5 Greatest Sacrifices in the Lord of the Rings | Tolkien Reading Day 2024
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Honorable mention to Fatty Bolger, who served as a decoy to try to deceive the Ringwraiths that Frodo had not left the Shire and nearly died at their hands because of it.
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The greatest act of sacrifice is Merry and Pippin willingly sacrificing Second Breakfast, Elevenses, Luncheon, Afternoon tea, Dinner AND supper. Truly, he is the most noble of Hobbit
Boromir's final act of redemption and bravery has always been moving to me. He played his part in the final defeat of Sauron. His sacrifice was not in vain.
Aye, For Boromir! He was a human. No more no less. He gave us honor, courage, and hope. Not strength, which most miss. It’s human to fail, to falter. It’s what we do when we fall that matters.
@@WandererNamedGuy I agree completely.
"I will take it."
There is no greater love than those who lay down their own lives for another.
All these examples and more are why we love these tales and characters. We may not fight off a horde of orcs to save some halflings but I would strive to have these traits in my life for as long as possible
Elrond and Galadriel made everything they could to support the Ring bearer in his mission to destroy the Ring although they knew that it would mean that the time of the Elves in Middle Earth would come to the end. Yet they accepted this fate for the greater good
Oh, his little voice saying, "I will take it", was my first thought, too! He truly was a most noble hobbit. May we all strive to be the same.
Little sad that Finrod's sacrifice for Beren in the werewolf pits of Sauron wasn't even mentioned. It's framed as the greatest act of friendship and loyalty in the Silmarillion. And I tend to agree.
I actually am convinced that the single most selfless thing (you could call it a sacrifice) within the Hobbit / LOTR stories was Bilbo giving up the ring. In the movie I think it's understated as the ring drops to the floor, but in thinking about it, Bilbo did something that no other ringbearer did (save for Sam, who had it for a minimum of time): he gave it away.
Gandalf quote on Boromir's last hours:
"It was a sore trial for such a man: a warrior, and a lord of men. Galadriel told me that he was in peril. But he escaped in the end. I am glad"
I think his sacrifice is what allowed him and his spirit to escape a much worse doom in life and after life. Just when I thought Boromir couldn't possibly be any dumber, he goes and does something like this... and totally redeemed himself! Lol
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I never saw Boromir as dumb.
Hurin is a big standout. But you know who I wanna praise with great praise?
Lúthien Tinúviel.
Sacrificed immortality for love.
Sacrificed that love for victory over the Shadow.
Bravo and Amen to that nomination. Strong, undaunted: love is the greatest force.
She also sacrificed being united w her Elven family and loosing them forever after her death
Reunited in death! The loss her family felt while she lived, incalculable. 🥺🥺🥹😭😭@@exomake_mehorololo
Gandalf in service of the fellowship on the bridge of Khazad Dûm
'Don't attempt to save me--FLY, you fools!' Absolutely magnificent force of nature: Gandalf the Grey, and White ❤❤
Despite not being directly in Lotr, I would also highlight the sacrifice of my beloved Finrod when he saved Beren on Tol-in-Gaurhoth. He enabled not just the continuing of Beren's and Lúthien's story, but also many other stories, finally also in fact the birth of Elrond, Arwen, Aragorn and so on. He's my most favourite elf, therefore I add this example of sacrifice as well.
Going back a few thousand years, Finrod facing Sauron to protect Beren was impressive.
Finrod was such a Great Bro!!! Definitely Top 5 Bro Elves on the Leguardium!!!
Arwen. I think she sacrificed in a major way. Choosing a mortal life, which separated her from her family, to give Middle Earth an heir out of her love for Aragorn. The legacy of her choices and what she gave up had an impact that is easy to overlook.
When you mentioned Boromir being a bulwark of the Fellowship, it occurred to me for the first time that Boromir is the only party member to carry a shield. While his death was tragic, I believe he was always prepared to fight to the end defending what he believed in, not just fighting for the sake of fighting.
I’d love to see this for the earlier ages. So many great examples in the Silmarillion.
