Becoming The Mouth of Sauron | From Black Númenórean To Sauron's Cruelest Servant

[@FairlyFictional]

What do you think the Mouth of Sauron did after the Ring was destroyed? What would you have done in his shoes if you survived the war?

[@michaelogrady232]

I think that if his longevity came from Sauron, then he died with the destruction of the Ring. If he did survive, it would be in an incredibly diminished state. Him and Sauron became like Wormtongue and Saruman after the fall of Isengard. Good videos, by the way. Glad Shieldmaidens recommended you.

[@Savage_Viking]

Democrat speech writer. Only plausible job.

[@michaelogrady232]

@@Savage_Viking I think you nailed it 👌 Good job 👏

[@jaxhaxnsnax]

I thought he lost his head.

[@michaelogrady232]

@@jaxhaxnsnax only in the movie

[@tranger4579]

Beautiful narration. Background music is great and goes well with the mood of the story.

[@FairlyFictional]

Thank you 🙏🏼. I’m glad you liked the music. I put extra effort into it to make it better. I’ll continue to do so from now on. ☺️

[@emmacarroll3665]

@@FairlyFictionalI agree the music is great! It really matches well. That said there are some parts where I had trouble hearing you over the music but I also have trouble with audio and processing sometimes so that might be just a me thing. Your videos are fantastic and your voice makes me think of Galadriel

[@FairlyFictional]

Ah thanks. I do try to give a smooth narration a bit like the movie prologue. 😊.

[@troffle]

@@FairlyFictional The whole thing is fantastic. I have one tricky request... I'm one of those people trying to pick up on the lore, read the books... is it at all possible for your videos (with the aforementioned amazing qualities) to include references to whichever book this lore is in (like, the origin of the Mouth of Sauron), so very please? I was going to hold off on the sub until I saw your response. Then I saw the link to your merch and saw the "No man can k..." material. ALRIGHT THAT'S FUNNY. Beautiful. Subscription yours. ... now I just have to fall to one knee and ask whether the music, sound effects and *exceptionally* pleasant voice can also be enhanced by such lore references, please?

[@FairlyFictional]

@troffle Haha thanks for the sub. I’m glad you liked it. I did include the quotes and references on screen in some of my other videos. But I am never sure if long quotes slow down the video as opposed to just images. Or what people prefer.. But I tried giving this one a bit of a smoother flow. But the dialogue in it is mostly from the Council of Elrond and the Black Gate Opens chapters.

[@CyTolliver]

It’s hard being young, black and númenórean

[@christopherhelton6999]

"To be yoooouuuuunnnngggg, evil, and BLACK!"

[@YdoIneedahandle869]

😂

[@77surefire]

You're videos are soo good! Love your narration & accent. The background music and the images also look awesome! Keep up the great work! Haven't heard from Grog in a while though..

[@FairlyFictional]

Thank you ☺️. I’m glad you like them. Yeh it seems people like my normal voice so he has been on vacation. I might find a way of getting him involved again. Thanks 🙏🏼

[@NegiTaiMetal011]

Excellent narration and story. I consider this as the lore of the Mouth of Sauron.

[@FairlyFictional]

Thank you 🙏🏼

[@Consigliere211]

The mouth of Sauron should get his own series like the Penguin 😂😂

[@khylerbane4523]

Someone please explain to me why this guy was so underutilized that he’s practically irrelevant despite being arguably more interesting than most the heroes?

[@Driven2Beers]

He was essentially the mouthpiece of Sauron, because he was the only individual who was allowed to speak or write Sauron's name. He must've had a certain amount of autonomy (however small) as opposed to the Nine, who were nothing but slaves to Sauron by way of their rings.

[@FairlyFictional]

Breaking news! The reason we never saw actually Sauron was because he was actually hiding in plain sight masquerading as the “Mouth” 😂😝.

[@Driven2Beers]

@@FairlyFictional Kinda like a reverse of the man behind the curtain pretending to be the Wizard of Oz? 🤔

[@richhogg8074]

He deeed Gandalf, he deeeed

[@jerryknuckles736]

And who is this?? Isildur's heir....it takes more to make a king than a broken elvish blade.

[@kneelanddonnelly4077]

​@@jerryknuckles736 AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! 🗡🩸 I DO NOT BELIEVE IT! I WILL not believe it!

[@Synthetic94]

... For Frodo...

[@jimbombadill]

He fled and attained eternal life and in our days became a script writer for RoP and sush committed his most horrible crime on mankind.

