Units of Middle Earth - The Citadel Guards LORE DOCUMENTARY

The Lore of the Fountain Guard of Gondor! 💥Use my link to install BLOODLINE for Free: ✅ app.adjust.com/79gvtdz_10uhbq5 & Get a special starter pack [Available for the next 30 days]
In this lore documentary we explore the Units of Middle Earth by taking a closer look at the Fountain Guard of Gondor. Theirs was a long history which dated back to the founding of Numenor. In these early days of the second age, the high men which forged a realm atop the Isle of Elena were led by a line of Kings. Such rulers had at their side not only a council to provide wisdom but also a guard to see to their safety. Part of this responsibility was extended to the White Tree of Numenor which stood as a symbol of the realm.
Following the Fall of Numenor, the tradition of the Guard would be continued by the line of Numenoreans who escaped to establish the Kingdoms of Arnor and Gondor in Middle Earth. We trace their long history through the Second Age and into the Third Age which climaxed with the War of the Ring. We cover the equipment, organization, and service history of the Fountain Guard throughout this long period. In this way do we also cover the History of Gondor from the reign of the Kings, to the line of Stewards, and finally the Return of the King. We cover the various wars with Morder, the Easterlings, and Umbar with such conflicts as The Battle of Gladden Fields, The Battle of Pelennor Fields, and the Siege of Minas Tirith.
What Units of Middle Earth would you like to see us cover next?
If you haven't already, check out our History of Middle Earth video which serves as a primer for lord of the rings lore from creation to the second age.
Credits:
Research = Invicta
Script = Invicta
Narration = Edward Gil
Maps = L'Arpenteur Cartography
Artwork = Penta Limited
#documentary
#lordoftherings
#ringsofpower

[@InvictaHistory]

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[@pyeitme508]

Bruh

[@mariobadia4553]

We werent these badasses in the movies? Why replace them and the swan knights with cliche incompetent canon fodder??????? Why replace the swan knights with shitty cgi ghosts???????? It makes the gondorian soldiers look very incompetent if they need ghosts to save their asses.

[@slimshady6597]

@@mariobadia4553 cause peter jackson made a lot of mistakes too

[@soroushtorabi98]

I guess you're going to need a second channel for this . Like kings and generals Otherwise you're going to loose many history fans ...

[@GM_LEONG]

Holy smokes, I was waiting for a video on this Gondorian military unit, they look so regal. I loved PJ's depiction in LOTR

An honour to be given an opportunity to work alongside Invicta. A fitting swan song indeed. Thank you.

[@southtexasdeath]

Bro, so good to hear you

[@johnmiller8975]

You did a magnificent job

[@lordwurm450]

Great to see Arachir is still active after DaC! Next: the glorious, the marvelous... Hammers of Gundabad!!!

[@mikes1806]

Unfortunately, if I remember correctly, this was recorded quite some months ago and I doubt we'll have much more videos with Galu leaving KZbin and all.

[@lordjulian4263]

What a pleasant surprise to hear Gaulu here! Really did not expect that but love it all the more! Also looking forward to more middle earth units!

[@alejandrosakai1744]

Next Ideas: -The Cretan Archers (feat. Anatasia Tsilimpiou). -Ancient Greek navy (feat. Melissanthi Mahut). -The Medjay (feat. Abubakar Salim). -The Norse Ships (feat. Magnus Brunn). -The Minoan Labrys Warriors (feat. Michael Antonakos). -The Dromedarii (feat. Lee Majdoub).

[@moon-xq1dj]

Noldor spearmen

[@davemm9980]

Excuse me is this Arachir Galuditrithion I hear? Awesome partnership and great content as always to both of you!

[@antonionotmyrealnamo6333]

It sure sounds similar.

[@InvictaHistory]

It is indeed Galu! We've been in talks for a while and he helped me on some old content. Happy to have him on board for this one!!!

[@davemm9980]

@@InvictaHistory That's great to hear. He does have an amazing knowledge of all things Tolkien.

