Even after 40+ years of loving all Tolkien's work, I'm still coming to a greater understanding of the totality that was Tolkien's genius.

@FinarfinNoldorin

2 жыл бұрын

Tolkien is life-long learning. The more you learn, the better it gets. :)

@roberto5red5rocky85

Жыл бұрын

they lied , lol

Whoa. I’m so early, the music of the Ainur is still harmonious. 🤭

@mistermeeseeks3142

2 жыл бұрын

Melkor here now to add dissonance for you. No worries

Sauron wanted the dwarf rings back because even though they didn't allow him to control the dwarves, they had still been made from him. A portion of his Will was still inside them. And even though he could not dominate the dwarves, the rings still eventually brought ruin to the dwarves by making them targets for dragons. Imagine how great the Dwarven civilization would have been in the 3rd Age if all of their Strongholds had not been destroyed repeatedly.

@rayden120

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. I also think that Sauron was counting the dwarves not to interfere in the war and keeping them in their mountains to dig for their greed kinda like what Elrond said in the movie, would probably made conquering the northeast more easier

@istari0

2 жыл бұрын

There's also the possibility he was simply using them as a bribe to hopefully get the dwarves to tell him where he might find the One, which is what he really wanted.

What-if video idea for you to do: What if Gandalf never fell at the Bridge of Khazad-dum and continued with the fellowship to Lothlorien and on forward?

What goes around my head is the numbers of the rings. It is 1 ring to rule them all, 3 rings to the elves, 7 rings to dwarfs and 9 to men. It strikes the eye that these are all uneven numbers and the number 5 is missing in this count. So might there be a group of 5 rings that we don't know about?

@jasonfenton8250

2 жыл бұрын

No.

@emprahsfinest7092

2 жыл бұрын

THE NUMBERS MASON WHAT DO THEY MEAN

@cathleenmccarty556

2 жыл бұрын

Dude brought out gematria

I just love these videos. I feel like I’m instantly sucked into the world of the lord of the rings as you talk about the rings and I love the photo too

Great video. Just a couple of points. Gil-Galad ruled the Noldor from Lindon, not Eregion, which was under Celebrimbor until his death and its destruction early in the War of the Elves and Sauron. Also, Gandalf the Grey fought off most, if not all, of the Ringwraiths at Weathertop and later in this limited form killed Durin's Bane. After his return as the clearly more powerful Gandalf the White, he said he was the 2nd most dangerous being in Middle-Earth after Sauron. So, there is no reason to think the Witch King would have been a match for Gandalf the White, who was, after all a Maia just like Sauron.

@icex69rz

2 жыл бұрын

I'd also like to add that Isildur was not the son of the king of Numenor, Elendil was only the king of the exiles in Arnor. At the time of Elendil, Ar-Pharazon was king of Numenor.

@tominiowa2513

2 жыл бұрын

@@icex69rz By the time Elendil and the Faithful reached Middle Earth, Ar-Pharazôn was buried in a cave until Dagor Dagorath courtesy of Eru Ilúvatar.

@icex69rz

2 жыл бұрын

@@tominiowa2513 Agreed, Numenor at that time was also under the water, hence he still wasn't king of Numenor. The last king is widely known as Ar-Pharazon.

@williamh.macoy7169

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@16thCenturyDutchman

2 жыл бұрын

"'Dangerous!' cried Gandalf. 'And so am I, very dangerous: more dangerous than anything you will ever meet, unless you are brought alive before the seat of the Dark Lord" Always bugged me that the wraith somehow gets elevated to (and above) Gandalf's level in the film.

Watching all of these videos, I now have a better understanding of Middle Earth! I love these! Please, keep making videos!!!

I'm addicted to this channel. This is so fascinating. Amazing content and a perfect way to present the information.

Giving the rings back to Dain could just be a distraction, rekindle the gold addiction to at least keep them neutral

Great video. I literally watch all of your guys video in my spare time. You’ve answer so many of my questions about middle earth. I look forward to your opinions and views on the Amazon prime show when it comes out!

"It has been confirmed that Sauron won't be in the first season." That did not age well

"cannot be turned to shadow" As Dwarves were not created originally from Iluvatar but later from Aulë using stone, could it be that, apart from being too stubborn to turn evil, moreover did not have the "ability" to access the shadow world?

