Lore of Middle-earth: Fëanor & The Ñoldor

[@Bastardson_]

"Fëanor is a craftsman of ALL things... save, apparently, for relationships!" That really made me laugh. I didn't think of your channel as a source for comedy, but you do have some great wit, Arachîr!

[@mattparks94]

HELL YEAH! LOOKS LIKE LORE'S BACK ON THE MENU, BOYS!

[@zachgarrett2565]

mattparks94 NOOOOO WHHHHY GALADRIEL lol. She is eaisly one of my top fav characters. Sooooo many different versions of his tales ugh. I dont get how she "passed the test" how is that relevant to the one ring and being able to return to Valinor?

[@Xkhaosxzeus]

the One Ring is very similar to the Simalrils in that they both generate great desire so her denying Herself the One Ring is equal to denying Herself the Simalrils which of course r all out of ANYONES reach lol

[@tessierashpoolmg7776]

Jeezis, that Mandos dude can throw one hell of a curse....💀☠💀

[@xbbao]

YESSS *SNIFFS VIRTUAL KZbin DRUG* I LOVE YOU MAN

[@generaldiaz206]

The Xiao of Bao XD

[@blobber90blobb82]

LOL

[@stephenjohn2131]

My word am i late for this video, but Tolkien's world is timeless and shall live on long after my bones wither away. Thank you for this wonderful video that covers the topic and a bit of everything so well. Silmarillion is my favorite book and as such i always yearn for more content that is related to it more so than other books. I enjoyed listening to this video, for you have a soothing voice and a good story telling narrative that i will have to subscribe for more. Thank you again!

[@TheXeRoHomeAu]

agreed

[@nillynush4899]

My favorite thing about Feanor is that he loved his father more dearly than any other. He may have fallen in the end, but Tolkien makes special mention of the love he had for his father - even above the Silmarils of his own making.

[@boreussimius1100]

Great video. Ever since reading the Silmarillion I found Feanor in particular to be a fascinating character. I'm sure I'm not the only one who thinks this, but I would love to see more videos based in the First Age. Characters like Hurin, and Turin; and places like Gondolin and Doriath really do deserve some attention. I would like to also say that you have a really good voice for storytelling. I would totally buy an audio book of the Silmarillion with you narrating (though I know that would be A LOT haha).

Well thank you very much sir. :) When i listened to this back i couldn't help but wince at the outrageous number of times I actually say Feanor. You could probably make a drinking game out of it and get hammered. :P Haha The First Age is the main focus of the lore videos from here. I have covered the main events of the 3rd Age quite extensively so now we will shall venture into the 1st as the 2nd age is basically just Numenor and we have covered much of that as well. :P

[@boreussimius1100]

Sounds great :)

[@rainapple3682]

Just started school today. Came home to find this majestic video in my sub box. Thank you for making my day 10x better!

[@stevenfalada8659]

Whomever you are. Thank you sir. I have come back to your videos many times for peace and just enjoyment. Thank you.

[@Mike60606]

Amazing video. Your love for this lore is contagious and your videos on Middle Earth must be the best on the internet.

[@heidischultz6219]

Hello! I just wanted to say thank you for explaining so much of the lore. You are one of two KZbinrs I follow on LOTR lore and mythology. Both of you are immensely enjoyable to listen to. Your videos are much much longer, which is extremely nice. My husband and I sat one night listening to one of your videos about the elves and it was so interesting and relaxing at the same time. I am aware of the time and effort to put videos such as these together, so thank you for your hard work. There might always be critics, however we truly enjoy your videos and look forward to them!

[@pedrocastaneda5398]

I love these videos, makes my heart tremble with warmth. Thank you for another great lore video.

[@shawnn7502]

Feanor is my second favorite elf, behind Fingon. Both were slain by Gothmog, which makes him an A-hole. Gothmog couldn't take Fingon one-on-one though. He had to have another balrog help out. That's how bad ass Fingon was. Speaking of which, Maehedros actually asked Feanor to send a boat back for Fingon, his buddy, when Feanor laughed and had the ships burned. The Silmarillion does its best to make Feanor the bad guy, but really, the Valar are the real jackasses of the story. First they free Melkor, then they fail to protect their own land, including the very trees that happened to be lighting the world. I don't know, that sounds pretty important to me. Then, they sit around crying about it and basically just abandon Middle-Earth to Morgoth. Props to Feanor that he swore to actually do something about it. The Doom of Mandos showed that the jackass Valar were more upset with the Noldor standing up for themselves than they were at Morgoth, who caused the situation!

