Aragorn: Exploring Sauron's Fear of a True King
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- Aragorn is the great hope for Middle-earth in the Third Age, one of Sauron's greatest enemies. But why would an immortal Maia fear a mortal Man? This video is an exploration of Aragorn's lineage and unique place in the world. It is an attempt to show that Sauron was wise to fear the Return of the King, the symbol of hope for all Sauron's enemies.
► Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
2:12 - Power & Fear
7:13 - Bloodlines & Lineage
12:27 - The Ancestry of Aragorn
18:35 - The Flame of the West
22:45 - Fighting For Aragorn
24:32 - King of the North & South Kingdoms
26:28 - Lord of Men and the One Ring
29:14 - Aragorn & The Faint-Hearted
36:58 - Aragorn: Sauron's Fear of a True King
38:01 - References: Artists
38:13 - References: Music
38:26 - Supporters
38:54 - Notes and Sources
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► On-Screen Notes:
1. TS - Valaquenta
2. TS - Ainulindale
3. Letter 131
4. Letter 246
5. LotR - Bk.5 - Ch.9 - The Last Debate
6. TS - Ch.3 - Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor
7. TS - Akallabeth
8 - LotR - Bk.1 - Ch.8 - Fog on the Barrow-Downs
9 - Tom Shippey - J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century
10 - TS - Ch.18 - Of the Ruin of Beleriand...
11 - UT - Part III - I - The Disaster of the Gladden Fields
12 - LotR - Appendix A
13 - LotR - Appendix A
14 - LotR - Bk.5 - Ch.8 - The Houses of Healing
15 - LotR - Bk.2 - Ch.2 - The Council of Elrond
16 - LotR - Bk.2 - Ch.3 - The Ring Goes South
17. LotR - Bk.3 - Ch.2 - The Riders of Rohan
18 - LotR - Bk.6 - Ch.5 - The Steward and the King
19 - LotR - Bk.4 - Ch.4 - Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit
20 - TS - Akallabeth
21 - LotR - Bk.5 - Ch.8 - The Houses of Healing
22 - Letter 246
23 - TS - Akallabeth
24 - LotR - Bk.1 - Ch.2 - The Shadow of the Past
25 - Letter 131
26 - LotR - Bk.5 - Ch.9 - The Last Debate
27 - LotR - Bk.5 - Ch.9 - The Last Debate
28 - LotR - Bk.5 - Ch.10 - The Black Gate Opens
29 - LotR - Bk.5 - Ch.10 - The Black Gate Opens
30 - Deuteronomy - Ch.20 - Verse 8
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► Audio:
Commercial license from www.FesliyanStudios.com for the following tracks:
The Pain That Never Left, Cold Isolation, Cathedral Ambience
Other tracks:
Music: Night Vigil by Kevin MacLeod
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Music: Leaving Home by Kevin MacLeod
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Music: Descend by Euan Ford
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Music: Lords of Shadow (Intro) by Óscar Araujo
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Thank you for watching! The channel is still new and these longer videos take a bit of time to make so I appreciate your patience and support.
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You're doing an AWESOME job so far, I completely enjoyed listening to Aragorns history. Your voice has a dreamlike quality and sound to it that fits the LoTR really well 😊😇
I am so glad to see that you are still doing these videos. I’ve come to truly appreciate your analysis of these novels, this story, as quite different from the lore channels. I enjoy many of those though I know much of the lore myself it’s fun to hear about it again. But what you do is thought provoking as “the lessons” can be more directly can be applied to our own lives.
Thank you, JTI
Imagine my surprise when I clicked on a new Tolkien channel to see if it was any good and hearing the Red Book. There you are!
I vanished like Bilbo at his party and made a new channel.
Oh damn, I wondered where you went! I did the same thing as Gregk and just hoped this new name would be good and am very happy it's you!@@StevenGibbYT
@@StevenGibbYTSame… I was actually listening to an In Deep Geek video earlier today, and thought “I haven’t heard anything from Red Book lately.” Then the very next video I clicked was literally this one 😅
@@StevenGibbYT Or perhaps you morphed from Grey to White!
As a follower of yours from the very first video, I'm extremely pleased to have come across your new channel.
Brilliant essay into Aragorn.
Very well done. Thank you.
Was just looking for new Red Book stuff a few days ago!
