Aragorn, Legolas, & Gimli: After the Lord of the Rings | The Fates of the Fellowship - Tolkien Lore
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One other thing of interest. Gimli had the three hairs of Galadriel set into imperishable crystal which became the greatest treasure of the Glittering Caves
Given who Galadriel refused to give three hairs to ... It's actually the most powerful statement on the story.
Those hairs saw the light of the two trees in valinor...These gems were basically that, what the silmaril should have been. Even the valar would value those stones highly. Quiet the thing to have.
Gimli, meets Legolas: "I hate you. Let's be bff's."
Gimli, meets Eomer: "I hate you. Let's be bff's."
Gimli was the ultimate bro, becoming the best friends with the two people he hated most at first meeting them. It's hilarious and endearing.
I love Gimli.
That shows that even the most brash & abraisive personality has a measure of endearment within them.
Often times I find myself a mix of Peregrin "Pippin" Took & Gimli, son of Gloin when observing the key characters in the tale.
So… I am Gimli. I hated all my friends upon meeting them the first time
I cannot jump the distance .. toss me... but don't tell the elf. ....(not a word)
Friendship through conflict. A tale as old as Gilgamesh and Enkidu. That's us males to a T.
Aragorn’s upbringing made him more humble. Makes sense he would see Pippin calling him Strider as endearing and not take offense. This also made him a great King in my mind.
The name Strider reminded him of the last friends he made before the blade that was broken was reforged and he therefore more officially became the heir of Isildur actively seeking to reclaim that throne.
He meets the Hobbits and convinces them (minus Sam, who would hold out until Aragorn saves Frodo in the wild a bunch of times) to trust him entirely as himself, not as the lost king of Gondor and Arnor.
Halfway into that introduction Gandalf’s letter that says “btw if you meet my friend Strider trust him” arrives, but I think Aragorn was super touched that they liked him despite his looks (their first impression was that he was a highwayman who was going to steal all their money, and probably kill them after realizing they didn’t have that much). He says right then he sometimes wishes he could win friendship for his own sake and not worry about being hunted or looking distrustful.
So the fact that Pippin is still referring to him as his friend Strider in Minas Tirith calls back to that. It’s a reminder that he has friends.
He couldn’t have more transparently been touched by the gesture than if he’d named himself Elessar Hobbit-friend
I don't feel like its being humble but the opposite. He is extremely proud of his strider days and what he did then. He also knows they call him strider because they dont see him any different then they did when he helped them to Rivendell.
@@mike-mz6yz "My friends, You kneel for no one" I think that explains it all
@@bigmike2464 im not saying he isn't humble lol more that him taking the name of strider isn't being humble
You must be talking about movie Aragorn. A lot of people that watch the movies and then read the books think book Aragorn is a bit lofty and mildly arrogant lol.
The friendship between Aragorn and Pippin is 100% wholesome. He couldn't fight with a stubborn hobbit so he made it his name 🤣
If only J.R.R Tolkien had the years of a Dúnedain and were able to further the tales of Middle Earth and its myriad of inhabitants.
I very much enjoy this channel!
Legolas and Gimli sailing west together always touches my heart to almost tears. It’s so beautiful. I’ve read the trilogy each year since I was sixteen, and reading the fates of the fellowship always pulls at my heart. It feels like saying goodbye to your dearest friends.
I know exactly what you mean🥺
Dave does such a masterful job at retelling this, I almost cried!
Yes; a powerful and sad contrast to Arwen Evenstar dying alone and forgotten.
The chapter Many Partings is always so sad to me knowing that some of them will never see eachother again. And of course the final chapter is so sad too. 😔
Aragorn chased Pippen across half the length of Middle earth, and was amazed and happy to find him alive. Makes complete sense to me, knowing the characters, that Aragorn would be not just tolerant but pleased that Pippen still called him by the name he first knew Aragorn..Strider.
Agreed pippin knew him at all3 points of his ascension. As a ranger ,a man of the fellowship, and as a King.
It's nice to think that Gimli finally got to see Galadriel again too. It makes you wonder if maybe she had a hand in getting him permission to enter Valinor as the only dwarf ever to be allowed in.
I’ve always found it interesting how Tolkien didn’t just end his story with Sauron being defeated, Aragorn getting crowned & married, but instead goes in detail about what comes after.
He actually shows that life was drastically improved for most of middle earth following Sauron’s downfall instead of just letting you assume that everything is fine
I remember reading that last line about Arwen's passing the first time.. it was not only that peculiar feeling of finishing a book and longing for more... but way more bittersweet. I still have goosebumps
Great point about the men of the east... not being irrevocably ‘evil’ just because they followed Sauron. It’s a good reminder that Sauron was a schemer and had probably just picked at their proverbial old wounds.
they only know what they are told.