[@1602Armin]

thank you for reading my mind, Valars basicaly cursed one of the races they should protect.

[@SD-og8qd]

Also Thanks a lot Arachir for doing this video,not because i havent read the Silmarillion or understood it but because this video made me read the Silmarillion again even though before i didnt have time i love the videos you do and i hope you gain more fame and wish you luck.

[@thomaskristiansen2195]

I want to thank you for making these videos. I am currently reading the book of lost tales and needed a reminder concerning the story of the exiled Noldoli.

[@juliusfinkas]

You're damn right Feanor would not have such animosity towards his brothers if Finwe didn't remarry. In fact he wouldn't have any brothers. So there's that. BTW Love these lore videos!!

[@krichardj]

Thank you once again. A purely enjoyable treat: lo-cal, organic and the price is right.

[@AnnaMarianne]

My absolutely favorite character!

It can all get in. It was already an hour long just covering the basics!

[@AnnaMarianne]

Arachîr Galudirithon​​​​ Oh no no, I understand that - and thank you for one more great lore video. I just felt like adding in a bit of defense for Tolkien and his female characters, whom so many complain about. If there's someone I'm actually berating, it unfortunately has to be Christopher Tolkien. Now I'm thankful for his wonderful work as the editor, publisher and protector of his father's work. But reading "Arda Reconstructed" was quite an eye opener in terms of how much he actually for no reason took out things that Tolkien never meant to be taken out, and how this has influenced the image people have of Tolkien. For example, for no conceivable reason Christopher edited out the sentences that Indis was the fastest runner of the Elves of Valinor, and Galadriel the bravest of the children of Finwë. He also systematically edited out pretty much all mentions of female characters being friends with each other. For example, the sentence that Tolkien had meant to mean that Galadriel and Melian were great friends, Christopher altered to says that Galadriel and Celeborn were great friends. I admit that as a female I'm somewhat bitter about this apparently systematic campaign to erase female presence and agency from the Silmarillion.

I am sure he had his reasons. I would get to into the whys and the wherefores if I were you. Just enjoy what there is.

[@AnnaMarianne]

Arachîr Galudirithon I think it's neither wrong nor useless to be analytical and even critical of the authors (and authorities) we love. In the contrary, true respect, trust and love can all withstand some rebellion. I'm sure Tolkien would agree.

[@AnnaMarianne]

Anarion Elendili Glad to be of service. And Arachîr, I only now understood the misunderstanding between us. When I said you didn't give Nerdanel enough credit, I didn't mean that you should have told her life story in a video about Fëanor. I was referencing your comment that she has no point other than giving birth to babies, and that after that she just drops out of the story. That's not exactly true (she's a well written character, an interesting and mature female character, and has a great life story of her own), and I thought it was unfair both to Nerdanel and Tolkien. Especially in the context that people often accuse Tolkien of writing weak female characters, or not having them at all. It just stood out for me. It was probably completely unintentional on your part - but I used the opportunity to fight one of the unfair stereotypes people have of Tolkien. (Incidentally another major one is that all characters are black or white. The House of Fëanor is a strong counter-argument against that too!)

[@d3nv1]

Fabulous work Arachir, loved it.

[@thewayfarer8849]

He certainly sounds like the most Dwarvish Elf, if that makes sense XD

A very apt description indeed. :)

[@aglaisurticae5010]

Well, I would give that title to Eol, but it is sitting for Feanor too

[@kauetadaieski3131]

Dwarvers are the ones who are Feanorian, as he is probably older than the dwarven race.

[@dkmaorusamuk]

High quality work as ever. Thanks!

