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Wow, this is so damn cool. I just learned about this lore, and it's incredible! Your narration is second to none, and I've now grown a huge appreciation for the legendary king, Helm Hammerhand. And of course, the LOTR trilogy. Keep doing what you do bro!

Tom Bombadil is a triple joke of Tolkien's. First of all. Tom Bombadil is an author insert of himself. That's why all the mystery and incongruity surrounding the character. This was a joke to himself as he partially hints in interview. Secondly, the Bombadil character is a Deus ex machina -- Tom Bombadil gives the special sword of Westernesse to Merry to off the King of the ringwraiths. Thirdly, Tom Bombadil was little boy Tolkien's stuffed toy dolly who his sister flushed down the toilet. Tolkien rescued Tom Bombadil the hard way.

I like the idea of Sauron being stuck as a disembodied consciousness for all eternity with no hope of ever returning. Truly a hell.

The 9 1/2 ring wraiths. Diddy nazgul. The one time Tolken hinted at a premise, a possibility of being. Worthy of Terry Pratchett himself.

Geez buddy… Get to the point… This ridiculous padding for length is beyond well, ridiculous.

A Valar living incognito. Most likely, Orome.

Where have you guys disappeared? It's been two months

Sauron should’ve swallowed the ring then no one could cut it off. He would never depart with it.

I wonder where this information about "limited power" comes from. Any sources? Or is it more a theory?

Who says "Melkor Morgoth"? Why do a voice when reading Tolkien's letters?

Tom bombadil is a merry fellow he was here when the first rain drop fell and the first star fluttered before even the valar came to dwell in aman in all likelihood Tom bombadil is and has always just been so yes he is 💯 more powerful then Sauron but he would never fight him cause he’s just a merry fellow

Awww poor Saruman.

soon sorted out with a few HIMARs

He went to Del Boca Vista

I think I’ve figured it out: Tom knows he’s fictional - along with everything else. he lives in such a specific place because, simply, he wandered the world and stayed at the place he liked best. he would disappear if Sauron won because there wouldn’t be anymore handsome places to live. he would eventually lose the ring because he knows that not a single real life would be lost if Sauron won. as for where he came from… I dunno.

Didn't know lovecraft can timetravel

Truly the most terrifying creature in Middle Earth...well done.

Is he God ?... lmao get out of here with This Bull Shit...no where in the books does Sir Tolkien hint to Tom been God. Clown of a take.

In a letter to Stanley Unwin, Tolkien called Tom Bombadil the spirit of the vanishing landscapes of Oxfordshire and Berkshire.

Horses run at 50 miles per hour and eagles fly at 20 miles per hour.

I'm dreaming up a story for Gandalf's time with the Balrog in the bones and stones of Arda. Would make a great game with levels representing the farther down they go and face the nameless things and each other eventually culminating in the final battle. The fact that Gandalf dies, comes back and wont speak about it would give you full creative licence to explore those depths and introduce an entire new sub plot with these creatures and not mess with the canon.

Orcs predated humans. Orcs were a. Plague of the first age before the first humans arose.

Quality content and production

Why would an immortal have, want or need a successor? I seriously doubt that he ever believed that he wouldn't eventually rule Middle Earth for Eternity.

I've only watched the movies, I had no idea 17 years passed between Gandalf telling Frodo to keep the ring hidden and secret to when the actual quest begins! It makes a lot more sense when you have that knowledge.

He’s a kind of a plain looking little old guy with a super hot wife. He must have done something right.

It's said in the Silmilrilion that they Valar do NOT know everything about the world and they find a new surprise in every age. Things older than themselves and the Maiar would definitely be a surprise, but not an ontological problem. It just represents another gap in their knowledge.

Cousin of Tom Cruise

I am inspired to write but it is hard to impprove on something as perfect as the works of tolkien

I could imagine it being washed away after the dwarves recaptured Moria under Durin 7th in the fourth age. They would want full access to the Doors of Durin and rebuild them, so the dwarves undamming the river and washing it away upon the river's release is a good way to get rid of it.

Can you make a video discussing about the vast cosmology of Ea?

According to Tolkien himself, the only incarnation of Eru/God is Jesus Christ. Remember that the events of Tolkien’s work take place in our world, in a DISTANT PAST. So Eru will incarnate in the distant future as Christ. Tolkien hated analogies hence why he would never write an analogy of the Christ figure he so rigorously believed in. Doing so would be a blasphemy in his eyes.

Oh no, the over emphasized R's... turned off straight away...

What is Ungoliant? A woman scorned.

He retired in Southern California?

i always like to think pennywise was ungoliant in our world

wasnt tolkein going to write a new book called the new shadow or something like that?

You know if you fall down a chasm with a Balrog below you and it kind of looks as if he's falling, em flying upwards ^^

Maybe Arda was created to contain the nameless things?

Balrogs are similar to chickens🐓🐓🐓 They have wings, but cannot fly.🤪😂

Thank you for the video. However, how did the Balrogs arrive in time to save Morgoth from Ungoliant, considering they were miles away?

ungoliant is pennywise

My sister used to joke that the Blue Wizards ended up in Narnia.

Cause Durin’s Bane didn’t have wings. “…LIKE two vast wings…” Text never says it had wings.

No they did not have wings and could not fly. Why are people still arguing about this lol

One of the great philosophical questions: debated endlessly in the First Age of the Internet on the Tolkien newsgroups.

Please return to the more horror related or fascinating topics of Tolkien's legendarium, they suite your channel the best:)

I love your impression of the professor <3

I have sometimes wondered if, had his physical body not died by Wormtongue's hand in the Scouring of the Shire, Saruman could over time not have become a new Dark Lord.

Gandalf, as the White, was essentially at the apex of his true power and knowledge. Being resurrected by Eru Illuvâtar Himself, he is much more stronger than he was before, to the point where he battled Sauron's Eye to prevent Frodo's location from being known (which is not an easy feat). This, in terms of power rivals, if not, surpasses Sauron.