I'm really excited to see Celebrimbor in the Amazon show. Who else would you like to see a video on from the Second Age? Let me know here in the comments! Thanks for subscribing!
The western door of Moria did not stay closed that entire time. We know, for instance, that Gandalf used the western door to exit Moria during that time. Has anyone done a story on Tolkien mistake in using the word "Moria" on the western door, even though that name had not been used at the time the door was made?
Fun fact: Historically, blacksmiths did not take part in wars as a general rule. They were considered much more valuable making the weapons, tools, and armor that others used to fight the wars. Even when towns and cities were sacked, blacksmiths were often spared so they could continue to ply their trade for their new lords. This is, in part, why the last name "Smith" is so common.
What's funny is I have 7 neighbors with the surname Smith on my street and none of them are white or even related to each other. Where my Whitesmiths at?
He deserved better! By killing the elves of Ost-in-Edhil, Sauron destroyed the last remaining symbol of the city of Gondolin. Celebrimbor was such a noble character, yet he was tortured and killed in the worst way imaginable. Justice for Celebrimbor!
I'm guessing he played no part whatsoever in the Kinslayings; otherwise he'd have realized he too was under the "Whatever you start for good will be turned to evil" curse.
Eh he would be rebodied in Valinor and live his second life there anyway. Unlike Feanor or some bad elves(of which there are few) elves can come back to life.
Celebrimbor and Narvi, an elven/dwarven friendship that would not appear in the world again until Legolas and Gimli, who also join forces to create something beautiful together.
I go through my annual Tolkien-Binge phase at random times of each year. Yet there's only so much reading I can handle before my brain turns into porridge. This channel is amazing. Thank you.
So much death and destruction because of the inability to take rejection from a romantic interest in the stories of the Fall of Gondolin and the betrayal of his relatives against Luthien and Beren. Celebrimbor is a wonderful contrast to this in the way he treats Galadriel. Tolkien really did write him as such a noble and likable character, which makes his manipulation and fall that much more depressing.
As someone whos memory is highly based on geography your videos are just pure gold. I'm just digging into silmarillion and find myself being lost over all the locations here and there. Maybe sometime you could do video describing the geography of middle earth along with the most important kingdoms. I'd really appreciate that. Thanks for your great work in general.
That's a great idea! I've really wanted to do one focusing on the map of the First Age. I feel like in general fans are more accustomed to the Third Age map, that Beleriand is fairly unknown.
Having a video with map clarifications would be beautiful. I would gobble it up like Mary and Pippin eating lembas. Having played the lotr risk board game very thoroughly as a kid and having found only recently the world map layout is tremendously off for some reason. I dunno itd he worth doing a comparison.
If you're interested I think I've seen an interactive website that is for the map of most of middle earth, it lays out a solid timeline over each location. It's a work in progress for the guy's working on it but it's great for a visualization of Middle Earth.
@@NerdoftheRings Yeah dwarves are always welcome they are best thing in hobbit movies...but i must say I'm most excited for Annatar....and their climaxe will be spectacular btw love your work keep going much love from Croatia and biggest Tolkien geek in Croatia
I read the Lord of the Rings once a year for almost 20 years. I read the Silmarillion 10 or so times as well as the Tolkien Companion when it came out. It astounds me all of that was 20-30 years ago. I didn't really know anybody else who was as fascinated by the background lore as I was. I only recently stumbled upon your videos and I've really enjoyed them. Very well done.
I am astonished at your depth of understanding of Middle Earth and your incredible spacial awareness that binds all this magical material together. You are a formidable scholar of J.R.R. Tolkien and he would be most proud of what you have accomplished in his wake!
To be honest, I first began to know the character of Celebrimbor when I started the Shadow series. They made me delve deeper into the character arc of Celebrimbor. I'm a real Tolkien fan, I really like the original Celebrimbor... but to be honest, I like the Shadow Celebrimbor better. It's maybe because that he gets more part to play in the game's storyline.... we get to know him better, even if that's not really part of Tolkien's works. But even in the game, something evil comes from Celebrimbor's creation... for example his New Ring. By the way, loved the video😊
Did you know that the writers of the game collaborated with the screenwriters of the movies? If you consider the movies to be a separate canon, like a LOTRCU, then the games are in fact canon.
@@Soulslayer612 ugh please don't put that out there, those game stories spit in the face of Tolkien, creating a new ring of power? Ridiculous. The movies (lotr) at least don't contradict Tolkien's lore, the games story most certainly do so i don't see how they could be considered any kind of canon. Great games but awful stories, should've just made them its own new IP. Even the timeline is way off, its like the game writers did no research into the actual middle earth story
Also notifications are off, don’t bother replying. You lot are like Harry Potter book fans back in the days of Potter Madness that would have to be dragged to the movies by your friends to see the movie rendition of the book only for you to pour into a bucket of overpriced popcorn about how “X Scene” wasn’t in the book and is totally the worst thing ever. 🙄
You’re definitely my favorite LOTR-related channel. I just love the way you explain things and the storytelling in your videos. Even the ones where you have to come up with your own ideas, like the “What if Gandalf took the Ring” video. Thank you for all you do! :)
Wow! I love how you make your videos with the moving pictures on the map etc. It makes it easier to understand and imagine. I use your videos to share with friends who haven't read the books or aren't into the lore, because they're interesting and easy to understand. Keep it up! :)
Celebrimbor: The little Fëanor that could. He had his grandfather’s strengths, was also humbled by his mistakes instead of putting his ego above doing the right thing. He’s a cool dude.
