Tolken Reader since 1969, THIS IS GREAT!

Love this channel! Adds so much grit and character to some of the lesser know characters and stories in middle earth. Deserve way more subscribers 👍

A true delight. Usually, I am not into fan fiction, but this one I truly enjoyed. And I do not mean the voice or the visuals, but the story itself. The voice and the video are really good, do not get me wrong but, without the story, they would be empty shells at best. The Professor himself said that, after he will be gone from this world, that he would like other minds to contribute and build upon the foundation he made, and works like this fit precisely in his vision. I hope that, after his works enter public domain (The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings shall be public domain in many countries in about ten years.), more like this is will be created, published and appreciated.

The narration, visuals & music are markable

Great presentation! I look forward to seeing more of your work.

Excellent video. You told the Witch King's story very poetically and the visuals were a sight to behold.

Absolutely amazing, thank you!!!!

I have to say love the presentation, would love to see further stories realised this way 👏

this channel deserves more subs

Great job. I'm sure the channel grow quickly.

Okay this is the best in-depth lore of the witch king so far found in youtube. I love it.

Just marvelous. Love it.

Great vid bro.

Love this channel

Well done, I always liked the Witch King from Lord of the Rings

Wow amazing ! Just subbed

Great video Beautiful images

Very well done I'm liking your take on the Witch King.

This was outstanding! It could well be filled out into a full length book. It reminds me of the passages from Tolkein in which many Numenoreans envied the Elven immortality, and feared the unknown of death. In the Appendix completion of Aragorn and Arwen's story, she admitted that she once dismissed them as fools, but now that she faced losing Aragorn to death, and knowing that it was her fate as well, she understood. This does not excuse the Witch King, but in a world in which immortality existed for some, but not others, the rage and insanity becomes more comprehensible. Many thanks.

Awesome, this would have fit right in to something like the Book of Lost Tales seamlessly as if it was written by Tolkien himself! Amazing! Definitely got a new sub here.

Love this and hope to see more of these! Just one critique if you don’t mind? The Dark Lords name is pronounced more Sour-on instead of Sore-on. I’d loveeee to see one of these videos for each of The Nine!

I have to say that although interesting, this is pure speculation, as we know next to nothing about the witch king’s history. He may have been Numenorean, but Tolkien actually never wrote anything concrete concerning the witch king’s origins. Cool video, though.

Pharazon was the leader of a group that became known as the Black Numenoreans who went to Middle Earth and put the lesser men under tribute and servitude and opposed the Elves and Valar. The Witch King was likely one of Pharazons Generals or field commanders.

utube always throws awesome new channels my way :) And next week I am so dusting off Middle earth 2 :The Rise of the Witch-king. Also, what wonderful use of tools to make your story shine

Pure speculation but at this point I'm starving for more videos with this quality. Well made thanks a lot

Nicely done dude, strange though saying he was a descendant of numennor as it’s known that three of the nine were high lords of numennor.

Nicely done.

Simply amazing well done +1 sub

This is a wonderful presentation. Really helps the viewer get invested. Great job my friend!

Great efx. Interesting ideas.

