The Oath of Fëanor
A promise made in pride becomes a chain that reaches across the First Age.
Complete six-video series
The Great Oaths
The Great Oaths
of Middle-earth
In Tolkien, words can bind a life, preserve a people or ruin generations. These reflections ask when a promise becomes faithfulness—and when an oath becomes a prison.
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Words that cannot be recalled
Watch all six videos through the player, following oaths from the First Age into the War of the Ring.
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Across all six videos
Three central threads
Across six videos, the series reveals different ways that spoken words continue shaping history long after the moment of choice. The playlist above preserves the complete episode order.
Isildur and the oath-breakers
The Dead Men of Dunharrow discover that refusing a vow does not make it disappear.
The oath fulfilled
Mercy, release and the strange freedom that comes when an ancient debt is finally paid.
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