The men of the east worshipped him, so the Easterlings were fanatically loyal to him even after his fall, leading Aragorn and Eomer to have to fight them again.
The Haradrim on the other hand hate Gondor as a rival empire, so when Sauron falls they no longer have to fight Gondor and make peace instead. They are not as fanatic as Easterlings
@@SantomPh the real reason behind the hate the men of Harad had for the kingdom of Gondor goes all the way back to the fall of numenor and before with them having been ruled over by those loyal to the king that destroyed the once great human kingdom
Man! That last bit about Arwyn had me close to tears.
The tales of Legolas and Gimli, and to a lesser extent, the death of Arwen, always move me... and narrated by you, brought me to tears 🥲 Tolkien's world is a bittersweet one, of loss, endings, passage of time, acceptance and trust... very emotional... may we all try to bring the best to our world in our living, and trust that things are bright also when we're dead, whatever this looks like, if it even looks like anything
The tombs/caskets of BOTH Meriadoc Brandybuck & Peregrin Took either side of King Aragorn's "got me in the feels".
The mutual respect & dedicated friendship between the king & his closest "little friends"🙏
Brings me right back to Gandalf's many statements about "NEVER underestimating Hobbits"🤔
The last few minutes of this video make me less afraid of dying, or of other loved ones dying some day. I've been terrified since I met my wife of losing people in my life, or of them losing me. I lost my 93yo grandmother last year, and I just recently processed that a bit more.
Thank you. The idea that Tolkien came up with of just... deciding to give up living (peacefully, as Eru envisioned before Morgoth corrupted death) is honestly one of the most beautiful and important things I've ever seen expressed. I don't have words for exactly how I'm feeling, but I'm (bit of a joke here) eternally grateful.
you are placing your 'hope' in a fairy tale....there is a much better answer to the fear of death...and it's real. The tale of the God of all creation who did not abandon the people he created after they turned against Him.....but rather left His Glory above all that He created, to became one of His lowly creations. He submitted Himself to life as a mortal, with all the humble/humiliating realities which that entails.....so that He could represent His fallen, corrupted creations and take upon Himself the Righteous Holy Wrath of of Holy Perfectly Just God, the punishment that a Just and Holy God MUST meet to wickedness. Though He was without sin, He willingly took God's rightful wrath against man's wickedness upon Himself so that justice would be paid and wicked man could be forgiven and delivered. What a far more beautiful tale....and it's true. That all who look upon the Son and trust in Him can enter into eternal life because the debt for their iniquities and wickedness has been paid by the God who created them. "GLORIOUS" !! The greatest story ever told is in the greatest book ever written....is the Bible ! you should read it some time...it's awesome ! Start in the Gospel of John and find the True answer to your fears of death ! ❤
Great video. The only thing that was missed, was how Gimi set his gift of Galadriel hair strands in crystal as a pledge of good will between the dwarves of the mountain and the elves of the wood.
He said he would, but the Appendices did not mention him doing it
@@SantomPh - It would have been redundant. Once declared, only death could have stopped Gimli from following through on his pledge and we know that he lived.
I like how Tolkein's world makes you feel like it could actually be a real place in time. I mean Sauron, Balrogs, and dragons would be a little hard to accept once I got there.
Can’t remember if it’s in the books but in the movies he Aragorn says “my friends, you bow to no one.” Given that context it really makes sense that he wouldn’t be offended and likely would be happy to be called Strider as a friend calls him besides once you wield power and authority the only real friends you can have would be of those who were friends before you wielded it
not in the book...based on information from others reader
At the Field of Cormallen, before his entry into Minas Tirith and coronation and after Sam and Frodo wake from their long sleep, Aragorn takes those two and sets them in his high seat and instructs all the attendants to praise them while he himself kneels to them. This was clearly Jackson's inspiration for the "you bow to no one" scene.
12:50 You say you believe that Gimli was ready to fight Eomer after he said Galadriel was not the most beautiful he had ever seen, and I believe in the book it's even more funny!
"Alas!" said Eomer. "I will not say that she is the fairest lady that lives."
"Then I must go for my axe," said Gimli.
😆😆
And then when Éomer explains that he thinks Arwen is the fairest, Gimli’s like “….fair enough” and lets it go.
I like to imagine Gimli arriving in Valinor and being able to actually meet the creator of his fathers Aule. How incredible that meeting must have been! I'm not sure if Aule ever made direct contact with the Dwarves after they awoke under the mountains.
Aule absolutely had met dwarves..
Wow! That was a fun ride you took us on! So much happened after Aragorn was crowned king. I wish I could visit the garden that Legolas made for Faramir and Eowen or maybe visit Gimli in his Glittering Caves or see the restored city of Minas Tirith.❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Legolas' garden for Faramir and Eowyn is my favourite detail that I found while working on this video. I'd love to go there!