@thinkwithurdipstick

Жыл бұрын

They were eventually given ‘true’ life by Illuvatar, so I don’t see why they wouldn’t be able to. I think it’s more simply that they were that stubborn, and this is likely related in some way to their creation by Aule.

cool vid Jake loved it looking forward to the next one

Thank you for this video 🙏🏻

It shows that the men are deeply obsessed with their ring, which turned them into Ringwraiths, while the elves and men didn’t have much influence from the ring. Maybe the dwarven rings might have influenced the dwarves to mine for more gold and treasures.

@therevyfilms246

2 жыл бұрын

I think the dwarves love of gems came from the god that created them

@MovieJustin

2 жыл бұрын

If youre remotely a Tolkien fan these are just obvious facts we all know.

@kjnewell7243

2 жыл бұрын

No maybe, the rings did increase the dwarves greed for the treasure they had and sought.

I think Sauron offered the three rings to the dwarves for exactly the reasons stated. Here would know of their strong desire for the rings, and also that he would need a significant offering to turn the dwarves toward his task.

Awesome video !

Love this channel!

Very interesting Video - thx👍. Definitivly more Infos on Nazgul plz.

Fantastic as always.Only thing is slightly off was Isildur didn’t take it to gain great power, he genuinely believed he could do good with it and when he realised he was wrong he did everything he could to send it to Elrond which is why he gets ambushed and killed. Also he lost most of his sons in the battle, even one people believed would be the greatest and wisest king that Numenor would ever have. Unfinished tales.

@robinsteeden7466

2 жыл бұрын

There's no indication Isildur realized he was wrong or had any intention of surrendering the one ring. He was returning to Arnor after settling matters in Gondor when he was ambushed, not going to Elrond. If he wanted to destroy the one ring, given that Sauron was discorporated and his minions scattered and in hiding, Isildur could easily have marched into Mordor and thrown the ring into the cracks of doom. But if he was unable to do so within days of getting the Ring, there's no way he could do it after it had been influencing him for a couple of years.

@jmaccsarmiesofmiddleearth

2 жыл бұрын

@@robinsteeden7466 Apologies he was coming back from arnor but he did regret it. "Alas, it is not, senya. I cannot use it. I dread the pain of touching it. And I have not yet found the strenght to bend it to my will. My pride has fallen. It should go to the keepers of the three" Unfinished tales. Its actually quite a sad death in the book. In the film they make out he was just making a run for it but he really didnt want to abandon his men but his sons convinced him to run with the ring and take it to the keepers of the three.

@robinsteeden7466

2 жыл бұрын

@@jmaccsarmiesofmiddleearth That quote is his response to his son, admitting he can not use the ring to save them from defeat. Only at the moment where he believes he his son, councillors and the men loyal to him will die does he admit his mistake. Prior to that moment he had no intention to surrender the ring. It certainly was not his intention to do so, it was not why he was going to stop off in Rivendell on his way home.

Hey! Love your videos! Best LOTR Lore Channel! One Question: What is the name of the first track you used (as in so many other videos)? Greetings from Berlin :)

Excellent work Mellon! Keep it up. The Storm Crows look forward to your videos.

Very knowledgeable

it seems to me that Sauron didn't just choose 9 extraordinary men for strength or intelligence. I believe that Sauron launched 9 great political dynasties through these men, giving rise to divine lineages - practically political lineages with successions of the same clan / noble families - as if it were a perpetual contract of a distant ancestor imprisoning his subjects, relatives and serfs in a pyramid of power - the royalty, the priestly elite, the courtiers, the nobles and the people through a political system that enslaved all countries, cities, peoples and civilizations in a true bond of blood. The use of the specters of the Ring would not be limited to the powers of fear and aversion of death, but could be an addition to religious control with the temporal control of a monarch chosen "by a god of fire" for dynasties with divine origin, more or less as in the city-states of Greece where nobles and kings traced their origins to the gods of Olympus. So imagine the children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of these 9 kings, sorcerers and renowned warriors who do not age, who are invisible and do not suffer from any mundane evil (old age, disease, etc). In a period of obscurantism and the use of a false Sauron religion, subjects should see them as immortals chosen by the "Sun God from a land of fire".

@lukecash3500

2 жыл бұрын

The thing is that by the time the War of the Ring rolls around the Nazgul are maybe two thousand years old or even older if I remember correctly? They weren't even born in the Third Age, and there could still be a lot of political clout with the Harad, Rhun, and Black Numenore, but it doesn't look like they directly control these regions they're just leading Sauron's orcs.