[@davidponseigo8811]

I don't understand why people keep bashing Rings of Power, the show had huge viewer count and is the fourth most watched show on Amazon. It's actually a good stand alone show.

[@Mrwaffles-gr3so]

If you don't like a TV series then don't watch it. There's also no point on commenting about it under a KZbin video that's not about the TV series or is even mentioned once.

[@dustinfennimore8104]

Hilarious comment 😂

[@troffle]

@@davidponseigo8811 1) Because there are reports of the viewer count being heavily inflated by tricks like the episode auto-repeating. 2) it absolutely is not a good stand alone show. Fast travel. Characters falling from great heights and surviving. AWFUL dialogue. Worse than terrible editing like Arondir being stabbed with a six-foot sword and left face down for dead in the mud, getting up and fighting in the next episode. Everybody hit by a volcano's flow and NOT EVEN HAIR GETTING SINGED. A master smith who had to be taught what an alloy was. A master smith who kept an anvil MOUNTED IN THE CEILING OF HIS FORGE. A master smith who couldn't cut open cuffs (what were they doing in a forge?) or cuff chains, but instead cut off his thumb. As a stand alone show, it's the writing work of dribbling carpet chewing children. Once you get to what they HAVE done to the lore, this becomes a desecration of Tolkien's work and the writers and showrunners ought to be in jail. NOW do you understand?

[@Abefroman-lq3md]

@@davidponseigo8811. You truly are a card carrying fool and obviously have no literary appreciation or taste! That woke abortion of a TV show is only made for limp wristed, illiterate mendicants!

[@Dannon1111]

I'd like to think he's working at an IN and Out Burger..... little paper tent hat, red apron....taking his aggression out of the the potato crusher

[@call_in_sick]

😂😂😂😂

[@khylerbane4523]

Like Cobra Commander starting out as a used car salesman.

[@awegjlappenaeofgihn]

This voice tho, could be an elve who tells me the forgotten storys and tales of middle-earth. Great work.

[@KirbyLewis6790]

It’s AI

[@youMatterItDoesGetBetter]

I clicked for the thumbnail, stayed for everything else.

[@FairlyFictional]

Thank you for sticking around 🙏🏼

[@whiteknightcat]

Never seen this channel before. I cannot speak to the topic of the narration, for much of the history seems contrived given that little to nothing was known of the Mouth of Sauron's origins. The creativity and narration, though, were incredible. That voice ... OMG, that voice. It is amazing.

[@FairlyFictional]

Thank you. And the beginning part of the video, I had to base on what we know about Black Numenoreans at the time. So it’s as accurate as I could make it while trying to keep a natural flow to the narration. It’s actually the loosest I’ve been with pure fact in any video so far. But only because little was available ☺️.

[@whiteknightcat]

@@FairlyFictional That's the benefit of having little information to go on. One can create a backstory and still have it remain completely plausible and engaging without altering the canonical literature at all.

[@FreakyGremlinDK]

This character always fascinated me. Tolkien always had the ability to let some almost random character pop up, deliver one hell of a mysterious personality in a few pages, even just a few lines and then leave, and you'll sit there and be like "woooow, wait a moment? Who was THAT!? Bring them back, I wanna know more." Galadriel and The Mouth of Sauron probably being the best examples. But at the same time, giving these characters a full story could be difficult if not impossible, because the mystery that has created their personality would vanish due to further explanation. You can't write about these characters and keep the mystery we love them for.

[@elMentity]

Your voice is so crisp and clean I actually thought it WAS AI for a minute there!? Well done on the production quality. The Mouth of Sauron is so fascinating and enigmatic. Liked and Subscribed!

[@FairlyFictional]

Thank you. The mic actually has a bit of noise in some parts. But I try to cut it out. It definitely wasn’t done in one long recording. I do it small pieces at a time, and more than once most of the time.

[@bernardcandlin7733]

Brilliantly done

[@FairlyFictional]

😊 thank you 🙏🏼

[@SpeakyDeak]

that was really good, glad i found you, i subscribed obviously, great art work too

[@FairlyFictional]

Thank you 🙏🏼. I’m glad you found me too 😊

[@justthinking5333]

Really enjoying your channel

[@FairlyFictional]

Thank you ☺️

[@sageofcaledor8188]

Great video!

[@FairlyFictional]

Thank you 🙏🏼

[@ZeusMcKraken]

Excellent narration. I loved this video.

