The Valar and Maiar imagined by AI

#valar #maiar #thesilmarillion
The video presents the valar and maiar illustrations from Tolkien's stories created with artificial intelligence and edited by a digital artist.
Theme music: Ancient fathers by Kyle Preston
0:00 Intro
0:15 Eru (Ilúvatar)
0:30 Melkor (Morgoth)
0:45 Manwë
1:00 Varda
1:15 Ulmo
1:30 Aulë
1:40 Yavanna
2:00 Irmo
2:15 Mandos
2:30 Nienna
2:45 Vairë
3:00 Oromë
3:15 Vána
3:30 Estë
3:45 Tulkas
4:00 Nessa
4:15 Mairon (Sauron)
4:30 Gothmog
4:45 Curumo (Saruman)
5:00 Durin's Bane
5:15 Aiwendil (Radagast)
5:30 Olórin (Gandalf)

[@Eye_Exist]

Ian McKellen and Christopher Lee's roles as Gandalf and Saruman were so incredibly good they have become synonymous to the characters. So much so that even the AI understands it.

[@Andy-dh2sv]

They were fucking perfect

[@jamesaron1967]

@@Andy-dh2sv Yep, impossible to find better actors for those roles.

[@leeannproctor47]

Peter Jackson was a genius to hire these legendary actors.

[@user-fg9xz4bz3b]

Christopher Lee met Tolkien in person and got his blessing to play one of his characters should a live action movie ever got made.

[@burakucak]

You know what i liked the most? Uploader/maker didn't just leave the presentation at Picture/names only. The information which is given both at the beginning and with each visual made it so much better. Informative for who haven't read it yet and memory refreshing for those who already did.

[@masicb]

Spot on! I am a big fan of Tolkien, and of course I know much more then it is written. But I still enjoyed reading every single sentence!

[@ir8free]

The vid might need some quotes on physical details.

[@leeannproctor47]

@@masicb tolkien fan who is your favorite valar?

[@fatherlouiswilliamssugaada1095]

Frodo:why do you pray to Varda and not Manwë? Elrond:we did at first,his response to everything was to send his eagles so we stopped trying

[@user-fg9xz4bz3b]

Very funny.

[@leeannproctor47]

Don't the elves pray to the other valar?

[@fatherlouiswilliamssugaada1095]

@@leeannproctor47 they do, but Elbereth or Varda is the one the reach out to the most, because the elves love stars above anything else.

[@GrinningNimbus]

Saruman didn't want to be Sauron's lieutenant, he wanted to take his place. He made the Uruk Hai as his own and told them to find the halflings and bring them to him alive so he could claim the ring and overthrow Sauron. He never told Sauron that he knew where the ring was.

[@Danny_285]

Saruman literally just Christopher Lee version with seagulls

[@NeoArtiStudios]

Theme music: Ancient fathers by Kyle Preston 0:00 - Intro 0:15 - Eru (Ilúvatar) 0:30 - Melkor (Morgoth) 0:45 - Manwë 1:00 - Varda 1:15 - Ulmo 1:30 - Aulë 1:40 - Yavanna 2:00 - Irmo 2:15 - Mandos 2:30 - Nienna 2:45 - Vairë 3:00 - Oromë 3:15 - Vána 3:30 - Estë 3:45 - Tulkas 4:00 - Nessa 4:15 - Mairon (Sauron) 4:30 - Gothmog 4:45 - Curumo (Saruman) 5:00 - Durin's Bane 5:15 - Aiwendil (Radagast) 5:30 - Olórin (Gandalf)

[@nachteulen_kollektiv2023]

"Aule Origin Story" - with Jason Momoa in a leading role!

[@dfringlord]

I love it, it very beautiful. 👏🔥👁🔥

[@drownedwick5813]

The wizard's interpretation was spot on awesome. Loved how Saruman had Orthanc and birds in the backround.

[@margaretalbrecht4650]

I'm impressed. I could definitely see each of those as being who they're supposed to be. Excellent job.

[@angelayang1850]

This is the most interesting interpretation of Mandos I've ever seen.

[@ir8free]

just bald like Professor X?

