Elf Sauron Meets Evil Twin Sister Nazgul Scene 4K ULTRA HD Action

[@schizosamurai8840]

The two gals: assassinate emperor chosen by heavens mandate The army chilling right in front of them: "I see nothing wrong here"

[@thejohnson2328]

100k army :hmmm must have been the Wind 🤔

[@punkthatiscyber9091]

Well first, this is a fictional story compared to the actual mandate of heaven Second, even if you were actually comparing it to the real concept. The mandate of heaven was essentially a cycle. It did permit rebellions, because it was a sign that the current dynasty was corrupt. It was only the successful overthrows that were glorified. The Yellow Turban Rebellion, for example, wouldn't be so vilified at first glance if it was successful. Besides, if that emperor was already considered corrupt in other ways, that could have given his daughters more legitimacy.

[@fuckoffcesare6055]

🤓🤓🤓

[@lesigh1749]

Don't forget they just destroyed TWO Nazgul because Asian chick plot armour. A very dumb bit of the story.

[@agentchaos9332]

That's only slightly dumber then them defeating the Nazgul to take the rings in the First place. That being said, you could probably chalk it up to the Rings Influencing the minds of the people watching..maybe..best justification I can think of. Or maybe the Emperor was a dick and nobody felt like avenging him

[@Kaiser5557]

They always say men are weak to the power of the ring, but Talion Spent countless years with one on his finger and still managed to retain some form of control over it for all this time. respect to our man Talion. Meanwhile Eltariel when Celebrimbor tempts her...

[@johnsalamon4850]

Well, celebrimbor wasnt the only one tempting her. Galadriel in the back of her head is reinforcing celebrimbors will

[@Kaiser5557]

@@johnsalamon4850 meanwhile talion with sauron and the witch king in his head...., but you're right.

[@TheSimocor]

As a retcon, sure. Tallon resisted the ring...

[@johnsalamon4850]

@@Kaiser5557 The ring Eltariel took from Talion was not Saurons ring. It was the new forged ring of celebrimbor without the corruption. I would say that it was Eltariel choice to join with Celebrimbor "to subjugate and end sauron" with Galadriels blessing to set Celebrimbor's plan to motion vs Talion who was fighting the dark lord's influence for years.

[@andrewmaderer1989]

They mean humans when they talk about “men” bruh.

[@rocket6173]

Eltariel is one of the main villains in this game IMO. Fell to a power of the ring before talion ever did.

[@flextape7323]

Yup heavily disliked how they still gave her such a "badass" role in the dlc we should've been allowed to kill her as talion she was the villain and way too cocky

[@siegedoyle]

Bruh I was soooo mad at her when she just stood there while she got the ring

[@ChelseaKTBFFH-qm9gk]

@@flextape7323 it’s coz she’s a strong independent woman

[@baldoverzotti4558]

WHAT GAME

[@Drunkendino34]

@@baldoverzotti4558 shadow of war

[@aceofhearts573]

"The Nazguls are a sausage fest. Let me get some girls" -Sauron

[@lesigh1749]

Yeah, honestly that was the part I hated about the games, how they messed with the lore of the Nazgul and made it essentially a job different people rotated through. They are pretty much static from creation to the destruction of the ring. Even the Witchking probably would have reformed if the One ring hadn't been destroyed soon after he was defeated.

[@fakename7847]

@@lesigh1749Rings of Power, hold my beer!

[@Deadman7600.]

@@lesigh1749I mean, I don’t think we really got much info on the Nazgûl other than the fact that they were from the races of men and they had rings. All we know is that Sauron gave his rings to kings, that’s it. Nowhere does it mention that Sauron couldn’t replace these kings with better servants. It’s possible those Nazgûl died because they were rebelling or something and Sauron pulled the killswitch.

[@lesigh1749]

@@Deadman7600. Actually its very much stated that the nine are the same kings of men who had the rings back in the day and have been slaves to Sauron ever since. They don't cycle through like its a temporary position.

[@Deadman7600.]

@@lesigh1749 is that stated as an objective fact or by a character? If it’s the first one then this is probably just a difference between the universe of SOM and the Tolkien cannon, if it’s the second, then it’s possible that character is wrong.

[@josephkush1032]

Never knew cathay was part of middle earth

[@thashadowspawn]

Yup the Easterlings

[@ixavdacity]

This place is called RHÛN, and its one of the biggest empires in lord of the rings. Also the home of the Easterling tribes, but led by the Rhûnnic Empire which is under the command of the Golden Dragon Emperor

[@eggimation1064]

That's why Peter Jackson was a visionary when he included Chinese actors in his film... cos he knew that Grand Cathay existed in Middle Earth..

