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- Cousin of Thorin Oakenshield, King of Durin's Folk, Dáin II "Ironfoot" would earn renown in war from a young age, fight in the Battle of Five Armies, lead his people to prosperity, and die resisting the forces of Sauron.
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Dain Ironfoot is my favourite Dwarf. He was valiant in battle but I think that the answer he gave to the messenger of Sauron deserves a honourable mention. It was indeed an act of bravery that helped to gain time and send Gimli and Gloin to Rivendell
How is he your favorite if all we know about him is where he comes from and how he got slain by an orc?
@@jjs5191 and being 250 years old to boot. The sense of honor that one must have to perish in defense of the corpse of a fallen friend is something to be recognized
@165Atlas Yes. The dwarves choose to be the heroes of this tale instead of being tempted by the greed of evil. Dain knew that Sauron couldn't be trusted and the orcs are the oldest enemies of the dwarves since Azog's time. He was wise, strong, cunning, and bravely stood his ground to the bitter end. The dwarves may be sad he's gone, but everyone should be proud of him during his last days.
When my wife asks me to commit to her questions i will use this as my answer hence forth
@@alexlessard28 that's what you know about him. Watch the whole video bud.
The phrase of Dain standing over the body of the grandson of Bard always makes me cry. Just imagine the friendship and heartache of Dain watching each generation grow and die as he felt his old age as well.
I love that moment.... reminds me of the Last Stand of the Men of Dorlomin.
Same
Dude, I always cry when I hear Gandalf say Fíli and Kíli fell defending Thorin -- with shield and body. And although Thorin died in the end, when one considers that, if Thorin had not survived the battle, would there have been a timely sure-footed man calling out to Bilbo when he woke weakly, sick, and alone at the top of Ravenhill? It was only the fact that someone was trying to find him made Bilbo realize he was wearing the ring, and that moment was the first that brought to mind the ring's drawbacks. What might have become of him if he'd tried to stumble down off the cliff with it on, I don't like to think... And if Bilbo hadn't heard Thorin's parting words, how different might the years afterwards have been? Bilbo's choice to relinquish the ring was such a near thing, one wonders if things might have gone very differently after all, if not for the heart shown by those two little blue cloaked fiddling sons of Dis...
@@magicalelvishman very interesting!
I think Brand's death might have hit him the hardest.
Bard was a grown adult who Dain expected to fight and yet made a friend while each other re-established their respective kingdoms. So there were definitely a lot of tussling back and forth as each other's interests could be in conflict. Bain was already born by the Five Armies, and was growing into the system already established by Bard and Dain, so things might have gone much smoother and they might have been friendlier.
But Brand was a fresh start, the first king of Dale born in the restored kingdom with a neighboring Erebor. I can definitely picture Bain presenting Dain with a baby and having the Dwarf King act as an old grandfather figure to the boy as he grew up, teaching him and playing with him and beaming with pride as he became a man, and seeing that man die in front of him. I can imagine that grief was a major component of the vigor with which he wielded his old axe.
The First was a colleague, the Second was a Friend, the Third was a Son.
Dáin's achievements in the Battle of Azanulbizar are even more impressive when you realize that the youthful dwarves, Fíli and Kíli, of Thorin's party were 82 and 77 respectively and that at 62, Gimli was too young to join the quest.
So he would have been literally just a little kid by dwarven standards...
"Dain, let me see what you have!"
"An axe!"
"That's m'boy!"
I’ve always wished we could have the lifespans of dwarves 😂 I dont know if I want to live as long as the elves but humans and hobbit lives feel too short. I really like the idea though of being in my 60s and still considered “too young” 😂
@@typacsk that's pretty much like my sister when she was 3yo.
"Gimme that axe!"
"You're too small to have something like this."
After a few moments of thinking: "Gimme the itty-bitty axe!"
If i remember correctly he was 30 join the battle of azanulbizar so dain is the youngest of dwarf he got bless by durin himself
"The time of my thought is my own to spend" Easily one of the most badass responses in Tolkien 's stories
Sounds so beautiful.