I always think of the crafting of the Rings as the final curse of the Doom of Mandos, since Celebrimbor is Feanor's grandson. They were crafted to provide their wearers with the power and wisdom to protect their realms, but ultimately drove their doom. "On the House of Feanor the wrath of the Valar lieth from the West unto the uttermost East and upon all that will follow them it shall be laid also. Their Oath shall drive them, and yet betray them, and ever snatch away the very treasures that they have sworn to pursue. To evil end shall all things turn that they begin well"
11:27 this is actually piece of info I was always missing, and it confused me how Sauron was able to control three rings despite not making those. Thanks!
I think it'd be cool if you made a "what if" video on if Shadow of Mordor/War were canon and their effects on the world. Honestly I thought Celebrimbor was a made-up character for the games until I started watching your videos.
Absolutely. That game series is amazing and I think it should be considered Canon because it honors LOTR so well. Just like real world ancient stories they always change and evolve with the years and the mouth of the teller, they didn't follow some Canon. Canon a tool of the modern day copyright and trademark, a dark tool of the worst dark lord of them all- the Copy Right Strike. Shadow Of Mordor/War is just so well done. Bow before the Bright Lord!
@@pharaohsmagician8329 The first game maybe. The second game… not so much. My big problem has to be how Tailion’s story ended in the epilogue and the “Blade of Galadriel”. I love those games but lore-wise the Tolkien fanbase remains a bit divided on them. Namely, Talion being a superpowered being in a series where the talents of the heroes are more natural.
@@NathanCassidy721 BoG story ruin the game for me it broke the game lore. Monolith change the story too far "Female rogue nazgul" and remember talion have a ability to resurrect orcs/gondorian wights in the game but doesnt use it when the fort in cirith ungol was vulnerable since hes captains died it just doesn't make sense
Tolkiens universe is so vast I always get overwhelmed by it all, making it hard to follow the names and places. So I love this videos, they are really well made. The map animations are of great help too! How could I not subscribe?!
Can you do a video on the different groups of Elves? The Noldor, Sindar, Teleri etc? How did these different clans come about? How did they interract? What's their history and cultural differences (if there are any)? Who are some of the notable people from each clan? Which clans do our favourite heroes from LOTR belong to? (Legolas, Galadriel, Celeborn, Elrond, Glorfindel etc) I hear Noldor and Sindar especially mentioned a lot in lore videos, but would love to know some further context about who they are.
Noldor are high elfs which are the normal gold armor ones u see, galadreiel, celeborn, elrond, gil galad are all noldor Sindar are grey elfs and another royal type elf like the noldor, they most famous examples are thran and legolas but legolas might be half silvian Silvian elfs are wood elfs like taurel from the hobbit moives they're the elfs of the greenwood (murkwood) ruled by sindar Then u got vanyar which are light elfs, basically the elfs who never left valinor but they did fight during the war of wrath in the first age, a part of galadreils family is vanyar which is why she has part golden hair Then u got dark elfs who are the dudes who never went to valinor and never saw the tress so u know they didn't get bathed in light = dark get it lol not really important can't think of any famous examples Sea elfs, the dudes who build the ships of elfs in valinor, their the ones who got slaughtered by feanor in the first kin slaying, oh yea feanor and his sons and descendants like celebrimbor are all noldor too
I found your channel about a week before I saw this video, and it's been BURNING in my mind about Calabrimbor (sorry for the probable misspelling) and "The Shadow of Mordor" games. So glad you made this. Thank you. 😊
Il be 110% honest, the lore and the "why whos and whats" never really intrested me, for the longest time. THen a few days ago i watched every lotr and hobbit movie, and i re-read the hobbit (book). And Stumbled upon your page, i think i knocked out a metric F ton of your vids in like 2 -3 days. Keep up the amazing work dude ! THese vids are informative and you are clear spoken so its easy to listen too even if your doing other stuff.
For me it is diferent, I have kind of been interested but always got overwhelmed by the vast Tolkien universe, making it hard to follow the names and places. So I love this videos, they are really well made. The map animations are of great help too!
Been waiting for this one, Another top notch Travels video,the way u break these down with the maps and the way you tell these stories goes VERY well together, cant wait for more of these :). I would love to see the making of the Doors of Durin in the amazon TV show and the way that the relationship developed between these Elves and Dwarves.
This is the lotr channel I've been hunting for! I've watched pretty much every other and your style is soooo clean, thank you so much for this content. I humbly request a video touching on the "Shadow of" series. I'm well aware they're not canon to the books but the history is very interesting nonetheless. Cheers from Chile!
I was so excited to see Celebrimbor in RoP… I personally don’t like what they did to my man… maybe it’s just because I have a mental image of a true Elven smith, who is ethereally beautiful like the elves are. They made him look like a middle school history teacher, who doesn’t know about alloys. He deserved so much better imo.
Celebrimbor is one of the most tragic characters of middle earth,and one of my favorites. He was one of the greatest Smiths, second to his grandfather.
I've been binge watching all the videos over this past week and I'm so happy I found this account. I love the setup of short videos with facts and no fluffing or unlikely theories.
