Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Morgoth is the primary villain of Tolkien’s Silmarillion, but now let us look at the story through his eyes! Thank you all for watching, let me know your thoughts in the comments below! 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!
#morgothlore
#silmarillionexplained
#tolkienexplained
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The new Men of the West thumbnail logo overlay was created by Raffe:
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The new Men of the West logo was created by Beau:
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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:
"Oppressive Gloom" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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The last song used in this video is from:
library.techsmith.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
magali-villeneuve.com
EKukanova:
deviantart.com/ekukanova/gallery
steamey:
deviantart.com/steamey
SaMo-art:
deviantart.com/samo-art/gallery
Anke Eissmann:
anke.edoras-art.de/anke_illustration.html
Kip Rasmussen:
kiprasmussen.com
alystraea:
deviantart.com/alystraea
peet:
deviantart.com/peet
Abe Papakhian
deviantart.com/abepapakhian
LOTRO (screenshots):
LOTRO.com
JMKilpatrick:
deviantart.com/jmkilpatrick/art/Morgoth-465654498
D3SMMUN:
deviantart.com/d3smmun/art/Morgoth-Legion-401013376
Sheppi:
artstation.com/artwork/QGEZd
Venlian:
deviantart.com/venlian/art/Feanor-Noldor-King-544483016
rinthcog:
deviantart.com/rinthcog/art/Fingon-rescues-Maedhros-252351769
Markus Erdt:
artstation.com/artwork/vrbLA
Jonathan Guzi:
artstation.com/artwork/KaXNG
Neexsethe
ivanalekseich:
deviantart.com/ivanalekseich/art/Battle-Of-Unnumbered-Tears-450464941
Firat Solhan:
deviantart.com/firatsolhan/art/War-of-Wrath-750523239
Morgoth is the primary villain of Tolkien’s Silmarillion, but now let us look at the story through his eyes! Thank you all for watching, let me know your thoughts in the comments below! 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!
#morgothlore
#silmarillionexplained
#tolkienexplained
Masters of Mythology (second channel):
youtube.com/@MastersofMythology
Consider donating to our Patreon for the Westernesse Podcast and Discord Server:
patreon.com/menofthewest
Castle Kon Replicas:
castlekon.com
Mythologie Candles:
mythologiecandles.com/?ref=kBcuDOvUQ7bnVg
Check out our music channel:
youtube.com/channel/UC10aDUEJlkipPrbIX0Wu4pnwmw
Join us on Facebook at:
facebook.com/Yoystan
Join us on Twitter at:
twitter.com/Yoystan
Thank you for your (Valar and Elf tiers) patronage and support!
Valar
Todes Morgen
Joby Weasel
Ed Patterson
Comicnut64
Zoomi
Peter Sheppard
Elves
Justin S
scooterdtx
Denis Warner
Ashley Dilley
Inge Marie Schmidlin
Paul Leone
Van Hardison
metalguy87
Dale Starbuck
Chiara Siasat
Jpcjr
Susan Henry
Matthew Jacoby
(These are active patrons and members according to YouTube and Patreon. Please email me at menofthewestst@gmail.com if there are any issues!)
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:
"Oppressive Gloom" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
The last song used in this video is from:
library.techsmith.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
magali-villeneuve.com
EKukanova:
deviantart.com/ekukanova/gallery
steamey:
deviantart.com/steamey
SaMo-art:
deviantart.com/samo-art/gallery
Anke Eissmann:
anke.edoras-art.de/anke_illustration.html
Kip Rasmussen:
kiprasmussen.com
alystraea:
deviantart.com/alystraea
peet:
deviantart.com/peet
Abe Papakhian
deviantart.com/abepapakhian
LOTRO (screenshots):
LOTRO.com
JMKilpatrick:
deviantart.com/jmkilpatrick/art/Morgoth-465654498
D3SMMUN:
deviantart.com/d3smmun/art/Morgoth-Legion-401013376
Sheppi:
artstation.com/artwork/QGEZd
Venlian:
deviantart.com/venlian/art/Feanor-Noldor-King-544483016
rinthcog:
deviantart.com/rinthcog/art/Fingon-rescues-Maedhros-252351769
Markus Erdt:
artstation.com/artwork/vrbLA
Jonathan Guzi:
artstation.com/artwork/KaXNG
Neexsethe
ivanalekseich:
deviantart.com/ivanalekseich/art/Battle-Of-Unnumbered-Tears-450464941
Firat Solhan:
deviantart.com/firatsolhan/art/War-of-Wrath-750523239
