In Middle-earth , Elfhelm was a lord of and Marshal of the East-mark.
He appears in The Two Towers and The Return of the King, the second and third volumes of the fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings as originally published. He also appears in the posthumously published Unfinished Tales.
During the War of the Ring, he fought in the Battles of the Fords of Isen with Théodred and Grimbold. In the second battle, he and his men were forced to retreat eastward - where he met Gandalf the White, who told him to go to the Edoras, to defend the city. In the Ride of the Rohirrim to Minas Tirith, he tacitly allowed the hobbit Merry to ride with Dernhelm. Later, Elfhelm commanded one of the three éoreds in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields.
While King Éomer was leading a large part of the Rohirrim to the Black Gate, Elfhelm was the commander of the remaining three thousand Rohirrim in Minas Tirith. He defeated the orc army that was invading Gondor from Anórien.
He is not shown in Peter Jackson's version of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
He appears in The Two Towers and The Return of the King, the second and third volumes of the fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings as originally published. He also appears in the posthumously published Unfinished Tales.
During the War of the Ring, he fought in the Battles of the Fords of Isen with Théodred and Grimbold. In the second battle, he and his men were forced to retreat eastward - where he met Gandalf the White, who told him to go to the Edoras, to defend the city. In the Ride of the Rohirrim to Minas Tirith, he tacitly allowed the hobbit Merry to ride with Dernhelm. Later, Elfhelm commanded one of the three éoreds in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields.
While King Éomer was leading a large part of the Rohirrim to the Black Gate, Elfhelm was the commander of the remaining three thousand Rohirrim in Minas Tirith. He defeated the orc army that was invading Gondor from Anórien.
He is not shown in Peter Jackson's version of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
B is for Build is a Youtube channel that is mostly known for its car build videos. The web-based channel was created, and is hosted by Chris Steinbacher.
The name of the channel is a reference to the expression "built, not bought". This expression is often used when referring to tuned and custom built cars being better than stock cars in that everyone can go out and buy a car, but not everyone can build a car.
The channel is known for doing controversial builds which are often considered impossible (due to time constraints or skill level). The channel has close to 150,000,000 views and over 1.15 million subscribers on from 24 November 2019.
Throughout the life of the show, Chris has appeared on multiple other Youtube channels like Tavarish and Fitment Industries, and on podcasts like The Smoking Tire and Konig Wheels.
Format
Most episodes open with Chris talking to the camera, giving updates on the channel, describing what the plan for the episode is, followed by the intro of the show. If there's a sponsor for the episode, this will usually be mentioned right after the intro.
After this Chris will go into more detail on what he or the team will be doing which is usually followed by several time-lapses shots set to music where we see the work being done. This is broken up by Chris talking to the camera and describing certain parts of the work in more detail.
Most episodes end with a description of what the audience can expect in future episodes, some further channel updates and often a suggestion to click the subscribe channel. After this Chris ends the episode by saying "peace" and making a gesture towards the camera after which the show's theme song "Cloud Ten" by Faraoh sets in and the videos fades to black.
History
Chris Steinbacher started the Youtube channel as a place to document his adventures with his friends and their cars. In the channel's early episodes, in which Chris works on his Subaru BRZ, he sometimes jokingly refers to Youtube's revenue sharing as a motivator for making the videos.
Full-time Youtube
On 14 January, 2017 the channel posted a video called "I Got Laid Off.. And Filmed It ... #BisforBROKE" in which Chris shows the audience how he lost his job as a senior software engineer due to his company downsizing.
Throughout the video Chris talks about how he's going to use this opportunity to focus on the Youtube channel full-time.
Buying a shop
B is for Build started with builds done in Chris's backyard. Later on he starts renting a garage elsewhere in Portland to continue his builds. In 27 February 2018, in the video "IM BUYING A SHOP!!!" he announced that his landlord intended to sell the house and garage and that he has decided to buy it and rent out the house to a friend.