[@mpalfadel2008]

Outstanding partnership 👏

[@dominicseguin974]

Ah i see you too are a man of culture

[@WMfin]

I love it! However I think it should be mentioned if following the books or the movies as Tolkien never mentioned them having plate armor. I do love movie's vision, the same used in this video, but I think it is an important distinction to make. Next I would LOVE to see video about Houses of Gondolin, especially Order of Fountain, their leader Ecthelion and how they marched clad in white, diamond and silver, playing their flutes!

[@jchea1764]

When Denethor wants to enter the throne room every morning, he asks the Fountain Guard for their permission

[@artemo.shapovaloff5577]

Magnificently done, as usual. Please make something on the Elven army or Dwarf troops, they've both looked cool at the Battle of Five Armies)

[@johnsmead5096]

"it would be from the inside that the strength of men would falter." its always such a lovely line. ripe with doom, but Tolkien really did get people. any manner of exterior threat, and you can find countless examples of people rising above and beyond. but there is no seemingly unconquerable threat as moral character rotting away to wickedness and deceit.

[@thurahtun6428]

We already have a sense of how the late 3rd age Gondor soldiers look like. It would be interesting to see a similar breakdown video for the late 2nd age or the early 3rd age Gondor/Arnor soldiers and their armies, at the peak of their might.

[@thegermaniccoenus2525]

They didn't look different from each period unless they are from a different faction, Kingdom or fiefdom.

[@thurahtun6428]

@@thegermaniccoenus2525 If based on the movies, Gondor/Arnor soldiers looked different in 2nd age (Prologue - War of the Last Alliance) to what we see in ROTK. But I agree with your point that they would look different based on which fiefdom or region they come from.

[@cognitivedisability9864]

@@thurahtun6428 the men from the prologue while from arnor mostly would be extremely simillar to gondor as they pretty much just arrived in middle earth after the fall of numenor. In the 2nd age arnor probably looked different mabye even worse than in the prologue when you consider the fact that arnor split in 3 and then went to war against each other. 2nd age gondor is described as being great and very strong. When the vanguard of a gondorian army arrived in mithlond the elves there had not seen a force that strong since the last alliance. And that was just the vanguard of gondor with a huge fleet. Its after the fall of arnor that the witch kong takes minas morgul and weakens gondor through acts of war and pestilence.

[@thegermaniccoenus2525]

@@thurahtun6428 Yeah, but we shouldn't based upon the movies, which are fanon, like what they did here. The books have already provided a great source of information regarding to the kind of weapons or armor used by the armies of the Numenorian Kingdoms in Exile. Take for example the winged war-helm of the Citadel Guards. In the RotK, the helms of the Guards of the Citadel were described as "heirlooms from the glory of old days" and the Crown of Gondor, which was described in the appendices as of similar fashion to the Citadel Guard helm, is actually a Numenorean War-Helm that belonged to Isildur since his brother Anarion's head and helmet was crushed by a stone projectile during the siege of Barad-dûr. This mean that the Winged War-Helms used by Guards of the Citadel were of the older Numenorean design. And just to add, according to Book of Unfinished Tales, in the First Age, Tuor, the grandfather of the first Numenorean King Elros and the ancestor of the Numenorean Kings, also wore a Winged War-Helm. By that account, this just makes use of the helm unchanged and far older than the Kingdom of Numenor.

[@thurahtun6428]

@@thegermaniccoenus2525 Thanks for your comment. It is an interesting point regarding how Numenorean helms would look like. But what I am trying to say here is different.. I admit I have not read the books complete, but I am aware about the books' description regarding the arms and armour used. If I am not mistaken, the most common armour according to the books would always be the simple mail hauberk/shirt throughout the ages, unlike the movies where they implemented fantasy plate armour. I am just curious about Invicta's idea (Or the community's idea) based on what the audience have already seen from the LOTR movies. Like if there was a late 2nd age or early 3rd age TV show (like Rings of Power currently), how would these soldiers look like in those periods if that show follows the same design concept of the LOTR trilogy. According to the books, these soldiers would not look so different, most regular soldiers would be equipped with simple mail hauberk.