Shoutout to Finrod as my fav. His first sacrifice was leaving his only love in Valinor and braving the Helcaraxe because he was worried about the fate of his people if left to Feanor. Later, He left his throne and ventured to confront Morgoth himself to repay an old debt to Berens family. When Sarons werewolf came to kill Beren, Finrod broke his chains and killed the werewolf with his bare hands, expending every last ounce of power he had fulfilling his oath. He died so that Beren could live - and the line of Earendil, Elrond, the great kingdom of Arnor, Aragorn could continue.
Finrod was an instrument of Eru himself and his sacrifices were absolutely pivotal to Middle Earth. He was GOAT
I agree with Frodo having the greatest sacrifice in LOTR, but personally, I would rank Hurin as the greatest sacrifice in the whole legendarium. What Morgoth put him through after his capture was equal if not greater than what Frodo went through with the One Ring.
Had Hurin not led the rear guard for Turgon, there very well may not have been Earendil, in my opinion the most important character in the first age.
I think the curse Morgoth put on Hurin and his family was worse than the effects of Frodos quest, and Frodo got to leave to Valinor in the end, while Hurins life ended in tragedy.
And Hurin never once broke in the face of Morgoth.
Hurin is my vote. Or Ereindil
Elrond made the biggest sacrifice, to be separated all eternity from the daughter he loved above everything else.
Don't forget separation from his twin Elros.
I've always seen him as someone who lost effectively everything through the 1st 2nd and 3rd age ( his parents, Gondolin, wife, King etc ... ) he had every right to dispare and turn away from middle earth yet he persisted and strove to stand against the evils of the world despite all the loss and ultimately helped lead the free people's to victory and for that he is my personal favourites character in all the lore
So did Arwen in loosing her Elven family. That she made the choice doesn't mean it wasn't a painful sacrifice
No doubt for me that Boromir became my favorite Tolkien character after I read of his last stand. I was just a child, not quite 11 at the time... I was greatly influenced by it.
Now, I'm in my late 50s, I read LOTR (all of it) each year, and will continue to do so as long as I'm able.
As always, reading of Boromirs last stand fills my heart and provokes me to dream of standing by him.
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Where the Long grass grows
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And about the walls it goes
The fellowships lament for boromir always brings me to tears.
@@Genexperiment100 Beautiful!
Boromir's sacrifice was prob one of the best, great video!
If look at The Silmarillion as well, I'd say Fingolfin challenging Morgoth to a 1 vs 1 battle has to be up there.
Clearly the number one choice.
Fingolfin was compelled by the oath and was bereft of hope. Heroic, yes, but not as pure a sacrifice as others such as Hurin
Nice video.
The First Age also needs a video like this. Fingolfin, Finrod, Beren, Glorfindel, Hurin and Hour all come to mind.
Probably the Second Age also. Gil-Galad, Elendil at least.....
Man, All these people in Arda giving up their lives for the Greater Good of the World!!! *Crying*
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Can’t forget Gollum! Was it voluntary? No. And it’s barely in the realm of sacrifice. But if he didn’t “trip” and fall into the lava, all would have been lost
Yeah, that's not a sacrifice, it's an accident. Words matter.
Gollum was the true hero, he did more than destroy the ring; he kept it safely away from Sauron for hundreds of years (killing his own cousin to do so), suffered persecution, imprisonment, and torture at the hands of both Sauron and his servants and Gandalf and his servants. He was held in bondage and forced to serve two ungrateful and ignorant hobbits who were taking the ring to Sauron, and he begged them continuously not to. And then when frodo was corrupted by the ring it was Gollum who took it from him and ultimately destroyed it with the help of the gods. Words matter.
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Gandalf sacrifice!
Hurin's refusal of Morgoth, dooming his family
So glad you saved Frodo to the penultimate end. Though you're not the only one to defend Frodo's determination & sacrifice in getting the ring to Mordor, it still needs to be illuminated as it's usually his failure to throw the ring in that we hear about the most. Great video for Tolkien Reading Day!
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another great video today is a good day indeed.
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The greatest sacrifice:
Those that reviewed Rings of Power season from beginning to end.
Their sacrifice won’t be forgotten.
Happy Tolkien Reading Day, good sir! Excellent video as always!
Happy Tolkien Reading Day my friend! Awesome Video!!! Loved it!
