Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Who could willingly destroy the Ring? Let’s go through the lore of the Legendarium and see what we can find to answer this! Thank you all for watching, please let me know your thoughts on this 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!
#Lordoftheringslore
#Sauron
#OneRing
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youtube.com/@MastersofMythology
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Valar
Andrew Carlisle
Joby Weasel
Ed Patterson
Comicnut64
Zoomi
Peter Sheppard
Elves
scooterdtx
Denis Warner
Ashley Dilley
Inge Marie Schmidlin
Van Hardison
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 was developed and produced by my associate Galafee.
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
wolfanita:
deviantart.com/wolfanita
Steve Airola:
steveairola.artstation.com/projects/B1dJy8
Mareishon:
deviantart.com/mareishon/art/Tom-Bombadil-and-Goldberry-283933713
Jacek Kopalski: Council of the Valar
Who could willingly destroy the Ring? Let’s go through the lore of the Legendarium and see what we can find to answer this! Thank you all for watching, please let me know your thoughts on this 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!
#Lordoftheringslore
#Sauron
#OneRing
Masters of Mythology (second channel):
youtube.com/@MastersofMythology
Consider donating to our Patreon for the Westernesse Podcast and Discord Server:
patreon.com/menofthewest
MOTW Store:
youtube.com/@MenoftheWest/store
Castle Kon Replicas (use code “West” at checkout):
castlekon.com
Soundscapes of Middle-earth (Use Code WEST25 for 25% off!):
jordanrannells.com
Check out our music channel:
youtube.com/@MusicMOTW?si=ZMNQ7tXRf0e2yFpB
Join us on Facebook at:
facebook.com/Yoystan
Join us on X at:
twitter.com/Yoystan
Thank you for your patronage and support (Valar and Elf tiers)!
Valar
Andrew Carlisle
Joby Weasel
Ed Patterson
Comicnut64
Zoomi
Peter Sheppard
Elves
scooterdtx
Denis Warner
Ashley Dilley
Inge Marie Schmidlin
Van Hardison
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 was developed and produced by my associate Galafee.
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
wolfanita:
deviantart.com/wolfanita
Steve Airola:
steveairola.artstation.com/projects/B1dJy8
Mareishon:
deviantart.com/mareishon/art/Tom-Bombadil-and-Goldberry-283933713
Jacek Kopalski: Council of the Valar