If you have any respect for the works of Tolkien you should not at any cost watch the Amazon adaptation.

Can you do one of those “everything you need to know before” videos before ROP drops?

Sauron was a bit of a naff Dark Lord compared to Melkor. Creating the rings which didn't at all affect the Elves, didn't really do much to Dwarves, and his 9 men couldn't even retrieve the one ring from 4 hobbits! In the end they couldn't get it off 2 hobbits and a pathetic creature. You gotta say that's pretty lame compared to the first badass Dark Lord who took on the Valar, high elves, Edain and most of middle earth.

@TheDerekGordon

14 күн бұрын

Comparing Maiar to Valar?

Here's a cool connection: the power of the three Elven rings mirror the abilities of the Valar Manwë, Ulmo and Aulë, the three Valar who were largely responsible for shaping the land, the mountains, the interior of Arda and all sources of water. So Vilya is the Ring of Air and the most powerful, Nenya is the Ring of Water and is the 2nd most powerful Elven ring, and Narya is the Ring of Fire and the 3rd most powerful Elven ring. Manwë is the Lord of the Air and the most powerful Lord of the Valar, Ulmo is the Lord of the Waters and just a little less powerful than Manwë, and Aulë is the Lord of the Earth and just a little less powerful than Ulmo. The Narya and Aulë connection is weaker but Narya creates courage and hope in people which drives them to good deeds and to create good things or do good actions, while Aulë creates goodly things for the benefit of all and creates for the sake of creation. So Celebrimbor has done something similar, in a much smaller fashion, by creating these Elven rings to mimic the abilities of Manwë, Ulmo and Aulë.

Can't wait to finally see these Rings in action in the upcoming TV series.

Omg, i am excited for the tv series. Hopefully, they don't stray from Tolkeins

@darthkek1953

2 жыл бұрын

The TV series is going to be very, very sub-Hobbit. Sorry.

@tominiowa2513

2 жыл бұрын

@@darthkek1953 Sub 1967 Hobbit film?

The Nine could not wear their rings once they became wraiths. You could imagine each wearers ring falling off from their fingers once turning into spirits and then Sauron just swiped them up.

I always wondered. Since the three elven rings were tied to the one even though forged in secret in enough way that the elves became aware of the deception and removed them until saurons defeat at the end of the second age, why couldn't they sense that the ring was found when smeagol put it on? Or was it just the sixteen the elves removed and the three forged in secret were never removed?

@hansoerteras3983

2 жыл бұрын

Smeagol cannot use the one Ring to dominate the other Rings. The Ring rules him, not the other way around.

@istari0

2 жыл бұрын

Smeagol had no idea what he had and had neither the skill or talent to dominate other minds like Sauron did.

@craigdurso3005

2 жыл бұрын

Smeagol most likely wore the Ring when he first found it and Sauron was still dispersed thus Smeagol not turning into a wraith , but once Sauron had partially returned he could see who was wearing ( like when Frodo wore it ) ... I believe this is why you see Smeagol holding it like jewel rather than on his finger ... But as far as the Elves not detecting Smeagol, I think the other two responders to your question are right , while those who wore it could see into the wraith realm and be invisible ,the Ring was made by Sauron alone and he had poured his will into the Ring ,and so only did his will

Would’ve loved to see little ring wraiths lol

I absolutely love your videos. Thank you for your service creating such well researched videos about Tolkien's world. I used to listen as if it were a podcast but stopped doing that since there are so many wonderful images in the videos to appreciate. However, I have a massive pet peeve regarding the titles of your videos. Sorry to be that guy, but it really bothers me to see you spell it "Middle Earth" and not "Middle-earth". :). Aren't you guys purists? ;)

More backstory of the nazgul please

I think the same the main villain will be the witch king in Amazon show for first season as sauron will be with the Valor after Malkor/ Morgoth saga

So the one ring is the only reason darkness keeps re-emerging? What would be the debate? I guess it can’t be the only reason, as Morgath originally appeared long before the rings. Though was it the Sermillion he appeared to claim? If so, they need to just stop forging these items lol

Off video topic but I just read The Two Towers, any where to go about why Shire weed leaf was in Isengard? But I do love these Broken Sword Videos, been binging them.

@istari0

2 жыл бұрын

You'll get the answer to your question in Return of the King.

I don't think your theory is airtight. Since the ringwraiths have no will of their own, what the ringwraiths possessed is literally possessed by Sauron as they have become an extension of him. This means that the rings could be completely possessed by Sauron even while the ringwraiths are wearing them! I think this is what Tolkien was getting at, based on your explanations and the passages you quoted.

