Episode 50: Don’t Blow Your Horn Early
This week we talk about Fellowship of the Ring Book 2, Chapter 3 The Ring Goes South. AND we do it in less than two months.
Characters
The Fellowship:
- Frodo – The bearer of the ring, the only person obligated to go all the way to Mordor
- Sam – Can’t leave his master behind, so of course he’s going
- Merry – Yeah, they’d rather not go, but if Frodo has to, they they do too. Aw, friendship!
- Pippin – “There must be someone with intelligence in the party”
- Gandalf – The actual intelligent person who’s going along.
- Legolas – The representative of elves, selected by Elrond
- Gimli – The representative of dwarves, selected by Elrond
- Aragorn – Representative of men, bearer of the reforged sword Anduril, going with.
- Boromir – going along with the party until he and Aragorn will split off for Gondor
- And Bill the pony! Who finally gets named…….. For the evil dude in Bree
Other characters:
- Elrond – Lord of Rivendell, helps put together the party
- Bilbo – Left to finish his book in Rivendell and hope he gets to see Frodo again
- Brief appearance by Elladan and Elrohir, Elrond’s sons, who go out scouting the land
- Caradhras – a mountain
The Journey
The Fellowship in full heads south from Rivendell, along the Misty Mountains, and tries to pass over them, but is turned back by the angry Caradhras.
Follow the red line on this map.
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Read MoreEpisode 49: The Longest Meeting of All Time
This week we discuss Fellowship of the Ring, Book 2 Chapter 2, The Council of Elrond.
Characters
- Frodo – son of Drogo, the Ring Bearer
- Samwise – a hobbit who sneaks into secret meetings
- Bilbo – the Ring Finder
- Gandalf – a wizard
- Elrond – an elf who has lived through much of Middle Earth’s history
- Aragorn – the heir isildur
- Boromir – son of Denethor, the steward of Gondor
- Legolas – son of Thranduil.
- Gimli – son of Gloin
- Gloin – a dwarf from Erebor
- Dain – King under the mountain
- Glorfindel – an elf who once leant Frodo his horse.
Other People We Get Brief Mention of But Don’t Really Matter:
- Galdor – an elf from the Grey Havens
- Erestor – an elf from Rivendell, advisor to Elrond.
- Thranduil – the elf king in Mirkwood. I only mention him here because I believe this is the first time we hear his name.
- Balin, Ori, Oin – dwarves from the Hobbit.
- Gwaihir – lord of eagles
- Shadowfax – HORSE LORD FROM THE DAWN OF TIME OR WHATEVER
No travel in this chapter! The party is at Rivendell.
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Read MoreEpisode 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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