"The hands of the king are the hands of a healer." Having read the Silmarillion I always took this to mean that some small strand of the Ainur gives Aragorn the power of healing.
I pull my hat: This is so so well done: The slower pace and the composition of music, animation and well presented lore is executed on an overly great level.
Can't express how much I love this. Very well made
I appreciate your content so much. Thank you.
*Slow clap*
*nods in agreement*
*slow clap*
Good job. Honestly.
That was remarkable, thank you.
Your videos are always of such peerless quality. Fascinating analysis 👍
Your videos are exceptional. Thank you! 👍
I first found these two new uploads on his podcast, and after listening there, I came to CZcams to watch both of the videos to support the channel. The content, of course, was good enough to listen to twice, in any case!
It is such a great philosophical and psychological analysis of both characters. I love your channel. Merci Steven
Hello again :) thank you. Analysis is the word I like to hear, I'm glad there's an audience for this sort of thing!
This piece was extremely moving and powerfully. You discussed Aragorn's kingship with such pride and reverence, it was spoken with that inner fire. Well done friend, and I will definitely be following for more.
Whew!!! So glad I found the new channel a few weeks ago! Love the content! Well worth the wait every time ❤
It would be really amazing to interview Sauron after his defeat to see how he feels about his plans in the big picture.
Ultimately, he was going up against destiny/fate which is really going against Eru Illúvatar in this case.
Which makes sense since he had the belief that Eru had abandoned Middle-earth. His attitude may have been slightly different had he known greater powers were still involved.
How incredibly thoughtful and inspiring! Thank you.
and that's why it's a FANTASY!
It's not real? :O
This guy makes the best Middle Earth lore videos on CZcams. Been watching The Red Book content for a while now and glad to see you're still at it. Hopefully this channel kicks off and you get the subcribers to match the quality of these videos. Really impressive 👏🏻
Been patiently waiting for a new upload. What a good topic to base it upon as well. Very well made!
Unfortunately with limited time these longer videos take me ages to make. Hoping the shorter ones won't have such long gaps between them.
Take your time! No matter the wait your videos are always amazing
Liked and subscribed..
Good to see a new upload for yourself Steven 🙌
*I feel no Fear.*
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One of the things I love most about videos like this, so many interesting topics are discussed that are elsewhere overlooked. In the section on Power, I'm reminded of the "power" Gandalf refers to in the Shire.
You mean to say that power isn't just punching hard and firing lightning bolts from your fingertips? That Tolkien guy was on to something...
@@StevenGibbYTI wish the guy could write something about the subject, pity that we have nothing to sink our souls into. Obviously sarcasm. 😂
In grand design, Tolkien's theme is a of a war that began among the Valar, divided the Maia, the Elves and Men, a war that would be decided by Men.
Thank you for making this video . Big fan
Watching these types of videos that analyze them in depth and reveal their motivations and inner worlds, instead of the classic videos that are informative about the general characters on CZcams, makes this channel privileged and different. I hope this continues for other important characters as well.
Another superb video...the algorithm worked for once as this showed up in my feed. I did wonder what happened with the Red Book. I think the scripts of these videos are worth putting together in the future in A Collected Essays book. I'd happily help fund such a kickstarter.
Wonderful analysis and wonderful to hear it in the accent of home. A like and a sub. Thank you.
Another great video! Very in depth. I think I’ll have to watch it multiple times.
When your eyes start to hurt you can then listen to the Podcast version ... :D
I'm just thrilled you're still making great content 😌 but for my two cents, I'd love follow-up videos on the themes of The Two Towers and Return of the King. The themes of The Fellowship of the Ring is so great, and I'd love to hear your thoughts on the rest
Hi :)
I will be doing that on this channel and am in the process of writing these out. Though, I have changed the format. I am now going to do individual themes so I can cover a theme across all three volumes. I think that's a better way of doing it and structurally it makes sense.
I'm actually very pleased with this new structuring! I think it will be better suited to giving each theme room to breathe and be fleshed out across the narrative. I'm keen to give them each a listen :)
@@mileswright7294 I thought it was better because I found myself saying "ill cover that in the next video" a lot!
Thank you
You so well elaborated on a subject I have been extensively debated within the fandom. My hat is off to you. This was very spot on!
A shame that I only have one like to give
Great video as always. Here's hoping you get back to where you were with The Red Book and quickly surpass even that!
