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All that was needed to defeat Morgoth was a host from Vala which they could have done at the very beginning. What makes all middle dramas point less lol And Morgoth was never so powerful or anything that many could beat him, so calling him almighty powerful dark lord was kind of lame.
I will always remember first reading the Silmarillion and being blown away by the War of Wrath, it felt like such an epic culmination with Morgoth finally being overthrown.
You can tell Tolkien was a Professor of Literature. This story sounded just like the stories in Greek, Indian and Chinese Mythology that I read at University. Tolkien did exactly what he said. Made a Mythology for his people, the Saxons of England.
It wasn't for the Saxons, but the English (what the Saxons morphed into) - my people. England had been invaded tons of times in the previous millennium and our myths and culture ravaged and destroyed, so this was something to partially fill the void.
Sauron: Fine. I'll do it myself. Did Sauron ever intend to continue Morgoth's work of destroying everything, or did he just co-opt his master's remnants for his own time in the spotlight of ruling Middle Earth. Also, good on the Edain for getting that island of Numenor. I forsee nothing but long life, purity, and dry lands for them in the future. No siree, no bad ends them whatsoever.
As far I as know Sauron is about controlling life, and Morgoth is about destroying life. Considering this Sauron would not continue Morgoth's work since his motives are different
@@basszoneproduction Precisely. Morgoth wanted to corrupt and/or destroy everything simply to spite Eru and the Valar. Sauron was obsessed with order and perfection, and he only joined Morgoth because he believed that Morgoth's power would be used for that.
@@lisboahI'm not sure how accurate it is to say that Morgoth wanted to destroy everything. Morgoth wanted to create as Eru created but, not being Eru, the best he could do was 'corrupt' the work of the Valar (he technically could not corrupt the work of Eru, for all that Morgoth was came from Eru and was thus part of Eru's design, much to Morgoth's annoyance). Rather than destroy everything, I think Morgoth wanted to remake the world to his own design. This meant that he needed to subjugate all who would oppose his vision, mainly the Valar, and thus, because the Valar oversaw the creation of much of the world, he sought to unmake or corrupt their works to force them to submit.
What a tremendous creation. The time and effort it took must be acknowledged with the highest honors. J.R.R is smiling and relighting his pipe in great delight.
Beautifully animated, narrated and produced. I've not seen this covered with original artwork and put together like this anywhere on the internet, let alone UA-cam. Well done!
I knew nothing about the first age, and neither am I the biggest LOTR nerd, but I was at the edge of my seat throughout this entire video, this was bloody amazing, and makes me want to get into more Middle-Earth lore now. 10/10 job, this was awesome!
This series was so awesome. I spent last winter reading the Silmarilian and the Book of Lost Tales, so I really appreciate you covering the First Age. I'm looking forward to seeing you cover the Second Age!
Also puzzled since the War of the Last Alliance was already covered. Unless theyre gonna go through some of the stuff that was only briefly touched upon like War of the Elves and Sauron with the fall of Eregion?
There is actually only one comprehensive tale from the Second Age "Aldarion and Erendis: The Mariner's Wife" from "Unfinished Tales." The story follows Aldarion, heir apparent of the King of Númenor, and tumultuous relationship with his wife Erendis; which clashed with his love of the sea and long voyages.
Sounds like majority of the first age's problems could be avoided if you went for your opponents' mouth; all the curses wrought upon the people especially in the dying breath simply avoided if you go for the mouth
Poor Melian. Poor Dortiath. Tolkien said it was via the love between Melian and Thingol that she was empowered beyond her ken, able to then effect physical reality in a way she never could before, thus able to cast and channel the Girdle. Similarly to how Manwë and Varda empower each other. With the death of Melian's husband, she lost the better part of her magic and her anchor to Middle-earth, it was impossible to maintain the barrier and an agony to remain.
@@myriadmediamusings most assuredly, it's been many thousands of years since then. It is still sad thinking that, if things were different, the population of Doriath wouldn't have been massacred if Melian were able to stay and maintain the barrier. Then again, one could argue the child of Dior needed to get in contact with the child of Tour at the refugee camp to produce Earendil who would bring the Valar to take Morgoth down...so the death of Doriath probably had to happen then as Morgoth would have ultimately been able to overpower Melian anyway.
When I read the book, I took a slightly different view. Selfishly, after the death of Thingol, she just quit immediately and vamoosed back to Valinor. She ditched her people, leaving them defenceless when they needed her most.
@@michaelhart7569welp to be honest thez eere never truly her people she eas there for turgon and ainur are kinda detached from all other races, anyway grief in this world especially for more spiritual beings like elves and even more so ainur has much bigger impact a bunch of elves just straight up die over grief of their spouses death and its likely she simply didnt have power to maintain the barrier and her grief just drove her to valinor
@@michaelhart7569i feel like she attached herself to middle-earth, magnifying her power there, through her love of Thingol as Sauron did with the Rings, or Morgoth did with middle-earth itself. Without him there, she just didn’t have the will or purpose or attachment to remain.