[@ThisIsAntwon]

congrats on 20k! 🙌🙌

[@neiltarling1261]

This was really, really well done. I think a follow up video on the sons would be great. One thing that never seemed to be resolved though was whether it was Miriel or Finwe who was eventually reembodied. It seems like it has to be one or the other, else they would be reunited either in Mandos or Valinor.

[@TheJCJexe]

Thank you so much for these awesome lore videos! If someone doesn't make a movie out of elements from Silmarilion, I will!

[@Wolfeson28]

Great video, Arachir. Like you hinted in some of your recent videos, you clearly prepared for this one; both your lore information and your presentation were excellent. Although, now I'm going to have to start bugging you to re-make the Ainulindale video, just so we can hear your sardonic assessments of all of the Valar. I'm going to be laughing at Manwe as "a bit of a sucker" and especially Mandos as "a grumpy and very unhelpful bugger" for a long time.

That is just how they cam across when I was reading the S for the video. :P

[@mochihammer5459]

Absolutely love these. 1 hour! That makes it even better. ;)

[@alexrodia553]

I really like these videos of the lore of games/ books... Please consider making other lore videos! Thank you so much for your hard work!!!

[@Quardoxial]

automatic Like for all of your videos, love the lore information, one of my most important research places your videos for my story

[@danharris8805]

Great stuff as always. Thank you :)

[@Grimlock1979]

"Had Finwe not remarried, Feanor might not have had that animosity towards his brothers" Kind of obvious, because his brothers would not have existed. lol But I understand what you were trying to say.

[@Jeffrikszgaming]

I'll share tis on my page's! Great videos! :D :)

[@Grimlock1979]

Finarfin had a very good reason to remain in Valinor and not go with his brothers to Middle-Earth. He was married to Earwen, the daughter of Olwë, king of the Teleri in Alqualondë: the Elves that Feanor had just killed. "But in that hour Finarfin forsook the march, and turned back, being filled with grief, and with bitterness against the House of Fëanor, because of his kinship with Olwë of Alqualondë"

[@anonymouspersonskissnowboa6678]

Low class inter race half blood spawn siblings going for low class inter race spawn like the scum low class race he is.

[@KAM1138a]

I love that Feanor follows Fingolfin, as if to make the point unmistakable. This story (tragedy) is so great.

[@Tarix819]

1 hour long! This is gonna be good!

[@WLduude88]

That shot of excitement through your head when seeing another one of Galu's lore-videos..

[@hunsler1006]

Great work on this one Galu

[@CelebrianUndomiel]

I do agree that Nerdanel wasn't given quite enough credit! She was a renowned sculptress who made statues so lifelike that others would initially mistake them for real people, she and Feanor journeyed together a lot in their youth and were drawn to each other as they were both artists and free spirits. She had very strong foresight and predicted the death of her youngest child, and ultimately refused to join Feanor in exile as she knew it would end in ruin. In what is a huge distinction from other elven women, she was described as being not particularly pretty, so people were surprised when Feanor wanted to marry her. But she was "strong and free of mind," and there is definitely a lot more to her than just giving birth to seven kids!

[@BernddasBrotB7]

4:00 Here is like watching an incomplete list of my deceased XCOM soldiers in my current playthrough of the game, most of them have died via plasma to the face. In true spirit of his namesake, my Feanor died within two turns of leaving the Skyranger. Mind you this is the proper game, not the 2012 softie remake... :p Ahem, anyway, an excellent video! Thanks a lot! :)

[@Captain__Harlock]

Great lore video! I was just thinking there needs to be a channel on Tolkien lore like Arch does for Warhammer. Very epic tale, its interesting how it all ties together.

[@Lordbaggins]

I have no idea what divide and conquer is nor do I know what type of "mods" you make are, however you know all there is to know about Middle-earth and for that I thank you.

[@barbarapearce7323]

23:32 "Tyrion on the hill of Tuna" Hard not to laugh at that lol

[@mj2820]

Best lore video so far :)

[@Quardoxial]

Can you make a video about beorninger please, the carrok, gladen fields and a second video about everything east of rohivanon, east of mirkwood everthing east of erebor. Thx man love you

[@mochihammer5459]

We know barely anything though.

