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The Great Wanderer of Valinor
Приєднався 27 жов 2023
A channel focused on exploring and discussing J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium from "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit", all the way to "Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth" and "The History of Middle-earth" series. I grew up with Peter Jackson's original trilogy and that's what sparked my interest in checking out J.R.R. Tolkien's works themselves - and I've been in love with that “mythology” ever since! Always open to suggestions for future videos. Yeah, I know, I probably have the voice of a teenager. But honestly, I'm not *lazy enough to use AI - I prefer to record my own content thank you very much :) Nonetheless, if you have suggestions for improvements let me know. You can also find me writing answers to MIDDLE-EARTH questions on Quora as Sasha Bogdan. Hope you'll all be having a good time! :))
The Watcher in the Water
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"Beware dark waters, that hide old secrets." - Héra, "The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohan"
Before the Doors of Durin lay a dark lake, home to a foul thing, a tentacled-monster known only as the "Watcher in the Water". The members of the Fellowship of the Ring were attacked by the creature outside the West-gate and only narrowly-escaped it. Even Gandalf, however, confessed that he did not know what the Watcher was, and whether it was the only one of its kind. So let's see the creature's history and the two theories regarding its nature. Was it a servant of Sauron? Or something much older?
If I featured any of your artwork or music during this video, or you know its source, please drop a message or a comment.
Images and clip used from "The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim" are the property of WarnerBros and New Line Cinema.
ARTWORK CREDITS
John Howe - "Moria Gate", "Watcher in the Water"
Olanda Fong-Surdenas - "The Watcher in the Water"
Daniel Falconer - Watcher in the Water concept pieces for "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"
JSochart - "Watcher In The Water"
Nick Keller - Balin in "Full Regal Armour"
Mike “Daarken” Lim - "Oin"
JLazarusEB - "Mordor Orcs 2"
Darren Tan - "Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" art print
Matěj Čadil - "Doors of Durin Opening"
Alan Lee - "Entering the Gates of Moria"
Jerry Vanderstellt - "Gandalf Mithrandir"
Ann Bembi - "Frodo and Gandalf"
Matthew Stewart - "On Watch in Moria"
Gus Hunter - "Dol Guldur Sauron"
JP Keggle - "Sauron"
Angel Falto - "Morgoth in the Abyss"
Alan Lee - "Battle of Sudden Flame"
Heather Hudson - "Nameless Thing"
MUSIC CREDITS
Zalan Vincze - Instrumental cover of Rammstein's "Mein Teil"watcherinthewater #waroftherohirrim #lordoftherings #jrrtolkien
"Beware dark waters, that hide old secrets." - Héra, "The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohan"
Before the Doors of Durin lay a dark lake, home to a foul thing, a tentacled-monster known only as the "Watcher in the Water". The members of the Fellowship of the Ring were attacked by the creature outside the West-gate and only narrowly-escaped it. Even Gandalf, however, confessed that he did not know what the Watcher was, and whether it was the only one of its kind. So let's see the creature's history and the two theories regarding its nature. Was it a servant of Sauron? Or something much older?
If I featured any of your artwork or music during this video, or you know its source, please drop a message or a comment.
Images and clip used from "The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim" are the property of WarnerBros and New Line Cinema.
ARTWORK CREDITS
John Howe - "Moria Gate", "Watcher in the Water"
Olanda Fong-Surdenas - "The Watcher in the Water"
Daniel Falconer - Watcher in the Water concept pieces for "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"
JSochart - "Watcher In The Water"
Nick Keller - Balin in "Full Regal Armour"
Mike “Daarken” Lim - "Oin"
JLazarusEB - "Mordor Orcs 2"
Darren Tan - "Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" art print
Matěj Čadil - "Doors of Durin Opening"
Alan Lee - "Entering the Gates of Moria"
Jerry Vanderstellt - "Gandalf Mithrandir"
Ann Bembi - "Frodo and Gandalf"
Matthew Stewart - "On Watch in Moria"
Gus Hunter - "Dol Guldur Sauron"
JP Keggle - "Sauron"
Angel Falto - "Morgoth in the Abyss"
Alan Lee - "Battle of Sudden Flame"
Heather Hudson - "Nameless Thing"
MUSIC CREDITS
Zalan Vincze - Instrumental cover of Rammstein's "Mein Teil"
"Beware dark waters, that hide old secrets." - Héra, "The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohan"
Before the Doors of Durin lay a dark lake, home to a foul thing, a tentacled-monster known only as the "Watcher in the Water". The members of the Fellowship of the Ring were attacked by the creature outside the West-gate and only narrowly-escaped it. Even Gandalf, however, confessed that he did not know what the Watcher was, and whether it was the only one of its kind. So let's see the creature's history and the two theories regarding its nature. Was it a servant of Sauron? Or something much older?
If I featured any of your artwork or music during this video, or you know its source, please drop a message or a comment.
Images and clip used from "The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim" are the property of WarnerBros and New Line Cinema.
