Your delivery and presentation are magisterial. The first of all mortals to set foot in the land of Aman (aay-man) was Eärendil's father, Tuor.

What an absolutely stunning voice! Reminds me of Martin Shaw's narration of The Silmarillion although your voice carries even more gravitas.

These videos are incredibly well made. Your channel will blow up!

There shouldn’t be any Tolkien channels. Just read and enjoy the books and leave Tolkien stories to Tolkien!

Thanks for uploading :D

Splendid. Thanks so much.

Love this. This is one of of my favourite Tolkien channels.

Your voice is perfect for such fantasy videos!

Didn’t have life spans of 500 years, only the early kings and queens did, the average lifespan was 3 times of men, say 240, still impressive.

When single shines the triple sun, what what sundered and undone, shall be whole, the two made one, by Hobbit hand, or else by none. I give you the light of Eärendil, our most beloved star. May it be a light for you in dark places, when all other lights go out.

After finishing the Silmarillion - i reached the conclusion the Valar were at best useless and at worst just as bad as Melkor and Eru was a spiteful and vengeful god who did some terrible things. Firstly let's think about this - we say the Numenorians turned against Eru and to evil but what does that mean? Numenor was an autocratic monarchy, I'm not sure of the population figures but it must have been hundreds of thousands of men, women, children and babies. What happened is the King of Numenor turned to evil, one person, and did so under the will of an immortal super natural Demigod like being. As Numenor was an autocratic monarchy the population had to do what the King ordered - those who didn't were persecuted (like Christians in ancient Rome for example). So one person, but we could be generous and say maybe 30 or so of his close advisors were complicit, but still did so under the influence of Sauron and rule of the King. Your average Numenorian just lived under the rule they were born into. Your average Numenorian wasn't building tombs and statues of themselves to try and get some semblance of immortality, they were fishermen, farmers, blacksmiths, builders, carpenters, sailors and soldiers. But we can be more precise, we can be certain that from the get go children and babies did not forsake Eru and turn to evil because they had no choice in the matter, - so already thats 25% of the population that definitely hadn't turned to evil and were completely innocent. There can be no other interpretation of this other than complete and utter despicable evil, its is no less evil than any genocide. Basically less then 1% of the Numenorians actively made a decision to turn to Evil, this was the powerful ruling class - everyone else just did as they were told under the authority of the King and whatever means were used to enforce his will - and from the treatment of The Faithful this was by force. Most people wouldn't have joined the faithful out of simple self preservation. The army who sailed to invade Valinor did so because they were following orders, they won't have had a choice, you try joining any military and then disobeying orders - the punishment would have been severe. The sinking of Numenor was an act of utterly pure evil without question, it was genocide of hundreds of thousands of innocents - the Valar did nothing to stop or even argue against it and are guilty by association. Lets think of just a few things Eru didn't intervene in - Melkors 5,000 years of destruction and taint of the whole of Middle Earth, creating Orcs from Elves, destroying the two lamps, destroying the two trees, the destruction of Beleriand, the destruction of Gondolin, Ruined every work that the other Valar attempted to create, He raped the Maia of the Sun, named Arien, He kidnapped Elves and enacted unspeakable tortures upon them until all that remained were the grotesque perversions that served him. Sauron's tyranny of middle Earth, all the genocidal wars he prosecuted against the Elves and Men, specifically against the Elvish kingdom in Holian, the proxy wars against the Dunedain kingdoms in Arnor, and virtually every other conflict he engages in. Routine use of torture, turning men into undead wraiths, wiping out the the Ent Wives, genocide of the Beornings, sending Orcs to Moria, to names but a few things ... Eru did not lift a finger, ooh but allows sauron to dominate and decieve the Numenorians - right genocide it is then . Eru was a dick, basically.

This is one of my favourite of all Tolkien's stories.

I believe it's /aŋˈka.laˌgon/.

How can he be the most powerful elf when he’s not an elf.

This is a clip from a video I‘ve made, you can watch the full version here if you want: Eärendil - The Most Powerful Elf | Middle Earth Explained ukposts.info/have/v-deo/hWCFhaB6rWqJo2w.html

I’m convinced that without those mighty eagles, Morgoth could have possibly massacred the host of Valinor. I mean, Ancalagon alone was more than enough to cause the widespread extinction of the Noldor and Men🦾.

