The Complete Travels of Radagast the Brown | Tolkien Explained

[@NerdoftheRings]

What do YOU think happened to Radagast? Do you think he participated in the War in the North? Did he survive after the War of the Ring? There’s one theory I heard recently that Radagast was the mysterious old man with a cane that the Three Hunters encounter in Fangorn. However, I’m inclined to agree with Gandalf, when he says it must have been Saruman.

[@ozarkrenew1019]

Yes, Radagast lived on, probably either went to the Western Shore or joined up with Tom Bombadil

[@isaiahwolftail867]

What about the two blue wizard brothers remember there are five wizards

[@NerdoftheRings]

@@isaiahwolftail867 True! As little as we know about Radagast, we know even less about the blue wizards. They are possibly the greatest Middle-earth mystery!

[@NerdoftheRings]

@@ozarkrenew1019 I always thought Gandalf and Tom Bombadil talking would be an interesting conversation to hear. Possibly even more so would be a conversation with Tom and Radagast!

[@zawwin1846]

He died as he lived. High as a kite, so high in fact that he went strait to the timeless halls to smoke with Iru himself.

[@qwertyTRiG]

The fact that he was sent by Yavanna kind of suggests that caring for nature *was* his mission, or at least was an important part thereof.

[@johnshannon9656]

Yes.

[@smashingpots9928]

Or that he was a poor choice for the mission in the first place. Doesnt travel, likes the animals. He is not a warrior. Why send him in the first place?

[@theblade1251]

@@smashingpots9928 i mean with the ents becoming extinct and man and sometimes ruining nature and eviliness of sauron corrupting it maybe this the reason why yvanna send aiwendil in the first place

[@JohnSmith-im8qt]

My understanding is that all the wizards are sent to help support the people opposing sauron.

[@qwertyTRiG]

@@JohnSmith-im8qt Maybe nature was a secondary mission for Radagast, but he made it his primary focus, so failing.

[@Seraphim-h3q]

Any being that fights for a hedgehog's wellbeing immediately gets my allegiance.

[@vaiyt]

You could say that radagast is way past cool.

[@karenrobertsdottir4101]

Kind of wonder what *Radagast* would do with the power of the One Ring. He's a maia, after all, so he'd be both tempted/corruptable and able to wield it effectively.

[@chancemccoy9221]

It shouldn’t, that’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard

[@yosafatvalentinus3440]

@@karenrobertsdottir4101 Well unlike other Maia, I think if Radagast got himself the Ring he would use its power to create some kind of birds and beasts utopia ruled by himself.

[@pfleming20]

@@yosafatvalentinus3440 actually, I think if Radagast got the One Ring he'd be corrupted and use it, in his mind, in defense of plants and aninals, and in time turn against men, elves and dwarves for, in his mind, abusing nature - cutting down trees, riding horses, etc.

[@tomurg]

As a longtime wildcamper I can relate to Radagast. Abandoning the madness of humans to spend time in nature which gives peace to the mind. That’s something we can all learn from him.

[@NerdoftheRings]

For sure. The more I think of him isolating himself from people and just hanging out in the woods with animals, I think, "maybe he was on to something!" :)

[@youngkingdom8131]

I need to get into some wild camping! Some of my fondest memories from boyhood were playing in my neighbor friend’s forest. We were both obsessed with Lotr and spent the better part of 3 years in that forest; every day after school.

[@tomurg]

@@youngkingdom8131 I can highly recommend it man. Judging from your story you’ll love the sense of freedom you’ll get from it

[@scottmantooth8785]

*for me i prefer spending as much time in the mountains as i can manage as as far away from the sounds of technology and modern convenience as possible...i live near(ish) the Tennessee side of the Smokey Mountains...roughly an hours drive from Knoxville...sometimes the need to get to the mountains is so strong that i just have to drop whatever it is i'm doing and just go...i always feel at home in the mountains regardless of the weather or season...especially on the trails and away from others...a bit tricky there in the smokey's being how popular they are locally and from out of state/county tourist...Big South Fork up near the Kentucky state line is also pretty remarkable for the river rapids and rocky terrain they provide*

[@tomurg]

@@scottmantooth8785 Sounds wonderful, man

[@scottdixon2505]

The bit that stuck out to me was that Yavanna personally requested Radaghast be brought along. So maybe he abandoned the official mission he was there for but had another mission to be there from Yavanna which is why she wanted him there. So he was probably busy doing that.

[@alexandresobreiramartins9461]

Nah, as useless as Yavanna generally.

[@treydixon5399]

Two questions about Middle Earth that were never properly answered: 1. What happened to the Entwives? 2. What victims did Sauron corrupt to make his evil armies? We know the beasts Sauron created were made from torturing and corrupting animals, men, etc. I like to believe Radagast was sent out of compassion for those poor victims of Sauron. It was the Yavanna response to an SPCA ad she saw on late night TV.

[@quickclipsart1028]

@@treydixon5399actually, its hinted that the creation are counterfeits rather than corruptions. Like how treebeard says trolls are mockerys of ants. Cant imagine an ent being corrupted and trolls are made of stone anyway.