Would be nice but I'll be pleased if I am just enjoying making the videos. If the quality is surpassed then that would be great!
Excellent 'deep dive'. I had always felt that one reason Sauron feared Aragorn was that as the Heir of Isildur Aragorn has a right to the one ring given that his ancestor had won it in battle and claimed it as were-gild for his father and brother. Such a claim to the ring would have great weight and would strengthen Aragorns ability to wield it as such things have power in mythological tales and LoTR is first and foremost a myth.
Very detailed 👌 please make more videos
I am but they just take ages to make, unfortunately
Brilliant pace, considered reflections, beautiful storytelling and excellent selection of complimentary artwork. Thank you for starting up this channel, I will be back!
Wow! Just discovered your channel and the video quality is top notch! The music, the graphics, and making the images come to life! To say nothing of the content and honing in on a very specific concept, not really discussed elsewhere. (Bonus points for specifically pointing out that it's not about stats or which race is greater than the next, etc).
On other thing I'd like to point out when you talk lineage - and not to go all religious on you, but in the Bible (in Matthew and Luke), it traces Jesus' lineage all the way back to King David and even to Adam. No doubt Tolkien was influenced in that regard as well, due to his faith. Course, that touches on an entirely additional concept about the messianic symbolism of Aragorn as well, one that Tolkien would deny, no doubt (as he "wasn't writing an allegory" ;) ). In any case, I just thought it was interesting, and though I knew Aragorn was descended from Elendil, and I knew Elendil was descended from Elros - (and beyond) - I never really thought how Aragorn was also descended from Melian. Obviously, true in retrospect, but Aragorn (and others) constantly talked about the Heir of Isildur and all that, it's easy to forgot just how far back you can take it.
One last thing - you've got an excellent narrator's voice! Wow! ;) Will be looking into your patreon!
So beautiful ❤
An excellent video. Perfect even.
Never perfect but hopefully improving :D
A difference I've always seen between the two is Sauron would sacrifice anyone to keep power. Aragorm would sacrifice himself for anyone. Self-sacrifice for the greater good and betterment of the world.
My interpretation was just that people are strong when united and weak when disunited. Sauron had the strength to conquer or subvert one kingdom at a time, but he was not strong enough to face all of mankind against him at once.
If I recall correctly, there was a time when the Numenoreans defeated Sauron and brought him back to Numenor as a prisoner. When the Numenorean army arrived, Sauron didn't even bother to fight, because their forces were so obviously superior to his own. He surrendered as soon as he saw them. It was after he was brought back to Numenor that he corrupted the king and eventually convinced Numenor to break the ban of the Valar, which caused Numenor to sink into the sea. So, Sauron knows from his own personal experience that he cannot defeat mankind when they are united under one legitimate authority. His only hope of defeating humanity is by undermining that authority.
In the world of Middle Earth, only Aragorn could claim the authority to unite all of mankind. When it comes to ruling mankind, there could only either be Aragorn (or someone from his line) with the legitimate authority, or else Sauron, ruling by deception and force. With respect to mankind, the line of Isildor was Sauron's only true enemy. No other human could have rallied a sufficiently united front against him.
Mathematically speaking, if a faction is broken in two equal parts and are fighting against one-another (50% vs 50%), then they are evenly matched. An outside force, even if small, could choose a side to join and determine a victor. But suppose Sauron is only able to corrupt 10% of mankind to set them against the rest; then mankind is actually weakened by 20%, because Sauron controls 10%, and it takes at least 10% of the remainder to subdue the traitors. So, however many men Sauron corrupts to his side, mankind as a whole is weakened by at least twice that much. But the reality was that humanity was broken into several small kingdoms, each with little-to-no claim upon the others. Sauron only needs to be able to subvert or conquer one or two, and all the others stand very little chance, because there is no authority (apart from Aragorn) under which they will all unite against him. Sauron, being immortal, and cleverer and physically stronger than basically all humans, will eventually conquer everything given an equal playing field (where power and authority are a giant free for all). Let's say for the sake of argument that Sauron controlled 30% of mankind, and Rohan and Gondor each have 20%. If Sauron is fighting each one at a time, then it's 30 vs 20, and he easily wins (even neglecting his other forces, like orcs and trolls). But if Rohan and Gondor join, then it's 40 vs 30 and Sauron loses. Or if all the rest of humanity comes together, then it's 70 vs 30, and it's not even close. As I understand it, the line of Isildor is the only authority in Middle Earth that could convince all of mankind to join together like that.
