Join me and some special guests on Tuesday as we stream the brand new game Return to Moria on Launch Day! kzread.infoBsQmK9eHeaw?feature=share

@fingersTitan

8 ай бұрын

Already booked. 👍👍👍

@stevefontaine1335

8 ай бұрын

Matt Need Harry Potter Channel.?🙏🙏🙏

@chimishod

8 ай бұрын

Please make a theory about what would have happened if the Balrog of Moria Mines had survived??

@knightofsvea604

8 ай бұрын

Please cover the Folkes of Drúedain and other smaller peoples of the middle earth. Like the avari elves and maybe even the Stoor Hobbits

@el_Ewok

5 ай бұрын

Cuivienen, please

The reclaiming of Gundabad by the dwarves of the 4th age might be a fun topic for an animated film.

@mitchellsmith4690

8 ай бұрын

Please, no more fan-fic movies! ROP ruined it.

@stevenboettcher4796

8 ай бұрын

I would watch it. The fourth age, is ripe for untold stories. I wouldn’t consider it be fan fiction. I know ROP is not for everyone, and I know I complained that this didn’t happen or that, then I remembered, it’s just a show. Enjoy it for what it is and not what it isn’t.

@mitchellsmith4690

8 ай бұрын

@@stevenboettcher4796 What ROP is, is poorly written, with few engaging characters, poor costume design and ofted iffy FX! I do, however, like Adar.

@maggotmusic757

8 ай бұрын

Would be a pretty dope expansion DLC for the Return To Moria game forreal LoL

@leiflaitinen

8 ай бұрын

or the sequel to return to moria (;

The dwarves can’t seem to catch a break. Looked down on by the elves, driven from their homes by orcs and dragons, hell they’re not even counted among the Children of Illuvatar until the end of the world. Don’t get me wrong, I’d follow Gimli or Thorin and company into battle any day but the dwarves ain’t half unlucky when it comes to their own affairs.

@rogueascendant6611

8 ай бұрын

I think this is sort of a punishment sent forth by Eru. He did say the Elves would be the first of his children be born upon the world but Aule did not have the patience and created his own. Although the Dwarves that molded didn't possessed any form of living consciousness since only Eru is the only one that can bring life to creations. This mindless Dwarves still counted as the First before the Elves. Eru were clearly displeased that his Elves was not the First even though this Dwarves that Aule made aren't technically alive. After they were given life, Eru reverberated his words unto Aule that the Dwarves throughout their years until to the end would faced nothing but hardship and struggle of their place in the world.

@mateuszslawinski1990

8 ай бұрын

What? Eru gave life to them so how can't they be counted as (adopted) children? Not that they'd care about elven mythology.

@valentinkambushev4968

8 ай бұрын

​@@rogueascendant6611you would think a celestial being that can create life wouldn't be that petty, but I guess nobody is perfect.

@valentinkambushev4968

8 ай бұрын

​@@mateuszslawinski1990 that how he calls them. The children of his adoption. He may have given them life, but they were still not part of his original plan.

@gifzilla1818

8 ай бұрын

Dwarves scoff at the idea of being half anything

A history of languages of Middle earth would be awesome. Even into the fact that every living thing talks in a language of their own. I'm here for it

@Hundredyacrewoods

8 ай бұрын

Considering linguistics were so important to Tolkien and his own view of his legendarium (he said the world was treated FOR the languages) I quite agree, it would be essential.

@DMONEY7720

8 ай бұрын

Read the Silmarillion's Appendix

An interesting topic would be the royal bloodline, from the First age all the way down to Aragorn. It could be done in parts.

I think an entire history of Doriath would be a great video

Concerning the topic for another video: I think it would be cool to cover something you've already touched upon in this video - life and culture of orc, especially if no big boss is around to force them into large-scale war... I mean, they clearly have their own culture and way of life heavily based upon raiding. But they also build their own complex (albeit crude) settlements and invent machinery. They form their own political entities and even whole nations/ethnicities (orcs in RotK speaking to each other in Westron, because they don't understand each other's language...). Would be interesting to have all we know about this aspect of Legendarium in one video.

