How Gimli Accidentally Became Lord of His Own Kingdom By Chance | Tolkien Explained

[@MisterMac4321]

Gimli being allowed to live out his final years in the Undying Lands (Valinor) was a unique honor. Tolkein's source material mentions no other dwarf ever setting foot there.

[@FairlyFictional]

Yes, I think he was the only one.

[@richardbonner6931]

@@FairlyFictional I thought the dwarf fathers were made by Aule in his forge which was in Valinor. So the first since the fathers of the dwarves were made.

[@FairlyFictional]

I believe they were awakened under a mountain in Middle Earth itself and not actually on Valinor.

[@telleroftheone]

​@@FairlyFictionalYes, Gundabad is where the 7 fathers of the dwarves awoke, Durin being first among them. It was a hallowed place, which is why it was a prime place for Angmar and orcs to desecrate it.

[@richardbonner6931]

@@FairlyFictional but made in valinor they cringed away from Aules hammer, when he went destroy them, but they cried out because Eru had all ready granted them true life. Then he place them in middle earth to sleep untill after the first born awoke.

[@graemerigg4029]

The reason that Galadriel gives Gimli three strands is because Feanor asked her three times for a single strand to incorporate in his Silmarills and three times she refused him for she sensed somethingof the events to come. Her hair contains the light from the two trees of Valinor.

[@Mbnewman087]

Plus faenor is a jerk.

[@ricardoandre7049]

@@Mbnewman087 Lies. Feanor is **the** jerk

[@Mbnewman087]

@@ricardoandre7049 😂😂😂 i dunno id attribute that "the" to melkor. Dude did run up steal his jewels kill his dad kill the two trees and then fucked off leaving the world in darkness. 😂

[@JohnDoe-rj9cq]

@@Mbnewman087 he was a jerk before. He despised his brothers and sister resenting that his father took a wife after his mother "passed" to the halls of Mando's. He was conceited, and looked down on those around him except for his father and own sons. Melkor only used what was already wrong with Feanor to wreak havok.

[@Mbnewman087]

@@JohnDoe-rj9cq yeah but all that pales in comparison to him murdering his boat faring kindred. Plus morgoth kinda created evil in arda. Like he's the chief designer of it. Without his discord eru wouldn't have made it.

[@rogelioalonzo2911]

The most Honorable Dwarf of any fantasy.

[@ozzymadnius]

Man, I love all three, Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli! But damn, do I love the BROMANCE between Gimli and Legolas the most! Like, they start out disliking each other, but by the end, they are both willing to wage wars to protect the other! Hell yeah! 🤘🐺

[@howardadamkramer]

It wasn't completely by accident. At the beginning of the WOTR, he was fourth in line for the House of Durin (not too shabby), after Thorin III, Dwalin and Gloin.

[@gazorpazorp9798]

And his Axe!

[@corissacrandall2737]

So achingly beautiful it made me want to weep at the sheer breadth of just this one honorable character in this miraculous world.

[@FairlyFictional]

Thank you 🙏🏼 🥹

[@hankogle6858]

Dwarves were naturally distrusting,but the ring made them greedy for some reason. After being destroyed and the friendship with Legolas. Gimili enjoyed the happiness of friendship and trust. That literally created a great trade partnership between the races

[@CarlSanford76]

That was a mighty gift from the Lady of the Wood. She refused this same gift to Feanor the Smith.

[@joelbrown3479]

THIS should be a mini-series. Great presentation 😎😎😎

[@FairlyFictional]

Thank you. 🙏🏼. Get Amazon on the phone 😄

[@JGComments]

“By chance?” said Eru Illuvatar

[@FairlyFictional]

😜

[@patricksharpe1148]

Baby Gimli rocks hard.0:34 and is cute.

[@FairlyFictional]

😂

[@thelonesomefisherman7425]

Makes one wonder if dwarves are born with a full beard? 🤔😂

[@chriscooper654]

A good summary and analysis of that particular topic and the principal characters. I would only add that Gimli's realm and Legolas bringing other elves to Ithilien after the War, together with Aragorn as High King of Gondor, echoed the best of Middle Earth's ancient history. All three kindreds, dwelling in harmony. It couldn't and didn't last of course, but that it could even be achieved for a time was a triumph.

[@Selrahc_69]

An absolutely beautiful experience! Thank you Fairly Fictional for this wonderful adventure. Wishing you all the best.

[@FairlyFictional]

Thanks a lot 😊. You’re welcome.

[@JGComments]

Great video concept! Gives a lot of context to events in LoTR!

