What were the Silent Watchers of Mordor? - Lord of the Rings Lore

Hi there! Just wanted to clear up a few things I’ve been getting a lot of comments about: -So I research, write and edit all the videos on my channel. I do NOT use ChatGPT to write scripts. The only AI I use is for the nice older British gentleman’s voiceover audio, I liked his voice and wanted to keep myself out of the videos. -I understand the voiceover pronounced Cirith Ungol incorrectly, I hadn’t realized C in this case sounds like a K, this will be fixed in future videos. Thanks for watching!

I propose the Guardians are the corrupted souls of those Knights of Gondor who accompanied King Eärnur to duel the Witch-king. Captured by the Nazgul, these knights' were tormented, corrupted, and made to guard the pass. Sauron would have created the statue, and trapped the spirits inside. I count 6 heads on the statues, meaning 6 knights could be forced to guard the pass.

Thank you for responding to commenters who are concerned about all of the new AI channels cropping up lately. And, you've been kind to those concerns. Which is appreciated. I like the AI voice you used for this one. There's a somberness & quiet to it that fits with the subject matter. I don't mind creators using AI voices as long as they are the ones researching & writing scripts...not chat gpt. I wonder if you would consider doing a video on Imrahil since we didn't get to know him in the PJ films.

If the watchers were there when Gondor owned the tower, it could be the watchers originally were pure beings corrupted by Sauron and the Witch King

I doubt that the Watchers could influence non sentient objects, only create the feeling of a barrier to stop living beings such as Sam and Frodo.

In Doctor Who, a cave entrance in the episode "Underworld" was said to be guarded by invisible dragons

To me they were like self aware statues.

I liked the voice and content, and have subscribed

It's pronounced Kirith Ungol with a hard "k" like most names that begin with "c" in the books.

I always took them to have been imprisoned spirits of elves or orcs, seeing as how the spirits of men have to pass through the Halls of Mandos and then to wherever it is they go afterwards when they die. Seeing as how Elves can potentially not go, and nobody know about Orcs, it thought it made the most sense.

the question is can a lesser ring of power (still made by sauron) have the same effect as a greater ring of power over time? could the watchers have been guardsmen, gifted lesser rings to assist them in their duties. when it was called Cirith Duath? they used the rings too much, for too long, and fell under the power of sauron. eventually their bodies deteriorated but their duty to guard did not. they did not have the power of a ringwraith, but they remained on duty. obviously not canon...but it works....

I propose that the silent watchers are either people turned to to wraiths like Frodo almost was, or they are souls or spirits of orcs that failed, betrayed, or disobeyed the Nazgûl or “criminals” of Mordor trapped in the statues as punishment. Think “I have No Mouth and I Must Scream”.

Good first video. Thanks. Looked at your new content from these last weeks since the beginning of march, and of course I subscribed. Btw, I wouldn't have known the correct pronunciation either. Read my first Tolkien nearly 50 years ago in a German translation, have read a lot more of him in English by now, but if one doesn't remember that being pronounced from the movies or from some reliable lore video here on YT how is one supposed to keep track of such minor details (it's what Pierre Bourdieu called `cultural capital´ which the self-appointed gatekeepers like to throw around to distinguish themselves from the crowd).

Same evil spirits who inhabit the barrows. They are Wights, not Wraiths in my opinion.

The fate of the Blue Wizards perhaps, sleep well on that thought ☺️

We are the Watchers on the Wall

My theory is that the Silent Watchers are bewitched statues containing the tormented souls of two of Sauron’s former enemies from long, long ago. So long in fact, that their true names are no longer remembered.

It's like InDeepGeek lite

Very nice video, watchers subject has not been covered much by any other channel 👍🏻

The AI voice sounds just like another LOTR youtuber's actual voice. lol