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

This Hobbit Day, we are looking back at the history of the realm of Arnor and its wars with the Witch-King of Angmar. We find out how The Shire came to be inhabited with hobbits and how the rangers of the North are all that remains of the once mighty kingdom by the time of The Lord of the Rings.

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Arvedui - Steamey
Lossoth of Forochel - Arvid Hjorth
Captain of Gondor - Nordheimer
Minas Tirith - Ludovic Bourgeois
Meneldil of Gondor - Matej Cadil
Barrow-wights - John Howe
Umbar vs Minas Tirith - Angus McBride
Wainriders - Stefano Baldo
Various Kings - Dolldivine Azaleasdolls

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[sophiebowe]

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

[crankiethekid]

"WITCH-KING OF ANGMAR" is absolutely the most badass name/title ever.

[rustkarl]

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.

[StalkerQtya]

Great job. However a small detail was left out:
The Thain of the Shire sent a hobbit archer contingent to the battle of Fornost. It wasn't a big thing for any sides, but for the hobbits saw this as a major contribution and should have been mentioned.

[ahmadalghadhouri]

"Where was Gondor" at 5:51 took me off guard xD xD

[elijahsellers]

That "where was Gondor" around the 6:00 mark was gold

[MenoftheWest]

Great job Matt! I love the tales of Arnor, and its downfall is sad (but interesting)! Cheers, and Happy Hobbit Day!

[GeekZoneMT]

Terrific job as always Matt! Happy Hobbit day my friend! :)

[pietrocasablanca]

The video explains super well why Arnor as we see in the movies is essentially "empty" by the time of the Fellowship. Many question that it's not realistic that wars lead to complete abandonment of entire regions but the difference here is that Tolkien wars are often "genocidal" in nature: the war between good and evil doesn'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's victories here erased those kingdoms rather than replacing them

[arturleperoke]

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

[Flynn]

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

[ghost-pulse]

ive been trying to figure out exactly what a barrow Wight is for years and FINALLY this video has explained it. Cheers.

[HistoryoftheAges]

Awesome topic, awesome video! Nicely done! Happy Hobbit day!

[Aurora]

The Witch-King was a military genius!

We always get the impression that Sauron, Morgoth, Saruman were really bad military leaders...
Their Orcs have a 10 to 1 Übermacht and they still loose.

The witch King starts a tiny realm from scratch, on very poor soil and difficult territory...
And he brought down three mighty Kingdoms!

[LittleTehri]

One interesting thing to note is that Hobbits apparently maintain that they sent a troop of archers to aid the Men of Arthedain in the battle of Fornost, but it was apparently not recorded elsewhere in the history of Arthedain. Great video, it explains things very well!

[charlespirate]

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

[GH]

This era is my favorite time on Middle-Earth role playing game (aka MERP). War, turmoil, evil forces and men trying to scrape by. Books like Dark Mage of Rhudaur, Lost Realm of Cardolan and Thieves of Tharbad were my childhood. Thanks for bringing me back there!

[thanesgames]

It really makes you appreciate all the work the devs did in the early LOTRO days for the whole Fornost/angmar and even Forochel

[BeDrunkkk]

Since I played BfME: RotWK and "learned" about the story of Arnor and Angmar as a child, I always wanted it to get filmed or like nowadays a series of it. Would fit so damn well

[VoiceofGeekdom]

Happy Hobbit Day, one and all! May the hair on your toes never fall out!