Mount Gundabad - The Occupied Dwarven Holy Site

[@thomasalvarez6456]

Durin really woke up on his own, freezing in a massive cavern and went "Nah" then walked hundreds of miles to go look at a lake.

[@muenchhausenmusic]

And then "many other dwarves soon joined him". But where the hell did they actually come from, just occurred to me. From the other houses? If Durin woke up alone, then I guess the other six dwarf leaders awoke with other dwarves next to them, bc otherwise where would their offspring come from? And IF Durin actually woke up alone, would that then mean that the people of the Longbeards was actually somewhat the leftovers/adventurers from other clans?

[@johnycoho7830]

@@muenchhausenmusicI think he was alone except for his wife. The other dwarves were in a group of two males and two females. Or at least that was the number that were in the different mountain ranges. The pairs may have awakened in different locations in the same mountains. But in Gundabad it was just Durin and Mrs. Durin

[@saladinbob]

@@muenchhausenmusic Could have been worse, he could have woken up with a bunch of other Dwarves and a massive hang over. "Probably best you don't remember, Durin."

[@conlangknow8787]

The world was young the mountains green

[@zimriel]

If I was him I'd want a bath too

[@superslayerguy]

Honey wake up Darth Gandalf just uploaded about the occupied dwarven holy site of Mount Gundabad where Durin first awoke

[@General12th]

First time?

[@wilhelmrk]

Honey wake up, for Durin walked alone.

[@neildaly2635]

Seasons greetings from Goblin Town thanks for all the great content!

[@pabloantoniomendozamartine6046]

I hope someday they make a DLC or expansion of Return to Moria where you can retake Mount Gundabad.

[@Meanandgreenbean]

Death Gandalf video about mt gundabad? Splendid.

[@istari0]

I find it odd that the Dwarves were not a lot more aggressive about recapturing the place where their species first awoke in Middle-Earth.

[@chesterbless9441]

Tbf, I would probably try to capture the sacred sites filled with unimaginable wealth (like Moria) before I turned my eyes to the sacred sites without.

[@thomasalvarez6456]

Their population was naturally kept low. Especially post SA. Also, they cared about the mountains they were already in. It was their home and didn't have much want, until the rings.

[@istari0]

@@chesterbless9441 Moria had Durin's Bane in it; Gundabad just had Orcs.

[@toasterman5412]

The wiki says it changed hands constantly so looks like they did try to retake it

[@Malvikins]

"I find it odd that the Dwarves were not a lot more aggressive" - I feel like many would have just ended the sentence here 😁

[@mojom.9221]

Mount Gundabad. As one of the best level in LodR War in the North.

[@Seph-u8d]

Such a great game !

[@blockmasterscott]

As a player of Lord of the Rings Online, I never realized how important this place is to the dwarves until this video.

[@SirBoggins]

Today's my birthday 🎂 so this is well-timed! Just had a good meal as well! 😂🎉

[@muratbayraktar5035]

Happy birthday

[@luke2029]

Happy birthday!

[@SirBoggins]

@luke2029 THANKS

[@SirBoggins]

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[@SirBoggins]

CHEERS!​@muratbayraktar5035

[@FuriousEgg]

The Gun da Bad and the Beardy

[@The_Cosmic_Navigator]

For anyone wondering: the Dwarven stronghold shown in 1:42 is called Nordinbad.

[@romandacil3984]

I have the MERP (Middle-Earth Role Playing) module Mt Gundabad and it gives a pretty good account of the place from a non-Tolkien view point. If I remember right the Orcs of Gundabad did assail Thranduil from the North and were defeated along with Orcs from Dol Guldur in the Battle Under the Trees during the War of the Ring.

[@mechtim]

Me: kids what kind of chocolate bar do you want kids; Gundabad lol I'm sorry I had to it sounds like a candy bar

[@romanmoravcik7048]

I have a idea for a video, although you explained why Eriador remained depopulated i always had the question why was also most of Rohan and Gondor depopulated? Like Gondor in the end of the Third Age only had 3 cityes. Minas Tirith, Pelargir and Dol Amroth and Minas Tirith only held half the population it could, and most of the Western country side was mostly underpopulated. And Rohan didnt really expand its population since its founding either.

[@hermanmelville3368]

There are smaller villages and settlements for sure.

