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@@justinturner7502 Shut up fool , this video is about one of the greatest fiction tales ever woven , second only to the Bible... but much better written.
Great stuff as always, my friend! Let us be glad this Hobbit Day that the Nine are vanquished, and we may enjoy our cheer with full hearts! Cheers, and Happy Hobbit Day!
Bloody brilliant! The Nazgul are certainly one of the most interesting and innovative antagonists ever created in all fiction. This video really brings them to life.
And I guess Celebrimbor thought that his opposition to the atrocities of his father, uncles, and grandfather meant he was exempt from Mandos' warning that everything Fëanorians started for good would be turned to evil. Guess again, Telperinquar.
During the First Age, Ulmo, ruler of all waters was the most willing to intervene in the aid of elves and men against Angband. He sent dreams to Finrod and Turgon to search for places where secret havens may be built against Morgoth, and he saved Elwing when she cast herself with a silmaril into the ocean. Sauron and his servants were likely aware of this. The Bruinen`s swelling is possibly Ulmo`s doing as the witchking destroyed a blade of perhaps great significance to the West. Basically, the Nine were fearful of Ulmo`s Madladery!
Ulmo and his Maiar influenced all water,and he was a staunch friend of Elves and Men.Most likely this influence deterred servants of evil from any clean water.
The valar Ulmo resides in all waters and the nazgul are terrified of Ulmo like elbereth. They powerless against a valar since sauron is a maiar and valar outrank maiar. Tolkien wrote about it in the silmarilion.
This was great. I enjoyed every minute of this deep dive into Tolkien's Ring Lore. His characters are amazing but understated. A unique accomplishment in the world of epic fantasy. Thank you for this powerful exposition and great narration...and for bringing these characters to life.
The part where you suggested that the other 5 rings were given to different men of the East really intrigued me. It makes me wonder what could be going on in all of the other parts of Middle-earth that we don't explore much. Really cool video.
It would be cool to have movies or a series that explores each of the Nazgûl exploits in life when they received the ring and their eventual deterioration into ringwraiths.
Love seeing all my favorite Tolkien RU-vid channels giving you praise. You’re definitely a great addition to this small circle of Tolkien RU-vid channels!
Loved this, however the only discrepancy that I noticed was that Celebrimbor made the 3 elven rings of power, otherwise, they would have been thralls of Sauron without warning while Sauron made the Dwarven and Kings of Men's rings. Of course Celebrimbor's instincts made the three rings and did not have Sauron's influence in them, but nonetheless were tied to the One Ring. Celebrimbor did die by Sauron's forces, but it was not in vain.
'Yet now under the Lord of Barad-dûr the most fell of all his captains is already master of your outer walls,' said Gandalf. 'King of Angmar long ago, Sorcerer, Ringwraith, Lord of the Nazgûl, a spear of terror in the hand of Sauron, shadow of despair.' 'Then, Mithrandir, you had a foe to match you,' said Denethor. 'For myself, I have long known who is the chief captain of the hosts of the Dark Tower. Is this all that you have returned to say? Or can it be that you have withdrawn because you are overmatched?' Pippin trembled, fearing that Gandalf would be stung to sudden wrath, but his fear was needless. 'It might be so,' Gandalf answered softly. 'But our trial of strength is not yet come. And if words spoken of old be true, not by the hand of man shall he fall, and hidden from the Wise is the doom that awaits him.'
@@nazgullord3198 that is a common misconception gandalf was always a humble character and never flexed his power. It would be like the witch king trying to defeat sauron.
@@knighttemplar9480 That makes no sense on any counts. Firstly Gandalf isn't as powerful as Sauron (again by his own admission), and even if he was he can't use the full extent of his powers on Middle-earth. Secondly, while he is indeed humble, it makes no sense for him to downplay his own abilities to the lord of Minas Tirith on the eve of the most important battle of the Third Age. He is humble, but he is also honest and self aware of his own abilities and limitations. This isn't the only instance in which the Witch-king was set up as a threat to him in the narrative.
