1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,470 [Intro music] 2 00:00:06,470 --> 00:00:07,659 Hey everyone, Yoisten here 3 00:00:07,659 --> 00:00:08,940 and I hope you all are doing well 4 00:00:08,940 --> 00:00:10,428 wherever you are in Middle Earth. 5 00:00:10,428 --> 00:00:11,994 Here is the important information from 6 00:00:11,994 --> 00:00:13,489 the First Age in under five minutes. 7 00:00:13,489 --> 00:00:15,121 To keep this short, my intro and outro 8 00:00:15,121 --> 00:00:16,032 will be very quick. 9 00:00:16,032 --> 00:00:17,730 Links are in the description, and cards 10 00:00:17,730 --> 00:00:19,151 for more complete telling of the history. 11 00:00:19,151 --> 00:00:20,410 Thanks for joining me, 12 00:00:20,410 --> 00:00:21,490 let's begin our tale. 13 00:00:21,490 --> 00:00:22,799 At the beginning of the First Age, after 14 00:00:22,799 --> 00:00:24,410 the arrival of the sun and moon, 15 00:00:24,410 --> 00:00:26,200 the elves of Fingolfin came to Beleriand 16 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:27,820 in north-western Middle Earth and 17 00:00:27,820 --> 00:00:30,040 won a battle against Morgoth's forces, 18 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:31,705 while across the world Men awoke for 19 00:00:31,705 --> 00:00:32,668 the first time. 20 00:00:32,668 --> 00:00:34,728 Fingolfin's host met that of Fëanor, 21 00:00:34,728 --> 00:00:36,505 who's new leader, Maedhros, 22 00:00:36,505 --> 00:00:37,457 had been captured. 23 00:00:37,457 --> 00:00:39,733 Fingon son of Fingolfin, with the help of 24 00:00:39,733 --> 00:00:41,350 Thorondor king of the eagles, would 25 00:00:41,350 --> 00:00:43,665 save Maedhros from Thangorodrim 26 00:00:43,665 --> 00:00:45,588 (the volcanic mountains outside of 27 00:00:45,588 --> 00:00:47,100 Morgoth's fortress of Angband). 28 00:00:47,100 --> 00:00:48,808 To broker peace amongst the Noldor, 29 00:00:48,808 --> 00:00:50,336 Maedhros surrendered the crown to his 30 00:00:50,336 --> 00:00:51,693 half-uncle Fingolfin. 31 00:00:51,693 --> 00:00:53,644 The respective lords of the elves would 32 00:00:53,644 --> 00:00:55,580 remove across Beleriand, beginning work on 33 00:00:55,580 --> 00:00:57,772 and establishing their realms to come. 34 00:00:57,772 --> 00:00:59,797 The sons of Fëanor settled in the east, 35 00:00:59,797 --> 00:01:01,728 Fingon and Fingolfin stayed in the north 36 00:01:01,728 --> 00:01:02,862 (at Hithlum), 37 00:01:02,862 --> 00:01:04,696 Finrod went on to establish Nargothrond, 38 00:01:04,696 --> 00:01:06,333 and Turgon made Gondolin, 39 00:01:06,333 --> 00:01:08,255 as the Noldor went to live alongside the 40 00:01:08,255 --> 00:01:09,762 Sindar elves of Thingol and 41 00:01:09,762 --> 00:01:10,941 Cirdan the shipwright. 42 00:01:10,941 --> 00:01:12,503 After the Noldor were established in 43 00:01:12,503 --> 00:01:14,382 Middle Earth, they besieged Angband 44 00:01:14,382 --> 00:01:16,523 in a glorious battle; holding Morgoth's 45 00:01:16,523 --> 00:01:18,535 keep under siege for centuries to come. 46 00:01:18,535 --> 00:01:21,044 Yet, the Doom of the Noldor began to take 47 00:01:21,044 --> 00:01:23,337 hold in these years, as Thingol found out 48 00:01:23,337 --> 00:01:24,981 about the Kinslaying, drawing more 49 00:01:24,981 --> 00:01:26,543 division between the Wood Elves and 50 00:01:26,543 --> 00:01:27,958 the High Elves of the West. 51 00:01:27,958 --> 00:01:29,515 Morgoth would create the dragons, 52 00:01:29,515 --> 00:01:31,324 beginning with Glaurung the father of 53 00:01:31,324 --> 00:01:33,972 dragons, then Men would come west, meeting 54 00:01:33,972 --> 00:01:36,298 Finrod and then the other elves. 55 00:01:36,298 --> 00:01:37,956 The three houses of the Edain, 56 00:01:37,956 --> 00:01:40,308 the houses of Hador, Beor and Haleth, 57 00:01:40,308 --> 00:01:42,506 would come to live in different places in 58 00:01:42,506 --> 00:01:44,570 Beleriand, working alongside the 59 00:01:44,570 --> 00:01:46,675 different factions of elves as well. 60 00:01:46,675 --> 00:01:48,344 Finally, the time came when Morgoth's 61 00:01:48,344 --> 00:01:50,086 forces were ready to reemerge, and so 62 00:01:50,086 --> 00:01:51,864 came the Battle of the Sudden Flame. 63 00:01:51,864 --> 00:01:53,808 Dragons, Balrogs, orcs, trolls, and other 64 00:01:53,808 --> 00:01:55,710 vile creatures came with the eruption of 65 00:01:55,710 --> 00:01:57,893 Thangorodrim, driving many elves and men 66 00:01:57,893 --> 00:02:00,297 back, and killing many of them as well. 67 00:02:00,297 --> 00:02:02,511 High King Fingolfin went to Angband and 68 00:02:02,511 --> 00:02:04,197 challenged Morgoth himself, wounding 69 00:02:04,197 --> 00:02:06,250 him, but the king died in the end, and 70 00:02:06,250 --> 00:02:07,803 his son Fingon inherited the 71 00:02:07,803 --> 00:02:09,105 High Kingship after him. 72 00:02:09,105 --> 00:02:10,775 During this battle, the man Barahir 73 00:02:10,775 --> 00:02:12,468 and his company saved Finrod. 74 00:02:12,468 --> 00:02:14,223 Finrod swore him and his line an oath 75 00:02:14,223 --> 00:02:14,950 to aid them. 76 00:02:14,950 --> 00:02:16,799 He would be called upon by Barahir's son 77 00:02:16,799 --> 00:02:18,513 Beren after the man fell in love with the 78 00:02:18,513 --> 00:02:20,950 maiden Lúthien in Doriath, setting forth 79 00:02:20,950 --> 00:02:22,666 on a quest to reclaim a Silmaril from 80 00:02:22,666 --> 00:02:24,045 the crown of Morgoth for 81 00:02:24,045 --> 00:02:25,898 the Wood-Elven King Thingol. 82 00:02:25,898 --> 00:02:27,993 Although it cost Finrod his life, and many 83 00:02:27,993 --> 00:02:29,762 conflicts would ensue between Beren, 84 00:02:29,762 --> 00:02:31,393 Lúthien, and the forces of Morgoth- 85 00:02:31,393 --> 00:02:33,379 including Sauron- as well as some of the 86 00:02:33,379 --> 00:02:35,705 sons of Fëanor, the Silmaril was reclaimed 87 00:02:35,705 --> 00:02:38,190 and given to Thingol, and the first union 88 00:02:38,190 --> 00:02:39,861 of Man and Elf commenced. 89 00:02:39,861 --> 00:02:41,721 In the aftermath of this, the elves and 90 00:02:41,721 --> 00:02:43,482 men of the world united to push back 91 00:02:43,482 --> 00:02:45,193 against Morgoth; but this became the 92 00:02:45,193 --> 00:02:47,160 Battle of Unnumbered Tears instead, 93 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:49,398 where many, including High King Fingon, 94 00:02:49,398 --> 00:02:51,240 perished (making his brother Turgon of 95 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:53,159 Gondolin the new High King of the Noldor). 