Relationship with Chelsea
Throughout the show, we regularly see peaks into Chris' personal life, like his relationship with Chelsea. He describes much of his relationship in the episode "Happily Ever After! The BIFB Engagement" which was posted to the channel on 14 November 2019. They have been together since before B is for Build and Chelsea is seen throughout the show, helping out Chris and the team with the builds. She is also seen in multiple episodes in which Chris, Chelsea and their friends attend trivia nights. In December 2017, Chris buys a E60 BMW M5 which he later gives to Chelsea after they repair it.
They got engaged in November 2019, following SEMA 2019. As they're both big fans of Disney Land, he proposes at Disney Land Las Vegas in the Jungle Cruise attraction.
Notable builds
BRZ builds
The channel started out with Jeff and Chris trying to rebuild a wrecked Subaru BRZ. This car is called the 'Plan A' on the channel. Later on Chris buys another BRZ which he calls the 'Plan B'. The Plan A BRZ eventually gets 2JZ swapped.
Lotus Evora
On 28 January 2016 Chris unveils the channel's new car, a 2014 Lotus Evora, in the video "B is for Build - Lotus Evora Unveil". This build got the channel a lot of attention as many said it could not be fixed due to the car having severe damage to the body after it had been in a roll-over accident. The car ends up successfully being rebuilt and daily driven by Chris.
Datsun 240z
On 7 April 2018, the channel posted the video "Meet The New Build!" in which Chris makes it seem as if he's going to be rebuilding an E60 BMW M5. Something he had already done before. Later it turns out he isn't actually going to rebuild the M5, but instead will swap much of the M5 over into a Datsun 240z body.
This again got the channel a lot of attention as many said it couldn't be done. Eventually the build ends up being successful and is shown off in the Konig Wheel stand at SEMA 2018.
Lamborghini Huracan
On 15 March 2019, the channel posted the video "I Bought a Totaled Lamborghini Huracan from a Salvage Auction & I'm going to Rebuild It!" in which Chris unveils a totalled green Lamborghini Huracán Spyder which he says will help him build a "budget Lamborghini" for SEMA 2019.
In following episodes, Chris unveils that he will be building a twin-turbo GM LS V8 powered, wide-body Lamborghini Huracán out of a burnt out Lamborghini Huracán shell and that the car will be displayed on the Garrett Motion stand at SEMA 2019.
The name of the channel is a reference to the expression "built, not bought". This expression is often used when referring to tuned and custom built cars being better than stock cars in that everyone can go out and buy a car, but not everyone can build a car.
The channel is known for doing controversial builds which are often considered impossible (due to time constraints or skill level). The channel has close to 150,000,000 views and over 1.15 million subscribers on from 24 November 2019.
Throughout the life of the show, Chris has appeared on multiple other Youtube channels like Tavarish and Fitment Industries, and on podcasts like The Smoking Tire and Konig Wheels.
Format
Most episodes open with Chris talking to the camera, giving updates on the channel, describing what the plan for the episode is, followed by the intro of the show. If there's a sponsor for the episode, this will usually be mentioned right after the intro.
After this Chris will go into more detail on what he or the team will be doing which is usually followed by several time-lapses shots set to music where we see the work being done. This is broken up by Chris talking to the camera and describing certain parts of the work in more detail.
Most episodes end with a description of what the audience can expect in future episodes, some further channel updates and often a suggestion to click the subscribe channel. After this Chris ends the episode by saying "peace" and making a gesture towards the camera after which the show's theme song "Cloud Ten" by Faraoh sets in and the videos fades to black.
History
Chris Steinbacher started the Youtube channel as a place to document his adventures with his friends and their cars. In the channel's early episodes, in which Chris works on his Subaru BRZ, he sometimes jokingly refers to Youtube's revenue sharing as a motivator for making the videos.
