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THUMBNAIL: Quickbeam - MTG (Tomas Duchek) & Sauron - Matt DeMino
Entwife - Soni Alcorn-Hender
Ents - Steamey
Rhovanion, The Brown Lands - Šárka Škorpíková
Ancient Garden - Ralph Damiani
Ancient Knowledge - Ralph Damiani
fathers of the dwarves - steamey
yavanna kementari - aegeri
inside forest - Sara Morello
dwarves - merlkir
Ent - Matthew Stewart
Ent - Turner Mohan
Ent - The White Council
Orome - Šárka Škorpíková
Yavanna Kementari - Lída Holubová
awakening of the elves - kuliszu
treebeard - Angus mcbride
Treebeard - John Howe
Treebeard and the Entmoot – Ted Nasmith
bluebell forest - Sara Morello
man with an ent - Catherine Karina Chmiel
The Council of Elrond - Alan Lee
Mirkwood - J.R.R. Tolkien
Forest edge - Felix Englund
Treebeard - Soni Alcorn-Hender
bluebell forest - Sara Morello
Forest Creek - Felix Englund
Treebeard - Ivan Cavini
Treebeard – Ted Nasmith
The White Flame - Ralph Damiani
Fair Forest - Peet
The Last Alliance - Jenny Dolfen
sauron the deceiver - skullb*st*rd
Ent - Anke Eissmann
Treebeard - Anke Eissmann
Treebeard, Merry, Pippin - Daniel Dougherty
Treebeard - Alan Lee
Treebeard - Daniel Falconer
Treebeard - Alan Lee
treebeard - Jerry Vanderstelt
The Tree Shepherds - Ted Nasmith
Treebeard - Ivan Cavini
Professor JRR Tolkien - skullb*st*rd
Professor Tolkien - Kinko White
Tom Bombadil - John Howe
Ents - Sergio Artigas
misty twilight in the shire - kuliszu
Sam in the Autumn - Soni Alcorn-Hender
Sam Gamgee - Anna Kulisz
Professor Tolkien - Kinko White
Tolkien, the Professor - Kinko White
The Forest of Fangorn - Alan Lee
Forest farm - Felix Englund
Fantasy forest - Felix Englund

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[Luthi_Tin]

I love how real Tolkien made his world feel by saying he doesn't know what happened. As if he is a historian talking about a real history.

[carson]

The Ents are among the most amazing forms of life in Tolkien’s world and yet they have suffered immensely….

[nl]

What a bittersweet tale. I love how Tolkein's work still has mysteries that could potentially go unanswered, it keeps the lore alive and fascinating. Every authors dream is for his writing to be so enduring time is powerless against it.

[konradb.]

I've always thought the Entwives after having their gardens destroyed decided to make peace with the physical world and drifted into a deep sleep, becoming one with nature as they morphed back into normal trees. The Ents may have passed them by many times without even knowing it. They are a relic from the old world still clinging to the way things were, but one day they will learn to let go and make their own peace, settling into permanent sleep where they will finally be reunited with the Entwives

[pikasnoop]

Fanfic idea: fourth age story in which Radagast manages to reunite the ents and entwives. Bonus feel good points this leads to him being welcomed back to Valinor.

[thedeplorable]

I wonder how Tolkien would react to all these fans and adores of his work today? He had fans, but no it’s a sub-culture in pop-culture. I thank God for this man, and for Nerd of The Rings, for this lore and great stories

[kylestevens]

I really like how Tolkien describes his universe as if seeing it from afar like he was watching it grow not building it maybe that’s why it’s so loved!!

[jarrenrochester]

1:15 One of my favorite lines from the Silmarillon is from Aulë to Yavanna when she was granted the Ents. “They’re still going to need firewood.”

[sylvanaire]

I’ve only just learned anything about Entwives beyond the fact that they were “lost”. I love the idea that they were likely fruit trees & loved agriculture & farming while the Ents loved the forests & the trees so that their interests grew apart & eventually they drifted apart physically, too. I hadn’t heard a good deal of the info in this video, especially the names of some of the Entwives. Very cool.

[vanvarun]

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[dlxmarks]

I don't know about Ents passing beyond the circles of the world like humans. They had more in common with the Elves, both immortal races with missions tied to Arda. Moreover there is what Galadriel said to Treebeard about meeting again: "Not in Middle-earth, nor until the lands that lie under the wave are lifted up again. Then in the willow-meads of Tasarinan we may meet in the Spring." That implies her belief in them having a role in Arda Healed after the Dagor Dagorath.

[Twix_loves_domo]

I saw a fan theory a while ago that the entwives went on to found the Shire and protected the halflings that developed into harfoots, river folk, and hobbits. And that it’s not a coincidence no one knows where the ent wives went and that no one knows where the Shire is (besides Gandalf).

[mtgemperor]

Stellar work, NotR! For you to bring up a Quora post, it had to be something special; that was something I was not expecting. For a fan to have a special item of such regard, it must be amazing (even though it may be just a story).
Keep on working, big man!

[Beryllahawk]

The mystery of the Entwives is the saddest thing. I think I like Tolkien's first letter best - that "I hope so" resonates most for me. I too hope: that somehow, someday, the Ents and Entwives will meet again.

[Darkgeran]

That last line from Tolkiens letter was dark the anguish in his voice was very good

[ElasticGiraffe]

Every video of yours leaves me in awe of Tolkien's inspired genius.

[valentinkambushev]

I don't even want to imagine what it feels like to have all the women of your race gone. The loneliness and hopelessness must be unbearable.

[jbc]

Elrond's remark about times when a squirrel could carry a nut from Rivendell to the great sea reminded me of a saying about the pre-colonial eastern US. Something like: there was a time when a squirrel could carry an acorn from the Mississippi river to the Atlantic ocean without touching the ground. I wonder which came first.

[Trish.Norman]

I always felt bad they didn’t find the Entwives.

[valentinkambushev]

It's interesting how it seems like all the sentient beings who were not Eru's children are doomed to go extinct. All the creatures Melkor had corrupted pretty much went extinct after the war of the ring, the Dwarves (and possibly the Hobbits) are doomed to fade away, and the Ents will most likely never find their wives and will eventually all turn into regular trees.