[@ArchCone]

Beautiful narration always loved the Citadel Guards.

[@jacobsedbrook410]

This single KZbin video is better than the entire ROP season

[@gregorjerman973]

One of the Elite Units of Gondor where the Knights of the Silver Swan.

[@The_Dodge_Meister]

thought these guys belonged to dol amroth not gondor a fief of gondor but not fully gondorian

[@haha__hihi]

@@The_Dodge_Meister they had some autonomy but were part of Gondor nonetheless I think

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

Swan Knights would also be interesting.

[@sageofcaledor8188]

Excellent video Invicta! It is great to hear Galudirithon's voice again! Give him my regards! I hope to see the Noldor swordsmen in a future video. The elves are excellent archers, but I hear how the elves, especially the Noldor high elves had the most lethal swordmasters in Middle Earth

[@Akira-tz4zd]

collab between my fav 2 channels, more please!

[@atillaborak1768]

The quality of your videos are amazing! Respects to the artists. Im also looking forward to see that Dune video you are going to do on Paul's journey and the Fedaykin

[@jeremiahoconnor5750]

It would be awesome if you could do the Knights of the Silver Swan and all the other Gondorian Regional units such as the Axemen of Lossarnach, Ithilien Rangers, Pelargir Marines, and such.

[@jeffagain7516]

Excellent presentation and your Narrator is top tier! Thanks much!

[@gundamofspitara7583]

I would love to learn more about the Knights of the Silver Swan, led by the Prince of Dol Amroth

[@brokenbridge6316]

I enjoyed this video. Great job.

[@budabnett2382]

Really enjoyed the video

[@Roypumares]

Superb! Thanks!!!

[@vladimirsimunovic1127]

Galu, real pleasant surprise, as always excellent 👌

[@ThomasTheLukeEngine]

Have you guys done a video on the Rohirrim? If not you should totally make one.

[@stevendepauw3742]

Would love to see something like those Elves that were part of a house or "club" like Glorfindel. :D Or Dwarves in a certain guard or company, real badasses :p

[@scottv6903]

Nice job Galu!

[@InvictaHistory]

It was an awesome honor to have worked with Galu for the research and narration of this video! You can watch all his lore content here kzbin.info%C3%AErGaludirithon

[@froggisme9003]

Little of the actual unit description is accurate to the books

[@momcilomarkovic8435]

Was i ever so pleasantly surprised to hear a familiar voice

[@lawd.9829]

This video taught me more lore information than The Rings of Power.

[@Andre-xb1tf]

Galu narrating this is amazing.

[@joemountains1539]

So happy you’ve begun looking into Middle-earth!

[@kelon224]

What's the next unit video I want to see from middle earth? The Swan Knights of Dol Amroth of course! They did not make an appearance in the films sadly, and I'm in love with their lore and the unit in general.

[@thekingdomofgondor1913]

Guards of the white tree with glittering banners as far as the eye can see must now stand with Gondor shield of the world of men in order to make a stand against doom once again for the one ring has returned and we must prove our worth For glory and kingdom! For Gondor!

[@friesland23]

What a soothing voice! Let him narrate more.

[@caos1925]

aw and don't forget, Aragorn with Gandalfs help found a flower in the mountians to restore the white tree.

[@Al_the_Phantom]

In Tolkein's Stories, the Units that I would love to see are the Corsairs of Umbar, the Gondorian Swan Knights, The Atala and Ithilian Rangers of Dale and Gondor, heavily armored elite infantry of Rhun, the Variag Raiders, the Serpant Guard of Harad, the Hasharii Assassins of Harad, Muhad Tribesmen, the Dunlending Clansmen, the Black Numenoreans, the Nazgul, Warriors of Mithlond and Rivendell, and the Silvan and Mirkwood Elves. @Invica, pick 1 after the Riders of Rohan and follow the list, Trust Me you won't regret it. 🙂🤗🧐👌👍

[@nikoborz5854]

Please make a Video about the Uruk Orks

[@lewa705]

ARACHIR!?!?Love him, Ive missed that beautiful voice

[@ranger24ff]

For Tolkien, would recommend the Dunedain Rangers of the North/the grey Company. As for historical, maybe the Scots Guard of France?

