28. B2:C2 - The Council of Elrond part 1 - The Tale of The Ring - [LoTR Read Along]

<p><strong>The Nicks take a close look at the goings on of Middle-earth, the Council is called at a time when all the free folks happen to be represented, the tale of The Ring is told and the larger picture is starting to become clear to those present that now is the time of action, there is a chance NOW to strike against the enemy.</strong></p> <p>THIS JUST IN!</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A WOUNDED HOBBIT HEALED.  </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">WRAITH WORLD AVOIDED.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">THE TIME FOR FEASTS IS OVER.    THE TIME FOR TALK IS NIGH!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">ELROND THE ELF LORD HOSTS A GREAT COUNCIL.  </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">SECRETS ARE TOLD -- DECISIONS…  MADE.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">WHO ARE ALL THESE PEOPLE?  WHAT DECISIONS WILL THEY COME TO?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">AND WHAT OF THE RULING RING?</span></p> <p><strong>Maps</strong></p> <p><a href="http://bit.ly/M-eMap">Map of Middle-earth</a> </p> <p><a href="http://lotrproject.com/map/">LoTRproject.com interactive map - Caution: spoilers for new readers!</a></p> <p><strong>Notes for this episode</strong></p> <ul> <li>Frodo feels great! He wants to explore.</li> <li>No time for that _BELL RINGS!_</li> <li>The gathering (Many Meetings part 2) <ul> <li>Boromir - A stranger unlooked for</li> </ul> </li> <li>Gloin's report from Erebor and Dale <ul> <li>The messenger from "The Lord Sauron the Great".</li> </ul> </li> <li>We are gathered here uncalled and unlooked for to decide what to do.</li> <li>Elrond's Tale (which skips millennia in the telling - see the Silmarillion) <ul> <li>The long memory of Elrond <ul> <li>Tells long tale of the forging of the Great Rings</li> <li>Celebrimbor</li> <li>The story of the Rise and Fall of Numenor</li> <li>Elendil the Tall, his sons Isildur and Anarion</li> <li>The rise of Gondor and Arnor</li> <li>Gil-Galad</li> <li>The Last Alliance against Sauron</li> <li>Defeat of Sauron</li> <li>Diminished, but not Destroyed</li> <li>Isildur claims the Ring as a wergild (compensation) and an heirloom of his house.</li> <li>The Rise of Gondor and Arnor</li> <li>The Fall of Arnor and the diminishment of Gondor</li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li>Confusion about the actual history of the Ring</li> <li>What is all this about trees? (white trees?)</li> <li>Boromir's Report <ul> <li>Begs leave from Lord Elrond to talk more of Minas Tirith and Gondor.</li> <li>Numenorian blood not spent - Boromir takes offense</li> <li>Smoke rises from Mount Doom</li> <li>Mordor is allied with Harad</li> <li>Ithilien overrun</li> <li>East shore of Osgiliath has been abandoned to the Enemy</li> <li><strong>Gondor holds the line</strong></li> <li>Only Rohan will send aide these days</li> <li>Dreams, he and his brother.</li> <li>Travels 110 days to find Rivendell and seek Elrond's council.</li> </ul> </li> <li>The lineage of Aragorn <ul> <li>Broken Sword? Dreams? Same Sword?</li> </ul> </li> <li>"Bring out the Ring Frodo" <ul> <li>Love, loathing, fear, shame</li> </ul> </li> <li>How do we know it is Isildur's Bane - Boromir <ul> <li>All that is gold does not glitter</li> </ul> </li> <li>Aragorn and the Rangers and the North <ul> <li>Dunadain vs. Gondor as unsung heroes</li> </ul> </li> <li>Bilbo's tale <ul> <li>The true version</li> </ul> </li> <li>Frodo's tale - lots of interruptions <ul> <li>Bilbo wants to talk more about it later -- great story sans interruptions</li> </ul> </li> <li>Frodo thinks the story is still incomplete -- wants to know more about Gandalf <ul> <li>Galdor the elf from Grey Havens also wants to know more <ul> <li>Wants to know about Saruman</li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Links</strong></p> <p><a href= "https://www.greendragonlive.com/">greendragonlive.com</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.twitter.com/greendragonlive">Twitter</a></p> <p><a href="https://facebook.com/greendragonlive">Facebook</a></p> <p><a href="http://bit.ly/GDLoniTunes">iTunes/Apple Podcast</a></p> <p><a href="http://bit.ly/GDLonStitcher">Stitcher</a></p> <p><a href="http://bit.ly/GDLonGPM" target="_blank">Google Play Music</a></p> <p><a href="http://bit.ly/GDLonYouTube" target= "_blank">YouTube</a></p> <p>"Five Armies" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)<br /> Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License<br /> <a href= "http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/</a></p> <p><a href="http://bit.ly/HarryMurrellonGDL">Special thanks to our friend Harry Murrell for the use of his music. Listen to more and subscribe to his channel here.</a></p>