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.

This week, we continue our discussion of The Silmarillion with the end of Chapter IX and all of Chapter X, including the Doom of the Noldor, a quick recap of three thousand years of the elves back in Beleriand, and some cosmic renovation.

This week, we continue our discussion of The Silmarillion with the end of Chapter VIII and all of Chapter IX, including the the darkening of Valinor, the theft of the Silmarils, and the violence and tragedy which follows.

This week, we continue our discussion of The Silmarillion with the the forging of the Silmarils, domestic discord in the House of Finwë, and the secret origins of Tolkien’s most terrifying creation.