[@sirpetrichor6845]

@@ixavdacity not canon

[@ixavdacity]

@@sirpetrichor6845 not canon? Rhûn is canon

[@durwinpocha2488]

"You will never enslave or capture the rings, the rings will capture and enslave you!" Sauron and he's right you know. Everything that exists here has its' a permanent location. That location is right next to where there are no rings at all and that was all.

[@ImperialKnight770]

while not accurate, I guess we now know how the easterlings came under Saurons control.

[@kevinbazarek]

bro this is literally fanfic at this point. sauron's evil twin sister(??) goes to Japan and kills Foo Man Chu (??) and then turns into 2 extra nazgul (??) you are a fuckin idiot if you think thanks to this game we know *ANYTHING*

[@M4ShermanLover]

Well yes and no, they've sides with the dark forces since the first age with Melkar at the helm

[@aidenharper6013]

Could be accurate whos to say really.

[@PatriotPDC1821]

9 mortal men

[@M4ShermanLover]

@@aidenharper6013 silmarillion

[@grimsgraveyard3598]

Eltriael is definitely a villain or anti hero here and she shows you even elves aren't above corruption by a ring of power.

[@TheGreatDearLeaderJimPickens]

Indeed. Feänor himself fell to the corruption of his own devices

[@theenderdestruction2362]

Hell the queen elf (can't spell her bloody name) could be corrupted of course it was saurons one ring but even she knew not to touch it like at all

[@achaudhari101]

You mean Galadriel?

[@rjbmarchiac8693]

Even the Istari with the One...

[@benjaminmesa1089]

I like how a F**king video game can make an alternate LotR story way more interesting than the Amazon show ever could.....

[@AveTrueToCaesar8212]

This is shit I won’t lie. Just as bad with its treatment of the lore as RoP. I will never understand people who hold this game in high esteem whilst also rightfully mocking RoP. Both are shit.

[@therealone1255]

@@AveTrueToCaesar8212 What exactly is so not canon for you? The lore is respected and the story doesn't clash with the canon story.

[@mckrinoleon1069]

@@AveTrueToCaesar8212 difference between the two is that the developers admit their story is fanfiction while the directors of ROP continually claim theirs is true to Tolkiens work and is true to the books which made fans rightfully angry

[@beensupe]

@@AveTrueToCaesar8212 of course the dude larping as the DC equivalent of Rorschach has a shit take

[@azarshadakumuktir4551]

@@therealone1255 No? There is clearly a strong Warhammer inspiration for the game, like how the orks talk or Cathay here. Also Celebrimbor being "true lord of the rings" and everything about a second ring directly contradicts cannon and is strongly out of character...

[@anchovygod2124]

they did talion so dirty man

[@lordfury18]

how so?

[@ChristianProtossDragoon]

@@lordfury18 Retcons.

[@godzillaraiden4203]

Wow..So somehow these twins were able to get the rings from one of the ringwraiths and just use it for their own benefits..All thanks to Annatar who is not really Sauron 😉

[@abirbinhabib7669]

I didn't know Skyrim had such awesome cutscenes!

[@Foreignparisite]

?

[@smackybrown5797]

@@Foreignparisite In the description of the video it says the game is Skyrim, when it should say shadow of modor

[@micah5918]

@@smackybrown5797 actually it shadow of war

[@smackybrown5797]

@@micah5918 “actually” 🤓”factually”🤓🐽hehe

[@guitaristAustin]

Same

[@user-rd5ps8xy8ss]

That's why I love warhmmer, always new elements like great cathay

[@kowaleckacper6256]

This is Tolkien XD

[@patticusfinch139]

No it’s George R. R. Martin

[@alexhess1163]

@@patticusfinch139 Pretty sure this is Jordan.

[@mesugakichama]

But this is Rick Riordan though xD

[@MichaelBrown-rg8oi]

This is Narnia you filthy gentiles

[@akuladoctor7355]