Glorfindel survived the sack of gondolin, he would go on to reside with Rivendell even in the third age. It was glorfindel, not Arwen, who rescued Frodo from the Nazgul and brought him to Imladris
When elves die they go to halls of mandos where over time they regain bodies and basically revive and rejoin other elves in valinor (unless ur heinous criminal) tho they are never allowed to leave again nor do they really want to, glorfindel was the only elf to be sent back to middle earth by valar on a task
@@michaelevans5634yeah he doesn’t survive the fall of gondolin. He is leading a retreat over the mountain and dies killing a balrog but the Valar bring him back
@@pukel95 it was written in the book the fall of gondolin... Alot of the dialogues and scenes mentioned in this video regarding the fall of gondolin is taken by that book because it was shortened in the silmarillion, and the same for Beren and Luthien and the children of hurin
@pukel95 Why? Gandalf killed a Balrog and is only a Maia. Bard and Turin killed Dragons and are only men. Ecthelion was an extremely powerful Noldor elf. His accomplishments are completely on par with what they have already been shown to be capable of doing. Or did you miss the parts with Feanor and Finglofin?!
The Silmarillion, if handled correctly, would be an amazing series. Too bad it’s adaptation today would bastardize all the hard work Tolkien put into it. I accept this series of videos as a worthy substitute.
With the complete of quality of writing in Hollywood today, I wouldn’t trust these crayon writing losers to adapt a Sesame Street episode let alone something as complex and epic as Tolkien’s mythology. Just look at the crap Amazon has paid hundred of millions of dollars for their RoP.
I don't know I think it would be genuinely hard to adapt no matter what due to its repetitious and very slow pace And unlike Lord of the Rings where From beginning to end the goal is clear and the story is moving towards that goal here the ending just kind of comes out of nowhere that the original continent in the gods finally decide to shrug and say all right fine we'll finally do something and the very land that they fought over gets destroyed And most of the characters and their struggles are ultimately relatively insignificant
I cannot be the only one to hear Mablung as ‘Matt Blanc’, and finding it utterly hilarious 😅 Great video, already watched several times. For such is the quality of thy creation.
I can not wait for the Second Age videos! I also hope you do some of the first part of the Third Age, and complete your excellent series on Middle Earth!
Finally we have the conclusion of the First Age of Middle-Earth, with the story of Eärendil & Elwing, the War of Wrath, the descruction of Beleriand and the reimprisionment of Morgoth. Ashame The Tale of Eärendil did not have a specific final version, like The Children of Húrin. JRR Tolkien had so such much to do, that he'd never had time to complete. I hope more videos from W&W for the conclusion of Warhammer fantasy End Times and Mongol alt history. Also the continuation of the Horus Heresy, Thrawn campaign and Wheel of Time. Again I always recommend using anime as source for more fantasy and sci-fi worlds to cover.
Morgoth had battled the noldor and the whole elven kin longer than he had battled the edain yet the ones who came under the most cruel of his works was the line of hurin a line who loved the elves as much as they loved their kin. If Tolkien had finished his Dagor dagorath it wouldve been cannon that turin would be the one to finish morgoth once and for all 😢.
Too bad that the Valar only decided to do it after Beleriand was already in ruins. "Oh, but they didn't want to cause damage to Middle-Earth", well they did it anyway. Beleriand sank to the bottom of the ocean! Had they done this centuries earlier, at least the death toll would have been much lower.
Thats not true the wanted to avenge finwe first king of the noldor and retake the silmarils from the killer of finwe and the lover of the spider un goliant It was there right to be angry 😡
@@00martoneniris86and they didn’t have to slaughter the Telarie for the ships either, I think they got off pretty light for that. Fayinor was had almost totally psychotic by that point and his sons were even worse.
Brilliant! Truly did a superb job with the maps, omg I love your maps and lay out of the lands and events. Very informative too. You brought the story alive and I thank you very much for sharing your passion and dedication in what you do.
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lol, Turin keeps being like Ill put aside by my big name and then rename himself “death master,” then “master of doom,” and then “death stain” and then “blood helm.”
So basically the Vanyar elves went for a walk in Middle Earth, destroyed the entire subcontinent, got turned-off from mingling with low class elves, then went back in Valinor The war of wrath is basically a soirée
Not just the Vanyar, but also the Noldor that stayed in Valinor, surviving Edain, the Great Eagles and some Maiar and Valar. Headed by Manwë's herald Eönwë.
@@c.antoniojohnson7114 If Helldivers 2 can be modded, the War of Wrath would be perfect. Imagine a squad of Vanyar elves being carried by an eagle to drop down a section of Beleriand and liberate the area from orcs, trolls, wolves, bats, and dragons
“There I wandered, naming new flowers, or lay adream amid the singing of the birds, and the humming of bees and flies; and there I might still dwell in delight, forsaking all my kin, whether the ships of the Teleri or the swords of the Noldor” The narrative paints the highest beauty of all the Noldor, from the 7 gates of Gondolin power and majesty of Ecthelion! I was instantly hooked ❤
All im saying is this, we need to be giving cirdan ship wright some respect cause he went thru all of this and more and still made it to the destruction of sauron in the third age the mans lived thru the first, second, third, and fourth age and probably many more! 😂😂
Valar: I guess there is no more things to worry about. I mean who could even replace Melkor as the chief troublemaker ? Sauron: Allow me to introduce myself
Keep it in mind that the Valar never bothered looking for neither Sauron nor the Balrogs *twice* . And this ended up bringing ruin to Middle-Earth both times.