If only we could see a faithful yet captivating rendition of this epic war onscreen. One entire film probably couldn't do it any measure of justice.

great video as usual, ty

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Nice video

Great video! I can always spot a channel created by true Tolkien fans when they add BFME sound fonts to the video haha

Eärendil leads into everything special about Elrond & his daughter Arwen (& Aragorn by extension) therefore we must look at Elrond’s Twin Brother Elros, they both were half-elven brothers who can choose to be mortal or immortal because of their parents; (Eärendil & Elwing), both “half elven” made a great sacrifice and went to Valinor to ask for help against Morgoth(who was making everything worse than a living hellscape for 100s of generations) which lead to the greatest events in the early first and second age. Instead of being punished, the valar listened to them, that led to a great hosts of Valar and Maiar And Vanyar Elves went to Middle Earth that laid waste to Beleriand. After the War Of Wrath, the valar rewarded them for their sacrifices. They can choose to be elf or men, including their children. They chose immortally, but never return to Middle Earth because they thought that their twin sons had died. But they didnt die. Elrond chose to be immortal while his twin brother Elros chose to be mortal. He founded the Kingdom of Numenor. He lived in Numenor Island and blessed with a long life that include his descendants Those men who fought for the war were rewarded a long life but not their families or children. Only the family of Elrond can choose to be immortal or mortal in which Arwen did. Aragorn is the direct descendant of Elros, thats why he has a long life. The average lifespan of a Numenorean at their height was 500 years maximum! Now remember too that half elves are a common thing and whenever they did come together it was always significant !❤❤❤ Remember this is the SHORT version, there are so many moving parts that will make you want to dive into the books or the audio books or even do reaction videos to the famous lore videos by the biggest lore channels out there! When you’re done the trilogy try doing reaction videos just like Moviejoob did now with the lore recently as well as OmarioRPG. I recommend videos by GirlNextGondor and The Red Book, and Tolkien Untangled and especially Men Of The West. Many other cool ones I’ll recommend in the comments section of those reaction videos you do from Tolkiens Legendarium lore videos. They are super engaging. You’ll be in love. Nothing would have existed if Tolkiens works never hit the light of day as they were meant to stay private and sometimes be shared with his children and so on. No Game Of Thrones. No Skyrim. No ElderScrolls, No World Of Warcraft, no Dungeons&Dragons. None of it. Not even Star Wars. Not even Harry Potter! They took inspiration from his works which were souly to give back a forgotten history of the Anglo Saxons that had their culture & history destroyed as the larger empires were riding around them. His works reflect the Elder Edda(Norse) The Kalevala(Finnish) and the Welsh people from Wales as well as Irelands cultures of the Tuatha De Danaan as well! His languages are fully fleshed out too resembling Finnish & Welsh • By the way Elrond is around 6870-8000 years old & nearly a full Elf year (as they age very very differently to Men) is close to 144 man years(solar years for them). but if you want a more true age you must realize that he may be 8000 but in human years after the sun and moon were created from the flower from of the two trees of Valinor as well as one fruit from the other of the two trees; they experience the TIME and the way men experience it but their clock is different! They live as long as the world/Arda/Ëa does. Essentially. Which is why they are so in synch with the world around them and the nature responds to them ! Think of when Legolas walked ontop of all that snow on the Mountain of Caradhras!! They continue to endure as long ad the world itself does. (Arda) and speaking of age, Legolas is also 3000+years old by the time he becomes a member of The Fellowship Of The Ring! If you look back on the original trilogy movies: The fellowship had a 3000year old Elven PRINCE in their party. And a clandestine angelic being who was Gandalf originally known Olòrin to those such as Galadriel who knew him when she lived in Valinor, Elrond also knew would be one of the only others who’d know this save Círdan The Shipwright(Oldest Elf in the world but even he was a few generations down from the original elvish peoples to awake to the stars) & kin to Thingol who also is a semi distant cousin to Legolas as Legolas’ grandfather was the close cousin to Thingol(same with Galadriel’s Husband Celeborn through his father, their capital within Lothlòrien was named after his father(Caras Galadhon) Galadhon being the name indicating that which belongs to the father. And a 87 year old Númenorean man named Aragorn!, a 335 year old Dwarven Prince named Gimli. And as a microcosm they resembled the coalition of all the races of middle earth uniting under one banner which is another reason it sort of metaphysically set into motion the world uniting at the macrocosm ! Galadriel's Phial (gift to Frodo) is something really special. light & dark have a spiritual dimension in Tolkien. way back before the First Age Valinor was lit by two very special Trees that waxed & waned in opposition to each other. a master craftsman Elf named Fëanor fashioned three gems that captured their light, the Silmarils. (And it’s same power and light was drawn into it from the very firmament where it now stands amongst the stars as Eärendil himself (Elrond’s father stands watch over The Doors Of Night where Melkor still is held until fate holds him no longer.) Everyone who saw them was captivated by them, even the Melkor(Morgoth); the first Dark Lord. Wars were fought over them called the Kinstrife after Morgoth had the Trees destroyed the Silmarils were the only light from them left and he stole them as you may remember, they changed hands a few times & eventually one was left after one fell into the sea & another was lost in a pit of magma. a Half Elf named Eärendil (the first one! Who was Elrond’s father.) came into its possession & sailed it to Valinor as a gift to the Valar to ask for their help in defeating Morgoth, which they did. the Valar turned it into a star & hung it in the sky with Eärendil as its guardian. the fountain of Galadriel's Mirror is lit by light captured from the star Eärendil & her Phial has water from the fount. I've left out about 90% of the story but it's quite important & central to the story of Middle Earth. for her to give the Phial to Frodo is quite extraordinary. its light does burn & blind Shelob (that's the spider's name) but doesn't kill her outright. oh also, before he was put in the sky to guard the last Silmaril Earendil had two children, Elrond & his brother Elros the first King of Numenor. Tolkien's lore is deep & vast & the Silmarils are at the center of it. The Star of Eärendil is the light that shines in the horizon both in the morning and the evening. It consists in a boat raised by the Valar and led by Eärendil, who carries a shining Silmaril while watching the Doors of Night. The Door of Night was a portal in the distant Uttermost West that leads to heaven, and/or the Void. Eärendil's ship Vingilot was taken by the Valar from the rim of the world, passed through the Door and was lifted into the "oceans of heaven". PS: Eärendil is ELROND’s half Vanyar Elf half human father, that father was the son of the great Tuor of the great stories of The Children Of Húrin book!❤❤❤❤ Aragorn is a CLOSE descendant of a direct bloodline to Elros(Elrond’s Twin Brother) The title of half elven (Peredhel) was due to the combined history of Beren&Lúthien, his mother Elwing was the granddaughter of Lùthien! Eärendil was the husband of Elwing. The true half elf; son of the best elvish women ever who rescued hundreds from the highest of elvish kingdoms(Gondolin); her name is Idril & one of the best most powerful men around named Tuor. Who later on when they went to Valinor together through their own way lead to him choosing to be counted as One Of The Eldar for Idril. Eärendil did the same for Elwing. ❤