[@treydixon5399]

@@quickclipsart1028 I'll agree with that. But we are speculating. In one if the genius marketing moves of all time, JRRT said that he didn't know or wasn't sure on a lot of those questions.

[@jackhemsworth7515]

@@treydixon5399 the ents lost them. Not sure where. And the second point, Orcs were once elves. Tortured and re shaped by Morgoth

[@sama7085]

Middle Earth didn’t just belong to men. It was also home to birds, beasts and all other living things. Perhaps Radagast was their guardian and the Valar sent him out of compassion to those creatures who had no voice of their own.

[@kevinsmith3851]

Middle Earth didn’t just belong to men. It was also home to birds, beasts and all other living things. Perhaps Radagast was their guardian and the Valar sent him out of compassion to those creatures who had no voice of their own.

[@aputridpileofb-movies6542]

Radagast may have been under the command of Yavanna Kementari or of Vana, two of the Valar who have to do with plant and animal life.

[@fionamb83]

I think that was Yavanna's goal maybe. Because she did ask for the Ents to become a thing too inadvertently

[@randomaccessfemale]

Middle Earth didn’t just belong to men. It was also home to birds, beasts and all other living things. Perhaps Radagast was their guardian and the Valar sent him out of compassion to those creatures who had no voice of their own.

[@sonofgondor1696]

But some of them do have a voice of their own xD

[@JohnDrummondVA]

I choose to believe that Eru knew that Radagast would count returning to the undying lands as punishment, and so he was left where his heart was happy, with his woods and his friends.

[@rogueascendant6611]

I choose to believe that Eru would never punish Radagast just because he didn't do his part in defeating Sauron. No, I think he know already that this Maia is more attuned to nature than the folks of Middle Earth. Thus he just left him be bygone and bygone.

[@benedictkiswanto4692]

Well, among the four Istari who Tolkien said failed in their mission, Saruman turned traitor and was banished from Valinor and the Two Blue Wizards went East and disappeared, so I guess Radagast did have a happy ending after all living in Middle Earth tending to the birds and beasts. While Gandalf returned home to Valinor as Gandalf the White having completed his mission.

[@ProtomanButCallMeBlues]

I believe Radagast was supposed to be a cautionary example of what Gandalf couldve been if he let his attachments overcome his duties. Specifically attachment to hobbit life.

[@theharoldsshow]

Saruman: Evil Alatar and Pallando: Controlling some Magic cults in the Far East Radagast: Playing with the Animals of the woods Gandalf: Smoking Pipe-weed in Michel Delving

[@Parasmunt]

That's very well said. I think the five came over with baggage, attachments to the sphere they are associated with (Radagast with nature, Gandalf with social contact, Saruman with knowledge and study) and Gandalf perhaps alone (the blues) overcame the challenge of rising above that and keeping his focus on defeating Sauron. Radagast was good and remained so but he became sidetracked from his mission.

[@chancemccoy9221]

Why stop at Gandalf???? what you just said can literally be applied TO ANY CHARACTER IN THE BOOKS lol

[@ProtomanButCallMeBlues]

@@chancemccoy9221 because the fate of the Wizards specifically the other one's was supposed to exemplify that Gandalf was exceptional. The rest of his kind either abandoned their duties or turned evil. There is specific emphasis that Gandalf was special, going back to when Gandalf was given the ring of fire, and not Saruman, despite everyone else including Elrond agreeing that Saruman was stronger if not more suitable.

[@pietrpiepir6444]

Blue wizards didn't start cults, they were instrumental to the victory of the West by weakening Sauron's armies in the East

[@regalecusglesne3022]

radagast was always my favourite. from the books i always perceive him not as the comical caricature of the movies, rather a grumpy old man that just wants to be left alone and sometimes helps you because deep down he cares.

[@theharoldsshow]

“Get off my Lawn”

[@NathanCassidy721]

“I just want to feed the ducks and collect ma’ pension checks!”

[@nicholasohren9644]

That’s how I always picture him too!

[@samwisefamgee]

Did they really think they could send a guy named “lover of birds” to a land filled with giant magic forests and NOT have him get distracted? And with dark lords in the East or whatnot and men at war, who could blame him! I like to think Rhozgobel is mobile if Radagast wills it, given he doesn’t travel much but would trade his divine mission to tend the beast and forests of middle earth. And as such, I’m sure he would rather fade amongst his beloved beasts of middle earth than return to the Valar. Maybe he, Tom Bombadil, and Gandalf had a jolly old chat before the latter departed! Excellent video, thanks for your work!

[@NerdoftheRings]

Haha! That is a great point. His name isn't "helper of elves and men"!

[@cassinipanini]

Rhozgobel being mobile made me picture a Baba Yaga style chicken hut

[@stevenhicks7613]

Radagast is a wizard. His home could magic away to the nature it needs to be in when it needs to be there.

[@theharoldsshow]

If their was a big threat to the beasts and birds, Radagast would certainly show his true power, and maybe then, he would have garnered more respect in Middle-Earth

[@dr.strangelove9815]

Radagast survived the ages, still roaming Middle Earth's wild places.

[@foxykc]

That is my thinking as well.