@@cgt3704 And the other dragons, and the orcs, trolls, and other creatures. For real, the Valar may be good, but they are so lazy and naive that it vexes me.
@@lisboahexcept Manwe allow to use the eagles helping the free peoples and maybe he only use his power the wind to vanquish the evil characters death. Ulmo is the only one holding the the sea to provide middle earth agriculture and environments for free peoples, and Mandos is probably doing like hades work.
In the Battle of the Powers, there was an effective search for Sauron, but well, it's Sauron. He knew Angband better than anyone, and combined with the rush the Valar were in, they ended up being negligent. This proved to be an act of incompetence indeed, as Sauron rebuilt Angband and began producing Orcs on a large scale. He also managed to concentrate the Sindar in two poles, while the others had to hide to avoid being massacred. In fact, the Sindar were not defeated only because the Noldor arrived, since if we consider that the Orcs of Battle-under-Stars were originally destined for the Sindar, that is, the army of the First Battle was just a wave of a larger army. The Falathrim and Círdan would probably be dead and Doriath would be surrounded and isolated, this was all planned by Sauron for when the Lord returned, ironically they lacked communication, as Morgoth ruined this plan due to his actions in Valinor.
tolkien sure did like the tragedies. i also got to say that despite the elves supposedly being supreme beings they seem to cause most of the conflict and strife in all these stories.
At long last, I have the time to watch it. A wonderful video! An age of Heroes, and Sacrifice has come to an end! Thank you! It was a great video and thanks for making it! The War of Wrath was epic beyond imagining! I hate to spoil this excellent video but I must to give Tolkien justice. 1. Earendil was already going to Valinor before the Kinslaying. Without the light of the silmaril, he was lost. But you were right he did feel a rush of fear and a desire to return home to see his wife. 2. You were mistaken about the reason Elwing did not give up the Silmaril. The reason why she did not give it up was because she believed it did not belong to the House of Fanor. She believed it belonged to her family because of the sacrifices they made to obtain it. I believe she grew up with her grandparent and they told her their story. anyway, it was an excellent video!
After the breaking of Angband, and being imprisoned by the Valar, Morgorth was subjected to regular vicious punative tickle-fests by Varda and Nienor. Listening to the dark one's uncontrolled giggles and furious demands to be freed were a guilty pleasure among the powers of Arda, especially Mandos (who was seen wearing an ear to ear grin) j/k 😉
That was awesome, it is really nice to see an overview map showing all of the different stories weaving together and how the various characters affect each other.
I respect that you guys used the Silmarillion version of Gil-Galad's parentage, but Christopher Tolkien said that it's an editorial error, and Ereinion Gil-Galad is Orodreth's son.
Now we need an series on the second age You have already done a series on the first and third and 4 age We need now an series an the second age to complete the series on middle earth on the legendderium
They usually rap up the final chapter in the compilation videos, possibly because the regular videos were having low viewing numbers. This is just my speculation.
I'm just a bit disappointed with the War of Wrath section. Not even s flair or animation for how massive Ankalagon the Black was and the duel between that gargatuan monstruosity and Earendil. I gotta admit it was a bit anticlimactic considering how good the entire series was.
@stonedwalljack9276 you're right, but I'm still disappointed with that bit. I wanted something like what they did for the Battle of Unumbered Tears or the Battle of Sudden Flame or the Glorious Battle. The big battle that literally destroyed Beleriand and ended Morgoth's reign felt more like an epilogue rather than a climatic event.
I CANNOT WAIT for their videos on the Second Age! Especially if it starts before the 2nd season of the Rings of Idiocy. I guarantee this channel's subscription count will go up exponentially when they start with the videos of the Second Age. 🤞🤞
Thank you for this video WaW, I absolutely love snuggling up and listening to these stories. Also a huge shoutout for the Palestine-Israel conflict on KaG page. Keep up the good work!!
I really want you guys to do some anime wars, the idea of seeing someone narrating one piece and Naruto battles with a serious voice just sounds too great to me
You know I also recommend anime, including Naruto. Though I never thought about One Piece, on its surface it appears over the top wacky and cartoony. Yet under the surface, there is a complex depth and history on a huge scale. Can you imagine how W&W would animate the setpiece battles? From Arabasta to Enies Lobby, Thriller Bark, Marineford, Dressrosa and recently Onigashima. They just get more crazy and over-the-top as we go along. Yet I wouldn't mind seeing them take a try.
@@myriadmediamusings I think it was you or someone else whom also recommended Legend of the Galactic Heroes. I only first heard about in comment sections. Though I would like to see the Gundam mecha battles covered by W&W.
'I ask then for a blade of worth for the orcs come now too thick and close for a bow only, and such blade as I have is no match for their armour. ' Rumour spoke only of The Black Sword of Nargothrond. GURTHANG needed a different tone of voice buddy. little things. ',And thus with my tidings have slain one that i loved.'😢 should have qouted Mablung, that was a disservice.
