6:20 He lost both arms, so he literally headbutted a demon to death. Jesus Christ Elves are metal.

@PureHayabusa

7 жыл бұрын

Its the long hair you see

@Carnifindion

7 жыл бұрын

Nah, it's the pointy ears.

@HellDoggyjr

7 жыл бұрын

+ThrashMetal lmao

@PureHayabusa

7 жыл бұрын

John Smith Nah its the immortality

@squashedeyeball

7 жыл бұрын

Gothmog was said to be equal in power to Sauron... So that comes to show how powerful the great ancient elvish heroes were.

Have you ever been so mad about the loss of your arms, that you stabbed a freakin Balrog with your helmet?

@darthmortus5702

7 жыл бұрын

A few times.

@crazyspadger3602

7 жыл бұрын

SyscoLW #Relate

@pulsivegamers4725

6 жыл бұрын

Sysco

@NickSibz

6 жыл бұрын

I used to be an adventurer like you but I took an elf helmet to the chest.

@MrRostit

6 жыл бұрын

SyscoLW pp

Those damn balrogs, can't fall to their deaths without dragging somone along with them.

@papadim8601

8 жыл бұрын

+lePaddox dont forget Gandalf :P

@lePaddox

8 жыл бұрын

Exactly, even in TLotR

@Mica_T

8 жыл бұрын

Lol xD

@RaixsOreh

8 жыл бұрын

+lePaddox so basically, to defeat a balrog: step 1: fight near the edge of a cliff or ravine step 2: have someone fight with you step 3: let the balrog fall and let him take your ally instead of you step 4: profit

@user-L13

7 жыл бұрын

thats right....always falling onto a pit by dragging their opponents😂😂😂

I always loved the character of Maeglin, and his father Eöl. They seem to be the only elves who "fell to the dark side" in Tolkien's lore. Maeglin is almost the Darth Vader of Silmarillion. And that final scene where Tuor and Maeglin duelling on the walls of Gondolin is just epic.

@CivilizationEx

8 жыл бұрын

+rasnac I agree, his father Eol, is actually one of my fav LOTR characters of all time, even when he was standing before Turgon, surrounded by enemies, he never flinched, and was a badass to the end.

@TheVoidReturnsNull

8 жыл бұрын

+rasnac One might argue that Feanor, in a way, "fell to the dark side" too. I guess a lot of elves have their moments -- even Thingol, an overall good king, sought to have Beren be destroyed by ordering him on a suicide quest. Not a very nice move.

@ShadowShroud7

6 жыл бұрын

What about Feanor and his sons? Especially Celegorm and Curufin though even the most likable Maedhros partook in the kinslayings.

@csdr0

6 жыл бұрын

Perhaps Feanor was too resentlful with knowing that his mother prefer to stay in the halls of Mandos than to live again and be a mother to him. He was resentful that his Father married again but nonetheless his anger and obsession for vengeance against all opposition stems from the killing of his Father whom he loves more than anyone or anything else. To add to the injury his "precious creation - the Slimaril Jewels" were stolen by Melchor. However, I could not understand why he was so filled with anger for the death of his Father Finwe since they are immortal and soon his Father will live again after spending time in the Hall of Mandos.

@tylerjones7592

4 жыл бұрын

rasnac what about feanor and his sons

Balrogs riding dragons. Imagine.

@JeffCfreeradiorevolution

5 жыл бұрын

Seraphinus could you imagine dwarves fighting in barrels down a white water river?

@darkestnight0014

4 жыл бұрын

The FirstAge was Metal!😂💀

@salez9830

4 жыл бұрын

Supreme Lord Commander: They only fought in barrels in PJ's movies, not in the books.

@michaelmarenda3300

3 жыл бұрын

That's the most metal thing I've ever heard, I can imagine heavy metal being played in the background

@calvinthomas6957

3 жыл бұрын

@@sander5990This is Cal

6:41 I’ve never heard about the fact that two houses started fighting each other over the fact that the other supposed tuor the the other maeglin, it just makes me love the story of Gondolin even more, it’s supposed to be pure chaos with everything fare falling even morals and friendships

fun fact did you know tolken wrote the sige of gondolin we'll he was in the trenches of ww1

@TheSaneHatter

5 жыл бұрын

It's just been republished, too.

I hope this story makes it to the screen some day.

This would make for a great movie, as long as there's no abuse of cgi technology of course.

@kreuzrittergottes9336

7 жыл бұрын

and politics ie political correctness

@pavledrakulic9456

4 жыл бұрын

@topple Yes.