As for the other nazgul, some of them could have come from other races of men besides easterlings and numenoreans. Other men of the west or even the predecessor of Eorl's people.
Gandalf the White, with an elven Ring of Power and Glamdring, while also not being a man but an Istari, would absolutely mop the floor with the Witch-king. The prophecy would also fit Gandalf I believe.
A very interesting and informative video. Much thanks. On the topic of could Galdalf defeat the Witch King, I would agree that he could and that, in doing so, he too would have fulfilled the prophesy. After all, Gandalf wasn't a man either. He was a mayar, which is not the same as a man.
A friend of mine grew up in my country (Ireland) but his parents were from Tromso and his dad's accent sounds quite similar to yours...if youre Swedish and not Norwegian then I apologise for my guess my ear isn't trained quite well enough to pick up on the nuances. Also I could listen to ya read the dictionary and not be bored, let alone narrating lore from my favourite story, great channel!
When i saw Lord of the rings for the first time I though the Nazgul was the coolest thing ever created like Grim reaper knights didn't think they could make anything more cool until the witch king came out.
1. The Witch King 2. Khamûl the Easterling 3. Dwar of Waw 4. Indûr Dawndeath 5. Akhôrahil 6. Hoarmûrath 7. Adûnaphel the Quiet 8. Ren the Unclean 9. Ûvatha the Horseman
@@DanielFernandez-gv6iy Yup! The (non-canon) names come from an old RPG; Middle-earth Role Playing (MERP, for short), which was published by Iron Crown Enterprises (ICE) in various editions from the early 80s to the late 90s.
Interesting point, Tolkien says not that the Witch King not that he died, but that 'He was never seen again in that age of men'... Given that the 4th age starts a few years later, I suspect he would have been the next 'Dark Lord' in a diminishing cycle, as Sauron was to Morgoth.
If the 4th Age was the beginning of the Age of Men, then he probably returned after that in a time when much had been forgotten. Despite being even lesser than Sauron, without the eldest of Elves (some elves did remain albeit diminished, like Thranduil) he may have ended up being a 'Dark Lord' for even longer than the previous.
@@bundayeti The text is "and a cry went up into the shuddering air, and faded to a shrill wailing, passing with the wind, a voice bodiless and thin that died, and was swallowed up, AND WAS NEVER HEARD AGAIN IN THAT AGE OF THIS WORLD." (My emphasis).
@@gordonmcinnes8328 Well it would be pretty cheap if they meant the rest of the 3rd Age, as the end of that was a few months after his defeat. Would be completely anticlamactic.
The Nazgul are a group that should be seen with pity, as should Isildur. They were nearly denied the greatest gift of Men, death. Great video, and Happy Hobbit Day!
The Istari they were greedy scum who killed there own people when they were still alive to get more power.... there ancient kingdoms were destroyed by there own desires and hate for the eternal elves....they destroyed themselves due to them wanting eternal life” that these men blinded by greed took the rings Willingly”
The Dwarves be like "I feel you Sauron but buzz off we're busy here we've got some digging to do". That must have really pissed off Sauron especially after the Elves were like "Rings? Oh yeah we have those hidden away waiting on Isildur"
I feel like I could listen to you do a full reading of the Silmarillion, or any of Tolkien's other works. Your accent and tone complement his writing very well.
IMHO The Witch King was none other than Tar-Ciryatan , the 12th King of Numenor. Sauron lured him with the First Ring of Men because he hated the Numenoreans for intervening on the side of the Elves during the Celebrimbor War . Sauron swore vengeance on Numenor..what better way than to ensnare the future King of Numenor sometime between 1700-1800 SA. Remember that it was 1800 SA that the "Shadow fell on Numenor" and the character of Tar-Atanamir the Great..whose father became the greatest of the Ulairi.
I have read this theory before, and while it is interesting it's highly unlikely. I love this theory, but nah. The shadow that appeared on the island of Númenor was caused by Morgoth's ring.