[@dizzlebizzle8424]

Tulkas has way too much armor on. He has no need for such trifles.

[@anonymouslyopinionated656]

In mother russia, armour wears Tulkas

[@glzasystm]

Mairon(Sauron) was not the greatest of the Miar............he was second or third......the greatest of the the Miar was Eonwe the herald of Manwe.

[@kitfisto9227]

He was propably greatest of miar in middle earth, but there were only around dozen of them in third age

[@ir8free]

Ilmarë and Eönwë were the chief Maiar.

[@ir8free]

@@kitfisto9227e was the greatest Úmaia.

[@lionofthemorning7997]

True. Mairon was the greatest Maiar that served Morgoth, not the greatest of the Maiar. The art is okay, but are too human looking. The Valar are supposed to be more akin to Elves than Men.

[@user-ts7oz7zp4e]

Yea. Most greatest trio is Ëonwe, Mairon and Ilmarë

[@ZakhadWOW]

How do you leave out MELIAN??

[@leeannproctor47]

Why was Melian, Osse and Unien not in this?

[@nefla2]

Arien, Tillion, Morinehtar, Pallando, Ilmare, Eonwë? Where are you?

[@faustomadebr]

Varda cant be generated by AI, because too great is her beauty to be declared in the words of Men or of Elves; for the light of Ilúvatar lives still in her face.

[@saelind73]

Well said. ❤

[@acephas3]

And for that reason, Melkor feared and hated her more than any Valar. And her handmaiden, Ilmarë was the most powerful of the Maiar, not Mairon.

[@adlerzwei]

Damn Ilúvatar looks badass. I'm a believer now. o.O

[@Ipsifendis]

i think you missed the two blue wizards :) but this was great!

[@leeannproctor47]

Amazon should have focused on these two since tolkien never wrote about their adventures.

[@ir8free]

Some basic canon details are wrong. Manwë has blue eyes and wears (sky) blue robes. Ulmo wears green scale armor and metallic headgear.

[@wagnar]

Only in the movies Saruman wanted to serve Sauron…. In the books he wanted to replace Sauron as the ruler of Middle Earth.

[@dopaminn585]

Well yeah but he did still serve Sauron in the books, even if it was not his end goal. In both the books and the movies he rebelled by trying to bring the ring to orthanc instead of mordor

[@Caledoniadream]

Melian? 😔

[@leeannproctor47]

Someone should do a segment on the maiar?

[@ebaymku]

The music is so great and ominous! It reminds me of how terrifying it must have been for Maeglin to stand before Morgoth. And how fearful we were for Huron when he did the same. Tolkien communicated the terror of Morgoth’s presence so well that when you read the silmarilion you can almost clearly imagine how terrible it must be to be near him let alone speak to him

[@user-fg9xz4bz3b]

I hate bald mandos.

[@jujitsujew23]

Aulë is basically Jason Momoa 😂

[@tubehicks7037]

A Elbereth Gilthoniel...

[@cronicasyleyendasdetolkien]

Varda

[@leeannproctor47]

I liked her jewelry.

[@cronicasyleyendasdetolkien]

Falto Alatar, Palando, Melian, Eonwë y Thurigwethil

[@anarion211983]

Manwe - Valar of doing nothing.

[@MegaMitrandir]

what about egles?)

[@anarion211983]

@@MegaMitrandir If he didn't fly himself to whip Morgoth behind it doesn't count much.

[@drownedwick5813]

Yeah all he did was nothing lol

[@ir8free]

Eru's will chose Manwë for loyalty over peace.

[@linsaitobeast4252]

​@@anarion211983напомню что из-за выпущенной силы в конце войны гнева затонул Белерианд, а там сражались только майр, эльфы и люди, если бы Манвэ выпустил всю свою силу там бы и Средиземью хана бы пришла, так что не совсем понимаю это утверждение, Манвэ понимал, что не может на полную махаться с Мелькором не уничтожив Средиземье, а может и А'рду в целом, к тому же Моргот был настолько ослаблен, что его бы и Эонвэ взял бы под стражу, слишком детское утверждение

[@tuor8087]

I approve of this great work.

[@scottnolan2833]

Nice job, but where is Melian?

