Why Was Elrond So Powerful? Middle-earth Explained

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Elrond was a half-elven lord in Middle-earth, but strangely he was one of the most powerful figures in all of Middle-earth! Today we will explore why that was! Thank you all so much for watching, let me know your thoughts on this in the comments below! As always, a great thanks to the online artists whose visual works made this video possible! If you are one of the artists, please let me know and I will post your name and a link to your work in this description!
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@orrointhewise87 2 месяца назад

"I bring word from Elrond of Rivendell." Quietly a powerhouse that everyone remembers but don't think of right away. Personally I think his ultimate power comes from his wisdom and a universal safe haven. Everyone sought his council and opinion which helped to shape the future. And his home was a place of rest and peace, something all good folk crave more than anything 😊

@istari0 2 месяца назад

Certainly having so many ancestors who were powerful in their own right played a major role in why Elrond was a power himself. But one thing that I think is overlooked is that he was wise enough to learn from the many terrible mistakes the Noldor had made when they returned to Middle-Earth.

@primal1233 2 месяца назад

Elrond was powerful for several reasons. He had one of the three Elven rings of power. Which gave him some abilities. Like his power of healing. He is part Elf, part man, and part Maia. He has strong physical and magical abilities.

@upschutt4842 2 месяца назад

I like how Elrond's family is so involved in the entire history of Arda. It's a shame how much they degraded him in RoP

@Yamaazaka 2 месяца назад

Elrond: Identifies as an elf Leftists: White man bad

@OrgusDin 2 месяца назад

It was okay if you never watched it because you don't care what garbage Bezos releases under the name LotR. I literally didn't even know until just now, and there was never any downside.

@Fishhunter2014 2 месяца назад

I'm getting really tired of the spiteful corporate fan fiction. . .

@Grancigul 2 месяца назад

Honestly he was also downplayed in LOtR movies

@CarolinaPine 2 месяца назад

@@Fishhunter2014 to be fan fiction, first you must be a fan, and there is no evidence that anyone involved in the ROP is a fan of Tolkien's works.

@astromenuisix7346 2 месяца назад

He is a descendant of Beren and Luthien who took back one of the Silmaril from Melkor himself. He is also a part of the lineage of Turin Torumbar, Hurin, Huor, Tuor, and so forth. He is a descendant of Fingolfin who was able to fight Melkor in single combat and give him wounds that would haunt him forever. He's also the son of Earendil who succeeded in reaching Valinor and called the Valar for aid against Melkor. :P He even is a descendant of the Maiar Melia. So of course, he is powerful. :P

@meduseldtales3383 2 месяца назад

Elves believed that one person cannot be both a great warrior and a great healer. My theory is that after seeing so much death in the war of the Last Alliance, Elrond gave up the life of a warrior and became a healer instead. Same choice that Eowyn made in LotR, essentially.

@doop2541 2 месяца назад

What impresses me the most about Elrond is that despite all the loss and the grief he lived through, he deliberately chose a path of compassion and kindness to all the free peoples of Middle Earth. Also, that he chose to stay and help men in the fight against Sauron--which he must have known would happen eventually--rather than skipping off to the safety of Valinor. I've always wondered if--like Cirdan--Elrond knew it was his duty to stay??

@Glub2 2 месяца назад

I just got back from watching all three movies in theaters for the first time. The first movie came out when I was 3, so I'm thankful my local theater put them on for an occasion. I'm quite morose and don't know what to do with myself, I never want it to be over :( but this channel has always felt like an extension of Tolkien whether I'm referencing vids while reading the books or rewatching the movies. Thanks for being here and keeping the fantasy alive!

@Steel-101 2 месяца назад

Why was he so powerful? It was all that home-made Lembas bread man. With plenty of Elven protein powder that can be yours for only 20 gold pieces!

@Didymus20X6 2 месяца назад

Elrond? More like SWOLErond!

@federicaesu8580 2 месяца назад

Although Elrond was a mighty warrior , his power was not based on prowess, but on wisdom and foresight . Basically on kindness

@jmeds94 2 месяца назад

His power of spirit/lineage was great and he could have easily brought it forth in a martial way, but since we don’t ever see him in that capacity- we are quick to label him as solely a healer/future-seer.