First of all, we have notes that Tar-Ciryatan died, which leaves him out of any run of being a Nazgul. Secondly, if Tar-Ciryatan was one of the Ulari, why did he give up the scepter of Numenor? He ruled Numenor. One of the Nine Rings would've made him immortal. Sauron could've began corrupting Numenor directly through the King, and his influence over the island would've been greater than under Ar Pharazon.
The Witch king was Er Murazor, he was the first black Numenorean and most loyal to Sauron thus he was the first to receive one of the Nine rings of power that Sauron passed to the men who would become RingWraiths 500 years from receiving them. He became a lord of Umbar and an advisor to either the King that took the scepter early from his father and died with it refusing to pass it in life or his sons.
The Seven and the Nine were basically the same. The way I figure it (joke), Sauron gave seven of the rings he got from Celebrimbor to the Dwarf lords, because they were seven Dwarf houses. That way he could control the Dwarves through their lords. But why give nine to Men? Because that's all he had left. If Sauron had gotten twenty rings, we might have had thirteen Nazgul. Or Sauron might have kept some for himself. We don't know how many Celebrimbor actually created. We just don't even know how many, if any Sauron kept. We just know that he handed sixteen of them out. Also, Celebrimbor died under torcher by Sauron, mostly likely to get information on the whereabouts of the Rings of Power. In this he must have been only partially successful, because as Galadriel said to Frodo, he suspected which Elves had the Three, but was not sure. Other rings of power Celebrimbor might have given away to other Elves who disposed of them.
I recall the elven rings legitimately were taken away so they were not bound to Sauron. Either way Galadriel knew not to use it much or grow too big for notice would be put on her and he had trouble locating her. He fears her like he feared Luthien but mainly due to his battle with her brother Finrod Felagund.
@@Makkaru112 , the Three were not just taken away. Sauron never touched them. So they were not embedded with his evil. But the Three were still bound to the One, whether Sauron touched them or not. Apparently Sauron was aware of the Three the moment he put on the One, and very likely knew immediately that he could not account for them. And therefore, Celebrimbor was making rings behind his back.
I think a lot of the casual movies viewers dont grasp that the Black Riders are the men being given rings of power seen in the intro to The Fellowship of the Ring or that the winged nazgul are the same riders that were destroyed in the flooding of the Bruinen River by Elrond to save Frodo who had bee stabbed by a Morgul blade.
The movie Nazgul, like on the thumbnail of this video, look like ant-marijuana campaign pictures from the 1970s and earlier. They always show the face all puckered up, sucked inside out.
Just a thought here: If the Nazgul were subservient to the power of the ring, why would they not be controlled by the OTHER ringbearers when they possessed it? Like Gollum, Bilbo and Frodo? Why could not Frodo, while possessing it, simply have commanded them to 'go away'?
As far as I understand it the one ring gives power according to the power of the bearer. Plus it would take time for a new bearer of the one to began to use it's power. A more powerful being such as Gandalf or even Aragorn if they had possessed it I'm sure would have been able to control the 9. Frodo besides using it to turn invisible never even used it to see the thoughts of the others...Galadriel herself tells him you have not tried when she is asked.
Must agree. The Witch-King could hardly hold his own against a Hobbit and a woman warrior who hadn't even the advantage of a magic sword. He could hardly be expected to win against a super-energized Gandalf who in his weaker form slew a Balrog of Morgoth.
Merry stabbed the Witch king with a Barrow Blade which WAS enchanted, specifically against UNDEAD and the Witch King himself. If Merry hadn't stabbed the Witch King with the Barrow Blade blade Eowyn would have been unable to kill him.
An often overlooked aspect of Lord of the Rings is that Sauron was trying to regain the One Ring because he felt responsible for the Nazgul and wanted to fulfill his promises by making them truly immortal. Sauron was just trying to do what was right by looking out for his friends and yet people still consider him a villain. 😢
One of the great mysterys of Middle-Earth, the Nazgûl. Good research on video! Evenso "EA" had some takes on the identities of the Ringghosts, its really interresting that in all his letters Tolkien never revealed much of them, so the real cannon has so much unknown. Well Happy Hobbitday folks!