If i were made the game, then here are the changes i would have done. 1. Talion could use the Palantir during act3 in Minas Morgul. Sacrifice 1 skill point to automatically reveal all information about any captain he meets for the next 20 times. Regardless of the concept. After all it was supposed to be used for gathering information. This way we couldn't know for sure when Eltariel meets Dark Ranger Talion for the first time in the DLC. Maybe hours, maybe days. 2. Talion would demand the new ring so he can remain longer, and distract Sauron. Believing, that the new ring can keep him alive without falling under Sauron's control. Eltariel would keep refusing it. In the end we wouldn't fight Nazgul Talion. Instead we would fight a pissed off one. The final battle would be insanely difficult, and the end is same regardless of whether you win or lose. Talion almost kills Eltariel, but the simping Orc saves her, and give a minor distraction. Then Eltariel would flee Mordor. The final ending which we saw originally would happen decades after this. 3. In the true ending Talion's family would be seen in the distance. Waiting for the long overdue reunion. Also it sounded to me, that in his final moment that Nazgul at the beginning was free. I know this is fanfiction, but logically it would make sense, that Sauron wants more to fall under his influence, and "recycle" the rings. He gave the freedom of death to those Nazguls so these woman can take their rings. In their final moments the Nazguls attempted to warn them. They knew, that if they aren't killed Sauron will reclaim them. So with their free will they were ready to fall. But made one attempt to prevent the falling of others.

[@siegedoyle]

These games were so bad ass for real. I was so hyped every scene and mission and cutscenes. Also how has no one heard this game before? It was so good.

[@vladthelad7508]

@@michal5179 what made the game trash? The gameplay was excellent, the story was good (although not cannon to Tolkien) and the multiplayer was great.

[@Ben-zh4nz]

@@michal5179 shut up lad no one asked

[@hakrteyean6288]

@@michal5179 still better than da rang of powoa

[@Leaf8823]

@@michal5179 nah storyline was cool.

[@niallmcgrady6171]

@@hakrteyean6288 shut up your just to stupid too understand a good LOTR show

[@therealcool1144]

In middle earth, there's so many unexplored places. Hopefully they make shows about the east and south.

[@ork_king]

Better than Amazon Series

[@kanahjohnson509]

It’s not tho

[@timwooten7165]

that is such a low bar its almost touching the ground

[@alpborakirte801]

öyle öyle

[@nofungrachman805]

Fatality, the Twins wins.

[@Diaztemesh]

Nazgul is strong and independent woman! 😂

[@ally6511]

based

[@TheMaulam12345]

who dont need no scum man

[@OverLorD768]

Still better than Amazon's Feminem. Or Karendriel.

[@dylpickle0927]

@@OverLorD768 salty ass mf

[@VelvetMagician]

Until Sauron comes up and recruits them

[@rickthomas6606]

Could imagine if in there universe there powers surpass his own

[@poiuttyrfghj8474]

Their

[@sidewindo85]

I legit was expecting Chow Yun Fatt to say Welcome to Singapore!

[@Nidhoggrr]

This one pissed me off so much. Talion just gets turned evil and of course is taken out by the "strong waman" character who is treated like a hero but is literally one of the villains. And of course he has to die so they take any choice out of our hands by killing him in a cut scene. They build the game series on the back of the male character then at the last moment pull the rug out and give the trophy to the side character no one cares about.

[@badfoody]

@Radical Centrist God Orcs need killing bruh

[@glitchedknights323]

Agreed

[@michael2113]

If the elf lady was a dude, I bet u wouldn’t be making this criticism. She absolutely isn’t treated like a hero lmfao. Half of this vid is literally Talion calling her out.

[@michael2113]

@Radical Centrist God I understand she’s not a dude. I was posing a hypothetical. The elf lady is obviously supposed to be a morally grey character. That is made abundantly clear by her interactions with Talion. She is not some one-note “strong female.”

[@user-jt6xh2ln9z]

@@michael2113 these people are so damn simple, isn’t it frustrating? Major incel vibes

[@kalieffoster4607]

So we're all okay with the fact that the main character from multiple games just utterly weny evil and then got killed off? ....ok

[@KenobiStark1]

The Rings dominate men. Talion was just a man. He tried.

[@wargamesmaster]

The instant Talion put one of the rings used by the Nazgul, he was doomed. And even if he wasn't, he would have still died at some point before the events of "Fellowship of the Ring".

[@flextape7323]

Made it more interesting just didn't like the fact she was able to defeat him and that we didn't kill her, I don't know if you remember but talion was already dead like what? He was dead either way

[@wargamesmaster]

@@flextape7323 I mean, like gone for good since there would be nothing anchoring him to the mortal realm and Celebrimbor betrayed & left him to die for good this time.

[@Afdog]

@@wargamesmaster but that was like finally finding peace for Talion, the ending to the game is rather tragic, but relieving. All he wanted up from the start of the first game was to reunite with his family

[@orthodoxazealian7566]

Not canonical but very cool. If RoP went in this direction I'd be a lot happier

[@kynikoi1388]

The game series (Middle Earth : Shadow of Mordor) are publicly known as non-canon STILL no one can deny that this game is million times better written than Boredom of Power.

[@IMBREISGAU]

Bruh boring is the name of the game of the entire Lord of the ring franchise.

