The History of the Blue Mountains | Tolkien Explained

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  • @Shirebaggins.
    @Shirebaggins. 20 годин тому +145

    Thorin's Halls, Now We Need the Iron Hills

  • @realBiGO
    @realBiGO 20 годин тому +47

    So much mystery surrounding these little guys. I need more!!!!

  • @stephenwalton8087
    @stephenwalton8087 20 годин тому +86

    Tolkien seems to have endless content

    • @NerdoftheRings
      @NerdoftheRings  20 годин тому +36

      The depth of his world is crazy!

    • @darthgollott
      @darthgollott 16 годин тому +5

      Endless farming!!!

    • @FrankBarnwell-xi8my
      @FrankBarnwell-xi8my 14 годин тому +6

      It's 1 months to April, but wouldn't the Ring be safer with Barliman Butterbur and then completely forgot about it?

    • @isamerryfellow
      @isamerryfellow 9 годин тому +3

      Endless content, and yet ROP still feels the need to make up their own terrible story 😭

    • @stephenwalton8087
      @stephenwalton8087 4 години тому +2

      @@isamerryfellowExactly they could have just used some of tolkien’s actual work

  • @samlagrimas5039
    @samlagrimas5039 19 годин тому +8

    Just wanna say. I always go back to your channel when I need more lore videos on Tolkien's world. I love your lore and the way you explain them. I have wanted to know more on the Blue Mountains!

  • @benjaminjaskoski1334
    @benjaminjaskoski1334 20 годин тому +12

    This is a first for me: I don't think I have seen a new video within one minute of it being uploaded from any of my subscriptions.
    Great work, as always!

  • @jamesmarriner9675
    @jamesmarriner9675 18 годин тому +15

    I've always loved the dwarves of the ered luin, ever since reading the silmarillion, playing lord of the rings online, and playing the medieval two total war mod divide and conquer. I even played an ered luin dwarf in a middle earth D&D campaign. Thanks for making this video!

    • @manindisgiuze7780
      @manindisgiuze7780 11 годин тому +1

      Check out CK3 : LotR Realms in Exile. They are a absolute blast to play!

    • @eleazarelbuchon
      @eleazarelbuchon 11 годин тому +1

      Lord of the Rings Online is my fav game! And Ered Luin is actually my favorite region including the music and the mystery around the dwarves

  • @Randomprojects2008
    @Randomprojects2008 20 годин тому +20

    I've always wondered about the blue mountains, and the lore about them. This was a great way to spend 21 minutes of my day 👍

    • @Jakblade
      @Jakblade 5 годин тому

      This was by far the best 21 mins of my day. No contest.

  • @Ahmed.m.farouk
    @Ahmed.m.farouk 20 годин тому +27

    I want more Middle-Earth geography!!

    • @bighand1530
      @bighand1530 19 годин тому +2

      The more, the merrier.

  • @kristenrosales2919
    @kristenrosales2919 18 годин тому +5

    This presentation gives me a new appreciation of the friendship between the elves and dwarves of the First Age before it went sour.

  • @nebenkosteh
    @nebenkosteh 20 годин тому +14

    The lack of information we have on the dwarves only adds to the mystery of their kind

  • @eltkYT
    @eltkYT 9 годин тому +1

    I really love this channel 👌

  • @catfreeny
    @catfreeny 20 годин тому +6

    Yay! Matt with another lore vid 😭

  • @jeffscheurkogel
    @jeffscheurkogel 20 годин тому +9

    Thank you for covering Dwarf history. I find the dwarf realms fascinating. Given the elf-centric nature of the Silmarilian we have a lot less about dwarves so I like to take in all the info I can. Is there more about the four clans in the mountains of Rhun?

    • @Enerdhil
      @Enerdhil 14 годин тому

      And do all of them live in the mountains of Rhûn? That seems too close to each other and too convenient.

  • @BoldRadu
    @BoldRadu 19 годин тому +4

    Loved every second of this nice explaination. Thank you

  • @rogueascendant6611
    @rogueascendant6611 20 годин тому +7

    Good job!
    I've always been interested about the Dwarves of the Blue Mountains. Didn't know it was the Valars that unintentionally made this mountain range upon pushing Middle-earth further away from Valinor.

