Melkor Breeds Orcs and the Valar Attack (pages 49-53) — Episode 11

Melkor commits the most hateful thing to Iluvitar, the creation of the orcs. The Valar decide to make war upon him. He is captured and tried in the Ring of Doom.

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

00:30 Cameron reads pages 49-53 from the Silmarillion, 2nd Edition

13:16 Discussion 

"Manwë sat long in thought upon Taniquetil, and he sought the counsel of Ilúvatar. And coming then down to Valmar he summoned the Valar to the Ring of Doom, and thither came even Ulmo from the Outer Sea."

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