[@hughjness2555]

Don’t care didn’t ask stfu

[@Sigurjon96]

​@@IMBREISGAU That's your opinion dude. There's a lot of people who love it and feel intrigued by it. Compare this to ROP and almost everyone with a brain and a heart agrees that it's a million times better. For me Shadow Of War and Shadow Of Mordor are the closest things to the LOTR trilogy. ROP is just some diversity woke agenda feminist writing crap and even worse than The Hobbit with its bad CGI, makeup and terrible accents.

[@VictorPerez-vu1fo]

​@@Sigurjon96 you're wrong, closest to the trilogy (movie wise) there's a bunch of games based off the movies for you to say a fanfic is close to the movies. Hell even the MMORPG is closer to cannon and thus also closer to the movies than this game

[@Sigurjon96]

@@VictorPerez-vu1fo You are wrong. Shadow Of Mordor and Shadow Of War are by far the best games made out of Tolkien's lore even if all of it is not completely canon.

[@eggimation1064]

Tolkien must have thought about Grand Cathay way before Games Workshop...

[@Ennio444]

Maybe even before Qin Shi Huangdi

[@wargamesmaster]

@@Ennio444 The insane Chinese emperor who thought that drinking mercury would make him immortal?

[@azarshadakumuktir4551]

@@wargamesmaster ye, he was not only that though, and Han historiography would intentionally darken his legacy

[@azarshadakumuktir4551]

No, that's not Tolkien's work, the writers for the game were Warhammer fans I guess XD.

[@theoreticallyspeaking3377]

@@azarshadakumuktir4551 warhammer and the Tolkien estate have a pretty big licensing and brand management deal so it’s not unlikely that GW had some say in the game

[@OverLorD768]

Eltariel DLC is the exact moment when this game went full fanfiction mode. Twin sisters nazguls, really.

[@lesigh1749]

Yeah, and they kick the ass of Nazgul just because of Asian girl plot armour, naturally. Also, the Nazgul didn't wear their rings, Sauron kept them after they turned into shadow. Thats how he still controlled them even without the One.

[@SarastistheSerpent]

That’s your bar? The main story had Helm Hammerhand and literal Isildur as Nazgul, but unnamed easterling Nazgul being sisters is where you draw the line of fanfiction lmao?

[@johnnyboygriffin5764]

​@SarastistheSerpent those aren't Easterlings... those are the golden red caped warriors?

[@larryberrymore1050]

U know what these mini clips should b made in 4k HD movie

[@NerdsBane007]

These clips have more depth and engagement levels than Rings of Power.

[@Kazama_96]

Lmao... Nice joke

[@teminternetemmordor7178]

Well, you can't say he didn't warn or lie this time.

[@Coffeeholic1740]

Hell yeah grand Cathay, let’s go!!

[@Asoeee]

This game is more canon than rings of power xd

[@Doran_Runeblite]

Yoooo is that Laura Bailey's voice? Woah, hell yeah!

[@kohtalainenalias]

Lauren Boebert?

[@Doran_Runeblite]

@@kohtalainenalias I'm talking about Eltariel's voice actor. How the hell did you get Lauren Boebert from what I said?

[@dyzze9696]

Getting some Swtor/Valkorion vibes with those twins

[@delta2372]

Is that a good thing or a bad thing?

[@GauthamSwaminathan]

And people claim this is more faithful than Rings of Power

[@alintemirtzi170]

I don't know if it's more faithful or not but I would say more creative...

[@JoshTheHoffman]

@@alintemirtzi170 Yes I second that. Amazon only bought the rights to the The Fellowship, The Two Towers, The Return of the King, The Hobbit and The Appendices (Which are more or less foot notes)

[@mjlauziere]

No one is claiming such a thing. However, the difference between these games and Amazon is that these games have never claimed to be canonical or accurate towards Tolkiens works, while Amazon did, lying and corrupting Tolkiens works. Thats why these games are loved and Rings of Power are hated (and for other things too).

[@GauthamSwaminathan]

@@mjlauziere Oh trust me, people are saying that. I like this much more than Rings of Power for the reasons you mentioned (and Talion), but if you go to comment sections in some gameplay videos, you’ll see people calling this more faithful to the lore than ROP. I don’t care how much you hate the show, at least it doesn’t have Isildur become a Nazgul, or have these 2 somehow take the ring from a Nazgul and kill him (The nazgul are immortal while Sauron lives as they are bound to him). That’s just the tip of the iceberg.