An interesting take. Since we know so little about the Witch King (except he was of Numenorean ancestry), there is room for imagination. Here's how I would go about it: Shortly after the rout and annihilation of Sauron's forces by Numenoreans under the command of their Admiral Ciryatan and his father King Tar-Minastir, a Numenorean nobleman by the name of Angmar with genetic ties to the royal family (and therefore the bloodline stretching all the way to Luthien and Melian) who had fought alongside his friend and future King, settled to the north of Eriador with his family. He had a normal childhood, with a loving family of his own, and with his followers he built up his realm. As his children grew up and had children of their own (and those children had their own children, etc.), he yearned to continue to live a life so charmed with the love and life and vitality of his family and their descendants all around him. Into this mix stepped a figure of great power, yet appeared like a Numenorean so handsome and persuasive he charmed all those around him. First he convinced Angmar's wife of the righteousness of his intentions, knowing she would be the one person Angmar loved, cherished, and trusted the most. Then with her by his side, they convinced Angmar to take up the Ring of Power that would enable him to continue to live this charmed life, convinced by him and her that not only would he benefit from this Ring of Power, but everyone around him, and would live life eternal. It was not just eternal life that beckoned him, but also that Numenor itself could benefit by growing ever more powerful if he would take up his best friend's offer, and come back home to Numenor (Tar-Ciryatan having since succeeded to the throne) to be by his side, advising him and helping him govern this growing empire. He grew close to Tar Ciryatan's son who would become Tar-Atanamir, and among others, it was he who debated the Eldar who came to visit Numenor (on behalf of the Valar) when they became concerned over Numenor's growing discontent over the Ban and the Gift (of death). Partly thanks to the man who would become the Witch King, the Numenoreans were left unconvinced by elven arguments, and so continued their spiritual descent even as they became ever more powerful and numerous, dominating Middle Earth. He eventually returned home to Angmar when he began to realize he had been lied to when his wife died, as did his older children of an old scourge -old age. But the Ring of Power that had been given to him had now such a hold over his mind he could not now set it aside, and he began to fade from the visible world. Just as he was physically weakening and visibly fading, that same mysterious figure who first offered and convinced him to take up that Ring of Power returned to Angmar now that he was no longer able to resist him, and weaved spells of magic binding Angmar's soul to his will, and took his Ring. From then on, he became a Nazgul, but given his bloodline from the Line of Elros, he was inherently and exceptionally powerful, more so than any of the other Nazgul, and to him Sauron taught him nearly everything he knew. Eventually due to plague, Angmar's entire remaining family was wiped out, as with most of their followers who settled with them. After the War of the Last Alliance had nearly destroyed Sauron's power (except for his One Ring), he was sent on his Master's behalf back his old home, and as the Witch King he conjured up the souls of all who had died, and bound them to his will as Sauron had done to him, and with the wild men and orcs he built up the evil realm of Angmar (his old name) to ultimately destroy Arnor and its remnant kingdoms of Rhudaur, Cardolan, and Arthedain, and wipe out Elendil's royal bloodline in the north. He nearly succeeded.

Holy crap how many hours did it take you to make this video? It looks amazing!

Very good! He fell as the Black Numenorians fell. and that works perfectly because that is who he was.

This would make an incredible movie. 😀

1:34 ah, those electric lamps in the third age were the best 🤣

Which LLM are you using for the visuals?

Alright. Here's what I'm thinking, my "head canon." The man who becomes the Witch King was the son of the Numenorean Admiral Ciryatur. Ciryatur remained in Eriador after the War of the Elves and Sauron and eventually established a stronghold outside of what became Angmar to guard Eriador against the Orcs and evil men that fled north. His mother was also a Numenorean. I don't want the Witch King, or any of the Nazgul, to be of the line of Elros. Or to have ever set foot in Numenor. The name for this character, I came up with the name "Enmar." This character was born after the War of the Elves and Sauron, so say 1800 of the Second Age.

Why is this relatable?

In a way though, they were only humans who kind of overcome gift of Iluvatar and became immortal as they were always jealous for. There was a Tuor who was welcomed into Aman and count for Eldar but thats a little different as they haven't ever left middle-earth and they were technically still humans although kept in undead state between life and death, chained to Arda with the power of Ring.

I always felt that Tal-Elmar is the origin story for the Witch King.

He was likely a one of the most powerful human sorcerers that ever lived before his transformation into the WK.

I like this.

We know almost nothing about the Nazguls' identities. This is remarkable considering what they became. This was certainly deliberate on Tolkien's part. The less we know, the more fearsome they are. Tolkien's basically saying, "Use your imagination." Which you did! Well done.

Imagine when this will be animated !! Give it a few more years with Ai of course and we will see some amazing games out there..

He had great hair, I think we can all agree on that

What is the font used in the thumbnail called?

Amazon failed us hard they could have done something like this

Totally consistent with Tolkien. I thought it was appropriately sympathetic. Great storytelling.

A good fantasy story nothing more nothing less 🤗👍

How long after do you imagine this taking place after the War of the Elves and Sauron?

Waaait, "Angmar" was founded when the Black Captain was a Wraith a few thousand years old.

Are you making all this narrative? Or which books does belong to?

Thank you I yearn to know more about these villains and your visuals are stunning. However you are too vague about dates and I disagree with your idea of his evolution. I think it was even more tragic. I think the 9 rings were distributed around TA1500, but it was only around TA1600 that Celebrimbor discovered the truth about Annatar. At this time many Numenoreans were arrogant and lacking in compassion, but they had not yet been seduced to outright evil. I suggest that until he was given his ring he was a hero, powerful and mostly good, and that this remained the case for around the first hundred years of his possession. Perhaps it was the effects of the 9, and perhaps the 7, on their owners that first alerted Celebrimbor to the true nature of Annatar. Thus the Witch king accepted his ring from what he believed to be powers of the light, and he remained with the light until shortly before Sauron declared himself and invaded Eregion. There is no suggestion that the Nazgul aided Sauron until long after the inundation of Numenor, perhaps even long after the war of the Last Alliance. Therefore the Witch King probably did not turn completely evil until he was well on the way to becoming a wraith.

