Lore of Middle-earth: Sauron

A dive into the lore of Middle-earth presented as a (sort of) podcast.
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It's a good day when Galu's lore videos are back.

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The return of the lore king!

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Yes, I have been waiting for another one of your lore vids. They are fantastic and you do such a great job.!

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It's wonderful Galu. What an excellent listen.

[@Reaper8944]

Great work as always Galu. An excellent lore video.

[@JohnThorpe1623]

Excellent retelling of the story, and a fine compilation of disparate sources. Well done!

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Been looking forward to this! I hope you enjoyed making this, thanks for all the effort.

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[@Salzella]

31:08 yo that's wild, that Ar-Pharazon might still be just chilling down there. where's that from? also, cracking video!

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Well he wanted eternal life and he got it, payback's a bitch, isn't it?

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[@richardhayes5573]

Fantastic, I love your Lore videos. You have a great knowledge and poetic voice. If your rethinking of redoing some other topics or histories , Your stories of the Nasgul are amazing (as all your lore Videos), your Nasgul stories could be sold as an Audiobook.

[@SkAnD1NaV1An]

Excellent video! Though I have read much of Sauron's history before, there is still a joy in listening to the full story told in a way most reminicent of folklore hisories around the campfire. That is a compliment in every way, as I can think of few other situations which inspire the same level of immersion. I am also very curious to where the details surrrounding Ar-Pharazon's demise lay, for I cannot remember the details when reading the Silmarillion or The Book of Lost tales. This might be because these details alluded me though. Anyway, excellent view and understanding of the lore!

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I also remain for lore videos. Thanks SO MUCH for the content over the years Arachir. So nice to get a new one. Your videos are very supportive for my work day, thanks again! Hope for more as life allows it for you!!

[@icantthinkofafunname]

Finalllyyy. Im glad you're back making lore videos

[@KarusMBII]

Incredible video, I'd call this an almost poetic retelling of Sauron's story. One thing that occurred to me during the video; Sauron was the most gifted student of Aule, perhaps this could have been another reason for his fall to Melkor? Whilst Sauron was most skilled in craft, Melkor was skilled in destruction. I can DEFINITELY imagine Sauron seeing Melkor's destruction as a means to an end, so Sauron may eventually craft his own arts and structures, according to his own will. Which is, of course, what he does later on down the line. Never heard this mentioned before so thought it may be worth putting out there :) Thank you for these incredible lore videos, you are by far my favourite lore dude!

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I regularly rewatch your lore videos. Very entertaining, especially when you analayse things and give a fresh perspective. Love the content!

[@Gamstvonsigimund]

I thought it was just a change of the picture of the old Sauron lore video, but It brightened my day when I realised it was a new lore video, the Loremaster is back

[@Wolfeson28]

Great to see you back in the realm of lore, Galu. These videos are always enjoyable, and well worth the wait.

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Holy shit, It feels like it’s been three ages since I last seen one of these lore videos.

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Love these lore videos and podcast type style. Great listening on the way to and from work

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Your lore videos are so great, I've been binging them as I do work in the backyard.

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It's finally back. One of my favorite lore channels. The gaming video are awesome but this is why I started viewing

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Was waiting for this! Very excited that its here😎

[@SpecialOrder_937]

Tol-In-Gaurhoth would be awesome to see on screen, imagine seeing Draugluin & Huan Played as a horror movie , wolves howling Phantoms crying , blazing eyes of the wolves in the darkness And Finally Sauron in Wolf form

[@BernddasBrotB7]

Good to see more Galu lore, though I must say that Isildur had nothing to do with the fight against Sauron, he just cut the ring from Sauron's cooling corpse.

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All well spoken sir… thank you…( fall on A.I. !!! ) you add tone and deep feeling into your presentations… speak…Right on dude! May God Bless ye, such a relief… ⚔️🙏🏽⚔️

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Noice, more Lore!

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I wonder if he still had PTSD flashbacks of his neck in the jaws of the best doggo and an elf princesses standing over him 7000 yrs later when Aragorn Facetime him on the Palantir.

[@ThewarriorDraganta]

This is great! I'd love to see a video on the Orcs in LOTR, or maybe of Morgoth's/Sauron's other creations or servants.

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It occurs to me to understand the "Wars of the Rings" are about IP and patents.

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man i missed these.

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Love your lore videos Galu!