[@mjlauziere]

@@GauthamSwaminathan again, people opinions regarding this games are the smallest of the issues. The thing is, that since these games were released, the people in charge NEVER claimed to be faithful or whatever towards Tolkien, and people understood that. Now, since the series of Amazon came up, people are so mad about it not only because of the disgrace it is, but for the comments of the people in charge claiming they are loyal to Tolkien and stuff when they r not, and that is what makes us angry and mad. U can enjoy so much these games because apart of not being canonical, theyre great games, and in some way, they respect Tolkiens world, and u feel youre on Middle Earth while with the rings of power shit, you dont see and feel that. So again, dont compare these games with that shit of Amazon.

[@kelvinwilliams3953]

This is getting good

[@elfanthasma433]

Wtf this is more like Assassin's creed meets middle earth

[@tehchief1]

Thats exactly what it is lmao

[@derondavis1896]

it's the middle earth dlc I think

[@deosmasu]

it's shadow of war dlc

[@tehchief1]

@@deosmasuthe game is called Middle Earth: Shadow of War so both of u are right

[@Bluehoves]

Canon or not this is an amazing story.

[@Lock-RayIjg]

Today I finished this part of game. I hope there are new works.

[@Shroud_Traveler]

Dialogues like in the original texts. You feel the moment when the ring begin to possess him. Super cool. Better than Rings of Power

[@silentbydeadly8661]

The rings were possessive with the evil twin sisters that led to Nazgul's brutal death in another life time to reign as ruler of the world of darkness, fear and Evil. But he had a ring also that brought him back home, still alive. His ring possessed him to make him evil to protect himself from the Evil twin that stabbed him in the upper body and then he has a vision and then vanishes to a another time. And now the once evil twin travels looking for to many different places to find him but to no prevail does she find him until now her ring starts to guiding her to him. So that they can be together and live happily ever after, until death do them apart. Pre-order your copy today and don't delay.

[@demonic2534]

This games been out since 2017 u can't pre-order it

[@silentbydeadly8661]

@@demonic2534 Thank you kindly for the info, i didn't realize that it was out since 2017.

[@planetkc]

Speak english.

[@comteraffayn8351]

I'm sorry what ?

[@srmacbobs]

I literally didn't understand anything that you just said.

[@Zhoshyn]

Damn, Sauron has quite the story 😳

[@demonknight7510]

His story is FAR bigger then in this game.

[@roanook6581]

Much better than rings of power

[@kohtalainenalias]

No one should give a Targaryen the one ring

[@aranha6285]

To anyone wondering why they managed to kill the Nazgûl it’s simple Sauron let those weak Nazgûl die so he could recruit these two and get control of the Kingdom of Shen

[@aaroncherry9985]

Nazgul were kings men....oh well

[@dragerdet]

Only in LOTR timeline this is the shadow of war timeline

[@telvanniis]

The saying is kings OF men - and men just means human in fantasy context, not specifically male humans.

[@SarastistheSerpent]

Easterlings _are_ a race of men

[@visualsinfilm98]

See I don’t have a problem with having characters of Asian ethnicity in Tolkien, but the costumes and the set designs in this scene just screams Chinese Culture, it’s not Tolkien culture at all, so it feels a little off

[@gregoryspatisserie9858]

What where easterlings? They were in the book

[@jeanchaillou2532]

this game is a good game i enjoyed it a lot

[@IKuzmos]

So Mordor isn't the eastern edge of Middle-Earth... China is. I get it now.

[@teoch5217]

The problem with this game is that it contradicts its own Lore. In the game, taking the ring off a Nazgul and giving it true death is something extraordinary, something that only Talion can do with the power of the new ring. The Elf has been trying to destroy the Nazgul for centuries. Eventually, it replaces one of the Nazgul. But somehow the sisters did it without a caress and magical blades? It makes no sense. Furthermore, the Nazgul could never rebel against Sauron. Even Talion resists to eventually serve Sauron too.

[@kibilenkodaden8393]