[@mochihammer5459]

I think it'd be really interesting if Fëanor hadn't charged forward, but remained back with the rest of the army, or didn't pursue them at all. I wonder what great things they could have accomplished; I think first there would be a fortress to rival Angband (or at least try to), and many works, especially weapons and jewels.

[@tomaszwojtasik5483]

Idea for spicing up Dwarves of Ered Luin: Adding a building like the Gwaith-i-Mírdain to one of the settlements, except instead of rediscovering the skill of Celebrimbor it would have to do with rediscovering heritage of the dwarves of Belegost. My suggested building benefits (not saying all of these, just whichever/however many would be appropriate) would be: extra smithing level like Khazad-dum, experience bonus to troops, being able to train some Erebor and Khazad-dum units, or if you're willing to sacrifice a unit slot a new uber-elite armor-piercing axe unit based on Azaghâl's dwarves who forced the dragon Glaurung to retreat from Nirnaeth Arnoediad.

[@JTB_1020]

Tomasz Wojtasik What about choosing Nogrod or Belegost's past and one makes evil one makes you good

[@leumnewman8772]

Tomasz Wojtasik Yea, being evil without "backstabing" everyone would add a noce twist to ered luin

[@JTB_1020]

Liam Newman The most boring factions IMO are Ered Luin Khand Dol Amroth and Lindon

[@leumnewman8772]

Tomasz Wojtasik I cant play lindon without going getting bored and blitzing bree. Khand is fun if you can get to gondor early on. Still need to play a full campaign of Dol Anroth.

[@JTB_1020]

Liam Newman tbh those are some of the easiest ones, Lindon is never really attacked, Ered Luin doesn't get attacked unless you do nothing as them, Khand isn't attacked ever, and Dol Amroth has such good cav it's pathetic

[@zlinedavid]

6:39 "Curu" also appears in the name of Curunir (Man of Skill), aka Saruman.

[@crinoid1919]

Great video mate... but I'm very surprised you didn't even mention the Palentiri or that Feanor created them.

[@Imonly2andahalf]

The light of the trees never went beyond Valinor due to the height of the Pelori mountain range.

[@BeTheWholeCookieNotACrumb]

My first time here I was talking about this morning and I was just listening to a video in Gps chat and didn't touch my phone and this pops up by it self but of course you probably know this ....thank you thank you

[@rasengan4628]

@ 1:00 this curse could technically make shadow of mordor canon

[@thedarknesscallingme]

Cant really blame Mandos, i mean if your entire purpose was to watch over and judge the souls of the dead for all eternity you'd be pretty miserable too

[@akiramasashi9317]

If Feanor never comes back in bodily form does that mean he does not fight at Dagor Dagorath?

[@mrrstarrk]

I love your Lore videos so much and I want them to never end. I've listed to most of them multiple times. Especially the long ones. Would you consider making a video explaining the ages and parts of ages. Like how they are counted. What is considered an age and what not. Also, would you consider teaching elvish?

[@LukasPedron]

For Elvish you could start here, to learn some basic rules: www.councilofelrond.com/content/languages-of-middle-earth/#studyelvish And for the pronunciation you have this: sindarinlessons.weebly.com/1---pronunciation.html It's all pretty easy to learn.

[@mrrstarrk]

Thanks! I've started.. Pretty much on and off for years. My main thing I want to be sure of is sentence structure really. I usually use Arwenundomiel.com.. It's difficult to find people who also speak it so then it becomes kind of useless unfortunately.

[@ghostinquisitor7743]

Can you a lore video on magic in middle-earth?

[@jordanshultz6183]

Galu, your videos are the most accurate lore wise I've listened to. I greatly appreciate that, and you do a remarkable job with the timeline. Feanor is one of my lesser favourite characters but you did a wondrous job on making him appealing. I personally favour the Houses of Fingolfin and Finarfin. What's your favourite house in Finwë's line?

I am not all that keen on the first age elves but I must say that I like Fingolfin so I suppose I would go with his line. :)

[@anonymouspersonskissnowboa6678]

Low class inter race half blood siblings scums beta wuss.

[@zachgarrett2565]

plz do a vid on Fingolfin he is one of my fav's!