    • @Enerdhil
      @Enerdhil 15 годин тому

      I have no idea where he got that from.

  • @howardsternssmicrophone9332
    @howardsternssmicrophone9332 19 годин тому +7

    Great stories! The part I liked was when the Ents got briefly involved.

    • @Jakblade
      @Jakblade 5 годин тому

      You mean When they yeeted the dwarves? Lol
      Yea that Sounds like Ents
      😂😂😂

  • @ducati-uv1ov
    @ducati-uv1ov 14 годин тому +2

    one of your better ones. Nice work

  • @semp224
    @semp224 7 годин тому

    MY DWARVEN HEART! Thanks for covering this one! Thought when will content creators cover this, and here we are.

  • @UlsterCountryball
    @UlsterCountryball 20 годин тому +29

    Blue mountains in my opinion are really underrated

    • @valentinkambushev4968
      @valentinkambushev4968 20 годин тому +2

      Even so, the Misty mountains are still my favorite.

    • @sajjadalhachami7574
      @sajjadalhachami7574 20 годин тому +5

      All the dwarves stuff are underrated

    • @Enerdhil
      @Enerdhil 15 годин тому +3

      Who's rating mountains in the Legendarium?🤣😆😂

  • @DraconimLt
    @DraconimLt 5 годин тому +1

    The next map right after you said they created the 4 mountain ranges didn't seem to show them anymore...

  • @robotgh0st
    @robotgh0st 16 годин тому +1

    Oh wow! Great history of the dwarves- thank you!

  • @VladimirStanchev-h5h
    @VladimirStanchev-h5h 4 години тому

    Thank you for the amazing storytelling!

  • @GenuinelyCurious120
    @GenuinelyCurious120 10 годин тому

    Tolkien was the best! I've been reading alot of fantasy lately (book two of the Wheel of Time currently), and his influence is EVERYWHERE. Makes me happy to see the wonderful places his legacy has gone.

  • @isaiahsullivan7199
    @isaiahsullivan7199 10 годин тому

    I love your guys content, never stop making videos pls I’ve learned so much

  • @SkinnyEatWorld95
    @SkinnyEatWorld95 20 годин тому +6

    Love these history videos NOTR❤

  • @robk8463
    @robk8463 17 годин тому +1

    So glad to be back in Middle-earth! It lifts my spirits!

    • @Jakblade
      @Jakblade 5 годин тому

      Thank you for sayin that. It really lifts mine as well. 👊

  • @valentinkambushev4968
    @valentinkambushev4968 20 годин тому +17

    I am still disappointed there are no Purple Mountains in Middle Earth. There are blue, red, white, gray, and yellow mountains, so why not purple mountains?

    • @uwesca6263
      @uwesca6263 20 годин тому +2

      Maybe they are in Rhún?

    • @nathaliemelissa96
      @nathaliemelissa96 19 годин тому +10

      I think Mindolluin (behind Minas Tirith) could count as one. It is described as having a snow-capped peak and high glens which cast deep purple shadows in the morning light. 💜😊

    • @istari0
      @istari0 17 годин тому +2

      @@uwesca6263 Those are the Orocarni, also known as the Red Mountains.

    • @istari0
      @istari0 17 годин тому +1

      @@nathaliemelissa96 That's part of the Edred Nimrais, the White Mountains.

    • @Enerdhil
      @Enerdhil 15 годин тому

      How about Green Mountains? 🤪

  • @jakes5425
    @jakes5425 13 годин тому

    Beautiful storytelling, Nerd. Appreciate the content - Thanks!

  • @karlad.8762
    @karlad.8762 12 годин тому

    Another AMAZING video! Thanks Matt! ☺️

  • @lexington476
    @lexington476 19 годин тому +5

    14:44 at this time any idea what the population of Lindon is? They don't really seem to play a role in the War of the Ring, at least they didn't send any troops.

  • @kevinbrennan-ji1so
    @kevinbrennan-ji1so 13 годин тому

    Great video. Well done.

  • @JumpingTomato
    @JumpingTomato 14 годин тому +9

    I have been followinhmg this channel forever.
    I don't think I ever have not heard a thank you to Tomdabombadill19.
    This must be one if the biggest Tolkiens fans around!
    I like to express my personal thanks to this legend as well.