Superb as always!!
5:31 "Forget what adaptations tell you." Yes! This can be said of so much. It frustrates me to no end when people cite the Jackson movies as if they're canon.
I think people loving the movies and talking about the movies a lot is fine, of course. It is annoying when people use what was said in a movie to talk about what Tolkien had written though. So much of those movies doesn't really line up and if people have only watched the movies then they should really only be arguing about the movies and not the books, surely? :D
Excellent!
Easily one of, if not, the greatest character in fiction.
I'd say he's at least very underrated as a character. Some people have views about him being very boring or not changing throughout the story and I wonder if we're reading the same thing.
This is so well made!
Great video
Good job once again !
Whoa! By the algorithm and blessings of Iluvatar! Red Book! 📕 good to see/hear you again! This shall be a party of special magnificence 😊
Risky click on a new channel, hoping the voice of whoever is narrating will be decent. Not too high and winey, not too east coast american …. Ohh the joy when you started speaking!
Certainly not high and whiny😅 low and sluggish probably. But I've been around a while though, I ran another channel called The Red Book for a couple of years so there's about 100 videos over there you could watch if you liked this one!
@@StevenGibbYT why you made another channel?
Post MORE please.
I will! Videos just take ages to make :)
What happened to The Red Channel and the videos you had there? You analyses are of special interest and a great addition to the Lore channels, but in some ways, to me, better. I know the lore quite well, if hearing someone else’s ideas is a bit like having a conversation about the lore not just telling me what I already know.
Thanks for making these two excellent videos. I look forward to more. Will you be re-posting any of your old videos?
Best wishes, JTI
Hello! All the videos on The Red Book channel are still up and I won't be closing the channel. They will stay there for people to watch but new videos will be getting posted here. The only videos I will take down from that channel will be any I remake but even those will still be available for CZcams members and Patreon supporters but they just wouldn't be public.
@@StevenGibbYT Thanks for the reply. I was able to find the old channel. I hadn’t missed much but I do suffer from the fear of missing out. Especially where the content is of higher quality. Yours is.
So was there a particular reason for starting a new channel where you will need to rebuild your following though hopefully most will realize they need to subscribe here now. At least to get the CZcams system to pick you up properly. You had quite a few subscribers on the old channel. I hope you can build this channel with the same quality you’ve done and as these two videos now.
Best wishes, JTI
Wonderful video! Aragorn is second only to Gandalf of the characters I like best in LOTR. One thing I think is worth noting is how he truly embodied the idea of Estel, particularly in leading his army to the Morannon to try and lure Sauron's forces away from Orodruin. For all he knew, whether or not the One Ring was destroyed, he, his friends, and his soldiers could have all perished in the attempt yet he led them there anyway.
Your videos are very good.
Subbed, without hesitation. 🌈
Why'd you make this second channel? Got really confused seeing this - nevertheless, good to hear your voice again!
Maybe it was to confuse people!
Great job bud, just subbed. Keep it up and you’ll be big 🙌
THE RED BOOK IS BACK! I was looking forward to new stuff for the longest time. Really missed the style of your videos and the darker themes/topics you choose.
Great to have you back Red Book! 💪🏼
I've watched this twice, that's how good this is. 👍
Also, the way you presented Aragorn's story made me realize there could be a different interpretation of Gilraen's words.
"I gave hope to the Dunédain. I kept no hope for myself."
I always thought these words were so tragic and sad. Why would she be so full of despair, with such an amazing son who surely was able to speak convincingly to her about the "light beyond the darkness" (RotK, appendices). At a first glance, it seems she was unable to see that light. Nothing but utter despair.
Now I suddenly realize there could be a different interpretation, too. Maybe she was coming from a place of calm contentment. Just stating the obvious, "I have given everything there is to give - and I have no doubts regarding the completion of my very own task. That is why I don't need to keep even a tiny part of that hope for myself. It's better to let others benefit from that. I'm good."
I think it's quite powerful to look at it from this perspective, it is like an unexpected discovery of reassurance and content calmness at the end of the line.