@grapeabbas7043

4 жыл бұрын

@@pavledrakulic9456 lol

@nathandomke2721

3 жыл бұрын

That's the trick now adays isn't it XD

@kingcloudlo5277

2 жыл бұрын

A battle with balrogs and dragons… you know the cgi is gonna be nuts, yea good luck with that lol 😂

epic just epic no lie. That morgoth back at it again with the using elves.

@axilleasdemour8617

8 жыл бұрын

+Minato D Roger good one ;p

Videos are awesome bud. keep it up! LOTR videos are my personal favorite because the world is super fascinating.

Ecthelion was the leader of the house of the fountain and he died in a fountain gratulations Ecthelion you live up to your house

@nicholasloremann4741

7 жыл бұрын

Skystriker and title

@nicholasloremann4741

7 жыл бұрын

Skystriker congratulations

@nyenyenye9265

3 жыл бұрын

Yayy?

Morgoth was so impressed by Maeglin's betrayal that he didn't torture him at all when he captured him and let him go. That says something.

@Coolguy-tr1ot

2 жыл бұрын

Fun Fact:King Turgon king of Gondolin was the original owner of the sword Glamdring before it became Gandalfs new sword weapon in the Hobbit. Fun Fact#2: Elf prince Maeglin was killed by his elf cousins boyfriend for selling out his uncle and family out to morgoth for the destruction of Gondolin but in the end he paid the price for his betrayal with his life.

@concept5631

2 жыл бұрын

@@Coolguy-tr1ot Cool

@adventuresofavalon2477

Жыл бұрын

@@Coolguy-tr1ot Tuor was Idril's husband not boyfriend

@taz8961

2 ай бұрын

​@@Coolguy-tr1otit is not a fact that Glamdring belonged to Turgon. It is assumed.

I'm reading Christopher Tolkien's re-release of "The Fall of Gondolin" as we speak! There's a lot you left out . . .

So happy I found this channel, great stuff man.

Minor nitpick. Tuor used a battleaxe rather than a sword. Still, great video.

@nicholasloremann4741

7 жыл бұрын

Turin Turambar Tour is you'r cousin

@caim4611

7 жыл бұрын

Turin Turambar tuor is foi cousin

Always loved the tale of Gondolin. Thanks for the vid

Yes! i was waiting so long for this :)

This is really good. Thanks!

yes yes yes !!! my favourite part of the silmarillion and you did a great job :D

Love the vids keep it man!!

Ecthelion of The Fountain - The Mightiest Elf of All Time. Yes that includes Feanor + Fingolfin

A new book about gondolin is coming out this month....

@andreasgiallouris5185

5 жыл бұрын

Really? Which one?

@unlimitedperseverance1706

5 жыл бұрын

@@andreasgiallouris5185 it's called the fall of gondolin. it came out on the 27th it's already out.

@andreasgiallouris5185

5 жыл бұрын

@@unlimitedperseverance1706 I just found out.Thanks for the replying👍

@unlimitedperseverance1706

5 жыл бұрын

@@andreasgiallouris5185 I wouldn't recommend reading it..... the unfortunate thing about tolkien is that after lotr, he never completed another book. all those other books that came out are incomplete notes edited by Christopher tolkien. :(

@andreasgiallouris5185

5 жыл бұрын

@@unlimitedperseverance1706 Oh i see...

Awesome! My favourite passage in my favourite book and you are able to make it 100 time better :D

@CivilizationEx

8 жыл бұрын

+morfrido :)

great videos and plus for pronunciation!

Do The War of Wrath!!

@CivilizationEx

8 жыл бұрын

+Dominic Labriola I talk about it in my vids on the War of Great Jewels, kzread.info/dash/bejne/ga6emtdwc9y2Y6w.html

I love be your voice dude i also love these videos about the background lore it's so awesome

great video man as usual

@CivilizationEx

8 жыл бұрын

+Zuba Jojo Thanks! :)

Great video

Thank you for these bitesize vids!

That was excellent !!!

this was excellent

Thank you

Idril is actually supposed to be barefoot. One of her names, Cerebrindal, means "silver-foot."

When I read this story for the first time, I almost cry. For the second time too...

Love the video, keep it up. I though it was Earandil that set sail west with a silmaril though?

@CivilizationEx

7 жыл бұрын

He did later on, but Tuor and Idril went first, they landed on the Enchanted Isles and fell asleep for hundreds of years, until eventually they awoke and were accepted into the lands of Aman. So Tuor was not able to get help from the Valar, so Earendil did it later on.