[@rodeojoe1938]

I think Eru is so far off but the rest are close

[@Boog_masskway]

Would have loved to see the prompt

[@syntaxed2]

Much of the info is incorrect: 1. Arda is the world, (middle-earth is a continent) , Eä is the universe. 2. Mandos judge all spirits. Men, Dwarves, Elves and even other Ainur - But only men can pass beyond the constraints of the world (Gift of Men granted by Eru) to a place not even the Ainur know.

[@noldorwarrior7791]

Idk about you all but i really love those Balrogs.

[@ddrfraser1]

What?! No Eonwe? Osse? :( But great job. Also, what music was this? It’s awesome.

[@NeoArtiStudios]

Ancient Fathers by Kyle Preston, glad you enjoyed it 🙂

[@M_at_utub]

i see it almost once a day . this is incredible

[@user-fg9xz4bz3b]

Sauron looks like a menacing matthew goode.

[@Blananoo]

Ilύvatar is neither a Vala nor a Maia. Still cool picture though.

[@austypebbles]

he is the one

[@goodini026]

Manwe looks like a combination of Henry Cavill and John Cena with long hair lol

[@LucasRubini]

kkkkkkkk so true

[@johnmuzic3475]

I named my daughter after one of these lovely female Valar...was also the name of my great grandmother who was originally from the Caucasian mountains...long story,...but anyways, so glad I did...timeless beautiful names...also on a side note, the attributes of some of the female Valar/Maiar in that sweet animals love them and follow them everywhere is true also of my daughter...all animals, even those that are scared of anyone, lovingly walk up to her and are not afraid to be near her, they know how much my daughter absolutely loves all living things, even bugs, trees, flowers, she loves it all...they can feel it ...

[@LanfrancoAlbani]

I always think that the Valar and Maiar are not human at all, unless they wear a body to be physically in Arda, like Morgoth, Sauron, Melian and the Istari.

[@tomasrolter6729]

I suspect that the idea was to show the physical forms of these characters.

[@leeannproctor2966]

Ulmo looks sort of serpentine.

[@ir8free]

They aren't, but they shift into humanoid forms to sit on their physical thrones.

[@QueenMonny]

They can look however they want, and change their form the way we change clothes. They can also go about formless.

[@rbjohmson77]

Well that was bloody awesome! I salute you.

[@leeannproctor47]

A job well done .

[@pascalmarro391]

Magnifique

[@johngeiger3770]

It's interesting that both the Maair of Aulé, Mairon (Sauron) and Curumo (Saruman) turned bad.

[@carsonnesbit1178]

Manwë lookin like Mr. Clean with long hair

[@DreamLordGarsha]

I love the images and music in this video.

[@annecarter5181]

The music is spectacular! Hauntingly beautiful and so fitting for the Ainur.

[@Dragonrdm]

Eonwe?

[@edudelval6188]

More tolkien 🙏

[@martinek4826]

Eonwë?

[@Matthew_080]

Amazing work! I loved it❤

[@leeannproctor2966]

Nessa looks like rose mciver.

[@Morzok]

Awesome video but i gotta ask, what is this music, its godlike!

[@NeoArtiStudios]

Ancient Fathers by Kyle Preston. Thanks for watching!

[@leeannproctor47]

Bet sauron didn't look so good when frodo came along.

[@Solitude507]

Amazing video man keep it up!

[@stephenglasse2743]

Eru should not be depicted and certainly not anthropomorphically, The balrogs are not remotely scary which was a problem with the films. wizards are alright I guess and the valar are mostly pretty cool

[@jimbeaux89]

So cool

[@Tauramehtar]

Damn...what is that music 😮🤩

[@NeoArtiStudios]

Theme music: Ancient fathers by Kyle Preston

[@Tauramehtar]

@@NeoArtiStudios Thank you so much, I appreciate you letting me know. Killer video, by the way. Subbed. _EDIT_ I was #100, hell yeah)

[@NeoArtiStudios]

@@Tauramehtar You're very welcome. My pleasure.

[@ocbday]

Epic. Although ill admit i was hoping to see Ungoliant. I know shes not vala or maia.