[@nikolajsteffensen6578]

personally i would love to learn more about the common gondorian soldiery but also i would love to learn about the equipment of Sarumans Uruk-Hai.

[@ggriff183]

For Gondor! Please talk about Uruk-hai and their diverse types

[@randomelite4562]

You mean orcs?

[@ggriff183]

@@randomelite4562 I meant unit types of Uruk-hai serving the white hand

[@benharris3517]

That voice hmmmm where have I heard this so soothing

[@dfool06]

The sudden rise of Isengards fighting uruk-hai please

[@AfaqueAhmed_]

Reporters :- Can the White tree be destroyed ? Tolkien :- Yesn't .

[@kleinenfuchse5365]

😭

[@Sprock49]

Cool

[@TheAleatoriorandom]

There he is! Arachir Galuditrithion! I had a gut feeling that you may have done another collab when I saw this was a Lotr video. Normally I put these on watch later for when I have more time, but I simply couldn't resist once I saw it was a collab with him. Awesome work both of you!

[@ZeroGaming-el7yt]

I’d really like to hear about the rangers of ithelian

[@Dwimerytguy]

Thank god Galadriel managed to make her way to Numenor and teach the Numenorians how to stab with the sword. Thanks to that we can watch this video.

[@MrBattlestorm]

I greatly enjoyed and more LotR units please. Thank you.

[@ilari90]

Hail, Galu!

[@generaldurge111]

y defiantly got to do the chariots of Rhun or the Dragon Knights

[@grombrindal567]

I kinda find it fitting that some of the pictures and animations were just retextured Varangians from their videos haha.

[@Jackster8484]

are nazgul considerd "a unit of history", if so I would like to see a video about theme.

[@tymanung6382]

Do players + designers of these sorts of games have some players establish democracies + republics.?

[@theguy0594]

I know arachir galudirithon when i hear him

[@rickardberglund1564]

Next Units of Middle Earth Rohirrim or Uruk-hai

[@Luna_sol_Atella]

Great video. Are you going to make one about the different rangers?

[@FireStorm765]

As for Units in Lord of the Rings, I would like to see something on the Easterlings.

[@lwes4]

how about the Knights of Dol Amroth or the Swan Knights

[@thepunisher8676]

Can you make a video about the creation of Rohan

[@InvictaHistory]

Working on it

[@thepunisher8676]

@@InvictaHistory thank you

[@p-lemon]

Galu!!

[@callumlundberg4302]

man I got here early

[@nicholyer]

what about the knights of dol amroth

[@robinhommel9818]

Galu :D

[@froggystyle642]

this narrator reminds me of the male breton voice actor for Oblivion lol

[@shanewinslow380]

Galu!!!!

[@samwill7259]

Imagine guarding a fountain, could be me/s

[@Achillez098]

I miss Battle for Middle Earth so much... "WE GUARD THE WHITE TOWER!"

[@richarddick1842]

Norfork units would be good too

[@AquariusNation777]

Awesome video

[@Dreska_]

Battle for Middle Earth 3 when?

[@kadartcostumes9842]

Citadel Guards =/= Fountain Guards :P

[@tophercaesar5375]

I thought the citadel guards and the fountain guards were two different guards

[@kadartcostumes9842]

And you would be right !!

[@thodan467]

Aragorn showed not mercy but justice to Beregond, who tried to hinder Faramir being killed by Denethor

[@cognitivedisability9864]

He didnt murder denethor or hinder faramir what are you talking about. He hindered the household men of denethor from bringing oil and fire to burn faramir alive. For that his life was already forfeit for spilling blood in the street of the dead kings. Aragorn spared him and beregond became faramirs lieutenant in ithilien i think He was devoted to faramir.