Full-time Youtube
On 14 January, 2017 the channel posted a video called "I Got Laid Off.. And Filmed It ... #BisforBROKE" in which Chris shows the audience how he lost his job as a senior software engineer due to his company downsizing.
Throughout the video Chris talks about how he's going to use this opportunity to focus on the Youtube channel full-time.
Buying a shop
B is for Build started with builds done in Chris's backyard. Later on he starts renting a garage elsewhere in Portland to continue his builds. In 27 February 2018, in the video "IM BUYING A SHOP!!!" he announced that his landlord intended to sell the house and garage and that he has decided to buy it and rent out the house to a friend.
Relationship with Chelsea
Throughout the show, we regularly see peaks into Chris' personal life, like his relationship with Chelsea. He describes much of his relationship in the episode "Happily Ever After! The BIFB Engagement" which was posted to the channel on 14 November 2019. They have been together since before B is for Build and Chelsea is seen throughout the show, helping out Chris and the team with the builds. She is also seen in multiple episodes in which Chris, Chelsea and their friends attend trivia nights. In December 2017, Chris buys a E60 BMW M5 which he later gives to Chelsea after they repair it.
They got engaged in November 2019, following SEMA 2019. As they're both big fans of Disney Land, he proposes at Disney Land Las Vegas in the Jungle Cruise attraction.
Notable builds
BRZ builds
The channel started out with Jeff and Chris trying to rebuild a wrecked Subaru BRZ. This car is called the 'Plan A' on the channel. Later on Chris buys another BRZ which he calls the 'Plan B'. The Plan A BRZ eventually gets 2JZ swapped.
Lotus Evora
On 28 January 2016 Chris unveils the channel's new car, a 2014 Lotus Evora, in the video "B is for Build - Lotus Evora Unveil". This build got the channel a lot of attention as many said it could not be fixed due to the car having severe damage to the body after it had been in a roll-over accident. The car ends up successfully being rebuilt and daily driven by Chris.
Datsun 240z
On 7 April 2018, the channel posted the video "Meet The New Build!" in which Chris makes it seem as if he's going to be rebuilding an E60 BMW M5. Something he had already done before. Later it turns out he isn't actually going to rebuild the M5, but instead will swap much of the M5 over into a Datsun 240z body.
This again got the channel a lot of attention as many said it couldn't be done. Eventually the build ends up being successful and is shown off in the Konig Wheel stand at SEMA 2018.
Lamborghini Huracan
On 15 March 2019, the channel posted the video "I Bought a Totaled Lamborghini Huracan from a Salvage Auction & I'm going to Rebuild It!" in which Chris unveils a totalled green Lamborghini Huracán Spyder which he says will help him build a "budget Lamborghini" for SEMA 2019.
In following episodes, Chris unveils that he will be building a twin-turbo GM LS V8 powered, wide-body Lamborghini Huracán out of a burnt out Lamborghini Huracán shell and that the car will be displayed on the Garrett Motion stand at SEMA 2019.
In J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, Malbeth the Seer was a sage of Arthedain who was remembered for two prophecies.
Regarding the Fall of Arthedain
At the birth of the son of Araphant Malbeth said
: "Arvedui you shall call him, for he will be the last in Arthedain. Though a choice will come to the Dúnedain, and if they take the one that seems less hopeful, then your son will change his name and become king of a great realm. If not, then much sorrow and many lives of men shall pass, until the Dúnedain arise and are united again."
This prophecy was to be fulfilled in the year . After a terrible defeat when the armies of Angmar, led by the Witch-king of Angmar, assailed Fornost, Arvedui fled Arnor, going far into the snowy North in order to evade death at the hands of the Witch-king's army. When a ship was sent by Círdan of the Grey Havens to rescue him, he was cautioned by the Lossoth to await the thaw to set off. Not heeding their words, Arvedui set sail straight away and was shipwrecked and died in the ice-bay of Forochel. Thus the prophecy came to pass; the rule of his people passed on to lesser men who could not truly control the realm.