Sam wise Ganji, his greatest moment in his life was carrying the ring bearer up a volcano to destroy the most evil weapon ever made. Put that into perspective and he's the goat. Love dear Sam.

Imagine if the 3 nazgul that are numenorean kings are grandfather, father and son and ascendants of Aragorn. It could very likely be the case

“The hobbits have a very great resistance to the Ring’s power” then ring corrupts Bilbo and before that Gollum….so idk about that…

i just want you to know that i walk around my house telling my cat to build me an army worthy of Mordor. idk if likes me or is just used to it.

@tominiowa2513

2 жыл бұрын

Sauron was originally Tevildo, a giant evil cat spirit whose power was in a gold collar instead of a gold ring.

I wonder why Sauron did not give the 3 remaining Dwarven rings to someone like the kings of Rohan and Minas Tirith since the “wills of men” are weaker.

@istari0

2 жыл бұрын

After the example of what happened to the first 9 to accept a ring from Sauron, finding 3 more to take one probably became very much more difficult. The bearers of the nine acquired great power and wealth at first but eventually ended up completely enslaved to Sauron's will.

The nine rings fate is not contradicted if you use a different interpretation. Gandalf states “the nine he had gathered to himself” could mean they were under his total control on the wraiths. When Galadriel states “him that holds the seven and the nine” is she stating that none of the dwarven rings had been destroyed by dragons? Here and in the Unfinished Tales passages, “holds” and “held” could refer to controls or holds in his power. Since Sauron has possessed the nine kings/wraiths, he can possess the rings without them being on his person. After all, I hold the title on my car even if it is not in my hand or on my person.

@lucasborio7459

2 жыл бұрын

I completeley agree... and not only that, but it makes no sense that Sauron would need to hold himself the actual nine rings to control the ringwraiths... it makes no sense, because I understand that the rings possess some part of his will and intentions, and that is that part that grants powers and corrupts the minds, but why would he need to have "the one ring" to bind their minds to his own if he then has to physically have those rings to control the bearers? Sounds dumb... He made the one ring so that he could control the bearers of the sixteen, if he needed to have the actual rings in his hand or whatever why the heck would he had forged the one ring??

Eleventy-first is the most interesting way of pronouncing 111 that I have ever heard 😂

I have an even greater question. If Sauron's jewel smithing ability was Superior to any other Elvin smith, why did he have Celebrimbor make the rings in the first place? Why not forge the yourself? Also the rings of power is moot if he can just come a kick your ass anyways right? So whether he corrupted them or not didnt really even matter. what am i missing

The real question is how many rings can you wear at once? I mean, two on each finger and thumb right? In AD&D you can only wear one ring per hand.

@bricehatcher8391

2 жыл бұрын

Ask Tom Brady homie

@darthkek1953

2 жыл бұрын

@@bricehatcher8391 I don't know who Tom Bradie Homie is.

@tominiowa2513

2 жыл бұрын

@@darthkek1953 He is an agent of deflation.

I hate that young me, when the films came out. that I didn't pick up any of the rings they released. It would of been cool to have gotten the witch kings ring of power.

It is odd how we don’t really know what these rings do, that they never actually come up at any time, being as important as they are.

Since the 9 rings were used to enslave the men, they would no longer be needed to be held (worn) by the men. Perhaps some of the men's essence was trapped within the rings which would give Sauron complete control as he held the rings.

I think the broken sword is in the new show.

So was the dragon sickness that thorin had partly because of sauron trying to exert his will on the rings? Because thorin had one of the dwarven rings didn't he?

@kalmes

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think so. I believe Sauron took the ring from Thorin's father, Thrain. Gandalf says this in the Council of Elrond.

@michaels7325

2 жыл бұрын

Dragon sickness was a corruption of the treasure smaug brooded on for so long is what I thought.

@joedonnellyiii4596

2 жыл бұрын

The dragons are so foul and exude such greed that their stench corrupts the gold after to long of their laying upon it that those who come into contact for extended periods can become corrupted as well. Thorin spent a long time in the hoard looking for the Arkenstone that he was exposed and sickened.

If the wearers of the One Ring are allowed to travel to the Undying Lands, allowing Bilbo, Frodo, and Sam to travel there, would any of the other ring bearers be allowed to travel if they were essentially not evil in life? Such as if there were any dwarf lords with ring? Gimli was allowed as a special gift to travel and never wore a ring. Wondering if any other individuals would have been allowed...