Theory: One of the tallest mountains of the Scandinavian Mountains (Misty Mountains), located at it's Northern end stands Mount Møysalen. Mount Gundabad in Khuzdul means: Underground Hall. While Mount Møysalen in Norwegian means: Maiden's Hall. Along it's left flank stands bunches of mountains and islands called Lofoten (Mountains of Angmar). While along it's right flank stands the North Cape of Norway (Grey Mountains) which encapsulates the Woodland Realm (Sweden & Finland).

@jeffreyhornblower6515

8 ай бұрын

If you want a brain trip, look at a map of Europe before the flooding of dogger land is basically middle earth

@ahmedshaharyarejaz9886

8 ай бұрын

You have found Middle Earth, watch out for Balrogs.

@brotherofthesouth

8 ай бұрын

In this theory, where would we find the lonley mountain? Could it perhaps be the tallest mountain in the woodland realms? -Greetings from Sweden

@dum1127

8 ай бұрын

Generally we see Tolkien drawing inspiration from Scandinavia. Another case of this is ‘Helms Deep’, which is theorized to be directly taken from the Danish town called ‘Hjelms Dyb’ (means exactly the same thing as well).

@luvslogistics1725

8 ай бұрын

Take the map of England and turn it upside down. Look at it. Where Inverness is, is Gondor and Minas Tirith and bay of belfalas. Follow the short line north and south of there and you’ll see rest of ME

I’m still waiting for you to cover the bird that helps Bilbo and saves the men of Dale.

@badgerpatt

8 ай бұрын

I'd also like to hear some thoughts on the thrush and other "helper animals" of Tolkien's World. Great suggestion!!

@kostaskritsilas2681

8 ай бұрын

The Giant/Great Eagles. They show up in a few, very scattered places in this franchise/world. They rescued Gandalf from the top of the tower, as well, and they showed up in some of the earlier times. It would be nice to know if they came from Valar, or are native to Middle Earth, as one element of a show on them.

@MerkhVision

8 ай бұрын

@kostaskritsilas2681 the Giant Eagles are the servants of the Valar Manwe! They took part in a few events in the Silmarillion as well, which I think you alluded to with your mention of earlier times.

i always wonder how durin and the other dwarffathers created a community around them. one day he just said: "there..... baby dwarf"

@LifeofHum

8 ай бұрын

Same question 😂

@CleanKnight.

8 ай бұрын

All the dwarf father's except Durin awoke with a wife so they at least started families

@Jayniboi

8 ай бұрын

@@CleanKnight. so durin just walked into the blue mountains and f***ed another dwarfkings wife? Gigachad

@MrEmiosk

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, sadly none speak of the wives, which Durin never got, hence why Durin's folk are a malgamation of all the other clans.

@scaryguyy

8 ай бұрын

yeah, right? another thing that would be interesting is how was azog actually able to have a son? are there different ways to breed orcs? I would think they all come from muddy holes in the ground similar to what the uruks were made. maybe i missed something but that would be nice to know.

I can't really tell why but I'm really fascinated by Gundabad, something about it is just so cool in a different kind of way to the other dwarvish regions and I wish it was more directly involved in the story past Durin's awakening

@thomasberg77

8 ай бұрын

Agree, for me its because how it is shows in the hobbit films

@ArtsiBurn

8 ай бұрын

@@thomasberg77 I think the hobbit portraying it as an orc fortress was really cool I wish that side of it was explored more in some way because we know it was a gathering point for orcs and there wouldve definetely been some kind of orc stronghold there

@OrgusDin

8 ай бұрын

I feel like almost all of the fringe areas in Tolkien you don't see much of get to be a lot more interesting because it's so easy to horizontally imagine the way Tolkien worldbuilds into what could be out there and going on there and how thoroughly brilliant it all undoubtedly would be, even in the locations with very limited fleshing out or perhaps especially those.

@thomasberg77

8 ай бұрын

@@ArtsiBurn completely agree, hope we Get to see shows/movies in the future about such things

@Valhal1776

6 ай бұрын

​@thomasberg77 hopefully in the spirit of the original films. The new show is about as good as moldy tripe.