The chieftains of the Dúnedain ruled for many generations, until they were united by Aragorn, son of Arathorn, when he ascended to the throne of Gondor and Arnor, in time returning the kingdom of Arnor to its former glory.
Alternatively, this prophecy may refer to the choices made by the Dúnedain of Gondor, where Arvedui claimed the crown in , by virtue of his descent from Isildur and his marriage to Fíriel, the only surviving child of the late King, Ondoher. The Council of Gondor, led by the Steward Pelendur, rejected Arvedui's claim, choosing instead their victorious general Eärnil, a male-line descendant of Anárion. The Appendices to the Lord of the Rings speculate that if the Crown of Gondor had instead been given to Arvedui, "it may be that...the kingship would have been maintained and much evil averted." Instead, the realm of Arthedain was destroyed, and the kingship of Gondor fell vacant shortly afterwards.
Regarding the summoning of the Dead
Regarding the summoning of the Dead by the heir of Isildur, Malbeth made a second prophecy that again was fulfilled in time. In the year 3019 of the Third Age, Elrond of Rivendell sent word to Aragorn, son of Arathorn, to remember the words of the seer at his time of need. After learning of the impending assault of the Corsairs of Umbar on Minas Tirith by using the palantír of Orthanc, Aragorn discovered that only by walking the Paths of the Dead could he reach Minas Tirith in time to offer aid. Acknowledging this, he chooses that route and accompanied by the Grey Company he passed through and out to the Stone of Erech. In The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King's extended edition, Legolas can be heard quoting part of the prophecy.
As the heir of Isildur, Aragorn summoned the Dead Men of Dunharrow to him and with their aid defeated the Corsair threat to Gondor, fulfilling the prophecy of Malbeth.
Adaptations
Games Workshop produced a metal model for Malbeth the Seer in its 2007 supplement to The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game entitled The Ruin of Arnor.
Regarding the Fall of Arthedain
At the birth of the son of Araphant Malbeth said
: "Arvedui you shall call him, for he will be the last in Arthedain. Though a choice will come to the Dúnedain, and if they take the one that seems less hopeful, then your son will change his name and become king of a great realm. If not, then much sorrow and many lives of men shall pass, until the Dúnedain arise and are united again."
This prophecy was to be fulfilled in the year . After a terrible defeat when the armies of Angmar, led by the Witch-king of Angmar, assailed Fornost, Arvedui fled Arnor, going far into the snowy North in order to evade death at the hands of the Witch-king's army. When a ship was sent by Círdan of the Grey Havens to rescue him, he was cautioned by the Lossoth to await the thaw to set off. Not heeding their words, Arvedui set sail straight away and was shipwrecked and died in the ice-bay of Forochel. Thus the prophecy came to pass; the rule of his people passed on to lesser men who could not truly control the realm.
The chieftains of the Dúnedain ruled for many generations, until they were united by Aragorn, son of Arathorn, when he ascended to the throne of Gondor and Arnor, in time returning the kingdom of Arnor to its former glory.
Alternatively, this prophecy may refer to the choices made by the Dúnedain of Gondor, where Arvedui claimed the crown in , by virtue of his descent from Isildur and his marriage to Fíriel, the only surviving child of the late King, Ondoher. The Council of Gondor, led by the Steward Pelendur, rejected Arvedui's claim, choosing instead their victorious general Eärnil, a male-line descendant of Anárion. The Appendices to the Lord of the Rings speculate that if the Crown of Gondor had instead been given to Arvedui, "it may be that...the kingship would have been maintained and much evil averted." Instead, the realm of Arthedain was destroyed, and the kingship of Gondor fell vacant shortly afterwards.