Sombras de guerra, no obstante si que me gustaría que cambiarais los orcos por hombres o enanos o elfos cuando capturemos los fuertes y para atacarlos está bien como está, podéis poner pequeños puestos de avanzada humanos, enanos, elfos, como los de los orcos y que vallan los grupos entre sí a conquistar el puesto de avanzada para capturarlo, ¿también estaría bien poner el juego online? como Warcraft o sino unirse a otros jugadores para conquistar, también estaría bien poner a más personages para el modo historia o el online. El bien, (Boromir, Eowyn, Hirgon, Haldir, Dwalin, faramir, ori, Merry y Pippin, Reído y Sam, Aragón, Gandalf el gris, Arwen, Balín, Legolas, Gimli, theoden, Eomer, Denethor, Gil-galad, Gandalf el blanco, Galandriel, Elrond, radagast el Pardo, Thranduil, Dain Pie de Hierro, Rey de los muertos, elladan, elrohir, celeborn, falgin, imrahil, thorin, barbol, cirdan, isildur), el mal ( Agzok, Sharku, Grima, Shagrat, Gorbag, Ugthak, Maltok, khaldoon, Yusrra, adûnae, La sombra, Khamul, Lurtz, Zegrid, Glasha, Ugluk, Grishnakh boca de Sauron, Gothmog, Qurwan, Azru-Khor, Lathar, Cestore, sunind, Berúthiel, Serpiente Negra, Kirun, Sauron, Saruman, El inmortal, Skalhelm, Rey Brujo.) Sobre las bestias falta poner a los (Mumakis, Ents, Águilas, Bestias aladas, El perjuro). Sobre ciudades o pueblos pos está, (Cavernas del Rey Thron, Montaña de Erebor, Tierra Hatos, Madh ortogh, Barad-dur, osgiliath, Minas Tirith, Pelargir, Dol amroth, Edoras abismo de helm, Orthanc, Caras galadhon moría, Gundabad, Carn dum Rivendel, Annuminas, Hobbiton, Los puertos grises.)

[@juneedd_5858]

Let's assume besides Middle Earth (Europe) there is Far East Earth (China, Japan etc.)

[@eggimation1064]

Guess you don't know what Warhammer Fantasy is... Or Grand Cathay for that matter...

[@juneedd_5858]

@@eggimation1064 I know, it's just that I wonder if there are other civilizations as big as Middle Earth on other continents... like the Harads who have a Middle Eastern theme.

[@Brandelwyn]

Well it is supposed to be earth, is it not?

[@Picatoste99]

This land is Hildorien

[@Swiftbow]

@@Brandelwyn Yes, it is. Far Harad is actually Northern Africa. And the Bay of Belfalas is a proto-Mediterranean Sea. Mordor is near Turkey, and Rhun is the nearer part of Asia. The continents are a slightly different shape because Middle-Earth is meant to be a distant (mythological) past.

[@blue7lvn245]

So no one was loyal to that emperor chap eh

[@KING-tz6lo]

Dude is a genius

[@JDueler11]

Middle-Earth has an "Asia"?

[@MrPikehead]

Didnt know China was in the game and lord The rings game

[@michaelnewman4649]

I’d love to see this game remade with todays technology..it looks great as is..but it could be a masterpiece in UE5

[@marvelnarniaarda6241]

The sisters belonged to the Shen people. Free men, and The Kingdom of Shen was a nation located in the far east of Middle-earth. Native to the steppes of Amrûn and the dunes of the Last Desert, Shen began as a relatively small tribal land with a rich history shared between the Edain and the last full-blooded Avars. Its borders have fluctuated dramatically since it was founded due to the many wars it has fought, making it one of the most battle-tested nations of the Eastlands. In the chaos of the late Second Age after the fall of Nûmenor, the Shen leader called Sagong finally managed to unite the nomadic tribes between the Last Desert and the Orocarni Mountains. As emperor, he and his sons undertook a series of military campaigns-renowned for their brutality and ferocity-spanning much of the East and forming the Kingdom of Shen, briefly the largest contiguous land empire in Arda's history. . His would have remained a nomadic empire, with immense mobile castles trained by great beasts and an army following him. The Empire that Sagong had built from the ground up would eventually see its end at the hands of his own daughters, Riya and Yuka, who returned home from a campaign to conquer Mordor corrupted by the Rings of Men they had acquired. The princesses killed Emperor Sagong and took control of his throne as co-rulers, the wickedness of the act causing many of the Empire's tribes to revolt, resulting in an all-out civil war. Eventually the Empire collapsed and the Sisters fled what remained of the Kingdom of Shen to join Sauron in Mordor. The government of the Kingdom fell into the hands of the general of Sagong. Many of the nomadic tribes of the former Empire, thanks to the Blue Wizards, would eventually reunite in the Third Age to form a confederation, whose sole objective was to fight the invading forces from Harad, Rhûn, Khand, and Umbar, under the direction of Mordor and Sauron. They eventually rose from the dust after the ascension of ARAGORN to the throne of Gondor and Arnor, and with the realm united they maintained peaceful, if detached, relations, like the inhabitants of Rhûn who embraced the cause of Bor the Faithful and the Southern Haradrim tribes , who repudiated serving Morgoth and his servant Sauron, and for this reason persecuted and enslaved by their own kingdoms but then freed by Elessar himself.

[@lesigh1749]

This was one of the sillier plots in an otherwise great game.