I didn’t know Gundabad had belonged to the dwarves before! Always something new to learn on the channel! 😄 I’d love to hear more about the dwarves, maybe like a genealogy of Durin’s folk talking about important members of his family tree and what they did and when they lived and what important events happened in middle earth during their respective days.

i think it would be really interesting to talk about the kingdoms of Nogrod and Belegost! i would love to know more about that. also know that the information is a bit few but it would be nice!

I completely agree with another fan. Doriath has a great history and would be awesome as a video.

What I love about your videos the most is even though you are so knowledgeable and well-spoken, you don't have any hint of *pretension* in your voice or tone. That's what makes you one of the best lore youtubers, not just for LOTR, but for the entire website.

I personally would like to see more of your speculation what-if style videos since they're so elaborately thought out.

I would love to hear more about the Dunedain of the north and especially the Grey Company, that rode to Aragorn's aid during the war of the ring.

Would be really cool to have you do a personal favorite/ranking Valar list with explanations on why you prefer some over others, and their affect they had on the shaping of the world! Also would make for great comments and what others “top” Valar would be!

@NerdoftheRings

8 ай бұрын

That's a great idea! I was thinking of doing a ranking of Tolkien adaptations, but it would also be fun to do ones for categories like this!

@wutangforeverrr

8 ай бұрын

I think it would be great playful banter between us nerd folk 😅. Hearing yours, and everyone’s thoughts on why they connect with certain Valar is very interesting to me!

@badgerpatt

8 ай бұрын

I agree, that would be a really fun video!! I often think of who are my favorites and why. It would be really cool to hear your thoughts and everyone else's! 😊

Dude, I only heard of Gundabad for the first time yesterday in a The Hobbit retrospective and it stuck in my head so much that I dreamt about it last night and now you made a video!? What dark magic is this??

I think you could try to explore the cities and locations of Valinor a little bit, the realms of the Valar and the most important locations, like Formenos. I think Tol Eresea would be an amazing start.

It would be really cool if you did a video on some more of the cities/realms of the first age (such as Nargothrond, Angband, Belegost, and Nogrod), the kings of Númenor, or a video covering some of the great beasts of Arda. I love the content, keep up the amazing work

I am once again noticing the very long periods of time between significant events, and wonder what the various races were doing during these periods. This gives rise to an additional question about how they ran things. In this epistle I am focusing only on the Orcs. Orcs have to eat, and while it seems odd to consider that orcs would farm or raise beasts for food, it's difficult to avoid concluding they must have done so, even if Tolkien never made mention of this beyond Frodo saying that orcs eat food like we do. Presumably any such farming would be well hidden so outsiders wouldn't find them. They might well have used slaves to do the work. It may have been that during these quiet periods that orc populations were small since large numbers of them would be almost useless when not breeding to create an army, and would require much wasted energy to feed them all. But during these period when they weren't making warfare one can't help but wonder if there was some sort of orcish civilization. They may have had some sort of family structure - at least Bolg being the son of Azog is noted. They made weapons, so knowledge of metal smithing and other crafts must have been known. Since no large group can function without some means of exchange for labor, presumably they had at least a barter system, if not a fungible means of exchange to get things done. My point is that it's easy to think only of what we are told; that orcs only lived in caves, and were always fighting either each other or other peoples, and could do nothing that wasn't gross and evil. But they could be an effective fighting force without all the background economic and knowledge structures that would be essential to be that fighting force.

@rickeybanks7378

8 ай бұрын

Yeeess I left a similar comment about elf populations throughout the ages. I want more details about everyday life and numbers and how were elves who are always portrayed as small in number compared to orcs and men yet have fought massive battles even when they usually have only 1-2 children.

@Beryllahawk

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, something speculative about the "humbler lives" as it were could be really cool. I'm sure there's not much in the source material to work off of - but we do know a bit about what sorts of inspirations and histories Tolkein was drawing upon, right? Maybe there would be some threads to follow there. It would be different too, to discuss some of the things that might have been more "off screen" but still really important. More wars are fought over "we need this land to feed our people" than anything else, through the greater part of history.

@twistedtachyon5877

6 ай бұрын

I seem to recall one of the leading theories for where one might find a surviving entwife (if there were any to be found) was in eastern Mordor, since that's where most of the farms that feed Sauron's armies were and they'd make top-notch agricultural slaves.

