Pictures in order of appearance cont'd: 42. Castle Credit: Juhani Jokinen www.artstation.com/artwork/castle-2ba29149-8629-49dc-b22a-3f9c6f644a5d 43. Orc Assault Credit: Darek Zabrocki Lord of the Rings: The Card Game (Heirs of Númenor), Fantasy Flight Games, 2012 www.deviantart.com/darekzabrocki/art/Orc-Assault-341510369 44. Desolate Landscape Credit: johanG johang.cgsociety.org 45. Maedhros Credit: ElfinFen elfinfen.tumblr.com/post/167810881892 46. king Credit: Greg Taylor www.deviantart.com/gregtaylorart/art/king-192265475 47. viking Credit: Greg Taylor www.deviantart.com/gregtaylorart/art/viking-162124008 48. Beleg Credit: Elena Kukanova www.deviantart.com/ekukanova/art/Beleg-777516793 49. The Orc-Host is Ambushed in Brethil Credit: Ted Nasmith www.tednasmith.com/tolkien/the-orc-host-is-ambushed-in-brethil/ 50. Maeglin Meeting Húrin and Huor Credit: Katarzyna Karina Chmiel-Gugulska lavender.www.nn.ru/?page=gallery&MFID=159550&IID=2771704 51. Haleth-sketch Credit: Elena Kukanova www.deviantart.com/ekukanova/art/Haleth-sketch-633252293 52. Huor and Húrin Approaching Gondolin Credit: Donato Giancola www.artstation.com/artwork/eOVGZ 53. Tolkien: House of Fingolfin [Turgon] Credit: ForeverMedhok www.deviantart.com/forevermedhok/art/Tolkien-House-Of-Fingolfin-710048005 54. White Castle Credit: Ji Young Joo www.artstation.com/artwork/g1qJQ 55. Stormy Seas Credit: Tysen Johnson www.artstation.com/artwork/6b1ew 56. Hurin Thalion Credit: kimberly80 www.deviantart.com/kimberly80/art/Hurin-Thalion-408422547 57. Morwen Credit: Elena Kukanova www.deviantart.com/ekukanova/art/Morwen-269858543

“With his last and desperate stroke, he hewed the foot with Rengel, and the blood gushed fourth black and smoking and filled the pits of grond.”

I Love this. So many Tolkien commentators approach these tales with a little too much reverence. While your summaries are dense with information, you also vulgarize them and manage, at key meaningful moments, to let Tolkien's prose take over. I've been binging since yesterday. With this one, over a year old now, you seem to be getting in stride, to have found your own voice so to speak. I laughed out loud at your dramatic setup for this episode, only to blurt out: "It was a horror show!" Onward!

@lfwinesroad3399

3 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you're enjoying my videos and my narration style! You make a good observation - I definitely try to make my videos user friendly because they're primarily targeted towards people who are new to The Silmarillion. I figure that once a reader gets the basic information down, then they'll be much more confident in their grasp of the material during their independent re-reads. And when THAT happens, the true grandeur of Tolkien's prose will break through, and they'll see Beleriand, Númenor, etc. according to their own imagination :-D

I love that you read the passages regarding Fingolfin and Morgoth. That might be my favorite part of The Silmarillion and it never fails to send chills down my spine.

@lfwinesroad3399

3 жыл бұрын

It's one of my favorite parts, too. It's so rich and rather cinematic because you can see the images so clearly in your head. And it shows how truly fearless and amazing Fingolfin is.

@lfwinesroad3399

2 жыл бұрын

@@cspahn3221 I think he knows fear, but he is incredibly, epically brave.

Huhu just found this and sub'ed right away :) I like how excited you get when reading these it's so real. I think we all share that feeling. Thanks for sharing. I really hope you continue on the other books and writings as well.

@lfwinesroad3399

3 жыл бұрын

I'm very glad you enjoyed! Thank you :-D

"And Morgoth came..."

@acolytesounds

Жыл бұрын

And they go AT IT

This is absolutely invaluable for such a doozy of a chapter. Thank you!!!

@lfwinesroad3399

Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome! 🙂

This series is amazing. I can’t imagine the amount of time this took. Truly a thankless job. Thank you for your work.