[@FairlyFictional]

Glad you enjoyed it! 😊

[@user-ke4vx1tt6j]

lovely creation and storytelling. weaving canon material with informed supposition. thank you

[@FairlyFictional]

Thank you 🙏🏼

[@IGathron]

Good video, well done.

[@FairlyFictional]

Thank you very much! ☺️

[@yourivansprang8642]

It's a good storytelling, i mast say, mostly i get bored same time's but i keep hanging on your lips the way you bring it nicely done ceep it up

[@FairlyFictional]

Thank you ☺️

[@jabloneynophony1875]

They call Sauron a master of lies, but he always granted his most loyal human followers the immortality and power that he promised.

[@robp6319]

He did, but at what price?

[@Fallout3131]

@@robp6319eternal servitude 😮

[@call_in_sick]

Under his will only. That would be a curse.

[@staomruel]

Mostly because dwarves were too dense and elves too powerful to control through the rings.

[@PWizz91]

Nice work

[@Don-xi2mf]

I really enjoyed this! Well done!

[@FairlyFictional]

Thank you so much! ☺️

[@kyeduren5233]

Bro was the best Ish talker in all middle earth lol

[@khylerbane4523]

Is it really this hard or much to ask for the Tolkien estate to make a book covering something like this guy?

[@MCFCTheMadHatter]

@fairly Fictional: Did you take down your excellent video on Tom Bombadil? I had watched a few times (excellent) a while ago and just looked for it as I’m reading the Fellowship of the Ring, but it doesn’t seem to be on your channel page anymore. Any chance you could upload to your channel again? Thanks so much!

[@FairlyFictional]

Hi. Yeh I hid it as I wanted to redo it again better. But I’ve made it public again for you 😁. Thanks

[@MCFCTheMadHatter]

@@FairlyFictional Thank you! At the risk of sounding silly, I thought the blend of background sound/music with your voice and the outstanding imagery made for a perfect story. In some way, had a calming effect on me and had me waxing a bit of nostalgia as some of the images you have in there are of that late 70s early 80s art that I grew up with as a little kid lol If you do decide to redo it, could you some how leave that version up? Perhaps alter the newer one you want with some different aspects to Tom? (You can never have too much info/content on him as there isnt that much LOL). Regardless of what you choose, I truly appreciate you putting it back up 😃

[@bergen8385]

What about the next one Becoming The Witch King or other Nazgul? 😁 I think The Mouth of Sauron could be destroyed with Sauron and The One, he was very deep in Sauron's mind and was described even in a book that he looked like The Black Rider, but he was still the living man. Maybe he would become the new Nazgul in time, but if not and he would survive Sauron's fall I guess he would be powerful enough to become a king in the east part of Middle Earth, so the evil wouldn't be completely destroyed in this world... Great narration, keep going!😊

[@FairlyFictional]

That is a lot. That’s a good logical theory. Haha I can’t make a video on the Witch King like this. I don’t know if you’re being serious 😝. It’s one of the videos that is currently being copy/pasted onto every AI copycat channel at the moment after someone did it a few months ago. There are loads of these channels just recreating recent videos from other channels and I had to copyright claim some videos a while ago when they copy and pasted some of my videos without even changing the script one bit. Though these channels just seem change the words slightly now and seem to get away with it. I’m sure if this video gets enough views you will see copies spring up everywhere too 🙄

[@bergen8385]

@@FairlyFictional Yeah, I realized there were recently many videos about this topic and they are very similar as well. I am being serious, it seemed like Tolkien wanted his readers to make their own theories about the previous life of the nine Nazgûls or Blue Wizards for example and I really like to relax while listening to the new theories about them, because everybody can imagine something else and create their unique story. That's why I like these narrations and I am really glad I found your channel!😊

[@FairlyFictional]

Ok thanks. Well I may do one when the spambots have forgotten about that topic. I doubt people would watch and would just think I’ve copied if I did one now. I’ve not actually watched the video tbh but I keep seeing them pop up on different channels and I know they just lift the original script from the creator and get AI to rewrite it. It’s happened to me a lot. And these channels put out videos too fast to do any research of their own too. But I will continue doing some of my own originals. Thanks ☺️

[@brettsh.2545]

Well made!!!

[@FairlyFictional]

Thank you ☺️

[@Adam_First]

Great video

[@christophermckay4575]

Fantastic you’d also be fantastic narrating warhammer , you should do it as well

[@FairlyFictional]

Thank you ☺️

[@4Bobay]

Great video. New subscriber.

