The War of the Ring - The Second Battle of the Fords of Isen

[@TJDious]

"Erkenbrand goes missing. I'm not making that up."

[@kivilife]

3:01 "and the Moria orcs are just there to have a good time." Amazing line and totaly true. Orcs dwell in Misty Mountains are notorious party animals!

[@Kilo_Alpha_Delta]

Main thing I learned from this video is that February 30th exists in LOTR.

[@DarthGandalfYT]

Yep. Scarier than Mordor and Isengard combined.

[@michelmorio8026]

The Rohirrim should have built a castle on the isle in the Isen with the help of Gondor AGES ago! You don‘t defend your borders with riders camping in the field! If you‘re blessed with such a chokepoint, you simply have to fortify it even when your fighting force is cavalry

[@rnanni1048]

Im not that much into the lore of LOTR but wasn’t that the function of isengard in earlyer ages?

[@michelmorio8026]

@@rnanni1048 No, Isengard (or rather Orthanc) belonged to Gondor! When Gondor was still populated enough that their own men & women dwelt there (the land of Rohan was called Calenardhon back then, which at this point is 1500 years in the past) it was manned for a time, but then closed and the Steward got the keys of Orthanc! 500 years previous to the war of the Ring, the Rohirrim under Eorl the young were granted those unpopulated lands for their help against the Orcs & Easterlings (called Balchoth) and established their own kingdom of Rohan there! But they never possessed Isengard and 250 years prior to the war of the ring, the Steward’s gave they keys to Saruman or the Istari in general (in the person of him of course, cause he was their highest ranking member) So you see, the Rohirrim never used it in their history... but the Rohirrim as a semi-nomadic people also never really fortified any borders, might have a reason in their culture of being a mainly cavalry using nation! Never mind, a simple wooden motte & Bailey or a wooden fort with some towers on an isle in a river is already enough to control the area, defend it while some messengers get word to the Hornburg, Edoras and Aldburg to bring the Eoreds to the Westfold or at least force the enemy to attack on just the Eastern Bank while the western is relatively easy kept in check

[@zefft.f4010]

Gamling the Old. Gamling literally meaning something like "old one" in several Scandinavian languages. Old One the Old. I guess maybe he's old?

[@paolomesterom6899]

Yess, I was waiting for this one

[@jonystyles9473]

man ive been waiting for the details of these battles for years, thanks man youre amazing with the lore and with all the untraceable details of the fights, just amazing :) keep up th good work, always covering what no one covers! ;)

[@sageofcaledor8188]

Great video! Thanks for making it!

[@LeHobbitFan]

Niiiiice! I never knew much of anything about these battles, and your videos helped me greatly in understanding them better. Thanks !

[@ThomasDarby-yc7tt]

Moria orcs are just there for a good time AHAAAAAAAHA don’t ever change the way you write these scripts 🖤😂

[@criat1]

Great content i was waiting for this video and eager for the next one , keep up the good work.

[@jamiegregg9211]

awesome vid looking forward to the next one

[@jacksonczyzewski6070]

I absolutely love the inclusion of Third Age total war footage.

[@jonaszhaat9043]

Can't wait for next videos!

[@shanenolan8252]

Cheers

[@reecepip4857]

Sometimes I like to imagine that the he nordic viking influence extends beyond Rohan: picture the Fjords of Isen. Viking Rohirrim on boats fighting....wait for it....Orcas. Saruman's fighting killer whales. A sight to behold indeed. On the first light of the 3rd day, look to the sea.

[@michelmorio8026]

Rohan is rather influenced by Anglo-Saxons then Vikings, given Tolkien’s interests and the presented culture...

[@hazzmati]

Take the old anglo saxons and combine them with the horse culture of the scythians and you get the rohorrim

[@michelmorio8026]

@@hazzmati That’s why I said „influenced“... that doesn‘t mean identical! ...or else you would also have to mention that they aren’t praying to a Christian god like the Anglo-Saxons, don‘t have thralls and are actually semi-nomadic because of their horse flocks in the large plains 😉

[@reecepip4857]

Sheesh you know you got a tough comedy audience when the crowd factually corrects you as a heckle instead of shouting yo mama jokes.

[@bundayeti]

@@reecepip4857 What boat has a stern wide enough for horsemen to fight Orcas? YO MAMA! I will excuse myself now

[@serbianhistorygames]

On this channel, you like first, and listen later!

[@tspoon772]

Dude it's 1 am go to sleep

[@taraldarion2500]

There are such things as time zones

[@easytiger6570]

@@taraldarion2500 He is from Australia, and it was 1 am in Australia, original commentary stands correct

[@easytiger6570]

@@taraldarion2500 He can be from western Australia, but 12 pm doesn't make it much better

[@tspoon772]

@@taraldarion2500 i literally live in his Timezone

[@DarthGandalfYT]

Trust me when I say that 1am is never intentional. I always try to sleep at the reasonable hour of 12am.

[@soorenafirouzabadi633]

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