@lfwinesroad3399

4 ай бұрын

What a nice comment! Thank you! 😄

Reposting the best comment I have ever seen about this chapter: “The story talks about the holes rent in the earth by Grond, but it doesn’t mention the huge trench left by Fingolfin from dragging his GIGANTIC STEEL BALLS across the Anfauglith.” “And Fingolfin did ride, his steed labouring under the immense weight of the elven balls that were dragged in its wake. For they were like great spheres of iron and did rend a mighty trench across the plain of anfauglith. No orc or servant of Morgoth would from that day forth venture near the trench, for the fear that the rider with the massive balls may yer return.”

@lfwinesroad3399

Жыл бұрын

😄

God, Fingolfin and Finrod are the absolute mvps :D I actually almost got teary eyed during Fingy's battle with Morgoth. What an epic chapter

@lfwinesroad3399

Жыл бұрын

It is definitely an epic chapter! 😀

Fingolfin is my favorite.. I love how he handles Feyanor especially.

@lfwinesroad3399

2 жыл бұрын

Fingolfin is definitely most excellent.

Awesome video! It is helping me a lot while I read the book! But I still get confused on all the names haha

@lfwinesroad3399

3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad it helped you! And yes, the names can get confusing even after a couple read-throughs :-D

I hope you get more views with all this hard work you put on theses videos!

@lfwinesroad3399

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! 😀

I love love your videos! This one is truly exceptional

@lfwinesroad3399

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! :-D

Your videos are incredibly helpful. Brilliant work!!

@lfwinesroad3399

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! I'm glad you find my videos helpful :-D

Really loved your video! Super clear and fun

@lfwinesroad3399

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm so glad you liked it :-)

Reading this chapter with LOTR OST is a blast.

@lfwinesroad3399

Жыл бұрын

I'll bet! That's actually a really good idea 👍🎶

Amazing video 👍🏻

@lfwinesroad3399

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you :-D

Thank you so much!

@lfwinesroad3399

Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome!

Tolkien can tell too much with few pages, I mean all of this actions happened in one chapter. Thank u again, you are an amazing storyteller. Ps: though I know That Christopher Tolkien said he made a mistake and Gil galad was not the son of Fingon, I like the idea. Imagine being the grandson of Fingolfin.

@lfwinesroad3399

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I agree - this book is very dense with so much information packed into so little space! I'm glad you're enjoying the Silmarillion 😄 And yes, it would be amazing being the grandson of THE Fingolfin 🤩

King fingolfin RIP

I'd like to know which craftsman of that age made Ringil.... and what happened to it?

@lfwinesroad3399

3 жыл бұрын

Alas, that's a question that I don't have an answer for.

fantastic summary

@lfwinesroad3399

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much.

Thanks , yes cool timeline

شكراً لك شرحك جميل 🌹🌹🌹

@lfwinesroad3399

Жыл бұрын

😊عفواً

Just read this chapter, and maybe the answer will come later in the book. But if not, does anyone know where the dwarves were during this battle?

I'm a bit confused. Was Gil-Galad son of Fingon or Orodreth?

@lfwinesroad3399

3 жыл бұрын

That's a good question. Christopher Tolkien tells us in the chapter "The Shibboleth of Fëanor" from the book "The Peoples of Middle-earth" that when he compiled the published Silmarillion, he made an editorial mistake by making Gil-galad the son of Fingon. He was going by an older idea for the character that did not match his father's later writings and conceptualization of the character. By the time Christopher had discovered these later writings, The Silmarillion had already been published. Christopher even says, "It would nonetheless have been very much better to have left Gil-galad's parentage obscure" (p.351). The reason I keep Gil-galad as the son of Fingon is simply because my videos only summarize what's written in The Silmarillion.

@andythecrimson8877

2 жыл бұрын

@@lfwinesroad3399 If Gil-Galad was Fingon's son, who's his mother?

@lfwinesroad3399

2 жыл бұрын

@@andythecrimson8877 Unfortunately, she is unnamed in any text.

Okay wait... this ring of Barahir... how did Finrod get it? Who made it?

@lfwinesroad3399

3 жыл бұрын

The Noldor of Valinor made the ring, and it was one of the many treasures that Finrod brought with him from Tirion.

@tylerbarrett6652

3 жыл бұрын

@@lfwinesroad3399 = yeah... the symbol of the house of Finarfin.... given to his oldest son. Okay, somehow, even going across the Helcaraxe he is able to bring more gems and treasures and heirlooms than anyone else... and that's how he paid the dwarves.... he must have had some help, I think. Those on ships brought horses... and hounds.... fun trying to put the pieces together.

@lfwinesroad3399

3 жыл бұрын

@@tylerbarrett6652 Indeed!