Just a quick mention… Tuor went to his house with his men before he went to the battle… he wanted to send his family down the secret way (even though his heart wanted to go straight to the defense) and as he got there, Maeglin and the house of the Mole were guarding it and Maeglin had Idril by the hair and Earendil in his arms dragging them to the edge of the wall so she could see him toss the baby over into the flames m. (That piece of shit). But the house of the Wing got there and immediately put an end to it and Maeglin tried to stab Earendil but he bit his hand and the little Mail coat he had on turned the blade. Then Tour was all over him and threw his piece of shit ass off the wall and it smashed 3 times on the rocks before landing right in the middle of the flames below. Just a quick edit… THEN he had Veronwe take the family down the crest way and he and the rest of the house went to the battle. That’s when the stuff with Eckthelion happens
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Hey, when y'all gonna release that Fraggle Rock lore video?
We need a video of origin of palantír
All that was needed to defeat Morgoth was a host from Vala which they could have done at the very beginning. What makes all middle dramas point less lol
And Morgoth was never so powerful or anything that many could beat him, so calling him almighty powerful dark lord was kind of lame.
I will always remember first reading the Silmarillion and being blown away by the War of Wrath, it felt like such an epic culmination with Morgoth finally being overthrown.
You can tell Tolkien was a Professor of Literature. This story sounded just like the stories in Greek, Indian and Chinese Mythology that I read at University. Tolkien did exactly what he said. Made a Mythology for his people, the Saxons of England.
The Saxons had plenty of germanic myths and legends. Especially since Tolkien was either inspired by or directly copied some of the names and stories.
@@Emanon... Show me one fantasy author who wasn't....
It wasn't for the Saxons, but the English (what the Saxons morphed into) - my people. England had been invaded tons of times in the previous millennium and our myths and culture ravaged and destroyed, so this was something to partially fill the void.
Imagine if he could see his beloved England now
easterners lol
Sauron: Fine. I'll do it myself.
Did Sauron ever intend to continue Morgoth's work of destroying everything, or did he just co-opt his master's remnants for his own time in the spotlight of ruling Middle Earth.
Also, good on the Edain for getting that island of Numenor. I forsee nothing but long life, purity, and dry lands for them in the future. No siree, no bad ends them whatsoever.
As far I as know Sauron is about controlling life, and Morgoth is about destroying life. Considering this Sauron would not continue Morgoth's work since his motives are different
@@basszoneproduction Precisely. Morgoth wanted to corrupt and/or destroy everything simply to spite Eru and the Valar.
Sauron was obsessed with order and perfection, and he only joined Morgoth because he believed that Morgoth's power would be used for that.
>Watches the War of the Ring series.
Oh boy, this will be a bumpy ride.
@@lisboahI'm not sure how accurate it is to say that Morgoth wanted to destroy everything. Morgoth wanted to create as Eru created but, not being Eru, the best he could do was 'corrupt' the work of the Valar (he technically could not corrupt the work of Eru, for all that Morgoth was came from Eru and was thus part of Eru's design, much to Morgoth's annoyance). Rather than destroy everything, I think Morgoth wanted to remake the world to his own design. This meant that he needed to subjugate all who would oppose his vision, mainly the Valar, and thus, because the Valar oversaw the creation of much of the world, he sought to unmake or corrupt their works to force them to submit.
I recall he kept building shrines to Morgoth and convincing men to worship him long after, so he was propably still loyal in some ways.
Welcome to "Yes it always gets worse." With your hosts, Morgoth, Psychotic children of Feanor And soooooooo many curses!
Seriously it would be easier to make a list of things NOT cursed in this world.
The curses always get me, feels like anytime they kill someone, they manage to curse everyone before they die
I love how every fight with a Balrog ends with both parties being pulled off a ledge
Honestly those people must be commended. I take one look at it, I'm hightailing it out of there😅
Well, that's like the best case outcome
The other possibility is that it just smashes your head in
Sometimes they run away
The greatest power in middle Earth is gravity.
Fall damage is a b*tch.
What a tremendous creation. The time and effort it took must be acknowledged with the highest honors. J.R.R is smiling and relighting his pipe in great delight.
The Nalgamir.....so icy it brings death and the sons of Fëanor.
Beautifully animated, narrated and produced. I've not seen this covered with original artwork and put together like this anywhere on the internet, let alone UA-cam. Well done!
This is the BEST content creator I've ever found on UA-cam. Not only here on Wizards and Warriors but also on Kings and Generals alike... ...
I thought I recognized Devin's voice....
There the same youtubers
Knew that voice straight away 😊
It is so good
Wizards and warriors are best while Kings and Gens is biased channel
I knew nothing about the first age, and neither am I the biggest LOTR nerd, but I was at the edge of my seat throughout this entire video, this was bloody amazing, and makes me want to get into more Middle-Earth lore now. 10/10 job, this was awesome!
Then watch Nerd of the Rings's channel for Middle Earth lore and stuff. Hes the best so far to me.
This series was so awesome. I spent last winter reading the Silmarilian and the Book of Lost Tales, so I really appreciate you covering the First Age. I'm looking forward to seeing you cover the Second Age!