There's another aspect to Gilraen as well. the different definitions of hope in Tolkien's works. Estel means 'hope' but it is hope in the face of danger, grief, and hardship. Basically, estel is like a hope that is tied to faith. Amdir is another word for hope but it takes into account what lies ahead in your path. Simple hope without that faith aspect often leads to an end, perhaps a glorious end but still a defeat nonetheless. Estel is a hope that is rewarded through faith, almost expecting defeat but challenging it and knowing that you would contribute to something greater even if you fall. It's almost as if Gilraen represents hope without that faith. But Aragorn is the actual personification of Estel. Gilraen dies before ever seeing Aragorn flourish but by dying and adding to the tragedy, Aragorn is pushed further into what it is he was essentially born for. Anyway, I'm rambling! I've never thought about discussing this part of Aragorn's life at any length, I think it would be interesting to examine it further.
@@StevenGibbYT Not rambling at all! Thank you so much for your answer. I never knew about Amdir and that there even is such a concept in Tolkien's work. Be sure I will drop everything to watch your video immediately if you further explore this topic in the future. Again, thanks a lot! 👍
Nice video dude
I'm glad I found your new channel. I don't really have a backup Tolkien channel anymore. Most of them don't seem to provide any original thought.
There would be a handful of Tolkien channels if the Tolkien Gateway didn't exist ;)
I figured you just had enough of CZcams and were done, glad to see you are still around.
Oh, I've had enough of it but I'm not done yet!
Sauron would also be afraid of a pair of Mormon missionaries.
It's funny that Sauron's biggest fear was someone attempting to use his own corruption against him, which completely blinded him to what should have been his biggest fear in that people would choose to not engage with his corruption voluntarily.
Exactly. It's the ego and arrogance of evil figures. Sauron could only measure others against himself as he saw himself as the greatest, the wisest. Allowing a Hobbit to carry the ring would make no sense, a figure of 'power' would surely seize it and attempt to use it because he would do that and he's the wisest. It's like some sort of evil circular reasoning that dims wisdom.
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This idea that those who seek power being unable to comprehend others not seeking it has always struck such a chord with me. As someone who grew up in the house of a wealthy businessman, it really has been a journey for me to unlearn that fear of losing power and the schooling of how important wealth acquisition was. It has been quite a journey for me to take a lower paying job where I feel better about the ethics of the work I do.
Whenever I see the one ring being discussed in Tolkien it always speaks to me as a metaphor for the kind of power I could have acquired. If I had sacrificed my morals and gone down the route that would earn me lots of money but leave me feeling like my life is a net negative for the world. It also reminds me of the sort of actions people take in haste for this kind of career progression. Like, people feel the need to earn as much as possible right now, and they constantly take on work that's right up to the limit of what they can handle. And while yes, that can be a way to learn. They are working with so little leeway relative to their skill level that when the going gets tough they often feel pressure to compromise their morals to meet the demands of the role. I really think there's a lot of wisdom in Tolkien's condemnation of haste.
Meanwhile we have Aragorn here letting men leave his army while the "optimal" thing to do might seem to be to keep as many men as possible. And the world in that moment is better for it. And more importantly he is better for it. He will be making decisions in the future as the Aragorn that showed compassion and mercy instead of the Aragorn that "did what was necessary".
How did you get the cool Middle earth map visual?
Video editing magic!
I genuinely think Aragorn could take Sauron in a fight, he was a ranger for most of his life and was trained by Elrond making him far more nimble than Isildur and Elendil were. Sauron is definitely more powerful physically and spiritually being a fallen Maia, but Aragorn is a true warrior, not just a great king, he’s a true hero and a great man, he’ll do anything to protect those he loves. Even though it wasn’t in the books, that deleted scene at the Black Gate between Aragorn and Sauron was so cool, if only there was more footage, an epic duel between the two, with Aragorn eventually getting Sauron on the defence. But if Aragorn was getting Sauron against the ropes it would take away from the hobbits in Mount Doom. So it’s best the scene was deleted, still would be an awesome scene, I’d be rooting for Aragorn all the way and believe Aragorn could eventually kill Sauron’s physical body again.
Aragorn is my favorite character. I have read all the stories. Greatest hero in Middle-earth.
definitely the best LOTR YT channel. For anyone new to this channel, this is the same person that ran The Red Book.
He 100% deserves your sub if you love LOTR lore videos!
Hello, are you the same Steven Gibb on Quora?
Hi, yes I wrote on there for a few years
@@StevenGibbYT instant subscribed, I was your fan there for a long time.
