This week, things come undone in Beleriand in Chapter XXII of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion. What do we make of the final fate of Húrin? How does the influence of Morgoth differ from that of the Silmarils? Could anything have saved Beleriand?
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Next week, we discuss Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin in Chapter XXIII of the Quenta Silmarillion, live on YouTube on Thursday, June 19th at 9PM Central.
Footnotes:
- The Silmarillion
- Stars And Swords on YouTube
- The Silmarillion Unit Production Schedule
- Stars And Swords on Bookshop.org
- The Children of Húrin
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