If the messenger from Sauron was a Nazgul, the fact that Dain was able to converse with one while keeping his composure, and making it go away twice, means he had a truly strong and courageous mind.
Even the mouth of Sauron (a black numenorian and one most likely a sorcerer of sorts) is mad impressive
A testament to the hardiness of the Dwarves.
I think it would have been the mouth of Sauron who delivered the message it wouldn’t have been a Ringwraith because judging by the book the 9 were chasing the hobbits and Aragon and glorfindel
@@bjsuits
And, I suspect, the bearer of Thráin's Ring (with Sauron likely using the three remaining of the Seven to try to make three more Nazgûl).
Balin's father was killed in the battle of Azanulbizar
"But there was no feast or song, for our losses were beyond count"
This is one of my favorite appendix entries
Same with “a dwarf would say proudly of his ancestor, ‘he was a burned dwarf.’ And that was enough.”
@@keithtorgersen9664
the Khazad "enough said" 👍
He truly lived and died as a Hero and King to his people and all of Middle Earth. I would have loved to buy him a barrel of his choice and listen to his stories.
You and me both!!! 🍺🤠🍻
As the word of achilles
If a king join the battle that would be a Sight
Even though Dáin is only in The Hobbit movies for a short time, he is by far one of my favorite characters.
Loved him in battle for middle earth 2 games
It always amazes me how a work of fiction can take a life of it's own through the love of thousands of people.
Loved this. I think the Dwarf lore is by far the most interesting and engaging of all in Middle Earth and this just furthers my love of it.
I remember severely underrating Dain the first time I read the books. I was very young then. Definitely one of the greats!
What a thrilling Character, I would absolutely love to see Dain in a full length feature film. I feel as a fan who started with the Hobbit as a child you feel the emotional connection between men and dwarves and I think it would be special to see Dain standing over Brand giving his life for his friend after such an eventful life. Thank you so much for your content as always. I can't believe I found your channel at 6k subs and a few videos. Look at you know, always providing top quality content and keeping the spirit of Tolkien alive.
He was in the hobbit
@@Lukey111 🤣. Good point well presented... I think you know what I meant though. Barely see him in the Hobbit
Dain is one of the coolest dwarves in Middle Earth. Awesome video
This channel is so ... cozy
It's like gathering around a fireplace and listening to ancient legends.
War of the Dwarves and Orcs
This would make a superb game.
Taking areas and having to fortify it before counter attacks.
Open battle and sneaky tic-tacs under the mountains.
Look up the 3rd age mod for Medieval 2. It allows you to play as several Middle Earth factions including the dwarves and is probably the best LOTR game out there.
@@mbern4530 I've not played TW for ages. I should boot it back up..
I was thinking more of, 20 Dwarves in a little faction going down tunnels and getting stopped by hords of orcs.. We've had a few open games but putting in tunnels and small open areas would give it a dark, close feel and something of a change. Also some seaking behing lines and sabbotage..
So you can play as solo, small factions or huge clans meeting up to make it a few hundred defending an areas before moving on to the next area to clear.
A story which deserves a whole movie of its own.
This was such a good one! And the tie-ins about how he was responsible for sending Gimli and Gloin to Rivindel.... wow. Great video!
The imagery of him slaying Azog is epic! Keep up the great work! "BARUK KHAZAD! KHAZAD AI-MENU!"
that was Gimli's war cry when he decapitated two orcs with a double handed back-and-forth swing to save Eomer"s life
@@hurin_thalion11 it was a war cry of the dwarves in general, heard on many battlefields
Matt, I know you would love an animated series for LOTR in the nature of The Clone Wars. This is just one of many examples on how the story could be expanded during the war of the ring.
The achievements of Dain Ironfoot is unbelievable, he is 100% respectable.
6:57 The Messenger of Mordor and Dain Ironfoot. One of my favorite scenes in the books.
The messenger from Mordor was my favourite, very mysterious.