[@williamking3301]

Actually, Ungoliant is classified as a Maia, one of many, like the Balrogs and Sauron, corrupted by Melkor long before Arda was made.

[@arsnotoria3755]

​​@@williamking3301 no, Ungoliant is a being as old as Arda itself and classified as a Nameless Thing, neither Maiar or Valar. Ungoliant was on Arda, along with a few other primordial beasts, like The Watcher, long before Melkor and the other Valar arrived. He did not have any control over Ungoliant either, they both shared the same goal and became partners. She wasn't corrupted by him, nor his slave. After she fed on the trees, she became too powerful for Morgoth and almost killed him. If it wasn't for Gothmog, Durin's Bane, along with a Balrog army pushing her back, making her retreat, she would have devoured Melkor. She eventually got trapped due to her size, and her hunger was so insatiable she ate herself alive. Shelob, her offspring is also older than Sauron and was on Arda before he was.

[@DarthRevan655]

What ai generation you use ? These are awsome

[@NeoArtiStudios]

Midjourney

[@leeannproctor2966]

The Balrogs are vicious looking which is how I imagined them to be.

[@apostolospapamicheal557]

In their true form ainur maiar and valar are all beautiful and bright like a shining diamond they are angelic beings of god eru iluvatar after all

[@leeannproctor47]

I find nienna and vana total knockouts.

[@user-fg9xz4bz3b]

Este looks like sleeping beauty.

[@brianpalaganas8774]

Great imagery! But where are the Blue Wizards?

[@karlgw]

even an AI would need a little more to go on than we have for the Blue Wizards

[@Boog_masskway]

Blue wizards have no names AFAIK

[@bluebird3281]

Why does Manwe look like John Cena?

[@user-fg9xz4bz3b]

Why does morgoth look like Megatron from transformers?

[@edudelval6188]

More about lotr

[@robertmiskell8117]

Eonwe is the mightiest of the Maiar and herald of Manwe

[@acephas3]

No, Ilmarë and Airien were mightier.

[@Ameslan1]

Forgot Melian!

[@stefanpieper3757]

No. There a hundreds if not thousands of Maiar. He didn't forget her just as much he didn't forget all the others.

[@Ameslan1]

@@stefanpieper3757 But Melian was a central character in the First Age which she being Maiar should not have been overlooked.

[@stefanpieper3757]

@@Ameslan1 More important than the literal Sun and Moon? More important than the Commander-in-Chief of the Host of the Valar? There are 16-17 (depending on Canon) named Maiar, some named character are possible Maiars, and he only included 6.

[@Ameslan1]

@@stefanpieper3757 Yes Melian is MUCH MORE IMPORTANT than those other Maiar that you mention because she was a CENTRAL CHARACTER of the FIRST AGE! She is Maiar just like Sauron, Saruman, Gandolf, Radagast, The Blue Wizards, and the Balrogs! Melian was not in the background like those other Maiar during the Age of the Music.. Melian had dialogue, she was the one and only Maiar to have sex with her Elf King husband and given birth to Luthien .. She used her Maiar powers to defend her realm. So YES.. She is more important and should have been INCLUDED among that group of AI Maiar!

[@stefanpieper3757]

@@Ameslan1 The first rise of the sun woke the first Humans. Pretty important. The rest of your argument rests on what WE see. But the most important Maiar lived in Valinor, not Middle Earth, were our story takes place. Melian is simply an outlier, because she is one of the few Maiar who kept residence in Middle Earth.

[@Kyle-qd2sy]

What was the music you used for this video?

[@NeoArtiStudios]

Ancient fathers by Kyle Preston

[@user-fg9xz4bz3b]

Very good pick.

[@bobspalding2477]

Love what you did with the Balrogs. Would have loved to see this implemented in the adaptations.

[@ir8free]

But why the stereotypical horns that Tolkien never mentioned?

[@anonymouslyopinionated656]

Aule Momoa felt off, and so did Mandos. The Balrogs should have been in their fire-spirit form, and the future Istari also should not have been in the form they took in Middle Earth. I really thought we'd see Melian.

[@saelind73]

I like Ulmo.

[@deadbrother5355]

Nienna is Tolkiens equivalent of the cholo Sad Girl.