@paulbrickler 2 месяца назад

I like the idea that he sort of shared in all of the best aspects of a diverse and noble background. Maia queens, Elvish kings, great warriors and lords of men.

@kevenpoor3241 2 месяца назад

Hands down my favorite channel on RU-vid.

@marionbaggins 2 месяца назад

Man, Elrond was Powerful in All 3 Categories!!! Perfect timing, I Finished my Essay a few Days ago, and now I am enjoying the King's Birthday Long Weekend!!! Thanks Mellon for another Great Video, Until Prophecies and Forsight in Arda...Marion Baggins Out!!!

@geviesanta3631 2 месяца назад

You cannot deny how goated Elrond is as an elven character. Idc what anyone says, but the ROP tv series really did his character dirty and it's not just for his character design.

@darklaser7254 2 месяца назад

Exactly the show makers say they want to depict Elrond in a more young and unlearned sense which doesn’t exactly make sense for an elf who’s already been alive as long as since the end of the first age, additionally they seem to undermine his importance or status among elves as as was mentioned he is royalty- the defendant of all 3 houses of the Edain, descendant of noldor, vanyar & teleri royalty and great great grandchild of a maia so surely he should be regarded with much higher respect at that time

@pinkace 2 месяца назад

5:40 I think the power scaling in his works varies depending on the will *at the moment* of the characters. Like, when Fingolfin fought a literal god, the most powerful of all the gods, and held his own... that was sheer will that kept him alive. For a fleeting moment there, a mere elf was as mighty as Tulkas himself.

@richiemitchell6899 2 месяца назад

When I watch this channel I feel like a genius. Thank you my friend

@ashtonhaggitt216 Месяц назад

Thank you for bringing back the elven greeting!

@Raggmopp-xl7yf 2 месяца назад

He had the Sight, so he could be sure to NOT be where the trouble was. Galadriel was especially good at this. But Elrond was the descendant of a maiar (Melian) so he didn't need a magic mirror.

@reneedailey1696 2 месяца назад

Galadriel also possessed foresight beyond the Mirror- And she learned from Melian directly, and sawthe light of the Two Trees.

@blacksheep9505 2 месяца назад

I was disappointed with Elrond so far in Rings of Power not because of the actor but how the writers are portraying him.

@thorr18BEM 2 месяца назад

"As kind as summer" This guy has never been to Near Harad.

@Comicnut64 2 месяца назад

Let’s go an Elrond vid while I’m stuck on the highway

@claytonbarnett7084 2 месяца назад

From his foresight, he knew elves were on the backside of history in the mid-late 3rd Age. It was his wisdom to be patient to see how things would develop by others' oversteps and react accordingly.

@Jay-ql4gp 2 месяца назад

Thank you!

@exharkhun5605 2 месяца назад

I have a few questions about magic in Tolkien's works. I know the Magic/Creation that the Valar do is a finite part of them (and maybe also the world itself). 1. Are they both the same power? 2. If not, do the Valar have both Creation AND Magic? 3. If they do, is their Magic the same as Elven Magic? 4. Is ALL Elven Magic Galadriel's "I don't know what you're talking about, we're just very good with nature" Magic? 4a. Is the Magic Galadriel used "to throw down Dol Guldur's walls" the same as her "good with nature" Magic? 4b. Is the Magic of the Elven rings the same as Galadriel's "good with nature" Magic? 5. Is Elrond's Healing Magic the same as the Magic he uses at the Bruinen? 6. Is Gandalf's Magic he uses at the Bruinen the same as Elrond's? 6a. Do Gandalf the Grey and Gandalf the White use the same Magic? (For completion's sake, I think I know this one: He had less restrictions as GtW) This was all triggered by a recollection I'm not sure of, that Elrond's Healing Magic was different from other kinds of Magic. Thank you to anyone who made it this far. 😁

@shadowofchaos8932 2 месяца назад

What if Elrond took the ring and was corrupted by it? Who could defeat his power?