  • @howiestubbs3524
    @howiestubbs3524 18 годин тому +6

    Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River

    • @MissGimpsAlot
      @MissGimpsAlot 17 годин тому

      😂👏👏👏

    • @noelstarchild
      @noelstarchild 13 годин тому

      ...on the trail of the lonesome pine....

    • @mikeynth7919
      @mikeynth7919 11 годин тому

      Dwarf Road, Take me Home,
      To the Place, I belong,
      Dwarf Realm Belegost,
      Dwarf Road, Take me Home...

  • @the_trooper584
    @the_trooper584 17 годин тому

    Lovin your work brother

  • @HalfGramBRgames
    @HalfGramBRgames 18 годин тому +2

    Great video! Can we get more stuff on the dwarves?

  • @Jakblade
    @Jakblade 5 годин тому

    Easily one of my “new” all time favorite episodes!!
    🤘😫🤘

  • @alexfishkind1848
    @alexfishkind1848 9 годин тому

    Love anything dwarves, been a fan for awhile. Hoping iron hills will be next?

  • @89technical
    @89technical 8 годин тому

    I had forgotten. Thank you

  • @kevinfelix2543
    @kevinfelix2543 17 годин тому

    A really great video, made my Durin saturday:)

  • @aboveme727
    @aboveme727 20 годин тому +2

    You’re the best man🤘🏻

  • @ArchangelXCI
    @ArchangelXCI 18 годин тому

    Great timing. I’ve been playing Return to Moria so I quite literally googled these guys last night to learn more. Now I’ve woken to this video 😊

  • @luudest
    @luudest 16 годин тому +1

    13:53 Interesting that Dwarves also dwelled in Dunland. Did not know that.

    • @Enerdhil
      @Enerdhil 14 годин тому

      They probably lived in the mountains.

  • @afolsom685
    @afolsom685 19 годин тому +1

    Always love the nerd-dom.

  • @ike555je
    @ike555je 7 годин тому

    Excellent!

  • @fireraider747
    @fireraider747 19 годин тому +1

    Another fun upload thanks 💍I love the Art to ❤

  • @chrisryan2313
    @chrisryan2313 18 годин тому

    Good work bro❤❤❤❤

  • @mateoarnaiz8673
    @mateoarnaiz8673 3 години тому

    I live in the Blue Mountains, they're in Australia NSW and there's a town there called Lindon just like on the map. Beautiful place too.

  • @Menemen98
    @Menemen98 20 годин тому +2

    I dont know if its done but i would really like to see Angband. Great videos btw.

    • @NerdoftheRings
      @NerdoftheRings  20 годин тому +2

      I actually just recently did a video on Angband! 😁
      ua-cam.com/video/0Ukft143axM/v-deo.htmlsi=s035MHn4FmStFQ52

    • @Menemen98
      @Menemen98 20 годин тому

      @ lovelyyyy

  • @northernswiftborn862
    @northernswiftborn862 19 годин тому +1

    i love the dwarves just as much as the elves. when watching & listening to the stories told of the books i get an understanding that the dwarves get asked to create something for the elves & then the dwarves refuse to give them the crafted item resulting in war & hate between the races. tragic they could be astoundingly strong allies if these things didn't happen.

  • @cantewasteeaglefeather2042
    @cantewasteeaglefeather2042 18 годин тому +2

    Wish he wrote more about the 4 clans of the east.

    • @Enerdhil
      @Enerdhil 14 годин тому

      There are four dragons out there, too. How convenient....

  • @DwarfComic
    @DwarfComic 12 годин тому

    Love me some good dwarf lore!

  • @MissGimpsAlot
    @MissGimpsAlot 17 годин тому +1

    Did we ever get a full review of "war of the rohirrim"

  • @WasabiSniffer
    @WasabiSniffer 15 годин тому

    well that just leaves two things: the iron hills, and...
    *deep inhale
    BROTHERS OF THE MINE REJOICE.

