Channel: Men of the West

Category: Education

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Description: The Witch-king was a formidable enemy in Tolkien’s Middle-earth, and many were the evil powers he possessed, but what made him so powerful? We explore some of the possible origins of his powers in this video! Thanks for watching, let me know your thoughts on the powers of the Witch-king 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! #LordoftheRings #Witch-king #Tolkien Consider donating to our Patreon for the Westernesse Podcast and Discord Server: patreon.com/menofthewest Check out our Merch: spreadshirt.com/shop/user/yoystan Check out our music channel: youtube.com/channel/UC10aDUEJlPrbIX0Wu4pnwmw Join us on Facebook at: facebook.com/Yoystan Join us on Twitter at: twitter.com/Yoystan Related articles: tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Witch-king lotr.fandom.com/wiki/Witch-king_of_Angmar quora.com/How-powerful-is-the-Witch-king-of-Angmar reddit.com/r/AskScienceFiction/comments/9347ou/lotr_how_strong_is_the_witch_king_of_angmar The Nine Rings of the Nazgûl - Artifacts of Arda: youtube.com/watch?v=yKWR6Uaorio The Witch-king of Angmar - Epic Character History: youtube.com/watch?v=CJ7DhHBHIF8 The Use of Magic in Tolkien's Universe - Building a World: youtube.com/watch?v=HG3xX6QTwGE The Maiar of Middle-earth: youtube.com/watch?v=Kbo4v93nOso Thank you for your (Valar and Elf tiers) patronage! Adrian De la Torre Peter Sheppard Chris Ortner Blair Scouten Sam McBee Matt Sibbach Elizabeth Calvert Ben Gardner Jonathan Putnam Mark Kralick Tobias Göldner Merten Ryan Ramsay John Hume Jennifer Wood Condar Kyle Wetzel Rhys Jenkins Adam Petrlik Khuzan Brandon Glidden Diego Perez Berni McCoy Daniel Orlandi John Crowley Susan Henry Atlas Maz Gibs Ryan Warren Renato Filipe Imiel Elenen Chiara Siasat Tyler Lund Hydro Knight Joshua W Ádám Kis Memory Troll Dale Starbuck April Green Corwin Nemeth Bryar Keyes Matthew Rivas Holy OneErlend Hjertholm Metalguy87 Peter DeVault Van Hardison, PhD Matthew Jacoby Margaretann Litawa Brent Paredes Maximilian Zim Molly Sullivan Matthew Shrubsole Daniel Burns The new Men of the West logo & thumbnail overlay was created by Raffe - Twitter: RaffetheRandom The new Men of the West intro was created by Tyler Lund: Tyler Josef Lund on Strikingly (mystrikingly.com) The final image “Bag End” was created by Wayne Glassbrook at designly.net The first song used in this video: Dark Times by Kevin MacLeod Link: incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3611-dark-times License: filmmusic.io/standard-license The last song used in this video is from: library.techsmith.com Many related and/or used art come from these artists and sources: 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 DonatoArts: deviantart.com/donatoarts Magali Villeneuve magali-villeneuve.com Wolfanita: deviantart.com/wolfanita Gerwell: gerwell.tumblr.com Mirach Ravaia: deviantart.com/mirachravaia/gallery Kaprriss: deviantart.com/kaprriss/gallery EKukanova: deviantart.com/ekukanova/gallery steamey: deviantart.com/steamey Laurelinartistry: instagram.com/laurelinartistry SaMo-art: deviantart.com/samo-art/gallery kimberly80: deviantart.com/kimberly80/gallery Anke Eissmann: anke.edoras-art.de/anke_illustration.html AVAROND: deviantart.com/avarond/art/Witch-King-Of-Angmar-849004338 Kaprriss: deviantart.com/kaprriss/art/Annatar-and-Celebrimbor-729210251 Infesth6: deviantart.com/infesth6/art/Witch-king-of-Angmar-867513295 Kenneth Sofia: artstation.com/artwork/Xx45Y Aleksander Zaborowski Skullbastard: deviantart.com/skullbastard/art/Armenelos-729420223 Anato Finnstark: artstation.com/artwork/3oKmgD Rui Gonçalves: artstation.com/artwork/lxxeaV Boudicca-Keltoi: deviantart.com/boudicca-keltoi/art/Gamgee-Family-99363600 Steven Firchow: stevenfirchow.com/environments