@exharkhun5605 2 месяца назад

And does he become irresistible male gigolo Elrond like Galadriel or will he become the ultimate health guru, banning pipeweed and forcing healthy exercise and vegetable cleanses on everyone? 😁

@peteynutt4104 2 месяца назад

@@exharkhun5605 more then likely it would turn his gift of foresight inwards and he would grow paranoid, and hasty. Maybe even change his demeanor of kindness into pathological altruism, leading to foolish mistakes in judging character and this allowing unsavory individuals into his fold, ie Grima Wormtongues or a similar fate to the Wizard of Many Colors Saruman.

@WhispyWoods. 2 месяца назад

Appreciate the insight on such a cool character 🧝‍♂️

@happywheeler4268 2 месяца назад

Agree with MotW, another thing to add is Elronds ability to stealth all of Rivendell-which could have also been due to his Ring Vilya.

@iraelliott8936 2 месяца назад

It's funny he gets called half elven while being part Maia as well

@micklumsden3956 2 месяца назад

Power is linked to wisdom and wisdom can be linked to age. I think we tend to forget that Elrond was around 6,500 years old. That’s a long time to grow wise!

@AncestorEmpire1 2 месяца назад

Aragorn: I know Kung Fu! Elrond: Show me

@gerrimilner9448 2 месяца назад

i struggled with the half elven for a very long time, but realized that he could see things from more directions because his understanding was both elven and human, so the levels of his understanding deeper and more complex than either elves or men-hence half elven being used as a term of respect for him and not the insult i originally thought it was

@Saimeren 26 дней назад

So in other words, we don't know, they don't tell us, and we just have to speculate.

@honorecocquyt6006 2 месяца назад

I'd say it's to a certain extent the Valar beyond his heritage and skills. I feel the Valar knowing how pivotal he'd be in keeping Middle Earth free granted him alot of extra juice.

@jordanhamann9123 2 месяца назад

I like how Tolkien's magic sounds something like radiation. You know how often the land is said to "remember" that the eldar once lived there and therefore those places could be good? Like some sort of divine radiation from the two trees that enlightened the eldar and lingered in the land wherever they did. I know it ISN'T radiation, but it reads in some ways similar to it.

@ImagineMySurprise510 2 месяца назад

I think it's implied in Tolkien that there was a magical aspect to the world that was accessible by all creatures except the hobbits, and that exclusion might only be because hobbits were suspicious of anything magical. But we can see uses or implications of magic at work applied by men, elves, dwarves, orcs. This is a principle that should always be considered when thinking about were any individual obtained their magical abilities.

@frankpatterson4146 2 месяца назад

It would be cool if you did a video on the life of elronds brother!

@Milton2k 2 месяца назад

Lord of the Rings is infamous for its very "soft magic system". Yet some it makes sense somehow.

@dragonfly12 2 месяца назад

why does the rings of power elrond look so clapped then D:

@LightingbladeShen 2 месяца назад

Because his father was the badass who took a ship to Ancalagon the Black and smote his ruin upon the realm of Arda Which makes that dumbass line in RoP even more stupid....Or you know...him being 'excluded' from the kings of the Elves in that show

@leozao5 2 месяца назад

Through Indis, he's also a descendant of the Vanyar royal family

@Liphted 2 месяца назад

Which is the LOTR channel whose intro starts with "Build me a tower worthy of Mordor

@dspencer1969 14 часов назад

Knowledge is power, as is family. Elrond had plenty of both. Just my humble .02

@trueneese8080 2 месяца назад

Whaddup represent MW 217

@markstott6689 2 месяца назад

Does anyone know why after Elros became king of Numenor, he and Elrond never saw each other again? 😊❤😊

@marionbaggins 2 месяца назад

Elros did die eventually. But surely he would, it's his twin Brother.

@markstott6689 2 месяца назад

@marionbaggins I can't find anything that says Elros and Elrond ever saw each other again. Elrond didn't visit Numenor until the 600th year of the Second Age. By that point, Elros was already deceased. As far as I'm aware, once Elros reaches Numenor, he never leaves.

@seanpoore2428 2 месяца назад

Why was the half high elven half numenorian ring bearer so powerful??

@mr.zardoz3344 2 месяца назад

He wasn't half of either. Children born of elf and human unions were given a choice of which house they wished to belong to.

@Raelspark Месяц назад

Elrond doesn't seem to have much to do with Thranduil or Celeborn. They stayed in their own strongholds.

