High King Elendil the Tall - Epic Character History

[@ryarbrough459]

There was always something very poignant and heartbreaking to me about Elendil. Imagine having to witness the utter destruction of your entire nation of Numenor, knowing you could do nothing to stop a mad king's folly. Then, after years of attempting to rebuild the remaining Numenorean realms in Middle Earth, you must once again face the architect of your nation's downfall. Then, after years of battle and sacrifice, including one of your beloved sons, you yourself fall in battle against your arch-enemy, not knowing for sure whether or not you had defeated him. It is a true testament to the greatness and nobility that was Elendil the Tall, that he never faltered, never foreswore his oaths or turned his back on the world, but marched on, head high and sword ready...even beyond the gates of the Shadow and into final battle with the greatest evil of his Age. Truly an epic King among kings.

[@leonp.2099]

wow I never thought about it this way!

[@sethdallen]

Wonderful take.

[@aydenjackson8328]

a trick : watch movies at Flixzone. I've been using it for watching all kinds of movies these days.

[@nixonhezekiah6319]

@Ayden Jackson yea, been using flixzone for since november myself :)

[@johns1625]

He is a very underrated character. Both him and his sons had close contact with Sauron in his fair form as well as his unfair form. In fact, they might be the only ones unless I'm forgetting someone. I can't imagine what it must have been like for them watching the king come home with Sauron and then falling directly into his evil plans. Numenor sounded like a horrific place for the last several years.

[@nigel7690]

Always remember aragorn jumping onto the uruks shouting elendil I got chills everytime

[@BlahKDubstep]

Did he say that to alert Legolas and Gimili or was it just a ritual type thing?

[@HighKingElendil]

The greatest Númenórean of the Second Age. The forefather of the Kings and Kingdoms of Arnor and Gondor. Faithful when most others were faithless. Personally led the fight against the Dark Lord and paid for it with his own life. I really wish Tolkien had written more about Elendil; definitely my favourite character in the entire legendarium. A gigantic figure in both stature and significance. Despite being such an understated character, he had a huge underlying influence on the mythos, especially the realms and heroes of Men, Aragorn in particular. You can feel his presence in the history and stories of the Men of the West. He truly embodies the nobility and gravitas Tolkien attaches in his tales to things and people of old. Brilliant video.

[@xtremeranger30]

This Epic Character History was unexpected so soon, but glad you kept Elendil's oath for context Yoystan!

[@khamullordoftheeastelings390]

Elendil had quite a sad story, first seeing the Downfall of Númenor, then losing his father.... saving the remainder of his people and establishing his new kingdom in the North, and Gil Galad building the towers where he placed his own Palantírí to look for Númenor, losing his son Anarion then watching his friend Gil Galad get his faced burnt by the hands of my master Sauron in front of his face and then succumbing to my master's Blows dying next to Gil Galad's side......I am evil but that is real devotion right there :'). However I believe him to be a great role model for any person :D

[@pianogang2273]

I like you channel name! The Witch-King is jealous. : )

[@Dman2000dd]

I love to believe that tolkien made each character as an inspiration to everyone out there from the mightiest lords to the smallest hobbits, someone can relate to them and that is inspiring indeed.

[@NOIDEAIWILLJUSTUSEHAILEYIGUESS]

ELENDIL! Finally this legendary man gets a video! the Tallest numenorean to ever live, and the man who struck down Sauron alongside his friend Gil Galad.

[@ErelasInglor]

Tallest Numenorean to survive the downfall, not the tallest to have ever lived though. :) See: Unfinished Tales, "The Disaster of the Gladden Fields", "Appendix: Númenórean Linear Measures"

[@NOIDEAIWILLJUSTUSEHAILEYIGUESS]

oo thanks! Gotta get some more reading in it seems.

[@adrianciobanu5856]

@@ErelasInglor Fan fact both arent in top 20 in both sides on warior classification , and bit sauronel hi olso was bit by dog , Sauron wasn second in cerge after Melkor hi was a pussy that fight agains armies minimum 20 time less than Fankil in Palisor.