[@chancemccoy9221]

No he didn’t

[@chancemccoy9221]

No he’s not lol

[@straker454]

He continued to live on earth until these days when he adopted the name Sylvester McCoy and played the 7th Doctor and later a wizard named Radagast, lol.

[@immortallegacy100]

I tend to think Radagast didn't "fail" so much as fulfilling the purpose of Yavanna whom he served. He wasn't sent to Middle Earth to specifically thwart Sauron, but rather to care for the beasts and plants. He still considered Sauron the enemy and helped where he could, and it's entirely possible that he's the wizard that the three hunters saw near Fangorn Forest and who sent the great eagles to save Frodo and Sam (or at least pointed them in the right direction). Even if he'd been given the choice to sail west I don't believe he would've taken it, but I do like to think that there was a standing off for him and possibly the Blue Wizards seeing how Tolkien made some contradictory statements about them. As for being a master of shapes and changes of hue, I think the latter probably refers to the changing of the seasons. Nature changes in hue every season, and shapes could be all things of the natural world.

[@colinjohnrudd]

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[@wolfgangkranek376]

Also he helped Gandalf in many ways. And I'm referring to the books.

[@claudius_drusus_]

Tolkien says in a letter that only 1 remained faithful. And thats Gandalf. I disagree. Radagast, while a cool and awesome character, didn't do what he was asked. He was too negligent altho he did occasionally help.

[@immortallegacy100]

@@claudius_drusus_ He also said in other letters that the Blue Wizards were possibly the reason why Sauron's forces weren't as powerful as they could've been and played an integral role in the protection of Middle Earth. Letters contradict each other, so my theory is entirely possible.

[@claudius_drusus_]

@@immortallegacy100 not really. There's too many holes with your theory. The Istari were specifically sent by the Valar to help the free peoples of middle earth counter Sauron. They weren't sent to guard them or care for beasts. Radagast neglected his duties. Even if we assume the blue wizards did help a bit, that doesn't exonerate Radagast of negligence.

[@SchwartzerAdler]

I'd like to imagine Yavanna telling Radagast in private: "Know this, my friend, that your mission will present itself in different ways. I will see to your being sent west, along with the Istari. But your task there is to care for those the others care little about, for they are innocent, and yet so vulnerable. If you do well, you will never return to the Undying lands, for you are needed elsewhere. Make your house in a place where you may be of help, and let my creatures come to find you. You will play your role in the struggles that may come, but it is a different one. Now go, and find your place."

[@chancemccoy9221]

Wow your ability to write “in character” is truly awful. I feel like I’m reading a 12 year old trying to write his own version of LOTR and it it just completely fails

[@SchwartzerAdler]

@@chancemccoy9221 Okay. Your turn, then.

[@renamamiya5518]

@@chancemccoy9221 I like it

[@vazev]

I really like this.

[@constantineprime5436]

@@chancemccoy9221 well, I liked it

[@Jasongy827]

Honestly, since he didn’t sail west, I think he spent his days in middle earth most likely dying and fading (spirit) away to the west.

[@bigcabba]

Fan fiction here: after the War of the Ring, he assists the Ents in finding their Entwives.

[@Sleeper800]

@Marinebattleships 1 Maybe Allotar and Pollando secretly are the Entwives.

[@emilianozapata2530]

Thats a nice one bro

[@Arterexius]

@Marinebattleships 1 I doubt that as Radagast doesn't travel much, unless in great need. He would only seek out Allotar and Pollando if they had something of which he was in great need of

[@concept5631]

@@Sleeper800 Maybe Allotar and Pollando and the Entwives were the friends we made along the way.

[@amiradatumanong9092]

Wow, that reliefs me. i was very sad for treebeard and the other trees because they might go extinct someday if they won't find their wives. also, it's sad to be lonely if they aren't gay of course (hehe) (sorry do trees get intimate to each other in the first place) I love treebeard so much, his poems, his patience to merry, and just because he's a ent. It sucks to be so hooked at the LotR but not able to read the whole tolkien books.

[@flyingsodwai1382]

When Gandalf says he's a master of shape and hue I think he means Radagast has chameleon-like powers. When Elrond's scouts investigated Rhosgobel the brown wizard was there... he just didn't want to be bothered with the affairs at hand as he had his forest to attend to or as Scott Dixon noted a task set by Yavanna.

[@Garl_Vinland]

A true internet dweller

[@OrchestrationOnline]

I totally agree with comments here that point to Radagast's mission being dedicated more to preserving and protecting the animals and plants of Middle-Earth than Elves, Men, and Dwarves. In a sense, he's the personification of St. Francis of Assisi in LOTR.

[@BrandonFesler]

It’s a shame that we didn’t get more information about Radagast after the war of the ring. JRR certainly instilled a great sense of his own fondness for the natural world in him. I would think that Yavanna would task him with healing the hurts of the world rather than to destroy anyone, even Sauron. Perhaps Tolkien was a bit harsh on his assessment of our favorite brown wizard.

[@NerdoftheRings]

It's funny bc on one hand I wish we had all of our questions answered, but on the other, it kind of makes the world more intriguing that there are mysteries within it. I like that Tolkien's mysteries seem like genuine mysteries - and not just plot holes like you may encounter in other hitherto unmentioned franchises. lol.

