Today we meet the first of the Valar (Lords) and Valier (Queens) of Arda. Aulë fights Melkor.

Three friends read and react to the greatest story you've never heard — the Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien.

00:17 Dan reads pages 25-27 from the Silmarillion, 2nd Edition

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