To Get on the Floating Island or Not? The Elves Decide Their Fate — Episode 14

Ulmo saves Elves with a floating island. Aulë teaches the Noldor to craft some gems (uh oh...)

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

00:51 Cameron reads pages 57-60 from the Silmarillion, 2nd Edition

12:25 Reading Summary

13:30 Discussion: Where *exactly* did the elves live in Valinor? And how you can distinguish the different races. Keep your eyes on the Noldor...

"To these the Valar had given a land and a dwelling-place. Even among the radiant flowers of the Tree-lit gardens of Valinor they longed still at times to see the stars; and therefore a gap was made in the great walls of the Pelóri, and there in a deep valley that ran down to the sea the Eldar raised a high green hill: Túna it was called. From the west the light of the Trees fell upon it, and its shadow lay ever eastward; and to the east it looked towards the Bay of Elvenhome, and the Lonely Isle, and the Shadowy Seas. Then through Calacirya, the Pass of Light, the radiance of the Blessed Realm streamed forth, kindling the dark waves to silver and gold, and it touched the Lonely Isle, and its western shore grew green and fair. There bloomed the first flowers that ever were east of the Mountains of Aman."

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The Rings of Power comes to Amazon, but nothing compares to the real story JRR Tolkien wrote. Is the Silmarillion his masterpiece? The Silmarillion is a book everyone should read, but it can be intimidating. Go on a journey with us.

Witness the creation of Tolkien's universe, meet the villain that's bigger and badder than Sauron, and hear a love story that will leave you in tears. We are not experts, we're just fans like you. And we're having a blast going through this masterpiece of fiction, 15 minutes at a time. Grad a cup of tea or your favorite scotch (or your steering wheel!)