I don't think that the witch King was from rune. It is very heavily implied and most legitimate sources quite frankly tend to agree with him being numenorean. Plus I do believe he definitely is quite a bit taller then the others
One could go their entire life without knowing all of what Tolkien gave us about middle earth. The Nazgul were crazy cryptic and mysterious as much as they were evil. Love these videos!
Here's something can somebody tell me this though we know almost to a certainty that the Nazgul were present at the Battle of the last alliance. Hasn't anybody ever wondered how the dead marshes were made? What does everyone think of the possibility of the Dead marshes being created by the witch King isolating and massacring all the Sylvan elves during the battle wouldn't that explain how the whole place seems to be cursed and constantly spreads
This theory is intriguing! The presence of the Witch King in the Dead Marshes during the Battle of the Last Alliance, especially massacring Sylvan Elves, could justify the sinister curse that lingers over the area. The fallen elves, victims of his brutality, might have had their souls condemned to wander, like a dark echo of the battle, turning the place into a field of malevolent energy and an eternal reminder of the conflict. The idea that the Dead Marshes continue to expand could reflect a "contagion" of the curse itself, spreading over time. The elves had a deep connection to the land, and the massacre of so many Sylvan spirits may have left a spiritual mark, transforming the surrounding environment and fueling the curse.
@@TalesOfTheRing exactly! That, and Tolkien was always very big about the enemies greatest strengths being used as a weakness. It would make sense if the nazguls perpetrating of, and pushing into the dead marshes, is also what separated them from Barad Dur, allowing for Gil glad and elendil to bring their hosts right up to Saurons very door step??
That constantly happens to evil in tolkien's books. Something that initially happens to the advantage of the villains, ends up causing their undoing somehow
@@danieldeclue1466 That's such a sharp observation, and you've really hit on a core Tolkien theme there! Tolkien's villains often fall into traps of their own making, and the Nazgûl are no exception. By pushing into the Dead Marshes, they may have unwittingly created a kind of barrier that both hindered their own movement and left Sauron more vulnerable. It's almost poetic, right? Evil digs its own pitfalls. The Dead Marshes themselves are an eerie testament to this, a haunted land forever tainted by the violence and dark intentions of the past. The idea that the Witch-king or Nazgûl involvement there actually contributed to their own isolation aligns beautifully with Tolkien's tendency to show how evil, consumed by its own ruthlessness, ultimately sows the seeds of its own destruction. Just as you said, this tragic irony is woven through Middle-earth-from Morgoth’s downfall to Sauron’s. It’s also interesting to think how the Elves’ enduring presence there (even if in some spectral form) might act as a passive resistance to Sauron's forces, almost as if their spirits defy the Nazgûl by simply being, refusing to fully fade.
This read like one of my high school projects that was only 20 minutes long but needed to be 43 minutes long so i just doubled everything.
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I don't think that the witch King was from rune. It is very heavily implied and most legitimate sources quite frankly tend to agree with him being numenorean. Plus I do believe he definitely is quite a bit taller then the others
One could go their entire life without knowing all of what Tolkien gave us about middle earth. The Nazgul were crazy cryptic and mysterious as much as they were evil. Love these videos!
Tolkien gave us a huge universe full of stories and curiosities
The deadmarshes are a reference to no man's land from the first world War
Absolutely! Tolkien fought in World War I, and the horrors he witnessed influenced many aspects of Middle-earth.
Here's something can somebody tell me this though we know almost to a certainty that the Nazgul were present at the Battle of the last alliance. Hasn't anybody ever wondered how the dead marshes were made? What does everyone think of the possibility of the Dead marshes being created by the witch King isolating and massacring all the Sylvan elves during the battle wouldn't that explain how the whole place seems to be cursed and constantly spreads
This theory is intriguing! The presence of the Witch King in the Dead Marshes during the Battle of the Last Alliance, especially massacring Sylvan Elves, could justify the sinister curse that lingers over the area. The fallen elves, victims of his brutality, might have had their souls condemned to wander, like a dark echo of the battle, turning the place into a field of malevolent energy and an eternal reminder of the conflict.
The idea that the Dead Marshes continue to expand could reflect a "contagion" of the curse itself, spreading over time. The elves had a deep connection to the land, and the massacre of so many Sylvan spirits may have left a spiritual mark, transforming the surrounding environment and fueling the curse.
@@TalesOfTheRing exactly! That, and Tolkien was always very big about the enemies greatest strengths being used as a weakness. It would make sense if the nazguls perpetrating of, and pushing into the dead marshes, is also what separated them from Barad Dur, allowing for Gil glad and elendil to bring their hosts right up to Saurons very door step??
That constantly happens to evil in tolkien's books. Something that initially happens to the advantage of the villains, ends up causing their undoing somehow
@@danieldeclue1466 That's such a sharp observation, and you've really hit on a core Tolkien theme there! Tolkien's villains often fall into traps of their own making, and the Nazgûl are no exception. By pushing into the Dead Marshes, they may have unwittingly created a kind of barrier that both hindered their own movement and left Sauron more vulnerable. It's almost poetic, right? Evil digs its own pitfalls.
The Dead Marshes themselves are an eerie testament to this, a haunted land forever tainted by the violence and dark intentions of the past. The idea that the Witch-king or Nazgûl involvement there actually contributed to their own isolation aligns beautifully with Tolkien's tendency to show how evil, consumed by its own ruthlessness, ultimately sows the seeds of its own destruction. Just as you said, this tragic irony is woven through Middle-earth-from Morgoth’s downfall to Sauron’s.
It’s also interesting to think how the Elves’ enduring presence there (even if in some spectral form) might act as a passive resistance to Sauron's forces, almost as if their spirits defy the Nazgûl by simply being, refusing to fully fade.
The same result with how sin cripples the mind
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But I definitely think that one or two of them came from the east. Also, khamul the easterling
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