I dont understand. The second age was covered in this channel Right? . Is a remake?
Also puzzled since the War of the Last Alliance was already covered. Unless theyre gonna go through some of the stuff that was only briefly touched upon like War of the Elves and Sauron with the fall of Eregion?
There is actually only one comprehensive tale from the Second Age "Aldarion and Erendis: The Mariner's Wife" from "Unfinished Tales."
The story follows Aldarion, heir apparent of the King of Númenor, and tumultuous relationship with his wife Erendis; which clashed with his love of the sea and long voyages.
I think hes referring to a multiple hour video not a 15 minute summary. So far theres only rise and fall of morgoth
" One to the Seas, One to the Skies, and One to the Earth, restless and warped, it's story not yet complete. "
If Morgoth had been less goth. We would never have come to this.
He needed ppl like you around him. All he had were yes men. Smh
He couldn’t have been goth because he wasn’t wallowing in melancholy
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@@michaelsmyth3935😂😂
So Lesgoth?
Sounds like majority of the first age's problems could be avoided if you went for your opponents' mouth; all the curses wrought upon the people especially in the dying breath simply avoided if you go for the mouth
Excluding Glaurung and Morgoth's curse since im not sure how you gonna stop those 2 from speaking
Lol
@@MrEmerchuaHurin mocked Morgoth,and paid the price.
But then all the foreshadowing would have to be through dreams and prophecies!
Ah, so what you're saying is that the mouth is the groin of the face.
Feels like a video is missing before this compilation should come out
The Children of Hurin makes me depressed. So much tragedy and death for a man whose fate was out of his hands. So much hurt wrought by pride.
Poor Melian. Poor Dortiath. Tolkien said it was via the love between Melian and Thingol that she was empowered beyond her ken, able to then effect physical reality in a way she never could before, thus able to cast and channel the Girdle. Similarly to how Manwë and Varda empower each other. With the death of Melian's husband, she lost the better part of her magic and her anchor to Middle-earth, it was impossible to maintain the barrier and an agony to remain.
Maybe they reunited in Valinor? Unless maybe Thingol is stuck in the halls of Mandos.
@@myriadmediamusings most assuredly, it's been many thousands of years since then. It is still sad thinking that, if things were different, the population of Doriath wouldn't have been massacred if Melian were able to stay and maintain the barrier. Then again, one could argue the child of Dior needed to get in contact with the child of Tour at the refugee camp to produce Earendil who would bring the Valar to take Morgoth down...so the death of Doriath probably had to happen then as Morgoth would have ultimately been able to overpower Melian anyway.
When I read the book, I took a slightly different view.
Selfishly, after the death of Thingol, she just quit immediately and vamoosed back to Valinor. She ditched her people, leaving them defenceless when they needed her most.
@@michaelhart7569welp to be honest thez eere never truly her people she eas there for turgon and ainur are kinda detached from all other races, anyway grief in this world especially for more spiritual beings like elves and even more so ainur has much bigger impact a bunch of elves just straight up die over grief of their spouses death and its likely she simply didnt have power to maintain the barrier and her grief just drove her to valinor
@@michaelhart7569i feel like she attached herself to middle-earth, magnifying her power there, through her love of Thingol as Sauron did with the Rings, or Morgoth did with middle-earth itself. Without him there, she just didn’t have the will or purpose or attachment to remain.
Glorfindel survived the sack of gondolin, he would go on to reside with Rivendell even in the third age. It was glorfindel, not Arwen, who rescued Frodo from the Nazgul and brought him to Imladris
He was reincarnated but yes
@nohbuddy1 reincarnated??? Clearly I am missing something
When elves die they go to halls of mandos where over time they regain bodies and basically revive and rejoin other elves in valinor (unless ur heinous criminal) tho they are never allowed to leave again nor do they really want to, glorfindel was the only elf to be sent back to middle earth by valar on a task
@@michaelevans5634yeah he doesn’t survive the fall of gondolin. He is leading a retreat over the mountain and dies killing a balrog but the Valar bring him back
I always wondered why Jackson chose this substitution. Unnecessary romantic subplot based on Beren and Luthien I guuueeessss but it’s annoying.
These comprehensive lore videos are my favorite thing on UA-cam. You've done a fantastic job and hope you continue
You thought Gandalf was cool; Ecthelion killed 3 dragons and 2 balrogs in one battle.. holy crap..
It was 2 dragons and 3 balrogs, which is bullshit. Only a valar should have that kind of power
@@pukel95 some liberties were taken haha
@@pukel95 it was written in the book the fall of gondolin... Alot of the dialogues and scenes mentioned in this video regarding the fall of gondolin is taken by that book because it was shortened in the silmarillion, and the same for Beren and Luthien and the children of hurin
@pukel95 Why? Gandalf killed a Balrog and is only a Maia. Bard and Turin killed Dragons and are only men.
Ecthelion was an extremely powerful Noldor elf. His accomplishments are completely on par with what they have already been shown to be capable of doing.
Or did you miss the parts with Feanor and Finglofin?!
Sounds op, nerf pls
This series is amazing, thank you for all your efforts as I love seeing how the maps are affected by events
Better and more effort put in than Amazon’s rings of power lol.