I have never liked so many videos on one channel as Nerd of the Rings, absolutely love it!! I’m currently playing LotR Shadow of War on ps5 while listening to the lore and histories of LotR! 😁
Insane is a word I have been using a lot lately to describe it! haha. It's exciting for sure. Glad people are discovering the channel - and enjoying it!
The talentless will always mock talented, directly or indirectly and you just did. You could just easily say vastly creative or just creative but you want to feel accomplished yourself so you add mockery to your praise.
Absolutely stellar content, mate. I'm gutted I haven't found your channel till this week. I'm definitely going for Wizard on the Patreon when I get my salery. I've genuinely never been more excited about a youtube channel. Excellent job!
great video man! nice lore about the doors of Durin, after Sauron is driven back they would open them once again for years... until the Balrog of Moria came, it wasnt 4000 years after...
@@NerdoftheRings maybe also Elves that wished to go to Lorien and went trough Moria... at least most of them, not the Sindar... also think Galadriel passed them after a few times... but who knoes... Its just that Durin III and the Longbeards Dwarfs lived long after the downfall of Sauron, and grew richer inside the mountain for years... so they lived there after, they would probably come in and out sometimes trough the doors... for trading or something
Hello my frend! Another great story. Elves in video games and Tolkien lore are my fav race of people. I soak up any lore that delves into elves. After Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of War game movies, i came here to learn about Celebrimbor. Although the lore from the games is not in the LOTR books it is also good because it runs in paralele with the ore and does not come in conflict with it. The story about how Celebrimbor is captured and tortured by Sauron is presented in the games but they also add a bit more lore to flesh out a nice story. I like the way the game devs created the story and did not step on the toes of the LOTR lore while doing it.
Celebrimbor seems to be the first in the line of Feanor that wasnt a douche. ok so yes he probably helped in the kinslaying and burning of the ships (wrong place wrong time? :)), but he was young. seems like he redeemed himself, only to befall a horrible fate (reminds me of the road warrior scene where Sauron is humoungus). loved this video, anything through the first age really helps. P.S. my girlfriend loves all your voices, especially gollum. she is now one of your video junkies as well. I came for the Gandalf, but stayed for the Celebrimbor.
Feanor's first son, Meadhros is pretty heroic and wise. He tries to convince his farther not to abandon Fingolfin and to not burn the ships, hands over the kingship to preserve unity, restraints his brothers multiple times and even unites the elves and men in the Union of Meadhros against Morgoth after Fingolfin made his desperate challenge. Tragically after the death of his closest friend, Fingon, his mental state seems to suffer and driven by the oath he leads the second and third kinslayings.
Maedhros, Maglor and Amras are all noble spirited. Amrod too, bending the story version. Also Caranthir had an usual amount of character development for a 1st Age character . Anyhow, I love the whole Fëanorian family
Can you make a video on why the elves had to leave Middle Earth to Aman after Sauron was killed? They had the power to live before they had the rings. What changed after that? The same question goes for Frodo and the others that went to Aman. Awesome video man! You're the best LOTR channel on UA-cam!
Shadow of War series was incredibly well made in my opinion. They used the lore while respecting it; creating an epic story out of it that is believable and in bounds for what i believe tolkien would have respected.
Hey, I'm new on this channel and i like it very much, you do definitely a brilliant job and from day to day your content is becoming better. But as your modest viwer I have something to ask, I'd be overwhelmingly happy if you did video about history of Rohan and it's kings as I've been impressed with your videos about Eotheod and their migration to the south. Thanks in advance, hope my effort won't go waste😄
Whenever I hear “The Man Who Sold the World” I strangely think of Celebrimbor. Dude was just trying to be the best he could at his craft but ended up causing so much pain and suffering.
At this point dude, it's hard to say. They'll probably make him a trans elf lord, who betrays his people to join Sauron, and then starts making rings of power for hobbits.
Im pretty sure that he DIDNT participate in the War of Wrath....I pretty sure that "No one who lived through those times....." participated in it because Tolkien is pretty clear that...."No one who lived through those times...." participated in it. The knowledge of what happened in the War of Wrath was either handed down by stories in Aman or in myth in Lindon. Thats all. I wish all these channels would get that little fact corrected.
It’s hilarious that Rings of Power suggests Celebrimbor never thought to mix metals or work with Mithril when he created Ithildin nearly a century earlier. Sure ‘Definetly-not-Sauron’ was around Eregion at the time but it’s farcical to suggest that alloys were a new thing to him.
This is why you can’t make a second age show with out access to first age material. Celebrimbor taking part in the first Kinslaying and being Feanor’s grandsons are enormous character points completely omitted from Rings of Power.
Could you imagine how sad the Dwarves must've felt when they heard/saw the fall of Eregion and the death of Celeborn? The Gwith-i-Mirdain were great Smiths like the Dwarves and so you coukd imagine the friendship the two realms shared also ment that, when Eregion fell, the Dwarves that helped Elrond escape fought ferociously to avenge their friends...even if that's not cannon I'd like to think it is.
Happy birthday! The interview was a ton of fun and I'm glad I was able to follow it up with my regularly scheduled vid. Looking forward to having more cast/crew on livestreams in the future!