[@toasterman5412]

The constant war with Mordor and it's neighbors is probably why Gondor looks like a wasteland Cause it was lol

[@АнтонОрлов-я1ъ]

Because human (especially Numenorean) populations of the Middle-Earth increased slower than the populations of the real world, while wars, plagues and natural catastrophes were more deadly. On the other hand, it is important to notice that not to overestimate the level of depopulation. Not all cities and towns are shown on the map. For example. at least three additional towns were mentioned in the books in Gondor - Calembel, Linhir and Harlond*. Those towns are mentioned only because Aragorn and the Grey Company marched through them. I think it is reasonable to assume that there were many more towns in Gondor that were not mentioned at all. Similarly, only Edoras and Helm's deep are depicted in Rohan, but we know that at least Dunharrow and Aldburg also existed. Rohan's population also increased since the time of Eorl, although not very significantly - eotheod during the time of Eorl could muster about 8k cavalry, while Rohan during the time of Theoden could muster at least 12k. *Not to be confused with Harlond in Lindon.

[@ryancarter1080]

I said it before and I will say it again a lot of dwarven problems would have never happened or be mitigated it they recaptured Gundabad. When it was first captured they probably had the strength to reclaim it, they had the rest of the Misty Mountains, Erebor and the Iron Hills they were in regular contact with the other clans and had many allies both human and elven they could have called upon. But they didn’t leading to the orcs slowly moving down the mountain chain till they were near Khazad-dum itself. Meaning many dwarven lives and minor holds captured. And if these places were still in dwarven hands then the evacuation of khazad-dum would have been easier, and there would have been no need to move to Erebor or the Grey Mountains meaning no war of the dragons, no Smaug and no war of dwarves and orcs. Also as a bonus Angmar would have been weaker with either no orcs and trolls or less as their wouldn’t have been a readymade orc army for the witchking to call upon in the misty mountains that had over two thousand years to breed seemingly unimpeded

[@d3thkn1ghtmcgee74]

True, pretty short sighted for a long lived race for sure

[@anthonyhanlon9808]

I never knew the importance of gundabad to the dwarves

[@apstrike]

Gundabad should have had twin peaks.

[@Lawrence_Talbot]

Are you ever planing on doing an “everything wrong with Shadow of War” like you did for the first game? Don’t get me wrong, the game is fun as hell but after just rereading LotR again, yeah that game had a field day with the lore and then some haha

[@gnarlynarly1350]

dwarves have always gotten the short end of the stick in middle earth😅

[@General12th]

Hi Darth! I'd love to live in a dwarven kingdom at its height.

[@BulletQuantum]

thats offensive

[@General12th]

@@BulletQuantum I didn't even think about that. Well spotted!

[@finnbruton7274]

It’s kind of weird that the dwarves retook Gundabad after Thror was killed. Then they just left it again. Since Moria was too dangerous, Gundabad might have been a new home for the Erebor dwarves. I guess it just wasn’t viable.

[@axlYode]

Bunda good

[@Cos_Why_Not]

Underrated comment

[@bristleconepine4120]

Is it possible that the reason why Bolg inhabited Gundabad instead of Moria is because Azog had other sons, one of whom continued to rule Moria?

[@АнтонОрлов-я1ъ]

It is a possibility. But Gundabad and not Moria was considered the capital of goblins (although we have no direct indication that Moria itself was under Gundabad rule). So Gundabad definitely wasn't Bolg's apanage. Maybe Bolg inherited Gundabad not from his father but from his grandfather or his uncle. Although of course we know almost nothing about Orc dynasties, kingdoms and inner politics. It is completely possible that Bolg conquered Gundabad in a war between different Orcish kingdoms and not inherited it at all, for example. In that case it may be more likely that one of Bolg's sons ruled Moria as an under-king.

[@Thurnmourer]

Occupied? Obviously, I need that gold mine for my Imperial armies. Oh, wait, Gundabad, not Gunbad.

[@Byenie0912]

Is Gundabad Tolkien's Jerusalem?

[@nebenkosteh]

Are these images from the dwarven halls from LOTR online?

[@chesterbless9441]

#FreeGundabad

[@sander5990]

tfw day 1000 of the 3 day gunabad smo

[@drfoust1294]

Mount Gundagood

[@phoule76]

There be rabbits.

[@hermanmelville3368]

Gundabad didn't attack Framsburg?

[@hermanmelville3368]

Finally back to Rhovanion ... kinda

[@igorlopes7589]

It is a rather interesting choice to talk about the fantasy jews' homeland right now lmao

[@carlitos5269]

First

[@darkjudge8786]

I've grown to hate channels like this. The more you pick at Tolkien's world the more its clear he had no idea how nature worked, geography or demographics, economics, medieval warfare or in fact anything beyond languages. An analysis of his works diminishes them and make him look tarded. He knew mythology and that never survives analysis. Maybe it's time for Darth Gandalf and other channels to sod off and we all go back to the wonder of the books we first read as stupid teenagers.

[@alfieingrouille1528]

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[@zimriel]

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