I’m nowhere near Stephen Colbert levels of Lord of the Rings fandom, but I’ve read The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring and seen all the movies, and…well, I still have a lot of questions. Thankfully this video from CGP Grey lays out all of the backstory in a way that is easy to digest, complete with visual aids. And man, I think I knew maybe two of the facts explained here. Damn, Tolkien.