The Nazgûl Chase - Book version | Lord of the Rings Lore

[@LoreOfTheRingsYT]

Did you find the hidden easter egg/White Wizard? Make sure to comment down below if you did! Really satisfied with all the new maps and animation skills I acquired during this video. I spent way too much time on this project, but I am proud of the end result. A special thanks to Tom Romain for providing his artistic abilities to create lore-accurate characters and illustrations for this project! Follow him on social media, link is in the description! Thanks to Poop train conductor, Teleperónwë MC, ElCapitaine, John Smith, Forrest Johnson, Paradox, Observer, Otto Sol, Samuel-A001 and Lucas Devick for their support! I very much appreciate the support; and your money all went into the services of Tom. If you found this project valueable, consider supporting me here: www.patreon.com/join/LOME

[@lucaswatanabe9429]

Found him.

[@LoreOfTheRingsYT]

@@lucaswatanabe9429 Where???

[@lucaswatanabe9429]

@@LoreOfTheRingsYT He's on the mountainside in the 3D Orthanc close-up.

[@LoreOfTheRingsYT]

@@lucaswatanabe9429 Great work!

[@lucaswatanabe9429]

@@LoreOfTheRingsYT Thank you.

[@christiannguyen1266]

Dammit Khamul you had ONE JOB

[@LoreOfTheRingsYT]

Ikr? Loool

[@KTChamberlain]

It should also be noted that in the book, Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin get their swords not from Aragorn but from their venture in the Barrow-downs. Fittingly, Merry uses his sword from the Barrow-downs against the Witch-king in The Return of the King.

[@LoreOfTheRingsYT]

Well said my friend! That's why Frodo's resistance scares the Witch-King and he is actually quite terrified.

[@HerrrLuna]

@@LoreOfTheRingsYT The Barrow blade is as dangerous to the Witchking as the Morgul blade is to Frodo!

[@NerdoftheRings]

Well done my friend! These animations always blow me away! 👏👏👏

[@LoreOfTheRingsYT]

Thank you Matt, and now, congrats on reaching 10k more subs since last time 🎂

[@khamullordoftheeastelings390]

Amazing artwork, cannot wait to see myself represented clad in armor and riding a terrible beast while hunting my Master's ring! *Nazgûl Screech*

[@LoreOfTheRingsYT]

The Black Easterling!!

[@JeffRebornNow]

The artistic rendering of the flood with the white steeds charging down to drown the Nazgul was excellent.

[@LoreOfTheRingsYT]

Lovely to hear that Jeff!!

[@djole93podbara]

Great, as always! I'm just glad that I was searching for a book version siege of Gondor just as you showed up!

[@LoreOfTheRingsYT]

Happy to hear that! Hope you enjoy both videos!

[@djole93podbara]

@@LoreOfTheRingsYT I've seen all of your videos, just saying that you started this channel just as i was searching for a good Pellenor fields battle. 🙂 I hope you do the war of the Dwarfs and the orcs soom, because it s such a tragic war for the dwarfs achieving a pyrrhic victory and loosing two kings and all..

[@LoreOfTheRingsYT]

@@djole93podbara Will cover the Angmar war first, but I definitely plan to cover that battle as well!

[@marckrieger3277]

Facts from the fellowship book and unfinished tales, selfmade animations in a dam good quality and scenes from the beloved lotro really well done!. The movies a great and all but seeing this really leave me in awe how well thought tollkiens work is.

[@LoreOfTheRingsYT]

Glad to hear that Marc! Even facts from the Marquette MSS letters, Tolkien's thoughts. Thanks for your support, it contributed to all the animations! Thanks!

[@dodgykingdom7502]

Fantastic Video and Artwork, Love the detail in the map and settlements.

[@LoreOfTheRingsYT]

Thank you so much 😀 Love to hear comments like that!

[@NOIDEAIWILLJUSTUSEHAILEYIGUESS]

Its always incredible how high the quality of your videos seems to get with each one, the improvements are huge. Keep up the good work.