[@blackknight6768]

@@ErelasInglor then who is the tallest of all the numenoreans?

[@twotubefamily9323]

@@blackknight6768 it's says in the books "he was taller than the tallest sons of middle earth " and the tallest of the survivors of the ruin " It's all in the books , try reading

[@plamen2530]

Didn’t know Elendil had that epithet, thank you for the awesome video!

[@NOIDEAIWILLJUSTUSEHAILEYIGUESS]

Whether it was symbolic or not, the man was 7 feet 11 inches, a titan of a man, and to think he was just as wise as he was strong. Makes me wonder if Anduril was scaled down when it was reforged given the height difference between Aragorn and Elendil.

[@plamen2530]

@@NOIDEAIWILLJUSTUSEHAILEYIGUESS Nearly 8 feet!? Well I guess I’m not surprised then. I don’t know if they shrunk it down but it seems likely since it would’ve been unwieldy for Aragorn

[@waynepurcell6058]

@@NOIDEAIWILLJUSTUSEHAILEYIGUESS A 8 foot man can use a 3 foot sword and a average sized man can use a Great Sword (as they did in actual history) and great swords were typically 5 to 6 feet long.

[@kenobi6257]

@@NOIDEAIWILLJUSTUSEHAILEYIGUESS It was a one hand sword for Elendil and a bastard/two handed sword for Aragorn

[@pedrocampos691]

In.

[@apdarkness905]

It is good to see the tale of this Númenórean of great stature in both height and legacy. Even though Elendil’s name was tarnished by Isildur’s weakness for the power and evil of the One Ring, without him the fate of many would have been most dire during his rule, and after his passing into the Halls of Mandos.

[@adrianciobanu5856]

In book isildur wasnt in with elrod in M Doom to distroy the ring , hi go from Minas Arnor to Rivendel to give the ring to Elrod and on the Road hi was killed.

[@NOIDEAIWILLJUSTUSEHAILEYIGUESS]

Isildur was more skilled in stealth and travel, rather than in battle in the books. That is why he was the one more frequently traveling and negotiating while his brother fought battles and devised strategies. Isildur however, also justified means to an end, as he knows he's not a good fighter like his father and brother. The reason why Isildur died is because without the sun, the moon cannot shine, and the death of his brother crippled Isildur's heart as he gave in to the ring's temptation and died for it, failing at stealth and traveling, which was his specialty.

[@garmisra7841]

The Halls of Mandos are set aside for Elves. Men don't go to Mandos. They are not bound to the circles of the world, and their (our) fate is unknown. The Gift of Men became the Doom of Men, out of fear planted in human hearts by Morgoth Bauglir, fear of the unknown, because none have returned from death, save one, and that was by the Grace of Eru Iluvatar alone.

[@apdarkness905]

@@garmisra7841 You're correct. My mistake. More accurately Elendil would have passed beyond, to the halls of his fathers.

[@cringekiller348]

@Hailey Not true In the books Isildur wasn't tempted by the ring

[@hughgedney3393]

A very good video as always Men of the West, and Elendil is a badass too.

[@felinespqr8317]

Thank you, sincerely, Tolkien’s Legendarium is such a fascinating topic and I’m glad someone as detailed and passionate about this is covering it.

[@markoconnor7163]

Elendils height has been said to be around 7"11... he should be head and shoulders above everyone cept Sauron.

[@markoconnor7163]

Also at around the same age that Aragorn dies of old age, he buggers off and founds an entirely new kingdom before he dies 120 years laters. This really exggerates just how much the Numenoreans declined in exile.

[@realworldforum]

@@markoconnor7163 I think that's the saddest thing apart from the departure of the Elves.

[@tonyhinrichs1869]

I really love your channel, I also really respect the remark you made about learning of Tolkien’s works as a lifelong journey. I totally get it I’ve been in Middle Earth since about 7 years old I’m 48 now and am more into the journey of learning Middle Earth all your videos are a HUGE help and source of AWESOME positive energy thank you!!! And thank you to all the youtubers out there doing Tolkien’s works!