@@owenthailand Nice, thank you :) . I've been on here since I left Quora really, I had another channel for a couple of years called The Red Book
@@StevenGibbYT Another Auto-Subscribed. Nice to meet you( your contents) again!.
I love the story arc of Aragorn in the lord of the rings. The story was never told from his perspective that i can recall. But the story was about him in the end in my opinion. He tied it all together from the silmarillion to the return of the king. Descended from beren and luthien elwing and earendil. Not only blood of the elves and men blood of the maiar. And then he lived up to it. Best character in the story. The hesitation to take his place at the front and then the commitment to lead starting in Rohan was perfect. Only part of the movies better than the books was the line "For Frodo."
I can often wonder about some contredictions in the books. When the hobbits meet Aragorn in Bree he claims that the enemy has set traps for him before. Sure it can meen basicly anything, but it somehow indicates that he is known to Sauron. But after he has looked in the palintiri he says straight out that Sauron didnt know untill then that he existed.
Sauron knows of the Rangers of the North and would know of a ranger Thorongil who fought for Gondor but that does not mean he knows that this figure is THE Heir of Isildur.
do you still run The Redbook?
The channel is still up and it will stay up but new videos will be here.
Your videos are so relaxing and restoring while also being insightful literary analysis. Also, thank you for addressing the question of lineage head-on. Extrapolating the use of ancestry in the legendarium to Tolkien’s views on different human population groups in our world betrays a total misunderstanding of the text. It’s unfortunately often used to criticize Tolkien, or worse, used by racists to appropriate him.
I find it so strange that many places I read this criticism of Tolkien comes from so-called "scholars" of his work. Not saying the work can't be looked at critically, it's just surprising that these 'experts' read the text in such a baffling way.
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7 mins since post, damn I'm late
You must not be a Wizard
Jesus Christ symbolism, it's perfect as a holy avatar metaphor
Works well with Aragorn. A different kind of Christ symbolism also works with Gandalf and Frodo too!
You sound like the guy from the red book
"Well of course I know him. He's me."
Im confused, why separate the channels?
Not really separated. That would mean I'd still be posting videos to both. I'm not posting videos to the old one anymore and this is the channel I'll be making videos for.
The One Ring is the "ruling ring". As Saruman hints, one could theoretically put on the ring and command any creature of darkness, if his willpower is more or less equal to the creature's. That's why Frodo puts on the ring at Weathertop and the Fords of Bruinen. At Weathertop, his cry for Elbereth combined with the authority given by the ring was deadly to the Nazgul but at the Fords of Bruinen they simply laugh at him when he says "leave me alone". That's a fragile, scared, weak voice. Not the voice of a mighty rules and tyrant. Aragorn, Gandalf, Elrond, Galadriel and Denethor would be much different. One can speculate that even the Nazgul would obey the commands of the new Lord of the Rings. Sauron without the ring is just a shrivelled husk of his old self. A new lord with a soul and power of his own enhanced with the best part of Sauron's power might have seemed more worthy of obedience. Frodo threatens Gollum with putting on the ring and commanding him to kill himself and that scares Gollum. Because at that time, Frodo had started to turn into a much different character under the extended influence of the ring. Not thin and stretched like Bilbo, but lordly and cruel. In the end, Frodo's rejection of destroying the ring was not only a failure of will, but a character transformation from selfless, naive hero wanting to save the world to power-hungry ruler wanting to punish and oppress. What would any true lord become with such power? And Aragorn's ancestors, the Numenoreans beat Sauron TWICE. First time, they enslaved Sauron which ended in him losing his fair form and body, the second ended in him losing his ring, the greater part of his soul and power. Sauron learned not to underestimate humanity way before Aragorn showed up. So he wisely fears the third encounter which would be the last and he loses everything. That possibility frightens him deeply, especially if Aragorn were to find and use the ring. Sauron is strong but his strength is not so great that he should calculate strength by the amount of force at any given moment.
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Don't leave out the maia blood Aragorn has(Mellian).
I didn't. It's in the video.
Huzzah!
What Frodo should have said when the "three is company" met the elfs near woodend. - These are highelfs...Run, run for your lifes!
"Whichever direction they are walking in, let's go the other way!"
@@StevenGibbYT they are kind of jerks even in that meeting. So your are hunted by the nazguls...what a pitty for you...but hey, we send out word, good luck!