[@LoreOfTheRingsYT]

Oh lovely comment as always! Thanks as always Hailey, love seeing you in the comments!

[@vortego210]

That was so intense. The entire plot of LOTR was hanging by a thread the entire time lol.

[@LoreOfTheRingsYT]

For sure! Gildor was crucial in that regard!

[@jonathantkyong8157]

Yeah it's very intense. If you tried the 80s LotR 2D games it's actually very hard to evade the wraiths. Unlike any RPGs at that time, our party had no chance fighting the wraiths, evading them without getting spotted is the only option.

[@sanin3213]

Dude you're an absolute legend for making these, I hope your channel get hundreds of thousands subscribers!

[@LoreOfTheRingsYT]

Thank you Sanin! Let's hope it goes in that direction!

[@MrSRA13]

This was brilliant! Really shows the genius and thought process in Tolkien. Wonderful animations. I love the Nazguls hunt for the ring. Terrifying beings lurking in a peaceful land, while our hobbits have to use the utmost in stealth and wits to avoid them.

[@LoreOfTheRingsYT]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it :D

[@samuel-a0016]

I am happy to help with such quality content. Very well done!

[@LoreOfTheRingsYT]

Your help truly contributed to the animations. Thank you Samuel!

[@lucaswatanabe9429]

Awesome content as ever, Mellon! The animation, the drama, the music! This video has it all! Keep it up!

[@LoreOfTheRingsYT]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@goodbanter4427]

Outstanding work

[@LoreOfTheRingsYT]

Thank you very much!

[@ldx8492]

Excellent as always, mellon!

[@LoreOfTheRingsYT]

Thank you mellon in!

[@MiniExpBounder]

Outstanding work, I love the completeness and flow of the whole narration!

[@LoreOfTheRingsYT]

Thanks my friend, your clips gave it something extra!!

[@CraigRodmellMusic]

Good stuff! I'm glad I got the notification!

[@LoreOfTheRingsYT]

Glad to hear it! Thanks Craig :)

[@MasonBryant]

This is great. Really appreciate you making these videos.

[@LoreOfTheRingsYT]

Thank you! Glad to hear that.

[@heraldapostol8514]

Amazing artwork you did in this master piece nice one

[@LoreOfTheRingsYT]

Thanks! Tom Romain created something awesome for sure

[@Shabanezloth]

This was told amazingly, great job!

[@LoreOfTheRingsYT]

Thank you! Love feedback like that!

[@shanenolan8252]

I always get excited when I see a thumbnail from your channel. Thanks my friend

[@LoreOfTheRingsYT]

Glad to hear that Shane, love your support as always!

[@denniscleary7580]

That’s so funny I was literally watching the fellowship of the ring when I saw this, animations are looking ever so beautiful 👍

[@LoreOfTheRingsYT]

Love to hear that Dennis! Hope you enjoyed both this and the Fellowship :)

[@eddy._.1822]

Great video as all of them!

[@LoreOfTheRingsYT]

Glad you like them!

[@Imissmyoldusername]

I think that the idea of Sauron favoring a more secretive, borderline espionage type approach during the early stages of the War of the Ring is awesome. It would make sense for a ruler like Sauron whose primary objective is to control the world, not just destroy it. He's like a sleazy politician.

[@eliromero3464]

Keep up these vids they are honestly very awesome :)

[@LoreOfTheRingsYT]

Thanks :D

[@mightydwarf104]

You did it again mellon great video

[@LoreOfTheRingsYT]

Thank you Azaghal! For Azaghal was a mightydwarf!

[@marcconles6811]

Congratulations for the animations and graphics. Tom Bombadil was quite missing in the Peter jackson trilogy.

[@LoreOfTheRingsYT]

Thank you! Bombadil is the legend!

[@marcconles6811]

@@LoreOfTheRingsYT What do you think about Peter Jackson choice to miss him?

