Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

[@CivilizationEx]

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[@thefultzman1]

would if i could

[@SerTomKatze]

In your opinion, if you ever played the games, do you feel that the Shadow or War/Mordor games were too out of step in their depictions and take of the Lord of the Rings lore or are creative enough to justify their existence? Me personally, I feel that despite their liberties, they give the source material a more than fair shake.

[@CivilizationEx]

I liked the games, they took a fair few liberties with the Lore but that's to be expected. Overall I think they were quite good.

[@naungyoe3215]

This channel is really underrated. IDK why not everybody is watching this. this just like "oversimplified" for Tolkien's Legendarium.

[@sukitron5415]

Not just Tolkien, but Star wars, Marvel and Star Trek as well as A Song of Ice and Fire

[@LaQuackqauck]

@@sukitron5415 don't forget The Witcher too

[@The-One-and-only-Devilain]

Because there are better channels that do a better job of this already out there. I Came and was interested to see what he can actually share, because this topic is so heavily covered already. I'm not a fan of the droning on with limited, well known information, and anything that isn't is just covering the bare minimum and basics. He doesn't actually talk about the other rings of power other then The One Ring much either. Which is very disappointing. I came in here hoping he was actually going to talk about what the rings all actually do or who they went to after their forging. Because not a lot of people understand much about them, nor make videos of about it. That's what this video should've been, that's for sure. Not mentioning to whom and to where the other rings went and sticking to the One Ring kinda made this video a fail in my eyes and probably many others. The video should be titled A Brief History... or Basic History of... so that it is more accurate and draws in people who don't know about the deeper lore. Anyone who has seen the LOTR or read any Tolkien which is anybody who cares about this stuff, already knows basically everything that this entire video explains. and if they don't care about this stuff the likelyhood of actually stumbling across this video like myself(Who is a massive Tolkien fan) is very slim. And most who do, will just probably click away in the first couple of mins. It wasn't horrible, it just missed a lot of potential.

[@newseager4021]

@Devin Rogerson it's a 12 minute summary, not a 4 hours in depth look on every power ring and who last used them as cock rings. You clearly know so what could you expect? Besides wanting 5 paragraphs to say "I'm disappointed and an idiot."

[@CivilizationEx]

Correction: At 3:48 it was Amdir who helped the Dwarves, and he remained King until the end of the Age when Amroth, his son, succeeded as king.

[@billyboberto]

Finally, some good fucking lore

[@johnprieto435]

Got here Dwarf Lords minutes after posting and I'm pumped about it

[@blackflagsnroses6013]

Would you say the Silmarillion jewels were of greater power than the rings of power? I also like the explanation of Arda itself being like Melkor’s ring, in that he infused his dark powers within

[@CivilizationEx]

Depends how you look at it. The Silmarils contained the light of the two trees, and the Valar wanted to use them to remake the trees, so in theory they had the power to light an entire continent. They were also more valued as treasures. But the rings had more individual powers which could be used for every day purposes. So depends on what matters most to the person who wants it.

[@temmy9]

the silmarils possessed no powers, other than being filled with the light of the trees.

[@aesir1ases64]

The Silmarillion is the best book of all time!

[@lyalllupin8789]

Best book series of all time.

[@neosgundam2584]

Awesome, seeing the Witch King And Khamul’s art is awesome at 5:25 and I hope you do a video on the Nazgul and have more art for each individual ring wraith.

[@patg148]

The problem is there's like no canon information about any of the nazgul except the witch king.

[@dfringsofpower]

I love it 🔥👁🔥 you should make a Story about Sauron and his Nazgûl the Ringwraiths

[@sageofcaledor8188]

Great video!

[@waynerobinson4858]

@civilzationex i was just playing shadow of war when this video poped up LOl

[@briangarrow448]

Another great segment. Cleat and concise. Thank you so much.

[@cpegg5840]

Illuvatar actually tripped up Gollum, allowing him to fall.

[@M0j0J0j0]

This guy does amazing work 👏

[@SHARKVADERS]

CivEx!!!

[@Th3ba1r0n]

I hope in the Amazon series that we get a glimpse of the undying lands. They probably look like Valhalla

[@shanemartin7223]

Most Excellent!👍🏼

[@killianhackenschmidt4987]

“The field is lost! Everything is lost! The black one has fallen from and the towers in ruins lie. The enemy is within- everywhere! And with him the light, soon will be here. Go now, my lord, while there is time. There are places below…”

[@gordonhenderson9213]

I can listen to this guy say elvish names all day

[@Shaden0040]

Smeagol and DEagol were cousins, probably first cousins.

[@6thsavage]

Ser Davos held the Onion Ring.

[@yourcheapdate4564]

Thanks!

[@yourcheapdate4564]

I especially liked this one, great job man!

[@CivilizationEx]

Thank you so much! :)

[@PhatOof]

LOTR returns!!!

[@cmdrshprd4219]

Civ ex!

