Episode 48: Magical Girl Glorfindel
This week we discuss Fellowship of the Ring, Book 2, Chapter 1, Many Meetings
Characters
- Frodo – our main hobbit
- Sam, Merry, and Pippin – friends of main hobbit
- Surprise Bilbo! – The main hobbit from the previous book…the Hobbit.
- Gandalf – a return of our missing wizard. Still cagey about where’s he been.
- Aragorn/Strider/Dunadan – Strider collects more names
- Gloin – a dwarf that we, and Frodo, recognize from Bilbo’s adventures
- Elrond – A very powerful elf
- Arwen – Elrond’s daughter
- Glorfindel – a literal magical girl.
No travel in this chapter! The party is at Rivendell.
Intro/outro music: The Forest and the Trees Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | RSS
Read MoreEpisode 47: Anyways, They Continue Walking
This week Caitlin, Rachel, and Emmy prove, once again, that we are not qualified to do this podcast.
Characters
- Frodo – a hobbit, has recently been stabbed.
- Sam/Merry/Pippin – Frodo’s friend hobbits, have not been stabbed.
- Strider – Human Ranger, also not stabbed
- Glorfindel – an Elf from Rivendell, and also died fighting a Balrog in the Silmarillion.
- Black Riders – All Nine!
This chapters has the group (still not a Fellowship) walking from Weathertop , crossing the Hoarwell River, through the Trollshaws (pit stop to see Bilbo’s trolls), and then across the Bruinen towards Rivendell.
Here’s a good map showing the journey so far.
Intro/outro music: The Forest and the Trees Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | RSS
Read MoreEpisode 46: They’re Multiplying
This week Caitlin, Rachel, and Emmy discuss chapter 11 of Fellowship of the Ring, A Knife in the Dark.
Characters
- Frodo – Our main, ring bearing hobbit.
- Sam/Merry/Pippin – Frodo’s friends
- Fatty Bolger – the Hobbit left behind.
- Strider – Our mysterious Ranger friend, who knows things
- Bill Ferny – A suspicious man.
- Butterbur – The owner of the Prancing Pony.
- Black Riders Return!
Characters from Legend
- Gil-Galad – A Noldor King, now deceased
- Elendil – and Numenorean King, now deceased
- Beren – a human who fell in love with elf Princess Luthian, now deceased
- Luthian – an Elf Princess, now deceased
This chapters has the group (not yet a Fellowship) journeying from Bree to Weathertop through the Midgewater Marshes and the Weatherhills.
Intro/outro music: The Forest and the Trees Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | RSS
Read MoreEpisode 45: These Are My Sons
This week Caitlin, Rachel, and Emmy discuss chapter 11 of Fellowship of the Ring, A Knife in the Dark.
Characters
- Frodo – Our main, ring bearing hobbit.
- Sam/Merry/Pippin – Frodo’s friends
- Strider – Our mysterious Ranger friend, who knows things
- Bill Ferny – A suspicious man.
- Butterbur – The owner of the Prancing Pony.
- Bob/Nob – Employees of the Prancing Pony.
This chapter all takes place within one room in the Prancing Pony. Very easy.
Intro/outro music: The Forest and the Trees Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | RSS
Read MoreEpisode 44: KnoBob
This week we discuss Chapter 9, At the Sign of the Prancing Pony.
Characters
- Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin – our four hobbits of the Shire.
- Harry, a (the?) gatekeeper
- Barliman Butterbut – a Bree man, the proprietor of the Prancing Pony
- Nob – a hobbit, works for Barliman
- Strider – a ranger – is called Strider because of his very long (attractive) legs.
Places
This chapter takes place entirely within the town of Bree, the main village of the Bree-land.
Intro/outro music: The Forest and the Trees Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | RSS
Read MoreEpisode 43: Tom Bombadil’s Yelp
Join Caitlin, Rachel, and Emmy as they read Chapter 8 of the Fellowship of the Ring, Fog on the Barrow Downs.
Characters
- Frodo Baggins
- Samwise Gamgee
- Merry Brandybuck
- Pippin Took
- Tom Bombadil
- Goldberry
- THE HAND
Locations
This chapters takes place within the Barrow Downs on the border of the Shire and the Old Forest. In the Eriador region of Middle Earth.
Learn more about Barrow Wights here.
Intro/outro music: The Forest and the Trees Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | RSS
Read MoreEpisode 42: Tom Bombadil is Waiting
Join Caitlin, Rachel, and Emmy as they read Chapter 7 of the Fellowship of the Ring, In the House of Tom Bombadil.
Characters
- Frodo Baggins
- Samwise Gamgee
- Merry Brandybuck
- Pippin Took
- Tom Bombadil
- Goldberry
Locations
This chapters takes place solely within the house of Tom Bombadil, which is within the Old Forest.
Tom Bomdadil Theories
Intro/outro music: The Forest and the Trees Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | RSS
Read More