I hope you enjoy the video. I'm quite happy with it to be honest. I also added a small correction regarding Part 2 of Who is Elrond (Second Age). Again thank you for your support and shout-outs to the artists (links are in the description): Kimberly80 Ted Nasmith Jenny Dolfen Art Sara Morello Art Lara Tolton I also linked the 2 podcast episodes with Dan (Voice of Geekdom) as well (see description)!

I've always thought you to be a great content creator because you have everything needed,- great research, organization, presentation, enthusiasm and trilled R's. I especially enjoy your narration because your voice speaks almost in cadence, and has the same effect as listening to waves roll up on the seashore in a calming sleep audio. Would you be my dad and read me bedtime stories at night? Another well done video, dude.

@ThePhilosophersGames

2 жыл бұрын

haha thank you 😄

@Enerdhil

2 жыл бұрын

That is true. Sometimes a German accent can sound harsh to the ears of English speakers, but Chris doesn't have that issue and his pronunciation of languages from the Legendarium gives me an idea of what they really sound like. In his second video with Dan, he says Isengard correctly and it caught me off guard because no one else does. We all say it as "I"- sen-gard instead of "E"-sen-gard.

This is such a great channel. Tolkien created such a rich world you could cover nothing but middle earth and never run out of content. The characters alone have so much depth, along with the long history of the world there is just so much talk about. You do fantastic job breaking it all down. Please keep it up

@ThePhilosophersGames

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, much appreciated :) Yes agreed you can just get so many details out of Tolkien's writings, it's mind blowing. Esp. when you consider that for some topics we have very little material, but you always find some interesting details. I try to keep up ^^

@himynameis3664

2 жыл бұрын

@@ThePhilosophersGames I'm always surprised to learn new details as I've been reading him for nearly two decades now. You've taught me many things I have never realised, I appreciate it a lot. The man literally created an entire in depth history for the world he made. It's mind boggling at times

@RobiFM90

2 жыл бұрын

Probably the richest one lore-wise! Can be complex sometimes, but it’s worth it.

Great video as always Chris 👍👍

@ThePhilosophersGames

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, happy you liked it ^^

Thank you for this video, Chris! I really enjoyed hearing about the events in the years between the Silmarillion and The Lord of The Rings! I didn’t know that the ring of Barahir had been gifted again, for (again) people saving the life of the holder of that ring. I’m looking forward to the next episode! ✌🏼💖

@ThePhilosophersGames

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you as well ^^ Yes that's a really interesting little detail which I like a lot. In my mind it was Elrond who retrieves the Ring of Barahir, but looking into the texts again that seems to be not correct and it's stated that the Dúnedain got it back from the Lossoth. Also I hope you are doing well.

I love this series. The in-depth detail is great, as usual.

@ThePhilosophersGames

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you as always ^^ I really appreciate that you and other people always take the time to write comments :)

Absolutely love your videos Chris, my Tolkien knowledge is off the charts thanks to you. Thank you for keeping me entertained during work, you're the man!

@ThePhilosophersGames

2 жыл бұрын

haha happy to hear ^^ Thank you as well for the support! I think my channel has a big flaw: if my viwers know everything at some point, they won't watch my videos anymore 😂

The wars of Angmar is an area where I’m lacking in knowledge, so many thanks!

Parroting previous comments. Your channel is one of my favorite channels. Very well researched and you also make it easy to find the parts of the various books to explore further. Thank you for such quality content.

@ThePhilosophersGames

2 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated and thank you (also for taking the time to post a comment). Always happy when my viewers enjoy my videos 😄 Also glad me sourcing stuff is helpful!

@rebeccalyn9908

2 жыл бұрын

@@ThePhilosophersGames it really is. Interesting side note- Stephen King wrote a book, "The Eyes of the Dragon". Wonderful story, fantasy. There's 2 nods to Tolkien in the story 1) The Anduan sea (pronunciation exactly like Anduin), and 2) the king in the story kills a dragon with an arrow of similar description to Bard the Bowman's in the Hobbit. It was originally the king's fathers arrow and its name is Foe-Hammer. Interesting Easter egg I stumbled upon I've been dying to share for awhile!

Thank you! I always wondered how to pronounce Forochel. :) Superb lesson as usual.

@ThePhilosophersGames

2 жыл бұрын

haha thank you 😄 Yes the CH is rare in names, but the sound exists in German (as in Bach, hoch, Loch, Schlucht, etc ), so it easier or me to pronounce (in comparison to the English TH 😅)

As always I watched and it's as good as always 🥊 I will be even more satisfied when you will give us a full long video consisting all parts 👍 those are the best 🏅

@ThePhilosophersGames

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Yes I#m really curious how long it will be. Intros and outros will be removed, but it should still be a really long video.