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I have 2 words for it: Amazing video

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Did not know denethor being that strong. Glad to learn something!

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Thank you very much , good sir!

[@keyboarddancers7751]

Superbly told, *Arachîr Galudirithon!* I do believe that Sauron is the only being in the whole legendarium who Tolkien provides with an active and prominent narrative from before the beginning of Arda and then throughout the Ages until the Fourth Age, albeit with some gaps during the First, Second and Third Ages although even those gaps were in a certain sense still 'active' in that he was essentially either hiding, brooding, rebuilding or getting up to some covert mischief. Morgoth occupies the "evil incarnate" role up until the end of the First Age and Sauron eventually takes up that role to the end of the Third Age. It's also worth noting that Sauron doesn't appear to have actually spent any time in Valinor. I don't think I've heard any speculation about what exactly might've happened if Sauron had regained the Ring. Would the Valar or Eru Ilúvatar simply abandon Middle Earth to its fate under Sauron's reign of evil? Would or could an all-powerful Ring-wielding Sauron eventually find a way to launch a succesful attack on Valinor? Sauron must surely count as probably the greatest villain in all of Western mythology.

[@SpecialOrder_937]

He did spend time in Valinnor, learning from Aulë of all things crafted by hand

[@keyboarddancers7751]

My suspicion is that he learned from Aulë prior to entering the world or maybe during the Valar's residence on Almaren.

[@PcCAvioN]

Amen brother!

[@LeeGall333]

Can you please do a dedicated video on Finrod? Please, and thank you!

[@sirjames8650]

What Eastern-Earth doing while all these ages pass? I really wonder ...

[@akeelyaqub2538]

I actually respect sauron more than morgoth for yes, morgoth was vaslty more powerful, he was cowardly. Sauron at least enganged in combat without fear often and he was a lot smarter than morgoth in terms of strategy. His motives were also, whilst deranged, were at least in his mind for the greater good. He wanted to bring order to the world but eventually that became domination. He reminds me of doctor doom, who sees himself as the only one capable of properly ruling the planet and would enforce that rule onto everybody wether they like it or not because he and he alone knows whats best. Sort of like thanos to.

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Well done sir!

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Love this shit.... ❤

[@phoenixrising573]

I just have a question - if Amandil is pronounced A-man-dil, why isn't Elendil pronounced El-en-dil instead of El- EN-dil?

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A lore video 🥲

[@bauglir2462]

12:39 What if Sauron apprehended a group of Nazi Waffen SS instead complete with a battalion of King Tiger heavy tanks instead of Finrod's group??

[@mike-mz6yz]

Hey Galu out of curiosity have you checked out the channel Tolkien Untangled? He does Lore videos on mainly the first age, but focused more on telling stories then history. For example he just did a 11 video series on the story of Berin and Luthien. It is amazing high quality. Its such a different approach to the Lore then yours in the same way that reading the lord of the rings compared to watching the movies is totally different, both great in their own ways.

[@icantthinkofafunname]

He's the only Tolkien youtuber whose videos are as engaging as Galus

[@PaganMinn]

My question is are there no more dark lords left? After saurons defeat are there no longer orcs and such to threaten middle earth in any serious way? So now the rest of the third age is just men dwarf and small remnants of elves and of course the easterlings and so forth? Or is it possible sauron could return somehow or some other dark lord? This made more sense in my brain haha

There aren't any dark Lords but humanity loves war. War is inevitable.

[@PaganMinn]

@ that is always fun but also a little sad. Hard to imagine middle earth without its orc hordes and a dark lord to lead them.

[@Gamstvonsigimund]

The Orcs are still around, I think King Elessar gave them land somewhere around Rhun I think and told them to behave?

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Do Melkor/Morgoth soon!

There is already a melkor video on the channel. In the lore playlist.

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Hai can you show Third age total war DAC V5

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Faction

When it releases sure

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voice like the softest elvish linens.

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Eru is good

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How so? The only moment it intervenes is to cause destruction on global scale.

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@@reav3rtm kingsman...

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@@ciaran_mcghee_music Facts ;)

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You literally don't have a playlist about lotr ffs

Every playlist is on the channel homepage including the lore video one that this is in. Failing that, I am feeling generous: kzbin.info/aero/PLesZst-z4ywbra_EUrjRR9WkeFdmabw_1