Theory/video ideas: 1. What happened to Celebrimbor after Sauron's defeat? 2. What will have happened to Sam, Frodo and Bilbo if Gollum didn’t get the ring 3. What if Radagast got the one ring 4. What if Saruman did get ring 5. What happened if Sauron won the war of the last alliance? 6. Who is Celebrimbor ( who is his family how old is he ect.) 7. What if Morgoth won in the war of wrath? Ohh i Don't know if you have made a video of this this is only ideas
mad respect for Celebrimbor, who loved Galadriel even tho she married another, enough that he made her beautiful and powerful jewelry to help her grief and sadness over Middle Earth
Dude, who’s the one person not liking this video? Blasphemy!! Lol. Love the videos on the characters not in the movies. Helps to better understand the story.
Oh Celebrimbor, perhaps the nobelest of all Feanors descendants, perhaps not as great a craftsman as his grandfather and like him his craft stolen and used for evil, nonetheless he didn't posess Feanors greed and pride, opting to give his rings to others and die protecting their location.
I'm really excited to see Celebrimbor in the Amazon show. Who else would you like to see a video on from the Second Age? Let me know here in the comments! Thanks for subscribing!
Woooah that’s awesome can’t wait to see it 👍👍
The western door of Moria did not stay closed that entire time. We know, for instance, that Gandalf used the western door to exit Moria during that time. Has anyone done a story on Tolkien mistake in using the word "Moria" on the western door, even though that name had not been used at the time the door was made?
I would love to see a video on the second age
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Well he did fall in love with Galadriel & she was he an aunt
@@SpecialOrder_937 celebrimbors father is galadriel cousin so that makes galadriel celebrimbors 1st cousin 1nc removed
Last time I was this early Saruman hadn’t abandoned reason for madness
Sariman the tie dye!
A wizard is never early, nor is he late, he arrives precisely when he means to
Solid 👍🏼
How long you been holding tht one in? 😅
Fun fact: Historically, blacksmiths did not take part in wars as a general rule. They were considered much more valuable making the weapons, tools, and armor that others used to fight the wars. Even when towns and cities were sacked, blacksmiths were often spared so they could continue to ply their trade for their new lords. This is, in part, why the last name "Smith" is so common.
What's funny is I have 7 neighbors with the surname Smith on my street and none of them are white or even related to each other.
Where my Whitesmiths at?
Like lord of the rings historically or irl historically
@@bronchitis1564 irl
@@davidsongilchrist6596 Took me awhile to get the joke
Straight spittin facts here 👌
*My dude, Celebrimbor, didn't travel much, but Sauron made sure he did even after his death. On a pike. As a banner.*
Thanks for the info Tom...
Does Goldberry have any sisters available?!?!
That takes old Goldberg's "spear" wrestling move to a whole nother level
@@jacobburr3570 savagely done🔥😂☠️
Nobody knows what Tom Bombadil is!!!
Oh you're here too. Unexpected but defintely not unwelcome
He deserved better! By killing the elves of Ost-in-Edhil, Sauron destroyed the last remaining symbol of the city of Gondolin. Celebrimbor was such a noble character, yet he was tortured and killed in the worst way imaginable. Justice for Celebrimbor!
Justice came 4000 years later.
I'm guessing he played no part whatsoever in the Kinslayings; otherwise he'd have realized he too was under the "Whatever you start for good will be turned to evil" curse.
Celebrimbor also doomed because he carried blood of Feanor just like Gil-Galad.
Eh he would be rebodied in Valinor and live his second life there anyway. Unlike Feanor or some bad elves(of which there are few) elves can come back to life.
@@artimuos903 No he actually rejected the oath. I think he was just forced to come along because of his father.
You have quickly became my favorite channel that explores the Tolkien universe. Your story telling is excellent as well!
Thanks so much! I'm glad you found the channel and enjoy the vids! There's definitely more on the way. :)
Same here
I wholeheartedly agree with this, definitely now my go-to Tolkien UA-cam channel! 😊
I certainly agree to that!
Same!
Only you could accomplish such art...
...Nerd of the Rings
If only more people had played the game, they would understand this great reference
I got the reference
Celebrimbor and Narvi, an elven/dwarven friendship that would not appear in the world again until Legolas and Gimli, who also join forces to create something beautiful together.
i thought thranduil and dain became friends?
@@jmgonzales7701 nope, but dain did become great friends with bards grand son during the war for the one ring
I go through my annual Tolkien-Binge phase at random times of each year. Yet there's only so much reading I can handle before my brain turns into porridge. This channel is amazing. Thank you.
So much death and destruction because of the inability to take rejection from a romantic interest in the stories of the Fall of Gondolin and the betrayal of his relatives against Luthien and Beren. Celebrimbor is a wonderful contrast to this in the way he treats Galadriel. Tolkien really did write him as such a noble and likable character, which makes his manipulation and fall that much more depressing.
As someone whos memory is highly based on geography your videos are just pure gold. I'm just digging into silmarillion and find myself being lost over all the locations here and there. Maybe sometime you could do video describing the geography of middle earth along with the most important kingdoms. I'd really appreciate that. Thanks for your great work in general.
That's a great idea! I've really wanted to do one focusing on the map of the First Age. I feel like in general fans are more accustomed to the Third Age map, that Beleriand is fairly unknown.
Having a video with map clarifications would be beautiful. I would gobble it up like Mary and Pippin eating lembas. Having played the lotr risk board game very thoroughly as a kid and having found only recently the world map layout is tremendously off for some reason. I dunno itd he worth doing a comparison.
