by Caitlin | Jun 11, 2018 | Drunk Tolkien, Podcast, Silmarillion, Tolkien
Welcome to our first episode of Drunk Tolkien!
This week drunkenly recap the Silmarillion and have no idea what anyone’s name is.
Achaidh Cheide – Celtic by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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by Caitlin | Jun 4, 2018 | Podcast, Silmarillion, Tolkien
Caitlin, Rachel, and Emmy discuss Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age, the final chapter in the Silmarillion.
- Caitlin gets confused about geography and trees
- Rings! Nazgul! Wizards!
- Caitlin is confused again.
- The Silmarillion comes to a close.
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by Caitlin | May 30, 2018 | Podcast, Silmarillion, Tolkien
Join Caitlin, Rachel, and Emmy for this week’s discussion of the Akallabêth.
Characters:
Not all of them, as they aren’t all important, but here’s some of the main players
Morgoth/Melkor: has been banished to the void.
Sauron: was grounded by daddy so built an evil empire in Mordor
Edain: the “good” men, leading to the Dúnedain / Númenórians / Kings among Men
Elros: “descended from the Three Houses of the Edain, but in part also from the Eldar and the Maiar” rules the Dúnedain for 410 years (lives for 500 years)
Various Kings of Numenor:
Iluvatar (aka Eru): he started this whole thing off, and now by god he’s gonna finish it. He’s the highest of all deities, from whom the Valar and all creation sprung. Emmy hates him. HAAAATES
Manwë: lord of the Valar and of the eagles, who have seen Too Much Shit. Rachel hates him.
Nimloth: the White Tree, a seedling of Celeborn (the tree, not the dude), which was descended of Galathilion the Tree of Túna, which was made in the image of Telperion
Map of Numenor
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by Caitlin | May 23, 2018 | Podcast, Silmarillion, Tolkien
This week Caitlin, Rachel, and Emily discuss the final chapter in the Quenta Silmarillion.
Characters:
Eärendil – son of Idril and Tuor, ruled Sirion and married Elwing
Elwing – daughter of Dior, Earendil’s wife, currently holding the silmaril at the start of this chapter
Elrond – their son
Elros – their other, less famous son
Cirdan – the Shipwright, helps Earendil build the Vingilot.
Remaining sons of Fëanor:
Maedhros and Maglor survive the third kinslaying in this chapter.
Ulmo–our Valar of the sea.
Eonwë – herald of Manwë
Manwë – king of the Valar
Morgoth – Big Bad
Thorondor – the king of the giant eagles
Types of Elves/Men/Beings
Valar – first beings in Aun, essentially the gods here
Noldor – Elves who were ruled by Finwe, Feanor’s original people
Vanyar – High elves, the very first clan of elves and also the smallest
Teleri – Led by Elwe and Olwe, elves with ships by the sea
Edain – Men who came from Hildorien
Things with Names
Vingilot – the ship Earendil tried to sail to Valinor in (and other places, but like, most important is that one)
Next week’s homework; the Akallabêth
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by Caitlin | May 14, 2018 | Podcast, Silmarillion, Tolkien
Join Caitlin, Rachel and Emily this week to discuss The Silmarillion, Chapter 23 “Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin.”
Characters
Tuor – son of Huor, therefore nephew of Húrin and cousin to Túrin, born immediately after the battle of unnumbered tears.
Ulmo – vala of the oceans, only one who hasn’t abandoned Middle Earth.
Turgon – Lord of Gondolin
Voronwë – the only elf to return from the ships Turgon sent to try to go to Valinor and try to get help
Idril Celebrindal – daughter of Turgon
Maeglin – nephew of Turgon, child of Turgon’s sister Aredhel and the emo elf Eol.
Ecthelion – guardian of the gate to Gondolin
Glorfindel – along with Ecthelion, Turgon’s captains
Thorondor – lord of the eagles
Morgoth – still evil
Gothmog – Lord of the Balrogs
Manwë – king of the Valar.
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by Caitlin | May 8, 2018 | Podcast, Silmarillion, Tolkien
This week Caitlin, Rachel, and Emily discuss Chapter 22 of The Silmarillion, “Of the Fall of Doriath.”
Characters:
Húrin – brother of Huor, father of Túrin, has been tortured by Morgoth for the last 28 years
Morwen – Húrin’s wife, was lost in the confusion of Glaurung’s smoke
Turgon – lord of Gondolin, once upon a time was friends with Húrin
Thorondor – lord of the eagles of Manwe
Mîm – the petty dwarf who betrayed Túrin last chapter
Thingol – elf lord of Doriath, in possession of a Silmaril
Melian – maia lady of Doriath.
Beren and Luthien – our disney princesses, got the silmaril from Morgoth, Beren died and came back, Luthien became human to live with him.
Dior – son of Beren and Luthien, grandchild of Thingol and Melian, making him human, elf, and maia.
The sons of Feanor – As a collective. They swore a very very serious oath to pursue the Silmarils at all costs, and that’s why we’re in this fucking mess.
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