[@Georgios_16]

Such a narrative i would expect from an elf.And indeed is incredible, thank you 🙌

[@FairlyFictional]

Thank you 🙏🏼 🧝🏼‍♀️

[@shawnthompson2303]

Let them come! *There is one Dwarf in Moria who yet draws breath!!!*

[@Kyle_climbing]

This was wonderful to watch. : )

[@FairlyFictional]

Thank you 😊

[@ozlozano9470]

Karak Az Karak!! Long live the legend of this Noble dwarf

[@davidbarrass]

Lovely, but I think you misspoke when you said that he visited the caves on his honeymoon in the 1940s, he married in 1916, but letter 321 says he revisited in the 1940s. I'd also like to propose some other possible inspirations. The Yorkshire and Derbyshire dales also have limestone show caves. These were well within reach of a train and pony-trap excursion of Leeds, where he lived in the 1920's. But, I confess, I have no evidence that he did ever visit them.

[@FairlyFictional]

Oh yes you are correct. He first went on his honeymoon in 1916 and it was a revisit after he had started writing the books in 1940s. 👍🏼. Good spot

[@jackudall1824]

I can imagine that in his last days legolas was by his side and would more than likely give his axe to him so that he could protect him even when he was gone

[@mr.dragoncrypto4138]

He lives still with Legolas in the undying lands.

[@TillionTirrion]

Fantastic, happy to have found this channel.

[@FairlyFictional]

Thank you 😊

[@EastTexasRanching]

That was cool. Answered questions that I didn't even realize I had.

[@charlottemunday7311]

Cheddar gorge employee here: specifically those formations are from Coxs cave and the image at 10.46 is from Goughs cave. Ironically none of the pictures shown are from the diamond chamber which is the most beautiful and the actual main chamber lol.

[@FairlyFictional]

Ah thanks for the information. I went there a few years ago but can’t remember what each cave looks like. I remember seeing lots of cheese wheels in one of them though 😅. I will google diamond chamber now to remind myself 😄.

[@timmccaffery4826]

Very well presented!

[@FairlyFictional]

Glad you liked it!

[@icenhorn4744]

the art in this is awesome! id love to make some of it a wallpapper!

[@Driller4664]

Me too

[@aaronsondag8347]

No don’t fall for it. Almost all of it is AI crap. Go to a real artists work.

[@icenhorn4744]

@@aaronsondag8347 that would definatly be preferable. though ai, its got some great ideas, and id love to see them rendered by hand in a more unique way that isnt AI'ed.

[@Driller4664]

Love these illustrations of Gimli

[@LaineyBug2020]

Damn, Gimli... 0:06

[@jt5765]

The foresight of Galadriell & her gift of the hair ensured Gimli & his descendants never gave in to the greed that plagued the Dwarves.

[@shannonalaminski2619]

Hahaha! I absolutely LOVE baby Gimli with a beard! Classic!

[@FairlyFictional]

Impossible not to love. He needs his own mini series 😅

[@TomMJH]

Nice story and artwork!

[@FairlyFictional]

Thank you 🙏🏼

[@sayagarapan1686]

Lucky Dwarf

[@kaligath6616]

IT STILL COUNTS AS ONE !!!

[@michaelogrady232]

Love the baby picture of Gimli!

[@FairlyFictional]

Thank you 😄

[@Grubnar]

Gimli Glóinsson - Invents Tourism. Becomes rich!

[@ThatLilLady]

Iono, nothing happens by chance to the Line of Durin. Iluvatar clearly favors them among the Dwarves.

[@Not-Ap]

Limestone caves are very very pretty as Tolkien and his wife discovered. Unfortunately they are also very very sensitive places that would not last long if people or anything regularly lived in them or frequently exposed the caves to outside environments. I visited a few here in America and though I was similarly spellbound but I was told not to go around touching everything. Apparently the oils are bodies naturaly produce have a corrosive effect on the limestone formations in these caves.

[@FairlyFictional]

And I bet dwarves were especially oily too 😅

[@charlottemunday7311]

Cheddar is open every day of the year except xmas, we have 2000 people in the caves A DAY During summer lol.

[@Not-Ap]

@@charlottemunday7311 Oh yeah here too but I'm speaking specifically of the geological formations in the cave. Don' t you usually have to proceed along a designated path though or stay within the roped off areas?

[@charlottemunday7311]

@@Not-Ap Theres not much roped off. We have signs asking not to climb and railings to avoid holes. The only section thats secure is in the diamond chamber which prevents access to the adventure caving route.

[@arcusmc]

I'm not crying, you're crying.

[@Prilliyo]

So happy they included a dwarf should of had another and maybe another elf

[@tanvir_1939]

The way you dim your voice at the end of each sentence is very annoying. Despite enough volume for the earlier parts of each sentence the last few words are barely audible.

[@tophat2115]

who is the narrator, excellent voice

[@FairlyFictional]

That would be my voice, thank you.

[@HomerSimpson-gr1uj]

I still think he was the latest reincarnation of Durin.