@artsohc

2 жыл бұрын

I’m going to say no. Men were not allowed to step foot on the Undying Lands, and I don’t believe being a bearer of a Ring of Power would allow them to break that rule. Dwarves also didn’t care about the Undying Lands, so even if a ring would allow them to pass, I don’t believe they would choose to go, which is why it’s so special that Gimli chose to accompany Legolas when it was time for him to depart MiddleEarth.

So here is a what if question. What if the ring had gone out to sea how would they even be able to defeat Sauron? What would Sauron do without having his ring if he knew that it was lost in the sea? Seems like it would a endless war.

@istari0

2 жыл бұрын

At the time of the War of the Ring, Sauron had enough military power to defeat the Free Peoples even if he didn't have the One Ring.

What if Treebeard took the ring?

Smeagol is Deagol's cousin not just his friend

Something I've often wondered: Is "The Lord of the Rings" Sauron, or the One itself?

@istari0

2 жыл бұрын

Sauron.

Finrod brought the "Ring of Barahir" from Valinor. Therefore the Noldor smiths already knew ring craft. What exactly did Celebrimbor learn from Anatar (Sauron)? This is a plot hole.

While it's true that the seven dwarfs rings did not consume them in the same way that the nine Sauron ultimately succeeded with the seven because the dwarves were dead so they were out of his way

Broken, are the games of shadow canon? Cause there is a little bit info of the nazgúl

@istari0

2 жыл бұрын

Everything I've read about those games, including much from various Tolkien YT channels, says they are not canon as the game creators made up a great many things that had little to nothing to do with what Tolkien actually wrote.

Seems to be a metaphor for absolute power corrupts absolutely…. Seems to be a trend in Tolkien’s works

Wasnt Gollum a Hobbit too?

Sell me a quality muffler worthy of Mordor!

why didnt frodo take one of gandalf hawks to fly to the mountain to destroy the ring ?

Can someone explain why the One Ring turn men into wring wraths but it turned Smeagol into a cave frog thing?

@zolazaza8232

2 жыл бұрын

He is hobbit he built different 😂

I do not agree with what you say about Sauron holding the nine rings instead of the ringwraiths using them... they are the artifacts through which Sauron controls their wills and has them do whateve he wants. Without them their wills would be free... The one ring is the one that allows Sauron to bind the other bearers will to his own. Once their wills are binded, the One has no purpose on that sense... that is why the nine are still completely loyal even though the One is not in Sauron's hand. But without the rings in their fingers... Sauron would have no control or at least it would not be complete...

Take this ring, dwarf, work for me, and i will make you rich, and give you the mine of moria, where you can make all the mythril you your heart desires.

My question is can't saron just make a new ring of power, why must there be just one? Duplicate it and continue where he left off. I mean he did make the one ring to rule them all. This has always bugged me

@jedirayden

2 жыл бұрын

I think you're not grasping the significance of what he put into the One Ring. He tied his life force to it, bound all his will and essence to the ring itself... This makes the ring almost like his soul, more or less. Can he make another ring? Sure, I suppose, but at the very least, he'd need the original present as well in order to transfer his essence from the original ring into another one. And I'm not any sort of lore expert here, so maybe he can't do that either... BUT what I DO know is that the One Ring is, essentially, his very essence/life force/soul/power/strength. So simply making a new ring doesn't solve the problem.

I can’t wait for the rings of power show!! I have high hopes for it!!

@CoastalReaction

2 жыл бұрын

What is wrong with you. It already looks terrible.

Crazy Plot Twist... the decendants, daughter's of all 9 Kings of Men are now members of the K-Pop group "TWICE"😅

I was enjoying the video, then I heard you say 'frodo destroyed the ring', and it made me question the rest of the content. Smeagol destroyed the ring. Frodo wasn't going to do it.

Frodo did not succeed. He wanted the ring for himself and it was only because of golem did the ring get destroyed

Video 82

more nazgul lore

Something that has always bothered me is, if the rings of power were always intended to be used by the elves, why is the full spell “one ring to rule all” detail how many each race get, also especially in regards to the 7, why would the dwarves accept them after the war of Sauron and the elves. As much as I loath to admit it, but the tale from shadow of Mordor makes more sense, in that Celebrimor deliberately made the rings of power to gift to the other races, so that the elves could “influence” them.