[@rangerofthenorth1970]

One of the most badass characters, at least in my opinnion. True king, true warrior and I would really love to see him on LOTR on prime. As always fantastic and amazing video

[@Uphier]

All I can do is smile when I see a notification you uploaded a new video.

[@ChiaraSiasat]

Great video Yoystan! Elendil is such a great and complex character. He was such a great leader for his people.

[@shadowofchaos8932]

Another fantastic video on a Great King of Men. Well done Yoysten.

[@paulbrickler]

I can't tell you how much enjoyment I've experienced from watching your videos throughout this pandemic. I love Tolkien's mythology and it's been a great way for me to pass time watching your weekly productions. It must be a tremendous amount of work to bring this quality of content to us all the time. Thanks so much.

[@januzzell8631]

Another beautiful telling - thank you

[@brunoventura3]

Amazing as always, my friend.

[@vaughnlewis1953]

Excellent work as always Yoystan thank you my friend.

[@orrointhewise87]

"But there were some who resisted....and on the slopes of Mt Doom they fought for the freedom of Middle Earth". I like to think of him as the carrier of hope, he went and made home after home until his last. He may not have been one of the greatest kings of all history but he definitely fulfilled a life's worth of honor and Valor. 👑

[@jerrydeem8946]

3 %ers, no doubt.

[@CG-or1re]

I would definitely include him in any list of greatest kings

[@pianogang2273]

I like to think Amandil made it to Valinor and is with the elves in blissful peace. : )

[@yogidemis8513]

The hard work you put in these videos just keeps getting better and better. Keep up the great work.

[@Mark723]

Yoystan is a god amongst mortals, albeit a very hardworking god...

[@davidmacdonald910]

The humility in admitting your mistake speaks volumes towards your integrity. You are a gentleman of the west! You are well met!

[@NoobMaster-jh9hw]

Been waiting for High King Elendil story

[@haylee5038]

Perfect video to watch on my break during a stressful shift! Love your vids!

[@goodshepherdcat]

Excelently done! As always, my thanks for all your work and effort in preparing your videos.

[@miecraftandmoregames]

watched two towers movie this morning on the cinema for the first time, now watching this. what a day

[@joephillips4082]

This is one of your very best. Congrats on excellent devotion and scholarship.

[@theMightywooosh]

Awesome video, thanks!

[@timbotook6447]

Great video as always, Yoystan. I love the nautical aspect of the earlier ages. Also, I appreciate the humbleness to make corrections from earlier videos. Not that I would have caught it. I'm just a hobbit, it's easy for things to go over my head.

[@thehighguarduk4820]

Fantastic video, really well told and explained. Nicely done!

[@antoniorouen6452]

One of my favorite characters! Thank you for this, truly!

[@rohitrajputltd]

Another great video Yoystan, thank you once again!

[@tf2664]

I have been waiting for this for a while

[@adambritnell5596]

Amazing video

[@sethdallen]

Beautiful video and a new favorite. With telling Elendil's story you filled in gaps for me and you chose such great artwork to show the story. Thank you for such great work.

[@ErelasInglor]

Happy Mother's Day...and a happy one to Elendil's mother who would have been proud of the son she bore with Amandil. :)

[@shanenolan8252]

Worthy subject, thanks

[@IronDragon-2143]

Elendil the Tall, the father of Kings!

[@captainvalourous6668]

The fact that Elendil died at the age of 322 years old kinda shows that the Faithful Numenoreans or at least the Lords of Andunie had manage to evade the shortening of their lifespan before Eru sank Numenor. Now imagine if Elendil lived he would've ruled for 50-70+ more years and done much more for both Arnor and Gondor until his death.