I would have loved seeing these unground wars! Just the scenery, claustrophobia, and just how dark it could have been.

Actually matt, i was thinking for a call back of First Age and making a Video of Doriath, it always intrigiud me that this realm can still operated so long that it only fall by the own kinsman!

Video ideas: - In your video on the great eagles, you mentioned preparing for a video debunking the idea of using the eagles to take the Ring to Mt. Doom, but I don't think that video ever happened. - We could use a "History of Arda" series that covers the timeline of ages of the world. Most of the big events you've already covered here and there on their own in different videos, but it would be good to see where they fall in relation to each other and the time spans involved. - I'd like to see some videos comparing differences between the stories of the books vs the movies for Hobbit and LotR. (Differences with the Rings of Power series would be cool as well, but that's a huge undertaking.) Ideally, I'd like to hear your commentary about reasons to make changes from the text, the impact, and what would have been different about the films if various plot points had been kept more in line with the text. Also, I'd be interested to hear if there is anything from the books you would have changed that the films either didn't change or left out entirely. - I think we're missing a "Maps of Middle-Earth: The Third Age" video to go with the first and second ages. - You've certainly discussed it in other videos, but it might be worth making a standalone video on the Oath of Feanor and its impact through history. - I'm not as deep in the lore so there may not be as much material as I'm hoping, but I'd like to see more content about Numenor. You have one main video on it and several other related videos, but I feel like there's still more to tell there during the Second Age about their ship building, settling of Middle-Earth, and conflict prior to the wars with Sauron.

Awesome video as always. Love and appreciate your work man ❤

I’d love to see you do a history of Eregion and a focus on Ost In Edhil, the Fortress City of the Elves and the home of the Gwaith-I-Mirdain.

I've been thinking that an episode on the food and cooking covered in the texts and also about the campsite setup and gear that they used along with the clothing. Really enjoy the channel, thank you :)

I’d say a history of Tar-Aldarion would be good

@funkybarany5086

8 ай бұрын

this I would love to see as well :D

@jeffmitchell7296

8 ай бұрын

Anyone else for a rebuttal... cuz I got nothing! That's a good one

Can you do a whole Aragorn travels? I've seen the life before and after the LOTR. But would love to see one of his travels during the LOTR

I really enjoyed the natural progression of this video after listening to John Rhys-Davies' recitation. Your pronunciation of placenames/characters and use of maps and illustrations is so excellent! Thanks Nerd!! 🤓🤙 PS - I think a video on the "outer limits" of Middle Earth with maps, images and lore of any peoples/creatures, flora and fauna from there would be very interesting!

I'm really excited to see you hit 1,000,000 subscribers. It's so well deserved. I was recently pondering the fate of the soul/spirit of Durin's Bane. As an immortal Maiar, would his spirit not have survived his physical death at Gandalf's hands? Maybe an interesting topic would be discussing death and immortality in Tolkien's universe. There's so many interesting examples, from Morgoth, to Beren, to Sauron's multiple deaths, as well as the final fates of characters such as Earendil and Arwen.

Can you cover the Fall of Gondolin in detail? Great video. I look forward to 11:00 Saturday every week.

I have to say, a video about the life and travels of Professor Tolkien himself should be called for

It has always seemed strange to me that the Dwarves let the Orcs occupy Mount Gundabad for such lengthy periods of time. You would think that they would make it a priority to keep what is basically a holy site free of such infestation.

@rodnabors7364

8 ай бұрын

Ya, I assumed that the location didn't lend itself to the things the Dwarves typically sought: mining resources, trade, ect. and they were pragmatical enough to to focus on their better strongholds.

Love this video! Such an interesting story. Love the art and how you arrange the telling of this story.

I would recommend Tar Aldarion and would really like to see more on the sons of Feanor

another nerd of the rings banger

@Lampshadecollector

8 ай бұрын

This cam out like a minute ago, how have you seen the entire video, but any nerd of the rings video is great

Any content that you provide from the additional books that are not from the main LOTR trilogy, The Hobbit or the Silmarillion is appreciated. All the other books besides these main ones may have additional info in them, but they are hard to read as they are typically not setup with a straight ahead narrative. They have all the additional notes in them and it's hard to get through them I find. Thanks for your amazing work!