@wbfwbl8434

2 жыл бұрын

@@ThePhilosophersGames those really long video's are the best 👍 it's like watching a documentary and that is one of the reasons why Sauron video got so many views

@ThePhilosophersGames

2 жыл бұрын

Yes I know what you mean. I also think the title "Who is Sauron" and the thumb are quite good as well, though if I made it today I would make many things different to be honest. Always surprised that it got so popular. Was really one of my early works. Learnt a lot since then

@wbfwbl8434

2 жыл бұрын

@@ThePhilosophersGames it's the most complex video about Sauron and that makes people watch it multiple times - I saw it 20 times at least (insomnia). I just want to say the long video format is the best 👍👍👍

I love Arnor. I hope Aragorn restored it to its former glory!

@ThePhilosophersGames

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed! It's also such a cool story. Often quite tragic as with Arvedui.

Love your work!

@ThePhilosophersGames

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, happy you enjoy it :)

Excellent video, as is always the case! Great for farming ores in LOTRO too, haha!

@ThePhilosophersGames

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I hope the ore farming went well ^^

@jeffloy4638

2 жыл бұрын

@@ThePhilosophersGames It did. The new Yondershire region is WAAAAAY better than the Lone Lands for Tier 3 ores, haha!

@DavetheNord

2 жыл бұрын

hehe very true!

@ThePhilosophersGames

2 жыл бұрын

I'm sadly not into MMORPGs at all, else I would play LOTRO as well I think 😂

@DavetheNord

2 жыл бұрын

@@ThePhilosophersGames The LOTRO map is awesome!!! Oh well, I'm checking out ES4 Oblivion at present. :D

I didn't get notified for this, that sucks!

@ThePhilosophersGames

2 жыл бұрын

Yes it's very unfortunate. Glad though you found the video later.

I wonder why Arvedui fled to the north instead of going to Lindon to seek refuge with the elves there.

@ThePhilosophersGames

2 жыл бұрын

Yes good question. I asked this myself as well. maybe he wanted to establish a base there but it was far less ideal than he thought? Maybe when he had to flee from Fornost he could not go to Lindon and could only flee north west (while he sent his son earlier to Lindon when it was still possible)?

@Enerdhil

2 жыл бұрын

Obviously, it was the curse of his name.🤪

@Enerdhil

2 жыл бұрын

@@ThePhilosophersGames Those are reasonable explanations.👍

I have a question on the pronunciation of a word or two. In Sindarin words that start with I are pronounced like a Y, like in Iant Iaur. This rule also applies to certain words in unstressed syllables, such as Doriath, from Dôr Iath. So for the word Dorwinion (and Dorthonion) would you pronounce the -ion as -eeon, or -yon? Anways, always appreciate that you stick to the actual pronunciations how Tolkien himself intended them! :D

@ThePhilosophersGames

2 жыл бұрын

As far as I understand it, this only applies when the initial i is before another vowel. "I initially before another vowel has the consonantal sound of y in you, yore in Sindarin only: as in Ioreth, Iarwain." I might have pronounced this wrong in the past, because I often forget about this 😂

What in the hobbit is shown about him

Was he buried in high fells of Rhudar As shown in desolation of smaug?

@ThePhilosophersGames

2 жыл бұрын

That is made up by the Hobbit films and is not in the books. The Witch-king was never buried and the place is also made up, though it's a pretty cool place. I made a video that covers this among other things, if you are interested: kzread.info/dash/bejne/iad2p9h-mtLMcZs.html

@hushamnoor6112

2 жыл бұрын

@@ThePhilosophersGames okay .is the same about gundabad as shown in films?

@ThePhilosophersGames

2 жыл бұрын

Gundabad exists in the books, but it has no connection to Thranduil. It's also a mountain and a important place for the Dwarves (Durin I awoke there). orcs occupied it at though and Dwarves conquered it back a few times. One connection it has to Hobbit was that in the War of Dwarves and Orcs (we see the final battle of it in a flashback in Hobbit film , where Thorin became known as Oakenshield). There the Dwarves also conquered back Gundabad for a time, but the orcs probably took it back later and gathered there when marched to Erebor for the Battle of the Five Armies.

@hushamnoor6112

2 жыл бұрын

@@ThePhilosophersGames perfect Script changing exists everywhere..

I am no man.

@ThePhilosophersGames

2 жыл бұрын

^^ liked that scene in the film a lot