96 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 In the wake of this battle, the child 97 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Túrin came to live at Doriath and was 98 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 brought up by Thingol. 99 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 He and his family were cursed, and his 100 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 story caused much chaos, including the 101 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 fall of Nargothrond and the death of 102 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Glaurung and Túrin himself. 103 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 After Túrin's death, his father Húrin 104 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 would be released by Morgoth, and he 105 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 would bring the necklace 106 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Nauglamír to Thingol. 107 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Thingol would employ the Dwarves of the 108 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Blue Mountains to put the Silmaril and 109 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 the Nauglamír together- resulting in 110 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 his death, and strife between 111 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Dwarves and Elves. 112 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 The sons of Fëanor would eventually 113 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 destroy Doriath in another Kinslaying, 114 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 attempting to reclaim the Silmaril of 115 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 their father. 116 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Around the same time, Túrin's cousin Tuor 117 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 had been on a journey of his own from 118 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 the god Ulmo, who tasked him with 119 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 warning High King Turgon of the coming 120 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 end of Gondolin, and so he came there; 121 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 but the elf king would not heed 122 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 this warning. 123 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Tuor married Turgon's daughter Idril, 124 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 and they produced a son named Eärendil. 125 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Gondolin fell by the treachery of Idril's 126 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 cousin Maeglin, and Turgon was slain with 127 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 many of his people. 128 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 The High Kingship then fell to Gil-Galad, 129 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 his kinsman. 130 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 With the coming of Thingol's Silmaril to 131 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 the Havens by Elwing, a third Kinslaying 132 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 was launched by the sons of Fëanor, which 133 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 saw the Silmaril taken to Valinor by the 134 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 married Eärendil and Elwing. 135 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 This voyage resulted in the Valar aiding 136 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 the free peoples against Morgoth, and 137 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 creating the choice of the Half-Elves. 138 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 The Valar made Eärendil a star with 139 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 the Silmaril, and the people of the Valar 140 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 made war on Morgoth in Beleriand; 141 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 the War of Wrath, ending with the downfall 142 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 of Morgoth and many of his 143 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 most evil works. 144 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Beleriand, having suffered too much 145 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 damage from this war, 146 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 sank beneath the sea. 147 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Many important elves went east 148 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 into Middle Earth. 149 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 The faithful men of Beleriand were given 150 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 the island of Numenor. 151 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 The sons of Eärendil and Elwing, 152 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Elrond and Elros, became leaders of 153 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Elves and Men respectively, and 154 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 the Silmarils found their way into the 155 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 sky, earth, and seas, with the sons 156 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 of Fëanor ending their part in the story. 157 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Thus ended the First Age of Middle Earth. 158 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Thank you all so much for watching! 159 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Hit that like button, let me know your 160 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 thoughts, and thank you to our 161 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Valar Tier patrons and YouTube members 162 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 on the screen and in the comments below. 163 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Check out the links in the description to 164 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 support the channel and to learn more. 165 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Thank you so much. 166 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 See you all next week with a video on the 167 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 greatest mysteries in Tolkien's works. 168 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Thank you all so much for joining me on 169 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 this adventure; 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