@@NerdoftheRings Awesome! :)
If you're interested I think I've seen an interactive website that is for the map of most of middle earth, it lays out a solid timeline over each location. It's a work in progress for the guy's working on it but it's great for a visualization of Middle Earth.
Yeah a map of Beleriand would be great!! 😊
Talion, stop watching UA-cam videos. We must secure the Palantir.
Bro 😂😂😂 this made me genuinely laugh out loud at 3am
he honestly never stopped reminding talion about it
@@lsfigi well now he can pester Sauron with it seeing as they are locked together in barad dur
@@jaypatel-vd2pl that's not Canon.
@@lordrevanz16 it is,stay mad.
If only one could have experienced these events in person. Magical storytelling of the highest order that has stuck with me for over 40 years.
Celebrimbor is such a tragic character :/ I'am excited to see him in upcoming series
Same here! I think I'm most excited for his character in the show. And dwarves, I always love seeing dwarves. haha.
@@NerdoftheRings Yeah dwarves are always welcome they are best thing in hobbit movies...but i must say I'm most excited for Annatar....and their climaxe will be
spectacular btw love your work keep going much love from Croatia and biggest Tolkien geek in Croatia
What series? It’s there a LOTR related TV series coming?
@@Fetish-Footage-Forum yes, there'll Amazon's lotr tv show focused on second age.
@@NerdoftheRings I hope they muster a legion of dwarves, armed and filthy
Sauron “Wait, why nenya?”
Celebrimbor “cuz it nenya business...” :)
Haha
I read the Lord of the Rings once a year for almost 20 years. I read the Silmarillion 10 or so times as well as the Tolkien Companion when it came out. It astounds me all of that was 20-30 years ago. I didn't really know anybody else who was as fascinated by the background lore as I was. I only recently stumbled upon your videos and I've really enjoyed them. Very well done.
I am astonished at your depth of understanding of Middle Earth and your incredible spacial awareness that binds all this magical material together. You are a formidable scholar of J.R.R. Tolkien and he would be most proud of what you have accomplished in his wake!
To be honest, I first began to know the character of Celebrimbor when I started the Shadow series. They made me delve deeper into the character arc of Celebrimbor. I'm a real Tolkien fan, I really like the original Celebrimbor... but to be honest, I like the Shadow Celebrimbor better. It's maybe because that he gets more part to play in the game's storyline.... we get to know him better, even if that's not really part of Tolkien's works. But even in the game, something evil comes from Celebrimbor's creation... for example his New Ring.
By the way, loved the video😊
Did you know that the writers of the game collaborated with the screenwriters of the movies? If you consider the movies to be a separate canon, like a LOTRCU, then the games are in fact canon.
@@Soulslayer612 ugh please don't put that out there, those game stories spit in the face of Tolkien, creating a new ring of power? Ridiculous. The movies (lotr) at least don't contradict Tolkien's lore, the games story most certainly do so i don't see how they could be considered any kind of canon. Great games but awful stories, should've just made them its own new IP. Even the timeline is way off, its like the game writers did no research into the actual middle earth story
@@corvus2512 agreed, the games disrespect for the source material makes them unplayable for me.
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You lot are like Harry Potter book fans back in the days of Potter Madness that would have to be dragged to the movies by your friends to see the movie rendition of the book only for you to pour into a bucket of overpriced popcorn about how “X Scene” wasn’t in the book and is totally the worst thing ever. 🙄
@@trollking6315 hit and run coward
You’re definitely my favorite LOTR-related channel. I just love the way you explain things and the storytelling in your videos. Even the ones where you have to come up with your own ideas, like the “What if Gandalf took the Ring” video. Thank you for all you do! :)
Wow! I love how you make your videos with the moving pictures on the map etc. It makes it easier to understand and imagine. I use your videos to share with friends who haven't read the books or aren't into the lore, because they're interesting and easy to understand. Keep it up! :)
Celebrimbor: The little Fëanor that could. He had his grandfather’s strengths, was also humbled by his mistakes instead of putting his ego above doing the right thing. He’s a cool dude.
I always think of the crafting of the Rings as the final curse of the Doom of Mandos, since Celebrimbor is Feanor's grandson. They were crafted to provide their wearers with the power and wisdom to protect their realms, but ultimately drove their doom. "On the House of Feanor the wrath of the Valar lieth from the West unto the uttermost East and upon all that will follow them it shall be laid also. Their Oath shall drive them, and yet betray them, and ever snatch away the very treasures that they have sworn to pursue. To evil end shall all things turn that they begin well"
I know a wizard arrives precisely when he means to, but I'm definitely early.
Brilliant detail of Jackson to put in the ruins of Ost -in -Edhil.
11:27 this is actually piece of info I was always missing, and it confused me how Sauron was able to control three rings despite not making those. Thanks!
all your "travels of..." videos are amazing... keep it up please
Thanks so much! Will do!
I think it'd be cool if you made a "what if" video on if Shadow of Mordor/War were canon and their effects on the world.
Honestly I thought Celebrimbor was a made-up character for the games until I started watching your videos.
Absolutely. That game series is amazing and I think it should be considered Canon because it honors LOTR so well. Just like real world ancient stories they always change and evolve with the years and the mouth of the teller, they didn't follow some Canon. Canon a tool of the modern day copyright and trademark, a dark tool of the worst dark lord of them all- the Copy Right Strike.