[@eacalvert]

Ty for another amazing video and for all the hard work that you do. I really look forward to these videos every week 😊

[@MisterWileyOne]

The artwork is amazing

[@pianogang2273]

Very interesting discussion! I always thought that he was an epic character! Maybe you could do an analysis on the outlines for Gilfanon's tale? It is one of my favourite stories from the Tales! Thank you for always uploading amazing videos! : )

[@BJETNT]

Your speech in these videos is amazing!!! I wish you were the narrator of a series of your design! I wouldn't miss an episode!!! I hope somebody comes out with this series of something to do with middle-earth and realizes your potential there. They usually tend to go with an older voice but I think that would be a mistake you're a very very large credit to everything JRR Tolkien and Middle Earth has to offer. I don't know anybody on any of these channels that speaks the different tongues and enunciates the words the way you do. Your extra attention to detail and the amazing feel when I listen to your videos is what gets you the number one spot on all videos of anything I watch and listen to. I've met a lot of movie stars in my time or stars in general I would like to get a picture of me shaking your hand one of these days I put it high on my wall! Few people in this world bring joy to the joyless or beauty where there is none. We re live through to what you say and put to screen see in the videos! By your words we remember the beauty of old, and you do all these works great honor with your videos! I'm not a crazy fan but I have a lot of time on my hands when I'm driving sometimes and your videos really do make a difference on my mood and how I live life!! The lessons that JRR Tolkien put in his works are all expressed very very well in your videos. To those of other listen it allows us to have experience or a wealth of experience in our lives that we wouldn't have otherwise! Now that is a true gift and thank you very much for that!!!! I wish the evil in our world was as easy as fighting a dark lord like sauron. Our enemies don't wear uniforms or even announce themselves as enemies. But we learn how to deal or at least recognize them through the lessons in these books. I would have never read them personally because I just don't have the time. You are my window to these lessons in life. They are utterly prices my friend!

[@mikeyfrederick1232]

When I need to relax I just sit back and play your LOTR content..super interesting sir and peaceful..

[@istari0]

A great man and a great king! If he had not been prepared for the downfall of Numenor and ready to flee to Middle-Earth, there may have been no kingdoms of men to joint with Gil-Galad and the Elves to defeat Sauron.

[@GarretGarlinger]

That was awesome! Thanks !!!

[@joannakleinheksel-horn3494]

That was beautiful.

[@thespyingeyeofmordor]

From the line of Melian the Maia comes challengers of Sauron, and Elendil, alongside his ancestor Thingol, challenged Maiar (Sauron, Boldog) to single combat, while being the tallest of their respective races (Thingol was taller than Elendil).

[@robertpizor577]

Dang, Peter Jackson wasted an opportunity for a great action sequence. I would have loved to see Elendil and Gil-galad go mano-a-mano with Sauron. Such a shame that all film audiences get to see of the great king is of him getting maced into a cliff. Hopefully, Amazon remedies that. Still, at least we did get Aragorn's "Elendil!" cry at least once in the films. Thanks for the vid. Elendil's one of my favorite characters in the legendarium, too.

[@bananasaur5209]

The movie would be too long...which wouldn't have been a bad thing.

[@Dr._Atom]

The battle of pelennor field is not a great action sequence??!!

[@bennruda11]

My favorite human, and second of all the legendarium. Faithful to the end

[@andreasarbor2300]

Man was a damn specimen

[@Satkoism]

This was awesome

[@ewanmenziesstevens5211]

can you do a video about the crown of Gondor please?

[@vesawuoristo4162]

Great video , thank you.

[@legendsofthebravebard]

I make a point of mentioning your channel every time lore come up on LOTRO

[@satanbrony9235]

Maybe he will have a "For Numenor!" When he charges at Sauron in the show. Similar to "For Frodo!".

[@sofiu-v3p]

YASS. Elendil is my favourite mortal with Amandil

[@joshuapaulson9116]

Every time you mentioned Sauron manipulating the Numenoreans into doing human sacrifices to Morgoth, I immediately think of the Aztecs. But why would he do this form of evil treachery? What did he have to gain? Did he know the Valar would destroy them eventually and this just added to the fuel they needed, or was their a darker purpose? Did the sacrifices aid Morgoth in some way? I know, a lot of questions.

