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Glorfindel and the Balrog had a legendary fight during the Fall of Gondolin, let’s bring it to life by looking at the quote of it, summarizing and analyzing it! Let me know your thoughts on this passage in the comments below! This video is a literary analysis and discussion of The Fall of Gondolin by J.R.R. Tolkien. All excerpts used fall under Fair Use for the purpose of commentary, education, and analysis. As always, a great thanks to the online artists whose visual works made this video possible! If you are one of the artists, please let me know and I will post your name and a link to your work in this description!
#LordOfTheRingsLore #Silmarillion #Balrog #TolkienLore #MiddleEarth #Glorfindel #FallOfGondolin #LOTR #FirstAge #Eldar
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Anguish by Kevin MacLeod
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Glorfindel and the Balrog had a legendary fight during the Fall of Gondolin, let’s bring it to life by looking at the quote of it, summarizing and analyzing it! Let me know your thoughts on this passage in the comments below! This video is a literary analysis and discussion of The Fall of Gondolin by J.R.R. Tolkien. All excerpts used fall under Fair Use for the purpose of commentary, education, and analysis. As always, a great thanks to the online artists whose visual works made this video possible! If you are one of the artists, please let me know and I will post your name and a link to your work in this description!
#LordOfTheRingsLore #Silmarillion #Balrog #TolkienLore #MiddleEarth #Glorfindel #FallOfGondolin #LOTR #FirstAge #Eldar
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Blair Scouten
Merlin
Elizabeth Calvert
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merten
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Van Hardison, PhD
metalguy87
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theo
Jake Pedsneuro
Inge Marie Schmidlin
theo
Mason Mathias
Estellise
Ashley Dilley
Tyler Lund
Bryan Sowder
scooterdtx
Van Hardison
Angus Macrae
(These are active patrons, if you don’t see your name, there may be an issue with your donation)
The new Men of the West thumbnail logo overlay was created by Raffe:
@RaffetheRandom on Twitter
The new Men of the West logo was created by Beau:
instagram.com/beauy.art/?hl=en
The new Men of the West intro was created by Tyler Lund:
artstation.com/tylerlund6
The image “Bag End” was created by Wayne Glassbrook at designly.net
The first song used in this video:
Dreams Become Real by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
Source: incompetech.com/music
Artist: incompetech.com
The second song used in this video:
"Burnt Spirit" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
The third song used in this video:
Anguish by Kevin MacLeod
Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3373-anguish
License: filmmusic.io/standard-license
The last song used in this video is from:
library.techsmith.com
Thanks to Pixabay for sound effects in this video:
pixabay.com
Many related and/or used art come from these artists and sources:
Ralph Damiani:
ralphdamianiart.com
artstation.com/ralphdamiani
Ted Nasmith:
tednasmith.com
Jenny Dolfen:
goldseven.wordpress.com
Alan Lee:
iamag.co/the-art-of-alan-lee
John Howe:
john-howe.com/portfolio/gallery
Hildebrant Brothers:
brothershildebrandt.com/Brothers.htm
Magali Villeneuve
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EKukanova:
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steamey:
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deviantart.com/steamey/art/Glorfindel-and-the-balrog-on-the-edge-of-the-cliff-387459711
SaMo-art:
deviantart.com/samo-art/gallery
Anke Eissmann:
anke.edoras-art.de/anke_illustration.html
Kip Rasmussen:
kiprasmussen.com
alystraea:
deviantart.com/alystraea
artstation.com/artwork/zOaRrd
peet:
deviantart.com/peet
Abe Papakhian
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LOTRO (screenshots):
LOTRO.com
Eric Velhagen:
ericvelhagen.com
Cloister:
deviantart.com/cloister/art/Ecthelion-and-Gothmog-70800780
Jonathan Guzi:
artstation.com/jonathanguzi
Liga Klavina:
arthur.io/art/liga-klavina/family
KipRasmussen:
deviantart.com/kiprasmussen/art/Glorfindel-Duels-a-Balrog-of-Morgoth-535333155
LauraTolton:
deviantart.com/lauratolton/art/An-Ancient-Enemy-351297998
Oleg kuzmin:
olegpaint.artstation.com/projects/A6AQy
Andead:
deviantart.com/andead/art/Death-of-the-Balrog-428776233
Lomilmandel:
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