Shadow Of Mordor/War is just so well done.
Bow before the Bright Lord!
I have been on a major LOTR kick because of these games! I would love to see something like this :D
Both of the games did a better job honoring legacy of Tolkien than Amazon's lord of narnia
@@pharaohsmagician8329
The first game maybe.
The second game… not so much. My big problem has to be how Tailion’s story ended in the epilogue and the “Blade of Galadriel”.
I love those games but lore-wise the Tolkien fanbase remains a bit divided on them. Namely, Talion being a superpowered being in a series where the talents of the heroes are more natural.
@@NathanCassidy721 BoG story ruin the game for me it broke the game lore. Monolith change the story too far "Female rogue nazgul" and remember talion have a ability to resurrect orcs/gondorian wights in the game but doesnt use it when the fort in cirith ungol was vulnerable since hes captains died it just doesn't make sense
LOVE the "Complete Travels" series :)
Thanks!
The series should capture how great Celebrimbor is
I wish it did
Tolkiens universe is so vast I always get overwhelmed by it all, making it hard to follow the names and places. So I love this videos, they are really well made. The map animations are of great help too!
How could I not subscribe?!
How the Heck could anyone not love this inspiring video & the lore as well???
Can you do a video on the different groups of Elves? The Noldor, Sindar, Teleri etc?
How did these different clans come about? How did they interract? What's their history and cultural differences (if there are any)?
Who are some of the notable people from each clan? Which clans do our favourite heroes from LOTR belong to? (Legolas, Galadriel, Celeborn, Elrond, Glorfindel etc)
I hear Noldor and Sindar especially mentioned a lot in lore videos, but would love to know some further context about who they are.
This is actually on my list already, as I often have to remind myself who is who when it comes to all the elven groups! Great suggestion!
Noldor are high elfs which are the normal gold armor ones u see, galadreiel, celeborn, elrond, gil galad are all noldor
Sindar are grey elfs and another royal type elf like the noldor, they most famous examples are thran and legolas but legolas might be half silvian
Silvian elfs are wood elfs like taurel from the hobbit moives they're the elfs of the greenwood (murkwood) ruled by sindar
Then u got vanyar which are light elfs, basically the elfs who never left valinor but they did fight during the war of wrath in the first age, a part of galadreils family is vanyar which is why she has part golden hair
Then u got dark elfs who are the dudes who never went to valinor and never saw the tress so u know they didn't get bathed in light = dark get it lol not really important can't think of any famous examples
Sea elfs, the dudes who build the ships of elfs in valinor, their the ones who got slaughtered by feanor in the first kin slaying, oh yea feanor and his sons and descendants like celebrimbor are all noldor too
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When gimli comes to valinor
Celebrimbor: ohmygod dwarf!!!!
Its amazing how this video is a FAR superior and entertaining explanation of the rings of power than all of amazon's rings of power series lmao😂😂😂
I found your channel about a week before I saw this video, and it's been BURNING in my mind about Calabrimbor (sorry for the probable misspelling) and "The Shadow of Mordor" games.
So glad you made this. Thank you. 😊
Il be 110% honest, the lore and the "why whos and whats" never really intrested me, for the longest time.
THen a few days ago i watched every lotr and hobbit movie, and i re-read the hobbit (book).
And Stumbled upon your page, i think i knocked out a metric F ton of your vids in like 2 -3 days.
Keep up the amazing work dude ! THese vids are informative and you are clear spoken so its easy to listen too even if your doing other stuff.
For me it is diferent, I have kind of been interested but always got overwhelmed by the vast Tolkien universe, making it hard to follow the names and places. So I love this videos, they are really well made. The map animations are of great help too!
You've gone down the rabbit hole now, mate. Or Hobbit hole, I guess.
Been waiting for this one, Another top notch Travels video,the way u break these down with the maps and the way you tell these stories goes VERY well together, cant wait for more of these :).
I would love to see the making of the Doors of Durin in the amazon TV show and the way that the relationship developed between these Elves and Dwarves.
This is the lotr channel I've been hunting for! I've watched pretty much every other and your style is soooo clean, thank you so much for this content.
I humbly request a video touching on the "Shadow of" series. I'm well aware they're not canon to the books but the history is very interesting nonetheless. Cheers from Chile!
I was so excited to see Celebrimbor in RoP… I personally don’t like what they did to my man… maybe it’s just because I have a mental image of a true Elven smith, who is ethereally beautiful like the elves are. They made him look like a middle school history teacher, who doesn’t know about alloys. He deserved so much better imo.
Celebrimbor is one of the most tragic characters of middle earth,and one of my favorites. He was one of the greatest Smiths, second to his grandfather.
I've been binge watching all the videos over this past week and I'm so happy I found this account.
I love the setup of short videos with facts and no fluffing or unlikely theories.
I have never liked so many videos on one channel as Nerd of the Rings, absolutely love it!! I’m currently playing LotR Shadow of War on ps5 while listening to the lore and histories of LotR! 😁
This is insane! Two weeks ago this channel had 79k subs now it's up to 111k 🤟🏻 way to go nerd!
Insane is a word I have been using a lot lately to describe it! haha. It's exciting for sure. Glad people are discovering the channel - and enjoying it!
@@NerdoftheRings ya bro, you're Killin it! Keep it up
Epic! We need a Feanor, Sons of Feanor and a Mandos video.