[@danielbongiorno9270]

GIMLI is My Favorite Character In The Lord of The Rings🥹🤗🥹

[@FairlyFictional]

You have good taste 👍🏼

[@danielbongiorno9270]

@@FairlyFictional Thank you 😊

[@robertomon5697]

Your voice reminds me of Lady Deidre Skye, from Sid Meiers Alpha Centauri.

[@FairlyFictional]

I am not familiar with that voice. But I’ll take it as a compliment 😅

[@ShawnAbraham-j8k]

Yeah...I was trying to pin the familiarity when I first heard her voice.

[@jacobdelmonico1323]

i love it!

[@FairlyFictional]

Thank you 😊

[@sonkebrodersen1130]

Hang on: Tolkiens Honeymoon in the 1940s??? He was already married to Edith Bratt in March 1916. This should be revisited.

[@FairlyFictional]

Yeh I mentioned it on another comment. The wording wasn’t quite right for that point. He visited the caves in his honeymoon in 1916. But he did revisit them in the 40’s again when he was writing the books.

[@quintonellis4378]

Why you make my eyes water?

[@Mazz3D]

Good video, enjoyed the story and the music. However, instead of constant shifting between AI images, next time you should use real art and give credit to those who actually create. I'm still going to subscribe. Just would like to see more effort into the art.

[@Tearshia]

Agreed

[@Redd_Fawkes]

Eomer . Not Eomir. Ay-o-mur. Not Ay-o-meer.

[@GreatGreebo]

I vote you bring back the MALE A.I. voice please. This female one has been in rotation for many, many weeks now. I’d really enjoy it if the male voice was given some air time. Just a friendly suggestion from Subscriber 122 🙇🏻‍♀️.

[@FairlyFictional]

@@GreatGreebo I didn’t realise Krug was being missed. I was trying to use my own voice to see if that was better. But if you want, I shall release Krug just for you

[@simonkoster]

I like to imagine that he got to meet Aulë.

[@FairlyFictional]

I think he would explode with amazement if he did 🤣

[@simonkoster]

@@FairlyFictional he got to meet his Maker 😉

[@FairlyFictional]

😂

[@lukasbambuch4811]

i dont wanna hate but you might wanna try talking less monotone

[@sircrimsonwolf7492]

I’m curious what happened to legless and the descendants of the fellowship that remained in the fourth age. It seemed like everything would eventually lead up to the eventual return of the first dark Lord I am curious as to how things would have led up to that after the events of the Lord of the rings

[@FairlyFictional]

I put up a video about Legolas a couple of weeks ago that should cover his life in the fourth age. I will need to do one for the other fellowship members at some point.

[@luisbermudez4756]

Is this video just completely AI-generated? The title, the script, the artwork, the voiceover?

[@FairlyFictional]

The artwork 👍🏼. Do people really think AI can come up with this stuff. You’ll notice the difference between this video and other AI ones is that I include actual detail from the books.

[@luisbermudez4756]

@@FairlyFictional I knew the art for sure, and the voice over seemed very… i dunno, stilted? Which made me wonder, especially when combined with the redundancy in the title (“accidentally” and “by chance” being virtually synonyms). It just made me suspicious. But I appreciate your response, and I’m glad to hear you put real work into the script. (And I did get a chuckle out of the baby Gimli image…)

[@ktiemz]

🤖

[@FairlyFictional]

🍪

[@bassegoder]

Ehmm this is a copy from Nerd of the rings, or the other way around

[@FairlyFictional]

I just looked and don’t see the video you are referring to. But I did notice a couple of similar vids he put out similar to mine soon after I posted. But he puts out so many it’s probably just a coincidence..

[@bassegoder]

Nerd of the Rings video is 3 years old, so time puts him first.

[@bassegoder]

Maybe I will ask him

[@archivis]

:(

[@aidanmagill6769]

Pronunciation needs work. Glo-in. Rhymes with Owen.

[@alejandroazurdia2937]

My brother in Christ, just enjoy the video.

[@GravesRWFiA]

Gimli was quite possible Aule's ideal. a craftsman, warrior, leader, stateman even but open minded enough to be friends with the other children of iluvata, and he deserves better than you just recounting his history with really bad AI art work and yes it's bad in almost every picture, even inside, he's wind blown and in some cases the wind blows his hair one way and his cloak the other. this is really just a mess and not offering any new insight into the character you couldn't get from reading the books.

[@Highdog_Hobbies]

It wasnt by accident gimli literally settled the colony with permission from eomer. So ur claim of accident is bogus from the start

[@FairlyFictional]

And he discovered the caves, how exactly...?

[@Highdog_Hobbies]

@@FairlyFictional by going to helms deep on a merry journey to fight some orcs. He certainly didn't fall into them on accident? he wasn't just walking around and accidently fell into a cave system.