[@borisdaanimal4014]

can anyone tell me the song that plays in the background from around 18:40 to 19:20 ?? i've been searching high and low to no avail...

[@mochihammer5459]

How did you do those fonts? Are there any that anyone/you would recommend? I know there's a special Tengwar keyboard layout, but are there any fonts you use/would use? Thanks.

[@dylanpotts9356]

You should do a video on the 3 kinslaying

[@Rampagedd]

To clarify, eru made the elves before the valar, maia knew they existed, so how do we get these cases where certain elves have decended from them? Or just, crossbreading

[@TheNorthernEquinox]

My main question Galu. Is why did you omit that Feanor had a big part in creating the Death Star? I could be wrong but isn't that worthy of some screen time?

Hahaha. Ah I feel foolish. How could I miss that out!

[@alexwest426]

If I remember correctly. I thought you said in your Elves video that the first age began with the awakening of the first elves . ?

[@evanvallot]

Hello Arachir, You don't have to, but can you do a lore video about Aragorn or Aragorn II Elessar. Aragorn is one of the most renowned characters in Tolkien's works, and a favorite by many. As I said, you don't need to make a lore video about Aragorn. For I do know, in a basic understanding, Aragorn and his story/history. I don't know if you have done this or not. I would really love it if you do. Besides, I do think you do a amazing job with your videos and you are one of the reasons I know about a great deal of the legendarium, so thank you. Have a great day or night.

[@Semiazas_TV]

ow man i love these lore video's

[@MrTimebomb12]

I'm pretty sure the Balrogs came from Utumno, b/c wasn't Sauron the one who was in Angband? I even remember something about the Valar not checking the deepest of caverns in Utumno where the Balrogs resided

[@NightshadeX85]

I thought Ungoliant was a Maiar who joined Melkor in the beginning (before the Elves awakened), she desired her own dominion over life and basically became a renegade and changed into a spider.

+de Morhalle Nope Ungoliant is an anomaly like Tom Bombadil.

[@christiansteyn9636]

Hi Arachîr Galudirithon, in some of your videos you mention that you know Sindarin. How did you learn it and where can I find credible resources about it. Thanks for helping, big fan of yours.

[@kagekrom9121]

if your American Google your local learning annex from anywhere else there is an online class just Google it or KZbin it

[@Imonly2andahalf]

Feanor arrives at the feast of the Valar with his pride on his sleeves so-to-speak. He arrives without the silmarils and denies all in attendance a sight of there glory. And this is noted by Tolkien because it tells of Feanors overbearing pride!

[@jakealter5504]

You forgot that feanor had two half sisters as well

[@amandafranks5108]

If Gil-Galad was Fingon's son how come when he died the High kingship of the Noldor went to Turgon?

[@LegerRon]

my son's middle name is Feanor

A worthy name indeed. Were I to dip into the Legendarium I think I would go with Glorfindel as he is my favourite character.

[@LegerRon]

It was how much Feanor's parents loved him that made the name fit. We love our little Nathaniel Feanor.

[@TheShamimmiah1234]

Arachîr Galudirithon glorfindel is my favourite character too

[@jamesreid1061]

Would feanor be classed as a bad elf or one that craves smithing

[@ivar4311]

Could you further explain a bit what you mean with being slain and die in the perspective of Fëanor and Finwë? Míriel has 'passed' to the Halls of Mandos, being life-tired as we see is a vulnerability of Elves in general. Fëanor claims he would be 'dissolved', sort of, as if he were a Second Child of Ilúvatar, am I correct? Now if Mandos says that he would not be the first to do so, Finwë has died dead (like an Adan) too, but how so? Do you consider Fëanor's oath and claim on imcompetence of the Valar to be a parallel to modern day populism, or is that too much conjecture? Great video. Good pronunciation too, it's not easy to be English and it's particular ways of speech but you managed well. The knowledge you offer you do in a very comfortable and telling way. The sacrifice of 100% truth is worth that auditive aura you arouse inside us :)

I think the difference is that Miriel 'died' but Finwe was 'killed' and Feanor claims that to destroy the Silmarils would be to 'kill' him. So he erroneously believes he would be the first elf to be slain in Valinor. I don't know what populism is.

