The Regions of Gondor

In this video, we look at the Regions of Gondor; the heartlands, the fiefdoms of the south, and the old territories that were lost to war and decay.

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[crowverra]

Doing this for Mordor would be a great video too, the Morgai Mountains, Ered Lithui, and Ephel Dúath, Imlad Morgûl, Nan Ungol, Udûn, Gorgoroth, Nurn, Eastern Desolation, Vale of Fellbeasts, and the Black Lands in between.

[princeimrahil]

As the Prince of Dol Amroth, I approve of this video

[MisterBoggins]

Since you're doing Gondor's environs, you should do a video on the various regions of Gondor's late kin Kingdom, Arnor, as well as more videos on Arnor in general.

[Antipius]

Wonderful video! It's odd to imagine that so much fertile prime real estate stayed uninhabited for so long, but that's Tolkien to you. Thank you for the video :)

[Diegoromir]

One way I always use to visualize Gondor quite accurately is by using Tolkien's own instructions in the map annotated for Pauline Baynes, where the professor establishes the latitude of regions of Middle-earth compared to those of Europe. There are some maps that superimpose the map of Middle-earth over that of Europe with Tolkien's specifications.

If you want to visualize what the landscape of Gondor would look like, just look for images of Italy landscape or Tuscany landscape. I really get relatively bothered when some people believe that the landscape of South Gondor (Harondor) is a desert or that it is an arid region. The latitude of this region is the same as that of South Italy, which makes a lot of sense to me too, South Gondor = South Italy. If you want to visualize this region of Gondor, look for images of the landscape of South Italy.

Finally, something I would really like to talk to Tolkien about if I had the chance would be about the absence of so many cities, towns and roads that would be completely possible to exist in a sophisticated and civilized kingdom like Gondor, especially in the westernmost regions of the country, which makes no sense at all to be a great wilderness, which makes me think of two possibilities:

1) They are there, but Tolkien did not bother to put their names on the map because the main characters did not pass through that region or they do not stand out in the great plot of the story.

2) They fell into ruins and disappeared with the centuries of decadence, war, plague and depopulation that Gondor faced and perhaps they would appear on the map if this were a map of Middle-earth during the Golden Age of Gondor and not at the end of the Third Age.

[jeffagain]

Following the War of the Last Alliance, Mordor itself was garrisoned and patrolled by Gondor. It's interesting to note that there was no mention of them having an effect on the Land of Nurn, which no doubt prior was populated by slaves of Sauron. It would have stood to reason that Gondor was at least aware of these people, yet until King Elessar, there's no mention of them.
Thanks for another excellent vid DF ! :)

[ohmygordd]

8:49 i love how the armour from the ethir anduin looks like a mix of haradrim and gondorian styles with the red and gold highlights. I really wish we could see more of the cultural differences within the regions of gondor in tolkien media, and how the surrounding peoples shaped and were shaped by gondor.

[untitled]

A new Darth Gandalf video thats 17 minutes long? Lets go

[wedgeantillies]

A very succinct and terrifically informative video about the Various regions that formed part of the kingdom of Gondor throughout its history

[ruthdonnelly]

First off, great video! Very informative and educational.
Secondly, though, am I the only one who imagined that there were nomadic clans of Easterlings loyal to Gondor in the eastern territories? I usually picture them as living west of the Sea of Rhun, north of Mordor, south of Rovhanion and west of Dagorlad or the Brown Lands. I’ve also liked the idea.

[levifowler]

As an American who lives in France, I found the intro so funny. I've never been to Paris, so the Eiffel tower didn't at all come to mind. I think you are very right, but it was a funny thought. I think most French would think primarily of NYC and the statue of liberty.

[RicoThingol]

Great video, Gondor is captivating. I really wanna see a video like this but about Arnor!

[ohmygordd]

Best video youve done in a while (not like the others have been bad, this one is just particularly good)

[neildaly]

Wonderful stuff, thank you. A little peeved that you left out that Faithful Forlong gave up his life defending Minas Tirith. I have solidarity with old fat people since I am one. Cheers!

[skatemetrix]

A very nice geographical overview of Gondor! I sense a new series in the works: Mordor, Shire, Arnor, Beleriand, Valinor?

[PeculiarNotions]

Great overview and I know what you mean about writing out a script and not realizing how long it'll take do get through a whole paragraph.

[dominus]

I'm absolutely desperate for a Bellakar video. I know it's not Canon but nobody's covering this kind of stuff anywhere, I'm absolutely desperate. I'm so sick of reading PDFs. Also, I always imagined Lamedon going much farther west including the veil of Morthond

[istari]

Excellent video! I wonder how the reunited kingdom ended up looking like geopolitically once Aragorn was well into his reign.

[reaver]

I think a better metaphor would be when foreigners think of the United States. They immediately think of New York and La when in truth most of the people in the United States have never even been to those cities. That is a better comparison to the capital of Gondor getting all the attention not comparing it to a single monument, corporation, or tourist location

[ryancarter]

I'm just wondering what both current Gondor and Gondor at it's height would equal to in todays countries as the former province of Calenharden (Rohan) was approximately the size of England, Wales and some of Scotland. Clearly not USA, China or Russia size but clearly still a large area maybe Afghanistan size at its height? While more German size in the late third age?