[@sockshistorychanel7715]

Saourn probaly knew it would bring him ruin but he would do anything to get revenge on numenor

[@sethmiller2534]

The great height this man reaches is no object in comparison to the heights of glory and goodness you reach. Your reach is far into the stars and into the heavens

[@realworldforum]

Elendil is the only Man to have faced Sauron in battle.

[@dankestleadr]

After reading more into his story, Elendil is my favorite character that Tolkien created. He was a great king and a great Warrior, arguably the greatest warrior the Dúnedain ever had, the only one that comes close to his deeds and valor in life and battle was Aragorn.

[@redblaze8700]

Correction: Tar-Elendil, the 4th king of Númenor, was the ancestor of Elendil. Elendil was a descendant of Silmariën, who was the daughter and oldest child of the king.

[@trevorp8124]

I can't help but thinking of the Great Armament in the context of "Storm Valinor; They Can't Stop All Of Us" To about the same effect, too

[@Adamadam-zc6pe]

God I love it when you use this music.

[@oliveremmettknox7776]

I really hope Amazon Prime's upcoming Second Age Middle Earth Series will end with the War of the Last Alliance and the duel of Gil Galad and Elendil against Sauron.

[@salmanhyder1655]

Awesomeness.

[@skaagkaal2613]

Maybe this was brought to attention before else where, but I'd like to explore this what if regarding the line of Elendil. What if Elendil, Gil-galad perished according to the Fellowship of the Ring, but what if Isildur died in the siege of Barad-dur and Anarion survived and cut the ring from Sauron's hand? Would he have succeeded in resisting and destroying the one ring where his brother failed?

[@nathanmccarty8241]

who da hell gave this a thumbs down?

[@aaronkersh]

probably a short person!

[@Mark723]

Communists and GOT fans...

[@tominiowa2513]

Ar-Pharazôn the Golden.

[@DucktorZom]

Who the heck left two downvotes? lol. Another fantastic video, thank you! 🗡

[@laura-bianca3130]

Happy mother's day! ♥️

[@frankkidd243]

An epic character for sure... Wish the triolgy showed him and gilgalad fighting sauron... Grinds my gears when people think cutting his finger off beat sauron

[@markstott6689]

Please can we have a video about Annuminas? I have always wondered how Aragorn would rebuild the northern capital city, after Sauron was defeated. Lots of conjecture and discussion i suspect would rage over that one.

[@origami83]

i always wondered rebuild it for who? There are no refugees or anyone left from the northern kingdom just a few hundred rangers living in the wilderness. Gondor is seeing a decline in population as is told in the books and they got minas tirith, minas ithil and osgiliath to repopulate before worrying about running out of space. The climate is also much more comfortable in gondor so why would anymore migrate north to a cold barren wasteland filled with ruins, trolls and hobbits?

[@markstott6689]

@@origami83 Same things went through my mind too. Hence why a video about it would be interesting. Without the minions of Sauron rebuilding and repopulating would have become more viable than in the recent past. So rather than merely poo pooing the concept I would rather look forward with hope and resilience. Man is ever resourceful and under Aragorn I wish to believe that progress was made.

[@joejessup9775]

Could you please explain how a host of Numenoreans would be powerful enough to defeat Sauron while Sauron wore his One Ring? Were all the swords of the Numenoreans Enchanted like the blades of Westernesse from the Lord of the Rings story itself?

[@JohnWilson-zh3il]

Possible. But the text says Sauron was being crafty by using diplomacy while preserving his forces for later.

[@Dare_To_Game]

Elendil, easily one of the greatest heroes among men in Arda. Few can honestly challenge him in stature and achievement.

[@jackolantern147]

What if Utumno was rebuilt in the first age? How would the war of the jewels and the war of wrath have played out?

[@The_Bashar]

High King Elendil was, in my opinion, the most breathtaking (read: thirst trap) of the men of Westernese 😍.