I always thought it odd that Tolkien never identified all nine. He gave so many details and developed other characters with much less of a role in the world of Middle Earth.
@@LoreOfTheRingsYT precisely. Within the lines of incomplete information, there is yet so much information. I think it's what helps make the world so realistic.
On purpose, most likely, because they've become faceless, nameless slaves to Sauron. They've lost all identity and self, with few to remember that they were once human, and great men.
The fire wielding ranger is deffinetly talion ranger of the black gate from shadow of war especially if the concept art you showed is correct since you see talion's sword urfaël and his broken sword dagger on his back i thought it was pretty amazing to see since i loved talion and celebrimbor's story
3 of the 9 were Numinorean Kings, but The Witch King of Angmar was not one of them, however like you say the Witch King could be a decentant of Numinor or of a Black Numinrian.
Originally, yeah. When he was reincarnated or whatever as Gandalf the White, he was specifically sent back to take on a more direct role helping to lead the final War of the Ring, and he was definitely significantly stronger. But even then, I’m pretty sure he was still well below his ‘true’ power. As one of the strongest and wisest Maiar demigods, roughly on the level of Sauron himself, plus bearing 1 of the 3 Elven Rings (Narya, the Ruby Ring of Fire), Glamdring, one of the strongest artifact weapons in ME, and... I assume his wizard staff was pretty powerful... yeah, so all things considered, I imagine at full power, he probably could’ve singlehandedly wrecked the entire army at The Black Gate...
@@KyleJordanGaming I guess it depends on whether Gandalf has access to his full powers at all times or whether Eru limited it, as he is a Maia with his own right to life and not to be manipulated by Eru or Manwe etc, not that Manwe has power to limit Gandalf's. Does he limit his own power by not using it? As a being with the flame imperishable (free will) I assume this is the case.
Found this on the fear of water! “He always distrusted Melkor, and the Dark Lord feared the Sea almost as much as he feared Varda because the sea cannot be tamed. Ulmo had no dwelling in Valinor or any permanent dwelling on land, as he preferred the deeps of the seas and the rivers.”
Yeah, it would’ve been cool to see him, but I still say the greatest missed opportunity was Gil-Galad. My dude was boss awesome... he walked right up to freaking Sauron at the peak of his power like “1v1 me, bro!” And he almost won. He was originally going to be in the movie. I don’t think they ever recorded anything, but I’ve seen pre-production pictures of him and Elrond in full armor/costume, and it was awesome. Dunno why they cut him. Seeing a flashback of him dueling Sauron would’ve been amazing... ohh well...
The dwarves weren't enslaved by their Rings, but their worst qualities were inflamed by them, allowing for the warping or destruction of individuals or relationships among peoples. I'm frankly surprised that only 3 of the Nazgul were Numenoreans, given his part in their decline and fall. The line of kings was never broken, as it continued in the north under Elrond's guidance and protection. It would have been interesting to see how Aragorn assuming the throne from Denethor's Stewardship would have gone...not well, I'm sure.
Do you plan on making a video that is a summary of The Fellowship, The Two Towers And The Return Of The King, maybe in 3 parts, mostly simplified and having those popups that direct you to more detalied videos that you’ve made for the things such as The Siege of Gondor or The Battle of Helm’s Deep etc? Could be some type of Big goal i guess that could take a few months if not years but it would be awesome to see a summary narrated and with some simple(?) animations of the fellowship and its broken parts moving on the map while the narration is going.
I appreciate the context- should have been a little more centered on the “ Greed “ aspect, but from most mythology- it always has the Moral Lesson Of a person Being TOO Self-Absorbed & Prideful-Boisterous Of One’s Own Self-Appointed Greatness in their own achievements, rather than how they could Freely benefit others. Maybe that’s why I like and appreciate Gandalf- he always seemed Humbled & kind of Embarrassed by the True Power he COULD have welded.