Turns out Gimli was telling the truth, dwarves are natural sprinters 2:25
Wasn't that already well-established in the Hobbit?
Imagine a mini series about DAIN!!! taking from the War of the Dwarves and Orcs campaigning through the misty mountains, to him seeing the Balrog, sending aid to the battle of 5 armies, and finishing out to him in his ever old age coming out to fight one last time against the Easterlings!!
Imagine dealing the Mafia a crippling blow--only see C'thulhu lurking around the bend.
Perfect timing for Saturday afternoon nap time
Dain is a badass 😎
Dain killed Azog in his thirties which is about a teenage age for dwarves and managed to kill many Easterlings before he fell at age 252 which is like 100 years old for humans. This dwarf was a natural phenomenon
Getting closer to 1 million!
Finally a video about DAIN IRONFOOT Baruk Khazad
Beautiful valour and friendship of Dain defending the fallen body of his friend's grandson, making the ultimate sacrifice
That story was freaking amazing. Done right, that would be an amazing thing to see on screen.
Nice work dude
Love your videos man ❤ the amount of effort love and passion you put into your work is amazing Tolkien would be proud of your doings makes me proud to be a member of this amazing community
I wish they`d film the battles of the Dwarves in Erebor and the Elves in Mirkwood and Lothlorien in The Return Of The King, rather then just focusing on the battle of Pelennor. I know it wasn`t described in the book, but I think it would add so much more weight and importance to the story.
YES! One of My Favorite Charaters of all time! Great video Matt! BARUK KHAZAD!
Long Live the King! LONG LIVE THE KING!
I listen to your videos most of the time but the art work is beautiful !
After the war of the ring, Thorin Stonehelm became king under the mountain and Bard II
became the king of Dale
things worked out, but not without grief and death first
This was awesome but that Ulmo video will alwas be my favorite. Thanks for ALL you do!
There is no character with More heart than Dain, to pursue and challenge an enemy like Azog at such a young age given the same enemy had killed his grand uncle, and his own father before him, is insane, as well as fighting hundreds of orcs defending the body of a friend in his old age, man, valiance is an understatement
Great video and accompanying artwork! Gained some new respect for Dain II.
I always did wonder why some of the Dwarves apparently forgot about Durin's Bane when they wanted to take back Khazad-dûm.
Regardless, Dain has to be one of the greatest Dwarves warriors ever.
There probably weren't all that many that actually knew WHAT Durin's Bane was, as most things that see a Balrog don't get to live to tell of it.
So most Dwarves probably knew something bad was down there but not just how bad it was. And well, it got put into context for Dáin with but a single glimpse of the creature.
@@draochvar9646 Which is why it is so puzzling that Balin and his people went when Dain undoubtedly told them the monster was still there. They may have not known exactly what it was but they knew what it was capable of.
He's Def. One of the most important dwarves I remember reading return of the king at the very end of the book in the appendices wen they say he fell in battle was like one last gut punch even as honorable as he went out!
Amazing one brother ❤️🔥
"Hey! How do you like the old twirly-whirlies?! Ha ha, you buggers!" -- Dain Ironfoot (Extended Edition)
This was great. Thank you.
Durin's folk really need to be welcomed as Children of Illuvatar postmaster. They've earned it in the 3rd age.
Excellent job!!!
I really appreciate the level of effort that goes into this fan fiction. It really adds a lot of interesting lore on top of what John Tolkien wrote in LOTR. Thank you!
I was literally just thinking of this guy! Nice!
Great episode!
So good thank you !
If they want to make something around that time then do stories about what the other battles were happening at the same time!! Or my personal opinion make a Trilogy about early Melkhor/Morgoth and his huge battles against the elves and dwarves. Or when him and Ungoliant drain the 2 trees then later battle over the Sillmirills then calls like 10 Balrogs to aid him. That would look amazing
Fancy just killing Azog and then catching a glimpse of Durin’s Bane
Thanks for all the dwarf content lately!