[@thegreenmercenary]

The way you ended this video was so sweet and satisfying. Thinking about Radagast in his humble tree house, helping the innocent animals and sighing contently forever, makes me smile.

[@NerdoftheRings]

I would like to think he had a happy ending. I’ve been interested in Radagast since first reading LOTR.

[@pauloconnor5850]

What an under-rated, mushroom smoking, rabbit rearing oddball of a man!. A great character

[@g0lgrim1]

In my Headcanon i whould even asume that Radagast not only could shapeshift like Beorn BUT tought the Beornings the magic of Shapeshifting because he saw in them the same love for the nature and creatures of the wild that was in him... and so he gave them a way to become the nature and be with Yavannas creation in unity.

[@Nerd_Detective]

I've always felt that having faithfully fulfilled the requests of both Gandalf and Saruman, Radagast turned his attention to what he loved most in the world: its animals. I agree that he likely survived -- if Sauron had captured or killed him, he'd have gloated about it. But since Radagast had called upon his animal friends for information, perhaps word came to him of a distant threat, one to the natural world that Gandalf wouldn't have prioritized with the war looming. He may have abandoned the people of Middle Earth in their hour of need to address some creeping darkness encroaching upon wilds unknown that were scarcely of any concern to men or elves. No doubt Sauron's evil was spreading far and wide. Therefore, I think the old man encountered by the Three Hunters was in fact Radagast, in the midst of his new (self-appointed) mission. The question is which way was he going? Was he still wandering slowly back from his meeting with Gandalf, and thus heading into the North? Or after returning to his home, had he turned to go into the South or West, maybe even as far as the Blue Mountains? Was he at Fangorn for some specific task, or was it just a waypoint on a longer journey? Where he'd have gone is uncertain, though as he failed his mission I think we can feel safe in assuming his journey did not contribute to the final victory, but rather was some localized threat, and he was not thinking of aiding in a victory against Sauron when he set out. Wherever he went, it was no small journey. If he'd merely dealt with some darkness threatening the animals in the north of Mirkwood, or in Fangorn, or in the forests of the Enedwaith or the Blue Mountains, he'd have eventually returned or at least been encountered by elves or men. As there is no such footnote, we can presume that his journey took him someplace far away, where he'd never again encounter the people of Middle Earth (at at least, not any people whose tales would reach chroniclers). I presume he ultimately settled in some hidden corner of the world, forgetting entirely about the rest of the world and delighting in the company of nature. He might even have felt some guilt in abandoning his order's mission, and chose not to appear again. I wonder what would have happened if Gandalf the White had encountered Radagast at Fangorn. Would he have convinced his fellow Istari to stand with the people of Middle Earth? And if so, what might he have contributed? They would have retained many spies and messengers, and perhaps even strong creatures to make some places treacherous for Sauron's forces, if only Radagast had stayed true to his mission.

[@onatyungul872]

İ believe that Radagast stayed true to his mission; 1-Wasn't it was the Radagast that coordinated the Eagles assistance? if so then we can also assume that Radagast himself was at one point at the Battle for Morannon (black gate) (albeit not mentioned), 2- there is a mention that Radagast is a master of form etc...... And there is this guy who shows Theoden a safer way (which also covered in mist) (?) towards Minas Tirith maybe that was Radagast(?). . . What i speculate is hovewer that if Tolkien wanted to have a closure for Radagast it would've been that he stayed behind at Mordor to re-heal the land and "deal" with Shelob (and/or any other children of Umgoliaht)(like spiders in Mirkwood)

[@Nerd_Detective]

We know for sure that Radagast asked birds to bring news about Sauron's movements, which led to Gwaihir rescuing Gandalf at Orthanc. From that point on, Gwaihir seemed to be actively cooperating with the Wise, since Galadriel sent him to find Gandalf, and Gandalf then sent him to find the Three Hunters. It's not completely clear from the text (at least from my memory), but it seems the Eagles joined the battle at the Black Gate because of the coordination started by Radagast, though not at his explicit request. But I do find appeal in your idea that that Radagast stayed behind to mend the land because of his love for Middle Earth and its living creatures. We know from Tolkien's thoughts later in life that he'd reconsidered the failure of the Blue Wizards, wondering if they had in fact succeeded in hindering Sauron in the East to some degree. Perhaps the same can be inferred about Radagast: that he "failed" by straying from his charge (to aid the people of Middle Earth), but ultimately his works still contributed, even if he eventually abandoned his mission because of his stronger attachment to his animal friends.

[@chancemccoy9221]

Again with the personal feelings lol you get to have personal feelings about a story you didn’t write lol plain and simple lol

[@evolutionarydeadend6812]

@Chance McDoy You sure told them

[@1mol831]

Maybe he would reach the dark land

[@Shaden0040]

Your impression of Sylvster McCoy is spot on.

[@joeybox0rox649]

In a word, "WONDERFUL!" Your heart felt ability to tell these tales, simply improves with every telling. Thank You!

[@andrewthomas891]

Awesome point of view! Perhaps Radagast was the agent for Yavanna. She knew the Forest and Critters would need a Champion. His ability to aid against Sauron was the perfect match to aid all life in Middle Earth.

