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Episode 46: They’re Multiplying

Posted by on Jan 29, 2019 in Podcast, The Lord of the Rings - Fellowship of the Ring, Tolkien | 0 comments

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/

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Episode 45: These Are My Sons

Posted by on Jan 23, 2019 in Podcast, The Lord of the Rings - Fellowship of the Ring, Tolkien | 0 comments

Episode 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/

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Episode 44: KnoBob

Posted by on Jan 16, 2019 in Podcast, The Lord of the Rings - Fellowship of the Ring, Tolkien | 0 comments

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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Episode 42: Tom Bombadil is Waiting

Posted by on Dec 11, 2018 in Podcast, The Lord of the Rings - Fellowship of the Ring, Tolkien | 0 comments

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)
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Episode 41: Slutty Willow Tree

Posted by on Dec 6, 2018 in Podcast, The Lord of the Rings - Fellowship of the Ring, Tolkien | 0 comments

Join Caitlin, Rachel, and Emmy as they read Chapter 6 of the Fellowship of the Ring, The Old Forest.

Characters

  • Frodo Baggins
  • Samwise Gamgee
  • Merry Brandybuck
  • Pippin Took
  • Fatty Bolger
  • Old Man Willow
  • Tom Bombadil
  • Goldberry

Locations

This chapters takes place solely within the Old Forest, on the borders of the Shire.

Intro/outro music: The Forest and the Trees Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Episode 40: Arts and Crafty Hobbits

Posted by on Nov 28, 2018 in Podcast, The Lord of the Rings - Fellowship of the Ring, Tolkien | 0 comments

Caitlin, Rachel, and Emmy discuss Chapter 5 of the Fellowship of the Ring, “A Conspiracy Unmasked.”

Characters

  • Frodo Baggins
  • Samwise Gamgee
  • Merry Brandybuck
  • Pippin Took
  • Fatty Bolger
  • Mysterious Black Rider

The Hobbits are still in the Shire for this episode but they cross the river into the expanded territory of the Brandybucks and finally arrive at Crickhollow.

Intro/outro music: The Forest and the Trees Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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