Regarding the summoning of the Dead
Regarding the summoning of the Dead by the heir of Isildur, Malbeth made a second prophecy that again was fulfilled in time. In the year 3019 of the Third Age, Elrond of Rivendell sent word to Aragorn, son of Arathorn, to remember the words of the seer at his time of need. After learning of the impending assault of the Corsairs of Umbar on Minas Tirith by using the palantír of Orthanc, Aragorn discovered that only by walking the Paths of the Dead could he reach Minas Tirith in time to offer aid. Acknowledging this, he chooses that route and accompanied by the Grey Company he passed through and out to the Stone of Erech. In The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King's extended edition, Legolas can be heard quoting part of the prophecy.
As the heir of Isildur, Aragorn summoned the Dead Men of Dunharrow to him and with their aid defeated the Corsair threat to Gondor, fulfilling the prophecy of Malbeth.
Adaptations
Games Workshop produced a metal model for Malbeth the Seer in its 2007 supplement to The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game entitled The Ruin of Arnor.
In the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, Mardil Voronwë was the first Ruling Steward of Gondor.
Mardil 'the Faithful' was born in T.A. 1960. The position of Steward was already hereditary since the days of his grandfather Pelendur and Mardil inherited the title of Steward from his father Vorondil the Hunter in T.A. 2029. He was Steward during the last part of the reign of King Eärnil II and throughout the reign of Eärnur, Eärnil's son.
Mardil had the difficult task of restraining Eärnur's urge to fight the Witch-king of Angmar, the chief of the Ringwraiths, who accused Eärnur after the Battle of Fornost of being afraid to fight him.
The King of Minas Morgul (one of the titles of the Ringwraith) reminded Eärnur of this and challenged him at the start of his reign (T.A. 2043). Although Eärnur wanted to fight the King of Morgul he was restrained with difficulty by Mardil. But when the King of Morgul issued another challenge in 2050, Eärnur would not be restrained. He marched to Minas Morgul and was never seen again.
Eärnur had never married and had no children, so Mardil took it upon himself to rule Gondor. There was no one with a clear and unassailable claim to the throne, so the rule of the Stewards was a way of averting civil war. Because the fate of the King was unknown, Mardil made an oath to rule until "the King returns". This oath would be sworn by all of the Ruling Stewards.
Mardil ruled Gondor with a steady hand and earned the nickname Voronwë, which means "the Steadfast" in Quenya.
It was soon learned that Eärnur had met certain death at Minas Morgul, and upon Mardil's death in T.A. 2080, his son Eradan succeeded him as the second Ruling Steward of Gondor.
Mardil 'the Faithful' was born in T.A. 1960. The position of Steward was already hereditary since the days of his grandfather Pelendur and Mardil inherited the title of Steward from his father Vorondil the Hunter in T.A. 2029. He was Steward during the last part of the reign of King Eärnil II and throughout the reign of Eärnur, Eärnil's son.
Mardil had the difficult task of restraining Eärnur's urge to fight the Witch-king of Angmar, the chief of the Ringwraiths, who accused Eärnur after the Battle of Fornost of being afraid to fight him.
The King of Minas Morgul (one of the titles of the Ringwraith) reminded Eärnur of this and challenged him at the start of his reign (T.A. 2043). Although Eärnur wanted to fight the King of Morgul he was restrained with difficulty by Mardil. But when the King of Morgul issued another challenge in 2050, Eärnur would not be restrained. He marched to Minas Morgul and was never seen again.
Eärnur had never married and had no children, so Mardil took it upon himself to rule Gondor. There was no one with a clear and unassailable claim to the throne, so the rule of the Stewards was a way of averting civil war. Because the fate of the King was unknown, Mardil made an oath to rule until "the King returns". This oath would be sworn by all of the Ruling Stewards.
Mardil ruled Gondor with a steady hand and earned the nickname Voronwë, which means "the Steadfast" in Quenya.
It was soon learned that Eärnur had met certain death at Minas Morgul, and upon Mardil's death in T.A. 2080, his son Eradan succeeded him as the second Ruling Steward of Gondor.