I love the "House of the Mole" like a mole in the CIA or whatever who is an enemy spy

They need to make more movies about this universe !!!!!

Im pretty sure Christopher is going to publish The Fall of Gondolin next, as he kinda suggested in the Preface to The Children of Hùrin that there was a lot of material left from his father specifically naming Children of Húrin, Beren and Luthien and The Fall of Gondolin. And now that 2 of those have been published i think it will be the next, which im very much looking forward to. If you want the source, read the Preface to Children of Húrin page 10-12.

YUS FINALLY!! Yay

turor did not construct the secret escape tunnel, his wife did 😉

do it about the Battle of the Five Armies if you can.

@thomasalvarez6456

8 жыл бұрын

+Luis Rivera Yes!

@CivilizationEx

8 жыл бұрын

+Luis Rivera It is on my list :)

@LuisRivera-jk1vo

8 жыл бұрын

Ok CivilizationEx​ :) only I want to know the numbers of the different armies

@thomasalvarez6456

8 жыл бұрын

CivilizationEx ;) bae

Hi mate, i love your videos they are absolutely brilliant! However I do have one question, where can information on the iron monsters that you mentioned? I am flicking through the pages of my books and had a quick internet search and cannot seem to find anything about them, if you could point me in the right direction that would be fantastic. Thanks in advance.

@CivilizationEx

8 жыл бұрын

+Will Freeman I believe it is from the Book of Lost Tales, part 2, chapter 3.

Wow this made me cry bruh 😫

Did anyone record any numbers about the size of the armies involved? Gondolin only went to war once and was able to make it back relatively intact. So it would have been no push over to take the city. Morgoth's army must have been the strongest dark forces had ever been able to field.

If they could only make this into a movie

I just love your lord of the rings stories. If you guys don't know they have a great mod of this for total war medieval two. You guys want to get your geek on you got to try this game 😄

@CivilizationEx

8 жыл бұрын

+Deep-fried-zombie I've been playing that game for many years :)

Now there's a book about the fall of Gondolin being released in August!!

Would have thought Turgon’s sword Glamdring (at least I assume it was Turgon who wielded it) would’ve gotten an honourable mention.

@Coolguy-tr1ot

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed. The sword Glamdring was once the sword of King Turgon elven king of Gondolin before it became gandalfs sword. I assume the sword was lost long ago in the siege of Gondolin.

@kristophershepard2563

2 жыл бұрын

@@Coolguy-tr1ot Along with Orcrist and the dagger that would ultimately be christened ‘Sting’, unless my memory is shoddy.

@Coolguy-tr1ot

2 жыл бұрын

Correct. You remember well.

Today was the first day that I realized that ecthelion has the house of the fountain. My family crest, (probably its only the flag of the city of fontanetto), is a fountain. From now on gonna consider myself servant of the house of the fountain.

Could you make one about Smeagol?

Didn't Tuor enter Gondolin after the battle of Unnumbered Tears?

I really want a movie about gondolin

Maybe do a video about the palantiri

Are you planning to do a Focus on Turin Turambar?

@CivilizationEx

8 жыл бұрын

+Bipolarizing I am planning one on the Children of Hurin, though down the line I'm sure I'll do one on Turin specifically.

You know you are a new kind of fucked when you see Balrogs riding fucking dragons towards you.

I'm pretty sure that Tuer came after Turgon's armies fled and we're protected by the armies of men

I envy Tuor as he is the only Men granted passage and livelihood in Aman.

Ecthelion ❤️❤️💙💙

@user-rs7xf5tm9s

3 жыл бұрын

Ecthelion best gondolindrim 💙 (yes, over Glorfindel)

i can't be the only one who's favorite character is Maeglin. am i?

unfortunately music links are not working anymore

We really need a battle for middle earth 3 based of this. Called the battle for Beleriand.

Oh, the poor Gondoliers!

I wonder how big the army that sieged Gondolin was. Something like 200k outside Minas Tirith right, so there were probably like 500k taking Gondolin? Just a guess, if anyone has a number I'd love to know.

You know, in my second book, I got ramrodded for introducing 5 characters in two chapters...

finally

i love Morgoth

pour your forties on the ground for Ecthelion and Glorfindel

Also anyone know the number of the defending army?

The Valar watched from their mountain as their brother melkor ravaged the children of illuvatar. Elves men and dwarvs never stood a chance.

Ecthelion, killing 3 balrogs and took one maiar in balrog form with him before he died..... boi that guy is strong.