What a great character to review. Thank you so much for doing this video and highlighting what of my favorite characters in Lord of the rings. Long live the line of Druin
I salute you for your dedication to Tolkiens work. I thoroughly enjoy your material. Lord Of The Rings was my first serious dive into fantasy after childrens books back in the eighties.
The road has been long and still Tolkiens books shine among the brightest among fantasy literature.
I should reacquaint myself with Silmarillion one fine day, for it has been dacades since I read that jewel among literature.
This is both educational and entertaining.... ⚔️ I thank you.
My favourite Twiddly Widdly user
Well done!
He's awesome
Dáin II Ironfoot did truly kick ass I would love to of seen a live action version as a cut away in the extras of return of the king
"Good morning. How are we all? I have a wee proposition, if you don't mind giving me a few moments of your time. Would you consider... JUST SODDING OFF! All ye, right now!"
Hobbit movies be as they may, but Dain is just epic.
Imagine an animated film during Return of the King but from the perspective of the dwarves and men of Erebor and Lake Town fighting the Easterlings.
A death fit for a dwarf. Fighting till death .
Hi, love the videos Matt, is there any chance we could get a video on the Druadan?
I've been stuped so I recently found a song called long lankin and when I look it up it is somehow related to tolkien and I figured here was the best place to find an answer how is this related to middle earth?
MY BOY...my vest charecter in all of Tolkin's world
This was a real good video.
Awesome vid
Hello everyone!
Hello :)
Ouallouche
Please put all your videos into 9 hour compilations so I can listen while at work
The best channel keep going
"His grandfather, Gror, who had not gone to war..." sounds like a Dwarven folk song lol
I loved that in the BotFA movie, Dain was played by #BillyConnoly 😁❤🍻🧙♂️
About time!!
Nice video my friend!
THE 'OL TWIRLY WHIRLIES
New favourite dwarve unlocked
I know it would be a lot of work and research, but I'd love to see content like this for the Game of Thrones universe. It would make understanding the schemes of the main players and history/lore of the world a LOT easier to understand.
Great Vid some love for my boy 👏🏻
An epic character who is mostly known by the masses as an uncanny CGI Billy Connolly.
They really made Dain look like an incompetent and hot head risking the life of his fellow dwarves easily. But I guess thats the result of headbutting every orc you can find...
that movie still infuraties me especially for what it easily could have been...
They could've just cut all slapstick scenes, useless dialogue, the Dale saga and the love triangle. If they then had used practical effect armies and kept the dwarven theme song from the first movie, it would've been EPIC.
All time favorite Dwarf!
Understandably Sauron might have used Smaug somehow. But I've always put Smaug, Shelob, Tom Bombadil and Treebeard in a group. Unaffected by The Ring. Focused on their own realms.
The Dwarves, as a race, being essentially adopted children of Illuvitar, in a grey area of their own.
But if you want, The Last Full Measure of Devotion, in literature: Dain II Iron Foot!!!
Smaug differs a bit from the others due to the simple fact he possesses a driving trait Sauron could have used to gain his cooperation or even an alliance: draconic greed.
So whilst not a servant of Sauron, he could have certainly become employed by him to wreak havok in the north, in exchange for even more treasure for the hoard.
Video idea: “Theory - What if Bilbo killed Gollum?”
Awesome Video!!! Would you be willing to make a video on your hopes for season 2 of Rings of Power? Storyline, Characters, etc?
Definitely. I've got a couple theories for S2 I'm going to make into videos, but I think probably later this year I'll make some kind of hopes & fears, expectations, predictions video.
Ouallouche
Okay, I gotta chime in and bring attention to how much ass that artwork of Dain kicks. He looks downright terrifying in the one with huge forehead and shining blue eyes, and badarse in the one with the red armour and broad ornate red axe. The rest are friggin' cool too.
