28. B2:C2 - The Council of Elrond part 1 - The Tale of The Ring - [LoTR Read Along]
Release Date: 04/27/2017
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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 take a close look at the goings on of Middle-earth, the Council is called at a time when all the free folks happen to be represented, the tale of The Ring is told and the larger picture is starting to become clear to those present that now is the time of action, there is a chance NOW to strike against the enemy.
THIS JUST IN!
A WOUNDED HOBBIT HEALED.
WRAITH WORLD AVOIDED.
THE TIME FOR FEASTS IS OVER. THE TIME FOR TALK IS NIGH!
ELROND THE ELF LORD HOSTS A GREAT COUNCIL.
SECRETS ARE TOLD -- DECISIONS… MADE.
WHO ARE ALL THESE PEOPLE? WHAT DECISIONS WILL THEY COME TO?
AND WHAT OF THE RULING RING?
Maps
LoTRproject.com interactive map - Caution: spoilers for new readers!
Notes for this episode
- Frodo feels great! He wants to explore.
- No time for that _BELL RINGS!_
- The gathering (Many Meetings part 2)
- Boromir - A stranger unlooked for
- Gloin’s report from Erebor and Dale
- The messenger from “The Lord Sauron the Great”.
- We are gathered here uncalled and unlooked for to decide what to do.
- Elrond’s Tale (which skips millennia in the telling - see the Silmarillion)
- The long memory of Elrond
- Tells long tale of the forging of the Great Rings
- Celebrimbor
- The story of the Rise and Fall of Numenor
- Elendil the Tall, his sons Isildur and Anarion
- The rise of Gondor and Arnor
- Gil-Galad
- The Last Alliance against Sauron
- Defeat of Sauron
- Diminished, but not Destroyed
- Isildur claims the Ring as a wergild (compensation) and an heirloom of his house.
- The Rise of Gondor and Arnor
- The Fall of Arnor and the diminishment of Gondor
- The long memory of Elrond
- Confusion about the actual history of the Ring
- What is all this about trees? (white trees?)
- Boromir’s Report
- Begs leave from Lord Elrond to talk more of Minas Tirith and Gondor.
- Numenorian blood not spent - Boromir takes offense
- Smoke rises from Mount Doom
- Mordor is allied with Harad
- Ithilien overrun
- East shore of Osgiliath has been abandoned to the Enemy
- Gondor holds the line
- Only Rohan will send aide these days
- Dreams, he and his brother.
- Travels 110 days to find Rivendell and seek Elrond’s council.
- The lineage of Aragorn
- Broken Sword? Dreams? Same Sword?
- “Bring out the Ring Frodo”
- Love, loathing, fear, shame
- How do we know it is Isildur’s Bane - Boromir
- All that is gold does not glitter
- Aragorn and the Rangers and the North
- Dunadain vs. Gondor as unsung heroes
- Bilbo’s tale
- The true version
- Frodo’s tale - lots of interruptions
- Bilbo wants to talk more about it later -- great story sans interruptions
- Frodo thinks the story is still incomplete -- wants to know more about Gandalf
- Galdor the elf from Grey Havens also wants to know more
- Wants to know about Saruman
- Galdor the elf from Grey Havens also wants to know more
Links
"Five Armies" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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