[@DataLal]

I don't think you get enough praise for your reading and acting! You really bring these wizards to life!

[@jbrooks1111]

I just discovered the channel. I do not consider myself a huge fan of Tolkien but can appreciate his outstanding storytelling and genius level writing. There is so much to explore on the channel and I appreciate the quality research you put in and clear speaking you provide. You have renewed my interest.

[@NerdoftheRings]

So glad to hear I could renew your interest in Tolkien’s world! Welcome to the channel and thanks for watching/subscribing!

[@melkhiordarkfell4354]

I like to think Radagast is still walking our Middle Earth, to us, he is just a simple old man that still tends to nature and shares his wisdom with anyone that is kind enough to ask.

[@Nuqutu]

I would actually very much enjoy a movie just about Rafagast. He's so wholesome and sweet, and it would be fun to "get to know him better".

[@jordanhenry6478]

I would hope, it would be a bit more of a serious representation than in the hobbit. It annoys me slightly he walks around with bird poo in his hair 😂

[@godfreemorals]

Love this. Radagast is a favourite of mine too. Very St. Francis of Assisi. I very much like his hermit aesthetic. I suppose his 'failure' was that he shut himself away from the world and its dealings, which made him naïve and easily manipulable but still his heart is true and his intentions pure, so in passing a message to the Great Eagles he saved Gandalf. IF they made a Hobbit film and made the Radagast character involved in a comedic chase scene that would be terrible, but luckily no-one ever made a nonsense trilogy of the Hobbit... nope, nobody made it.

[@specie44]

He is probably tending the earth and creatures as he has always done. Such deeds often go unnoticed, but they are not done for recognition.

[@Rekaert]

I find it likely that he survived, being such a small threat to the enemy, despite his Maiar nature. It's likely that he continued much as he had done, largely neglecting the politics and affairs of men, dwarves and elves, and instead tended to the wild, to the animals and beasts within it.

[@codemancz798]

Reject humanity, return to Radagast.

[@odd-ysseusdoesstuff6347]

Wise words to go by,

[@Amiramekki]

I like Radagast. I, too, would prefer any day spent in nature with cute animals over tiring men with big egos. Poor man just wanted to be left alone. He kinda reminds me of Tom Bombadil. He was present but also like not. These travels series are great Thanks.

[@chancemccoy9221]

Well in that case thank god you won’t ever be appointed to protect anyone, because they’d definitely die day 1 with you in the mix lol

[@michakoniecpolski5677]

bruho momento

[@Amiramekki]

@@chancemccoy9221 Yeah I 100% agree, considering I am almost 5 foot 2. Imma join the hobbits when I ever need to fight. :D

[@andydalfen8771]

Radagast's spirit lives on, in every conservationist and protector of flora&fauna.

[@marionbaggins]

Love your voice for Radagast the Brown, it sounds a bit like his actor Sylvester Mccoy combined with your voice!!!

[@henrikmogensen4276]

Not all stories need only heroes and villans. Radagast is such a kind soul. And those are also important.❤

[@nathanaelheil2818]

I like to think that Radagast found his way back to Amon. Even though he loved nature too greatly, he still assisted the free peoples in the war of the ring. Perhaps after a life of comfort in the forest when death finally came to him, hos sporit found the hidden road and made it's way back to Valinor, where he was chided and forgiven for loosing his way.

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

Radagast will never be found for he has shape-shifting abilities that can fool anyone.

[@annamay6351]

I have just recently found your channel and adore it! This video made me a true follower of you. Radagast is a pure druid, living simply with nature and not concerned with the people and politics around him. I absolutely hate the movie version showing him as an absent minded mad scientist type. I am older and have read and reread and reread the books since the 70s. I love how you really delve in deep and your youtube shows will make me have new point to ponder when I reread them again. Thank you!

[@TimZandbergen]

Could you do a reading of the famous conversation between Saruman and Gandalf? "I am Saruman of many colors!" is so symbolic.

[@gnometroll1717]

Oh wow, I don't know if it was my question or not that motivated this video, but that's awesome. Keep up the great work you are doing.

[@RadagastDaltrey]

I have always thought it possible that he had something to do with the eagles showing up at the black gate, since their being there is never explained, and he was tight with them.

[@sandal_thong8631]

In that case he should have gone with them. But he didn't in _LotR_ or _The Hobbit_

[@berserkersam9118]

In a way Radaghast makes me think of Sam in that he had a love for a quiet, simple life and enjoyed the simple pleasures in life. I do wish he had a more prominent role though as he makes me think of druids who are my favorite kind of wizard in fantasy

[@Nuklz1981]

Another great video. I loved Radagast from my first hearing of him through the tales my mom told me while growing up. Then reading the four original books, and the Radagast in the Hobbit movies also would have been a great guy to hang out or go camping with. Keep up the good work.

[@julien156]

Hate the way they portrayed him in the films. Like some bumbling crazed forest nymph. This guy was one of the Istari! No respect. He may have been lesser amongst their order but Saruman looked down of everyone. Great video though.

