A Sacred Fellowship

When are you no longer an Exile? When are you faithful and when are you just stuck in the past? How can I change a curse to a gift? Kathryn and Lorienne look at these and other questions in the second half of the Akallabeth.

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Lorienne and Kathryn manage not to discuss Rings of Power TOO much while delving into the early history of Numenor leading up to the capture of Sauron.

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Kathryn takes a break while Lorienne discusses some of the surrounding literature about the Akallabeth with a couple of Chads and an Arthur. We discuss the first two episodes of Rings of Power without any spoilers, too. Who do you think is the Stranger? Do you think one of us has the right guess?

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Kathryn and Lorienne are in fellowship recording in the SAME ROOM!!! We look at Fellowship in the final chapter of the Saga of the Silmarils.

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Ay-ah-ren-deel? Ay-uh-ren-dil? Ee-ar-en-deal? Gondolin is in flames, there are balrogs and dragons everywhere, and we are doing the deep dive on how to pronounce Eärendil! Seriously, we could go down any rabbit hole to prevent coming to the end of the Silmarillion!

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Kathryn and Lorienne take a brief step away from the Silmarillion to examine Turin once again through the fantastic chapter in Unfinished Tales. Does your perspective on Turin change with this version? We note especially the love and pity and empathy he shows in Unfinished Tales that did not make it to the Silmarillion. Share your thoughts with us!

We get the brief version of the end of Hurin's sufferings and the after effects on Doriath. Doesn't look too good for Gondolin either, TBH. We found ourselves wondering about Galadriel in this chapter. Her voice is missing and she likely witnessed and participated, so we imagined a bit of what she might have seen, said, and done.

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We take on the second half of this profound and powerful exploration of human nature at its most frail and fallible. We may aspire to be like the greats and we must also pause to consider when we resemble the tragic hero.

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Was there ever a character who was so present, so mindful, so aware, so trusting! Tuor is trusting and patient and is rewarded with the guidance he needs, the friends, the equipment, even the food, and finally the path. Enjoy our discussion of this chapter from Unfinished Tales.

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Kathryn and Lorienne are looking at this chapter over a few weeks. Our theme is HUBRIS with a side of HARMARTIA. We welcome your thoughts on this chapter, this tragic character, and anything else Tolkien related.

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