[@FairlyFictional]

Thank you. And welcome 🤗

[@theghostshepherddog2765]

...no, no, no, you are not understanding. we want this narration for HOURS. it is too good for just 10 minutes.

[@FairlyFictional]

😂 haha, thanks. I'll see what I can do ...

[@gioguida9434]

This was great. It’s a like and sub from me. Keep doing these

[@FairlyFictional]

Thank you 🙏🏼. I will do 😊

[@BuggritHall]

1:40 in his early days he was one of the McGann brothers making his evil way through British TV in the 80's & 90's.

[@jior6]

This was really cool.

[@FairlyFictional]

Thank you 😎

[@annabizaro-doo-dah]

Very enjoyable! I think RoP is perhaps setting up Ar Pharazon's son to become the mouth of Sauron, slightly changing his history?

[@FairlyFictional]

Thanks ☺️. I haven’t had time to watch RoP yet but I’m intrigued to see now.

[@zibix4562]

RoP is not canon just like the movie triliogy isnt. If it isnt written by Tolkien, it isnt history or canon in middle earth. Anything beyond the words of tolkien is mere speculation or fan theory at best and otherwise fan fiction. On the bright side though, tolkien did not mind speculations of events unknown, as long as they fit with what was there. He did do the whole unreliable narrator thing.

[@ericsmith9461]

​@zibix4562 they play so loose with the canon that it could possibly end up being Megatron and I'd take it

[@FairlyFictional]

Yes please 🤣

[@aldunlop4622]

@@FairlyFictional Do yourself a favour and pass on it, especially if you love Tolkien's work, which you clearly do.

[@billmcdermott9647]

I always thought he got away ……plotting for the time time he could avenge his lord

[@shawnthompson2303]

*I have a token I was bidden to show thee.*

[@HerveMendell]

The visials for these videos are amazing. But I'm wondering if they are done by human artists or A.I. generated? If its the latter, its really mind blowing.

[@FairlyFictional]

I have to create all of the images with the help of AI I am afraid. It would not be possible for me to find human images that for the video narrative. And I like to give new images not seen before

[@cassiustaylor9265]

This was Great

[@FairlyFictional]

I’m glad you like it 🙏🏼

[@AZyzk]

Thanks ❤

[@351cleavland]

Could you cover the Ass of Sauron? He's a new character in season 3 of ROP.

[@williamholmstrom489]

Amazing artwork, great voice and tempo! you got a new sub. Cheers!

[@FairlyFictional]

Thank you, sir 🍻

[@demongo2007]

Is any of this based on Tolkien’s writings, or is it more fan fiction…?

[@M-D-K]

Fiction and speculation. Some of the happenings mentioned aren't specifically said to be him but speculation says it could have been. The book basically says his past, along with his name, is forgotten to time.

[@davidponseigo8811]

Frodo's sword Sting was a elf blade so it wouldn't tarnish.

[@FairlyFictional]

It was actually Sam’s blade of Westernesse that he had.

[@APT1066]

Evryone commenting that they loved the narration. Id wager my left bollock its AI.

[@FairlyFictional]

I’ll take that bet

[@Alcofribas71]

@@FairlyFictionalAnd thus, claiming @APT1066’s left bollock, FairlyFictional took her first step on the path to Darkness.

[@davidj.thompson]

Does all this extra iformation come from the other books besides LotR? I'm not questioning your sources just wondering.

[@FairlyFictional]

I had to fill in some of the details towards the start as best I could. But they were based on what we know about the Black Numenoerans at the time.

[@davidj.thompson]

@@FairlyFictional Thanks for the reply.

[@stevensolomon9512]

It wasn’t the Mouth of Sauron that visited Dain. It was one of the Nazgûl.

[@FairlyFictional]

@@stevensolomon9512 that’s actually not confirmed. It’s speculation. But given the way the emissary spoke and used Sauron’s name, it probably wasn’t one of the Nazgûl.

[@mukailahkwari1651]

​@@stevensolomon9512From the description, it wasn't the Nazgul. The timing too is another factor because we know the Nazgul were busy in the shire during that time.

[@OtherWorldExplorers]

If you did an audible of reading of the Lord of the Rings.... it would be EPIC If you do let us know .. I want to be the first to buy it

[@FairlyFictional]

Thanks for the comment 😊. That would be quite the effort and I don’t actually think copyright laws would allow it. I’d have to narrate a story of my own 😅

[@bhalouxx2917]

Theo ends up as the mouth

[@sourstuff]

3:00 lil bro thought he was Voldemort smh

[@call_in_sick]

I’ve heard he’s knocking about in Boro Uk it reminds him of Mordor

[@markyochoa]

Siiiiick!