The artwork you use in your videos is outstanding.
Agreed. There are some insanely talented artists in the Tolkien community!
@@NerdoftheRings where do you find it all?
Yes I really enjoy it too. It's a strong point in the videos for me
Fantastic as usual. I’m also digging how your stories intertwine with previous episodes.
Fantastic video, really well explained and discussed. Very ell done!
Amazing story
I love your way of storytelling along side a good visual explanation
Thank you
We want to see the travels of Glorfindel next!
Tolkien is ridiculously creative.
The talentless will always mock talented, directly or indirectly and you just did.
You could just easily say vastly creative or just creative but you want to feel accomplished yourself so you add mockery to your praise.
@@reianvase6683🤡🤡🤡
Absolutely stellar content, mate. I'm gutted I haven't found your channel till this week. I'm definitely going for Wizard on the Patreon when I get my salery. I've genuinely never been more excited about a youtube channel. Excellent job!
Thanks so much! I’m glad you found the channel. On the bright side, now you have a good backlog of videos to make your way through! 😂
@@NerdoftheRings True! Seen most of it already, and loved every minute of it I might add. Looking forward to your future videos!
Congrats on the 100k subs, NotR! Well desereved and your work just keeps getting better and better! 🙏🙂
Thanks so much! :)
great video man! nice lore
about the doors of Durin, after Sauron is driven back they would open them once again for years... until the Balrog of Moria came, it wasnt 4000 years after...
Fair point. I should have specified - they wouldn't be opened from the outside until 4000 years later. Gandalf also exits them at one point
@@NerdoftheRings maybe also Elves that wished to go to Lorien and went trough Moria... at least most of them, not the Sindar... also think Galadriel passed them after a few times... but who knoes...
Its just that Durin III and the Longbeards Dwarfs lived long after the downfall of Sauron, and grew richer inside the mountain for years... so they lived there after, they would probably come in and out sometimes trough the doors... for trading or something
Hello my frend! Another great story. Elves in video games and Tolkien lore are my fav race of people. I soak up any lore that delves into elves.
After Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of War game movies, i came here to learn about Celebrimbor. Although the lore from the games is not in the LOTR books it is also good because it runs in paralele with the ore and does not come in conflict with it. The story about how Celebrimbor is captured and tortured by Sauron is presented in the games but they also add a bit more lore to flesh out a nice story. I like the way the game devs created the story and did not step on the toes of the LOTR lore while doing it.
Celebrimbor seems to be the first in the line of Feanor that wasnt a douche. ok so yes he probably helped in the kinslaying and burning of the ships (wrong place wrong time? :)), but he was young. seems like he redeemed himself, only to befall a horrible fate (reminds me of the road warrior scene where Sauron is humoungus). loved this video, anything through the first age really helps. P.S. my girlfriend loves all your voices, especially gollum. she is now one of your video junkies as well. I came for the Gandalf, but stayed for the Celebrimbor.
Feanor's first son, Meadhros is pretty heroic and wise. He tries to convince his farther not to abandon Fingolfin and to not burn the ships, hands over the kingship to preserve unity, restraints his brothers multiple times and even unites the elves and men in the Union of Meadhros against Morgoth after Fingolfin made his desperate challenge.
Tragically after the death of his closest friend, Fingon, his mental state seems to suffer and driven by the oath he leads the second and third kinslayings.
Maedhros, Maglor and Amras are all noble spirited. Amrod too, bending the story version. Also Caranthir had an usual amount of character development for a 1st Age character . Anyhow, I love the whole Fëanorian family
Great video. Slowly I am understanding Tolkien's world.Thank you.
Beautiful story telling, once again!
Can you make a video on why the elves had to leave Middle Earth to Aman after Sauron was killed? They had the power to live before they had the rings. What changed after that? The same question goes for Frodo and the others that went to Aman. Awesome video man! You're the best LOTR channel on UA-cam!
Thanks so much! That is an interesting topic and one I'm sure I will be covering in the future. Thanks for the recommendation and for watching!
Love how you put Rog of the Hammer of wrath when speaking about Celebrimbor's last stand
Happy you made it to 100 thousand subscribers. Thanks for the great videos!
Thanks so much! It has been a really fun ride and I'm excited to see what the future holds!
Shadow of War series was incredibly well made in my opinion. They used the lore while respecting it; creating an epic story out of it that is believable and in bounds for what i believe tolkien would have respected.
I really love your videos bro the quality is amazing!!!!
Thanks so much!
Celebrimbor looks epic especial in the shadow of mordor flashbacks.
Very true.
You do realize the games deviate from the books? Especially how the rings revolve around the characters. In other words, non-canon?
@@planetkc I know, but still he looks cool
@@planetkc who care
@@ewilson9650 Shadow of Mordor games are heretical trash.
Another fantastic video, man. Thanks you so much for this content.
I totally searched for this video on you channel 2days ago, nice to see it now
Hey, I'm new on this channel and i like it very much, you do definitely a brilliant job and from day to day your content is becoming better. But as your modest viwer I have something to ask, I'd be overwhelmingly happy if you did video about history of Rohan and it's kings as I've been impressed with your videos about Eotheod and their migration to the south. Thanks in advance, hope my effort won't go waste😄
Ha! You read so well! Especially Bilbo and smaug's conversation
This has been an awesome history lesson. I'm here watching this while wrapping gifts lol
Fantastic video! One of the best Middle Earth videos I’ve watched.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it! :)
Whenever I hear “The Man Who Sold the World” I strangely think of Celebrimbor. Dude was just trying to be the best he could at his craft but ended up causing so much pain and suffering.