@someonesomething2201

5 жыл бұрын

Balrogs were all Maiar

@shaokhanwins1037

5 жыл бұрын

@@someonesomething2201 oh shit, then this fountain dude killed four maiars, one being the strongest.

so is ecthellion, father of Denathor, a descentant of this ecthellion, or named in refrence?

@user-rs7xf5tm9s

3 жыл бұрын

Ecthelion father of Denethor was named after Ecthelion of the fountain

@thomasnewsome5923

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-rs7xf5tm9s good to know, thanks.

but isnt glorfindel in fellowship? or is there more than one glorfindel?

@hectoraliegbe8410

7 жыл бұрын

Glorfindel of Gondolin and Glorfindel of Rivendell are the same person. Glorfindel was resurrected back to life by the Valar for his glorious sacrifice. Glorfindel was also rewarded with becoming more powerful than he was before. He was sent back to middle earth either on his own or with the Istari.

@SuperAragoon

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you my scholarly friend!

@darshandutta5134

7 жыл бұрын

Hector Aliegbe Glorfindel has seen some shit....

@arte0021

6 жыл бұрын

weird how the Valar only resurrected him and not the other heroic characters

So how did Glamdring and Orcrist end up from Gondolin to a random troll collection again?

@michaelblower7363

6 жыл бұрын

A lot can happen in 6,000+ years. :-)

@someonesomething2201

5 жыл бұрын

I am late but probably some trolls took them and then other trolls took them from the past trolls until they found their way to the trolls in the Hobbit.

@josh420masterB

5 жыл бұрын

Same way that the One Ring found its way from being attached to Sauron's severed finger at the base of Mount Doom to the hands of a Stoor Hobbit subsisting on fish and the occasional goblin in the depths of the Misty Mountains; passing from one person to another in such unlikely circumstances that one might get the mistaken impression that it was all happening by chance.

@nyenyenye9265

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe some trolls survived and stole some weapons and gold to show off to his friends

You forgot to mention the Great Fire Drake. Didn't it contribute to Gondolin's fall?

@CivilizationEx

8 жыл бұрын

+Sivan Levi Yes, didn't mention it, but one of the dragons was the Great Fire Drake who carried a Balrog on his back.

i don't know why but i alway feel sad for Maeglin,and don't like Tuor.i wish Maeglin were succsessful.killing tuor and taking Idril as his bride.

Gondolin reminds me of mythical Avalon.

but finrod was high king of the noldor for some time before being slain by a wolf while trying to help beren in minas tirith which sauron corrupted.

@CivilizationEx

8 жыл бұрын

+Anon Finrod was King of Nargothrond, but as far as I know he was never High King of the Noldor.

@bobsaget4465

8 жыл бұрын

Minas tirith????

@mariusssssss

8 жыл бұрын

bob saget Minas Tirith( on the island of Tol Sirion later know as Tol-In-Gaurhoth)... go read the silmarillion tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Minas_Tirith_(Beleriand) CivilizationEx whoops i guess i made a mistake... I had to reread the first half of the silmarillion... (I misread the part that said he was king and thought he was the king of the Noldo) ;=;

@bobsaget4465

8 жыл бұрын

Anon oh I'm sorry I was thinking about the other Minas tirith

Iron monster? In all my years of studying middle earth i've never heard of them, any information on like.....what they were?

@CivilizationEx

8 жыл бұрын

+Papanak the vaper Tolkien only mentioned them the one time I believe, they were dragon shaped statues that held Orcs inside, think of it like a medieval tank. Tolkien wrote that after his service in the war as a reflection of the tanks he saw on the battlefield.

@kynareth3605

8 жыл бұрын

+CivilizationEx did Christopher publish this information in one of his books? If so which one?

@ServantofLIberty125

8 жыл бұрын

+Papanak The Book of Lost Tales 2 mentions them.

@kreuzrittergottes9336

7 жыл бұрын

how In the world do you profess to study LOTR universe and not have read lost tales?!? just because they arnt finished doesn't mean you don't read them! (sry, über Tolkien nerd here. i know just about everything in LOTR)

@kreuzrittergottes9336

7 жыл бұрын

how In the world do you profess to study LOTR universe and not have read lost tales?!? just because they arnt finished doesn't mean you don't read them! (sry, über Tolkien nerd here. i know just about everything in LOTR)

what hapens to Doriath? Melian doednt! leave til the end of sun´s 1st age, i think

Tuor was the man! The "thudder-sharp" Dramborleg was the greatest weapon in the history of Middle Earth!!!! (in my opinion ;-))

I wish they made a movie about this part. For what I've seen in the franchise and like Peter Jackson, it seem they only make a movie of Tolkien's works when it comes to Hobbits. I mean come on, no need only for that. There's a bigger world there in the past and in the present than those Halflings scurrying around the story in the War in the North and in the War of the Rings.