[@Paulafan5]

But he was rather useless in the books. All his power and he just hung around with birds and beasts.

[@colinjohnrudd]

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[@qwertyTRiG]

@@colinjohnrudd Hi Colin! Have you seen Lindsay Ellis's analysis of what went wrong with The Hobbit films? The Lord of the Rings films missed a lot of the richness of the books, but The Hobbit was a whole different level of messed up. kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4W1hoRjh7CZi9U (Lindsay was nominated for a Hugo award for this video essay. It's really really good.)

[@Pizzagoblin]

I think he was just a contrast to all the mighty wisdom the wizards are supposed to have. Sometimes there is greater wisdom in not thinking too much.

[@aran2457]

No, I think they portrayed him in the right way. That was how I saw Radagast.

[@Jeffrikszgaming]

Man I've never been tis early to watch ya vids! Awesome vids mate! :) Keep em going!

[@NerdoftheRings]

Welcome to the early crowd! :) Thanks for watching! I will definitely keep the vids coming.

[@Jeffrikszgaming]

You make very good content buddy. :) Good job! :D

[@idemditto]

I love Radagast. Hope we see him in another movie or series in the future. He deserves more attention.

[@46raulfull]

Since he was sent by Yavanna maybe he helped Treebeard assemble the ents and helped thus take down isengard and Saruman. If i remember correctly, when Pippin and Merry meet Treebeard, the ent council is already approaching a reunion.

[@Pizzagoblin]

Hey, I just discovered your channel and this is the first video I saw from you. I already subscribed, very well made and good storytelling! Can't never have enough of LotR lore/speculation.

[@NerdoftheRings]

Welcome to the channel and thanks for subscribing! Glad you found us!

[@g_aware_nerd]

The seventh doctor playing radagast is so perfect.

[@offtheradar-5802]

I knew I recognised him, I just couldn’t put my finger on from where...

[@jesuscoyt-munoz2753]

Great video nerd of the rings. And I feel like maybe radagast sent messages to the eagles to help with the war of the ring, and maybe yavanna allowed him to return since he did his best to protect nature and helped his fellow wizards to the best of his abilities! Radagast though in my opinion was a good wizard and ally to the free peoples!

[@kayrosis5523]

Perhaps Tolkien was wrong about his own character. Radagast was included in the Astari solely at the request of Yavanna, she was the one who sent him to Middle Earth for her own reasons, and Radagast proceeded to serve Yavanna all his days in Middle Earth. He played a small but critical part in stopping Sauron, almost by accident, but that Single-note Solo in the music of the Ainur before returning to the harmony was just part of his main mission given to him by Yavanna, and he never faltered or failed in it.

[@TheDrumminjay]

Thanks for making these, my friend. Good to know that I'm not the only Tolkien nerd. I really hope that amazon makes the series about the second age. That will be amazing to watch!

[@Eliras24]

Ye when thinking about who Radagast could’ve been serving it wasn’t that hard for me to figure it out it was Yavanna 😬 I mean it was the easiest if we think about it

[@andrewwiggins7374]

Radagast as an archetype pops up in many works of fiction. He represents the incorruptible outlier whose priorities are detached from the main stresses of those within the broader body of work. Brooks from Shawshank Redemption; Platon Karataev from War and Peace; Simon from Lord of the Flies; Boo Radley from To Kill a Mockingbird. Most of them transcend the circumstances that are driving the main story with a sense of detachment or otherworldliness. When they do intervene, it is because they intend only the briefest of interactions, and one that does not deviate from their inner character. Those of us who have seen Slingblade would feel that this might have been the reality of Karl Childers had he never met the little boy. He is a fascinating character because he would have preferred a simple life like Radagast, but he is pushed into the world of men out of necessity to protect the little boy, and makes many efforts to retreat back into solitude and innocence but finds he is unable to. His response to the world outside of the asylum is much like of Brooks from Shawshank. Childers comments that the world, "is too big", whereas Brooks comments that "I don't like it here; I've decided not to stay." One can imagine that this might be the evaluation of Simon from Lord of the Flies or Boo Radley if they had been asked about the events surrounding them, dark events that seemed to prey upon their efforts to retreat back into solitude and innocence.

[@jarilaukkanen8487]

Top tier

[@NerdoftheRings]

Thanks so much, my friend! I'm so glad it seems people enjoy the atmosphere I try to set for my videos. :)

[@jarilaukkanen8487]

@@NerdoftheRings You're welcome

[@jarilaukkanen8487]

the atmosphere you create feels mystiical and magical for me. very great!

[@Nonzeromist67]

Can I just say, I've always been a fan of TLOTR but only the movies, I've only recently come across your channel and already have the desire to read the books, your animations, use of artwork and damn near perfect voice narrations inspire and captivate me, not many quality channels like this, Thank you!!

[@NJranger37]

All your travels videos are awesome, definitely subscribing for more! Keen to see a Legolas one :)

[@jordans4827]

Radagast... the unsung hero. The hero with a secret mission of greater long-run importance.

[@eberco5]

Another great video!

[@NerdoftheRings]

Thank you, mellon!