One of the dragon’s powers is the ability to mesmerize. I suspect that Earendil wearing the Silmaril was proof against Ancalagon’s power, and in fact mesmerized the dragon.

elf? even the valar question that asking if he was man or elf.

Beautiful work, the detail and music makes you feel it like a series. Perfectly done.

Tolkien said himself, Feanor was the most powerful elf in body, intellect and spirit. He literally killed his mom just from him carrying him in the womb.

Do you think earendil was there as a the shining star when his son Elros pass away.

I can't believe that he actually wanted to be human. as an elf you live thousands of years until you don't want to live anymore and you stay looking like you're in your thirties and human years.

I fucking love this. Perfect mix of AI and Lore👏🏼

Hrm. I am generally against AI videos. However, this one was actually rather tastefully done. Someone actually took time to ensure pronunciation, flow, art work, etc.

When I was a kid, I always felt bad for Elrond's children. No matter how strong they get they'll never be able to accomplish and be as incredible as Elrond was.... As I grew older and learned more about the 1st Age. I now feel sorry for Elrond. After everything he's done. He'll still never be as Great as his dad was.

I really hope you continue your doing an amazing job 👍👍

great story told and nice sketches, thanks😉

Magnificent artwork.

It's pronounced Keerdan(Cirdan) !!!!!!

AI trash

Great videos

gg! great prod!

The whole video with BFME2 Sound. Love it! And the voice and speed of spelling is very good. I didn´t consume english videos very often, but it´s very good to understand. Thanks for the video

keep it up! amazing work ! i eat your all videos and shorts like a cake :D love it !💯

God... love your edits and how you doing videos. You have a new subscriber!

Absolutely gorgeous video -- many of the pronunciations though....

Cirdan has a hard "C",making it Kirdan. It's a fixed rule from the Tolkien pronunciation guide on Sindarin words. Don't start waffling about now.

The most powerful of the children of Eru is Fëanor.

Lovely telling of the story, and beautiful graphics! I have written many songs about Eärendil, his parents, his wife and his sons...I feel one of the saddest stories is the twin boys parted forever from their parents, except to see the star in the night sky. Thank you! Beautiful work.

Do you think Eärendil killed Ungoliant on his journeys?

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