Shadow of War is loosely tied to the books’ lore and has a lot of references, so I go through the whole game (very detailed) and explain the references and differences. This is not really a summary of SoW ‘s story, but ofc I cover the main events of the story, including the true ending and Shelob’s full memory.
So this is an in-detail look from The Lord of the Rings and its Appendices, the Hobbit, the Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales on Middle-earth: Shadow of War. This includes heavy spoilers for the books, Shadow of War and also Shadow of Mordor.
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Notes:
- This is not a review or a rant, just a video and comparison, that explains the differences from the perspective of the books. I know the game is not canon.
- Pronunciation
I try pronounce the names correctly, but ofc I mess up sometimes. That means a lot of rolled “r” sounds.
- Heavy Spoiler and Spider Warning (Spider Warning is in the video with a timestamp; skip from 10:05 min to 14:07 min)
Mistakes:
- in the section Necromancy and the Necromancers (36:03 min) I probably word it a bit poorly. The trick for e.g. Morgoth would not be control, but "resurrection". Morgoth can ofc control Balrogs, but it would be quite a trick for him to simply "resurrect" a dead one again like the Necromancer-Orc does in the game. Probably a Balrog as a fallen Maia can come back in some form at some point, but that would probably take millennia - if at all possible.
Lore and History of the Elves and Cirdan:
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#### Sources and Useful Links ####
Books:
Lord of The Rings (1954-1955) by J. R. R. Tolkien
The Silmarillion (1977) by J. R. R. Tolkien
The Hobbit (1937) by J. R. R. Tolkien
Unfinished Tales (1980) by J. R. R. Tolkien
Internet:
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Pictures from:
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
Games:
Middle-earth: Shadow of War
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
Music:
Middle-earth: Shadow of War - Main Menu Music
Topics:
Prologue: Death in LotR - 0:1:48
Creation of the New Ring - 0:6:43
Shelob - 10:05
Gollum and Shelob - 14:05
Castamir and Baranor - 15:16
Idril - 16:56 min
Minas Ithil - 17:15
Barrows, backstory and movement Celebrimbor - 20:10
Palantíri - 25:40
Gollum movement - 27:28
Oloc-hai, Black Speech and Morgul blades - 28:13
The 9 Rings of the Nazûl - 28:41
Eltariel - 29:50
Light of Galadriel - 31:03
Carnán - 31:39 min
Tar Goroth and Balrogs - 33:30
Baranor - 0:34:22
Necromancy and the Necromancers - 36:03
Nazgûl (Ringwraiths) names and background stories in detail - 38:57
Talion and his “new” Ring - 46:05
Dragons - 46:47
Ending, Shelob Memory and true Ending - 47:12
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