@michaels7325

2 жыл бұрын

I wondered the same thing, but when I researched what was inscribed on the ring only contained the last 3 verses and not the first five. One can only assume those verses were later added but I could be wrong and welcome clarification myself.

@jamief1263

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaels7325 yes, because it wouldn’t fit. That said part of the verse doesn’t make sense either as it states “one ring to find them”. Why would he need to find them, if knew where they were all along and that the elves were intended to wear them. “In the darkness, binder them” could be interpreted as Sauron wanting all the rings with him so that he could draw he could draw from their power, as he certainly seems to have done this with the 9, as he keeps them, but the I think it means that all the rings and their wearers and their wills would be bound to him, his ring and his will. It seems strange that he did not give a ring of power to the king of Numenor, as they seemed to be troubled in their thoughts of their mortal nature and would be prime to manipulation, so it stands to reason that the elves either let the Numenoreans know about the rings or Sauron had already given the 9 rings to men and their fall revealed his treachery. Tolkien made a world like none other, but there are certain in consistencies in the histories if you look hard enough, but they are not world breaking.

@jeffreed671

2 жыл бұрын

It wasn’t for the elves as their rings were made separately

@istari0

2 жыл бұрын

The first part of that poem was added later once the disposition of the rings was complete. At the time Sauron made the One, the only other Rings of Power he knew about were the 16 he and Celebrimbor made, which were all originally intended for the elves.

so the nazgul are enslaved to their own ring which is enslaved to the one ring. Sauron wears the one and holds the nine. so when the nine die they become slaves to their own ring which is held by Sauron who is the wearer of the one ring. hummm... so you could say that the nine obey Sauron because he HOLDS their individual ring and that ring is bound to sarouns one ring. the nine are ACTUALLY loyal to their OWN ring which IN TURN bends them to the will of saroun { they do the will of sarun but its not the one ring they are loyal to, its their own ring, and its telling them to do the will of sarun}... THAT MEANS, sure if the one ring is destroyed then the nine lose power, BUT if one of the nine rings is destroyed then Sauron will lose that corresponding wraith, which is why at their death when he would have complete control over the soul of the weaers of the nine, he came and took back their ring. THAT MEANS......HE CAN STILL CONTROL THE NINE WITHOUT THE RINGS IN HIS POSSESION because their soul would still be bound to their ring which is still controlled by his one, it doesnt matter where their ring is just as long as their ring is, BUT IF THE NINE ARE DESTROYRED HE LOSES THEM, SO THE SAFEST PLACE FOR THE NINE RINGS TO BE IS WITH HIM WHICH IS WHY HE TOOK THEM BACK. FOR SAFE KEEPING

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The idea that the men who gave up everything to acquire rings of power don’t even get to have them with them once they fall is pretty sad to me.

Narya literally could do nothing. Saruman didn't even bother taking it from Gandalf.

@istari0

2 жыл бұрын

You seriously think Celebrimbor spent all that time and effort crafting one of the three to just be a nice looking trinket?

Ads are complete bs now, a five minute ad for some product that i was unlikely to buy before and I can assure you I wont buy now. All ads should be skippable after 5 seconds max, Im going to save you millions marketing costs with this one piece of advice. Keep it under 5 seconds or otherwise you are stealing any goodwill and hospitality I have as a consumer, as you shill the latest version of the same product you claimed was top of the line 2 models and 6 months ago.....just stop, find the Gold Schlagger equivalent to KY jelly and kindly coat whatever product you want me to buy in it, then find a way to repeatedly insert said object into whatever orafice will cause you the most discomfort for the longest amount of time.

Fun Fact: Allah is the best of deceivers, even better then Sauron. Qur4n 3:54

I just can't watch these lore videos anymore after you guys sold out to Amazon. Most of you lore creators just ruined all my trust in you. It sucks. But it is what it is. Gotta find someone who isn't ok with corporations killing tolkein slowly. If they get away with this then eventually all of it will be changed.

I do not agree with what you say about Sauron holding the nine rings instead of the ringwraiths using them... they are the artifacts through which Sauron controls their wills and has them do whateve he wants. Without them their wills would be free... The one ring is the one that allows Sauron to bind the other bearers will to his own. Once their wills are binded, the One has no purpose on that sense... that is why the nine are still completely loyal even though the One is not in Sauron's hand. But without the rings in their fingers... Sauron would have no control or at least it would not be complete...