This week, the middle act of the story of Túrin Turambar in Chapter XXI of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion.

This week, battle and bloodshed as we conclude the Nirnaeth Arnoediad and begin the story of Túrin Turambar in Chapters XX and XXI of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion.

This week, we give up the promise of immortality as we reach the end of Chapter XIX and begin Chapter XX of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion.

This week, love and tragedy in Chapter XIX of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion.

This week, love and tragedy in Chapter XIX of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion.

This week, we see the fall of Fingolfin and a new war in Beleriand in Chapter XVIII of the Quenta Silmarillion in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion.

This week, we establish Maeglin in Gondolin and the Men in the West as we move through the end of Chapter XVII of the Quenta Silmarillion in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion.

This week, we attempt something ambitious, only to spend the whole episode in and around Nan Elmoth with the story of Maeglin in Chapter XVI of the Quenta Silmarillion.

This week, we fast forward four hundred years, then rewind to see what really happened as we try to make it to the end of Chapter XV of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion.

This week, we face battle and bloodshed in Beleriand in Chapters XIII and XIV of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion.

In this bonus Q&A, we address the issue of inheritance among the immortal elves, the lost story of Lady of Lothlórien, the political infrastructure of The Shire, and the official power ranking of the Valar!

This week, we continue our discussion of The Silmarillion with Chapters XI and XII, including the creation of the sun and the moon, the securing of Valinor, and the awakening of Men.