[@ivar4311]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populism Like the UKIP, Marie Le Pen, Alternative für Deutschland and Geert Wilders

[@erbinabarado4516]

Why did you disable the comments on the other videos?

[@vitanus]

Fëanor and Melkor should have been mentioned much more in the Lotr movies....just SOMETHING about them...would have made the movies perfect for me! The first three at least^^

[@Rampagedd]

And Eru flattened Numinor as they worshipped Melkor (tricked in the same way as the Valar), but the Valar release him so he caused immeasurable further damage n nothing happens? Cruel God indeed!

[@WasteEvaluate]

Is it bad if I get mad when I watch the movies e.t.c? It just makes me realize how boring the real world is

[@ramses3445]

Oh, and why is it Ñoldor, with this ~ on it?

[@MrBjcrisel]

Im pretty sure that Sauron gave no help in the crafting of the first three rings. He only helped with the others. That is why his ring has no power over the elvish rings. I am almost positive of this but again i may be wrong.

+PhantomNation The elven rings were last. Celebrimbor did craft them in secret but Sauron gave him the knowledge of how to do so and there is a small link between the three and the one.

[@tylerh2548]

I can't help but associate Feanor's saga with the Sons of Ragnar that declare war on the world after his death, albeit in this case it's a doom-oath against any usurper of the Silmarils. Still, the stories hold the same iconoclastic, mythical status within their respective worlds. The fact one can say "the Sons of Feanor" and "the Sons of Ragnar" as titles rather than descriptors is probably the main reason.

[@LeRoiDuFresne]

Alright Galu i have a unique question. Would you be able to tell me how i might be able to add more black smith levels to the turks or ND. I just put them on the list for factions that can build that level of blacksmith. Sadly such a simple fix doesnt really work, for one it doesnt use correct ui. That doesnt really bother me at all but the constant crashing produced by this amateur change is infuriating. So i would greatly appreciate a solution if you could give me one. Im very experienced with the EDB and the other accompanying files used to implement units so i could fix the problem with some guidance please.

[@bbdawise]

I could help you fix the UI problem but the crashes, not so much. I assume the reason it crashes is because the higher level blacksmiths are only supposed to be available to the Dwarves and Elves. Their is probably a hidden resource or something that governs whether or not they are buildable. That's just a guess, though. It could also be something to do with scripts. Also, I don't know how armor upgrades actually work. Since the ND don't have the higher level blacksmiths. So, I would assume they wouldn't even really benefit from higher level blacksmiths. You would also need to implement new armor levels if you want this to really work.

[@LeRoiDuFresne]

El Monstero29 well the reason i gave them the same blacksmith level as gondor is so they could get visual arnor upgrades for all the gondor/ other faction units that can have it. This wasnt possible before because ND didnt have high enough Blacksmith but thatnkyou for the reply and help

[@zachgarrett2565]

LOVE THIS VIDEO

[@lonsos1]

Did Galadriel take part in the kinslaying? Remember she is part Teleri.

[@zachgarrett2565]

Jeff Wahomes no she did not. she went over Helcaraxe with her brothers. Feaonor n his sons comitted the kinslaying. there was a land bridge called Helcaraxe similar to antartica lol. Terribly cold tons of elves died but Galadriel and the grratest survived. If she comitted the slaying she wouldnt have been in allowed Doriath.

[@tomaszwojtasik5483]

Zach Garrett There are several versions of the story. In the most recent one, she did play a part in the First Kinslaying along with Celeborn, but on the side of the Teleri.

[@drFocak]

Yes she did, but on the side of the Teleri.

[@Imonly2andahalf]

Melkor also states that the Valar are holding the elves back from middle-earth because they want Men to inherit it when they wake. And that men not elves are the favored children of the Valar.

[@darthbane854]

Are the Silmarills made out of the same materials as the one ring?

No they aren't. The ring is just made of metal and then some 'concepts'. The SIlmarils are made of unknown substances but they contain light from the trees of Valinor.

[@armhelc7501]

May I just correct you on the fact that it is Ossë that is hindered by the Valar, but Uinen drowns many of the Ñoldor.

