The History of Rhûn | Tolkien Explained

Rhûn is one of Middle-earth's most mysterious lands. We know it is home to the Easterlings, but it is also home to four clans of the dwarves, three wizards, and beasts both fantastic - and possibly mythical.

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[LordOfTheLore]

You gotta hand it to Sauron, dude just never stopped working

[jasonsinn]

I still feel like Rings of Power should've been a different show about the East. Since it wasn't explored much in the lore there's tons of creative space to bring in new storylines, cultures, and characters without stepping on what has already been established in the West.

You could have your main characters be the blue wizards (or make a cast that is guided by them) and we could see them stoke the fires of an epic civil war or something. Also, if the studio is looking for more diversity then there is no better place to find it. You'd have the Easterlings, The Harad, the other elf and dwarven houses, and you could even bring in the Black Numenoreans and see how their relationships are with everyone. Just a huge missed opportunity if you ask me...

[wyvernscale]

Rhûn is honestly one of the most fascinating settings in Middle earth for me. It's mysterious and has an amazing aesthetic

[luudest]

Rhun, nice!
One day, someone will find on an attic a hidden box with a lost Tolkien script. The script is 900 pages long and is full of stories of the East 🤤 I have a dream.

[ivanskirchak]

The Easterlings definitely had some cool armor.

[kwestionme]

Imma be honest with you. Not even a Tolkien fan. I just love how You present it. You vocal tones and skills at video creation is truly magical

[laurimaijala]

I love the fact that I'm able to zone out while painting miniatures and listening to your stories of Middle-Earth. It usually means that I'll watch most interesting videos at least twice. :D

[syberspud]

Big respect to Karen Wynn Fonstad for her atlas of middle Earth. Work of genius. RIP

[W-Gray]

I think someone should make:
1. A show about Rhun and how Sauron corrupted it.
2. A show about the Witch King's war against Arnor.

[LOVEMUFFIN_official]

And just when I thought that the diverse literary lineage of Tolkien’s works could grow no deeper, I hear from a hobbit about a distant desert where great worms dig beneath the sand…

[burningphoneix]

Just a thanks that you put in the description all the art you use in your video. It's really handy to track down all the great artists.

[darkranger]

12:07, this theory is also supported by the fact that allies of the free peoples from the East go back far in history. If i remember correctly, it was a battle near the lonely mountain where free easterlings fought with dwarves against their own evil kindred.

I've assumed for years that the blue wizards were successful in targeting Sauron's most prized possession in the East and South, recruits. Always able to keep entire percentages of each generation awake and under ground, to support the thousand year guerilla rebellion against the blight of the darklord.

[AndrewCarlisleB]

Love these history style videos! Always make me want to grab a book and learn more.

[galacticknight]

I like to imagine that Allatar and Pallando, the two Blue Wizards, caused the good Easterlings and the good eastern dwarves to rise up against Sauron during the War of the Ring, which divided his forces and prevented Sauron from sending his entire army west.

[agentspaniel]

In my mind, there are three primary factions in Rhûn
those who sided with mordor, those who sided with the western kingdoms, and those who would happily see both destroyed because for them, it doesn't matter who's in charge they will always be looked down on as "lesser beings"

[himangshu]

I wish Tolkien was alive because if he was, we get to know more about rhun, dwarves of east and also avari elves residing in the east and also soo many things and also about land further east of rhun

[borgthepig]

After watching your video on why the old man in Rings Of Power might be a blue wizard, and then watching this, my hope that it IS a blue wizard has only increased. Rhun is such a fasinating place, and honestly the people who lived there deserved better, for they were the ones that Sauron tampered with the most. I would love to see more of the blue wizards, what happened to them, and what they did in the east and south! Imagine the blue wizards leading a resistance against Sauron! That would be amazing! Great video as always!

[davidmeza]

Rhun is so interesting and mysterious!

[Tadicuslegion]

Had the Shadow of Mordor/War series got one more game, Rhun and the East would be the perfect place to do a third game and explore the blank slate, even get the two Blue Wizards involved somehow.

[fritzthecat]

Kinda glad that the writings of Tolkien are limited to what they are. It's kind of nice having things still shrouded in mystery rather than corporately exploited