ARTWORK CREDITS
John Howe - "Moria Gate", "Watcher in the Water"
Olanda Fong-Surdenas - "The Watcher in the Water"
Daniel Falconer - Watcher in the Water concept pieces for "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"
JSochart - "Watcher In The Water"
Nick Keller - Balin in "Full Regal Armour"
Mike “Daarken” Lim - "Oin"
JLazarusEB - "Mordor Orcs 2"
Darren Tan - "Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" art print
Matěj Čadil - "Doors of Durin Opening"
Alan Lee - "Entering the Gates of Moria"
Jerry Vanderstellt - "Gandalf Mithrandir"
Ann Bembi - "Frodo and Gandalf"
Matthew Stewart - "On Watch in Moria"
Gus Hunter - "Dol Guldur Sauron"
JP Keggle - "Sauron"
Angel Falto - "Morgoth in the Abyss"
Alan Lee - "Battle of Sudden Flame"
Heather Hudson - "Nameless Thing"
MUSIC CREDITS
Zalan Vincze - Instrumental cover of Rammstein's "Mein Teil"watcherinthewater #waroftherohirrim #lordoftherings #jrrtolkien
"Beware dark waters, that hide old secrets." - Héra, "The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohan"
Before the Doors of Durin lay a dark lake, home to a foul thing, a tentacled-monster known only as the "Watcher in the Water". The members of the Fellowship of the Ring were attacked by the creature outside the West-gate and only narrowly-escaped it. Even Gandalf, however, confessed that he did not know what the Watcher was, and whether it was the only one of its kind. So let's see the creature's history and the two theories regarding its nature. Was it a servant of Sauron? Or something much older?
If I featured any of your artwork or music during this video, or you know its source, please drop a message or a comment.
Images and clip used from "The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim" are the property of WarnerBros and New Line Cinema.
ARTWORK CREDITS
John Howe - "Moria Gate", "Watcher in the Water"
Olanda Fong-Surdenas - "The Watcher in the Water"
Daniel Falconer - Watcher in the Water concept pieces for "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"
JSochart - "Watcher In The Water"
Nick Keller - Balin in "Full Regal Armour"
Mike “Daarken” Lim - "Oin"
JLazarusEB - "Mordor Orcs 2"
Darren Tan - "Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" art print
Matěj Čadil - "Doors of Durin Opening"
Alan Lee - "Entering the Gates of Moria"
Jerry Vanderstellt - "Gandalf Mithrandir"
Ann Bembi - "Frodo and Gandalf"
Matthew Stewart - "On Watch in Moria"
Gus Hunter - "Dol Guldur Sauron"
JP Keggle - "Sauron"
Angel Falto - "Morgoth in the Abyss"
Alan Lee - "Battle of Sudden Flame"
Heather Hudson - "Nameless Thing"
MUSIC CREDITS
Zalan Vincze - Instrumental cover of Rammstein's "Mein Teil"
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Good video 👍
@@maxtracker2904 Thanks, I really appreciate it. I’m already working on the next video: “Rohan before the War of the Rohirrim” btw :))
Nice video bro, keep it going😅
This is a accurate video
@@godclemson9294 Thanks. I really appreciate it.
hope it proper tells Tolkien's tale.....and not just is made to pander to Modern audiences by simply being a lousy movie wearing Tolkien colors. .
I agree with you. I'm not troubled by additions because Tolkien's own story is two and a half pages-long. It's normal that they flesh out the story. In fact, I would argue that placing the war with the Orcs of the White Mountains during the War of the Rohirrim makes better sense: Sauron is taking advantage of Wulf's attack and knows that Helm will have difficulty fighting two threats at the same time. The only reservations that I have concern Helm's daughter, Hera... I don’t want a Mary Sue heroine. I was very disappointed in Morfydd Clark's portrayal of Galadriel in TLotR: The Rings of Power. And I also don't want a complete Eowyn rip-off... But then I thought... it is kind of weird that Helm's daughter simply disappeared in Tolkien's story. Like, she's the pretext for Freca's (and his son Wulf's) play for the throne, but then she simple vanishes into thin air... What happened to her? Her brothers died, her father died, her cousin succeeded her father to the throne. Did she die or (potential spoiler alert; it's just a theory I have had) did she Idk marry Frealaf or something? And then I also thought - they brought Miranda Otto back as an older Eowyn to narrate. If they're clever enough they could work it in and say: well Hera was kind of an inspiration for Eowyn. Maybe Eowyn's desire to prove her worth is based on Hera's example. Ultimately, I trust Philippa to bring out the best in this film! She worked with Peter, she knows her Tolkien, she delivered in the past so I'm sure she'll deliver again! Sorry for the long comment :))
Ewww that marrying frealaf thing creeps the hell out of me!
@@lamix302Not condoning it, but there were cases of royal family intermarriages in the Middle Ages and Antiquity , even among first-degree cousins… Tolkien’s work was not solely inspired by his Catholic faith or by mythologies (especially Norse) but on history too - see Letter 131 where he compares Gondor to Byzantium. So let’s not judge such practices with a 21st century mentality because there were plenty of imoral and questionable things back then (not that there aren’t any nowadays). And as far as I recall, Tolkien only explicitly stated that the Eldar and the Numenoreans forbid marriages between so close-blooded kinsmen. He didn’t include the Rohirrim on this list. Politically, it would strengthen Frealaf’s claim to succession- Helm’s daughter is of the First Line of Kings. It’s just a theory anyway. Saw it on Reddit too.
Love these vids man
Thanks, I really appreciate it. Glad you enjoy them!