[@edwardmcallister5681]

Nice work, I would like to see some of the other inhabitants of Middle Earth, maybe the Nazgul and Hobbits, the Ents as well.

[@Mushisamurai]

No blue wizards? 😢

[@ketugrahagraha3673]

Why does Irmo look so old?!

[@leeannproctor47]

My thoughts exactly.

[@user-fg9xz4bz3b]

Aule looks like how I imagined him to be.

[@anonymouslyopinionated656]

@@user-fg9xz4bz3b he looks a little too much like Jason Mamoa

[@Fiyshem]

Gandalf and sauron

[@AmatureAstronomer]

Nice.

[@tluangasailo3663]

where is geralt of rivia lol

[@robertpearson8798]

Aule looks a lot like Jason Momoa.

[@juancarmusic]

learn to do things right, amazon

[@leeannproctor47]

You sound like my brother.

[@ir8free]

some basic details are wrong, costume-wise.

[@afz3003]

I dont like that idea that Melkor is the modt powerful Valar. Most powerfull will probably, but both Tulkas and Manwe are stronger than him

[@Xhemnar]

ye only after he infused the world with almost all his power, before he would mop the floor with all the valar combined.

[@marvelnarniaarda6241]

Name of the artist ?

[@ChadSmith-nq8ty]

artificial intelligence

[@leeannproctor2966]

I like the biography part of this vid.

[@christiano9693]

Minor point: Mairon is not really a canon name. It's what we can call ascended canon or pseudo canon just because most people believe it so it's accepted but there is no traceable origin from Tolkien. My opinion, just let's pretend it's the real name, is a welcome addition to the lore.

[@anonymouslyopinionated656]

I mean if there is reliably Word of Tolkien, then it's canon, even if unpublished.

[@polybian_bicycle]

I love how they are all white. AI was not yet been corrupted by wokeness.

[@tevildo45]

Haha wokeness equals non white people existing.

[@polybian_bicycle]

@@tevildo45 Well yeah, in a fantasy setting that is basically medieval northern Europe.

[@tevildo45]

It’s fantasy pal. It never ever happened. Wizards, goblins, orcs ye no problem but somebody with non white skin just offends the life out of you. Also black people existed in medieval Europe. This is just an incontrovertible fact

[@torkilddenhje20]

@@tevildo45 so, by your own estimate you should have no problem if we do a representation of Wakanda as a full white population since white people also has live in Africa. This is just an incontrovertible fact.

[@rikk319]

@@torkilddenhje20 Getting worked up over who plays a character in a work of fantasy fiction is about the least important thing I can imagine. If that's the sum total of your worries in life then you're either a child with no life experiences or an impressively coddled snowflake.

[@shadhinov]

Wypipo prompts a generator

[@KirkLangford-nf8bs]

Gandalf was the wisest of all the Maiar and beat Sauron with strategy he played chess, and Sauron played checkers so Gandalf should be in the top 3 !

[@Ma55ey]

Who knew AI was so racist... Amazon would definetly not approve of this... lol

[@hyder5747]

We don't care. We love this

[@wilky1189]

Draw it yourself, you cowards

[@tigin11]

Eönwë was the mightiest of the Maiar in arms, Mairon/Sauron was the most powerful and Olórin was the wisest Maia. I think Melian would be able to hold off Sauron but Olórin said he was too weak for the Istar job and feared Sauron.

[@acephas3]

Ilmarë was more powerful than all three. Airien was also much more powerful than them. They just had other jobs.

[@MasterOfTheElements]

Tulkas, Orome and Eru are so hot😍😍😍🔥🔥🔥

[@bloodmachinebutbloodier]

wait a minute why are you simping for eru?

[@MasterOfTheElements]

@@bloodmachinebutbloodier cause he's a hot godly daddy

[@hulking_presence]

🤢🤢🤢

[@richardthomas5362]

I have to disagree. Varda was smoking hot. Vana and Nessa were pretty hot as well. The male Valar (and Eru) were impressive and intimidating, but not that hot.

[@MasterOfTheElements]

@@richardthomas5362 Well I am gay and while the female ainur were very beautiful, I still think the men were hotter.