[@Dundain95]

4:47 😞 talion

[@hsandev8972]

Much better than RoP !

[@kohtalainenalias]

GOP?

[@lolzmanxd3368]

I think they should have celebrimbor return to talion, and be like"we got work to do bruh", then talon is still understandably pissed, then the antagonist is celebrimbor, and talon separates from him but stays alive somehow, with eltarials ring I'd think, maybe she gives it to him knowing hes the only one who can defeat celebrimbor, and then he defeats him and finally goes back to schleep

[@phippscopeland4394]

I love the idea and concept it’s just I seen middle earth’s map too much

[@Sigurjon96]

Some of the lore is definitely questionable in these games and very likely non-existent in Tolkien's world but it's still such an awesome adventure and a tale worthy of remembrance of Talion's sacrifice. I definitely didn't like the forced Eltariel introduction as one of the “protagonists“, it felt like such a feminist move from one of the writers in a bad and a non-useful uncanny way. She isn't a cool character and just mostly annoying with her emo presence as Galadriel's servant hunting down the main character you are rooting for. I couldn't take her seriously. The twin sisters would have made a better protagonists than her for sure.

[@badfoody]

lol what. she basically acts like everyone else

[@Sigurjon96]

​@@badfoody No she is cringey and stupid. Talion is the real OG and deserved better partners then them. They left him for dead and completely betrayed him for no good or valid reason. Celebrimbor and Eltariel can go to hell for all I care for leaving their quest they promised to see through with Talion.

[@SarastistheSerpent]

“Feminist” is when female character you don’t like?

[@cali-cali6700]

Is the Japanese feudalism cannon written by Tolkien or was it added by the game studio. Nonetheless it was quite stupid!

[@SarastistheSerpent]

It’s written by Tolkien. This is the land of Rhun, which is mentioned in his work and is the location of the Easterling human tribes who side with Sauron during the war of the ring, along with the Haradrim and Southrons. Rhun is implied to be similar to ancient China though, not Japan, similar to how the Haradrim in Tolkien’s books seem to be loosely based on middle eastern people.

[@tylerellis9097]

@@SarastistheSerpentThere is literally nothing Chinese about Rhun based on their descriptions.

[@DavidSanchez-eh1sy]

They Could have made a TV series based on this video game instead of what we got.

[@feckrofelix2064]

You took everything from me. Wanda?

[@Lobbogurke]

Didn't play the game but how does Celebrimbors Ring continue working after Saurons death? All Rings even the 3 of the elves made in secret by Celebrimbor were bound to Saurons Ringlore. So all greater Rings should loose their power after Saurons demise as it was his magic used for them even unknowingly.

[@dustinbrewington3075]

They Forge a new ring with Celebrimbor's warith in the games.

[@VictorPerez-vu1fo]

​@@dustinbrewington3075 so basically plot convinience?

[@metaldragmire8539]

Talion and Celebrimbor created The New Ring at Mount Doom so it isn’t tainted by Sauron’s influence. The New Ring is pure unlike the other rings that were tainted by Sauron’s power during their creation.

[@metaldragmire8539]

@@VictorPerez-vu1fo I guess you could say that.

[@noahmchugh3769]

Very interesting to see Asian culture in LOTR. I like it

[@dr.feelgoodmalusphillips2475]

Always been Asian culture in it. Read up.

[@elisebrodeur-jacobs5215]

HES A MAIAR. NOT AN ELF.

[@vikinginger1889]

I am very confused. I don't remember this in the shadow games......... Was this dlc?

[@rojhatcaglayan7402]

yes

[@Akitorbenov]

Where is this video from, i'vnt seen it in the game

[@ghoststride6536]

Never knew Japan and ninjas were part of Middle Earth

[@aightm8]

Easterlings are in the books and the movies

[@ghoststride6536]

@@aightm8 and where does it say that easterlings are essentially chinese/Japanese?

[@aightm8]

@@ghoststride6536 they're described as short with dark skin, dark eyes and dark hair. The easterlings in the video match that description. There's no such thing as japanese or Chinese in LOTR. But cultures were borrowed by Tolkien all the time. The shire is literally rural england. And where was england mentioned?

[@ghoststride6536]

@@aightm8 none of these Asians in that clip have dark skin

[@aightm8]

@@ghoststride6536 looks sallow to me

[@Nostalgic_95]

Why dont i remember this in the game?

[@Celephinn]

Interesting fan fiction.

[@shadowrodney]

THIS is how you introduce new factions and peoples, not like the RoP.