[@RSAgility]

Just take what Rockstar did Rage engine on RDR2 or something, and apply that level of work and detail to a a huge LOTR game for “next gen” That’s what they should do i dunno

[@盧璘壽로인수]

11:03 "Yet as Fate would have it [...]" You mean *by the will of Eru Ilúvatar*

[@nektarioskoutras211]

Another great video!!! Could you do more videos for the wheel of time too as the tv show is coming up?

[@CivilizationEx]

More WoT vids coming soon! :)

[@patg148]

Nice! Would love to hear more about the lesser rings.

[@redleg1971]

I think 8 of the 9 rings worn by the ringwraiths were destroyed, along with the wraiths, when the One Ring was destroyed. The other was destroyed when the Witch King was killed by Eowyn. I suppose it would make sense that the 7 dwarf rings were also destroyed when the One Ring went into the fires of Mount Doom.

[@CivilizationEx]

That's possible, but it's also possible the nine Nazgul did not have the rings at all, and Sauron had all nine with him in Barad-dur. This is because if the Nazgul had been wearing the rings they would have been completely invisible, their clothes included. But they were not, as many characters could see them. So I think it's more likely Sauron took back the rings after the enslaving the Nazgul, and had them with him in the tower.

[@ArcturSophos]

Y'all should tackle the wheel of time now that the show is almost here!

[@CivilizationEx]

I've made several Wheel of Time vids already, check out my WoT playlist to see them all. But soon I will make more to prepare for the show. :)

[@guilherme5094]

Thanks.

[@elvinarcher]

Here before the Amazon series brings people to this specific video

[@floydmichaelmoss]

Boss theme music

[@yugi-pro1789]

I noticed a mistake. You mentioned that king amroth of lorien and the dwarves helped the survivors of eregion, but amroth only became king in the third age after his father amdír was slain at the battle of dagorlad. (If I am mistaken please let me know)

[@CivilizationEx]

Shoot I didn't notice that, I get their names mixed up sometimes, I'll leave a correction in the comments, thank you.

[@yugi-pro1789]

@@CivilizationEx no problem

[@moriakpotato]

I had no idea that the ring lay on the riverbed for nearly 2500 years. And that it took another 500 years to get it from there to Mt. Doom.

[@盧璘壽로인수]

you probably missed out on Galadriel's narration in FoTR: [...] It betrayed Isildur, to his death. And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend. Legend became myth. *And for two and a half thousand years, the Ring passed out of all knowledge.* Until, when chance came, the Ring ensnared a new bearer. [Gollum: My precious~...] The Ring came to the creature Gollum, who took it deep into the tunnels under the Misty Mountains, and there it consumed him. [Gollum: It came to me. My own, my love, my own. My...precious~...] The Ring gave to Gollum unnatural long life. *For five hundred years it poisoned his mind* ; and in the gloom of Gollum's cave, it waited.

[@spookyjames840]

anyone come back to or find this after amazon announced this as the name of their show lol?

[@jordanelza8806]

If Sauron bound most of his power to The One Ring, could he have been all-powerful forever if he never lost it? I know the Valar and Maiar had a limited amount of power, but if Sauron (who was a Maiar) bound much of his power to the One Ring, would he have been powerful forever? (Especially since the One Ring was nearly impossible to destroy).

[@serielmcleod1900]

You didn’t mention that saruman made his own lesser ring of power, with possibile help from sauron

[@CivilizationEx]

I was just focused on the rings of Eregion, but yeah I probably should have mentioned Saruman's ring, though I don't think Sauron helped him make it.

[@erickcalderon6257]

Sup man? What about with the MCU timeline part 11? :')

[@CivilizationEx]

I made parts 11 and 12 awhile ago, but stopped after that because it seems like the old TV shows aren't considered canon anymore. So I was not sure if I should continue, or start over, so I kinda just gave up on the MCU. Part 11: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4vWnKF-hrVmaK8&ab_channel=CivilizationEx Part 12: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZLNkJqNh8tmqpY&ab_channel=CivilizationEx

[@temmy9]

when tne one ring was destroyed, all the other rings lost thier power.

[@vincently1995]

What does the Rings of Power?

[@RazorBaze]

A Lord of gifts lol

[@盧璘壽로인수]

seriously that was what Annatar meant in Quenya: anna = "gifts", tar = "royal/noble" it was also a callback to his master Melkor/Morgoth nickname when he seduced the First Men: "Giver of Gifts"

[@budders9958]

I thought the ocean didn't exist in the first age?

[@CivilizationEx]

There was a time, long before the first age, when only the outer ocean existed, but by the first age the Sea of Belegaer did exist. It then got bigger during the first and second ages.

[@aerzroelzcupidluciferazeae8222]

The Apocalypse has return 666 And So Have I~I Am Lucifer

[@konstantinospetrakos2536]

I think this video should be adapted as the actual series, that is absolute trash!

[@rodesvilobo8670]

jrr tolkien < george rr

[@hoya1178]

George can't even finish his book series ffs lol

[@patg148]

Tolkien never really finished any of his world either.