Since you sometime interview and use the work of amazing artists (but also very well-known) who pay tribute to Tolkien, I think it would be a good idea to invite some other tributary artists who deserve at least an appearance. For example, the music you used in this video reminded me of Jim Kirkwood's King of the Golden Hall. The guy is a legend of dungeon synth (among other things). Artists of all kinds really help you form a more magic bond with Arda... especially musicians. For example, when I was first reading the Silmarillion, I descovered Blind Guardian's album - Nightfall in Middle-Earth... a masterpiece that combined with the book made a teenager back then forever belong with a good part of his soul to Tolkien's world.
Awesome.
Dain chosen to go down in a blaze of glory!
bro i never thought of it when i was little the fact that dain hold sauron back as much as everyone else... damn wheres that movie?
Do you think Sauron’s promise of returning Khazad Dum to the dwarves is something he could’ve kept? If I’m not mistaken NotR discussed in a previous video that the Balrogs (specifically in this case Durin’s Bane) didn’t necessarily hold any loyalty to Sauron and seeing that the Balrogs, the Istari, and Sauron were all Maiar, and Durin’s Bane still even ended up taking Gandalf with him as he fell, Sauron might have been able to handle the balrog but would that be a guarantee?
Deception is one of Sauron's primary weapons after all, and Dain himself can see the deception in this when he says he must consider what the message means 'under its fair cloak.'
Sauron wouldn't be concerned about having to uphold his side of the bargain. Should the ring have been returned to him, the free lands of Middle-Earth would have fallen under his dominion, and Moria would have been the least of the dwarves' problems when they had brought about their own downfall, should they have accepted and given away Bilbo's location before Gandalf had become aware of their search.
I also don't see it as entirely impossible that with the ring, Sauron's power may even have outstripped the Balrog's. He was Morgoth's chief servant after all, even over Gothmog, the lord of balrogs and likely strongest amongst their number, and this was long before Sauron had forged the ring to augment his strength.
Sauron needn't have concerned himself with Durin's Bane until he was ready, and by that time his power would have matched if not eclipsed the Balrog's, so it would either submit to his rule, or succumb to his wrath.
@@Dinoman9877And then consider that in the Second Age, Sauron was defeated three times by the Noldor and Numenoreans while he had the One Ring!! Defeat #2 wasn’t even a battle - his armies fled before the might of the Numenoreans! Staggering how badass those guys were in S.A.
I think that had he emerged victorious in the War of the Ring, Sauron would have been able to deal with Durin's Bane although I don't know that there would have been a reason for him to do that. Even in his weakened state Sauron was an extraordinarily powerful being. If you read the description Tolkien wrote of him in the Valaquenta in The Silmarillion, you get a real sense of this.
I think Sauron ~could~ have kept the promise. Sauron with the one ring restored to him would probably wreck Durins Bane if Gandalf the Grey killed it. I just don’t think that Sauron ~would~ have kept his promise.
@@Dinoman9877 I don't think Sauron could have actually defeated Gothmog during their time if it had come down to it. Not if we go by Gothmog's VERY illustrious list of confirmed kills and victories.
As badass as Sauron is, killing Feanor ain't on his wrapsheet. He got himself defeated by a man that was a shadow compared to the kings of the Noldor.
Ever since i saw the video of the broken sword about azong and nerd of the rings video on khazad - dum, i love dain. He is badass
Such is the wrath of the dwarves in the elder ages
Ringwraith: "Lord Sauron would like to discuss your car's extended warranty."
Dain: "Sure, sure. You hold tight, I'll be right back. I need to finish this heavily modded playthrough of Skyrim."
If the Balrog was close enought just inside the gate for Dain to have seen it, why didn't it emerge and destroy the dwarf army, who was weary from their long battle with the orcs?
Can we get a video about Fingon?? He is such an underrated 1st age character!
I was re-reading the hobbit and I say this quote: “Trolls’ purses are the mischief, and this was no exception. “Ere, ‘oo are you?” it squeaked…” Bilbo is captured by the trolls shortly after. But is this the purse talking or something inside or is it just a literary device at work?
Bilbo putting on a voice, maybe?
Dain is the best dwarf ever lived in my opinion they need to make an movie about the war in dale during the war of the ring
Dain is my favorite character in all of Tolkien's writings.