[@repcapacka3517]

rop cant really show dudes killing a nazgul and getting possessed by it 😐

[@shadowrodney]

@@repcapacka3517 rop can't really show anything of worth to good world building or storytelling.

[@gilangsuryadharma8965]

This would be better movies than bunch of hobbit

[@LadySeraphineCC]

wait. I'm confused.. Which part of Middle-Earth is inspired by Asia?

[@rjbmarchiac8693]

Does anyone commenting here actually read a map of Middle Earth? Even if the Tolkien's original one doesn't reach the eastern shores of the continent (apocryphal ones (games) do), it is documented that both elves and men originated from eastern regions, far easter than the Sea of Rhûn... Moreover 40% of all elves never reached the Valley of Anduin. Those many tribes of "dark" elves and men make place for some non-canon peoples, kings and Nazgûls, don't you think? It's a bit like the three Mage Kings...

[@starkilr101]

This is supposed to be in the Far East or maybe Khand? I couldn’t really understand how this fits. The rest of the game does play fast and loose with the lore, but it does it in intriguing ways that can fit the story. This seems like something that was left out of the main game and left in the “Miscellaneous Ideas” pile

[@edoardodantoni100]

E io che mi lamentavo con amazon 😂

[@calebseliga3827]

I just dont know why they didnt follow up w/ another dlc of her following celebrimbor or something such a cliff hanger

[@Stevobrazy]

How do you get this cutscene?

[@M888HGAAAWNKLMTOZLNLSSSKKHHZBB]

THATS RIGHT BABY IM FUCKIN SAURON THE RINGMAKER AND IM A FREE BIRD AND A REAL BOY NOW

[@dunamisd]

Did not know middle earth had a China

[@SCUFFEEDD]

Man I really wish there was an Alt good ending where neither Talion or Celebrimbor fold to the rings/ power hungry shit and kill Sauron together I’d think it’s the ending they both deserved

[@aj_da5284]

Is that DLC or it is the original part of shadow of war?

[@Blast_S_rank_1]

Looks more canon than rings of power

[@Kalroy]

To be fair... that's a very low bar.

[@AlexandreForteaGarcia]

There were samurais in middle earth?

[@Fyre19]

Since when was there a chinese based society in middle earth?

[@ShoddyLegion]

When did LOTR get an Asia?

[@Swiftbow]

Middle-Earth was always meant to be our Earth (in a distant, mythological past). So the East IS Asia. The stories never went over there, though, other than vague mentions.

[@Tokski]

Wait, so there are Asian-looking Men of Middle-Earth in Tolkien's The Lord Of The Rings, I didnt know..

[@JoshTheHoffman]

I don't think it is canon more made for pleasure

[@4Bobay]

The Easterlings, the Wainriders, etc.

[@MrC-55]

Yes. If you may know, the Lord of the Rings has a core of Warner’s Rings Opera based on the The Hun’s destruction of the,Burgundy empire. It was the Goths (with Rome) who bore the final blow vs the Huns. The Huns had Asian and tUrks (tOrcs). Tolkien described the Orcs as having mongoloid features.

[@radecstark3191]

Easterling and haradrim

[@rifqimujahid4907]

@@MrC-55 damn i didnt know tolkien that racist

[@tomcage-t1v]

is there actual book evidence that there was Chinese culture inspiration in the Middle Earth Universe or is it just the game? cause i don't recall any.

[@rjbmarchiac8693]

Easterling realms and kings are not depicted in the books, but they are.

[@tomcage-t1v]

@@rjbmarchiac8693 interesting so the easterlings are supposed to be Chinese or inspired by them? is this confirmed?

[@rjbmarchiac8693]

Here's a comprehensive comparison of Tolkien's, authors' and editors' maps at different ages: watch?v=RGUIFXnRyKI

[@austinellis2358]

Eh far as I can tell easterlings just meant east, so Arab, Asian, probably mongol were heavy inspiration but just as middle earth was a General European esoteric not based on anyone specific(little more maybe towards English tbh)

[@tomcage-t1v]

@@austinellis2358 that's what I thought, I mean The Peter Jackson films made them look more Arab. but I guess one could interpret them as Asian

[@davidmoore5004]

Why does Middle Earth look like ancient China?

[@MohamedRamadan-qi4hl]

These are supposed to be be fat away Easterns

[@raident29]

from what part of the game is this

[@GT-dv8gh]

Wait, *what* game is this from? Since when is there China in LOTR?

[@kendallbazemore863]

don't remember any of this in skyrim.....

[@aro_ger_]

What kind of Game Is this? Shadow of War but In The East or~?

[@M24071]

The Nazgals

[@chidiebeleokekenwa1686]

What is the name of the game