Doing this for Mordor would be a great video too, the Morgai Mountains, Ered Lithui, and Ephel Dúath, Imlad Morgûl, Nan Ungol, Udûn, Gorgoroth, Nurn, Eastern Desolation, Vale of Fellbeasts, and the Black Lands in between.

As the Prince of Dol Amroth, I approve of this video

Since you're doing Gondor's environs, you should do a video on the various regions of Gondor's late kin Kingdom, Arnor, as well as more videos on Arnor in general.

Wonderful video! It's odd to imagine that so much fertile prime real estate stayed uninhabited for so long, but that's Tolkien to you. Thank you for the video :)

8:49 i love how the armour from the ethir anduin looks like a mix of haradrim and gondorian styles with the red and gold highlights. I really wish we could see more of the cultural differences within the regions of gondor in tolkien media, and how the surrounding peoples shaped and were shaped by gondor.

Following the War of the Last Alliance, Mordor itself was garrisoned and patrolled by Gondor. It's interesting to note that there was no mention of them having an effect on the Land of Nurn, which no doubt prior was populated by slaves of Sauron. It would have stood to reason that Gondor was at least aware of these people, yet until King Elessar, there's no mention of them.
Thanks for another excellent vid DF !   :)

A new Darth Gandalf video thats 17 minutes long? Lets go

I think a better metaphor would be when foreigners think of the United States. They immediately think of New York and La when in truth most of the people in the United States have never even been to those cities. That is a better comparison to the capital of Gondor getting all the attention not comparing it to a single monument, corporation, or tourist location

One way I always use to visualize Gondor quite accurately is by using Tolkien's own instructions in the map annotated for Pauline Baynes, where the professor establishes the latitude of regions of Middle-earth compared to those of Europe. There are some maps that superimpose the map of Middle-earth over that of Europe with Tolkien's specifications.

If you want to visualize what the landscape of Gondor would look like, just look for images of Italy landscape or Tuscany landscape. I really get relatively bothered when some people believe that the landscape of South Gondor (Harondor) is a desert or that it is an arid region. The latitude of this region is the same as that of South Italy, which makes a lot of sense to me too, South Gondor = South Italy. If you want to visualize this region of Gondor, look for images of the landscape of South Italy.

Finally, something I would really like to talk to Tolkien about if I had the chance would be about the absence of so many cities, towns and roads that would be completely possible to exist in a sophisticated and civilized kingdom like Gondor, especially in the westernmost regions of the country, which makes no sense at all to be a great wilderness, which makes me think of two possibilities:

1) They are there, but Tolkien did not bother to put their names on the map because the main characters did not pass through that region or they do not stand out in the great plot of the story.

2) They fell into ruins and disappeared with the centuries of decadence, war, plague and depopulation that Gondor faced and perhaps they would appear on the map if this were a map of Middle-earth during the Golden Age of Gondor and not at the end of the Third Age.

As an American who lives in France, I found the intro so funny. I've never been to Paris, so the Eiffel tower didn't at all come to mind. I think you are very right, but it was a funny thought. I think most French would think primarily of NYC and the statue of liberty.

First off, great video! Very informative and educational.
Secondly, though, am I the only one who imagined that there were nomadic clans of Easterlings loyal to Gondor in the eastern territories? I usually picture them as living west of the Sea of Rhun, north of Mordor, south of Rovhanion and west of Dagorlad or the Brown Lands. I’ve also liked the idea.

Nicely done!  It would be cool to have included a map at the end with all of the regions color-coded together.

A very succinct and terrifically informative video about the Various regions that formed part of the kingdom of Gondor throughout its history

Wonderful stuff, thank you. A little peeved that you left out that Faithful Forlong gave up his life defending Minas Tirith. I have solidarity with old fat people since I am one. Cheers!

Interesting how Anfalas is known as the Langstrand, literally Long Beach in Swedish. I love these little clues Tolkien made referencing real-world languages in his world.

Amazing video as always Darth!!

I'm absolutely desperate for a Bellakar video. I know it's not Canon but nobody's covering this kind of stuff anywhere, I'm absolutely desperate. I'm so sick of reading PDFs. Also, I always imagined Lamedon going much farther west including the veil of Morthond

When I think of France I think of Baguettes 🥖

Best video youve done in a while (not like the others have been bad, this one is just particularly good)

An interesting reminder that we really don't have much information about the western lands of Gondor.