The Silmarillion, if handled correctly, would be an amazing series. Too bad it’s adaptation today would bastardize all the hard work Tolkien put into it. I accept this series of videos as a worthy substitute.
With the complete of quality of writing in Hollywood today, I wouldn’t trust these crayon writing losers to adapt a Sesame Street episode let alone something as complex and epic as Tolkien’s mythology. Just look at the crap Amazon has paid hundred of millions of dollars for their RoP.
I don't know I think it would be genuinely hard to adapt no matter what due to its repetitious and very slow pace
And unlike Lord of the Rings where From beginning to end the goal is clear and the story is moving towards that goal
here the ending just kind of comes out of nowhere that the original continent in the gods finally decide to shrug and say all right fine we'll finally do something and the very land that they fought over gets destroyed
And most of the characters and their struggles are ultimately relatively insignificant
Turin being the death of more of his loved ones than the enemy is very Shakespearean
This Tolkien fan greatly appreciates the effort that goes into these Middle-earth documentaries. Cheers, guys.
I cannot be the only one to hear Mablung as ‘Matt Blanc’, and finding it utterly hilarious 😅 Great video, already watched several times. For such is the quality of thy creation.
I can not wait for the Second Age videos! I also hope you do some of the first part of the Third Age, and complete your excellent series on Middle Earth!
Finally we have the conclusion of the First Age of Middle-Earth, with the story of Eärendil & Elwing, the War of Wrath, the descruction of Beleriand and the reimprisionment of Morgoth.
Ashame The Tale of Eärendil did not have a specific final version, like The Children of Húrin. JRR Tolkien had so such much to do, that he'd never had time to complete.
I hope more videos from W&W for the conclusion of Warhammer fantasy End Times and Mongol alt history. Also the continuation of the Horus Heresy, Thrawn campaign and Wheel of Time.
Again I always recommend using anime as source for more fantasy and sci-fi worlds to cover.
Morgoth Defeated
(Sauron): ”Fine. I’II do it myself.”
They had 2 completely different goals...
This is so impressive. I love the way you laid out the whole story and I love this art style. One of my new favorite channels of all time. Thank you!
Turin's story has another title
A Series of Unfortunate Events
This is absolutely amazing. I can not stress how much work this must have taken. I will have to listen to this multiple times.
Really great stuff with these Morgoth videos. Took it to that next level most fans want. UA-cam stuff on this is always too short
Oh Sh!t it's kings and generals doing my favourite books, Tolkien lore and middle earth! Glorious!
A great follow-up to their great summary of the rise of Morgoth a few months back! THANK YOU! 😊
Morgoth had battled the noldor and the whole elven kin longer than he had battled the edain yet the ones who came under the most cruel of his works was the line of hurin a line who loved the elves as much as they loved their kin. If Tolkien had finished his Dagor dagorath it wouldve been cannon that turin would be the one to finish morgoth once and for all 😢.
I really do wish the Dagor Dagorath had been written in full. Seeing that epic bad-assery would be beyond awesome.
So it begins... the retribution long awaited upon fell Melkor!
Too bad that the Valar only decided to do it after Beleriand was already in ruins.
"Oh, but they didn't want to cause damage to Middle-Earth", well they did it anyway. Beleriand sank to the bottom of the ocean! Had they done this centuries earlier, at least the death toll would have been much lower.
@@lisboahthe Noldor and their arrogance brought pain and sorrow upon themselves
Thats not true the wanted to avenge finwe first king of the noldor and retake the silmarils from the killer of finwe and the lover of the spider un goliant
It was there right to be angry 😡
@@00martoneniris86 angry to Morgoth not to the Valar
@@00martoneniris86and they didn’t have to slaughter the Telarie for the ships either, I think they got off pretty light for that. Fayinor was had almost totally psychotic by that point and his sons were even worse.
Brilliant! Truly did a superb job with the maps, omg I love your maps and lay out of the lands and events. Very informative too. You brought the story alive and I thank you very much for sharing your passion and dedication in what you do.
1 minute gang. Excellent upload, one of my favorite parts of the Silmarillion.
We know it takes a lot of time and hard work to make these videos. So we always appreciate your hard work to make these videos. Love from Sri Lankan fan of you. ❤❤
YES YES YES! MORE TOLKIEN!!!
Fantastic.
I watched both rise and fall back to back, and 4 hours went by in a bliss. Can't wait for the 2 and age
I've been waiting for this ever since this channel was made and it's finally here. Thank you for the experience
The best Channel on UA-cam😁👍. BRAVO!! 👏😁!! Thank you for the well put together storytelling. PLEASE KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK 🙏
Only an elf could look at a glowingly bejeweled necklace and think -
"Needs a big jewel."
Elves are worse than rappers when it comes to jewelry. I could imagine Thingol being so drippy if he was in this age.
So happy you are going to continue with the 2nd age!
lol, Turin keeps being like Ill put aside by my big name and then rename himself “death master,” then “master of doom,” and then “death stain” and then “blood helm.”
Watched it in one go.