  • @colinleat8309
    @colinleat8309 19 годин тому +4

    Wonderful episode as usual Matt. 👍 I do have a question maybe someone can help me with as I'm not well read in the deeper lore. If Illuvitar is the only one who can bestow the spark of life, how was Melkor able to give life to the Dragons? Unlike the Dwarves pre Eru, they are capable of independent thoughts and action. Thanks 🇨🇦✌🖖

    • @Enerdhil
      @Enerdhil 14 годин тому

      Matt definitely made a video about dragons that addresses your question. It was in regard to Glaurung and his ability to communicate.

    • @colinleat8309
      @colinleat8309 14 годин тому +1

      @Enerdhil Ah, ok. I binged the channel a few year's ago and must have forgotten. I'll go back. Thanks so much 👍

  • @eleazarelbuchon
    @eleazarelbuchon 11 годин тому

    I think Lord of the Rings Online does a great job at representing the Blue Mountains, Thorin's Hall and Ered Luin region in general

  • @joviatrisyvaine
    @joviatrisyvaine 16 годин тому

    It was a nice one but what do i need to have a list of requested videos done?

  • @MissGimpsAlot
    @MissGimpsAlot 18 годин тому

    Could you do a video tracking the importance of the anduin or other rivers? 🙏🙌

  • @michaelandreipalon359
    @michaelandreipalon359 10 годин тому

    Azaghâl sure proved that the dread Glaurung can bleed, and if anything can bleed, it can also be silenced for good, and the later Turin Turambar made sure of that.
    11:17: Horrifying, to say the least. Curious what made the Ents become involved in this.
    18:27: Did they have brick toys? Tolkien could have at least acknowledged the LEGO precursors once in his writings.
    18:45: Kind of a wasted opportunity not making even at least one of the dwarves be one of Thorin's journeyfolk.
    Say, what became of the Blue Mountains in the purported Seventh Age a.k.a. our modern Earth?

  • @darthplagueisthewish5446
    @darthplagueisthewish5446 12 годин тому

    Where can i get that map ?? It looks so amazing and detailed

  • @Grimlock1979
    @Grimlock1979 14 годин тому

    1:18 That map places Belegost all the way to the south...

  • @turboking9238
    @turboking9238 18 годин тому +1

    Is there a whole book out there solely dedicated to dwarf lore? I'd read that from cover to cover!

    • @Enerdhil
      @Enerdhil 14 годин тому +1

      It is 4 1/2 pages long.😂

    • @turboking9238
      @turboking9238 14 годин тому

      @Enerdhil Ah man. But there's so much history and lore!

    • @Enerdhil
      @Enerdhil 14 годин тому

      @turboking9238
      Yes. Do a video on Rhûn, the Lake and area surrounding it. Especially the story of Boromir's horn.😁👍

  • @CB-zv9cl
    @CB-zv9cl 9 годин тому

    The Valar inventing plate tectonics

  • @baystated
    @baystated 13 годин тому

    When Thorin met Gandalf in Bree, was he traveling alone? The King of the Longbeards traveling alone! For only becoming King because his father was snatched during HIS travels, I hope Thorin was in Bree with a sizeable guard.

  • @benjaminallen3371
    @benjaminallen3371 17 годин тому

    I would love to see some First Age Dwarves in a Silmarillion series.🙂

  • @markmuller7962
    @markmuller7962 14 годин тому

    Makes me want to reinstall and play Dwarf Fortress

  • @DaTux91
    @DaTux91 Годину тому

    Sometimes I remember that all of Tolkien's dwarves were spawned from only 7 couples, and it makes me a bit uneasy 😅 Did Tolkien ever comment on that? In his works or in any of his letters?

  • @SerKawlin
    @SerKawlin 16 годин тому

    Ahhh my favorite of the dwarf realms. REMEMBER BELEGOST

  • @texastate6296
    @texastate6296 16 годин тому

    I always found interesting the dwarves would seemingly leave some mountains and settle others. Why not setting multiple.

  • @JasonGabler
    @JasonGabler 5 годин тому

    They way you tell this makes it sound as though the Dwarves are clearly the initial instigators for the tension between themselves and the Elves. Am I hearing. this correctly?

  • @stmon12
    @stmon12 10 годин тому

    What about NIM? After all it was he that clad Turin Turambur in dragon fire resistant armor!