@Jayjay-qe6um 2 месяца назад

Does Elros remain powerful after becoming mortal?

@mr.zardoz3344 2 месяца назад

In a way. It was described that he and his descendants were alloted a lifespan much greater than other men.

@shakeelali20 2 месяца назад

Hugo Weaving and Peter Jackson truly brought the Elrond I knew from Tolkien's work to life on screen. However, RoP has ruined not only one of the greatest characters in Middle Earth, but also the future potential of an admittedly talented actor in Robert Aramayo.

@lynneglendenning947 2 месяца назад

Elrond was blessed by Eru Iluvatar.

@maxmercer1931 2 месяца назад

Peter Jackson left out a lot of this in The Hobbit Trilogy. He made Galadriel seem like she was far and away the most powerful

@louisbrown4620 2 месяца назад

She is.

@maxmercer1931 2 месяца назад

@@louisbrown4620 Peter Jackson made Elrond a spectator in the confrontation with Sauron. Peter Jackson bent to the studio's woke demands

@louisbrown4620 2 месяца назад

@@maxmercer1931 I’m not sure woke was a thing considering the entire cast was White, which they should be. But, having seen the light of the trees and being Melian’s pupil Galadriel was far and away more powerful than Elrond. Which is what your original point was. Was Elrond nerfed? Yes Was not including Glorfindel a mistake so that they can show Gurl Power? Yes. But, that doesn’t mean that Galadriel wasn’t absolutely awesome.

@maxmercer1931 2 месяца назад

@@louisbrown4620 Peter Jackson had Elrond just standing there, mouth agape. It was retsrded af

@reneedailey1696 2 месяца назад

That's because she is. She's one of the last remaining Elves from the First Age left in Middle Earth, she saw the light of the Two Trees, and Elrond undeniably went to her for advice.

@shanenolan5625 2 месяца назад

Elrond half elven . Love the thing borommir says his father told him of elrrond . His wisdom is more powerful than armys ( something like that ) Elrond outranks galadriel. A prince regent of the noldor and his ring is chief of the three

@RatedRY 2 месяца назад

If so powerful he was, why leave (middle earth)?

@jonathand9682 2 месяца назад

He didn't want to pay child support

@reneedailey1696 2 месяца назад

Because he wanted to see his wife again. Because his ring lost its power when the One was destroyed. Because the time of the Elves was over.

@mitchellsoto5141 Месяц назад

Grandson of Tuor, but that’s neither here nor there

@jonathand9682 2 месяца назад

He broke the matrix....

@TomsBackyardWorkshop 2 месяца назад

If i had the gift of foresight Id use it to avoid dangers and get rich.

@mr.zardoz3344 2 месяца назад

A shiney precious would make any elf powerful. I am bigger fan of Gil-Galad.

@jmeds94 2 месяца назад

So basically he’s more powerful than Celeborn, but not as powerful as Gil Galad. Got it.

@VALUST17 2 месяца назад

This idea that his power is due to being a nepo baby is sad.

@user-mb1hg4qu9f 2 месяца назад

👍🏻👍🏻 A gift of his ancestry.

@fuzzy3440 2 месяца назад

"as kind as summer"? Obviously Tolkien never experienced a Texas summer, burns as hot as a balrog's bum.

@SageMasterRPG 2 месяца назад

I guess I am the odd one out, I don't think Elrond as a powerful character. He is more of the best for what was available. Middle earth is a low power magical realm and Elrond was way too defensive in his actions. Tolkien wrote a grimdark where everything goes wrong for the good guys until the very end.

@johnmooers5594 2 месяца назад

“Power level” comparison in middle earth is a vague and pointless pursuit. Instead give us a history of Isildur that corrects the crap fest that RoP and PJ’s FotR has made of his character. Isildur was 110 years old,married, and with a 20 year old son when Númenor fell not some emo teenager.

@alias5084 2 месяца назад

Wow, I think you make good videos normally but I can't believe your massive blind spot in this one. You 100% ignore his human heritage which is an impressive lineage in its own right.

@mr.zardoz3344 2 месяца назад

Indeed. Elrond also had a nice shiny ring to help with any perceived power boost, if any.