Amazing work 👏 😊
So basically the Vanyar elves went for a walk in Middle Earth, destroyed the entire subcontinent, got turned-off from mingling with low class elves, then went back in Valinor
The war of wrath is basically a soirée
Not just the Vanyar, but also the Noldor that stayed in Valinor, surviving Edain, the Great Eagles and some Maiar and Valar. Headed by Manwë's herald Eönwë.
It is,they just went on a long hike. Killing as they went. There were at least 200,000 Vanyar alone, the strongest of Elves.
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If Helldivers 2 can be modded, the War of Wrath would be perfect. Imagine a squad of Vanyar elves being carried by an eagle to drop down a section of Beleriand and liberate the area from orcs, trolls, wolves, bats, and dragons
@@Byenie0912 I would so play that,been wanting a epic open world middle earth game based in the 1st and 2nd ages.
“There I wandered, naming new flowers, or lay adream amid the singing of the birds, and the humming of bees and flies; and there I might still dwell in delight, forsaking all my kin, whether the ships of the Teleri or the swords of the Noldor” The narrative paints the highest beauty of all the Noldor, from the 7 gates of Gondolin power and majesty of Ecthelion! I was instantly hooked ❤
Amazing, I really enjoy the history of middle earth, and this makes it even better.
Great work!
1:50:24 GLORFINDEL MENTIONED
All im saying is this, we need to be giving cirdan ship wright some respect cause he went thru all of this and more and still made it to the destruction of sauron in the third age the mans lived thru the first, second, third, and fourth age and probably many more! 😂😂
Imagine a war so massive and destructive that it tears apart half a continent
Valar: I guess there is no more things to worry about. I mean who could even replace Melkor as the chief troublemaker ?
Sauron: Allow me to introduce myself
Keep it in mind that the Valar never bothered looking for neither Sauron nor the Balrogs *twice* . And this ended up bringing ruin to Middle-Earth both times.
@@lisboah And dont forget Smaug.
@@cgt3704 And the other dragons, and the orcs, trolls, and other creatures.
For real, the Valar may be good, but they are so lazy and naive that it vexes me.
@@lisboahexcept Manwe allow to use the eagles helping the free peoples and maybe he only use his power the wind to vanquish the evil characters death. Ulmo is the only one holding the the sea to provide middle earth agriculture and environments for free peoples, and Mandos is probably doing like hades work.
In the Battle of the Powers, there was an effective search for Sauron, but well, it's Sauron. He knew Angband better than anyone, and combined with the rush the Valar were in, they ended up being negligent.
This proved to be an act of incompetence indeed, as Sauron rebuilt Angband and began producing Orcs on a large scale. He also managed to concentrate the Sindar in two poles, while the others had to hide to avoid being massacred. In fact, the Sindar were not defeated only because the Noldor arrived, since if we consider that the Orcs of Battle-under-Stars were originally destined for the Sindar, that is, the army of the First Battle was just a wave of a larger army. The Falathrim and Círdan would probably be dead and Doriath would be surrounded and isolated, this was all planned by Sauron for when the Lord returned, ironically they lacked communication, as Morgoth ruined this plan due to his actions in Valinor.
This channel is an indespensible part of my entertainment needs.
god, I love your content. Another 2 hours of pure LOTR historygasm
tolkien sure did like the tragedies. i also got to say that despite the elves supposedly being supreme beings they seem to cause most of the conflict and strife in all these stories.
This has got to be the best adaptation of the tales of the 1st age of middle earth.
Woot second age can't wait. Thanks for the first age video ... Enjoyed it .
Its so glorious. Silmarillion the best of the best.
The children of Hurin brings me to tears every time
Even more manly tears when you learn that Tolkien intended that Túrin would be the one to finally kill Morgoth at the final battle end of the world.
God. Damn. I never need to read the Silmarillion again!
Outstanding videos!
An interesting note that the elves of the first age seemed more human-like with good and bad sides.
At long last, I have the time to watch it. A wonderful video! An age of Heroes, and Sacrifice has come to an end! Thank you! It was a great video and thanks for making it! The War of Wrath was epic beyond imagining!
I hate to spoil this excellent video but I must to give Tolkien justice.
1. Earendil was already going to Valinor before the Kinslaying. Without the light of the silmaril, he was lost. But you were right he did feel a rush of fear and a desire to return home to see his wife.
2. You were mistaken about the reason Elwing did not give up the Silmaril. The reason why she did not give it up was because she believed it did not belong to the House of Fanor. She believed it belonged to her family because of the sacrifices they made to obtain it. I believe she grew up with her grandparent and they told her their story.
anyway, it was an excellent video!
After the breaking of Angband, and being imprisoned by the Valar, Morgorth was subjected to regular vicious punative tickle-fests by Varda and Nienor. Listening to the dark one's uncontrolled giggles and furious demands to be freed were a guilty pleasure among the powers of Arda, especially Mandos (who was seen wearing an ear to ear grin)
j/k 😉
all the effort that goes into these videos is much appreciated
Dude. Nice freaking job. Can’t imagine the amount of work put into this. Soooo good
Any gift from Morgoth comes with a TOS.
That was awesome, it is really nice to see an overview map showing all of the different stories weaving together and how the various characters affect each other.
