Episode 18: Frickity Frack
from So, You Want to Read Tolkien Hosted by So, You Want to Read Tolkien
This week Caitlin, Rachel, and Emily discuss the final chapter in the Quenta Silmarillion. Characters: Eärendil – son of Idril and Tuor, ruled Sirion and married Elwing Elwing – daughter of Dior, Earendil’s wife, currently holding the silmaril at the start of this chapter Elrond – their son Elros – their other, less famous son […]
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This week Caitlin, Rachel, and Emily discuss the final chapter in the Quenta Silmarillion. Characters: Eärendil – son of Idril and Tuor, ruled Sirion and married Elwing Elwing – daughter of Dior, Earendil’s wife, currently holding the silmaril at the start of this chapter Elrond – their son Elros – their other, less famous son Cirdan – the Shipwright, helps Earendil build the Vingilot. Remaining sons of Fëanor: Maedhros and Maglor survive the third kinslaying in this chapter. Ulmo–our Valar of the sea. Eonwë – herald of Manwë Manwë – king of the Valar Morgoth – Big Bad Thorondor – the king of the giant eagles Types of Elves/Men/Beings Valar – first beings in Aun, essentially the gods here Noldor – Elves who were ruled by Finwe, Feanor’s original people Vanyar – High elves, the very first clan of elves and also the smallest Teleri – Led by Elwe and Olwe, elves with ships by the sea Edain – Men who came from Hildorien Things with Names Vingilot – the ship Earendil tried to sail to Valinor in (and other places, but like, most important is that one) Next week’s homework; the Akallabêth Get in touch and join our conversation * twitter @toreadtolkien * email [email protected] Intro/outro music: The Forest and the Trees Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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