Vindication. I can say with utter surety that it is Ulmo (being one of the Valar) who cannot intervene but Osse does and drowns many ships. I know this as I wrote it straight out of the book. (I had to research Feanor a lot more than I do for other videos as I am not all that interested in him TBH)

[@polilla318]

What type of music do you like Galu?

Classical mostly but I am quite keen on reggae and older rock'n'roll. TBH I listen to a little bit of everything, I have songs that came out in the charts last month, I have musicals, disney, classical, rock, heavy metal, reggae, pop et cetera. I have never really been a single genre guy. :)

[@polilla318]

Arachîr Galudirithon cool, haha, classical is awesome, best of luck to you gwador nîn

And you Hîr nín. :)

[@SD-og8qd]

Arachir, whats next?

We will probably stick with the Feanor tree and tell the fates of his sons. After that I would probably cover the fates of Fingolfin and his sons and then maybe Finarfin and his sons. :) I like videos with a more clearly defined theme as they are easier to get behind and have a nice continuity to them.

[@SD-og8qd]

Arachîr Galudirithon Wouldnt it be easier but longer to do all of that in one video, i mean you could make different videos with breaks in between and compile it into one long video that would cover basically everything, just a suggestion but im just saying.

[@belegaranchampionofarnor8906]

I have a theory, the Arkenstone is a the silmaril that Maedhros drops

I have heard tell of this suggestion. There would need to be some sort of underground river for it to work though surely?

[@belegaranchampionofarnor8906]

Arachîr Galudirithon I agree, but Tolkien never said anything about it being or not being one

[@rising4u731]

hey, is it possible that Melkor got the idea of embedding his own soul n power n preserving himself like done here by fëanor in silmarils and in the end goes on to create the One ring ! so in a way, Silmirials creation made the creation of the One ring into the picture.

[@nythyas123]

Can we compare Feanor with Glorfindel in strenght? Probably not in crafting or wisdom... Anyway, awesome video i LOVED IT!

Feanor was perhaps not the physically strongest but to go to to toe with so many Balrogs would suggest at least a modicum of strength not found in many of his kin. Of course Feanor's brother takes on Morgoth in a duel and manages to wound him so in terms of raw strength I think Fingolfin got the Lion's share.

[@nythyas123]

Thanks for the answer. Would be fun to see a scale of sorts in categories, wondering where each famous elf would land :p Ahhh, probably an idea for you Arachir, down the line... maybe...

[@anonymouspersonskissnowboa6678]

@ lmao that half blood inter race loser scum dare not even take on feanor when he challenged him to a duel. Neither did morgoth who had his whole army take on feanor rather than face him and waited till he was out of house to steal his gems. Lmao btw that morgoth that the half blood scum face was already weakened as he shared his essence and power to alot of his other creations like dragons etc.

[@jamesbeihl5795]

THHHEEEEE LOOOOOORD OF WATER SPOKE!

[@myena33]

Although I have to take issue...you said Feanor was one of the most famous of the Eldar,,,he was the closest to DIVINE of any of the Children of Eru...the Silmarills rivalled the work of the Valar, and they were the basis of all of Middle Earth's history until the Dominion of Men.

So how is my statement incorrect? :P

[@kauetadaieski3131]

Elrond can not take leadership as a High-King for his house is of the Edain.

[@Itwalksinthesoup]

420 videos! We need to celebrate this

[@coenvanderlinde]

you mispronounced aule its supposed to be OIAUAULE ;)

[@Shercko]

Great stuff, but.. with a script and some editing, along with a rehearsal beforehand would have made this video flow so much better.

Maybe but it is a hobby, not a job.

[@alexbailey1440]

Where about in England you from?

Hertfordshire

[@alexbailey1440]

Im Wolverhampton, hope the weathers better down there 🙏🏻

[@myena33]

In a hideously sad way..the Doom of Mandos besmirched the Edain fro day one...

[@timgostomski3852]

This interesting dude

[@RenzeKoper]

how Michael dos eru illuvitar play into this

Eru doesn't have much to do with the world after he [and the Ainur] create it. He only directly affects the narrative a handful of times.

[@RenzeKoper]

Arachîr Galudirithon thanks