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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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)
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