The Valar Rest but Melkor Strikes! (pages 35-37) — Episode 6

Behind the walls of Almaren, the Valar rest in contentment, but evil never sleeps. Melkor attacks and forever changes the world of Arda. We share the meaning of our names. (Everyone knows which one is the coolest.)

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

00:30 Dan reads pages 35-37 from the Silmarillion, 2nd Edition

10:59 Discussion

"Now Melkor began the delving and building of a vast fortress, deep under Earth, beneath dark mountains where the beams of Illuin were cold and dim. That stronghold was named Utumno. And though the Valar knew naught of it as yet, nonetheless the evil of Melkor and the blight of his hatred flowed out thence, and the Spring of Arda was marred."

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