What Was Saruman's Plan in the Lord of the Rings? Middle-earth Explained

Men of the West July 16, 2023
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Mae govannen! My name is Yoystan and I have the honor to talk about Tolkien's Legendarium and Middle-earth lore with you all! Thank you! Over 10 years on YouTube! All content falls under fair use: any copying of copyrighted material is done for a limited, educational and “transformative” purpose, such as to comment upon, criticize, or parody a copyrighted work. Such uses can be done without permission from the copyright owner. If your art is featured in a video, please let me know and I will post your name and a link to your work in the description of said video! 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: https://www.instagram.com/beauy.art/?hl=en The new Men of the West intro was created by Tyler Lund: Tyler Josef Lund on Strikingly (mystrikingly.com) Banner “Bag End” was created by Wayne Glassbrook at designly.net

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Saruman’s plan in the events of the Lord of the Rings changed quite often, yet never found much success. Today, we examine that plan and see why it ultimately failed! Thank you all so much for watching, let me know your thoughts on Saruman’s plan 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 #Tolkien #Lore Castle Kon Replicas: https://castlekon.com/ Mythologie Candles: https://mythologiecandles.com/?ref=kBcuDOvUQ7bnVg Consider donating to our Patreon for the Westernesse Podcast and Discord Server: https://www.patreon.com/menofthewest Check out our Merch: https://www.spreadshirt.com/shop/user/yoystan/ Check out our music channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC10aDUEJlPrbIX0Wu4pnwmw Join us on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/Yoystan/ Join us on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/Yoystan Related articles: https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/White_Council https://www.quora.com/What-were-Sarumans-plans-after-hed-defeated-Rohan https://www.reddit.com/r/AskScienceFiction/comments/33crg4/lotr_what_was_sarumans_endgame/ https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/76310/what-were-sarumans-plans-after-hed-defeated-rohan https://gamerant.com/lotr-saruman-pledge-allegiance-sauron-explained/ https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/253600/why-did-saruman-try-to-turn-gandalf-and-thus-reveal-hes-evil https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Saruman#Chief_of_the_White_Council What Was Gandalf's Original Plan in the Lord of the Rings? Middle-earth Explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udggmOfSYgI&t Saruman the White & Of Many Colours - Epic Character History: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4urmt8NzzyQ&t What if Saruman Stayed Good? Theory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1vCi6-5xZA&t What if Saruman Took the One Ring? Theory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx9WtEYqt_o Thank you for your (Valar and Elf tiers) patronage and support! Robert Bogue KingofGames2500 Kings Wild Project Bryan Garwood adam petrlik Anthony Harmon Arthur Blair Scouten Merlin Elizabeth Calvert John Hume Jonathan Putnam Kyle Wetzel Maz Gibs merten Peter Sheppard Rhys Jenkins Sam mcbee April Green Brent Paredes Chiara Siaset Corwin Nemeth Dale Starbuck Helko Jpcjr Matthew Jacoby Matthew Rivas Memory Troll Peter DeVault Psynexus Susan Henry Tobias Göldner Van Hardison, PhD metalguy87 Saoirse Rose NicthevikTv Marc Paul Leone theo Jake Pedsneuro Bryan Garwood Inge Marie Schmidlin theo Mason Mathias Estellise Ashley Dilley Tyler Lund (These are active patrons, if you don’t see your name, there may be an issue with your donation) 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: https://www.instagram.com/beauy.art/?hl=en The new Men of the West intro was created by Tyler Lund: https://tylerlund.mystrikingly.com/ 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: https://library.techsmith.com/ Many related and/or used art come from these artists and sources: Ralph Damiani: https://www.deviantart.com/ralphdamiani Ted Nasmith: https://www.tednasmith.com/ Jenny Dolfen: https://goldseven.wordpress.com/ Alan Lee: https://www.iamag.co/the-art-of-alan-lee/ John Howe: https://www.john-howe.com/portfolio/gallery/ Hildebrant brothers: http://www.brothershildebrandt.com/Brothers.htm Magali Villeneuve http://www.magali-villeneuve.com/ Wolfanita: https://www.deviantart.com/wolfanita Gerwell: https://gerwell.tumblr.com/ Mirach Ravaia: https://www.deviantart.com/mirachravaia/gallery Kaprriss: https://www.deviantart.com/kaprriss/gallery EKukanova: https://www.deviantart.com/ekukanova/gallery steamey: https://www.deviantart.com/steamey Laurelinartistry: https://www.instagram.com/laurelinartistry/ SaMo-art: https://www.deviantart.com/samo-art/gallery kimberly80: https://www.deviantart.com/kimberly80/gallery Anke Eissmann: http://anke.edoras-art.de/anke_illustration.html Kip Rasmussen: https://www.kiprasmussen.com/ alystraea: https://www.deviantart.com/alystraea Martin de Diego: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/PmlzA3 Mieronna: https://www.deviantart.com/mieronna/art/Of-Gandalf-and-Saruman-54471837 Dmytro Chornyi: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/w8Yb4g Angus McBride Harold Jig muratgul: https://www.deviantart.com/muratgul/art/in-Memory-Of-Christopher-Lee-539358111 Nick Deligaris Inger Edelfeldt peet: https://www.deviantart.com/peet/art/Pippin-Looks-in-the-Palantir-724211649 Inger Edelfeldt: https://arthive.com/sl/artists/10703~Inger_Edelfeldt Joan Wyatt

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