[@whitleypedia]

Sauron in Numenor was like the anti-Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

[@nunzioification]

Any amazon lotr updates

[@MenoftheWest]

Not many that I have seen. Please follow Fellowship of Fans on KZbin or Twitter for the best updates!

[@nunzioification]

@@MenoftheWest thank you sir! Edit: and thanks for another top notch video😀

[@jamesgabrielsuico5016]

Who is stronger' Gothmog or Sauron??

[@charlesdexterward7781]

Elendil: the original King in da Norf

[@origami83]

This made me laugh :D

[@paulwagner688]

Elendil Voronwe. Elendil the Faithful. All that needs to be said of him.

[@TheOwneroftheIC]

What the Valar did to Amandil was unforgivable.

[@tominiowa2513]

Unless they let him live out his life on Tol Eressëa.

[@brianmessemer2973]

Awesome.

[@oliveremmettknox7776]

Who would you want to have for the role as Elendil the Tall in Amazon Prime's upcoming series?

[@Adamadam-zc6pe]

Damn this video is good

[@thelivingbook]

Omg, i like this channels so much. This morning i was checking some of "history of the ages". And i wanted to view more but the channel has been cancelled just now. I cant view anything anymore :( hope this channel survives

[@agentwashington2946]

Hello there

[@GrayStrider]

General Kenobi

[@MenoftheWest]

AGENT WASHINGTON! You are a bold one...

[@agentwashington2946]

@@MenoftheWest thank you for keeping this channel going

[@ryancarter1080]

I just thought of something. the dwarves in the first age and early second age were very active and actively take part in the affairs of middle earth but after the fall of Ost-in-Edhel suddenly they do nothing. they don't join the numenor in defeating sauron in the war of elves and sauron. when Gundabad their holy site is taken by orcs they don't try and reclaim it despite having the power to do so. When the orcs drive away their mannish allies who provide them with their food they do nothing and allow the orcs to drive the humans away and slowly starving the dwarves causing their numbers to dwindle. when the power of the orcs of the misty mountains increases and they begin to take the dwarven strongholds one by one moving southwards closer to Khazad-dum they do nothing and allow it to happen. The odds of a species like the dwarves to allow somebody to disgrace, steal and humilate them so is unlikely so why were they so paralyzed throughout most of the second and third age? I believe this is when sauron gave the dwarves their rings of power and while the rings couldn't control the dwarves it could influence their thoughts and actions which was why the dwarven kings did nothing as their realm collapsed around them.

[@MichaelMyers87]

Elendil's height is actually 7'10". He could've very well been almost as tall as Sauron himself, not just average size like he usually appears in pictures or the live action LOTR films.

[@brandondavis7777]

Hmmm...Would Eru have sunk Numenor if it was the Faithful fleeing to the west for safety? Also, how shitty is it for Anarion to have been killed by a rock? Poor princeling didn't even get a good death...

[@madambutterfly1997]

Gilgalad is the most bad*as of the elves

[@oliveremmettknox7776]

"Behold the sword of Elendil!"

[@philg8994]

I wonder what would have happened if Elendil and Gil-Galad succeeded in taking down Souron. How different things would have been.

[@seanfallon5788]

Isildur took him down, only his body was destroyed, not his spirit.

[@64kdawg]

*Tolkien:* Elendil is a noble elf friend, wise warrior greatest of men, over 7 feet tall and hundreds of years old. *Rings of Power:* Elendil is a woke cis gender 5 foot 8 inch man of bumbling toxic masculinity

[@gosiawolinska7582]

Does any one know what happend to History Of The Ages ?

[@istari0]

KZbin took it down for too many copyright infringements. The operators posted a video on their Facebook page that the issues have been cleared up and the channel will be restored although they didn't know how quickly that would be. facebook.com/HistoryoftheAges

[@chanonnaluta7958]

He wrote Akallabeth!

[@kathleenhensley5951]

Lovely.