[@thodan467]

@@cognitivedisability9864 Thank you I meant he stopped Faramir burned alive by Denethor. If it is just to be executed for saving an innocent life, then why did Frodo carry the Ring to orodruin

[@jansandman6983]

make one from Warhammer Fantasy 😇

[@boendal2529]

What other units do we want to see you ask ?? Simple answer - ALL THERE ARE !!!! 😀

[@Mrkabrat]

0:14 Love how they took a previous piege of art from a byzantine video, then slapped lord of the rings stuff on it and called it a day Edit: Not only that piece, but many lore across the video

[@cometojesus1187]

Middle Earth

[@jonbaxter2254]

What happened to the other voice over guy?

[@randomelite4562]

He did the sponsorship section

[@6432spencer]

I'd love to see soldiers of numenor from the current tv show broken down like this

[@MichaelJohnsonAzgard]

Defense?

[@bishop3638]

yes yes yes

[@shivpalpatine1660]

And yet we saw none of the Fountain Guards in action and nor were we able to even get a glimpse of their Martial Prowess, there are some things that make me disappointed in LOTR and that is there were so many things missing and except for Oliphants we saw none of the armies of Easterlings, Haradrim, Rhun and the Umbars, but only Orcs and more Orcs

[@mathimed]

what about the orcs ? or the eastern people?

[@bartomiejzakrzewski7220]

hell yeah Barad dur black Guards or Black Uruks, Morannon orcs

[@sergiovieira8272]

"We guard the White Tower! Keepers of the White Tree! " Amazing vídeo, and was a pleaseant surprise to hear Galu's voice!

[@robbabcock_]

Great video!

[@nathan6239]

swan knights

[@-RONNIE]

Thank you for the video

[@abaddon6579]

Wooah, didn't expect to hear Galu! It was pretty cool to hear him though.

[@gandalf4751]

The lord of the rings 😍😍😍😍😍

[@SadBoi_1066]

GALU?!???!!

[@BTMEC_Kaustubh]

I know you primarily talk about Western Troops, but it would be great if you made some episodes on Eastern militaries too. India and China had large ancient empires which had much larger militaries than any Western ones at the time.

[@DGordillo123]

YES!!! Most epic and awe inspiring unit ever!

[@goodputin4324]

Minyatur, not Minyatar

[@Freedomflannel]

Good to see Galu as a narrator for this video. Hope to see more lotr videos with him in the future!

[@NOIDEAIWILLJUSTUSEHAILEYIGUESS]

I love the details about Arnor slowly falling in the background during the map scenes.

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

Fantastic introducing ot this Thriller Legends

[@marcbartuschka6372]

To be honest the Gondorians seem very poor in managing their Empire properly. Their traditional racism may be a major factor that there were always people in the East and South who were ready to take up arms and who would stay loyal to Sauron even after he was defeated. Saurons propaganda of course played a important role, but it was surely much more than just that. The Numenorian even in exile were proud to be from the blood of the High Men even after their power declined, looking somehow down not only onto defeated foes but to some extend also onto those who fought with honor by their side and rescued Gondor more than once. They had problems incorporating people from outside of the mainland. And you could see that kind of mindset even in the days of the War of the Rings when Faramir asks Eowyn if she want to marry him and she reacted with some hesitation, in part because she thinks that there very well may be people among Faramirs own who will mock him if he choose a shield maid of Rohan, as if he could not find something better. And that came from a woman who was closely related to the slain king of Rohan, her brother be the new king-to-be, related by blood to heroes and a hero herself, so truly someone who was in no way inferior to Faramir. It seems that the Numenorians often saw the not-Numenorian people they ruled over as second or even third class humans, hardly fully developing some kind of citizenship as the historic Empire of the Romans (which Tolkien in his writings included as the Rum-hoth if I remember right, a Empire which would rise long time after the events of the War of the Rings) which could make people from the colonies over time to full members of the Empire. If Aragorn changed that to the core I do not know but it is a fact that he had to fight on for at least a generation against those who hated Gondor (and in part with good reasons). The Numenorians watered the seeds of hatred Sauron had planted very well by themself.