[@LoreOfTheRingsYT]

@@marcconles6811 I think it was correct, as he had limited time. The main feature of Bombadil in the book is to save Frodo and his companions while starting out and learning. Frodos resistance in the barrow is a leap for him as character. In the movies, Frodo appears weak compared to the Nazgûl, so I think Jackson did the correct choice based upon his situation.

[@vargaemy1334]

Great video as always.

[@LoreOfTheRingsYT]

Thank you!!

[@einsoldaten1591]

I was expecting that a video will come soon and comes with great knowledge and artwork But i was suprised, that my expectations were greater that i was expecting Keep up the good content! You have improve your skills than the last time :)

[@LoreOfTheRingsYT]

Thanks as always Marc, very great to hear that you saw improvement!

[@nathaniellong4281]

Glorfindel when facing the Nazgul: "You guys are nothing compared to the Balrog I killed!"

[@LoreOfTheRingsYT]

:D

[@GamingTremor]

Great video! Very enjoyable to watch.

[@LoreOfTheRingsYT]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@marwan8431]

It's just a suggestion but you could make a video about Nirnaeth Arnoediad: the fifth battle of Beleriand. That would be sick.

[@LoreOfTheRingsYT]

It's planned for 2021 at some point! Thanks for your suggestion :)

[@RLieutnant_61]

The video quality is awesome nice work :D

[@LoreOfTheRingsYT]

Thank you!

[@atakemalmustafaoglu5773]

That was an amazing video thx

[@LoreOfTheRingsYT]

Glad to hear that!

[@Divine_Chareka]

I've never been so early!

[@LoreOfTheRingsYT]

Congrats :)

[@castironchaos]

The animation definitely adds a layer of depth to this, but those who want written information about this in Tolkien’s own words can read the chapter “The Hunt for the Ring” in Unfinished Tales. However, that chapter ends just as the Nazgul are arriving at Hobbiton. All of the rest of this is original, and quite exciting.

[@Mezcon2]

I really like the animation and visuals!

[@LoreOfTheRingsYT]

Thank you! Happy to hear that!

[@DreamerFromBeyond]

Simply Beautiful... truly a labor of love. :)

[@LoreOfTheRingsYT]

Thanks for such kindness Mike, you always bring me joy with your comments!

[@shanenolan8252]

Thanks , I love glorfindel

[@LoreOfTheRingsYT]

Me too Nolan!

[@TheExecutorr]

There's a video from GeekZone about Glorfindel, might wanna check that out too :) it covered a lot of things I was not fully aware of

[@LoreOfTheRingsYT]

@@TheExecutorr Definitely check out GeekZone. His content is excellent and in-depth!

[@Busvre]

Would be cool to see a video done on the barrow downs etc

[@luqmanhakim6869]

Hey man, this was a really good video. I have a suggestion, maybe you can enable the English automatic subtitle, please? It was very hard to follow the video only by listening to your voice without the subtitle. I suggest maybe you can enable the "English automatic subtitle" please. Thank you very much & have a nice day.

[@superlegomaster55]

Love it! 😍

[@LoreOfTheRingsYT]

Thank you! 😊

[@thorshammer7883]

Is there any details about the tactics used during the Seige of Gondolin to make a video about it?

[@LoreOfTheRingsYT]

I hope to make that video in the future :)

[@lordpigster]

Hope that you are able to do the Battle of Unnumbered Tears or Nírnaeth Arnoediad, my most favorite and the most detailed battle written by Tolkien

[@LoreOfTheRingsYT]

One time in the future!

[@lordpigster]

That's great! Can't wait for it!

[@ewanmenziesstevens5211]

nice video

[@LoreOfTheRingsYT]

Thank you Ewan!

[@ewanmenziesstevens5211]

no problem

[@NewsRedial]

So the Nazgul are defeated/repelled by fire, water, a lone Gandalf, a lone Glorfindel and even a long Aragorn. I know the first two are badasses but Aragorn, despite being a great human warrior, is still just one man. So how are the Nazgul also considered so formidable? And what is it about water that hurts them so much? So what do they do when it rains?