@@jimbombadill "Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger" :D
Tolkein clearly provides examples of mixed lineage being a strength. He does use the idea that certain bloodlines are paragons of certain traits and that this stregnth from blood is passed down. This does have some implcations that may sound like eugenics or other such vile things to some, but you'd have to not pay attention at all really. Frodo, Aragorn, Elrond, all of the Numenoreans, these are all examples of mixing bloodlines with a result that is stronger the parts that make the whole. Eugenics is about distillation for strength, Tolkein writes about diversification of bloodlines creating some of the greatest heros.
To attribute anything so foul to Tolkein's work is nothing more than a lack of basic reading comprehension skills coupled with a victimhood complex.
Did Sauron think that Aragorn already had possession of the One Ring? Did Sauron think that a Hobbit was carrying the Ring for him to use once he established himself in Minus Tirith? I am not totally clear on why Sauron feared Aragorn, even after watching the video.😅
Maybe I am wrong, but I would think that Sauron should at least be able to sense when someone else is wearing the Ring, not where the person is, but only that he is wearing it. Sauron has access to the power of the Ring even when he isn't wearing it, so can't he feel a power struggle over use of the Ring's power, whether he or another is drawing power from it?
I'm getting deja vu because we discussed this before. Especially the part where you say Sauron has "access" to the power of the ring without wearing it because it became an arbitrary thing about how far he has to be from it to still make use of it. I don't like nitpicky discussions like that though cause they just seem to exist in some eager attempt to find fault in the logic of the story.
You don't seem to need to wear the ring to make some use of it (perhaps not full use of it), as we see with Frodo when he dominates Gollum. He's still carrying it though, bearing it. If the ring is 10 feet away from Sauron it might as well be 10000 miles away from him.
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The deja Vu was Sauron's ëala carrying Ring thousands of miles back to Barad-dür, using GPS, I guess.🤪
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I never seek to find fault in anything I read in the Legendarium. If I have a fault, it is that I take everything written way too seriously, like it is true history and therefore can be explained.
I thought you could explain how most of Sauron's power is poured into the Ring and that he has access to most of that power, yet he thinks Aragorn is using the Ring? That means he doesn't know. He knew when Frodo put the Ring on. That was probably because Frodo claimed the Ring for himself. Great. So, Aragorn didn't claim the Ring for himself yet Sauron is terrified because he thinks Aragorn has it and will eventually use it? I am trying to figure this out.
@@Enerdhil - I have never said that Sauron has "access to most of that power". I don't know why that's being said because I have never held that view. I only said in other videos that without the ring he isn't diminished. Sauron can't use the ring at all when he doesn't have it. He's just not "enhanced" on earth without it.
According to Gandalf, Sauron will believe that there will be a champion among the powers of the West who will take the ring from the others, leading them. The signs then start pointing to this. Saruman and Isengard are defeated, the Witch-king is defeated, Aragorn reveals himself, his huge army is defeated, and then a small army marches to Mordor shouting for all to hear that the King is returned. Sauron isn't stupid, he's just not aware of the full picture. All signs are pointing to Aragorn being that champion who now carries the ring. He's only somewhat less frightened because it seems Aragorn is foolishly marching to Mordor way too soon.
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Yes. Your explanation of what Sauron was thinking was clear in the video and since Sauron cannot sense where the Ring might be, it is the best explanation.
I am still trying to figure out the power dynamics between Sauron and The One Ring. I always believed that Sauron put most of his power and essence into the Ring when he forged it. I thought this diminished him without the Ring. Now it seems you are saying the Ring's power only "enhanced" his powers. I never thought of it that way because when the Ring was destroyed, Sauron lost all his power. That seems like more than 50% of his innate power was imbued into the Ring.
Anyway, I will accept your explanation because frankly no one has a better one.
Thranduil is the father of Legolas yet they have different characters
I never said it was a rule.
Amazon drops hundreds of millions of dollars to produce a piece of shit show and a guy with a thousand subs on CZcams produces a forty minute video that completely out classes the Rings of Power. One has to ask the question…did Amazon and those producers purposefully make a shitty show.
Thanks for this video. Subbed half way through. Looking forward to seeing what else you do.
Thanks! If you like these videos then you would like the videos on my old channel, there's about 100 on there to watch. It is called The Red Book :)
I'm waiting to hear William Wallace freedom long live Scotland
Yeah, good one...