Isengard's SECRET origin!

Name: Isengard's SECRET origin!
Uploaded: 2026-09-07T00:00:07+08:00
Description: VFX legend Richard Taylor, co-founder of WĒTĀ Workshop, sits on the couch with Wren and Niko to explain a plausible origin story for The Lord of the Rings' Tower of Orthanc in Isengard. What if it was the obsidian remains of an ancient volcano, carved over generations into the black tower we know from the story? 🤯

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