Motives of Evil | Morgoth, Sauron, and Saruman

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A high-level comparison of the different motivations and goals of Tolkien's main villains, Morgoth, Sauron, and Saruman, and how they eventually collapse into one self-defeating impulse. This may germinate into a series looking more closely at villains and evil in the legendarium. Includes Sauron as the Perpetual Bronze Medalist, Saruman's Impostor Syndrome, and Morgoth's Series of Really Bad Days.

Timestamps:
Intro - 0:00
"Pure Evil" 0:53
Evil is Boring - 4:02
Morgoth 5:46
Sauron 8:37
Saruman 11:38
The Final Stages 14:22

Disclaimer: Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for fair use purposes such as criticism, commentary, parody, news, reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. All works used in this video (images, audio, etc.) belong to their respective authors.

All effort has been made to accurately credit artists; please contact me for questions or concerns!

**ART CREDITS**

Thumbnail Art:
"At the Beginning of Time" by Nykolai Aleksander http://admemento.squarespace.com/
"Mount Doom" by Emilio Rodríguez (Emkun) https://www.deviantart.com/emkun

A full list of artworks, including links, is found here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eWnBujvDL7Fn-sqI1GEo6mnbbjPlB0D2L7OELwK8Fpo/edit?usp=sharing

Artists (in order of work’s first appearance):

1 - Raymond Gaustadnes https://www.deviantart.com/shockbolt
2 - Bartek Wąsacz https://www.artstation.com/lwonsy
3 - Frédéric Bennett https://www.artstation.com/frederic_bennett
4 - Dmitry Prosvirnin https://www.artstation.com/d8p
5 - Ralph Damianihttps://www.artstation.com/ralphdamiani
6 - Kenneth Sofia https://www.artstation.com/kensofia42
7 - Un Nam (Tolrone) https://www.artstation.com/ssen
8 - Nykolai Aleksander https://www.deviantart.com/nykolaialeksander
9 - Lída Holubová https://www.deviantart.com/aegeri
10 - Anastasiya Sytnik https://www.instagram.com/algrass_art/
11 - Yi Jong https://www.artstation.com/kamiesque
12 - Rosi Kämpe https://www.deviantart.com/toherrys/gallery
13 - Christina Kraus https://www.artstation.com/christinakraus
14 - Dymond Starr Austin https://dymondstarr.com/
15 - Helge C. Balzer https://helgecbalzer.com/
16 - Ali Shimhaq https://www.instagram.com/shimhaq/
17 - Sarah Weizhen Xu https://www.artstation.com/sarahweizhen; https://sarahweizhenxu.com/
18 - Alystraea (Annamare) https://www.deviantart.com/alystraeaart
19 - Andrea Guardino https://www.artstation.com/theguardinian
20 - Martin de Diego https://www.artstation.com/martindediego
21 - Donato Giancola https://donatoarts.com/
22 - Louiz Brito https://www.artstation.com/louizbrito
23 - John Howe https://www.john-howe.com/blog/
24 - Pete Amachree https://www.artstation.com/summerpudding
25 - Jonathan Guzi https://www.artstation.com/jonathanguzi
26 - Emilio Rodríguez https://www.instagram.com/_emkun_/
27 - MGCoco https://mgcoco.tumblr.com/

**MUSIC CREDITS**

Where required, a license has been purchased for use of music. I am not the creator of any of the music used.

Royalty Free Zone: https://www.youtube.com/c/RoyaltyFreeZone
Tracks Used: “Whisper in Time,” “Voice in the Night," "Behind the Memories"

Fesliyan Studios: https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/
Tracks Used: "What We Do To Forget," "Tranquility", "Cathedral Ambience"

#tolkien #sauron #lordoftherings #saruman #silmarillion