Lore of Middle-earth - Minas Tirith 

Sounds like the Pelennor Fields should be classified as High fertility on the map in DaC ;)

That intro picture is the most beautiful rendition of Minas Tirith I have ever seen, and I am filled with awe every time it pops up on the loading screen in DaC

Well it is a fortress alright, but imagine living there. Every person in this city must have developed a fantastic butt an a stamina of a horse with all these stairs.

Dont usually comment but great videos man, you deserve more subs

"...and farewell." is probably what Galu wanted to say at the End :D

Loving these lore videos after finding DaC the mod is so flushed out and even the factions who are more fiction than lore are still good. Can't wait for v5 in time

Just a small abrevation. "Minas" means an encircled settlement with grand walls that has a military purpose: a host can be stationed, trained and formed there. On the other side, "Barad", translated as "tower", means the building itself. Thus, a "minas" contains a "barad" and can become a city, but the heart of it, the center of all the attention, is military. We can find this term even in First Age, where Minas Tirith, aka the Tower of the Guard, is the great fort of Noldor on Sirion river, whereas Barad Eithel was the tower of King Fingolfin in the mouth of Sirion. Minas Anor and Minas Ithil were the great forts of Gondor, having in the middle the city Osgiliath. So, their purpose was military: Minas Ithil watched the pass to Gorgoroth and Minas Anor watched the passes to the fiefdoms, which were integrated by the Gondorian Kings after the fall of Barad-dur, thus protecting the capital Osgiliath either from the west or from the east. Of course, as we all know, the threat from the east, aka Mordor, was always the most important and when Minas Ithil fell and was renamed as Minas Morgul, it was a great blow to the power of Gondor. Finally, I find it interesting that Minas Morgul played exactly the same role it was designed to play from the beginning: a great military fortress, where a host could be stationed, trained and formed. But the Witch King was Numenorian, actually a close relative of the House of Elros, before he became a Nazgul, thus he had all the necessary knowledge to attack Gondor, so it's normal that he used the same methods.

A brilliant video, showing the genius and detail a man can put into his ideas via the grace and excellence of a proper storyteller. Galu I think you truly do him justice. (Excellent music as well for the video- sets the scene of a beautiful but proud and strong city.)

Loved the video Galu, always found Gondor to be the most interesting subject when it came to the Third Age. So I would say it's fun to learn more about its most important settlement in the time of the war of the ring.

Welcome back, I missed you a lot

Brilliant upload as always!!

Love the lore vids. Keep up the great work!

I was so happy to see a new lore video!! Keep up the great work! Love your videos Arachir!

Thanks for all these videos mate, I appreciate the effort and love the content

Hell yes, so glad I hadn't passed out yet

Lovely! Just what I needed to study to! Thanks

Hey bro quick question if you have the time. Why did you remove some of the lore videos? They were the best thing to listen to on my 1 hour commute to and from work/school. I really loved the ramblings, kept my mind off being cut off in Los Angeles traffic. Is there anywhere i can access those old videos? If Patreon i will be more than happy to contribute! Been a silent follower for the past year and a half. Keep up the good work Galu.

I approve of reverting the thumbnails to how they used to be! In fact, since I'm mostly interested in the lore videos, I've only looked in my subscription inbox for videos 1) without numbers in the thumbnail and 2) title begins with "Lore of Middle-earth", so I had mentally filtered out and completely missed the last five lorecasts! Luckily that just means I got several lorecasts to watch now :D

I really enjoy these lore videos. Thanks!

Depopulation, second capital of a split empire with the greater half fallen, imperial city... Byzantium.

Have the previous lore videos been lost? They are not in the lore playlist anymore. Love your Lore videos and use them as inspiration and entertainment when I paint miniatures for Middle-earth Strategy Battle Game by Games Workshop

A really good Video, one Thing I remember reading in the Books is, that the first Gate of Minas Tirith was covered in Mithril and was enchanted with Magic to be nearly indestructible ( Thats why Grond and the Magic of the Witchking were needed to break it ) .

Pelenor Fields is highly fertile coz of all the bodies rotting there which over the ages have fertilized the ground completely lmao Also I am slightly bummed out that there was no display or even suggestion of the Rammas Echor or 'Outer Wall' in the movies..

There’s some debate as to what Tolkien means when he says Gondor. As Gondor is most certainly the kingdom and Minas Tirith the City however he often says “the city of Gondor” or even the chapter name “siege of Gondor” meaning it could have been more of a thematic choice. Also, the quote is “the most part of the people of Gondor lives within the seven circles of the city: or in the high bales of the mountain borders, or farther south in fair lebbenin...” so it does not state the city itself us the largest percentage of population. Additionally the causeway forts are seconded to and behind the ramas echor, yes connected but separate entities. The passwords are definitely meant for the city walls and not the rammas. Great video however, always looking for your next.

Is Gondolin bigger than Minas Tirrith?

Once again, setting the standard.

Here's a bit of an off topic as my nodding skills are basically non existent. Is there any way to incorporate Leo.civil.uefs custom settlements into dac or mos?

Don't know if it's just me but a number of videos have gone missing within the lore play list. Only has from Gindolin part 1 up to this video on Minas Tirith

Excellent

Hey lol so um I wish I could just PM you but I was just wondering who in 4v is able to build ships. Sorry for commenting on a totally random video but I figured it'd be random regardless of the video I posted it on lmao

Wow, Mongoliangot mentioned #greetingsfromMongolia

Shad Brooks of Shadobersity reviewed Minas Tiras' defenses and found them to be realistic.

Actually Mont Sant Michel is 510 feet to the very top of the Angel on the church roof so it would be nearly double the height of the MSM

Dam I wouldn’t like to go up against the fountain guard

How many levels was Mordor able to take over in Minas Tirith before losing the battle?

2:10 All of them at once I suppose...

After watching this well put video, I couldn't help but think about Elon Musk and Neuralink. Elon has read these reads books and lives by the principles put forth. On the topic that, in Dune and Foundation, civilizations were salvaged by an advanced human makes me wonder if Elon's push with Neuralink will aid human survival. Although it might not be the true intention, it will be a byproduct of its advancement. This video got my mind on Philosophy mode.

well the ship kings of Gondor reigned in the first millennium of the third age in Gondor. so the guy who built the tower of the city couldn't have been one.

Love thid

Where the hell are all the farmlands, at least in the movie?

I still can't get the 3rd age working

If it's a fortress then why does it only have one gate? Surely the Numenoreans understand how to defend a fortress, as many people say "two gates are better then one", and you'd think for them being Numenoreans a second gate in front of the original wouldn't be all that too much trouble, given the structure is an attackers worst nightmare that could be held by relatively few men in comparison to its size, but still gates

My favoritt Minas Tirith of Ted Nasmith. Minas Tirith was very giant city and seven floors, is perfect with black wall Ortharm. Very beautiful white and luxury into tolkien vision. But I hate PJ's movie, what Minas Tirith is not perfect why. Minas Tirith low wall without black. Very ugly grey and five floors. Not farmland just dry land. Dislike Gondor soldier armor look like riot police. I don't understand why movie made bad Gondor portray. All people said Gondor is bad portray in movie. I don't think Amazon TV series make cross film, for banned use from weta. When Minas Anor in TV series, I wish see Minas Anor with black wall and farmland.