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Do you know what happened to Osgiliath? I suppose it was eventually rebuilt because it had docks for ships to import and export goods for Minas Tirith too.
Also doesn’t the island on Numeanor resurface and his repopulated?
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Actually, no. Numenor sank and everything on it was lost forever. Only the Faithful preserved the knowledge and skills of that great empire.
Interestingly, Tolkien, for all the "happy endings" that are assigned to him and his writing, never REALLY gives anyone one. Maybe it is because he's not afraid to tell us that every one dies (or goes west) and leaves behind the lands east of the undying land.
I think this is a happy ending
Awesome video!! I will never forget finishing the LOTR. It’s the one and only book that ever made me tear up. Even though the ending is relatively happy there is a hint of sorrow that makes the world feel like our own.
i think Sam said it best: i dont know why, but it makes me sad.
This was a truly masterful rendition of facts and hints scattered throughout Professor Tokien's voluminous writings. I thank you very kindly from the piedmont of Georgia, USA.
Beautiful ending, and its very beautiful presentation.... I watched it at night, and i was sleepy... But the 27 minutes of the film make me fully awake and can feel like i was at middleearth watching the ending... thank you so much for the story :)
Ending hit me harder than I thought.
Bittersweetly beautiful.
And you're right, it does end with a
Arwen's death.
I must say, out of all the lore videos from different CZcamsrs, yours is the most heartwarming.
I like how you mention in your videos the even greater works Tolkiens races achieve when they work together - nice little extra meta-insight that our differences can build greater achievement if we don’t let them cause strife
Loved this history of the fourth age! It tied up all loose ends so to speak, and gave a great account of the main characters. Arwen's end is truly sad, her sacrifice culminated in her passing into eternity.
Arwen's last year and her lonely end in an empty Lothlorien is so ineffably sad.
Imagine if they brought back the cast to finish all their characters stories in a series or movie and got it perfectly.
Love your video series! I did notice something you mentioned in this video, about Aragorn’s passing in the year 210 FA. I think it was actually 120 FA, and Aragorn's being 210 when he gave up his life.
You're absolutely right! Thanks for the correction 🙂
Came here to clarify that, thanks!
@@tolkienuntangled after all he was 89 or whatever when revealing to Eowyn at Meduseld his Dunedain heritage
I like how Arwen was like yup time to die. And just sits on a grassy slope to conclude it. Like how
presumably by not drinking water. You’ll be dead within four days if you don’t drink. Sooner if you cry a lot. It definitely shows how committed she was. Death by dehydration is not pleasant: and intentionally dehydrating yourself to the point of death takes effort. But having just lost her spouse, and being over 3,000 years old: it’s not a surprise she was very done with life.
Died of a broken heart. Elves could die of depression.
You can understand why Elrond was so hesitant to leave his daughter behind.
That part in the book where Tolkien describes him spending a last few moments or is it hours talking with Arwen before he sets off back to Rivendell brings tears to my eyes... as do a number of other deeply poignant 'endings' of Tolkien.
@@keyboarddancers7751 fathers and their daughters huh. It seems there is no difference in family relationships be it men or elves.
What a great video! The end brought me to tears. Thank you!
Wow. That was really good. Short, simple, with no unnecessary details; yet enough for good and proper context.
This is a truly excellent video. I grew up seeing the movies and this gave me a sense of closure that I didn’t know I needed. Thank you. I feel a brand new connection to the world of LoTR.
It was so emotional. Thank you for the video 💗
I'm so glad the algorithm found you!!! I could listen to you on a podcast for hours dude.
Thanks so much! I'm really glad you found the channel too
What a beautiful video, made from a wonderful story. Thank you.
Outstanding video! Thank you!
Another triumphant and deeply poignant summary. Bravo, sir!
I think there's a very short sentence or two somewhere in the Appendices which references Celeborn eventually taking ship (presumably to Valinor) "and with him went the last memory of the Elder Days in Middle Earth," Celeborn of course having been alive during the First Age of Sun. He seems to have remained in Middle Earth long years after Galadriel's departure.
And what of Elrohir and Elladan, Arwen's brothers? Tolkien gives us no clue as to whether they also traveled to the Undying Lands. As ever, Tolkien leaves us whistfully inconclusive fragments for speculation. His writings are a still-open organic volume.
Thank you again for the incredible work you’ve put into these videos❤ I’ve thoroughly enjoyed going through the playlists.
These two "ending" videos made me cry so hard. Really, really, really nice videos. I am binging your content over the last week and have to say... Thank you! Thank you so much for this work of yours. Amazing job! (:
Beautiful as always. Thank you.