I just found this channel and this is the first thing I've watched. Not sure if this has been covered as I haven't investigated the channel, but I have always been fascinated with Eriador, Arnor and it's fall including Cardolan, the barrows and the Wights, how Rhudaur was taken. Also who were the Nazgul as individuals, and the Blue Wizards. Good work!!! Well I just found what I was looking for in regards to Arnor. Very well done. I only wish there was an endless supply of info on all of Middle Earth as eventually all resources will be exhausted seeing how there is only so much Tolkien could create.

"Those are Gundabad wargs! You can't out run them!" "These are Rustabell rabbits, I'd like to see them try" 😏

Still waiting for that promised video on the 12 houses of Gondolin.

I enjoy all of your videos. Especially the "What if..." type, since it is like a "new story" in the universe we all love. What if Bilbo got to be the ringbearer again at the council of Elrond? How simililar would the story play out and how about the end? What if Gandalf was not ressurected? Would the free peoples even be able to win? Keep up the great work on your channel.

Photo at the start is Nordinbad don’t con me 😂. Greet video btw. Love this bit of dwarf history. War in the North really brought it to life for me.

Beautiful video! Congratulations for the great work!

You should talk about what awaits the race if men when they die

This was awesome bro great stuff as always!!!

Got a couple of regions/places you can go for: Ost-en-Edhil along with Eregion, Lindon, and of course, Mordor. Love the work you've been doing, man! Keep it coming!

If you're searching for maybe some interesting realms; you could pick Ithilien. There would loads of interesting things. The different cities and locations (like the forbidden pool), the rangers with faramir. Their part in the War of the ring. Anyway, amazing video about Mount Gundabad. I enjoyed it a lot. Very interesting that the initial fall was 'instructed' by Sauron as retaliation.

I would love a video about Aldarion and Erendis. I also think that a timeline series could be very cool. Like a summarize all the way from Ainulindale to the second music of the Ainur maybe with a few longer videos covering age by age.

Awesome, as always, thanks ! I'd like to see more about Valinor, Beleriand, Doriath, and Numenor.

Please do the Grey Havens, or the Iron Hills.

If you ever decided to make an hour long video. I’d support the hell out of that.

Great vid as always. Can't remember if you've done one already but it would be cool to learn the limited history of the Druedain and the Pukelmen and the stories and myths that surround them

Excellent work! More Dwarven Topics please!!

Hello @nNerdoftheRings , I have followed your channel since your first video and have since then watched all of your content. The way you describe the works of Tolkien is so well done, perfectly executed. I personally would love more of two types of content (read more): 1. In depth descriptions of characters who's life and travels deviate from the movies/series compared to the litterature. For example your recent video about Prince Imrahil. Those type of videos make me wish that Peter Jackson had a bigger budget to inclute those types of characters in the movie adaptations, and many more. 2. Also I really love your analasys and hopes, predictions for upcoming seasons/movies/adaptations about Middle Earth. And how that can be done to introduce more people to the amazing world and fantasy that Tolkien has created. As always I wanna say a huge thank you to the work and content you provide for me and many other. Keep it up, its very much appreciated! Regards A fan

Awesome job! This was a cool place to learn about

Not sure if you could squeeze out a whole video about this, but I'd love to see you talk about Cuivienen. Of all locations, it has always captured my imagination maybe the most, especially since somewhere in the Silmarillion it says the elves can never return there. If I was ever the kind to write LOTR fan fiction, a quest for Cuivienen would be the sort of thing I would write about. Or some kind of D&D campaign. It would be like seeking for the Garden of Eden or the search for the Holy Grail.

Köszi az összefoglalót!

I love learning about Angband!

ever since I played lotr: War in the North I've been fascinated with Gundabad and this was a great video

A whole vid on Thingol and Melian would be great 🤙

Excellent work, NOTR.