[@Sting828]

Aragorn is the descendant of Elendil himself, and has somewhat true Numenorian blood. He's also stated to be superior to all his predecessors save Elendil and Isildur. Aragorn also had a will strong enough to completely dominate Sauron in the Palantir, so by the end of the TA, he's basically the most dangerous man alive thanks to his powerful blood and expert fighting ability.

[@LoreOfTheRingsYT]

This is correct. Aragorn basically wields the same stature and power as Elendur (the son of Isildur) according to Elrond. Elendur again, shared very similar traits with Elendil. Aragorn is like you say, the most bad ass man in Middle-Earth at the end of the Third Age.

[@LoreOfTheRingsYT]

Tolkien actually had some problems with this, as the Nazgûl had to cross many rivers in their path. How did they cross the greyflood for instance? Tolkien never solved this issues, and he didn't say why the Nazgûl hated waters, but some speculate it is because the power of the Valar Ulmo flows through rivers. We will never know for certain. As for the power of the Ringwraiths, they are not as deadly towards Elves and Maiar, as they can see the Ringwraiths in the unseen. As for Aragorn, see the other reply. Hope that cleared something up, and if it didn't, I do have a Nazgûl video which might be helpful

[@NOIDEAIWILLJUSTUSEHAILEYIGUESS]

Also. Quick question, Ive always assumed Anarion to be equals with his brother Isildur, since Anarion also lead one of the most impressive defences of Gondor, but is Aragorn also technically the heir of Anarion due to his relation to king Ondoher’s daughter? Anarion was powerful and wise, and I wonder if Aragorn was his equal.

[@LoreOfTheRingsYT]

@@NOIDEAIWILLJUSTUSEHAILEYIGUESS Technically yes, he would. Its often overlooked since he is the heir of Elendil which was basically the mightiest. But yes, Anárion was likely like Faramir, while Isildur more represents Boromir. That's just my quick perspective and assumption of it. The reason I brought up Elendur, is because he was believed to become as mighty as Elendil, his grandfather.

[@joeerickson516]

"Build,🏢 me an army worthy,🛐 of mordor?"👁‍🗨 Sauron.👁‍🗨 🖤 🔥 💍

[@tehwatcherintehwater2022]

Was Khamûl especially vulnerable to daylight?

[@LoreOfTheRingsYT]

Correct! He was the one mostly confused by the sun

[@mikegagne3263]

Everything seems to have occurred simultaneously. Hmm...

[@LoreOfTheRingsYT]

Yup :)

[@RobbyHouseIV]

Are you saying that Osgiliath was attacked (capturing the eastern side of the city divided by the Anduin) solely for the purposes of sneaking the Nazgul out of Mordor to begin an urgent search for the One Ring? I find this a bit hard to believe. I can think of a dozen different ways that the black riders could have easily left or entered Mordor without the Gondorians being the wiser. I assumed Osgiliath was just a practice run for the real deal to come. Sort of like the Spanish Civil War was for the Axis before WWII.

[@LoreOfTheRingsYT]

This is exactly the case that we are represented to us by Tolkien. The thing is, it bought the riders time before the wise noticed. It was genius

[@RobbyHouseIV]

@@LoreOfTheRingsYT Meh...

[@Ah1My-Spinach-Puffs1]

Say Glorifindel fast enough sounds like gryffindor.

[@mos4396]

👏

[@LoreOfTheRingsYT]

Thanks my friend!

[@psychodad5838]

hiiiiiii

[@LoreOfTheRingsYT]

Heeey you psychooo

[@psychodad5838]

@@LoreOfTheRingsYT I wanted just to say hello cause I was first but then I watched whole video. So cool!

[@LoreOfTheRingsYT]

@@psychodad5838 Thanks man, happy to hear that!