When I think of sacrifice in Middle-earth, the first thing that comes to my mind is Glorfindel.
The Sacrifice of the Finsl March of the Ents.
I think Dain's refusal to answer the messengers was not just about Bilbo. I think Dain was smart enough to know that whatever Sauron was promising was bound to be a lie, and that he didn't want to have his kingdom on the side of evil.
Glorfindel sacrificing himself to save so many in the fall of Gondolin is great as well.
[tongue firmly in cheek] Sacrifice?! You call that sacrifice?! What about Tulkas?! There he was, minding his own business with a tall tankard in hand, when it was suddenly time to track down and capture Melkor... again! Still, our honorable late-arriving valar did what perhaps only he could do, and he ran off to bag the bad guy... again! I can almost hear him still, with a great sigh in his deep voice, passing the mighty cup over to Yvanna there on the party lawn. "Fine... Hold my beer... I got this..." Such a noble sacrifice of his fine brew!
If one would consider the true depths of middle-earth philosophy, never forget the Tulkas factor.
He laughed the whole time.
Why just in lotr ?Go to Celebrimbor,Gil-galad,Elendil,Amandil,Turgon
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The Dunedain Rangers of the North. Aragorn and his people gave up outward honor in order to protect the people of Arnor from the evil forces surrounding them. They swore an oath to protect the land and people, but none of the people they protected were aware of it, because no one ever told them. The Rangers worked in anonymity for a thousand years. Butterbur never realized who Strider was until Frodo and his friends returned from Minas Tirith.
Raise your hand if you were surprised that Sean Beans' character SURVIVED in the end credits of the Martian?😂
You haven't seen the Sharpe series then. :P
Happy Tolkien Reading Day, my friend!
Huor and Hurin and Glorfindel come to mind outside of the Lord of the Rings.
🎯Glorfindel
Hear, Hear! Very well said. 🫡
Beautiful video. Great job as always. Frodo Lives!!
Death before dishonor.
And what great dishonor is there that, when those whom you care for most in the world are under threat, and you do nothing to stop it?
We all know the greatest sacrifice was Merry and Pippin giving up second breakfast....and elevenses....
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Excellent video 🫶
I was also thinking of how much beregond sacrificed to save his lord and captain. Essentially threw away his own life and slew his own men to save faramir. He had no clue Aragorn was there to pardon his crimes essentially. His son would’ve had no father had he been put to death for his crimes
Very excellent memory. You're absolutely right. I'd forgotten about that during the video.
"The people born in Gondor did not choose to be the frontline defenders of Middle Earth, yet they were."
This reminds me of one of the most memorable lines from the 1964 film Zulu! in which worried troops contemplate their fate ..
Why is it us? Why us?
Because we're 'ere lad. Nobody else. Just us.
Great video👍
Smeagol, snatching the ring from a defeated Frodo and hurling himself into the Lava. ;)
Let's not forget Farmer Maggot's ever so precious sacrifice of Mushrooms & carrots and Bill the Pony's Steadfast belief & sacrifice too let " The Nine" continue onward while He went back to Rivendell to Plot & plan with Elrond.....
"They took the little ones!"
Happy Tolkien Reading Day! Frodo being at the top is great.... why wasn't Boromir higher?! Jk, honestly though Frodo is definitely top tier as far as characters go. He did sacrifice more for others than anyone else.
Frodo in the films never killed one Orc, Goblin, Uruk Hai, not even Smeagol.
I thought he did in moria
He literaly is the responsible of killing/defeating Sauron.
@@kalleh6400 I believe you have Smeagol and Frodo confused.
@@christopherepperson3328Frodo carried the ring to the Mount Doom and it was thanks to Frodo's compassion that he decided to give Smeagol a chance to live and possibly save himself. Also without Frodo there would have not been Smeagol but Gollum. Only unfortunately in the end Smeagol's will and courage wasn't as strong as Frodo's.
OK, the topic was LOTR. Otherwise I was going to get salty about Finrod not being mentioned. Same with Ecthelion and Glorfindel and Hurin and Huor.
