In this first installment of SFE Deep Lore, we discuss Middle-Earth's creation story: the Ainulindalë, or the music of the Ainur.

Check out Evan Palmer's comic version of this story here!

In this episode of SFE, we begin to scratch the surface of the Shire, in its bucolic tin-whistle glory.

Talking points: How does Gandalf get his scruffy paws on an Elven ring of power? If there's always a Baggins in Bag End, who lives there after Frodo sails to the West? Can we revolutionize Middle-Earth timekeeping in the space of a twenty minute podcast?

In this episode of SFE, we continue discussing Galadriel's opening monologue from Fellowship of the Ring, diving right in to that pure nerd stuff. 

Talking points: How does Isildur justify the decision not to destroy the one ring? Was Bilbo fated to find the ring in the Misty Mountains? Do any of us have free will, really?

In the first episode of SFE, we'll be revisiting Galadriel's opening monologue from Fellowship of the Ring, and clarifying some deep lore that the movies simply didn't have the time to delve into.

Talking points: What or where is Middle-Earth? What do the rings of power actually do? Why didn't the Witch-King of Angmar read the terms of service on the ring Sauron gave him?