Wars of the Witch-King & Arnor | Hobbit Day 2020

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  @NerdoftheRings · 6 years ago · pinned

  Don&apos;t forget to check out all the other videos in the Hobbit Day 2020 Playlist: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLyHBx6FRJC0H9EnNSmkd-cMyTWhcC-aq">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLyHBx6FRJC0H9EnNSmkd-cMyTWhcC-aq</a>

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  @PambihirangLakas · 4 years ago

  &quot;WITCH-KING OF ANGMAR&quot; is absolutely the most badass name/title ever.

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  @rustkarl · 5 years ago

  I wouldn’t say the Witch-King’s victory over Arthedain was short lived. Ultimately he destroyed the last bastion of Arnor, he broke the back of one of the last great kingdoms of men leaving Gondor mostly alone in the wars to come.

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  @sophiebowe9004 · 5 years ago

  I still can’t believe how detailed Tolkien’s work is. It’s literally insane how one man thought all of this

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  @StalkerQtya · 5 years ago (edited)

  Great job. However a small detail was left out:<br>The Thain of the Shire sent a hobbit archer contingent to the battle of Fornost. It wasn&apos;t a big thing for any sides, but for the hobbits saw this as a major contribution and should have been mentioned.

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  @pietrocasablanca8500 · 4 years ago

  The video explains super well why Arnor as we see in the movies is essentially &quot;empty&quot; by the time of the Fellowship. Many question that it&apos;s not realistic that wars lead to complete abandonment of entire regions but the difference here is that Tolkien wars are often &quot;genocidal&quot; in nature: the war between good and evil doesn&apos;t lead to prisoners. A city sacked by orcs is a city whose inhabitants are essentially fully exterminated or at best enslaved to work in some pit until they die. Every of Angmar&apos;s victories here erased those kingdoms rather than replacing them

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  @Flynn94 · 5 years ago

  It now makes sense why Denethor called Aragorn “last of a ragged house long-bereft of lordship”

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  @arturleperoke3205 · 5 years ago

  the split of Arnor in 3 petty kingdoms reminds me of the fate of Charlemagnes realm after his sons death

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  @ahmadalghadhouri9291 · 5 years ago

  &quot;Where was Gondor&quot; &nbsp; at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oj9THxVCad0&amp;t=351">5:51</a> took me off guard xD xD

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  @elijahsellers3727 · 5 years ago

  That &quot;where was Gondor&quot; around the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oj9THxVCad0&amp;t=360">6:00</a> mark was gold

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  @Aurora2097 · 5 years ago

  The Witch-King was a military genius!<br><br>We always get the impression that Sauron, Morgoth, Saruman were really bad military leaders...<br>Their Orcs have a 10 to 1 Übermacht and they still loose.<br><br>The witch King starts a tiny realm from scratch, on very poor soil and difficult territory...<br>And he brought down three mighty Kingdoms!

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  @charlespirate1 · 5 years ago

  If Angmar was destroyed by a coalition of Gondor, Lindon and the remaining dunedain of Arnor the so called &nbsp;“last alliance of men and elves” was in fact not “the last alliance of men and elves”. It’s just bullshit branding.

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