[@benkruzins9480]

Did he follow Adar?

[@peterbrent1345]

question of any tolkien lore masters: is there any lineage of mortal men sorcerers? how was his mother a sorcerer? is this story consistent within tolkien universe? i can accept men can be tranformed though other powerfull magical beyings.

[@FairlyFictional]

Saruman mentions human meddling in sorcery when the necromancer is in Dol Guldur. And the ringwraiths were mentioned to be kings and sorcerers. But that’s a whole other video topic.

[@EasyDeezy865]

Maybe Theo in ROP?

[@tikaalik]

Is this something like “Being John Malcovitch”?

[@OublietteTight]

The last lady shown got me wondering why her? Was she a victim of The Mouth?

[@jeremymiller6933]

Adar from RoP was resurrected and bound to the fate of becoming Sauron's herald. At this point, why not?

[@johowell4974]

Sounds like something they would do especially since it makes no sense as adar has no numenorean blood in him

[@newuser2007b]

better then some tv shows

[@darhammora7867]

He might be Kemen, Pharazon son

[@DEVUNK88]

I'm thinking the same...at least where that series is concerned.

[@umauratasimaimaur]

Pharazon?

[@fuddthedestroyer4454]

Actually, he would be worshipping Melkor (Morgoth)...

[@JyeMiller]

all that history just to get his head chopped off lol

[@steveblanmag7410]

1:00 looks more like Morgoth than Sauron

[@lurid_phaesporia]

Great narrative but the power lines threw me off a bit

[@briansmith2616]

Same here, not expected in Middle Earth.

[@fwdflashwebdesign]

Well at least he dose not have dental issues!

[@FairlyFictional]

I hope I still have all my teeth at his age 😂

[@kanukki84]

Does Sauron's mouth hold a medieval mic?

[@FairlyFictional]

lol. It’s Chainmail 😅

[@morgo1693]

heil dark lord Annatar , king of the Earth.

[@FairlyFictional]

🙏🏼

[@TheLoyalOfficer]

They had phones in Middle Earth?

[@Top10soon]

Is anyone excited for the gollum movie?

[@paulmakinson1965]

Didn't the Mouth of Sauron get decapitated by by Aragorn in front of the gates of Mordor?

[@FairlyFictional]

Only in the movies 🍿

[@hansanderson6551]

Some say he ran for president in 2016.

[@FairlyFictional]

😂

[@faith9338]

Kemen is that you??

[@donaldcook7108]

I'd suggest editing the video a bit more cause a few times the music was louder then the woman taking and couldn't understand her. Sry but bad editing.

[@NoOne-kr4jc]

The upload picture made me feel really horrible. Those teeth are absolutely nasty and the red gums.

[@FairlyFictional]

Sauron’s legions had no dental plan I’m afraid 😧

[@sadettinarslan5324]

mouth of sauron was a normal looking man wearing some emo outfits and talking nonsense. he was not a monster or anything.

[@FairlyFictional]

Looks just like a normal man with a lack of dental plan to me 🙄.

[@sadettinarslan5324]

@@FairlyFictional peter jackson's portrayal is not canon.

[@KizzMyAbs]

U sound cute ❤

[@TheKingSalty]

All that just to have bad teeth and a severed head lol.

[@scdoty777]

Men there shall bear no weapons.? That’s what the Dark Lords always want.

[@PeterKnagge]

Men of Light Lords don't need weapons...

[@InWithBothFeet]

If he was a black numenorean, why do the illustrations show a white guy?

[@FairlyFictional]

The “Black” doesn’t refer to the skin colour. They were descendants of Numenor who served and worshipped Sauron.

[@InWithBothFeet]

@@FairlyFictional Ah... makes sense.

[@idolsrule4678]

I don’t care what they tell you, my grandma told me cleopatra was black. 😂

[@davidponseigo8811]

You are using the word manipulate way to many times !

[@LTG22]

nope his head was cut off during negotiations with Aragorn.

[@FairlyFictional]

That was made up for the movies 🍿

[@LTG22]

@@FairlyFictional yes, where is what you said in the books?

[@travtuck7646]

😂😂😂😂

[@Heike--]

Is there anything canon in this at all? It's all just made-up.

[@FairlyFictional]

Or is it…