів тому

    He could have used gecko lizards for all know.

  • @Edward-nf4nc
    @Edward-nf4nc 12 днів тому

    The Lesser? Do you, or do you think Tolkien, mean, Hobbits? The Little Folk, the Little Folk? Or lesser, meaning Middle Men? Not Numenoreans? Such a pity we don't know what 'Lesser' means.

  • @connor_phillipz5689
    @connor_phillipz5689 12 днів тому

    Ai voices are a complete turnoff for videos like this. I can stomach it for shorts, but it always feels cheap and low quality. No matter how well researched or written the video might actually be. I'm sure there are people who don't care, but it's always going to be a limiting factor for you.

  • @rxg9er
    @rxg9er 13 днів тому

    Dragons are easily offended by being called "worm." I always assumed it was because they originated from worm-like creatures.

  • @michaelkiese7794
    @michaelkiese7794 13 днів тому

    Then Tolkien would have nothing to write about.