  • @solotrom825
    @solotrom825 15 годин тому

    We NEED a vid abt the RED MOUNTAINS

    • @Enerdhil
      @Enerdhil 14 годин тому

      That would be a 4-5 sentence video.🤣

    • @solotrom825
      @solotrom825 28 хвилин тому

      True xddd

  • @countryboi.
    @countryboi. 15 годин тому

    when did the dwarve fathers ever awake with spouses? is it a new rendition or interpretation?

    • @Enerdhil
      @Enerdhil 14 годин тому

      It is never said directly, but it makes sense. How else would the 7 Fathers of the Dwarves have reproduced to form kingdoms.

    • @richardmather1906
      @richardmather1906 9 годин тому

      No spouses, no new dwarves.

    • @countryboi.
      @countryboi. 9 годин тому +1

      @ I thought they just popped out of the ground

  • @kesn8317
    @kesn8317 9 годин тому

    Thumbnail castle is a different dwarf hold from witn

  • @GerizVasquez
    @GerizVasquez 13 годин тому

    What if the Blue Mountains got the One Ring?

  • @martykitson3442
    @martykitson3442 18 годин тому +1

    🤠👍👍👍

  • @HuginnHufflepuff
    @HuginnHufflepuff 20 годин тому +1

    I’m confused; why is Narsil called an elvish blade if it was forged by a dwarf?

    • @LostHorizons0
      @LostHorizons0 18 годин тому +1

      In the book it mentions elven
      Sheath but that the blade was made by telchar.

    • @HuginnHufflepuff
      @HuginnHufflepuff 17 годин тому

      @ , sounds like a bad rebranding scheme the elves got away with. Guess Tolkien never established the Middle Earth equivalent to copyright infringement or patent laws.

    • @Enerdhil
      @Enerdhil 14 годин тому

      Anduril was absolutely an Elven blade because the Elves reforged Narsil, but Narsil itsrlf was not. Who calls it an "elvish blade?"

    • @HuginnHufflepuff
      @HuginnHufflepuff 14 годин тому +1

      @@Enerdhil , I just remember the Mouth calling it a broken elvish blade before Aragorn kills him.

    • @Enerdhil
      @Enerdhil 14 годин тому

      @HuginnHufflepuff
      In the movie? The truth is that Aragorn wielded Anduril, which, in fact, was an Elven blade, remade ftom a broken Dwarven blade. So that would have been lore-accurate

  • @His_Name_Was_King
    @His_Name_Was_King 6 годин тому

    So the dwarves were originally Androids that came to life....

  • @MarkLewis...
    @MarkLewis... 20 годин тому +2

    Respectfully, it's re-kwi-ted (long i) as in quite... requited, not quit. Great video!!!!

  • @KINGMANJARO_343
    @KINGMANJARO_343 10 годин тому

    Dwarves the unofficial firstborn Pinocchios who actually became real people but with little lore about them what with their introverted culture.

  • @petrmachacek4902
    @petrmachacek4902 4 години тому

    Die Blue Mountains 😅Valley of darkness to middle earth wow.

  • @JohnChaffer-b9g
    @JohnChaffer-b9g 6 годин тому

    I would find your narration so wonderful if you did the bible

  • @TeamFurjan
    @TeamFurjan 16 годин тому

    😮😮 🏔

  • @hermanmelville3368
    @hermanmelville3368 17 годин тому

    Still Misty Mountain is the best

    • @Enerdhil
      @Enerdhil 14 годин тому

      The home of Durin's Bane.

  • @stRikesattack
    @stRikesattack 11 годин тому

    I feel like you should just direct the movies and shows since you keep the stories so interesting and then they could actually stay true to the books

  • @Enerdhil
    @Enerdhil 14 годин тому

    The Petty Dwarves were definitely exiles of Nogrod or Belegost. They deserved at least a mention.😠

  • @MercyoverJudgemnt
    @MercyoverJudgemnt 15 годин тому

    I wish somebody did the Bible like this I swear the battles in the Old Testament were epic and dope even angels of God intervened 😅

  • @Canehduhboy
    @Canehduhboy 20 годин тому +3

    first

  • @justsomeguywithamoustachea2712
    @justsomeguywithamoustachea2712 20 годин тому +2

    First