Something that I'd personally be appreciative of is when you're talking about areas and names you highlight them like you did for the area of Gundabad. I ask this because as a complete novice to the universe that knows a little bit about the lore, I often find myself lost and having to look up areas so I know what you're talking about. As an example when you say a name of a place it would be nice to see a larger map and have the name highlighted so when you name another place and that is highlighted you get a sense of where everything is and where they've gone. It doesn't need to be permanently highlighted for the whole video because as time goes on you'll learn the map more but I feel it helps give scale to what is happening in the video/timeline if that makes sense? I just feel it would be a really beneficial feature of the videos as a lot of channel do similar stuff as you do but I find myself getting lost as to what is where and that doing such a thing would give your videos the edge.

Really interesting story and reminds me of and is probably the inspiration for the story of Karak Eight Peaks in Warhammer. It was originally one of the greatest Dwarven Kingdoms before it was taken by Goblins then Skaven and its been a three-way mountain/underground war up until the end times.

I played a lot of RoleMaster RPG in the 80s/90s and we played with Middle Earth materials. I had a Mount Gundabad adventure guide that was really cool. It was definitely a goblin stronghold in that booklet, but the deepest parts of Gundabad were particularly nasty, even the orcs stayed away from the horrors down there. It was made by ICE, of course, and maybe worth having a look at if any of you care. I still have it, probably up in my attic with all my old RPG stuff. I just might have to peep it out one of these days myself. Good memories. Thanks for the video to remind me.

Always good to learn more of the dwarves!

Congratulations on hitting that 1M mark!!!🎉🎉

Another Great vid! Would enjoy learning more about Old Man Willow and why some entish creatures became so angry, and whether there could be reconciliation

Hithlum would make for an interesting topic, I believe. Especially Dor-lomin and the House of Hador.

Post more often my dude. I wish you reach 1M subs.

A video about the clothing of the people of Middle-Earth. In the movies, the Hobbits have a nice style : tweeds, wool, corduroy, etc

Very informative character studies. I enjoyed this.

This was a nice one on an interesting topic!

Im so excited for the. New game Tuesday

It's a brilliant piece as usual!!!❤😊

I am sensing that many of the Tolkien KZread channels are running low on new content ideas. Most of the channels focus on the third age, with reference to the earlier ages brought in as reference. I would love to see a deeper dive into earlier times, including deeper dives into the formation of Arda, music of the ainor (horrible spelling I’m sure), and this set of epochs before the first age. The big stories have been done, but learning more of the details, interrelationships, and so forth would be great.

Nice work dude thanks

It would be a good idea to see a video about Eomer or Nienor... (Great job, congratulations ❤)

I would love to see a movie/series covering the war beneath the mountains. If I'd have a say in it, I'd like coverage on any details regarding the areas less traveled that have lore and monsters. The children of spiders nesting grounds, the orc chieftains and warlords not yet looked at, and any other creatures hinted but not yet fully explored. Love all the world building and stories that branch from the mind of Tolkien.

Your way of story-telling is amazing! Good work man. I can't find if you already did it, but maybe the theory 'What if Saruman stayed good'?

A breakdown of the complete life and travels of J.R.R. Tolkien.

Fornost would be nice to hear about! Keep upp the good work 😊

Please cover Eomer at some point! Love your videos!

Violence and destruction always create an epic history and Tolkien's work is well jewelled with it

can you do the fauna of middle earth, I'm a huge fan of fantasy creatures, so what about a video about all the beasts and creatures of Tolkien's world

Maybe for your 1 millionth subscriber special you could do a video on Frodo himself.

Have you done a video about Nargothrond? Or Menegroth? That would be cool to go super in depth with.

Armies of Arda. Could be a whole series :)

Unreal good, thank you!

I want more Gundabad content lol !! Epic video

Please do one looking at the deforestation of Middle Earth!

A complete history on the dunlendings would be nice

I’d love to see a video about Cirith Ungol and/or Amon Hen. I don’t know if Tolkien actually wrote much about either, but both locations always seemed to me like they’d have a fascinating history-the intentions behind their construction, how they were actually made and by whom, what they were used for, and what else happened there before the events of Lord of the Rings. There’s just something about them that feels like they had to be locations for dramatic stories deep in the past of middle earth.

Great video!

YASSSS ANOTHER BERD OF THE RINGS VIDEO. life is good

Love that this location was included in the War in the North Game.

Very cool video!

Love the image of nordinbad right in the beginning

I'd love to see a video from you on the many langagues of Arda and MIddle-Earth!