The chronology of the events is wrong. Tuor arrives in Gondoling after the Nirnaeth Arnoediad; along the way he even saw his cousin Turin, who was wondering after the fall of Nargothrond

Id love to see HBO make a series about all this. All the backstabbing and betrayal

I can't be the only one who prefers Ecthelion over Glorfindel

How many are working at civilizationex?

@CivilizationEx

7 жыл бұрын

Just me :)

@petterivarsson4980

7 жыл бұрын

CivilizationEx beast

This would be a bitchin' movie. Do the right thing, Tolkein Estate!

@kreuzrittergottes9336

7 жыл бұрын

ya, but ya know they will fuck it up, with political correctness and such

But in other videos you said that fingolfin died while crossing helcaraxë

@CivilizationEx

4 жыл бұрын

Fingolfins wife died on the journey not him.

@user-rs7xf5tm9s

3 жыл бұрын

Actually. Fingolfin's wife didn't died in the helcaraxë because she didn't follow him. She stayed with her friend Eärwen (Finarfin's wife) in Aman.

The fall of gondolin Fall damage

hey what time was this cause glorfindel in the lotr books

Mirror mirror on the wall!!!

And Goku arrives and one shots everyone with a pinky in base form using 1 quintillionth of his power.

Omg... so abrasive

Balrogs and cliffs I tell ya

Can I watch this video if I want to skip reading the book?

if the numenorians went to aman, eru destroyed the army easyly then why didnt eru help the valar when fighting against melkor great vid though:)

@thomasalvarez6456

8 жыл бұрын

+Hugo Kivilo actually he just put them in the caves of the forgotten.

@CivilizationEx

8 жыл бұрын

+Hugo Kivilo Eru interfered because the Numenorians broke a sacred law, travelling to Aman. Aside from a great offense like that, Eru does not interfere in the events of Arda, and the Valar try not to, only interfering when someone like Tuor travels to them begging for their help.

@rodrigopaim82

8 жыл бұрын

+CivilizationEx But to be honest, destroy the whole Numenor was way too much. Why not just destroy the king and his armada ? Thus with the king and his followers destroyed, the faithful could retake the crown and restore the kingdom of elf-friends. But no, let destroy everything and kill everybody because of the mistakes of a few, and also because I am pissed. Eru is pretty much like old-testament God

@CivilizationEx

8 жыл бұрын

rodrigopaim82 lol that's kinda true, not to mention all the people that died when the continents shifted and broke apart. But I guess Eru works in mysterious ways.

I thought that Glorofindel survived

@CivilizationEx

7 жыл бұрын

He died but was reborn and returned to Middle Earth later on.

So glorfindel died before the third age? hm so the videogame battle for middle-earth was wrong putting him in the war of the north :p

@CivilizationEx

7 жыл бұрын

He did die, but the Valar were so impressed with him and how he died a hero, he was allowed to return to Middle Earth, given a new body, to act as an emissary of the Valar and granted special powers, so he actually returned during the second age and was alive for the other events that happened.

@Gloin79

7 жыл бұрын

but did he also battle in the war in the north during the war of the Ring?

@CivilizationEx

7 жыл бұрын

Gloin79 He may have, after he helped Frodo reach Rivendell, he may have gone east to help in the war of the North, but we don't know for sure since he is not mentioned much after the Council of Elrond.

@Gloin79

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I really need to get on with reading the silmarillion

@mohitk278

7 жыл бұрын

the Glorfindel that Gloin79 refers to, wasn't that a different glorfindel? i read somewhere that this one is the not the same as the one who saved Frodo, and before that, cursed the Witch King of Angmar.

Why did I know that it was Idril that made them construct the tunnel? She really didn't do anything?

@CivilizationEx

8 жыл бұрын

+Animely0 Tuor and Idril worked together on the tunnel, she also helped lead the survivors out of Gondolin.

@kreuzrittergottes9336

7 жыл бұрын

it's been some time since I last read up on it but I believe idril kept it a complete secrete from everyone, because she had the nagging feeling something was amiss

Ecthelion = GOAT

@user-rs7xf5tm9s

3 жыл бұрын

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