While it's a great story there are some real problems with it from a Canon perspective. Angmar was founded by The Witch King himself long after he had been a wraith and Lord of The Nazgul for some time as the Ring Wraiths first appeared in 2251 of the Second Age and Angmar was not founded until 1300 of the Third Age meaning the Witch King and his fellow wraiths were already thousands of years old by that point. He( the Witch King did not grow up a Lord or Angmar that did not yet exist that kind of rediculas. See how the timeliness does not make sense. Now Tolkien tells us at least three were Lord's of Numenor. Lord's not Kings. People get confused because in the Peter Jackson Film Arigorn said they were once Kings, Great Kings of Men. Some of them no doubt could have been but not Kings of Numenor as the last King of Numenor was Ar -Pharazon who left to attack Valinor and never returned and the Island got sunk like Atlantis. While Tolkein never said which wraiths were Lord's of Numenor its most likely the Whtch King was such a lord as he was the mightiest by a wide margin. We Know Kamul the second in command was an Easterling so that leaves him out. Numenor fell in 3319 of the Second Age and when it did Sauron was there and even prior to that Lord's of Numenor had gone to Middle Earth and subjugated lesser men. So as the Witch King was already a Wraith before Sauron was Captured and taken to Numenor where he spent 57 years corrupting the king and the Kingdom the Witch King and at least two other Wraiths were likely some of these Lord's of Numenor who had come to Middle Earth and subjugated other men and remained behind when Sauron went to Numenor. Thus the Witch King was never a King until he founded Angmar in the third age. If I was writing the show I would make the Witch King one of the Numenoreans that Sauron Interacts with in the Rings of Power TV Show. Someone Sauron had already begun to corrupt in the first Season, maybe in a scene we didn't see in season one that occurred off screen. Personally had Tolkein not already stated that AR Pharazon went with the fleet to Valinor he would have been the best candidate to be the future Witch King. It was Pharazon in the books before he became King that lead the Numenoreans who went to Middle Earth to enslave lesser men so the Witch King was likely one of his former Generals.

I wonder where you get the source material of the witch king as a kid

The repetition and writing style gives it that wonderful generative AI emptiness.

This is wonderful. It is an absolute shame what Amazon has done with RoP. They have hired you and or other experts in the Lore. On the feed right after this is Nerdrotic talking about the eventuality of Season 2 of RoP.

This has nothing to do with Tolkien. Looks like more a demo about how AI can draw pictures, which btw are excellent.

if you intend for him to be of numenorean descent then surely it would make more sense for him to have been on Numenor? Unless Angmar was a Numenorean colony.

His name was Melvin.

Music is too loud. Trouble hearing what you are saying

Wasnt Angmar established by the Witch king??

It would have taken several human lifetimes to complete the transformation from human to Witch King.

I think you got it all wrong I think the witch King was numenor born from a great family who had a city and lands in harad or umbar.... his youth and childhood would be good but arrogant and the ring would of enslaved and corrupted him.... as a wraith only sauron would be influencing him... a path like denethor.... or boromir....

OR HE GAVE IN TO THE TEMPTATION AND DARKNESS OF SIN AND SORCERY BECOMING EVIL

Philip killed his parents. Aragorn killed him.

Nice story doesn't really follow the whole middle 16:47 earth story line

Routine? He is but one of nine.

AI is getting crazy

AI, AI.....Oh

I'm Sy Tol Kien and I ask you to stop your sludge and follow the works of JD and P. No more I say.

Make up a bunch of stuff and run it through the AI.

I stole a couple images for wallpaper... otherwise, unimpressed.

what does the witch king and Jesus Christ have in common? Jesus Christ said what good is gaining the world if you lose your soul? And you thought Tolkien is original :P

Fan fiction. Hmm.

Are you sure this isn’t about Vladimir Putin?

AI generated slop.

AI generated images, with AI generated Writing with a AI generated Narration Voice. Mate, you're not doing anything transformative with this. It's just lazy prompting off of the backs of others. Why don't you actually get someone to voice over your videos who would do it for free and hire an artist, or is that too hard or real for you?

More AI trash

No - the Witch King was a Numenorean, he was not as you describe.

A good back story for the witch king would be cool but this is a tiresome mess of AI

This is an AI generated story. If people actually listened and had critical thinking skills, they would see that the story makes almost zero sense at any time. The individual parts in the story elaborate on literally nothing. You literally typed in some prompts and parameters for the story in the AI generator and this is the one you ended up picking.

Was this the chump ya defeat in War of the North?!

Gimme a break. What is this AI generated tripe?