Another notable point about Boromir's sacrifice is that he had earlier tried to use his physical strength to take the ring from the much weaker Frodo. Indeed, Boromir bragged about his superior strength to Frodo before lunging at him. Boromir's later defense of the hobbits reminds us all that physical strength is meant for service and not for self-enrichment.
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Although many say that Sam is the true hero, Frodo really is. It’s a bit like the Anakin/ Luke Chosen One thing. Anakin was the true Chosen one/ Hero while Luke was the one to instigate it. To be the catalyst. So to, Frodo is the hero while Sam is the catalyst to it.
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I always thought that the sacrifices of Boromir and Theodred were studies in the reactions of their fathers who both had younger men to replace them. They reacted very differently to their deaths.
Finrod taking his last moment of enery and magic to bind his oath with human kind which later produced the downfall of evil is one of the greatest sacrifices in the professor's stores. Then lithaun in the chamber of the Valor of death renouncing her elf elven half miar bold to become mortal.
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I have to wonder,
When Aragorn would become the king, if Boromir and Faramir would have both lived, Faramir became the Prince of Ithilian but where would Boromir have reigned?
Anorien maybe?
How about Legolas and Gimli, who sacrificed the prejudices of their peoples to make peace in the years that followed?
I have a more unique take on Frodo's sacrifice - SAM WAS HIS OTHER-HALF IN EVERYTHING! Gandalf, in his infinite wisdom, bound Sam to an unbreakable promise to stay with Frodo because he knew it would take Frodo's love, compassion, and sweet spirit combined with Sam's stubborn practicality and devotion to Frodo in order for them to have any chance to get the ring to Mordor. And he was right - Frodo would have failed many times without Sam by his side... and in the end, that promise and that bond forged with Frodo, led to Sam leaving the Shire and his grown children to follow Frodo again across the sea to the West and the Undying Lands instead of finding his end resting next to his beloved wife Rosie there in the Shire that he loved so much.
In my 18 books, loyalty is all. The Hartmann Family turned it into a motto, but I don't want to busy your tl with Latin. In English, "If you can't do good, better do bad well."
I don't think JRRT would like that. But writers go on odd paths.
There is no arguing with any of the choices you made for great sacrifices. Before realizing your list was just for LotR, I kept thinking of the humans (name eludes me) who saved the people of Gondolin in their retreat which ultimately saw the ring of Barahir transferred to Aragorn’s forefathers.
Glorfindel?
What about Barahir?
If Boromir and Merry & Pippen looped around to meet up w Aragorn, Legolas & Gimli and this didn’t happen and they didn’t capture the hobbits and just keep moving I dont think anyone in the Fellowship would’ve survived so Boromir sacrifice was huge for the whole story in general
Gondor + Rohan = Finland's decades of watchfulness of orcland.
Frodo's compassion = Ukraine's refusal to target civilians.
Tolkien was deep.
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How is nobody talking about Glorfindel saving the refugees a destroyed Gondolin from a Balrog? I know he eventually came back to life, but come on, he has to be up there.
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What about Sam? He sacrificed his safety to stay be Frodo’s side.
Wish you included Samwise Gamgee.
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what if faramir went with his brother to rivendel
I will always argue that Sam was the true hero. He may not have borne The Ring except for a short time, but Frodo would have failed countless times if not for Sam's guidance and protection. Sam would have willingly given his life to protect Frodo. Fortunately, it did not come to that.
Excellent video!
what if fingolfin killed morgoth won the duel
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You forgot Sam. Frodo would never have made it to Mt. Doom without Sam.
Bill the pony.
Smeagal's sacrifice was by far the greatest. Holding the ring and keeping it away from Sauron for literally hundreds of years, even killing his own cousin to do so. Suffering scorn and persecution and eventually torture at the hands of the Sauron and his servants, then imprisonment and further torture at the bidding of gandalf. Then held in bondage and servitude to two ignorant hobbits who ignored his consistent warnings not to take the ring to Sauron. And then his final sacrifice where he took the ring from a corrupted hobbit and gave his life to destroy it, saving Frodo's soul in the process. If you don't understand that you don't understand the works of Tolkien.
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I don't think Frodo deserves to be on the list. Also, Gandalf holding back Durin's Bane at the pass should've been included if only for it's poetic value.