Oh my God, I missed this at 8 in the morning while at work and I'm subbed to the channel.
Excellent work on this video, great summary of the End of the First Age and beginning of a new 😎👍
1:46:06 that convention is why starcrafts protoss say "En taro Adun/Tassadar" cool little space elf crossover
I respect that you guys used the Silmarillion version of Gil-Galad's parentage, but Christopher Tolkien said that it's an editorial error, and Ereinion Gil-Galad is Orodreth's son.
This is flipping amazing. ALL the blessings on you, your marriage, and your family!
If ever I get a cat I'm going to call it Gothmog
Fitting
Earendil is truely the MVP, and my favourite character in all the Silmarillion
I’ve never seen a video of yours that wasn’t based in the elder scrolls. This is just as great as all your others.
TOLKIEN FOREVER ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
You guys are amazing! Please return to the mongols! Cant wait to See more of them😊😊😊😊😊
Now we need an series on the second age
You have already done a series on the first and third and 4 age
We need now an series an the second age to complete the series on middle earth on the legendderium
Why no distinct video for the finale?
They usually rap up the final chapter in the compilation videos, possibly because the regular videos were having low viewing numbers.
This is just my speculation.
I'm just a bit disappointed with the War of Wrath section. Not even s flair or animation for how massive Ankalagon the Black was and the duel between that gargatuan monstruosity and Earendil. I gotta admit it was a bit anticlimactic considering how good the entire series was.
@stonedwalljack9276 you're right, but I'm still disappointed with that bit. I wanted something like what they did for the Battle of Unumbered Tears or the Battle of Sudden Flame or the Glorious Battle. The big battle that literally destroyed Beleriand and ended Morgoth's reign felt more like an epilogue rather than a climatic event.
Ancalagon is mentioned a single time in the Silmarillion and not during the war of wrath. Not really sure what you expected.
@@ryancruz1876 take a look at the part about the Battle of Sudden Flame. That's what I expected.
same thing with the siege of intumno
awesome work as ever guys
35:00 take my advice, what could go wrong....
40:00 Morwen, what if she had stayed put to begin with?
I CANNOT WAIT for their videos on the Second Age! Especially if it starts before the 2nd season of the Rings of Idiocy. I guarantee this channel's subscription count will go up exponentially when they start with the videos of the Second Age. 🤞🤞
Amazing content as always
Gandalf is taking off his hat to this video.
Best commercial intro I have ever seen. 10/10. Also video is based.
Thank you for this video WaW, I absolutely love snuggling up and listening to these stories. Also a huge shoutout for the Palestine-Israel conflict on KaG page. Keep up the good work!!
Best video I've watched in a long while!!!
your middle earth documentaries are dope af man
NGL Thinglol’s last words were dishing out some pretty based roasts 😂
Dragons paradropping Balrogs.
Put that in your pipe and smoke it Warhammer!🤣
Even if we never get a movie or tv show based on the first age, imagine an open world video game done right based on the wars in beliriand.
Video game industry would do it justice.
even if we wont ever get a live action or even animated Silmarillion because of the Tokien estate, this will suffice for now
I really want you guys to do some anime wars, the idea of seeing someone narrating one piece and Naruto battles with a serious voice just sounds too great to me
Always felt the conflicts seen in the Universal Century timeline of Gundam wouldve been perfect for this channel.
You know I also recommend anime, including Naruto. Though I never thought about One Piece, on its surface it appears over the top wacky and cartoony. Yet under the surface, there is a complex depth and history on a huge scale.
Can you imagine how W&W would animate the setpiece battles? From Arabasta to Enies Lobby, Thriller Bark, Marineford, Dressrosa and recently Onigashima. They just get more crazy and over-the-top as we go along. Yet I wouldn't mind seeing them take a try.
@@myriadmediamusings I think it was you or someone else whom also recommended Legend of the Galactic Heroes. I only first heard about in comment sections.
Though I would like to see the Gundam mecha battles covered by W&W.
Fullmetal alchemist's battles would be interesting using this format.
'I ask then for a blade of worth for the orcs come now too thick and close for a bow only, and such blade as I have is no match for their armour. '
Rumour spoke only of The Black Sword of Nargothrond.
GURTHANG needed a different tone of voice buddy. little things. ',And thus with my tidings have slain one that i loved.'😢 should have qouted Mablung, that was a disservice.
Just a quick mention… Tuor went to his house with his men before he went to the battle… he wanted to send his family down the secret way (even though his heart wanted to go straight to the defense) and as he got there, Maeglin and the house of the Mole were guarding it and Maeglin had Idril by the hair and Earendil in his arms dragging them to the edge of the wall so she could see him toss the baby over into the flames m. (That piece of shit). But the house of the Wing got there and immediately put an end to it and Maeglin tried to stab Earendil but he bit his hand and the little Mail coat he had on turned the blade. Then Tour was all over him and threw his piece of shit ass off the wall and it smashed 3 times on the rocks before landing right in the middle of the flames below. Just a quick edit… THEN he had Veronwe take the family down the crest way and he and the rest of the house went to the battle. That’s when the stuff with Eckthelion happens