Excellent video! I just started reading the Fellowship. This story is beyond words. Your presentation was great. Thank you.
Wonderful video. Thank you.
It must've been sad for legolas seeing all his friends die of old age and him nit aging a day.
Thank you for this epic journey!
This is a great telling! Thank you
I've have taken the dive through the videos you have put out. I am so surprised you do not have more subs! Keep on dropping videos and the algorithm will start showing you some love....
I was legit tearing up by the end. Great job.
I really love this channel and want to thank you very much for your wonderful content. I only discovered your work as a result of the Hobbit day playlist and and so happy I did. Really, truly my favorite CZcams content.
I also found this channel because of the Hobbit Day video list of contributors.
Thanks so much! I'm really glad you enjoy the channel!
Thank you so much for your video! I enjoyed listening to you tell the tale of the Fellowship. The video is extremely beautiful as well. Now I can impress my friends with even more information about this wonderful book. Bless you and everyone involved for sharing!!
You’re very welcome!
This was beautiful...and soothing.
I loved the Gimli/Eomer conversation about Galadriel and Arwen. Eomer respectfully (paraphrase) says, "look homie, I know you're all about backing up Galadriel, and if you still want to fight about it, no hard feelings but we can still do this". And I don't remember if Eomer continues to say this, or if Gimli says this but the next part is comparing Galadriel to the day, and Arwen to the night, and Gimli loves the day, and Eomer the night. In the movie the coronation and wedding is on the same day, so in my head it's not even more funny because they're saying having a debate on whose more beautiful, our friend's now wife, or her grandma.
Wow! You are an outstanding story teller.
16:12 The term is actually *Magnum Opus,* not *Magnus Opus.* _Magnus/magna/magnum_ means "big", _opus,_ genitive. _operis,_ means "work". but it is neuter (3rd declension), and the neuter inflection of _magnus/magna/magnum_ is _magnum._
Your videos are helping me through a difficult time. You are unique in your approach, tempering lore with entertainment, reverence with fun.
Thank you Dave 🌈
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Nice work! Very well told!
This was wonderful and I gained a lot of education from it about Tolkien's world. Thank you very much for it.
Thank you for the great summary
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What a great video. Thank you!
Tolkien was a writer ahead of his time.
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An absolutely wonderful video....so much I did not know.....The death of Arwen is so completely sad.....as all lives must be in the end....when we lose those we have loved.... Perhaps her Elven presence remains in the forests of Middle Earth, in the mosses and stones...
Fun fact, middle earth is supposedly the past, in tolkiens lore, and in actual mythology there’s a faerie named Arwen, so she probably did
Galadriel is warning Legolas not to go to the ocean, bc she knows if he does he will roped into taking the place of Davy Jones and will only be able to come ashore once every ten years to see his true love, Elizabeth Swann.
This was an AMAZING video!
The art in your video is breathtaking.
Keep up the good work - Love it!
I just discovered your channel and am binge watching. Tolkien's works, in my opinion, are the single greatest in Western history, and your retelling is fine work on its own. As a young pre-teen and teenager, I had a very difficult life filled with violence, fear, and sorrow, and these books were my refuge as I read them over and over. Thank you for this.
As a suicidal teen, LOTR kept me alive. I first read it around 1967.i have lost count of how many times I've read the books. When life gets hard, I find myself living in Middle Earth.
Thankyou for pulling all the threads together and letting us know how it all ends. I read the book so long ago. We have come to know and also love each character, and to know their journey and ending is very fulfilling. I would like to think that Arwen went back to her own people even if she died alone in Lothlorien. Her spirit would still persist, but in a different realm. Hopefully joining Aragorn.
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Hey I just came from reading a lot of your essays on Reddit. I look forward to watching your videos; hope there’s more on the way!
This made me cry 😭😭😭😭 SO WHOLESOME
Gosh I forgot how sad Arwen's passing is....always makes me tear up.
At least she went back to the Isles. Even if she had to die first.
Awesome video
Beautiful.
Hey! I don't know what you do professionally but you are a true storyteller! A hard of this age! Thank you for this wonderful series of journeys you've taken me on with each of your videos! Much love from India 🤗🤗🤗
Thanks man! I'm really glad you enjoy the videos!
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Aragorn willingly gives his own life after over a century of kingship and dies, Legolas and Gimli after traveling far and wide together depart from Middle Earth after Legolas builds a ship, still disputed whether Gimli lives an immortal life or dies shortly after arriving in Valinor
I felt so happy when I heard that Aragorn was very nice to the hobbits. And whenever he was in the north kingdom the hobbits were glad. The independent and protected little enclave within the kingdom of Arnor.
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I re-read these chapter this week, so bittersweet. The ending with Arwen is sad:( But memorable and I like that Tolkien gave each of the members a final thought.