[@amandayancosky]

I stayed up all night until 7am studying and listening to these videos and honestly, I'm here for the voices you do! 🙌 😂

[@Lee_Lee1776]

I really like how you include some dialogue from the books and do the voice acting. 👍👍

[@NerdoftheRings]

Thanks so much! I really appreciate the feedback and am glad you are enjoying the channel. 😁

[@inakiiribarrenlineros8594]

Radagast is awesome in his own way. I think he speaks to many of us folk that live in the more rural parts of the world.

[@RealMadridAbsolutely]

Do one for the blue wizards

[@NerdoftheRings]

I'll add them to my queue! They are perhaps the greatest mystery of Middle-earth. I remember first finding out there were more than two wizards and my mind was blown.

[@sameehkins5957]

It will be really tough, considering there's barely anything written about them. Just a few paragraphs scattered across various books. But i'd love to see Nerd of the Rings' interpretation of where they ended up.

[@joshuah.4496]

@@NerdoftheRings it seems very likely that they were going to be prominent in the sequel to the LOTR that Tolkien started writing but only got about 30 pages in. It is said they became unwilling servants of the enemy and the way the beginning of that sequel was written it sounds as if corrupted sorcery was about. Since the Nazgul were destroyed and Sauron lost his power the blue wizards really seem to be the only characters that would fit with the description. And their talents were always working behind the scenes and sowing discord and dissent among their enemies and that’s exactly what is being done in the kingdom of men in the sequel. I’m just going off old memory so I may be getting some things wrong but I highly recommend reading the bit Tolkien wrote of a sequel if you do decide to cover the blue wizards

[@scottdixon2505]

@@joshuah.4496 yeah Tolkien abandoned that story because it was getting too dark and not like his usual stories. So I would imagine that if the blue wizards were involved in that story that it would not have gone well for them etc.

[@austin7203]

@@NerdoftheRings The blue wizards are rumored to have failed in the end and became servants to Sauron and would have probably been the cause for The New Shadow but he never finished it so we will probably never know. The Blue Wizards played a big role in the second age but from behind the scenes they largely had a very undercover role.

[@ladyalaina42]

Such a wonderful telling of the Brown wizard. Thankyou !

[@EandreB21]

Just recently found this channel and i absolutely love these Travels videos, would like see you cover Cirdan on one of these because of his long life, Or Finrod (my fav).

[@NerdoftheRings]

Glad you found the channel and thank you for subscribing! Those would both be great characters to cover. I'll make sure they are both on my to-do list! Lots of future videos coming!

[@NicholastheGoose]

Just came across your channel and I have been watching all of your videos. Excellent quality and information! Keep it up!

[@NerdoftheRings]

Thanks so much! So glad you are enjoying for the channel and thanks for watching/subscribing!

[@CP-od4wn]

Thank you for all your videos, they've softened the edges of a harsh pandemic

[@GarretGarlinger]

Awesome video!!! Love the LOTRO add in. I think LOTRO dose a good job of adding story that is not cannon with out ruining anything. Awesome video! I did not know all of this. I learned a lot!

[@alexharris6481]

Ahh, yes. More elite content!

[@NerdoftheRings]

Thank you, my friend!

[@cdciam09]

I would listen to you read the entire series. I love your voices for all three wizards!

[@MKF30]

Love this guys vids the way he pronounces all the LOTR words and your knowledge is beyond impressive. My dad and you would get along. I know just the basics but alot od stuff feom the books, lore facts I don't know. My dad was explaining to me when the films came out the stuff they left out and I was just confused with more questions lol. Great job nerd of the rings! RATAGAST is my seco s favorite wizard after Gandalf! My guess ratagast went into some sort of exile with animals somewhere lol

[@NerdoftheRings]

Your dad sounds like a person with good taste! 😁 Thanks for subscribing! Glad we could geek out over LOTR together here on the channel.

[@MKF30]

@@NerdoftheRings For sure thanks dude. He was explaining to me one day how the Silmarillion a tough read, my old boss from a job years ago was a big hobbit and lotr fan said the same about that book. Lol. Must be challenging.

[@NerdoftheRings]

I had a tough time with it as well. For whatever reason, the audiobook read by Martin Shaw was a huge help. Made it so much easier to follow for me.

[@MKF30]

@@NerdoftheRings fixed spelling lol 😆 my fault Silmarillion. Yeah everyone I know who's read it or tried has said the same exact thing. Right on.

[@louisegogel7973]

That was lovely! Thank you for your wisdom in brining out what you can from each of those inhabiting Tolkiens worlds.

[@Roadrun98]

I like to think that when the Entwive's disappeared some went North and found protection by Radagast.

[@KayKudos]

Very enjoyable, this Nerd of the Rings, and I especially am fond of the voices used when quoting characters 🥰

[@FerdzCabana]

Radagast is the hero in the entire lotr and hobbit trilogy, without radagast gandalf is dead and there is no one to send message to the eagles to help the hobbits and the dwarfs from death encounter and war.

[@anthonypalmer802]

Amazing knowledgeable video keep it up The community and fans need more like this thank you!

[@haroldchase1881]

The old Wizard in his own way stayed true to the cause . He wasn’t a warrior . He did what he could to help using his own natural strengths

[@caseyhilsee1354]

I love hearing about the wizards! They’re all so fascinating to me. An excellent video as always!

