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43. B3:C2 - The Riders of Rohan [LoTR Read Along]
Green Dragon Live
The Nicks are running across Rohan! Or at least the three hunters are. Join us as we attempt to catch up with our enemies in order to rescue our friends, but keep a wary eye out for clues, and for horsemen.
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42. B3:C1 - The Departure of Boromir - [LoTR Read Along]
Green Dragon Live
The Nicks crack open the next named section of the LoTR story and discuss the way the story changes its narrative style and the suspense that comes with it. Boromir's departure from the Fellowship and Aragorn gets some clarity about his mission.
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41. Back In The Saddle
Green Dragon Live
The Nicks do their first recording in many months. This episode is a reconnecting of two friends and trying to establish a routine for the future of the podcast. The Nicks also talk briefly about Sauron's attacks in the northern parts of Middle-earth and ask if there are elves in the east.
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40. DISC 2 - The Fellowship of The Ring - Extended Edition - Watch Along Commentary
Green Dragon Live
The Nicks are joined by Erin and Aran to give their commentary while watching the extended edition of The Fellowship of The Ring (Disc 2). Cue up your copy and press play with us to listen and watch along with us in this special episode.
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39. DISC 1 - The Fellowship of The Ring - Extended Edition - Watch Along Commentary
Green Dragon Live
The Nicks are joined with Erin and Aran to give their commentary while watching the extended edition of The Fellowship of The Ring. Cue up your copy and press play with us to listen and watch along with us in this special episode.
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38. B2:C10 - The Breaking of The Fellowship - [LoTR Read Along]
Green Dragon Live
The Nicks might be breaking up a bit in this episode, but it's only fitting as this is the Breaking of the Fellowship! How will the break happen? Is it physical? Or psychological? Which way will Frodo go? Who will go with him? Find out with us, live at the Green Dragon.
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37. B2:C9 - The Great River - [LoTR Read Along]
Green Dragon Live
The Nicks discuss the journey down the great river, the speed at which our Fellowship is cutting across the landscape, and the dangers it holds on either bank. Also discussing the desire to do more recordings with less interference from real life.
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36. B2:C8 - Farewell to Lorien - [LoTR Read Along]
Green Dragon Live
The Nicks dive into this chapter of gift giving by asking which of the Fellowship's gifts would you steal, or what gift would you ask of Lady Galadriel? We discuss the differences between the movie gifts and the book. And, in spite of not making an actual plan, we prepare ourselves for a long trek downriver.
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35. B2:C7 - The Mirror of Galadriel - [LoTR Read Along]
Green Dragon Live
The Nicks get down to business by talking about the elephant in the room, this elephant being the new baby boy in Nicholas' family! Also, we meet the Lord and Lady of the Galadhrim - Celeborn, and Galadriel. Later, Galadriel shows two of our fellowship her magic mirror. Maps Notes for this episode OUR FELLOWSHIP HAS ENTERED THE ENCHANTED FOREST ELVES FROM WITHIN HAVE CLEARED THE ORC SCUM WITHOUT! OUR FELLOWSHIP HAS BEEN ENTRUSTED WITH THE SECRETS OF THE GOLDEN WOOD WHAT WILL THEY FIND WITHIN THE CITY OF GREEN TOWERS? WILL THE LORD AND LADY BE GRACIOUS? HAS ANYONE PAID MIND TO BILL THE...
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34. B2:C6 - Lothlorien - [LoTR Read Along]
Green Dragon Live
The Nicks talk about stepping out of time in special and awe-inspiring places, as well as being too close to the special things near you. Our Fellowship makes a dash for the woods, in spite of the potential of danger within. Aragorn is forced to take the lead after Gandalf's fall, and now they take the last known road in the plan created in Rivendell. Maps Notes for this episode BESIEGED BY ORCS! AN ANCIENT FOE OF FIRE AND FLAME! THE FELLOWSHIP FLEES TO THE EASTERN GATE GANDALF MAKES A STAND AND SACRIFICES HIMSELF FOR THE FELLOWSHIP ARAGORN NOW LEADS… THE DRUMS OF THE ENEMY...
info_outlineThe Nicks crack open the next named section of the LoTR story and discuss the way the story changes its narrative style and the suspense that comes with it. Boromir's departure from the Fellowship and Aragorn gets some clarity about his mission.
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LoTRproject.com interactive map - Caution: spoilers for new readers!
Notes for this episode
- Aragorn on the seat of Amon Hen
- The world seems darkened, and there was nothing to see
- THE HORN OF GONDOR!
- Aragorn came too late and missed the fight
- Boromir is dying
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- Sword: broken above the hilt
- Horn: cloven in two
- Pierced by many arrows
- The Hobbits are taken!
- Aragorn doesn’t know what to do
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- 1 Find the Ring and the Bearer
- 2 Go to Minas Tirith as bidden by his heart and Boromir’s dying wish
- 3 Find the Halflings
- Everything he has done today is turned to ruin
- Gimli and Legolas slaying in the woods, also too late to help
- The Hobbits were bound, therefore likely still alive
- Finding the Hobbit knives
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- Work of Westernesse
- Symbols of the enemy
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- Strange looking orcs
- White Hand
- White ‘S’
- Not Sauron - Red Eye
- Saruman - Evil is afoot, and the west is no longer safe
- Tending the fallen.
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- Cannot bury him
- Give him to Anduin - the River of Gondor
- Carry him back to the river - hard to do with Boromir being so large and strong
- Lay him in the boat, and made him presentable.
- Towed the boat into the water
- Let him go, and he disappeared over Rauros
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- “Rauros roared on unchanging”
- Boromir was not seen again in Minas Tirith
- It was said that he road his boat down the river all the way to the sea.
- The song of sorrow - The “people” hearken to the winds for news of Boromir (West, South, and North)
- Only two boats a mystery
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- No orcs
- 2 packs gone also - Sam’s for sure
- Aragorn puts the story together by Sam’s words and apparent actions
- Frodo and Sam have taken the boat across the river
- What to do?
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- Take the last boat after Frodo
- Or follow the orcs
- The direct path to Minas Tirith is apparently no longer an option
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- Aragorn’s personal mission is abandoned for the moment
- Aragorn finally knows what he must do - The company has played its part
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- He must chase after the other hobbits or they will be left to torment and death.
- “My heart speaks clearly at last. The fate of the Bearer is in my hands no longer”
- “Yet we that remain cannot forsake our companions while we have strength left.”
- “We will press on by day and dark… with hope or without hope we will follow the trail of our enemies, and woe to them if we prove the swifter. We will make such a chase that will be accounted a marvel among the three kindreds: elves, dwarves, and men. Forth the three hunters!”
- His mind was, at last, made up and the hunt begins!
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