The twelve outlaws in Dorthonion fight for survival. Sauron deceives Gorlim, and convinces him to betray his companions. Beren wanders in the wilderness for four years, eventually making his way through the Girdle of Melian into Doriath. He encounters Melian’s daughter, Lúthien.

01:19 Greg reads pages 162-167 from the Silmarillion, 2nd Edition

21:55 Recap

22:51 Discussion with special guest Andy Norton

"Among the tales of sorrow and of ruin that come down to us from the darkness of those days there are yet some in which amid weeping there is joy and under the shadow of death light that endures."

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