Do we know what the significance of the witch kings flaming sword when he rode through the gates of minas tirith? was it only his sword that could do that? we see in the ROTK film inside one of the armouries of Minas Morgul the WK being outfitted by orcs and an array of weapons at his disposal, but he still have the same sword he had in FELLOWSHIP.
He probably used spells and sorcery imo. He could have done it to other weapons similarly. For instance, the catapult shoots were ablaze in the middle of the air.
How funny would it be if the Witch-king of Angmar's real name was Aang? I mean, hey, lots of kings have founded cities rooted in their names, take Alexander the Great with a buttload of Alexandrias, the one in Egypt being the best known even to this day. Aang of Angmar would have a funny ring to it...no pun intended.
@@LoreOfTheRingsYT I know, kinda ironic for Tolkien, considering that a name came first, then the story. This is also the same guy who came up with 15 nicknames for Gandalf.
@@KTChamberlain I think that is the point of the Nazgul though, they wanted everything and lost everything, even their own names. Removing disgraced kings from history is also a real world practice, so that is also a possibility. The witch-king got a new name later, and I believe it is stated that Khamul is still worshipped in the East, that's why they are the only named ones.
I just got one question. Please enlighten me. 😊 How did the Witch King of Agmar died and was buried at the high fells along with the other 8 Ring Wraith?
I’ve always wondered... at the end of LOTR it seems like most of the Nazgul are destroyed with Mordor in all the Lava (after fighting with the Eagles) but the Witch King’s remains would have still been on the fields outside of Gondor. Could his ring be inside the robes or gauntlets or whatever was left?
The numenorean blade that the hobbit stabbed him with left him mortal and his spirit freed to now be held in the halls of Mandos like other men before they end up leaving Arda entirely. Leaving the bounds of the world.
Once the men became Wraiths, they no longer wore their rings. Bound to them, kept in their power. Sauron then kept them in his possession. So when he increased their powers before loosing the one ring, did he wear the nine on his other fingers? Bejeweled in a full set of 10 rings 💍
It's an interesting question, one that sadly cant be answered. Another interesting question is where the nine rings were after Sauron was defeated? Barad-dûr was ransacked, why wasnt the Rings taken?
@@LoreOfTheRingsYT once the one ring is destroyed all other rings loose their power. That's why Galadriel says all will fade and I shall go west. (paraphrase not quote) Her ring would fail that kept the effects of entropy out of her lands. So if the nine rings were discovered, they would be pretty baubles, nothing more. And mistook perhaps for loot taken by Orcs from Conquest.
Maybe his secret plan all along was to recover the 7 and 3, wear them on his toes, and ascend to become The Dank Lord Swagron, the most blinged out villain in Middle Earth. 💎💰👑👍
Oh how I so love the lord of the rings. It is my favorite set of movies ever. I had a hard time watching them for a good while( and i didn't watch them for years) because they were me and my ex wife's movie. She was my arwen as i her aragorn and some of those times were good and pure. However, under that serenity lay the evil of sauron and she would not say to those unworthy "you...shall not....pass!". I refused to allow the past to ruin these great movies though. Now, I am waiting for my next arwen to come into my life, however, the days are dark and long and my hope fades with every passing day, week, year...... how has it come to this.....?
Beautifully put. But you will not wait for your next Arwen, you will find her. There are no special someone, it's just about what you believe yourself. I am certain you can find your Arwen. Read the Rational Male by Rollo Tomassi.
May your next Arwen also be your last forever. I've come from the same place as you, so I can relate only too well. I was on the verge of giving up, when my Aragorn showed up and proved me wrong. Don't give up!
Edit; 22:26, Gandalf faces the Witch-King at the gates of Gondor. If Gandalf the Grey could hold off all nine at Weathertop, he surely could have defeated the Witch-King alone. I believe he had been instructed not to challenge Sauron directly, but his minions were (un)fair game.