Such a great video! I really hope they do him and Gil Galad justice in the Amazon show.
Thanks! I hope so too. He definitely has potential to be a stand-out character on the show.
At this point dude, it's hard to say. They'll probably make him a trans elf lord, who betrays his people to join Sauron, and then starts making rings of power for hobbits.
@@marcofdelos I don’t know how people can be exited for an other “brand’s” butchering. Of course it’s gonna be a horrible gender/race turd.
really i like your videos nice explain Nerd of the rings your channel so important 👍👍👍👍👍👍
Im pretty sure that he DIDNT participate in the War of Wrath....I pretty sure that "No one who lived through those times....." participated in it because Tolkien is pretty clear that...."No one who lived through those times...." participated in it.
The knowledge of what happened in the War of Wrath was either handed down by stories in Aman or in myth in Lindon.
Thats all.
I wish all these channels would get that little fact corrected.
This is some amazingly well done videos!
Thanks so much! Glad you are enjoying the channel!
Thank you for this!!! I'm a huge fan and you're visuals and addition of the map and pics of the characters make this world even more alive.
It’s hilarious that Rings of Power suggests Celebrimbor never thought to mix metals or work with Mithril when he created Ithildin nearly a century earlier. Sure ‘Definetly-not-Sauron’ was around Eregion at the time but it’s farcical to suggest that alloys were a new thing to him.
Celebrimbor literally wrote spells in Mithril on the dwarf doors
That's not what happens at all. LMFAOO you grifters just lie about everything. Rewatch the scene numby
This is why you can’t make a second age show with out access to first age material. Celebrimbor taking part in the first Kinslaying and being Feanor’s grandsons are enormous character points completely omitted from Rings of Power.
I just discovered this channel I am going to binge for sure.
Could you imagine how sad the Dwarves must've felt when they heard/saw the fall of Eregion and the death of Celeborn? The Gwith-i-Mirdain were great Smiths like the Dwarves and so you coukd imagine the friendship the two realms shared also ment that, when Eregion fell, the Dwarves that helped Elrond escape fought ferociously to avenge their friends...even if that's not cannon I'd like to think it is.
Imagine when he gets big and no more likes our comments. Already feel antiquated. And honored.)
It is not this day! :)
Okay, I've seen enough. This is the subscription - and a well earned one! Greetings from Germany and thanks so much! :)
*In Gollum Voice* BRIGHT MASTER!!!
@Nerd of the rings first a live interview whit Jed Brophy and then this video.. you sure know how to make my birthday :) :) :)
Happy birthday! The interview was a ton of fun and I'm glad I was able to follow it up with my regularly scheduled vid. Looking forward to having more cast/crew on livestreams in the future!
Thank u so mutch. I would Love to hear James Nesbitt. Just Love bofur
This is a awesome channel. Great job
Another great video!
Hi! My name is Scott and I'm a LOTR nerd! Just subbed. Thank you!
Thanks for subscribing Scott! Glad you found the channel!
Theory/video ideas:
1. What happened to Celebrimbor after Sauron's defeat?
2. What will have happened to Sam, Frodo and Bilbo if Gollum didn’t get the ring
3. What if Radagast got the one ring
4. What if Saruman did get ring
5. What happened if Sauron won the war of the last alliance?
6. Who is Celebrimbor ( who is his family how old is he ect.)
7. What if Morgoth won in the war of wrath?
Ohh i Don't know if you have made a video of this this is only ideas
Can you talk about the story of Shadow of Mordor / Shadow of War video games? It's not canon, but it can be interesting.
Great background video. I will have a lot of work to watch all of them🙂
In the body of elf or man, you are unchanged Celebrimbor!
Very well done... Thankyou Sir!!! 😀❤
mad respect for Celebrimbor, who loved Galadriel even tho she married another, enough that he made her beautiful and powerful jewelry to help her grief and sadness over Middle Earth
Dude, who’s the one person not liking this video? Blasphemy!! Lol. Love the videos on the characters not in the movies. Helps to better understand the story.
Its probably Talion. Dude's probably still salty about being left to die on a bridge.
This is the most interesting facts I enjoyed 👌, can't wait to see more of this.
I really love your videos. Keep it up!
Oh Celebrimbor, perhaps the nobelest of all Feanors descendants, perhaps not as great a craftsman as his grandfather and like him his craft stolen and used for evil, nonetheless he didn't posess Feanors greed and pride, opting to give his rings to others and die protecting their location.
> Gets a spike through his ass and used as a banner
> Used by a video game company to murder the lore
Truly unlucky chap.
Music at 12:30 ? its awesome!! another great video btw
He truly deserved better 😢 One of my favorite Fëanorians ❤️🔥
This is my favorite elf of the SA. I cannot wait to see him on the show.
Same here!
Same here.
Lets hope they will not ruin the show, it looks like they might ruin the work of JRR Tolkien
@@MisterDoomHimself They can't ruin his works. They are set. Take heed in that.
@@noahr4951 Watch them ruin the new LOTR series, I pray they stick to the source material. Its really easy to fuck up something like that