[@NerdoftheRings]

Thank you, mellon!

[@danjackson4149]

he lived on to become a mythical being. he's now known as the Green Man.

[@katelandis6123]

Headcanon acquired.

[@alastairbrand5821]

Interesting that you mention The Green Man. If you look at a number of essays written on the lore of Middle Earth, it seems that Tolkien took The Green Man as his inspiration for Tom Bombadil. Which would rule ou Radagast as a candidate filling that role. If, as seems likely, he survived, maybe he is even now lying in front of a bulldozer somewhere in order to halt the progress of the M??? or possibly HS2. So, could he be? SWAMPY! (This will probably cause some confusion to anyone not from the UK)

[@saberhamlinconmaverickknud4821]

I love your videos so much! And, I also really love that Tolkien has put in endless mysteries in his Romantic Mythology!

[@BolanosC777]

Love your narrations, can you read the books to me lol

[@NerdoftheRings]

Haha! That would be fun to do a full audiobook reading!

[@tomatojeff2174]

I just watched the hobbit trilogy for the first time and Radagast was definitely my favorite character, don’t know why, he is just awesome.

[@sethwoodward6022]

Id love to know more of the blue wizards

[@wbwam7710]

I love Radagast, my favorite wizard. Want to live like him some day.

[@Serai3]

I was horrified by what PJ did to Radagast.

[@NerdoftheRings]

Did you catch my photoshop job at 10:13? Let's just say, I'm not a fan of bird poop in Radagast's hair. :)

[@arckocsog253]

I hated it, too! Bird poop and magic mushrooms?! Please

[@ulrichvonliechtenstein6138]

I loved that portrayal of Radagast.

[@Paulafan5]

You mean make him useful? Have him actually help anyone else?

[@Serai3]

@@Paulafan5 No, I mean turn him into a ridiculous clown. Dignity counts for something, you know.

[@felipeherminio4483]

A fantastic video you made my friend. Radagast is for sure one of my favourite characters in the books series. And for me Radagast had a greater part in the events that destroyed Isengard. He knew by Gawdir the eagle, that saved Gandalf from Orthanc that Saruman turned evil. He knew he was destroying the forest o Fangorn. My theory is that he left Rasghobel to help the ents and for that he went undercover, changing his form. You see that Gimli sees a strange wizars in the borders of Fangorn that it cannot be nor Gandalf nor Saruman. And for me for sure the Ents would not have awkwn on their on. So my theory is that Radagast went do Fangorn to help with the magic of Yavanna to save the creatures that where so dear to her. He was the wizard of natura e for me he was the one, going undercover to set in motion the aweknen of the Ents. And than returned to Rasghobel. For me he was the simplest and the humble of the wizards.

[@Stephen_D421]

Thats an interesting and likeable theory.

[@phoule76]

He became the original Berenstain Bear, obvs.

[@cmataira]

This is beautifully done! Thanks for collecting all the images! 🙏🏻❤️

[@jasonburch8282]

too many mushrooms for Radagast

[@NerdoftheRings]

But they're so tasty on pizza!

[@marcusrowan7212]

I agree with the general sentiment in chat that, while he may have forgotten the quest he was given, in a way he stayed true to what was most important to him and Yavanna. Caring for the plants and animals they both loved, and who were so often forgotten amidst the doings of elves, men and dwarves.

[@StailH]

Okey, let's see. So Radagast comes at Yavanna's request and with a mission to care for the animals and birds. And that's exactly what he does. His mission was not to help the other races, so I'd say it's just a matter of perspective and that he indeed acomplished what he set out to do.

[@SM-yc4qv]

Would be crasy if Radagast shapshifted into Bill the pony and was a small part of fellowship… would mind blowing :)

[@Chocc_Ice]

I assume Radagast can't shapeshift, because then he'd travel by turning into a bird instead of riding a horse, right?

[@joshjames582]

Yeah I think people possibly read too much into "master of shapes and hues". I took that to be in context of spells he could cast and lore he knew. Like he knew a lot about art or could conjure various sensual effects.

[@badground3534]

Radagast can’t shape shift because he is in flesh form and doesn’t really have powers or can cast spells. Radagast, Gandalf and saruman are counselors meant to lead with knowledge instead of raw power due that backfiring in the past (sauron and balrogs) imagine if saruman could cast spells how dangerous he would have been once he fell to evil. If saruman was that powerful Gandalf couldn’t have took on two full power miar spirits

[@nandaarmando5815]

Maybe it has something to do with the amount of energy he uses to shapeshift. Flying as a bird maybe equal as running or walking and that could be tiring. At least by riding horse, there's less energy consuming.

[@durwinpocha2488]

I know somebody who appears just like Radagast, complete with wild rabbit and bird friends. So nice to see reality behind JRR Tolkein's great work.

[@MrGimli96]

Can you post the song name you used in video?

[@mijiyoon5575]

Wonderful opening art ... THX whoever created it & this ch for using it

[@kanetownsend8675]

Yay

[@littlejonathorn6860]

Great Voices Nerd of the Rings!!!